AP Seminar
As you finish your work this weekend and prepare for your presentation I want to remind you of a few things. First, there's the Course and Exam Description. The Oral Defense questions are on page 50 and 51 and the area around these questions is quite helpful in reviewing the task. Be sure that you are prepared.
IWAs are due to Digital Portfolio and IMP slides are due to Google Classroom. A late submission will result in a two point penalty for lateness. Be aware of when you will present and be ready. Please ask for any help or assistance you may need.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent time working through translations. We identified key skills (as well as some review of basic skills) and applied those skills with our translations. Remember that we have unit examinations coming on Monday (after Easter Break). I would finish my preparation by working through the remaining translations and seeking assistance if needed. Remember to study and prepare using the vocabulary in the chapter - this is where I select the words.
I'll be putting project scores in the gradebook today. Be sure that we have finished all project work by the time of the unit exam.
Russian I
Today we began our last unit of the year - Unit 3. And we began by focusing on conjunctions in Russian, specifically AND, BUT, AND/BUT, and OR. Be sure that you know these vocabulary words as well as how they function in a sentence. The exercise tonight - 3.8 - will help you with this. Use the guided sections A, Б, В and combine the sentences using the required/suggested conjunction. As you combine the sentences, rewrite them and translate them. We'll then go through the others as a guided practice.
We'll be presenting our countries next class too. If you need to resubmit on your country projects, be sure that you do that this weekend based on the feedback that I have given you.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 12 April 2019
Hi All - Remember that with the holiday next week and the teacher workday we will only have ONE B-Day next week.
AP Seminar
We're focused on finishing. And that's the phrase to take with you on into this weekend. As we are working this weekend it is important that we are finalizing our IWA and then completing our slides related to our IMP. Keep in mind the alignment between these two documents as you are working. I've really enjoyed seeing so many of you helping each other out and working to support each other! Keep doing this!
Next class I would like to see a lot of you with your slides on the board. Remember that it is a good idea to look at them on the board before you are presenting. Also remember the timing requirements.
Use your rubrics and documents to help you during this time. I'm of course also available to help!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we were focused on reviewing (Russian II) or learning our last new concept (Russian III). No matter what, we were preparing for our final examination on this unit. At the end of class we had a bit of time to work on our final assignment of the year - the Russian Song assignment. I'll have a formal rubric and guidelines for you next class on this assignment.
Over the weekend, we should all be focused on completing our translation assignments. These translations are great overviews of the grammar topics in our units. Be sure that you can navigate these. If you are having trouble, focus on that topic in the translation to study and review. Remember, learning Russian comes by doing Russian. Be active in your studying.
Russian I
Today we took our examination on Units 1 and 2 - focusing on the essential elements of Russian grammar. I'll have your exams graded and returned to you soon so that you can prepare for a reassessment if needed.
Over the weekend you should complete your Chapter Preview for Unit 3. This chapter focuses on plurals in the nominative case as well as forming adverbs in Russian. It's a pretty straightforward unit and it will take us to our final days for exam review. If you are on the culture and research plan, you should be sure that you have finished your research proposal this weekend on your quarterly project. If you've already finished, be sure that you are pulling together information to complete this work.
AP Seminar
We're focused on finishing. And that's the phrase to take with you on into this weekend. As we are working this weekend it is important that we are finalizing our IWA and then completing our slides related to our IMP. Keep in mind the alignment between these two documents as you are working. I've really enjoyed seeing so many of you helping each other out and working to support each other! Keep doing this!
Next class I would like to see a lot of you with your slides on the board. Remember that it is a good idea to look at them on the board before you are presenting. Also remember the timing requirements.
Use your rubrics and documents to help you during this time. I'm of course also available to help!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we were focused on reviewing (Russian II) or learning our last new concept (Russian III). No matter what, we were preparing for our final examination on this unit. At the end of class we had a bit of time to work on our final assignment of the year - the Russian Song assignment. I'll have a formal rubric and guidelines for you next class on this assignment.
Over the weekend, we should all be focused on completing our translation assignments. These translations are great overviews of the grammar topics in our units. Be sure that you can navigate these. If you are having trouble, focus on that topic in the translation to study and review. Remember, learning Russian comes by doing Russian. Be active in your studying.
Russian I
Today we took our examination on Units 1 and 2 - focusing on the essential elements of Russian grammar. I'll have your exams graded and returned to you soon so that you can prepare for a reassessment if needed.
Over the weekend you should complete your Chapter Preview for Unit 3. This chapter focuses on plurals in the nominative case as well as forming adverbs in Russian. It's a pretty straightforward unit and it will take us to our final days for exam review. If you are on the culture and research plan, you should be sure that you have finished your research proposal this weekend on your quarterly project. If you've already finished, be sure that you are pulling together information to complete this work.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 10 April
AP Seminar
Today in class we spent time conferencing, editing, revising, writing, and designing. I love when we get stuff done. This is very much what class will look like on Friday and Tuesday as well. Remember that we are in our final classes for preparation. On Tuesday I want to see you all running through your slides, seeing them on the board, and interacting with an audience. Practice makes perfect!
Keep in mind our due date of the 21st for all materials. Presentations will run on Monday the 22nd and Wednesday the 24th. If you choose to present before school you must bring your own audience.
Advanced Russian
Today was a day for submitting and reviewing (Russian II) or for learning some new concepts (Russian III) at this point, all projects should be in. Projects not turned in will be subject to a small late penalty.
For tonight, be sure that you're preparing for your final examination on this unit. We spent a bit of time going over the topics today. I think the most difficult topics are imperatives (Russian III) and double negation (Russian II) spend your time here. Know your procedures for navigating these areas.
There are additional exercises if you would like the practice - take a look at your translations at the end of the lesson as well as the reading and dialogues at the beginning. Your examination will fall on the 22nd. We'll have Friday and Tuesday for practice and preparation.
Russian I
Today was our final guided study day related to grammar, cases, and Russian linguistics. We spent some great time in class discussing verb conjugation and case declensions. Important skills as we think about our examination that we have on Friday. If you were able to do today's work easily then I think you're in good shape - if not, you will need to focus and study in order to memorize the concepts that you are feeling weak on. There are translations at the end of the chapter and you can also focus on learning your charts and endings. The essential skills for this examination are:
Today in class we spent time conferencing, editing, revising, writing, and designing. I love when we get stuff done. This is very much what class will look like on Friday and Tuesday as well. Remember that we are in our final classes for preparation. On Tuesday I want to see you all running through your slides, seeing them on the board, and interacting with an audience. Practice makes perfect!
Keep in mind our due date of the 21st for all materials. Presentations will run on Monday the 22nd and Wednesday the 24th. If you choose to present before school you must bring your own audience.
Advanced Russian
Today was a day for submitting and reviewing (Russian II) or for learning some new concepts (Russian III) at this point, all projects should be in. Projects not turned in will be subject to a small late penalty.
For tonight, be sure that you're preparing for your final examination on this unit. We spent a bit of time going over the topics today. I think the most difficult topics are imperatives (Russian III) and double negation (Russian II) spend your time here. Know your procedures for navigating these areas.
There are additional exercises if you would like the practice - take a look at your translations at the end of the lesson as well as the reading and dialogues at the beginning. Your examination will fall on the 22nd. We'll have Friday and Tuesday for practice and preparation.
Russian I
Today was our final guided study day related to grammar, cases, and Russian linguistics. We spent some great time in class discussing verb conjugation and case declensions. Important skills as we think about our examination that we have on Friday. If you were able to do today's work easily then I think you're in good shape - if not, you will need to focus and study in order to memorize the concepts that you are feeling weak on. There are translations at the end of the chapter and you can also focus on learning your charts and endings. The essential skills for this examination are:
- verb conjugation (also from unit one)
- case declensions (we did nouns in unit one, now we can do adjectives, possessive and subject pronouns)
- knowing the jobs of each case
- knowing vocabulary meanings - translating from Russian to English
- culture around Russian houses and family life
We also finished our Soviet Republics work today. All projects should be uploaded on Google Classroom to be scored. We'll have our culture day on Tuesday where we learn about and share information on the Soviet Union!
Monday, April 8, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students - 8 April 2019
AP Seminar
Let's just remind ourselves of our goals. By the end of this week you should have a full working draft of your IWA that is approaching a finishing stage. I think that we're at the point with these documents that we can start to construct our IMP slides as well. Remember what we have seen from our high scoring samples. Remember how the slides should be used. You may find it helpful to take a small break from the paper to get to the slides.
All slides are due the same day. You'll submit your slides to Google Classroom. All IWAs are due to Digital Portfolio ASAP. Remember that once you submit the final copy, there are no more changes allowed.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed and/or learned a key topic - the use of the double negative in Russian. This can be a bit tricky - but if you remember the key rules, then you're in good shape. With this, Russian II students are finished with Unit 7 Grammar. You all should take tonight to review concepts using the handout (also available in Google Classroom). Describe the weather and use double negatives to talk about what doesn't happen in that weather.
Russian III students should use the idea of double negatives to practice more with imperatives. Write a brief story using five imperatives. Try to use different types. Make some positive, make others negative.
Also be aware that all project work is due. The last day to submit or work in class is Wednesday. Your exam will come quickly after Easter break. Be aware!
Russian I
Today in class we had time to practice with our vocabulary and a bit of grammar practice. The important thing to remember is that we have an exam coming on Friday which will cover topics from Chapter One and Two. As you're preparing - we should be memorizing. Make sure that you know your endings. Be sure that you know how to make your changes. Can we go through verbs, adjectives, nouns, and all the other words that require changing? My biggest way to prepare is to make cards - kill and drill! Memorize those endings and the process of changing.
Be sure that you've completed your exercises in Chapter Two - these are so helpful in doing this work. I can also help if you need it.
Our last day for research on our projects is Wednesday. All slideshows should be submitted by the end of class on Wednesday.
Let's just remind ourselves of our goals. By the end of this week you should have a full working draft of your IWA that is approaching a finishing stage. I think that we're at the point with these documents that we can start to construct our IMP slides as well. Remember what we have seen from our high scoring samples. Remember how the slides should be used. You may find it helpful to take a small break from the paper to get to the slides.
All slides are due the same day. You'll submit your slides to Google Classroom. All IWAs are due to Digital Portfolio ASAP. Remember that once you submit the final copy, there are no more changes allowed.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed and/or learned a key topic - the use of the double negative in Russian. This can be a bit tricky - but if you remember the key rules, then you're in good shape. With this, Russian II students are finished with Unit 7 Grammar. You all should take tonight to review concepts using the handout (also available in Google Classroom). Describe the weather and use double negatives to talk about what doesn't happen in that weather.
Russian III students should use the idea of double negatives to practice more with imperatives. Write a brief story using five imperatives. Try to use different types. Make some positive, make others negative.
Also be aware that all project work is due. The last day to submit or work in class is Wednesday. Your exam will come quickly after Easter break. Be aware!
Russian I
Today in class we had time to practice with our vocabulary and a bit of grammar practice. The important thing to remember is that we have an exam coming on Friday which will cover topics from Chapter One and Two. As you're preparing - we should be memorizing. Make sure that you know your endings. Be sure that you know how to make your changes. Can we go through verbs, adjectives, nouns, and all the other words that require changing? My biggest way to prepare is to make cards - kill and drill! Memorize those endings and the process of changing.
Be sure that you've completed your exercises in Chapter Two - these are so helpful in doing this work. I can also help if you need it.
Our last day for research on our projects is Wednesday. All slideshows should be submitted by the end of class on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 4 April
One week done, only six more to go!
AP Seminar
Over the weekend there are two things to accomplish. Some of you were able to accomplish one of them today, so I guess that just leaves one thing for you. Be sure that you have navigated to Google Classroom and found the form for Workshop 1.2. This form will guide you through the second workshop on the first submission. This focused on Rows 3 and 5 of the rubric, but it will also be good to think about citations as well.
You must go to Digital Portfolio and submit your draft this weekend. Run an originality report based on your work so far. I will check behind you on Monday. The class we'll have on Monday will focus on workshopping the full draft - be prepared for this work!
Advanced Russian
At this point we have projects due or soon to be due. Russian III students should have recipe cards submitted online and be ready to play or present a spoken part on Monday. Russian II students will have their final workshop on Monday related to the weather reports. Be sure that you have a slide for each of the days and that you discuss temperature, conditions, and suggested attire.
Additionally, we have exercises based on the new content - 9.9 for Russian III / 7.8 for Russian II. Be sure that you are learning your declensions, remembering your key rules, and getting prepared for our overall examination (either the final or the AP).
Russian I
Over the weekend you should all be focused on studying and preparing for your Unit 2 examination. The exam is going to fall on Friday of next week. We'll have full classes on Monday and especially Wednesday reviewing for the exam and getting ready in the way that we can.
This weekend you should all work through exercise 2.20 - translations. These are helpful to review vocabulary as well as grammar in the lesson. You should be able to identify where to use all six cases and then put the words in the proper form. Remember to use your vocabulary lists and notes from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 as you complete this work.
I would also suggest reading through and understanding the чтение at the beginning of Chapter 2. What is this text about? Where does it use our grammar? You'll see a similar text on the exam next week.
AP Seminar
Over the weekend there are two things to accomplish. Some of you were able to accomplish one of them today, so I guess that just leaves one thing for you. Be sure that you have navigated to Google Classroom and found the form for Workshop 1.2. This form will guide you through the second workshop on the first submission. This focused on Rows 3 and 5 of the rubric, but it will also be good to think about citations as well.
You must go to Digital Portfolio and submit your draft this weekend. Run an originality report based on your work so far. I will check behind you on Monday. The class we'll have on Monday will focus on workshopping the full draft - be prepared for this work!
Advanced Russian
At this point we have projects due or soon to be due. Russian III students should have recipe cards submitted online and be ready to play or present a spoken part on Monday. Russian II students will have their final workshop on Monday related to the weather reports. Be sure that you have a slide for each of the days and that you discuss temperature, conditions, and suggested attire.
Additionally, we have exercises based on the new content - 9.9 for Russian III / 7.8 for Russian II. Be sure that you are learning your declensions, remembering your key rules, and getting prepared for our overall examination (either the final or the AP).
Russian I
Over the weekend you should all be focused on studying and preparing for your Unit 2 examination. The exam is going to fall on Friday of next week. We'll have full classes on Monday and especially Wednesday reviewing for the exam and getting ready in the way that we can.
This weekend you should all work through exercise 2.20 - translations. These are helpful to review vocabulary as well as grammar in the lesson. You should be able to identify where to use all six cases and then put the words in the proper form. Remember to use your vocabulary lists and notes from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 as you complete this work.
I would also suggest reading through and understanding the чтение at the beginning of Chapter 2. What is this text about? Where does it use our grammar? You'll see a similar text on the exam next week.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Homework for B-Day Classes (and reminders for AP) - 2 April 2019
AP Seminar
As one of my favorite singers says, "Well I guess that push has come to this, so I guess this must be shove..." That's where we are in AP Seminar. We should regularly be checking things off and moving forward. I hope that today's workshop was helpful in that regard.
Revise and write and craft your IWA. Be sure that you are also designing your slides. Practice your Oral Defense questions with each other. Keep moving forward and ask for the help that you may need. If you were absent today, be sure that you find a partner to complete a First Submission workshop form - available on Google Classroom.
Advanced Russian
I'll be creating the space on Google Classroom for your projects on Thursday morning. Remember that Russian III is due this week and Russian II is due next week. Follow the guidelines for your project (recipe/weather) and ask for the help you may need. Remember that we are actively working on using our language to review the skills.
Today in class we began on new information - adverbs of quantity and count versus non-count nouns for Russian II - imperatives for first and third person for Russian III. There are exercises to review these concepts. Please complete exercises in Chapter 7 and 9 as needed focused on these concepts. The list of exercises is in the slides on Google Classroom.
Russian I
Today I gave you the study guide for your Unit 2 Exam which will fall next Friday. This exam will focus on the essential skills of cases (all six - nouns and adjectives) as well as verb conjugation. It will be very similar to the Unit 1 exam with more (seeing as you didn't know about adjectives before). Be sure to use your study guide and prioritize where you need to.
Additionally, we will begin on one of our last culture projects on Thursday - the former Soviet Union. Be sure that you have selected your top FIVE former republics (Russia is not an option). Do some preliminary research. We'll be choosing and starting on Thursday after we finish Office Romance.
AP English III
Be ready for your quiz on The Grapes of Wrath and be sure that if you have your chapter presentation tomorrow that you have shared your materials with me before class begins. We will have presentations and then the quiz.
As one of my favorite singers says, "Well I guess that push has come to this, so I guess this must be shove..." That's where we are in AP Seminar. We should regularly be checking things off and moving forward. I hope that today's workshop was helpful in that regard.
Revise and write and craft your IWA. Be sure that you are also designing your slides. Practice your Oral Defense questions with each other. Keep moving forward and ask for the help that you may need. If you were absent today, be sure that you find a partner to complete a First Submission workshop form - available on Google Classroom.
Advanced Russian
I'll be creating the space on Google Classroom for your projects on Thursday morning. Remember that Russian III is due this week and Russian II is due next week. Follow the guidelines for your project (recipe/weather) and ask for the help you may need. Remember that we are actively working on using our language to review the skills.
Today in class we began on new information - adverbs of quantity and count versus non-count nouns for Russian II - imperatives for first and third person for Russian III. There are exercises to review these concepts. Please complete exercises in Chapter 7 and 9 as needed focused on these concepts. The list of exercises is in the slides on Google Classroom.
Russian I
Today I gave you the study guide for your Unit 2 Exam which will fall next Friday. This exam will focus on the essential skills of cases (all six - nouns and adjectives) as well as verb conjugation. It will be very similar to the Unit 1 exam with more (seeing as you didn't know about adjectives before). Be sure to use your study guide and prioritize where you need to.
Additionally, we will begin on one of our last culture projects on Thursday - the former Soviet Union. Be sure that you have selected your top FIVE former republics (Russia is not an option). Do some preliminary research. We'll be choosing and starting on Thursday after we finish Office Romance.
AP English III
Be ready for your quiz on The Grapes of Wrath and be sure that if you have your chapter presentation tomorrow that you have shared your materials with me before class begins. We will have presentations and then the quiz.
Friday, March 22, 2019
Breakwork - B Day Students - 22 March 2019
And now we have all made it. I'll have all the grades updated and finalized before I go with the exception of any AP Seminar students who need to do elevator pitches after break since we didn't have time today in class.
AP Seminar
Over break you should all be actively working on your IWA and IMPOD presentations. It is important that you return to school with a good working rough draft. I would use the IWA checklist as you are going through this process to make sure that your work aligns with the task. Also be sure to use your rubric and all of the discussion we have had around the rubric to help you with this.
Remember that presentations will occur about two weeks after we return to school and all IMPOD presentations will be due on the first day of presentations.
Advanced Russian
Over the break we should all be focused on resting, recovering, and spending time with vocabulary and grammar skills. Break gives you a great chance to work on things at your own pace. I would recommend spending time with your projects - Russian III students should have the project on recipes and cooking over the break. Russian II students should put together a solid draft of the project so that we can focus on corrections.
The other work is to study and review the process of forming the Genitive Plural. Go to Google Classroom and find Exercise 7.7 and complete the declensions!
Russian I
Today in class we finished our culture work related to vocabulary, culture, and finishing our grades for Quarter 3. Once you left class, all of the work was turned in. The grading period is now over.
Over break I would suggest following up on your vocabulary as well as on your grammar skills. We'll have the Unit 2 Exam not too long after we return from break. Probably the second week. It'll cover cases with nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and the skills on verb conjugation too. I'll have a study guide for you when we return from break for what you'll need to study.
AP Seminar
Over break you should all be actively working on your IWA and IMPOD presentations. It is important that you return to school with a good working rough draft. I would use the IWA checklist as you are going through this process to make sure that your work aligns with the task. Also be sure to use your rubric and all of the discussion we have had around the rubric to help you with this.
Remember that presentations will occur about two weeks after we return to school and all IMPOD presentations will be due on the first day of presentations.
Advanced Russian
Over the break we should all be focused on resting, recovering, and spending time with vocabulary and grammar skills. Break gives you a great chance to work on things at your own pace. I would recommend spending time with your projects - Russian III students should have the project on recipes and cooking over the break. Russian II students should put together a solid draft of the project so that we can focus on corrections.
The other work is to study and review the process of forming the Genitive Plural. Go to Google Classroom and find Exercise 7.7 and complete the declensions!
Russian I
Today in class we finished our culture work related to vocabulary, culture, and finishing our grades for Quarter 3. Once you left class, all of the work was turned in. The grading period is now over.
Over break I would suggest following up on your vocabulary as well as on your grammar skills. We'll have the Unit 2 Exam not too long after we return from break. Probably the second week. It'll cover cases with nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and the skills on verb conjugation too. I'll have a study guide for you when we return from break for what you'll need to study.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 20 March
We are drawing to the end of the quarter very quickly. Be sure that your final assignments are complete and that you are turning in everything!
AP Seminar
Today was great! I enjoyed having you take me through your outlines and arguments. I love what I'm seeing and the interesting investigations that you are pursuing. I hope that you all enjoyed the elevator pitches - it's so interesting to me the various topics and questions we're exploring.
Remember that all assignments will be completed on Friday. You'll do your conference/pitch then if you did not today in class. IWA drafts will be assessed when we return from break. Be sure that you're also working through your IMPOD too!
Advanced Russian
We focused on exercises today in order to understand some key grammatical points before taking time at the end of class to finish our interpretive listening activities and work on our vocabulary projects. Tonight I would recommend to Russian II students to finish collecting your research for your weather report (today, tomorrow, and yesterday in Russia and Durham) and to read the weather reports at the beginning of Chapter Seven as an example of how to structure this information.
Russian III students should complete the planning for the recipe project and begin speaking. Remember that you should be using modals and food vocabulary as you are completing this work!
Make sure that your grade is reflective of where you want it to be!
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of work related to culture - especially how Russians live. We'll finish our cultural investigation on Friday and watch the Russian/Soviet apartment that I lived in my first summer in Moscow. Tonight and moving into Friday it's important to get all of your final work submitted including viewing guides for our most recent film and the projects (plans and writing). I like that I have a lot of work to get through from you all on my desk.
I'll continue to accept work through class on Friday. Be sure that if anything is missing or low, that you have completed it or reassessed. I'll also keep taking rubles.
AP Seminar
Today was great! I enjoyed having you take me through your outlines and arguments. I love what I'm seeing and the interesting investigations that you are pursuing. I hope that you all enjoyed the elevator pitches - it's so interesting to me the various topics and questions we're exploring.
Remember that all assignments will be completed on Friday. You'll do your conference/pitch then if you did not today in class. IWA drafts will be assessed when we return from break. Be sure that you're also working through your IMPOD too!
Advanced Russian
We focused on exercises today in order to understand some key grammatical points before taking time at the end of class to finish our interpretive listening activities and work on our vocabulary projects. Tonight I would recommend to Russian II students to finish collecting your research for your weather report (today, tomorrow, and yesterday in Russia and Durham) and to read the weather reports at the beginning of Chapter Seven as an example of how to structure this information.
Russian III students should complete the planning for the recipe project and begin speaking. Remember that you should be using modals and food vocabulary as you are completing this work!
Make sure that your grade is reflective of where you want it to be!
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of work related to culture - especially how Russians live. We'll finish our cultural investigation on Friday and watch the Russian/Soviet apartment that I lived in my first summer in Moscow. Tonight and moving into Friday it's important to get all of your final work submitted including viewing guides for our most recent film and the projects (plans and writing). I like that I have a lot of work to get through from you all on my desk.
I'll continue to accept work through class on Friday. Be sure that if anything is missing or low, that you have completed it or reassessed. I'll also keep taking rubles.
Monday, March 18, 2019
Homework for B-Day - Monday - 18 March
AP Seminar
Today in class we had a really productive day of watching a mid-scoring IMPOD (good to give ourselves that to contrast from the other), some critical discussion, a review of outlines, and then independent working time. Remember that our final assessments of the quarter will fall on these last two days. Here's a review of what they are:
1. Elevator Pitches - Minor Grade - Have you stated your question? Stimulus document connection? Solution or argument for a solution? So What? How does this affect real people? You'll get ten points for your answer for each question.
2. Outline Conferences - Major Grade - Take me through your outline and show how you've addressed each row of the rubric. You'll receive ten points for each element of the rubric.
Be prepared for the end of the quarter. Remember that drafts of IWAs will be finished when we return from break!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent time reviewing our case functions and plural declensions (Russian II/III) before going on to a discussion around the importance of selecting the appropriate aspect when using modals to express needs, permission, and refusals. Remember the importance of aspect and knowing how to navigate your pairs as we are working through this Russian IIIs.
Tonight for homework you should practice with our new skills by completing exercises for practice. Russian II have exercise 7.1. Go through and apply your case declensions. Do not do any Genitive Plurals - this will be our focus when we return from Spring Break. Russian III should complete exercises 9.7 and 9.8 to play with aspect and modals requiring aspect.
If you have any missing work or low scoring work, be sure to see me this week to complete those assignments or reassessments. You can also see me this week with rubles or Falcon Feathers to raise your score.
Russian I
Today in class we focused on how pronouns and question words (who/what) change to represent the various cases in Russian. Remember that words will change in order to show their full function in the sentence. I think that chanting the case forms is a great way to memorize them (and to sound like you're possessed in Russian). Complete exercise 2.16 as a way to practice with this work. What pronoun do we need? What case do we need? Use your chart to make the appropriate changes.
Additionally, remember that this is the last week of the grading period. The final two assignments for this quarter are our viewing guide on Office Romance and our floor plan projects. Everything should be turned in ASAP so that it can be recorded for you.
As always, please get in contact with me if you need anything!
Today in class we had a really productive day of watching a mid-scoring IMPOD (good to give ourselves that to contrast from the other), some critical discussion, a review of outlines, and then independent working time. Remember that our final assessments of the quarter will fall on these last two days. Here's a review of what they are:
1. Elevator Pitches - Minor Grade - Have you stated your question? Stimulus document connection? Solution or argument for a solution? So What? How does this affect real people? You'll get ten points for your answer for each question.
2. Outline Conferences - Major Grade - Take me through your outline and show how you've addressed each row of the rubric. You'll receive ten points for each element of the rubric.
Be prepared for the end of the quarter. Remember that drafts of IWAs will be finished when we return from break!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent time reviewing our case functions and plural declensions (Russian II/III) before going on to a discussion around the importance of selecting the appropriate aspect when using modals to express needs, permission, and refusals. Remember the importance of aspect and knowing how to navigate your pairs as we are working through this Russian IIIs.
Tonight for homework you should practice with our new skills by completing exercises for practice. Russian II have exercise 7.1. Go through and apply your case declensions. Do not do any Genitive Plurals - this will be our focus when we return from Spring Break. Russian III should complete exercises 9.7 and 9.8 to play with aspect and modals requiring aspect.
If you have any missing work or low scoring work, be sure to see me this week to complete those assignments or reassessments. You can also see me this week with rubles or Falcon Feathers to raise your score.
Russian I
Today in class we focused on how pronouns and question words (who/what) change to represent the various cases in Russian. Remember that words will change in order to show their full function in the sentence. I think that chanting the case forms is a great way to memorize them (and to sound like you're possessed in Russian). Complete exercise 2.16 as a way to practice with this work. What pronoun do we need? What case do we need? Use your chart to make the appropriate changes.
Additionally, remember that this is the last week of the grading period. The final two assignments for this quarter are our viewing guide on Office Romance and our floor plan projects. Everything should be turned in ASAP so that it can be recorded for you.
As always, please get in contact with me if you need anything!
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students
AP Seminar
Over the weekend it's really all about the IWA and the outline. It's time to put it together, to keep researching, and to keep writing. Remember that the more that you write, and the more content that you generate, the easier it is to move through the editing and refining process.
Be sure that you are using the rubric, the sample documents, and the activities we complete in class to help you with all of this. I'm available a lot during class and outside of class for anything that you need. Remember to use me as you need me.
Russian II/III
Today in class we had our vocabulary quiz on Unit 7 and Unit 9. I'll have these scored and back to you on Monday. If you would like to resubmit the quiz, please study and review this weekend and see me next week. Over the weekend it would be a good idea to review your PowerSchool and to complete any missing assignments or to budget your rubles that you may have for extra credit on low scoring assignments.
I'll be collecting your viewing guides on the film on Monday. They should be completed. The film is available on YouTube if you need to go back and watch anything.
Russian I
This class looked a lot like Advanced Russian today. We took a quiz and then we watched more of our film - Служебный Роман - to complete part one. Your viewing guides are due on Monday. They should be complete. Remember to add the final paragraph response and answer in at least an ACES paragraph:
Who is your most or least favorite character in the film? Why do you have that opinion of them?
It would also be a good idea to complete the drafts of your floor plan paragraphs this weekend. We'll have some time on Monday to write, but really the writing should be mostly revising.
Over the weekend it's really all about the IWA and the outline. It's time to put it together, to keep researching, and to keep writing. Remember that the more that you write, and the more content that you generate, the easier it is to move through the editing and refining process.
Be sure that you are using the rubric, the sample documents, and the activities we complete in class to help you with all of this. I'm available a lot during class and outside of class for anything that you need. Remember to use me as you need me.
Russian II/III
Today in class we had our vocabulary quiz on Unit 7 and Unit 9. I'll have these scored and back to you on Monday. If you would like to resubmit the quiz, please study and review this weekend and see me next week. Over the weekend it would be a good idea to review your PowerSchool and to complete any missing assignments or to budget your rubles that you may have for extra credit on low scoring assignments.
I'll be collecting your viewing guides on the film on Monday. They should be completed. The film is available on YouTube if you need to go back and watch anything.
Russian I
This class looked a lot like Advanced Russian today. We took a quiz and then we watched more of our film - Служебный Роман - to complete part one. Your viewing guides are due on Monday. They should be complete. Remember to add the final paragraph response and answer in at least an ACES paragraph:
Who is your most or least favorite character in the film? Why do you have that opinion of them?
It would also be a good idea to complete the drafts of your floor plan paragraphs this weekend. We'll have some time on Monday to write, but really the writing should be mostly revising.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Homework for B-Day Classes: 12 March (ACT Day)
Dear Juniors - I hope that you felt prepared and that you served the ACT what it wanted. I hope that the work we have done related to writing and critical reading helped you. Now, on to the announcements.
AP Seminar
In class today we had a significant workday geared toward our IWA outlines. By the time we leave for Spring Break (next Friday) you and I should have sat down for an IWA OUTLINE CONFERENCE. This conference will be a major grade. We'll discuss your outline including the question and answer, as well as the way in which you are using your source material to argue for a solution or resolution.
Beyond this, the only other assignment we'll have in Q3 is an elevator pitch. These will occur next week. Everyone will be expected to deliver a 1-2 minute elevator pitch in which you detail for your classmates:
AP Seminar
In class today we had a significant workday geared toward our IWA outlines. By the time we leave for Spring Break (next Friday) you and I should have sat down for an IWA OUTLINE CONFERENCE. This conference will be a major grade. We'll discuss your outline including the question and answer, as well as the way in which you are using your source material to argue for a solution or resolution.
Beyond this, the only other assignment we'll have in Q3 is an elevator pitch. These will occur next week. Everyone will be expected to deliver a 1-2 minute elevator pitch in which you detail for your classmates:
- What your question is.
- Its connection to the stimulus pack.
- Your answer or solution.
- An element of SO WHAT - Who is impacted? Who is affected? Why does the question or answer matter?
Keep in mind that the first draft of your IWA is due when we return from Spring Break.
Advanced Russian
Today was an enrichment day in Russian. We focused on writing and discussing the weather (Russian II) as well as our recipes and foods (Russian III). As we worked today in Russian III, there was a lot of discussion around related grammar topics like time expression, genitive counting rules, and the other related grammar needed to work through recipes.
Tonight, you should study and prepare for your quizzes on Thursday. The quizzes will focus on vocabulary as well as on uses of the dative case. Be prepared! Be sure that if you weren't in class today that you are prepared to move forward with your recipe projects or grammar skills.
Russian I
Today in class we spent about 80 minutes studying for our quiz on Thursday. By studying we were active. We matched dominoes to practice with the idea of agreement between words with gender and case. We also did some writing and translating about our houses - to write one of our paragraphs. Tonight, you should keep that going.
First, use the example/model paragraph and complete the work on writing about your house. These paragraphs are due on Thursday. While you take your quiz I'll grade your paragraphs and return them with notes about corrections. Final floor plan projects are due on Monday. This is the last project grade for Q3. If you see that you have other missing or low scoring assignments, you may want to see me with rubles to add extra points.
GRADES FOR ALL CLASSES WILL BE FINALIZED NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
NO EXCEPTIONS
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 9 March (Saturday)
Sorry for not posting yesterday everyone - it was a long day of training, and I just forgot. Here are your reminders for Tuesday.
AP Seminar
Thank you to those of you who emailed or got in touch about question development and conferencing. I will be available to finish conferences on questions Monday and Tuesday before class. Please come and see me to complete that portion of your grade. For those of you who have already had your conference, please unsubmit your Question Generator and continue to use it if needed.
By this point it's important for everyone to have a Research Question 2.0+ to get busy with EBSCO and online databases and researching. I've been asking a lot of questions about scope, focus, connection to the stimulus pack, and the argument or point that you're trying to make. Be sure to also consider the - SO WHAT? - Why does this investigation, question, resolution, or conclusion matter? As you research continue to refine your question and by extension your answer.
The next few days of class will be filled with researching and developing outlines. Our next assessment in class will be elevator pitches of questions, arguments, and sources. Be ready for that next week - details forthcoming!
Advanced Russian
I hope that you all enjoyed the film Девчата from the note that the sub left you have just about ten minutes left to watch. Be sure that you've completed the questions up to that point in the film. It's available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything. We'll finish the movie on Thursday after our quiz. Russian II/III students will have a quiz on new vocabulary (weather terms, adjectives, foods) and the use of the Dative Case on Thursday.
Additionally over the weekend you should work on your writing assignment (Russian II) on weather and feelings (accurate use of dative case, adjectives and adverbs). Or you should be working on your recipe steps (Russian III) and learning new vocabulary (verbs) related to cooking. These verbs are great when paired with your modals (use of the Dative/Nominative case.
Tuesday is ACT day and a good chunk of the class will be missing - plan on an Enrichment Day on Tuesday!
Russian I
I hope that our romcom - Служебный Роман - was fun and enjoyable. I hope that it also helped to give you some insights into Russian women of different types, especially thematic for International Women's Day. I expect to see viewing guides with questions answered to about the 1:10 mark of the film. If you left your viewing guide on the floor at the end of class, I would suggest coming to see me and get another. The film is available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything.
Over the weekend you should work to complete the Chapter 2 reading as well as any remaining problems from our previous exercise set. You should be reviewing your color vocabulary and case endings nightly in order to memorize them and be able to apply them correctly. The reading assignment is a great tool to help you do this so that you can see cases in action. Try to translate as you read.
We will have a quiz soon on case functions, some endings, and color vocabulary words. We'll also have a writing workshop on Tuesday related to our projects. The final draft of the houses project will likely be on Monday of next week - be ready for that!
AP Seminar
Thank you to those of you who emailed or got in touch about question development and conferencing. I will be available to finish conferences on questions Monday and Tuesday before class. Please come and see me to complete that portion of your grade. For those of you who have already had your conference, please unsubmit your Question Generator and continue to use it if needed.
By this point it's important for everyone to have a Research Question 2.0+ to get busy with EBSCO and online databases and researching. I've been asking a lot of questions about scope, focus, connection to the stimulus pack, and the argument or point that you're trying to make. Be sure to also consider the - SO WHAT? - Why does this investigation, question, resolution, or conclusion matter? As you research continue to refine your question and by extension your answer.
The next few days of class will be filled with researching and developing outlines. Our next assessment in class will be elevator pitches of questions, arguments, and sources. Be ready for that next week - details forthcoming!
Advanced Russian
I hope that you all enjoyed the film Девчата from the note that the sub left you have just about ten minutes left to watch. Be sure that you've completed the questions up to that point in the film. It's available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything. We'll finish the movie on Thursday after our quiz. Russian II/III students will have a quiz on new vocabulary (weather terms, adjectives, foods) and the use of the Dative Case on Thursday.
Additionally over the weekend you should work on your writing assignment (Russian II) on weather and feelings (accurate use of dative case, adjectives and adverbs). Or you should be working on your recipe steps (Russian III) and learning new vocabulary (verbs) related to cooking. These verbs are great when paired with your modals (use of the Dative/Nominative case.
Tuesday is ACT day and a good chunk of the class will be missing - plan on an Enrichment Day on Tuesday!
Russian I
I hope that our romcom - Служебный Роман - was fun and enjoyable. I hope that it also helped to give you some insights into Russian women of different types, especially thematic for International Women's Day. I expect to see viewing guides with questions answered to about the 1:10 mark of the film. If you left your viewing guide on the floor at the end of class, I would suggest coming to see me and get another. The film is available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything.
Over the weekend you should work to complete the Chapter 2 reading as well as any remaining problems from our previous exercise set. You should be reviewing your color vocabulary and case endings nightly in order to memorize them and be able to apply them correctly. The reading assignment is a great tool to help you do this so that you can see cases in action. Try to translate as you read.
We will have a quiz soon on case functions, some endings, and color vocabulary words. We'll also have a writing workshop on Tuesday related to our projects. The final draft of the houses project will likely be on Monday of next week - be ready for that!
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 6 March 2019
Russian I
We are getting to the point in the year where I am starting to get very worried about the ability for some of you to move on to Russian II due to a lack of skills in the language. It appears as though many of you are waiting for the language to magically click, and unfortunately, this will never happen. You must work nightly with the grammar and vocabulary. You must be able to memorize the case endings and know how the words are changed. Today there was very little engagement or apparent ability to complete the exercises. This is concerning.
Tonight you should finish the exercises if you did not already do so. They will help you to learn the ways in which the cases function and how to alter the spelling of the words to show that they are in the cases. The reading at the beginning of Chapter 2 will also help you with this.
There are many of you missing work. Be aware we have three weeks left in the quarter. On Tuesday you'll have a quiz on cases and colors. I hope that you are all prepared.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on reviewing exercises and vocabulary related to key concepts before we watched our first weather report. Tonight for homework you'll be continuing to work in the spirit of these exercises. Russian III students should prepare their recipe. Make your list of groceries, investigate new verbs, and prepare your vocabulary list. Remember to use your modals where appropriate. Russian II students should write five sentences describing different weather conditions and the feelings that these spark in you. Remember - use adjectives to describe situations/things/weather and use adverbs to describe feelings.
Also, there are a lot of you missing work (projects) be sure that you have presented your poem to me and that you have turned in your slides on Google Classroom.
AP Seminar
Today because of the Tornado Drill we did not have time to conference with everyone. If I did not get to you today, please try to see me tomorrow or Friday before class so that we can have our discussion. At this point, it's all about the question and the argument. Be sure that you're collecting your sources and use your resources to help you complete your tasks. I hope that you have all set up your folder on Google Drive and that you are beginning to fill the folder with items.
Remember that it would be good to start to consider your argument/solution/answer and then the way in which you'll set up your evidence to show your line of reasoning. You'll be submitting an outline next as that is a a more logical tool for this type of assignment than an Annotated Bib.
Happy researching!
We are getting to the point in the year where I am starting to get very worried about the ability for some of you to move on to Russian II due to a lack of skills in the language. It appears as though many of you are waiting for the language to magically click, and unfortunately, this will never happen. You must work nightly with the grammar and vocabulary. You must be able to memorize the case endings and know how the words are changed. Today there was very little engagement or apparent ability to complete the exercises. This is concerning.
Tonight you should finish the exercises if you did not already do so. They will help you to learn the ways in which the cases function and how to alter the spelling of the words to show that they are in the cases. The reading at the beginning of Chapter 2 will also help you with this.
There are many of you missing work. Be aware we have three weeks left in the quarter. On Tuesday you'll have a quiz on cases and colors. I hope that you are all prepared.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on reviewing exercises and vocabulary related to key concepts before we watched our first weather report. Tonight for homework you'll be continuing to work in the spirit of these exercises. Russian III students should prepare their recipe. Make your list of groceries, investigate new verbs, and prepare your vocabulary list. Remember to use your modals where appropriate. Russian II students should write five sentences describing different weather conditions and the feelings that these spark in you. Remember - use adjectives to describe situations/things/weather and use adverbs to describe feelings.
Also, there are a lot of you missing work (projects) be sure that you have presented your poem to me and that you have turned in your slides on Google Classroom.
AP Seminar
Today because of the Tornado Drill we did not have time to conference with everyone. If I did not get to you today, please try to see me tomorrow or Friday before class so that we can have our discussion. At this point, it's all about the question and the argument. Be sure that you're collecting your sources and use your resources to help you complete your tasks. I hope that you have all set up your folder on Google Drive and that you are beginning to fill the folder with items.
Remember that it would be good to start to consider your argument/solution/answer and then the way in which you'll set up your evidence to show your line of reasoning. You'll be submitting an outline next as that is a a more logical tool for this type of assignment than an Annotated Bib.
Happy researching!
Monday, March 4, 2019
Homework for B-Day - Monday the 4th of March
AP Seminar
Make sure that once you are done with it that you have turned in your question generator form. This is a great way to make sure that your looking at a variety of ideas and perspectives as you start planning. As we move forward be sure that you are constantly working. It's a great chance to get ahead, keep setting goals and accomplishing them.
Next class we'll be conferencing and researching. It's time to start building the outline and annotated bibliography. Be ready to keep going forward!
Advanced Russian
There are many missing projects. Make sure that your project is presented to me (poem) and turned in to Google Classroom. I'll continue grading this week and return the tests to you on Friday.
Tonight you should all dig in to your new grammar and vocabulary. Russian III students should focus on exercises 9.5 and 9.6 to practice with new vocabulary and modal expressions. Russian II students should focus on exercise 7.1 - a general case review.
Be ready with your vocabulary. A lot of Russian II students need to go back and learn numbers. Don't forget to focus on your nouns and your adjectives!
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed the way in which possessive pronouns change (my, your, our) to relate and show genders and cases in Russian. Remember that there is a lot of alignment here between what we have seen happen with adjective endings. Hopefully a lot of things were clicking today between cases, declensions, and genders. After this we spent time working on our home floor plans. We should have finished the floor plan so that next class we are able to start writing about the rooms.
For tonight, you should have finished the four exercises assigned last week from Chapter 2. We also need to focus on vocabulary and memorizing endings. The reading - at the beginning of Chapter 2 - is a good way to do this. Take a look at how the adjectives are being used. Try to understand the main idea of the text.
Make sure that once you are done with it that you have turned in your question generator form. This is a great way to make sure that your looking at a variety of ideas and perspectives as you start planning. As we move forward be sure that you are constantly working. It's a great chance to get ahead, keep setting goals and accomplishing them.
Next class we'll be conferencing and researching. It's time to start building the outline and annotated bibliography. Be ready to keep going forward!
Advanced Russian
There are many missing projects. Make sure that your project is presented to me (poem) and turned in to Google Classroom. I'll continue grading this week and return the tests to you on Friday.
Tonight you should all dig in to your new grammar and vocabulary. Russian III students should focus on exercises 9.5 and 9.6 to practice with new vocabulary and modal expressions. Russian II students should focus on exercise 7.1 - a general case review.
Be ready with your vocabulary. A lot of Russian II students need to go back and learn numbers. Don't forget to focus on your nouns and your adjectives!
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed the way in which possessive pronouns change (my, your, our) to relate and show genders and cases in Russian. Remember that there is a lot of alignment here between what we have seen happen with adjective endings. Hopefully a lot of things were clicking today between cases, declensions, and genders. After this we spent time working on our home floor plans. We should have finished the floor plan so that next class we are able to start writing about the rooms.
For tonight, you should have finished the four exercises assigned last week from Chapter 2. We also need to focus on vocabulary and memorizing endings. The reading - at the beginning of Chapter 2 - is a good way to do this. Take a look at how the adjectives are being used. Try to understand the main idea of the text.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 28 February
AP Seminar
Well, that's it when it comes to the documents! We've had a very rich few days working through our document pack to determine various themes and connections. I was very impressed with the work that you were doing in your silent discussion related to themes and connections. This weekend, it's time to put all that to work.
Your first task is to read the sample IWA and apply the rubric. What is this person's question? What's the theme? How is this person using a variety of perspectives. Read, annotate, and score.
After you've done that. It's time to plan and work. What's your question? What's your theme? What are your documents? Be sure to work through your summarizing sheet (shared earlier this week) as that will give you a good framework to move forward.
Advanced Russian
Tests are in. Projects are coming in. Scores will be seen in PowerSchool this weekend. And we are moving on. Over the weekend it is important that you finish any preparation for your poetry recitation so that we can get that settled up.
You should all work this weekend on completing your Chapter Preview and begin work on your new vocabulary in the new units. Unit 7 is for Russian II (weather and plurals) and Unit 9 is for Russian III (food and instructions).
If you felt shaky in your exam today, be sure to study and prepare for a reassessment this weekend. Once I hand back your work you will have just one week to complete a reassessment. The same will be true for your projects as well.
Russian I
Today in class we went back to square one as we went back to our idea of agreement, cases, and adjectives as well as nouns. Remember that as we do this work we will have endings for nouns and endings for adjectives. These endings work together. Keep this in mind as we continue to use these and learn them. I hope that after our guided practice today you were able to make corrections to your work related to your animals.
After that we learned the endings for the three other cases - Accusative, Dative, and Instrumental - before we practiced with them to write sentences using verbs.
Over the weekend, you should have four exercises completed in Chapter 2. These are Exercise 2, 4, 7 and 8. On Monday we'll be doing a help session with these exercises. Be ready in case you are called! You should also be focused on learning your colors for our first vocabulary quiz in this unit - Friday.
Well, that's it when it comes to the documents! We've had a very rich few days working through our document pack to determine various themes and connections. I was very impressed with the work that you were doing in your silent discussion related to themes and connections. This weekend, it's time to put all that to work.
Your first task is to read the sample IWA and apply the rubric. What is this person's question? What's the theme? How is this person using a variety of perspectives. Read, annotate, and score.
After you've done that. It's time to plan and work. What's your question? What's your theme? What are your documents? Be sure to work through your summarizing sheet (shared earlier this week) as that will give you a good framework to move forward.
Advanced Russian
Tests are in. Projects are coming in. Scores will be seen in PowerSchool this weekend. And we are moving on. Over the weekend it is important that you finish any preparation for your poetry recitation so that we can get that settled up.
You should all work this weekend on completing your Chapter Preview and begin work on your new vocabulary in the new units. Unit 7 is for Russian II (weather and plurals) and Unit 9 is for Russian III (food and instructions).
If you felt shaky in your exam today, be sure to study and prepare for a reassessment this weekend. Once I hand back your work you will have just one week to complete a reassessment. The same will be true for your projects as well.
Russian I
Today in class we went back to square one as we went back to our idea of agreement, cases, and adjectives as well as nouns. Remember that as we do this work we will have endings for nouns and endings for adjectives. These endings work together. Keep this in mind as we continue to use these and learn them. I hope that after our guided practice today you were able to make corrections to your work related to your animals.
After that we learned the endings for the three other cases - Accusative, Dative, and Instrumental - before we practiced with them to write sentences using verbs.
Over the weekend, you should have four exercises completed in Chapter 2. These are Exercise 2, 4, 7 and 8. On Monday we'll be doing a help session with these exercises. Be ready in case you are called! You should also be focused on learning your colors for our first vocabulary quiz in this unit - Friday.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students - 26 February 2019
AP Seminar
I enjoyed seeing you all collaborate today to create your lesson plans. Be sure that before our next class (Thursday) you have turned in your lesson plan and that you have shared with me any materials. If you need me to make copies, please tell me.
Once we've finished going through the final three documents it'll be time to start consolidating your work and considering your question. Remember, just like the TMPOD, you'll want to revise and refine your question as you research and work. By the end of this week, you should complete the final summary document (given in class today). Also, if you've missed class, please be aware of what you have missed. See Google Classroom or a classmate to get caught up.
Next week we begin with our IWA work! Be ready!
Advanced Russian
Today was the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae called verbs of motion. We completed final exercises and translations, reviewed the importance of perspective when it comes to speakers, and we reviewed many of our conjugations. I also gave out and reviewed the study guide for the exam.
Your examination is Thursday. You should have all projects completed this week and submitted to be scored. Addtionally, if there is anything that you want to resubmit, it is time to do that now. Resubmissions will not be accepted past this week.
Russian I
Today we began on adjectives. Adjectives are just like nouns - they have gender and they have cases. Remember the key idea of agreement! Adjectives and nouns must agree in case and gender - remember, we can't separate red from t-shirt (it's just one thing). For tonight, to practice with adjectives and endings in nominative, genitive, and prepositional case we have exercises 2.2 and 2.4. Practice with your endings and try to get these memorized.
Like I said, we are basically reviewing all of Unit 1 as we go through Unit 2. This will be a faster unit, but for those of you who are a bit unsure of your skills from Unit 1 - know that you'll have a lot of opportunities to improve. That being said, be sure that you have reassessed your test from Unit 1 within the next two weeks!
I enjoyed seeing you all collaborate today to create your lesson plans. Be sure that before our next class (Thursday) you have turned in your lesson plan and that you have shared with me any materials. If you need me to make copies, please tell me.
Once we've finished going through the final three documents it'll be time to start consolidating your work and considering your question. Remember, just like the TMPOD, you'll want to revise and refine your question as you research and work. By the end of this week, you should complete the final summary document (given in class today). Also, if you've missed class, please be aware of what you have missed. See Google Classroom or a classmate to get caught up.
Next week we begin with our IWA work! Be ready!
Advanced Russian
Today was the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae called verbs of motion. We completed final exercises and translations, reviewed the importance of perspective when it comes to speakers, and we reviewed many of our conjugations. I also gave out and reviewed the study guide for the exam.
Your examination is Thursday. You should have all projects completed this week and submitted to be scored. Addtionally, if there is anything that you want to resubmit, it is time to do that now. Resubmissions will not be accepted past this week.
Russian I
Today we began on adjectives. Adjectives are just like nouns - they have gender and they have cases. Remember the key idea of agreement! Adjectives and nouns must agree in case and gender - remember, we can't separate red from t-shirt (it's just one thing). For tonight, to practice with adjectives and endings in nominative, genitive, and prepositional case we have exercises 2.2 and 2.4. Practice with your endings and try to get these memorized.
Like I said, we are basically reviewing all of Unit 1 as we go through Unit 2. This will be a faster unit, but for those of you who are a bit unsure of your skills from Unit 1 - know that you'll have a lot of opportunities to improve. That being said, be sure that you have reassessed your test from Unit 1 within the next two weeks!
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 2 Hour Delay Day - 20 February
AP Seminar
Lots of changes to the Unit Plan and homework plan since I made a massive mistake in taking us through the unit. Here are the recaps for you.
Tonight - You should watch the TEDTalk and use the form I gave you in class to formalize and finish your annotations. Be sure to take notes as you watch as well. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Friday in which we pull together major ideas between the four documents that we will have studied by Friday's class.
I'll also be forming you into your groups for the final three documents to teach the class. You'll be taking the class through your document on Tuesday!
We'll be finalizing our work with the documents and moving on to the work on the IWA very soon. Be ready to finish our first round of document study next week!
Advanced Russian and Russian I
Today most of class was devoted to a project workshop. If your project is complete it should be turned in to the space on Google Classroom. Additionally, the poems should also be presented this week. If you have not yet completed your poem; it is time to finish your memorization and get it settled up. We will have exams coming very soon to wrap up our units.
Advanced Russian
Be sure that you have finished your exercises related to verbs of motion (Russian II) as well as the work related to conditionals and hypotheticals (Russian III). Friday will be one of our wrap-up and review days as we engage in actual tasks which will help us to prepare for the exam next week. Your Unit 6/Unit 10 examination will fall on Thursday.
A good way to prepare is to correct your quiz. This work should be done by Friday.
Russian I
If you are in need of extra credit for Unit 1, then your questions at the end of Chapter 1 are the best place for you to earn that credit. There are over twenty questions at the end of the Chapter 1 Exercises which you can answer for one half point of extra credit per answer. These questions are found on page fifty-six. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence and they must be done by hand. Any evidence of translator help will invalidate the whole response.
Your examination on Unit 1 is on Friday. Extra Credit will be accepted before the examination begins or on Monday (at the latest).
Lots of changes to the Unit Plan and homework plan since I made a massive mistake in taking us through the unit. Here are the recaps for you.
Tonight - You should watch the TEDTalk and use the form I gave you in class to formalize and finish your annotations. Be sure to take notes as you watch as well. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Friday in which we pull together major ideas between the four documents that we will have studied by Friday's class.
I'll also be forming you into your groups for the final three documents to teach the class. You'll be taking the class through your document on Tuesday!
We'll be finalizing our work with the documents and moving on to the work on the IWA very soon. Be ready to finish our first round of document study next week!
Advanced Russian and Russian I
Today most of class was devoted to a project workshop. If your project is complete it should be turned in to the space on Google Classroom. Additionally, the poems should also be presented this week. If you have not yet completed your poem; it is time to finish your memorization and get it settled up. We will have exams coming very soon to wrap up our units.
Advanced Russian
Be sure that you have finished your exercises related to verbs of motion (Russian II) as well as the work related to conditionals and hypotheticals (Russian III). Friday will be one of our wrap-up and review days as we engage in actual tasks which will help us to prepare for the exam next week. Your Unit 6/Unit 10 examination will fall on Thursday.
A good way to prepare is to correct your quiz. This work should be done by Friday.
Russian I
If you are in need of extra credit for Unit 1, then your questions at the end of Chapter 1 are the best place for you to earn that credit. There are over twenty questions at the end of the Chapter 1 Exercises which you can answer for one half point of extra credit per answer. These questions are found on page fifty-six. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence and they must be done by hand. Any evidence of translator help will invalidate the whole response.
Your examination on Unit 1 is on Friday. Extra Credit will be accepted before the examination begins or on Monday (at the latest).
Monday, February 18, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: Monday 18 February
AP Seminar
Today we began the work of moving through Performance Task 2 - The IWA and IMPOD. We spent time in class reviewing the components, the instructions, and the general outline of the task. From there, we went on to looking at two of our documents - both in verse. I've attached the slides from today's work in Google Classroom so that you have them as a record.
Tonight, you should go to Digital Portfolio and double check your final submission of your IRR. Additionally, you should find the Stimulus Pack - released to you via Digital Portfolio - and complete the reading and annotating of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". As you read, consider the connections that you can build between these three texts as well as the way in which King builds and supports his argument.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a split day. Russian II students focused on reviewing their knowledge on verbs of motion and related constructions (including cases). Russian III students learned new information connected to conditional and hypothetical situations. We worked through exercises which need to be completed tonight (Russian II - 6.11 / Russian III - 10.13) in order to practice with the concepts.
Additionally, you should all be finishing your project work (poems or Amazing Race) in advance of our due dates. All project work should be done by Tuesday of next week. The Unit Examination will follow shortly after that. You have all week to come in and make corrections to your quizzes in the spirit of resubmission.
Lastly, as I said in class - you should be at the point where you have most of your verbs memorized. It's time to start taking off the training wheels.
Russian I
Today in class I returned our most recent quiz on cases before we spent time going through our Russian Mad Libs to practice writing with a variety of cases. In our activity today we touched on and used all six cases. Hopefully this was a great practice for you all in making your case declensions and creating some goofy Russian sentences. If you would like to correct your most recent quiz, please see me during lunch or before school.
Tonight, you should all be focused on your project work. Many of you still have to perform your four lines of poetry to me and we all have our About Me projects due on Friday. There is space on Google Classroom to turn in your project slides. You can also come in outside of class to check your work with me.
Over this week we should be finishing our preparation on Unit 1 in advance of the examination on Tuesday. You have your study guide and your textbook and access to me as you need me. Be sure that you're preparing well!
Today we began the work of moving through Performance Task 2 - The IWA and IMPOD. We spent time in class reviewing the components, the instructions, and the general outline of the task. From there, we went on to looking at two of our documents - both in verse. I've attached the slides from today's work in Google Classroom so that you have them as a record.
Tonight, you should go to Digital Portfolio and double check your final submission of your IRR. Additionally, you should find the Stimulus Pack - released to you via Digital Portfolio - and complete the reading and annotating of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". As you read, consider the connections that you can build between these three texts as well as the way in which King builds and supports his argument.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a split day. Russian II students focused on reviewing their knowledge on verbs of motion and related constructions (including cases). Russian III students learned new information connected to conditional and hypothetical situations. We worked through exercises which need to be completed tonight (Russian II - 6.11 / Russian III - 10.13) in order to practice with the concepts.
Additionally, you should all be finishing your project work (poems or Amazing Race) in advance of our due dates. All project work should be done by Tuesday of next week. The Unit Examination will follow shortly after that. You have all week to come in and make corrections to your quizzes in the spirit of resubmission.
Lastly, as I said in class - you should be at the point where you have most of your verbs memorized. It's time to start taking off the training wheels.
Russian I
Today in class I returned our most recent quiz on cases before we spent time going through our Russian Mad Libs to practice writing with a variety of cases. In our activity today we touched on and used all six cases. Hopefully this was a great practice for you all in making your case declensions and creating some goofy Russian sentences. If you would like to correct your most recent quiz, please see me during lunch or before school.
Tonight, you should all be focused on your project work. Many of you still have to perform your four lines of poetry to me and we all have our About Me projects due on Friday. There is space on Google Classroom to turn in your project slides. You can also come in outside of class to check your work with me.
Over this week we should be finishing our preparation on Unit 1 in advance of the examination on Tuesday. You have your study guide and your textbook and access to me as you need me. Be sure that you're preparing well!
Monday, December 10, 2018
Snow Day #2 and the Russian III Field Trip
Hey All -
I've heard that there have been a lot of power outages in the area. I hope that everyone is able to stay safe and warm; as always, your health and safety are first priority. If you aren't able to accomplish some of your work because of issues with electricity/Internet, please let me know.
Hopefully we'll be back to school on Wednesday. I've seen that some AP English III students have submitted their synthesis writing; please do that if it is ready for me to read. I'll have scores uploaded tomorrow and comments too.
Russian III - Be aware that the trip has been postponed until the Spring. I'll be listening to your spoken presentations in two classes to be assessed. In the next class we'll be doing our dry run. Russian II - I'll also be looking at your visuals. You'll be explaining it in English.
AP Seminar's IWA scores are nearly complete. Remember that there will be a reassessment opportunity. I would suggest that if you want to ask specific questions related to your grade, please do. We can start that resubmission process a bit earlier. I would say that with those of you who have earned lower scores (below middle) did not produce an actual IWA in that it was not presenting an argument with clear limitations, implications, or objections. These papers tended to rely on summary of source material as opposed to synthesizing and applying source material toward the explanation of an argument. As of now, the scores are raw scores - they'll be converted to a scaled score once the scale is determined.
Russian I - I did not see completed projects from everyone. Those that I saw have been scored. Again, feel free to begin reassessing based on scores and feedback. You'll want to unsubmit and then resubmit. Please email me when you've finished this work. Do not use translators at all. Simply perform the task/sentences that you have been asked for. Everything else is coming very soon!
I've also graded the English IV work on A Doll's House - Make sure that you have a clear ACES response and that your work reflects the grammar rules that we have focused on especially related to punctuation and capitalization. If you can, finish and submit the rest of your projects.
I've heard that there have been a lot of power outages in the area. I hope that everyone is able to stay safe and warm; as always, your health and safety are first priority. If you aren't able to accomplish some of your work because of issues with electricity/Internet, please let me know.
Hopefully we'll be back to school on Wednesday. I've seen that some AP English III students have submitted their synthesis writing; please do that if it is ready for me to read. I'll have scores uploaded tomorrow and comments too.
Russian III - Be aware that the trip has been postponed until the Spring. I'll be listening to your spoken presentations in two classes to be assessed. In the next class we'll be doing our dry run. Russian II - I'll also be looking at your visuals. You'll be explaining it in English.
AP Seminar's IWA scores are nearly complete. Remember that there will be a reassessment opportunity. I would suggest that if you want to ask specific questions related to your grade, please do. We can start that resubmission process a bit earlier. I would say that with those of you who have earned lower scores (below middle) did not produce an actual IWA in that it was not presenting an argument with clear limitations, implications, or objections. These papers tended to rely on summary of source material as opposed to synthesizing and applying source material toward the explanation of an argument. As of now, the scores are raw scores - they'll be converted to a scaled score once the scale is determined.
Russian I - I did not see completed projects from everyone. Those that I saw have been scored. Again, feel free to begin reassessing based on scores and feedback. You'll want to unsubmit and then resubmit. Please email me when you've finished this work. Do not use translators at all. Simply perform the task/sentences that you have been asked for. Everything else is coming very soon!
I've also graded the English IV work on A Doll's House - Make sure that you have a clear ACES response and that your work reflects the grammar rules that we have focused on especially related to punctuation and capitalization. If you can, finish and submit the rest of your projects.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Homework for B-Day Students: 5 December
AP Seminar
Today in class we worked through our Oral Defenses for our IWA - many of you were able to finish your defense with me. We'll talk about feedback on Tuesday when I return your rubrics and papers to you. From there, we went on to brainstorming since our next major task is going to be completing our TMPOD as our actual assessment task.
As we brainstormed, we thought of topics, connections between topics, lenses through with to investigate topics, and the evidence that exists related to these topics.
The major work to accomplish before Tuesday's class is to finish this brainstorming so that as you and your teammates gather together, you can begin to consider what your primary question will be. I also ask that you complete your reflection which is in Google Classroom. The reflection is a completion grade, but be thorough in your answers. I'll be using your reflections as well as your grades and performance on the tasks in order to create balanced groups that will support each other.
Advanced Russian
Friday's class is going to be our final workshop for both our UNC projects and our December projects. Let's review each of these.
For the December project I am expecting a full draft on Friday. You should use your checklist to make sure that you have a variety of the grammar expressions in your writing. Remember that you need to accomplish all of the goals across your writing for your month and for your days (Russian III). The templates that I gave you were more than what you need to write - I wanted to make sure that you had a variety of sentences. On Friday, failure to have a draft will result in a zero.
We'll also finish constructing our visuals on Friday as well as planning for our spoken presentations. I'll be assessing these elements of the project on Tuesday as we will be doing a dry run of our presentations. Remember that you have your rubrics already as to how you'll be assessed. The dry run will be a great way to practice before our symposium on Wednesday.
Lastly, remember that your reassessment for vocabulary will fall on Tuesday as well. This should be a quick check in so that you have the points that you need and the knowledge that you need as well.
Russian I
Today in class we did some listening, spent most of our class working on or completing our projects, and then moved on to working with word parts in Russian. I think that for those of you having trouble memorizing the meaning of full words, maybe you want to focus on the meaning of the roots - these can be helpful in determining the general meaning of the words.
For tonight, you need to look at Exercise 19 in Chapter One. This exercise is a translation exercise. You'll need to translate just the subject and the verb. The rest of the sentence is a bit beyond you right now. This is a good way to practice before we have our reassessment on verb conjugation!
Don't forget that you will have your unit examination on Monday!
Today in class we worked through our Oral Defenses for our IWA - many of you were able to finish your defense with me. We'll talk about feedback on Tuesday when I return your rubrics and papers to you. From there, we went on to brainstorming since our next major task is going to be completing our TMPOD as our actual assessment task.
As we brainstormed, we thought of topics, connections between topics, lenses through with to investigate topics, and the evidence that exists related to these topics.
The major work to accomplish before Tuesday's class is to finish this brainstorming so that as you and your teammates gather together, you can begin to consider what your primary question will be. I also ask that you complete your reflection which is in Google Classroom. The reflection is a completion grade, but be thorough in your answers. I'll be using your reflections as well as your grades and performance on the tasks in order to create balanced groups that will support each other.
Advanced Russian
Friday's class is going to be our final workshop for both our UNC projects and our December projects. Let's review each of these.
For the December project I am expecting a full draft on Friday. You should use your checklist to make sure that you have a variety of the grammar expressions in your writing. Remember that you need to accomplish all of the goals across your writing for your month and for your days (Russian III). The templates that I gave you were more than what you need to write - I wanted to make sure that you had a variety of sentences. On Friday, failure to have a draft will result in a zero.
We'll also finish constructing our visuals on Friday as well as planning for our spoken presentations. I'll be assessing these elements of the project on Tuesday as we will be doing a dry run of our presentations. Remember that you have your rubrics already as to how you'll be assessed. The dry run will be a great way to practice before our symposium on Wednesday.
Lastly, remember that your reassessment for vocabulary will fall on Tuesday as well. This should be a quick check in so that you have the points that you need and the knowledge that you need as well.
Russian I
Today in class we did some listening, spent most of our class working on or completing our projects, and then moved on to working with word parts in Russian. I think that for those of you having trouble memorizing the meaning of full words, maybe you want to focus on the meaning of the roots - these can be helpful in determining the general meaning of the words.
For tonight, you need to look at Exercise 19 in Chapter One. This exercise is a translation exercise. You'll need to translate just the subject and the verb. The rest of the sentence is a bit beyond you right now. This is a good way to practice before we have our reassessment on verb conjugation!
Don't forget that you will have your unit examination on Monday!
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