Homework for Monday - 17 February - B Day

AP Literature

Dear Students - Remember that poetry projects are due today to Google Classroom or via hard copy. If you need an extension, I hope that you have already asked for it. Remember that you can submit multiple files on Google Classroom if needed.

For tonight you should read Sonnet 18 and Act 2, Scene 2 and 3. Remember that you are also constructing a vocabulary card for each scene of Shakespeare. They'll be collected at the end of the act. For ideas of what to read for - see the last slide of the set for your anchors.


See you Wednesday!

AP Research

We're just working, working, working as we keep building our task. Remember that you should complete your BOK Analysis and then the two reflections left for you on Google Classroom. Remember that one will focus on presentation, and one will focus on alignment in the paper. Take a look at your findings and takeaways on this assignment. Be sure to use this as you're building your Lit Review. (We'll focus on this next class).

We'll be peer editing our papers on the 25th. Be sure that you have a complete introduction, lit review, and method (as much as possible). Remember that you can write based on projections and then make edits later.

2/6/2020 Early Release - Weather - Weekend Homework - B Day

AP Research

We didn't have class today with the early release due to weather. Don't fear! Keep working at home! Come in on Monday with data collected and drafting done! It will help a lot. We'll make sure that we are ready to keep moving forward then.

AP Lit

Today in class we finished Act I of Twelfth Night. It was a day to go back to London and see the professionals on stage. I am glad that you're getting the humor more as you are watching the play. Shakespeare always makes more sense the more you work with him.

For tonight and the weekend be sure to work on your Poetry Analysis project. Remember that you are heavily annotating the selected poem and then you will write a 500 word analysis that uses a critic to support your interpretation. Come in on Thursday with a draft of this essay - you'll have time to work in class on peer review. Monday will be a day to review Act I and prepare for our assessment. If you haven't started your vocabulary cards yet - be sure to - they are due by Thursday!

Homework for Tuesday - B Day - 4 February

AP Literature 

Today in class we spent some time watching the professionals do Shakespeare with a Globe Theatre production of Twelfth Night. I hope that watching the actors on stage helped you to make better sense of the humor in Act I, Scene 3. From there we reviewed Act I, Scene 4 before spending the end of class with our independent projects.


Tonight, read Act I, Scene 5 - Pay attention to Olivia, Malvolio, and Feste. Use our notes structure to help you make sense of the play. Additionally, finish your set of vocabulary cards. You should have FOUR from the poets we studied earlier, FIVE from Shakespeare (one per scene) and ONE from your choice poem. Speaking of your choice poem, be sure that you are moving forward with your work. The analysis will be due soon.

AP Research

Today we began Unit 4 - This is the unit where you will do most of the work in this class that is all your own. It's time for us to collect data and organize it so that it aligns with our question. As I've said, there are very few grades in this quarter - in fact I can only come up with seven so far. Be sure to complete everything to your best!


Be sure that you are building your data sets and checking in with your work. If you're doing everything right then the process should begin to be moving toward completion soon. Use this time to complete elements of your POD and Paper that you can. Be sure to use the rubric and your peers as you do this work!

Homework for B-Day Students // 29 January 2020

AP Literature

Today in class we had an assessment on poetry - a free response/analysis and some multiple choice questions. I was happy that some of you were able to get all twenty points on the multiple choice. We'll review the three commonly missed questions on Friday. I should have your essays returned to you early next week.

There is no homework to complete for class tonight. You should read and annotate your poems for your project (now that you've determined your rough thesis). The poem should be heavily annotated as it is half of your poster. Also, we will be starting Twelfth Night next class - make sure that you have a copy of the text to use.

AP Research

Today was our working day in preparation for Elevator Pitch 2.0 on Friday. Be ready to present to your peers on Friday. You should have slides in Assessment Task Drafts and you should have cards/a script if needed. Remember that we are building the final deal - try to make sure that things are in alignment with our rubrics, and that the paper matches the presentation.

I look forward to dropping in to some of your presentations. We'll also have our reflection for the week on Friday before we go on to Unit 4 next week!


I've also included a really helpful resource on statistical tests from Ms. Saveliff on Google Classroom. Please direct any questions to her!

Homework for the Longest Weekend - End of Quarter 2 and Semester 1

AP Research

Solid workshop today everyone. It was a day to work through our edits, apply what we've done, and make sure that our PREP folders are in a good place as I look at them this weekend.

The main focus right now is the collection of data to answer your questions. If you have been finding barriers to collection, then what can you do to solve them? Do you have the tools that you need to organize the data for answering your question? How can you work with your classmates or others in the community to accomplish the work?

Now that you've created content (your introduction) it's a good chance to remind yourself of the tools on DigitalPortfolio. TurnItIn Originality Reports can help you to find possible plagiarism in your papers. Make sure that things are cited. Use your access to the PurdueOWL if you need it. There's also an infographic posted on plagiarism and the various types.


Over the weekend (it's really long) keep working. Keep writing. Keep collecting. We'll be doing a second round of elevator pitches on January 28 with slides. Be ready for this - it's a good jumpstart on your POD. The instructions for Elevator Pitch 2.0 are on the final slide posted.

Russian I

Today in class we took a quiz on all six cases. Part of today's quiz was also a reassessment for your first case quiz; hopefully, you felt better prepared for your case identification today and more comfortable with the task. From there - we moved to a project workshop. The goal of today's class was to finish as many of our About Myself sentences as possible, have them uploaded, and have them checked for accuracy. Hopefully working with your partner and with me helped you to do this.

We finished class reviewing the new culture project on Russian poets - remember that if you are planning to participate in the Olympiada you MUST do one of the poets listed and one of the poems in Google Classroom. If you're not planning to participate, then you can choose whom you like.

Over the long weekend you should complete the translation exercise at the end of Chapter 1. Use your vocabulary and your skills with grammar to do this. Don't use an online translator. Try to first find the words you need, put them in order, and then make the changes to the words that are needed to form the sentence (conjugate verbs, put nouns in cases). We'll review this work on Friday so that we are ready for the Unit Exam. That will happen on January 30.

Advanced Russian

Today we took a second attempt at our Unit Examinations. I hope that you were able to feel more confident in the sections that you reassessed today. From there, we went back to the mines to learn another verb of motion - to go by vehicle/transit. There's an irregular verb here - but it's really not so bad. I hope that our writing today in class (Vladimir Putin's errands around Moscow) was helpful for you to understand how the verbs work and the way that the choice of verb really does depend on the point of view of the speaker above anything else. Remember that language is a living thing; people can use it how they want. The exercises this weekend are helpful with this. Choose the correct verb for the situation and then conjugate for the needed form. You may need to translate in order to do this work.

Also be aware of how often verbs of motion are used in everyday sayings. They're are so productive in Russian!

We also have our poetry project in this class, the poet choices and poems are more weighty than those for Russian 1. Remember that you should choose a poet and poem from the Olympiada materials even if you're not planning to participate.

1/8/20 Updates and Homework - B Day Students

AP English Literature and Composition 

Hello everyone!

Thank you for being courteous and cooperative as I filmed for my portfolio today. I also hope we got a great review of AP style question traps while also analyzing Rich's poem "Diving into the Wreck." Always keep in mind about the theme of identity when we continue to read her and other poems in this unit.

Homework: 
1.  Read Sylvia Plath's "Spinster" (987)
2. Read Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" (706)
Compare and contrast their writing styles and themes!

See you on Friday!

AP Research 

Today in class we watched our third POD presentation. Hopefully my opening comment of "lots of little mistakes" made sense as we discussed scoring and applied the rubric to this POD. We've finished watching for now, there will be another round in April as we prepare our own PODs.

Remember our discussion today on PREP folders. They are useful. They are needed. They are important. You should be working on updating your PREP folders daily and they should reflect where you are in your process.


The main goal right now is to write. You should be actively constructing your introduction. We will peer edit these next week on Thursday. Be ready with a working draft.

We're Back! 6 January 2020 - B Day

So good to see all of you and your beautiful faces! Remember that the year is going to be moving really fast as we go to our next big checkpoint - AP Examinations. Stay on your work and keep meeting your goals.

AP Literature

Hey everyone! Thank you for contributing great insights about Plath's "Metaphors." I am so impressed that we understood her overall message when reading the poem for the first time. I would encourage everyone to look at some of Plath's other poems!

Make sure that we study the TPCASTT process and how to apply it to a given poem.
If you want to practice TPCASTT for the quiz on Wednesday, I would apply it to Adrienne Rich's poem, "Miracle Ice Cream."

Also, don't forget that your poet projects are due next Tuesday! This is a hard and fast deadline! 


AP Research

Great work today and so good to see all of you! Remember that there's a lot for us to accomplish moving forward and that class is going to start moving in a lot of different directions as we work to collect and analyze our data. Work with each other. Help each other. Reach out to me when you need me.

Remember to fill out our checkpoint for today's PREPTime. Additionally, we have a writing goal coming up. You should be writing! Put things together. Use your templates.


Reach out with any questions you may have. Your final PREPCheck will be at the end of the quarter and will count double. I'll be checking the same folders, you'll just be adding two more reflections for this week and next.

Homework for B-Day Students: 19 December

It's the final B-Day of the year and of the decade! It's crazy to think that for the past decade I've been teaching here at Jordan. It's been great! I hope that all of you have a wonderful Winter Break! Celebrate, relax, have fun, and hope for snow - I certainly miss snowy winters.

AP Literature

There's no homework assigned over break. I would highly suggest working a bit on your poetry projects - especially around the memorization. There are plenty of ways to do this; I always write the poem a lot and then listen to it a lot. That's how my memory works.

When we return from break we're going to finish our poetry unit pretty quickly. We will also move into Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I prefer the Folger edition for the notes more than any other if you're looking to purchase a copy over break (or ask Hanukkah Harry for one).

See you in 2020!

AP Research

Today was our workday to end the year. I hope that all of you were able to get a lot of things done as we move through our goals and toward Winter Break. Remember that over the break you should be focused on your tasks - build a bit of time each day to work on your QUEST. This is a great time to write and collect data. Get started to make the future easier for you.

I'll be checking your PREP folders on Monday, December 23rd. Refer to the slides below for the eight elements that I'll be checking. Some elements are for completion but some, like your reflections, will be graded for quality as well as completion.


Enjoy the break! I can't wait to see what you discover in 2020!

Homework for B-Day Students: 17 December 2019

AP Literature

Great day in AP English Lit today as we worked through Langston Hughes and three of his poems. I appreciated our discussion at the end of class about memory and identity. These will be some of our significant themes and topics as we keep moving through the unit.

For tonight please be sure that you read Countee Cullen's "Incident" and "Yet I Do Marvel". Apply TPCASTT to these poems as you read to practice with our analysis technique. It's also a good night to do some research related to your poetry projects. Pick a poet, pick a poem. Remember that you can pick a singer if you would like.


If you have questions, let us know! Also remember that any missing assignments should be made up before we leave for break.

AP Research

Today in class we had our first POD viewing session - Big Hero 6 and Cultural Hybridization. I think that watching the POD helps to really demystify the experience and the task that we have ahead of us.

On Google Classroom I posted the slides for today's class. The most important slide is probably the final slide where I outline what I'll be looking for in your PREP folders. Be sure that if you have any edits for your project that you have made them. Thursday will be a day for working. Be prepared!

Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 15 February

AP English III

I hope that all of you enjoyed our foray into philosophy today. Emerson's text is definitely one that makes a lot more sense the second time that you read it. I would highly suggest working through the text again, especially if you did not have any visible annotations on the article. Not good enough. Not anymore.

This weekend you should begin your Transcendentalist for a Week project. As we discussed in class, it doesn't have to be giving up something - but you should be aiming to simplify your existence in some way in order to discover a higher truth. Keep in mind that you have daily reflections as well as your overall reflection - everything will be collected via Google Drive. The due date for this work is 2/25 (seven days from the 18th).

Your reading for this weekend is Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" - this can be found in 50 Essays, or via this link. As you read, consider the similarities and differences between Thoreau and Emerson. Why is Thoreau so focused on simplicity? How does he continue to build on the trends of Transcendentalism and use paradoxes in his writing?

Both Thoreau and Emerson give you a wonderful opportunity for vocabulary cards - your next set for these two texts will be due on Thursday (on paper or electronic submission - if you're doing electronic, please continue to build on the same set as before).

Lastly, you should be actively researching and continuing to refine your research scope, focus, and question. I'll return the research question forms to you on Tuesday. Your next step is the outline. Be sure that you are working on this daily! Collect sources and consider how you will develop and prove your argument.

English IV

Today in class we focused on correcting our vocabulary unit tests as well as understanding how to use context clues when working on filling in the blank type of activities. From there it was a lot of independent work as we went through our poems and focused on determining the theme of the poem we are studying. This weekend, we don't really have any homework to complete. I would suggest though, that if your Poet Research Project is incomplete or has a low score that you work on that this weekend to make sure it has all of the needed parts.

Homework for Monday - 11 February

AP English III

Today in class we got a lot done. There was an overview of Romanticism and Transcendentalism including the five tenets of the philosophy as well as a bit of historical information related to Emerson and Thoreau. From there we looked at art before delving into proper research questions and the synthesis assignment.

By the end of today's class you should have a basic understanding of Transcendentalism and Romanticism. This week you'll be reading R.W. Emerson's "The Over Soul" and annotating it in order to better understand the key ideas of this philosophy. As I said in class, Emerson is defining a concept. Pay attention to the way that he uses definitions, exemplification (examples of the concept), and compare/contrast in order to help his reader understand exactly what the "over soul" is. We'll work through this text on Friday.

On Wednesday your novels, as well as any remaining work on Beloved is due. While you are going through your registration information I'll be scoring novels. Make sure that you've turned in your 1Q1P either electronically or on paper. We also have a few missing projects/presentations.

The only other thing that we have this week are our revised research topics and arguments. You must do research in order to write a proper research question (the irony, I know). By the end of this week you should have a good understanding of your question, scope, focus, and argument. I'm available for any help you may need with this task.

English IV

Today we took our vocabulary test on Unit 16 of WordSkills and then did a bit of a review on figurative language, focused on similes and metaphors. From there, it was time for creativity as we wrote about different people, paintings, and sites around the world using similes and metaphors.

As we go through the rest of the week, we'll start to wrap up our poetry unit pretty quickly. I've gone through and graded your Poet Research Projects. If you are not happy with your grade please redo the project and include the work that you were missing before. It's important that you have a poem you have found for this project. The final part of this assignment is to write about the meaning of a poem - to present your own interpretation of it as we've been doing in class. We'll be working through that work all this week!

Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 8 February

AP Seminar

Major News: Given the fact that ACT Pre-Administration will be happening during 1st Period on Tuesday we will be completing most of our TMPODs on Thursday. Due to this, I will need some groups to present before school. If you are willing/able to present before school, please let me know.

All work for this portion of the course should be submitted to Digital Portfolio by Sunday, February 17th. Remember that each person will have to submit their own IRR and the team will also have to submit their slides. I will submit your scores.

Let's use this weekend to keep preparing and practicing. Also, make sure that you've put your slides up on the projector. See how they look before you say that you're done!

Advanced Russian

Today in class we did one of our final reviews focused on simply verbs of motion. This was good work for us - working in all three tenses - before we went to the library to work on our Amazing Race projects. For this project we should have our six stages (point to point) and then focus city (or cities for Russian III). Remember to follow the guidelines - past, present, and future tense for each stage. For your focus city, be sure to identify two key sites in the city and how they need to get there. We'll have more time in class to work on this on Thursday.

The Practice AP Examination will be held for seniors on Tuesday in the Dell Lab. You'll be testing during second period so as to not miss any other classtime. Those students not testing will do some enrichment with me in class related to cases.

Those of you who need to present your poems, please see me outside of class or during class next week.

The only other thing to discuss is our quiz next week. The quiz will fall on Thursday and will cover verbs of motion (part two). The quiz will draw more on prefix work (Russian III) and with all of the verbs (Russian II). Be aware of all of our skills and exercises for practice.

Russian I

Today in class we watched a bit more of our film - The Irony of Fate - before engaging in some listening practice and then going to the library to work on our projects. Today we should have set up our slides for our project about ourselves and written some captions for about half of our slides. Hopefully this weekend you can focus on getting your photos taken that pair with this.

Remember to use your resources including your vocabulary lists for Chapter One to help you do this work. This is a great way to finish learning your vocabulary before our Unit 1 Examination.

Anyone who did not yet complete the poem recitation will have all week next week to finish this. Additionally, we have a quiz coming up on Tuesday. This quiz will focus on the three new cases - genitive, dative, and instrumental - as well as verb conjugation and vocabulary! Study and be prepared! Use your exercises and notes to help you move through everything!

Homework for A-Day: Weekend Edition - 7 February

Hey everyone! I hope that you all are having or have had a good day with Mr. Johnston as he fills in for me in Room 301. It's been a good day at the State Championship Swim Meet with relays and individuals making it to finals tonight! Here are your weekend reminders -

AP English III

Today in class you should have finished and turned in your viewing guide for What Happened, Miss Simone? If you were absent or unable to finish your viewing guide it is expected that you will watch the film on your own this weekend and turn in the viewing guide to me on Monday.

This weekend, you should focus on completing your research topic proposals as well as your 1Q1P assignment. Remember that your 1Q1P is your final assignment for Beloved. I'll be looking to see how well you were able to explain the meaning of your chosen quotation and how thoroughly you connected the interpretation to the content of the quotation.

For your research topic proposals, please follow the questions on the form and complete it to the best of your ability. Next week we'll be reviewing qualities of a good research topic and question as well as looking at the synthesis prompt (question one), so this will provide you a lot of great context. Remember that you can research any topic you would like with the three major exceptions.

English IV

The main thing that you all should prepare for this weekend is your vocabulary test on Monday. The test will focus on Unit 16 and will cover all of the roots that you have learned. I think that this will be a very good performance for many of you! I would also suggest that you make sure that your poet projects are submitted. I've entered grades for everything that I have seen in Google Drive and Google Classroom. Next week we'll move on to Part II of this assignment, so you need to make sure that this work is done!

Homework for B-Day: Wednesday 6 February

AP Seminar

From our work today in class and from the reflection data that you all sent to me, it's pretty clear where we need to be working as a group. It's time for us to talk. It's time for us to present. It's time for us to collaborate and to draft. Keep helping each other. Keep making each other better. Keep working!

Next week we'll be presenting on Tuesday and Thursday. Be sure that you have put your work in Digital Portfolio upon the conclusion of your presentation.

Advanced Russian

Today we had a wonderful class working through using and applying verbs of motion in preparation for our quiz on Tuesday. This quiz will cover verbs not yet assessed through the same process of filling in the blanks, conjugating, and applying for certain situations. Be prepared for this by completing our practice exercise as well as exercises 6.8 (II) and 10.9 (III).

On Friday we'll be having a workshop for our projects for part of class. During this time you'll be performing your poems for me. Remember that you'll be able to do your performance as many times as you need to in order to get a perfect score. Keep rehearsing and practicing your reading to prepare yourselves.

Russian I

Today in class we returned to Leningrad and began the second part of The Irony of Fate. As we watch, we are continuing to track the characters and their behaviors. Additionally, we're looking at what this film helps us to learn about relationships between men and women in the Soviet Union.

After we finished, we moved on to a writing practice where we worked together to develop sentences about the characters using our different cases. This is a good review for us since our quiz next week will have similar skills.

Next class we'll watch more of the film and work on our projects in class. We will also have our poem recitations next class. I'll call you over as you work for the poems. If it's not good enough, I'll ask you to do it again. Be prepared!

Homework for B-Day Students: Monday, February 4th

AP Seminar

As we thought about during our warm-up activity today, now is the time to be editing and refining. Consider the fact that this is our last week of preparation. We'll be sharing and submitting our TMPODs next week to be scored. Are you ready? Have you done the necessary work to be prepared? Have you videotaped yourself or recorded your speaking? Are you reading or presenting? How are your slides and IRRs?

These are all questions that should be answered in a firm and affirmative way. If you are having issues or concerns, I hope that you addressed those in your reflection this week.

Advanced Russian

Today in class we began the process of wrapping up our work with verbs of motion. We learned our final verb - to run - reviewed many of our prefixes/prepositions, and then we took some time to work through our key exercises. For homework, your first goal should be to finish the remaining exercises.

Remember to find new vocabulary, to consider the destinations and contexts for the actions, and to use your verb cards or other resources. Next week on Tuesday we'll have a quiz on verbs of motion. This should help to prepare you for that quiz.

Also, you should be focused on your poems. Friday will be a class devoted to your projects - for researching and writing in the library. On Friday I'll be calling you over to complete your poem recitation for me.

Russian I

Today in class we had a massive review of our six cases in Russian. We went over the specific jobs of each of the cases as well as the ways that the different cases change the ending of words. The slides in Google Classroom are really helpful for this. Then, we worked through our dialogue in Chapter One as well as our exercise where we changed words for the different cases. Completing the exercise was a great review for us of the process of declensions in Russian.

Tonight for homework you should be focused on memorization. You have your poems on Friday, and you are expected to know four lines. As I said in class, you will continue to do this project until it is perfect. So keep working at it. I'm available to help as much as you may need. On Tuesday of next week we'll have our quiz on the last three cases in Russian (Genitive, Dative, Instrumental). It'll be very similar to your last quiz, so know your case jobs and how to change your words!

Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students - 31 January

AP Seminar

This weekend is a weekend to be finishing the process. At this point many of you have revised your original questions and reapportioned your research focus. This is great! Consider all of the other tasks that come along with this changing and modifying.

Remember to practice, to time, and to support. This is a heavy lift if we do it alone; when we help each other, it's a lot more manageable.

Advanced Russian

Today in class we completed our practice with one of our common Russian television shows. As we do this work, it's great for us to practice using a variety of language, constructions, and situations. Hopefully this has been a good practice for you on verbs of motion.

Remember to complete the assigned exercise over the weekend. On Monday we will be focused on working through this exercise to finish our understanding of verbs of motion. Russian III students will find it helpful to focus on how prefixes are paired with prepositions, as well as the use of aspect. Russian II students should be focused on understanding when the verbs call for an A, B, or C type action.

For those of us competing tomorrow in the research symposium, thank you for being flexible. I'll have our transportation plan finalized in the morning. We will meet in the cafeteria at 9:30. I'll be emailing your teachers today during 4th period.

Don't forget that we have a second quiz as well as poetry recitations coming up soon.

Russian I

Today in class we finished our viewing of The Irony of Fate and reviewed information around forming and using the instrumental case in Russian. From there we did a quick review of possession and lack of possession using the nominative and genitive cases.

We have now finished learning about all six cases in Russian. Your Chapter 1 test will focus a lot on cases. Be sure that you are actively studying and reviewing not just how and where they're used but also how to change the endings of the words to show that they are in a particular case.

By the end of this weekend you should finish all of Exercise 8 at the end of Chapter 1. This goes over all six of our cases. As you go through this activity, use your notes, change endings of words, and translate the sentences to show that you know what the cases are doing. Practicing with our cases will be our key task to finish this first major unit of the year.

Homework for B-Day Students: 29 January 2019

Welcome to Quarter 3! Be aware that no changes will be made to Quarter 2 or Semester 1 grades at this point. It's all about what we have to come as opposed to what we have behind us. It's not too late to make some serious changes, just stay focused and make your moves!

AP Seminar

We're on to our TMPODs - today we looked at an example of a middle-scoring TMPOD in order to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and the importance of time and organization. As you continue to collaborate, keep working together to revise, refine, and rehearse your work. Check your time. Help each other out. And don't forget to use me as a resource for whatever you may need.

Advanced Russian

Today in class we spent some time on our poetry memorization projects (see the deadline below) as well as some general tips when it comes to speaking and presenting spoken Russian. These tips are really helpful for those of us in Russian III going to UNC on Friday for the L2L Symposium.

Then, we went on to watching an episode of Орел Решка - Америка where they have traveled to Hawaii and experienced many different verbs of motion. Next class we'll finish this episode to keep us focused on using and reviewing our various verbs.

Tonight for homework you have a fill-in-the-blanks and verb choice activity. Russian II is Exercise 4 in Chapter 6, Russian III is Exercise 8 in Chapter 10. Make the proper choice based on the context and perspective of the speaker. Consider the clues in the sentence that help you to make the choice.

Russian I

Today in class we nearly finished Part One of The Irony of Fate - we'll finish it next class and complete the viewing guides that we have. We'll also do more work in order to check in on our writing skills as we discuss what has happened in this ridiculous film.

Tonight you should all be focused on your poem memorizations and your homework. For the memorization remember that you must have four lines of a poem memorized for me. These presentations will be at the end of next week. Be ready by listening, speaking, practicing, and maybe writing. Sometimes writing gives us the extra muscle memory that we need to help us out.

For our grammar homework we have Exercise 9 in Chapter One. There is an A part focusing on accusative case and a B part focusing on dative case. As you work through the exercise, put the necessary words in the proper case and then translate your sentences to the best of your ability. This will really help you to clarify what the difference is between a direct and indirect object.

Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 25 January

Today is the last B-Day of the quarter. Any work that is missing at 4:00 today is missing. No changes will be made to grades past today.

AP Seminar

Today in AP Seminar we worked through a high-scoring sample IRR in order to identify key areas and strategies in order to connect with our reading and display all the things that we are doing in order to earn our points on the rubric.

Over the weekend, we should begin fully transitioning to our TMPOD tasks. It's time for us to look at what we have done, finalize that work, and then keep moving forward to our final goals. As I said today in class, a lot of this is constantly revising and reflecting to find the ways to draw our circle smaller. Keep supporting each other!

Advanced Russian

Today in class we worked through our map of Russia and Moscow in order to use various verbs of motion in order to talk about going from Point A to Point B. Remember that as we do this there are clear rules for our cases and prepositions so that we can understand what was the beginning point and what was the destination.

As you are working this weekend, be sure that you work through our sample exercises. At this point you should have the majority of them done and you should feel as though you have a clear understanding of when to use and A, B, or C action as well as when to distinguish between perfective or imperfective action.

Additionally, we have our poetry recitation coming due on the 8th of February. Russian III students will also have the L2L Symposium on the 1st of February. Practice and speak in order to accomplish your tasks well!

Russian I

As I said today at the beginning of class we are moving into a time where the classroom and the work is becoming very individualized. It is important that you study, practice, review, and ask questions regularly so that you can understand the content. It's also important that if you are dissatisfied with your performance that you quickly redo the assignments to show your improvement. This is how you grow and succeed. As we wrap up this quarter, and semester, consider what you need to do to be successful in this class - it's different for each of you.

For the weekend, you should be focused on your cases. By this point we know five of the six cases - Nominative, Accusative, Prepositional, Genitive, and Dative. Learn your declensions. Know your usages. Be able to alter words in order to show the cases. The exercise - 1.8 - is very helpful in learning these changes. Additionally, you should know the vocabulary in Chapter 1. We've been continuing to focus on this language through our course so far.

Lastly, you have the poem recitations due on the 8th of February. Know your four lines!

Homework for B-Day Students - 23 January 2019

AP Seminar

I hope that today's viewing of a high scoring TMPOD presentation gave you all some interesting moments of reflection for your groups. As we continue to work through the process, it's important that we take time to pause and consider how the work that we are doing now will be pivotal for our work in the future and our final task.

Tonight you should be focused on revising and completing your IRR assignments based on the feedback of your group. Have you found gaps in your research that need to be filled? Are there additional considerations or solutions to explore? Continue to keep the rubric and other supporting documents in mind as we are working.

Advanced Russian

As a reminder your poet projects are due to Google Classroom. If you did not submit it today, make sure that it is ready before the end of the quarter on Friday. Remember that no changes to grades or assignments will be accepted past Friday.

Today in class we worked through more practice with our verbs of motion. Continue this work tonight at home by working through more of our exercise packet. Remember the process - identify words you don't know (look them up), understand the context (A, B, or C), and then make your choice.

Additionally, Russian III Students, be sure that you are preparing daily for the L2L Symposium at UNC next week. You should be speaking and practicing. Remember what I said in class - the goal is to be understood. No need to be fancy.

Russian I

I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of The Irony of Fate. After our viewing we spent time working with our cases to write about the main character and his adventures in the film so far. Remember that as we are writing, we are activating cases and applying our knowledge.

From there, we looked at some exercises and examples before having time to finish and submit our poetry projects to Google Classroom.

For homework, be sure to complete the exercises using genitive case so that you can practice with your declensions and usage. Remember that Friday is the last day of the quarter - you'll need to see me now with rubles or Falcon Feathers for extra credit.

Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 18 January

Since we were having Internet connectivity issues today in class we did not have sufficient time to complete our Russian Poet Projects - these projects will be assessed at the end of the weekend, be sure that it is turned in to Google Classroom or shared to me.

Russian I

This weekend we should be focused on knowing how to use the four cases that we have been learning thoroughly. As a reminder those cases are NOM, ACC, GEN, PREP. Remember that each of these cases has a specific job and they show themselves based on what they do to the end of a word. Be sure that you finish working through Exercise 1.8 in your textbook. Make the changes for the words for the case needed. Translate. Understand why this case is being activated.

You should also finish learning your verbs. The verbs are the key. Only by understanding what the verb means will we be able to determine the needed case.

Remember that you have the opportunity to correct your quizzes. See me next week outside of class (aka - lunch).

Advanced Russian

We are continuing our work with verbs of motion. Today we spent time in class writing sentences and talking about the very clear distinctions between different types of verbs of motion. Apply these distinctions to the quiz you just took as well as to the exercises that you have.

This weekend you should spend time with your exercises. As you go through, make your choice between A or B for directionality (II) or aspect (III). Identify key words that lead you to your choice. Conjugate for the situation and then translate. This is good work to do as you are preparing to retake your quiz.

Lastly, as always, be aware of vocabulary. Take time to study and learn - especially your prepositions.

Russian III Students - Be aware that you have your trip to UNC on 1 February. Be sure that you are building in time to practice your speaking about your topics.

AP Seminar

Our first submissions are due! Be sure that you have shared work with your team so that they can read, reflect, and give feedback. As you work this weekend, be sure to complete the self-edit as well as the form in Google Classroom. We had some great conferences today in class about what our next steps are going to look like. Keep in mind that QUEST is a recursive practice. We may need to go back to the beginning, but it won't be the exact same beginning as it once was.

Be ready to gather together with your group on Wednesday in order to start making moves toward your TMPOD!