AP Research
Today in class we reviewed our test for sources - the CRAAP method. On Google Classroom I've posted the worksheet, slides, and video from our work today in class. Remember that as you are finding a variety of sources and perspectives, to use your topic/question in order to evaluate them. Remember Jenny McCarthy. The work may be good for another topic, just not yours.
Don't forget to answer your second reflection question by the end of the weekend. I'll look for them soon. You should be building your source list and developing your question at this point!
Russian I
We did so much today in class. We sang! We said funny things! We even read a map in Russian! All of this goes to show that language is one of those natural things - it's easy to pick up. Next class you will have your quiz on the alphabet. The quiz will ask you to identify letters, write in Russian, and identify basic words in Russian. After the quiz we will work on our first culture project - the regions of Moscow.
Remember that your handwriting packet is due next class. You only have to complete the exercises where you are asked to write what is given for you. Nothing else.
Advanced Russian
I think that today's independent/group studying was very effective because I saw many of you working very diligently on your verb work. This is great preparation for our quiz next class. On the quiz you'll have several verbs to work with - I'll ask that you identify the verb and work with several verbs in all tenses in Russian. After our quiz there will be time to begin on the culture projects related to Stalin's Skyscrapers.
If you're at all confused related to the one stem verb system, please see me outside of class for assistance. I've posted our study guide and slides on Google Classroom.
Showing posts with label phonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phonics. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
Homework for A-Day - 9 September 2019
AP Research
Today in class we had a great time getting started on our QUESTS and delving into the first major assignment of the course which is our SOURCE LIST. The slides in Google Classroom outline the requirements for the Source List assignment. Hopefully these classes have been helpful for you in setting your pathway forward.
Remember that the assignment is due by the 20th of September. Your sources should be categorized and in APA format. All that I need is a list of your categorized sources for this assignment. Remember to continue working on Reading and Task logs as you need to.
Russian I
This week we will have our first quiz and it's on the alphabet. Today in class we practiced by writing and speaking a bit - this is a great way to prepare for what we have ahead. The quiz will cover just the letters, sounds, and some basic vocabulary.
I am also collecting handwriting packets through the week. They will be late if turned in after Friday.
For tonight, be sure that you have completed your handwriting, and that you are studying your cognate words [words that are the same in English and Russian]. Next class we'll start getting into some culture!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed how to form all three tenses in Russian - past, present, and future. And that's the main goal in tonight's homework. You should write a super short story -- three sentences, each sentence using a different tense. If you're in Russian III or IV then you should have at least six sentences. Additionally, you will need to complete your verb cards.
Wednesday's class is focused on review before the quiz on Friday. Be sure that it's productive by being prepared.
Today in class we had a great time getting started on our QUESTS and delving into the first major assignment of the course which is our SOURCE LIST. The slides in Google Classroom outline the requirements for the Source List assignment. Hopefully these classes have been helpful for you in setting your pathway forward.
Remember that the assignment is due by the 20th of September. Your sources should be categorized and in APA format. All that I need is a list of your categorized sources for this assignment. Remember to continue working on Reading and Task logs as you need to.
Russian I
This week we will have our first quiz and it's on the alphabet. Today in class we practiced by writing and speaking a bit - this is a great way to prepare for what we have ahead. The quiz will cover just the letters, sounds, and some basic vocabulary.
I am also collecting handwriting packets through the week. They will be late if turned in after Friday.
For tonight, be sure that you have completed your handwriting, and that you are studying your cognate words [words that are the same in English and Russian]. Next class we'll start getting into some culture!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed how to form all three tenses in Russian - past, present, and future. And that's the main goal in tonight's homework. You should write a super short story -- three sentences, each sentence using a different tense. If you're in Russian III or IV then you should have at least six sentences. Additionally, you will need to complete your verb cards.
Wednesday's class is focused on review before the quiz on Friday. Be sure that it's productive by being prepared.
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, September 12, 2018
Homework for B-Day - 12 September
Durham Public Schools has officially closed on Thursday and Friday. The notes and announcements here are meant to prepare you for your next class. A-Day Students - The notes and reminders in the previous post should be ready when we return. Stay safe and secure during the storm!
AP Seminar
Today we took our terms quiz on important ideas from the Course and Exam Description - we covered several of these in class via a presentation and you were able to encounter others during our work with the QUEST framework. If you felt unprepared, study and review so that when you are reassessed on this content in your later examination, you will be more ready. Then we moved on to understanding how to RAVEN something and why this is a helpful tool.
You should accomplish the following tasks before next class. First, go back to your work with sources and online resources that we did on Monday. Look at one of your sources through RAVEN. What does the RAVEN model help you to understand. You may find it helpful to go to Google Classroom and use the blank sheet. Second, read the article called "Is Google Making Us Stupid" and annotate it. Consider the ideas around perspectives, questions, and thinking as you read this.
Advanced Russian
As I said in class, we will have an assessment on verbs, stems, and conjugation shortly after we return from the storm. To help you prepare, I have the following suggestions for you.
AP Seminar
Today we took our terms quiz on important ideas from the Course and Exam Description - we covered several of these in class via a presentation and you were able to encounter others during our work with the QUEST framework. If you felt unprepared, study and review so that when you are reassessed on this content in your later examination, you will be more ready. Then we moved on to understanding how to RAVEN something and why this is a helpful tool.
You should accomplish the following tasks before next class. First, go back to your work with sources and online resources that we did on Monday. Look at one of your sources through RAVEN. What does the RAVEN model help you to understand. You may find it helpful to go to Google Classroom and use the blank sheet. Second, read the article called "Is Google Making Us Stupid" and annotate it. Consider the ideas around perspectives, questions, and thinking as you read this.
Advanced Russian
As I said in class, we will have an assessment on verbs, stems, and conjugation shortly after we return from the storm. To help you prepare, I have the following suggestions for you.
- Work through your verb cards and the sheet with your exemplar verb for each stem. Have a good understanding of how to work through conjugation in past/non-past and the idiosyncrasies of each stem.
- Review Exercise 8Г on page 170. Can you do this work? Can you develop those forms from the given information?
- Review the verbs in Chapters One through Four. Know their meaning, the stem, and the conjugations.
Russian I
We know all of the alphabet except for a few letters, so hopefully you'll be able to complete all of the handwriting packet with a few small exceptions. I gave each of you a list of cognate words today in class as we were leaving. Be sure that you spend time this weekend practicing with your reading, spelling, and writing. Hopefully you will all see that you can already read words in Russian.
We will have an alphabet quiz very soon! Be sure that you are prepared for this assessment. Don't forget to use YouTube and DuoLingo as you are studying and reviewing!
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 6 September
AP Seminar
Today we went forward into our work on questions and lenses. This work can be very difficult and really frustrating - remember that the goal is to have something to guide your search. Without some sort of a map, even a bad one, you begin your journey with no plan in mind - thus you're immediately lost.
For tonight, delve deeper into your topic (diversity, innovation, space) and develop a sub-topic of interest to you. For example, you may want to look at diversity of Native Americans, or personal space, or cancer innovations. Go in the direction that you see fit, and develop new questions. Apply 5-7 of the lenses for your work on Monday with online resources and databases. Technically, this is the homework for next class - we are flipping the two, because of my absence.
Russian II/III
We will complete our viewing of Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears next week. I hope that you enjoyed the beginning of the film today. I think that Russians are great story tellers and this film is a wonderful example of that skill. For our next class, apply what you have learned today to your verb cards - work through the non-past conjugation of your verb types. Be sure to look for mutations as well as the process of joining the endings to the stem. You should be developing your cards so that you have a good study aid for our upcoming quiz on verbs and stems. This quiz will likely fall next week on Friday.
Russian I
For the weekend you should all be focused on learning the shapes and sounds of the letters that we have learned so far. That would be the letters in Groups One through Four. As you are going through your handwriting packet, remember to complete any exercises which have the letters that we have seen so far. By the end of next week you will be turning in a complete handwriting pack with everything complete. Keep that in mind as you are working this weekend. Be able to read and write what you see in that packet.
Also, don't forget to practice with our classroom on Duolingo. That's another great way to reinforce and develop your skills.
Enjoy the weekend everyone and have a Happy (Jewish) New Year! I'll see you all on Wednesday!
Today we went forward into our work on questions and lenses. This work can be very difficult and really frustrating - remember that the goal is to have something to guide your search. Without some sort of a map, even a bad one, you begin your journey with no plan in mind - thus you're immediately lost.
For tonight, delve deeper into your topic (diversity, innovation, space) and develop a sub-topic of interest to you. For example, you may want to look at diversity of Native Americans, or personal space, or cancer innovations. Go in the direction that you see fit, and develop new questions. Apply 5-7 of the lenses for your work on Monday with online resources and databases. Technically, this is the homework for next class - we are flipping the two, because of my absence.
Russian II/III
We will complete our viewing of Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears next week. I hope that you enjoyed the beginning of the film today. I think that Russians are great story tellers and this film is a wonderful example of that skill. For our next class, apply what you have learned today to your verb cards - work through the non-past conjugation of your verb types. Be sure to look for mutations as well as the process of joining the endings to the stem. You should be developing your cards so that you have a good study aid for our upcoming quiz on verbs and stems. This quiz will likely fall next week on Friday.
Russian I
For the weekend you should all be focused on learning the shapes and sounds of the letters that we have learned so far. That would be the letters in Groups One through Four. As you are going through your handwriting packet, remember to complete any exercises which have the letters that we have seen so far. By the end of next week you will be turning in a complete handwriting pack with everything complete. Keep that in mind as you are working this weekend. Be able to read and write what you see in that packet.
Also, don't forget to practice with our classroom on Duolingo. That's another great way to reinforce and develop your skills.
Enjoy the weekend everyone and have a Happy (Jewish) New Year! I'll see you all on Wednesday!
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Homework for B-Day - 4 September 2018
Remember, the next time that I see you I'll be a bit smarter since I'll be a bit older! Make sure that you're ready for our next class by preparing the proper tribute aka gifts aka homework assignments.
Russian I
We're almost halfway through the Russian alphabet! Hooray! As we keep working, remember that you should be working through your handwriting packet on a daily basis. Be sure that you remember to review and study every day so that you are able to memorize these shapes and sounds. Looking at the letters we have done so far, you should be able to complete the following exercises:
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13
Feel free to do more if you would like, but those would be the minimum requirement. See you all next class!
Russian II/III
Today we spent a lot of time drawing and writing outside before getting back to our work on verbs. Tonight, you have two assignments to work on - one you'll complete and one you'll just begin.
Start by completing Exercise 8B - complete what we started in class by finishing the even questions. Remember to follow the chart format where you address the process of joining, the stem, and show how the process works. Then, move on to your verb cards.
For the verb cards you'll be assigning one verb to each card. For tonight, I want you to try to show the verb in its Standard Transcription for the infinitive and past tense endings. Show the stem + the ending, and how they combine.
Next class we'll start looking at present tense (aka non-past) to understand more about what stems are telling us.
AP Seminar
For our next AP Seminar class we'll be focusing in on the idea of perspective and approach to questions and inquiry. We started to discuss some of these ideas today at the conclusion of class. For this, you'll be taking a look at the film Blackfish and considering the perspective on the issue that the film explores.
Take a look at our previous post so that you remind yourself of what to follow as you watch the film. Take notes as you watch related to those ideas, and don't forget to read over SeaWorld's official response to the documentary. We'll have some interesting ideas to bandy about on Thursday.
Russian I
We're almost halfway through the Russian alphabet! Hooray! As we keep working, remember that you should be working through your handwriting packet on a daily basis. Be sure that you remember to review and study every day so that you are able to memorize these shapes and sounds. Looking at the letters we have done so far, you should be able to complete the following exercises:
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13
Feel free to do more if you would like, but those would be the minimum requirement. See you all next class!
Russian II/III
Today we spent a lot of time drawing and writing outside before getting back to our work on verbs. Tonight, you have two assignments to work on - one you'll complete and one you'll just begin.
Start by completing Exercise 8B - complete what we started in class by finishing the even questions. Remember to follow the chart format where you address the process of joining, the stem, and show how the process works. Then, move on to your verb cards.
For the verb cards you'll be assigning one verb to each card. For tonight, I want you to try to show the verb in its Standard Transcription for the infinitive and past tense endings. Show the stem + the ending, and how they combine.
Next class we'll start looking at present tense (aka non-past) to understand more about what stems are telling us.
AP Seminar
For our next AP Seminar class we'll be focusing in on the idea of perspective and approach to questions and inquiry. We started to discuss some of these ideas today at the conclusion of class. For this, you'll be taking a look at the film Blackfish and considering the perspective on the issue that the film explores.
Take a look at our previous post so that you remind yourself of what to follow as you watch the film. Take notes as you watch related to those ideas, and don't forget to read over SeaWorld's official response to the documentary. We'll have some interesting ideas to bandy about on Thursday.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Homework for the Weekend - 9 September - A Day
Russian II-IV
First things first we will have our first assessment on transcription and verb stems on Monday, September 19. Make sure that you are preparing for this assessment. To help you prepare and finish your learning on this concept, we have our homework this weekend. Only complete parts A and B in the instructions. We will continue to work on these verbs next week. Remember that you have to complete the verbs for your level and below you. My recommendation is to do each verb on a card, that way you have a study card for each type of verb stem. Use your overview sheet to help you complete this.
Also, continue working on your Global Simulation work in Google Classroom. Try to have that submitted if you can, if not, we'll have a chance to finish it in the computer lab soon.
Russian I
We also have Global Simulation work to try and finish if possible - you should be deciding on your Russian name as well as settling the debate between Moscow and St. Petersburg. These assignments are in Google Classroom. Beyond this, you should spend your weekend finishing your handwriting packet and practicing your reading of cognates and sounds.
I will be collecting your handwriting on Tuesday for a grade.
English II
Today we started reading our novel, The Boy Who Dared - we completed the first fifteen pages and discussed the main character (protagonist) and his family. Over the weekend, read pages fifteen through twenty-seven and complete your reading guide as you do this. Remember that if we have a quiz in class for our warm-up, it will cover these pages. You may use your reading guide on the quiz if we have it.
First things first we will have our first assessment on transcription and verb stems on Monday, September 19. Make sure that you are preparing for this assessment. To help you prepare and finish your learning on this concept, we have our homework this weekend. Only complete parts A and B in the instructions. We will continue to work on these verbs next week. Remember that you have to complete the verbs for your level and below you. My recommendation is to do each verb on a card, that way you have a study card for each type of verb stem. Use your overview sheet to help you complete this.
Also, continue working on your Global Simulation work in Google Classroom. Try to have that submitted if you can, if not, we'll have a chance to finish it in the computer lab soon.
Russian I
We also have Global Simulation work to try and finish if possible - you should be deciding on your Russian name as well as settling the debate between Moscow and St. Petersburg. These assignments are in Google Classroom. Beyond this, you should spend your weekend finishing your handwriting packet and practicing your reading of cognates and sounds.
I will be collecting your handwriting on Tuesday for a grade.
English II
Today we started reading our novel, The Boy Who Dared - we completed the first fifteen pages and discussed the main character (protagonist) and his family. Over the weekend, read pages fifteen through twenty-seven and complete your reading guide as you do this. Remember that if we have a quiz in class for our warm-up, it will cover these pages. You may use your reading guide on the quiz if we have it.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Back from the long/birthday weekend...Homework for 9/8/15 - A-Day
Remember: Each and every day makes us older and hopefully wiser, too.
Russian II/III
Thursday we will begin with our writing conferences which we cut today in order to work on phonetics. Make sure that for Thursday you are fully prepared with a paragraph that has all nouns, pronouns (of all types), and adjectives translated into Russian into the appropriate case. Your paragraph should reflect all six cases. If you use a translator/dictionary for a word, indicate that so that I can give you another, easier word or reference my dictionary.
For verbs, put your verb analysis chart at the bottom of your work. Verb in English with tense and subject (for II and III) followed by aspect and directionality (III only). As we conference we'll go over the individual verbs you need.
Bring your textbooks - we'll use them in class during conferences.
Russian I
Looking at your handwriting packets I see that a few of us will be having a working lunch to correct some mistakes and misunderstandings. The grades are already posted in PowerSchool - if you have B lunch, you could come to lunch on Wednesday instead of waiting until Thursday to earn your credit back.
For tonight's homework, study your alphabet and your new vocabulary. I encourage you all to make flashcards which will help your handwriting and memory. Study the main words, not really the whole phrases. Also, continue to practice with your phonetics packet - we'll have more phonics work on Thursday.
English II
I've updated PowerSchool to reflect missing assignments including the vocabulary work. If you want to, please turn in your work tomorrow to me or Ms. Ginocchio and we'll fix the grade as soon as we can. Remember that missing work must be turned in by Friday to be eligible for full credit.
For tonight you will be writing your first of three personal reflections to a text - remember that you will keep this until the end of our unit on Russian literature when it will be collected for a full quiz grade. For tonight, you will reflect on Chekhov's "A Problem" - your prompt is:
Do you agree with Sasha's final thought at the end of the story that he is "indeed a criminal" or not? Why do you agree or disagree? Use one clear example from the story to support your opinion.
Remember to follow your rules for good paragraph writing and build complexity by talking about a story.
Russian II/III
Thursday we will begin with our writing conferences which we cut today in order to work on phonetics. Make sure that for Thursday you are fully prepared with a paragraph that has all nouns, pronouns (of all types), and adjectives translated into Russian into the appropriate case. Your paragraph should reflect all six cases. If you use a translator/dictionary for a word, indicate that so that I can give you another, easier word or reference my dictionary.
For verbs, put your verb analysis chart at the bottom of your work. Verb in English with tense and subject (for II and III) followed by aspect and directionality (III only). As we conference we'll go over the individual verbs you need.
Bring your textbooks - we'll use them in class during conferences.
Russian I
Looking at your handwriting packets I see that a few of us will be having a working lunch to correct some mistakes and misunderstandings. The grades are already posted in PowerSchool - if you have B lunch, you could come to lunch on Wednesday instead of waiting until Thursday to earn your credit back.
For tonight's homework, study your alphabet and your new vocabulary. I encourage you all to make flashcards which will help your handwriting and memory. Study the main words, not really the whole phrases. Also, continue to practice with your phonetics packet - we'll have more phonics work on Thursday.
English II
I've updated PowerSchool to reflect missing assignments including the vocabulary work. If you want to, please turn in your work tomorrow to me or Ms. Ginocchio and we'll fix the grade as soon as we can. Remember that missing work must be turned in by Friday to be eligible for full credit.
For tonight you will be writing your first of three personal reflections to a text - remember that you will keep this until the end of our unit on Russian literature when it will be collected for a full quiz grade. For tonight, you will reflect on Chekhov's "A Problem" - your prompt is:
Do you agree with Sasha's final thought at the end of the story that he is "indeed a criminal" or not? Why do you agree or disagree? Use one clear example from the story to support your opinion.
Remember to follow your rules for good paragraph writing and build complexity by talking about a story.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Homework and Reminders - A Day Students - 9/9/2014
Russian II
Next class you have your first quiz on the nominative, accusative, prepositional, and genitive cases. Prepare yourselves. You will have a dialogue to listen to and answer questions, a paragraph to read and answer questions and finally a small writing and speaking assignment. Feel free to come ask for help today or tomorrow. And also, keep practicing your phonetics!
Russian I
Tonight I would like for you to spend time reading and writing in Russian. First, practice your phonetics for approximately thirty minutes each night. Then, write the poem about the little old man out in your best handwriting. Practice your reading too. We will have our first quiz on the alphabet coming soon - likely next week!
English II
You have no homework tonight but you should be working on your vocabulary and reviewing your notes. If you have make-up work to complete, please get that settled. You will have a quiz on 9/17 and 9/18 on the first few texts that we have read this year and on your writing skills.
Next class you have your first quiz on the nominative, accusative, prepositional, and genitive cases. Prepare yourselves. You will have a dialogue to listen to and answer questions, a paragraph to read and answer questions and finally a small writing and speaking assignment. Feel free to come ask for help today or tomorrow. And also, keep practicing your phonetics!
Russian I
Tonight I would like for you to spend time reading and writing in Russian. First, practice your phonetics for approximately thirty minutes each night. Then, write the poem about the little old man out in your best handwriting. Practice your reading too. We will have our first quiz on the alphabet coming soon - likely next week!
English II
You have no homework tonight but you should be working on your vocabulary and reviewing your notes. If you have make-up work to complete, please get that settled. You will have a quiz on 9/17 and 9/18 on the first few texts that we have read this year and on your writing skills.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Homework for the Weekend - A Day Students - 9/5/2014
First of all, thanks for being with me on my birthday! You all got me off to a good start. Here are your assignments for the weekend.
Russian II
This weekend you have several exercises on cases. Remember to complete the even numbered questions in each exercise. I will be checking this for completion. Mark questions that you cannot or aren't sure how to do so that we can review these on Tuesday. On Tuesday we will review in preparation for our quiz.
Also remember that if you did not submit your warm-up sheet with last night's homework you must get that in to me no later than Tuesday for credit.
Russian I
This weekend I would like for you to practice with your reading and writing. Go to your phonetics sheets and practice reading the two poems several times. Also, practice your handwriting and write these poems in your best Russian handwriting. You will want to write them several times to practice.
Russian I and II
Don't forget to read and practice your phonetics sheets nightly. You should read over these every day to practice your mouth positions and sounds.
English II
This weekend finish reading "The Train from Rhodesia" and complete your detail hunt about the character of the man and the woman. Feel free to use the back of your handout to collect details and do your work.
Russian II
This weekend you have several exercises on cases. Remember to complete the even numbered questions in each exercise. I will be checking this for completion. Mark questions that you cannot or aren't sure how to do so that we can review these on Tuesday. On Tuesday we will review in preparation for our quiz.
Also remember that if you did not submit your warm-up sheet with last night's homework you must get that in to me no later than Tuesday for credit.
Russian I
This weekend I would like for you to practice with your reading and writing. Go to your phonetics sheets and practice reading the two poems several times. Also, practice your handwriting and write these poems in your best Russian handwriting. You will want to write them several times to practice.
Russian I and II
Don't forget to read and practice your phonetics sheets nightly. You should read over these every day to practice your mouth positions and sounds.
English II
This weekend finish reading "The Train from Rhodesia" and complete your detail hunt about the character of the man and the woman. Feel free to use the back of your handout to collect details and do your work.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
8/27/2014 - A Day - Homework
Russian II
Spend approximately fifteen to twenty minutes reading over the new phonetics sheet from today. Focus on your mouth position for the vowels as well as clear sounds. Spend an additional fifteen to twenty minutes reading over the exercises on sheet one.
I would additionally recommend reading over the information in your Schaum's Outline of Russian Grammar about the nominative and accusative cases. Next class we will do some exercises before going on to the new focus cases.
Russian I
Read over your phonetics sheet to practice your pronunciation of the letters. Make sure that you also practice your handwriting by writing the short poem on the back of the second page. Try to read the poem as you write it to practice more of your pronunciation and vocabulary knowledge.
English II
Be sure that you have finished a draft of your paragraph for our peer editing session next class. You must have a complete paragraph in order to receive credit. It may be handwritten.
Spend approximately fifteen to twenty minutes reading over the new phonetics sheet from today. Focus on your mouth position for the vowels as well as clear sounds. Spend an additional fifteen to twenty minutes reading over the exercises on sheet one.
I would additionally recommend reading over the information in your Schaum's Outline of Russian Grammar about the nominative and accusative cases. Next class we will do some exercises before going on to the new focus cases.
Russian I
Read over your phonetics sheet to practice your pronunciation of the letters. Make sure that you also practice your handwriting by writing the short poem on the back of the second page. Try to read the poem as you write it to practice more of your pronunciation and vocabulary knowledge.
English II
Be sure that you have finished a draft of your paragraph for our peer editing session next class. You must have a complete paragraph in order to receive credit. It may be handwritten.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Homework for 9/18/2013 - A Day Classes
Students! I hope that your Wednesday has been as wonderful as mine! Lots of stimulating conversation in my AP classes and some amazing progress in our Russian speaking ability in class too! Keep moving forward! Never stay still!
AP English III
Tonight you have two key tasks to prepare you for our class on Friday. First, I would like for you to read an annotate the excerpted version of The Grapes of Wrath which I gave you in class. The text is from my own copy so you can see how I annotate a text. As you work through the four excerpts, I want you to "find the Over Soul" -- How do you see Emerson's philosophy reflected by the characters and scenes I've given you. Focus on the five essential elements of Transcendentalism as well as our discussion to get you through this.
In addition, you need to read Henry David Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" which is in 50 Essays or available at this link. Remember to use this as an outgrowth of our discussion of Emerson. How is Thoreau living the philosophy? Where are some issues related to practicality?
I look forward to another hearty discussion on Friday!
Russian I
Tonight you need to all practice your reading, writing, and phonics. Practice the lines in your skit. If you're still having trouble with the alphabet - then continue to study that. Your test is coming next week! You need to be ready. If you're having serious trouble, then come see me so that I can help. Remember, I can't learn it for you. You've got to do it for yourself.
AP English III
Tonight you have two key tasks to prepare you for our class on Friday. First, I would like for you to read an annotate the excerpted version of The Grapes of Wrath which I gave you in class. The text is from my own copy so you can see how I annotate a text. As you work through the four excerpts, I want you to "find the Over Soul" -- How do you see Emerson's philosophy reflected by the characters and scenes I've given you. Focus on the five essential elements of Transcendentalism as well as our discussion to get you through this.
In addition, you need to read Henry David Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" which is in 50 Essays or available at this link. Remember to use this as an outgrowth of our discussion of Emerson. How is Thoreau living the philosophy? Where are some issues related to practicality?
I look forward to another hearty discussion on Friday!
Russian I
Tonight you need to all practice your reading, writing, and phonics. Practice the lines in your skit. If you're still having trouble with the alphabet - then continue to study that. Your test is coming next week! You need to be ready. If you're having serious trouble, then come see me so that I can help. Remember, I can't learn it for you. You've got to do it for yourself.
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