Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone! I'll see you all on Wednesday.
AP Research
Today's class is very similar to the class we'll have on Wednesday, except on Wednesday you'll be reading for your own QUEST and developing your own BoK. So, over the weekend you need to prepare for this. First, go to your PREP and in your Weekly Work Folder begin a Reflection Document. This week you'll complete reflection one. The questions are as follows:
What are you interested in researching this year in AP Research? Why? What problems are you interested in solving? Why are these significant problems that need solutions?
After you've finished this, take a look at the Task and Reading Log. Begin this work now! You're brainstorming by completing the reflection, so log that work!
Russian I
Today we learned our third group of Russian letters before having time to work with culture and the Russian holiday related to the first day of school. Over the weekend you should continue to work and practice with your letters, sounds, and vocabulary words. Our first quiz will be the week of September 9 and it will cover the whole alphabet. Prepare nightly now so that you are ready to move forward!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we learned how to complete the past tense in Russian and we also discussed holidays, but at the collegiate level. We listened to stories and we worked with verbs - all great things. Russian II students should finish the first half of the exercise we started today in class as well as look over the handout I gave at the end of class. Russian III and IV students should finish the whole exercise and begin to create verb cards. Start with the Russian II stems since this is where you're most familiar. Be sure to show ALL that you can do with a verb (Russian IV).
Friday, August 30, 2019
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Homework for B Day - 29 August
Remember all that I am still collecting paperwork. If you didn't have it today, please have it in by the end of the week.
AP Literature
Today in class we worked through Hemingway and really flexed our muscle with level one and level two interpretation. I was happy to see a lot of engagement and time spent focusing on the text. I was also happy to see you take risks with your ideas and interpretations.
Remember that for next class you have a small writing assignment due. You should take one like of dialogue from "Hills Like White Elephants" and write a feminist interpretation of the line. Your interpretation should be able to explain what in the line gave you the idea and its meaning. We'll keep working with Hemingway next class and transition to another author too.
AP Research
We've set up our PREP and we have a good understanding of key terms. All great things for us to do at the beginning of this course. Tonight you have work to complete in your PREP related to the Nobel Prize winner - do research and discern their problem statement, gap, and research question that won them the Nobel Prize. Consider how this work can be a model for you as you begin your QUEST.
AP Literature
Today in class we worked through Hemingway and really flexed our muscle with level one and level two interpretation. I was happy to see a lot of engagement and time spent focusing on the text. I was also happy to see you take risks with your ideas and interpretations.
Remember that for next class you have a small writing assignment due. You should take one like of dialogue from "Hills Like White Elephants" and write a feminist interpretation of the line. Your interpretation should be able to explain what in the line gave you the idea and its meaning. We'll keep working with Hemingway next class and transition to another author too.
AP Research
We've set up our PREP and we have a good understanding of key terms. All great things for us to do at the beginning of this course. Tonight you have work to complete in your PREP related to the Nobel Prize winner - do research and discern their problem statement, gap, and research question that won them the Nobel Prize. Consider how this work can be a model for you as you begin your QUEST.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Homework for 28 August - A Day
AP Research
If you didn't have your paperwork to turn in today, please make sure that we have it by the end of the week. Today we did some good work related to understanding key terms and seeing how those terms are really at the foundation of our work in AP Research. We then started to apply that work to our Dry Run before having time to set up our PREP.
Tonight you have some application related to our terms. Go to the list of all Nobel Prize winners and pick one that particularly interests you. Do some research and be able to define their problem statement, gap, and research question. Don't forget to put this work in your PREP. Also be sure to take a look at the weekly log.
Russian I
Today in class we learned some new letters, practiced with the old and the new, and we even got the chance to order a coffee in Russian. All great things to know how to do.
Be sure that you are reviewing your letters and words every day. That's the goal right now, to know the alphabet and sounds inside and out. Tonight please complete the handwriting practice that you can and keep focusing on learning your vocabulary.
Advanced Russian
Lots of good time in class today as we had some fun with verbs and spent our time looking at charades and figuring out exactly what people are doing. Then we did work related to conjugating and our One Stem Verb System. Tonight you have an exercise to help you with learning our two systems - truncation and addition. Follow the example from what we did in class today and fill out your chart based on what you see. We'll review this on Friday!
If you didn't have your paperwork to turn in today, please make sure that we have it by the end of the week. Today we did some good work related to understanding key terms and seeing how those terms are really at the foundation of our work in AP Research. We then started to apply that work to our Dry Run before having time to set up our PREP.
Tonight you have some application related to our terms. Go to the list of all Nobel Prize winners and pick one that particularly interests you. Do some research and be able to define their problem statement, gap, and research question. Don't forget to put this work in your PREP. Also be sure to take a look at the weekly log.
Russian I
Today in class we learned some new letters, practiced with the old and the new, and we even got the chance to order a coffee in Russian. All great things to know how to do.
Be sure that you are reviewing your letters and words every day. That's the goal right now, to know the alphabet and sounds inside and out. Tonight please complete the handwriting practice that you can and keep focusing on learning your vocabulary.
Advanced Russian
Lots of good time in class today as we had some fun with verbs and spent our time looking at charades and figuring out exactly what people are doing. Then we did work related to conjugating and our One Stem Verb System. Tonight you have an exercise to help you with learning our two systems - truncation and addition. Follow the example from what we did in class today and fill out your chart based on what you see. We'll review this on Friday!
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Homework for Day 1 (Part 2) - B Day - 27 August
Be sure to use the first post of the year to join our Google Classroom page. It's an important space for all of the classes to access.
AP English Literature
Today in class we discussed two of the most important literary devices that there are - tone and irony. A lot of the things that we will find ourselves doing this year will be discussing how tone and irony are at play in the texts that we are reading and the purpose behind those elements. Remember the other key idea about class - Everything that authors do is intentional and purposeful. This means that there are no wrong answers, just those with a lot of support and those with little support.
Tonight you have your paperwork to accomplish and some reading to do. Please take the handout and read Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". Pay attention to the tone and irony at use in the story. On Google Classroom I posted today's slides, be sure to check those out too for other ideas. Remember that when you have a reading assignment that means annotating too!
AP Research
Great work just jumping right in today and getting started. Remember that right now we're working on the Dry Run, but this is a mirror of what you should be doing too. We've got to start right away with brushing off our skills from last year and doing some small r research to get to our big R tasks. Tonight spend time in Google Classroom and post TWO sources that we can use to define our Body of Knowledge related to our problem statement. This is crucial for our revision process and the development of our question. Remember to use APA formatting as you work. Give us a brief explanation of the usefulness of the source. That will be the key bit we need moving forward.
AP English Literature
Today in class we discussed two of the most important literary devices that there are - tone and irony. A lot of the things that we will find ourselves doing this year will be discussing how tone and irony are at play in the texts that we are reading and the purpose behind those elements. Remember the other key idea about class - Everything that authors do is intentional and purposeful. This means that there are no wrong answers, just those with a lot of support and those with little support.
Tonight you have your paperwork to accomplish and some reading to do. Please take the handout and read Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". Pay attention to the tone and irony at use in the story. On Google Classroom I posted today's slides, be sure to check those out too for other ideas. Remember that when you have a reading assignment that means annotating too!
AP Research
Great work just jumping right in today and getting started. Remember that right now we're working on the Dry Run, but this is a mirror of what you should be doing too. We've got to start right away with brushing off our skills from last year and doing some small r research to get to our big R tasks. Tonight spend time in Google Classroom and post TWO sources that we can use to define our Body of Knowledge related to our problem statement. This is crucial for our revision process and the development of our question. Remember to use APA formatting as you work. Give us a brief explanation of the usefulness of the source. That will be the key bit we need moving forward.
Monday, August 26, 2019
Homework for Day 1 - A Day (26 August)
So great to get started today with all of you! Be aware that we have things to do from the very beginning because I don't believe in wasting any time. See below for your reminders, and be sure to access Google Classroom as well!
AP Research
Today in class we started with some key processes like finding our ideas and interests and then thinking about possible problems to solve. We walked out today with the beginnings of a research question, so now we need to do our first test. What's the body of knowledge like? For tonight, as well as completing your paperwork, please find two sources that we could use to define our BoK (body of knowledge) around this topic.
Please give a full bibliographic citation as well as an overview of what this source provides and how it may help us to develop and refine our research question. We'll be using APA for this QUEST as we're looking at an issue related to education/sociology.
Russian I
We jumped right in to the alphabet today by learning the first few letters, and by learning some phrases like "my name is" and "hello". Keep practicing and reviewing. Learn those words! Use them a lot! Have fun with your Russian. Try to figure out the other letters with your cognates.
Be sure to return your paperwork to me next class and join our Google Classroom page. I put up the slides from today's class and your vocabulary. There's also a video to help with the letters. We'll keep going through the alphabet over the next several classes.
Advanced Russian
Today we delved right into the beginnings with the sounds of Russian and how they align to Russian and English. A big breakthrough was the idea of softness and how we can see this now. Then it was on to vocabulary and applying transcription. Tonight, keep focusing on the new information. Apply it to your vocabulary - learn those words.
Join the Google Classroom page to find the video on verb conjugation - we'll be really working with verbs this unit and talking about how transcription helps us understand verbs. Review that information with your guided notes sheet. And - don't forget your paperwork.
AP Research
Today in class we started with some key processes like finding our ideas and interests and then thinking about possible problems to solve. We walked out today with the beginnings of a research question, so now we need to do our first test. What's the body of knowledge like? For tonight, as well as completing your paperwork, please find two sources that we could use to define our BoK (body of knowledge) around this topic.
Please give a full bibliographic citation as well as an overview of what this source provides and how it may help us to develop and refine our research question. We'll be using APA for this QUEST as we're looking at an issue related to education/sociology.
Russian I
We jumped right in to the alphabet today by learning the first few letters, and by learning some phrases like "my name is" and "hello". Keep practicing and reviewing. Learn those words! Use them a lot! Have fun with your Russian. Try to figure out the other letters with your cognates.
Be sure to return your paperwork to me next class and join our Google Classroom page. I put up the slides from today's class and your vocabulary. There's also a video to help with the letters. We'll keep going through the alphabet over the next several classes.
Advanced Russian
Today we delved right into the beginnings with the sounds of Russian and how they align to Russian and English. A big breakthrough was the idea of softness and how we can see this now. Then it was on to vocabulary and applying transcription. Tonight, keep focusing on the new information. Apply it to your vocabulary - learn those words.
Join the Google Classroom page to find the video on verb conjugation - we'll be really working with verbs this unit and talking about how transcription helps us understand verbs. Review that information with your guided notes sheet. And - don't forget your paperwork.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Opening the Year 2019-2020
Hello Parents and Students! Below is some important information to be aware of as we start our classes. Please see the notes below about each document.
Parent/Student Information Sheet
This is the same as the paper version which will be sent home on the first day of class. Please complete this online version or paper version for my records. If you complete an online version, please return the paper version with the student's name filled out and actual signatures at the bottom.
Google Classroom
Outside of this classroom blog I will be posting a lot in our Google Classroom space. This is a wonderful place to go if you have missed class or if you have missed something in class. Handouts, class notes, and other important resources will be posted here. Use the codes below for your specific class to gain access. Remember to join class using your DPS Google Account (first_last@dpsnc.net) and your DPS password (the same you use to access computers on campus).
Parent/Student Information Sheet
This is the same as the paper version which will be sent home on the first day of class. Please complete this online version or paper version for my records. If you complete an online version, please return the paper version with the student's name filled out and actual signatures at the bottom.
Google Classroom
Outside of this classroom blog I will be posting a lot in our Google Classroom space. This is a wonderful place to go if you have missed class or if you have missed something in class. Handouts, class notes, and other important resources will be posted here. Use the codes below for your specific class to gain access. Remember to join class using your DPS Google Account (first_last@dpsnc.net) and your DPS password (the same you use to access computers on campus).
AP English IV 2B: 2su59x 3B: biv7e7x
AP Research 1A: qwwkza 4B: mqb1ckk
Russian I: sw4ccj5
Advanced Russian: mg3obe
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