AP Research
Today was our workday devoted to our first posters and our first pitches. We should also be working on the introduction outline which at this point is just the descriptors of what goes in the outline and then the purpose of these items. Completing this now will help you to complete the elements of your introduction and to find them in the work you're already completing.
Remember that we will present our posters and pitches on the 24th. This is the last grade of Quarter 1. Everything should be submitted by that point so that we can move forward. If you need additional time or help, please let me know.
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed the concepts of gender, possession, and simple sentences in Russian. Next week we'll retake that quiz, and show a lot of improvement on these skills. Tonight your homework is to keep practicing by writing about your house. Create a Google Document and put a photo of a room in your house in that document. Then write five sentences about the items in the room. Who owns what?
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had our unit assessment. If you didn't finish, time will be given next class to complete the work. Our next unit will be different based on the different levels. If you are in Russian II, please review Chapter 5 (pink book) and complete the Chapter Preview. Russian III and IV will use the Carolina Blue book and refer to Chapter 8 (III) and 11 (IV).
Please have your textbooks next class as we are starting new units!
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day Edition - 3 October
AP Research
In order to make life a bit easier I compiled the reflection questions into one document for you. Please check that document and be sure that you have Reflections 1-4 complete. If you missed an earlier check, send me an email with a link to the document and we will get that settled.
Be sure that you've submitted your Source Check Two to Google Classroom in the appropriate space. I'll be looking at these tonight.
Next class will be a working day - You'll be grinding through some Annotated Bibliography entries, so have those templates and access to those sources. The Annotated Bibliography is due by October 13 and is our key focus for this upcoming week.
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed our possessives and the idea of gender in Russian. We did some great practice to be ready for our quiz next week on this concept. Next class you have a video day, I hope you enjoy it. Be ready for the quiz by reviewing your textbook as well as the notes we took. Playing with your dominoes will help a lot too.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed verb conjugation, we wrote a bit about Cheburashka, and then we took a quiz. For the teams that didn't finish - please come back tomorrow to complete the quiz work. For the weekend you should focus on cases. Go through the packet and select two of the six pages to complete. Identify which cases are being used. Think about why. Next class you also have a movie day. It's a good one that will take us some time to complete!
In order to make life a bit easier I compiled the reflection questions into one document for you. Please check that document and be sure that you have Reflections 1-4 complete. If you missed an earlier check, send me an email with a link to the document and we will get that settled.
Be sure that you've submitted your Source Check Two to Google Classroom in the appropriate space. I'll be looking at these tonight.
Next class will be a working day - You'll be grinding through some Annotated Bibliography entries, so have those templates and access to those sources. The Annotated Bibliography is due by October 13 and is our key focus for this upcoming week.
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed our possessives and the idea of gender in Russian. We did some great practice to be ready for our quiz next week on this concept. Next class you have a video day, I hope you enjoy it. Be ready for the quiz by reviewing your textbook as well as the notes we took. Playing with your dominoes will help a lot too.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed verb conjugation, we wrote a bit about Cheburashka, and then we took a quiz. For the teams that didn't finish - please come back tomorrow to complete the quiz work. For the weekend you should focus on cases. Go through the packet and select two of the six pages to complete. Identify which cases are being used. Think about why. Next class you also have a movie day. It's a good one that will take us some time to complete!
Friday, December 7, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 7 December
Keep an eye on the weather and any possible cancellations. Remember that we'll come back to an A day since today is a B day.
AP Seminar
Today in class after we finished the Oral Defense questions we went back to reviewing the instructions for Performance Task 1. Then, there was a discussion around scope and focus as it relates to research questions. After this, we discussed limitations and implications and how these can be used to further refine a solution.
Over the weekend your main task is to finish your brainstorming and pre-research. You'll be coming in to class on Tuesday (hopefully) to meet your team and begin to determine your topic/question/means of inquiry. Be ready to collaborate and work fast to accomplish your tasks for Performance Task 1.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we participated in a self-reflection and peer editing for our projects on the month of December. Remember the requirements are on our checklist. The idea is to present a variety of sentences to accomplish your goals related to talking about time. Russian II and III students should complete their calendar and paragraph about the month of December. Russian III students then also have the paragraph about A and B days and a vacation day.
After that it was on to our research projects! We'll be doing a dry run of the presentations next class as a practice.
For the weekend, it's important that you finish your projects on December as a means to prepare for your reassessment. You also have your study guides for the final test on this unit. Look through the chapters, the exercises, and the vocabulary. If you need additional help, I am here to help.
Your unit exam will be on Monday the 17th. Prepare!
Russian I
Today in class we played the first few rounds of our review game to review our possession words as well as our verb conjugations. We were able to get through the first verb before going to the media center to submit our projects. Remember that if your project is not complete today, then you'll be losing some points for work ethic when it is turned in.
Over the weekend you should focus on studying and reviewing for our final test on this information. The test will be on Thursday and the reassessment will be on Tuesday. Be ready to show that you know how to conjugate verbs!
AP Seminar
Today in class after we finished the Oral Defense questions we went back to reviewing the instructions for Performance Task 1. Then, there was a discussion around scope and focus as it relates to research questions. After this, we discussed limitations and implications and how these can be used to further refine a solution.
Over the weekend your main task is to finish your brainstorming and pre-research. You'll be coming in to class on Tuesday (hopefully) to meet your team and begin to determine your topic/question/means of inquiry. Be ready to collaborate and work fast to accomplish your tasks for Performance Task 1.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we participated in a self-reflection and peer editing for our projects on the month of December. Remember the requirements are on our checklist. The idea is to present a variety of sentences to accomplish your goals related to talking about time. Russian II and III students should complete their calendar and paragraph about the month of December. Russian III students then also have the paragraph about A and B days and a vacation day.
After that it was on to our research projects! We'll be doing a dry run of the presentations next class as a practice.
For the weekend, it's important that you finish your projects on December as a means to prepare for your reassessment. You also have your study guides for the final test on this unit. Look through the chapters, the exercises, and the vocabulary. If you need additional help, I am here to help.
Your unit exam will be on Monday the 17th. Prepare!
Russian I
Today in class we played the first few rounds of our review game to review our possession words as well as our verb conjugations. We were able to get through the first verb before going to the media center to submit our projects. Remember that if your project is not complete today, then you'll be losing some points for work ethic when it is turned in.
Over the weekend you should focus on studying and reviewing for our final test on this information. The test will be on Thursday and the reassessment will be on Tuesday. Be ready to show that you know how to conjugate verbs!
Monday, November 5, 2018
Homework for B-Day Classes - 5 November
I'm back everyone! Yay! Vacation was exactly what I needed to recharge going into Quarter 2. Here are your reminders about what to do moving into our class on Wednesday. First, remember to encourage people you know to vote! Democracy only works when we all participate. Other than that we have the following -
AP Seminar
Tonight you have an additional article which will give you another approach to the idea of protest; perhaps a different one than we've considered so far. Read and annotate the article "Why Violence Works" which is linked from the Unit Plan as well as here. As you read, consider the claims, evidences, and arguments presented. You might also want to consider its credibility. From here, consider how this article contributes to the larger conversation we're having around protest.
After this, take a look through your stimulus pack. You might want to start to consider the documents because you'll end up starting your QUEST by using one of these documents as an anchor. What issue is presented? What problem? Question?
Advanced Russian
Today in class we didn't get as far as I wanted, so there's a bit of a modification to the planned homework. Tonight you should all focus on finishing your abstract for your research paper. Hopefully you divided the parts of the abstract out and then have begun to write. Remember to have full ownership of your language as you write. When it is ready to be reviewed by me, let me know. I'll be checking them on Friday if you don't tell me to before that.
From here, look at your exercises for review of the concepts today. For Russian II, you'll want to take a look at Exercise 5.7. Look at the clues in the sentence and think about if it's a situation that needs perfective or imperfective as well as the tense. You might also want to take a look at the types of verbal action as you look at this.
For Russian III, you've got Exercise 8.7. This will have you consider prepositions related to time expressions. You should use your notes that you took today as well as your textbook to help you work through this information.
Russian I
Today in class we had a bit of a struggle related to behavior. We can consider this class the warning for everyone. If we continue to have problems then I will be to solve them, and you may not like my solution. Further, remember what I said in regards to studying and preparing. You need to be working regularly on this class in order to improve. If you're not, then there's a problem and it needs to be fixed. If you don't know how to study, then seek out assistance. It's important to make everything start to click now before things get out of your control.
For tonight, I want you to focus on Exercise 1.5 and 1.4. You should be actively using your vocabulary list and your notes in order to do this work. You may not be able to fill in all of the blanks, but I expect a good effort. I think that 1.5 is the more important of the two and the one that you should be able to complete the most of.
AP Seminar
Tonight you have an additional article which will give you another approach to the idea of protest; perhaps a different one than we've considered so far. Read and annotate the article "Why Violence Works" which is linked from the Unit Plan as well as here. As you read, consider the claims, evidences, and arguments presented. You might also want to consider its credibility. From here, consider how this article contributes to the larger conversation we're having around protest.
After this, take a look through your stimulus pack. You might want to start to consider the documents because you'll end up starting your QUEST by using one of these documents as an anchor. What issue is presented? What problem? Question?
Advanced Russian
Today in class we didn't get as far as I wanted, so there's a bit of a modification to the planned homework. Tonight you should all focus on finishing your abstract for your research paper. Hopefully you divided the parts of the abstract out and then have begun to write. Remember to have full ownership of your language as you write. When it is ready to be reviewed by me, let me know. I'll be checking them on Friday if you don't tell me to before that.
From here, look at your exercises for review of the concepts today. For Russian II, you'll want to take a look at Exercise 5.7. Look at the clues in the sentence and think about if it's a situation that needs perfective or imperfective as well as the tense. You might also want to take a look at the types of verbal action as you look at this.
For Russian III, you've got Exercise 8.7. This will have you consider prepositions related to time expressions. You should use your notes that you took today as well as your textbook to help you work through this information.
Russian I
Today in class we had a bit of a struggle related to behavior. We can consider this class the warning for everyone. If we continue to have problems then I will be to solve them, and you may not like my solution. Further, remember what I said in regards to studying and preparing. You need to be working regularly on this class in order to improve. If you're not, then there's a problem and it needs to be fixed. If you don't know how to study, then seek out assistance. It's important to make everything start to click now before things get out of your control.
For tonight, I want you to focus on Exercise 1.5 and 1.4. You should be actively using your vocabulary list and your notes in order to do this work. You may not be able to fill in all of the blanks, but I expect a good effort. I think that 1.5 is the more important of the two and the one that you should be able to complete the most of.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 26 October
AP Seminar
From all the work we've done this week I'm excited to see what you all are going to present on Tuesday. Remember to submit your slides by Monday evening to Google Classroom - they'll be marked late after 6:00 PM. Be sure that you are continuing to collaborate and offer assistance this weekend as you make finishing touches to your presentations.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent our time looking at our aspectual pairs as well as some of our new vocabulary and grammar through conversation. I was very happy about the work that you all did and the level of engagement in the room. I also noted that many of you found yourselves to be much more comfortable doing this type of work.
As we move forward to Tuesday, continue to work on your research outline as well as your quiz preparation. The quiz will focus on vocabulary as well as grammar for all of you. Be ready by studying your topics. Remember that you can have a notecard for this quiz, but it has to be made by hand. Topics for your quiz are in the slides on Google Classroom.
Russian I
Hopefully given today's class you feel confident with using possessive pronouns in Russian to claim ownership or state ownership of items as well as agreement with gender. Be sure that over the weekend you are studying your Chapter 1 nouns, and reviewing the information in your textbook around pages 38 and 39. All of the information is also in the slides on Google Classroom. If you've missed days or are behind, I would recommend coming in on Monday to prepare and review with me.
From all the work we've done this week I'm excited to see what you all are going to present on Tuesday. Remember to submit your slides by Monday evening to Google Classroom - they'll be marked late after 6:00 PM. Be sure that you are continuing to collaborate and offer assistance this weekend as you make finishing touches to your presentations.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent our time looking at our aspectual pairs as well as some of our new vocabulary and grammar through conversation. I was very happy about the work that you all did and the level of engagement in the room. I also noted that many of you found yourselves to be much more comfortable doing this type of work.
As we move forward to Tuesday, continue to work on your research outline as well as your quiz preparation. The quiz will focus on vocabulary as well as grammar for all of you. Be ready by studying your topics. Remember that you can have a notecard for this quiz, but it has to be made by hand. Topics for your quiz are in the slides on Google Classroom.
Russian I
Hopefully given today's class you feel confident with using possessive pronouns in Russian to claim ownership or state ownership of items as well as agreement with gender. Be sure that over the weekend you are studying your Chapter 1 nouns, and reviewing the information in your textbook around pages 38 and 39. All of the information is also in the slides on Google Classroom. If you've missed days or are behind, I would recommend coming in on Monday to prepare and review with me.
At this point all work has been collected for Quarter 1. I'll be grading this weekend. If you have rubles or Falcon Feathers to turn in, come see me on Monday for that!
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Homework for 24 October - B Day Students
Hey everyone! Many of you were absent today due to testing, be sure that you go to Google Classroom to check the slides from today's class. If you have questions, please see me outside of class.
AP Seminar
We're all about the TMPOD for Friday. Continue the great work from today's class. It's also a great idea to go back to the high scored TMPOD that I shared with you as an exemplar of what you need to produce. Friday should be about practicing and finalizing since you should have the whole team together to work.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed our homework in order to get a better understanding of verbal aspect (Russian II) and of our new pronouns and reflexive language (Russian III). We should continue this work for homework.
Russian II Students - Write five sentences about yourself based on the work we did today. Write in Russian. Be sure that you have a sentence for each of our tenses and aspects - Imperfective Past, Present, and Future as well as Perfective Past and Future.
Russian III Students - Complete your exercises. Translate to the best of your ability. If you don't know, ask in advance.
Additionally we began to outline our research papers. Continue to work on these as we'll be quickly moving through the process of doing this work in Russian. Remember that the final paper is only about three pages, double spaced, so you can't actually write too much. Also remember that you're writing in Russian, so your language is going to be a lot simpler.
Russian I
Today in class we fully reviewed the concept of asking WHOSE and answering IT'S MY/HIS/HER/THEIR/OUR. This was the goal of our speaking and of our exercises number eleven and twelve. For tonight, you have two major tasks to finalize this work.
Russian Students - Remember that test corrections are due on Friday so that I can score them this weekend.
AP Seminar
We're all about the TMPOD for Friday. Continue the great work from today's class. It's also a great idea to go back to the high scored TMPOD that I shared with you as an exemplar of what you need to produce. Friday should be about practicing and finalizing since you should have the whole team together to work.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we reviewed our homework in order to get a better understanding of verbal aspect (Russian II) and of our new pronouns and reflexive language (Russian III). We should continue this work for homework.
Russian II Students - Write five sentences about yourself based on the work we did today. Write in Russian. Be sure that you have a sentence for each of our tenses and aspects - Imperfective Past, Present, and Future as well as Perfective Past and Future.
Russian III Students - Complete your exercises. Translate to the best of your ability. If you don't know, ask in advance.
Additionally we began to outline our research papers. Continue to work on these as we'll be quickly moving through the process of doing this work in Russian. Remember that the final paper is only about three pages, double spaced, so you can't actually write too much. Also remember that you're writing in Russian, so your language is going to be a lot simpler.
Russian I
Today in class we fully reviewed the concept of asking WHOSE and answering IT'S MY/HIS/HER/THEIR/OUR. This was the goal of our speaking and of our exercises number eleven and twelve. For tonight, you have two major tasks to finalize this work.
- Find ten items in your house and claim ownership of them in Russian. Say who owns it. Use your vocabulary and grammar notes.
- Next week you'll have a spelling test on your new vocabulary words from Chapter 1. Be sure that you are studying these words to prepare.
Russian Students - Remember that test corrections are due on Friday so that I can score them this weekend.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Homework for B-Day Classes: 22 October 2018
AP Seminar
This week we will be moving toward our TMPOD, so all work outside of class should be devoted toward that goal. Hopefully by this point your group knows your question or problem and the answer or solution that you are trying to sell. Now it's time to sell it.
Be sure that you are relating back to the research that you have already done. As I said today in class, many of you have looked at what's been done already - perhaps the best way to move forward is to discuss that as you begin to propose your own idea.
Next class and Friday we'll be working on these through class. Be sure that you've shared your Annotated Bibliography and highlighted where your teammates should focus on Wednesday and Friday. Also remember that you have all of your Oral Defense questions - it would be a good idea to begin to prepare those now.
Presentations will be done and scored on Tuesday. Then, Tuesday afternoon, I'll submit your final grades for this process. Remember that the TMPOD is the other half of the grade with the AB.
Advanced Russian
Today's class was a good one, though some of you should invest in more sleep or more coffee (or both) before coming to class. We are now working on a split unit - Russian II is focused on Unit 5 and Russian III is focused on Unit 8. Be aware of this as we move on.
Tonight, Russian II's are focused on showing they know the difference between perfective and imperfective aspect. Write about your day in English - use about 10 sentences. Then, go through and identify the verbs. Would the verb be done in perfective or imperfective if translating to Russian? Why? Consider the discussion today and the notes we took.
Russian III students are focused on learning declensions for new vocabulary. Your exercises are 8.6 and 8.19. Be sure to fill in the blank, check for agreement, and to translate what you have.
As well, you should all be developing your team outline - IN ENGLISH. We'll hopefully have some time devoted to this later in the week.
Russian I
Today in class we went full force into Unit 1 by learning the different words to talk about ownership. There are two ways that we can do this in Russian that you know right now. One is through the preposition У and the other is by using a possessive pronoun. Remember that the possessive pronoun agrees with the item owned, and not the owner.
Use the slides in Google Classroom if your notes are lacking. Remember that you also have all week to resubmit your alphabet examination if you need to. Tonight, there are a few things for you to do. First, keep studying your vocabulary words for Unit 1 in advance of our spelling quiz next week. Second, complete the exercises on page 56 - number 11 and 12. Read the sentence and fill in the blank using the words that we have learned today.
This week we will be moving toward our TMPOD, so all work outside of class should be devoted toward that goal. Hopefully by this point your group knows your question or problem and the answer or solution that you are trying to sell. Now it's time to sell it.
Be sure that you are relating back to the research that you have already done. As I said today in class, many of you have looked at what's been done already - perhaps the best way to move forward is to discuss that as you begin to propose your own idea.
Next class and Friday we'll be working on these through class. Be sure that you've shared your Annotated Bibliography and highlighted where your teammates should focus on Wednesday and Friday. Also remember that you have all of your Oral Defense questions - it would be a good idea to begin to prepare those now.
Presentations will be done and scored on Tuesday. Then, Tuesday afternoon, I'll submit your final grades for this process. Remember that the TMPOD is the other half of the grade with the AB.
Advanced Russian
Today's class was a good one, though some of you should invest in more sleep or more coffee (or both) before coming to class. We are now working on a split unit - Russian II is focused on Unit 5 and Russian III is focused on Unit 8. Be aware of this as we move on.
Tonight, Russian II's are focused on showing they know the difference between perfective and imperfective aspect. Write about your day in English - use about 10 sentences. Then, go through and identify the verbs. Would the verb be done in perfective or imperfective if translating to Russian? Why? Consider the discussion today and the notes we took.
Russian III students are focused on learning declensions for new vocabulary. Your exercises are 8.6 and 8.19. Be sure to fill in the blank, check for agreement, and to translate what you have.
As well, you should all be developing your team outline - IN ENGLISH. We'll hopefully have some time devoted to this later in the week.
Russian I
Today in class we went full force into Unit 1 by learning the different words to talk about ownership. There are two ways that we can do this in Russian that you know right now. One is through the preposition У and the other is by using a possessive pronoun. Remember that the possessive pronoun agrees with the item owned, and not the owner.
Use the slides in Google Classroom if your notes are lacking. Remember that you also have all week to resubmit your alphabet examination if you need to. Tonight, there are a few things for you to do. First, keep studying your vocabulary words for Unit 1 in advance of our spelling quiz next week. Second, complete the exercises on page 56 - number 11 and 12. Read the sentence and fill in the blank using the words that we have learned today.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Homework for Russian Students - 2 January - Welcome Back!
С новым сладким годом! To a sweet new year! So happy to see all of you today - here's a quick recap of what we did in Russian as well as what you should do tonight to keep the learning going!
Russian I
Today we learned the five main jobs of the genitive case as well as how to change the endings of nouns so that they show that they are in the genitive case. Then we did some example sentences around the idea of ownership (I have a Honda. У меня есть Хонда.), lack of ownership (I don't have a Mercedes. У меня нет Мерседеса.), and stating where a person is from (I am from Durham. Я из Дарема.).
For your friend project you should write three new sentences using the genitive case. You should state something that each person has, doesn't have, and where each person is from. Remember you are only working on the slides about yourself, your male friend, and your female friend. You should already have sentences describing what they do and where they do it to accomplish your accusative case and prepositional case work.
You should also take a look at Exercise 8 in the end of Chapter One. This exercise is broken down for each case. You should take time to work on the genitive case so that you can learn your declensions better.
Here is a good video on all of the Russian cases - use it for review!
Lastly, keep in mind that you have one week to reassess or complete any missing work. The quarter for this class will end on Wednesday the 10th.
Russian I
Today we learned the five main jobs of the genitive case as well as how to change the endings of nouns so that they show that they are in the genitive case. Then we did some example sentences around the idea of ownership (I have a Honda. У меня есть Хонда.), lack of ownership (I don't have a Mercedes. У меня нет Мерседеса.), and stating where a person is from (I am from Durham. Я из Дарема.).
For your friend project you should write three new sentences using the genitive case. You should state something that each person has, doesn't have, and where each person is from. Remember you are only working on the slides about yourself, your male friend, and your female friend. You should already have sentences describing what they do and where they do it to accomplish your accusative case and prepositional case work.
You should also take a look at Exercise 8 in the end of Chapter One. This exercise is broken down for each case. You should take time to work on the genitive case so that you can learn your declensions better.
Here is a good video on all of the Russian cases - use it for review!
Advanced Russian
Today we began the journey of learning about verbs of motion in Russian. Primarily today we learned about going by one's own power or going by the power of another. We also discussed what it means for an action to be multidirectional or unidirectional.
Tonight for homework you should play with your new verbs (the four we conjugated today in class). You should be able to create a variety of present tense sentences which use these verbs to talk about going different places. Write at least eight sentences in Russian, two for each verb, and pair the sentence with an English translation.
Next class we will review this work and these verbs before moving on to the others. Be sure that you have written work to show next class.
Lastly, keep in mind that you have one week to reassess or complete any missing work. The quarter for this class will end on Wednesday the 10th.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Homework for the Long Weekend - Russian Classes - 8 November 2017
We all had quizzes today! If you felt unprepared on a section make sure that you study so that you can complete your reassessment on that section after I return them to you. Here's what you should complete over the weekend:
Russian II: Complete the final drafts of your aspect sentences. Make sure that you are increasing your sentence complexity by adding in adverbs that relate to the aspect (this will help you study the new vocabulary) as well as prepositional phrases (with the list of prepositions I gave you earlier). By applying and using the words I give you, then you will better learn them.
Russian III: Your goal this weekend is to share a document between yourselves and me in which you start drafting your paper's abstract. The abstract should review the argument of the paper as well as the source material that will be used to prove the point of the paper. This can be done in English and in Russian. Use Russian where you can and use English where you need to.
In another shared document you should put together your outline. In the outline you should include your argument and the topics that you will explore to prove your argument is valid. In the topics you should include information from your source materials as well as your commentary. Again, this can be done in a mixture of English and Russian.
Please be sure to share these documents with me as I will help with corrections, translations, and formatting for the APA style requirements. Your paper must be finished after Thanksgiving Break - so it is very important we finish these elements this weekend.
Russian I:
Over the weekend complete the review activities that I gave you. In the first you will be using possessive pronouns in order to talk about ownership of items. In the other exercises you will be working with verb conjugations and subject pronouns. This is a great review of all of the things that you have learned so far in this grammar unit. Make sure to complete all of the activities.
Russian II: Complete the final drafts of your aspect sentences. Make sure that you are increasing your sentence complexity by adding in adverbs that relate to the aspect (this will help you study the new vocabulary) as well as prepositional phrases (with the list of prepositions I gave you earlier). By applying and using the words I give you, then you will better learn them.
Russian III: Your goal this weekend is to share a document between yourselves and me in which you start drafting your paper's abstract. The abstract should review the argument of the paper as well as the source material that will be used to prove the point of the paper. This can be done in English and in Russian. Use Russian where you can and use English where you need to.
In another shared document you should put together your outline. In the outline you should include your argument and the topics that you will explore to prove your argument is valid. In the topics you should include information from your source materials as well as your commentary. Again, this can be done in a mixture of English and Russian.
Please be sure to share these documents with me as I will help with corrections, translations, and formatting for the APA style requirements. Your paper must be finished after Thanksgiving Break - so it is very important we finish these elements this weekend.
Russian I:
Over the weekend complete the review activities that I gave you. In the first you will be using possessive pronouns in order to talk about ownership of items. In the other exercises you will be working with verb conjugations and subject pronouns. This is a great review of all of the things that you have learned so far in this grammar unit. Make sure to complete all of the activities.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Homework for A-Day Students: 16 October
Russian I
Now that you have your chart of the possessive pronouns for all genders and all owners, it's time to use what you have. On the back of the chart write ten sentences about items in your home. Who owns the item? Write a three word sentence stating who owns what. Make sure to use a variety of your possessive pronouns.
Also, keep studying your vocabulary, we will have a quiz next week on Chapter One nouns.
Advanced Russian
II - Write ten sentences in English about your Monday. Use a variety of verbs and tenses as you describe your day. Write ten separate sentences. And then, analyze the verbs you are using. Would you use a perfective verb or an imperfective verb? Why? Consider our reasons and descriptors that we worked through today.
III - Complete exercises six and nineteen using the new information and new words that you have learned today. Focus on putting the word in the correct form and then inputting the word into the sentence appropriately. Consider how you can use this information in your own interactions and use of Russian.
English IV
We'll be quickly finishing out the quarter with our resumes and character projects. Make sure that to prepare for our final classes this quarter that you find and have an application that you can work on next class. This may be a college application (Common App), a job application, or an application for the military.
Now that you have your chart of the possessive pronouns for all genders and all owners, it's time to use what you have. On the back of the chart write ten sentences about items in your home. Who owns the item? Write a three word sentence stating who owns what. Make sure to use a variety of your possessive pronouns.
Also, keep studying your vocabulary, we will have a quiz next week on Chapter One nouns.
Advanced Russian
II - Write ten sentences in English about your Monday. Use a variety of verbs and tenses as you describe your day. Write ten separate sentences. And then, analyze the verbs you are using. Would you use a perfective verb or an imperfective verb? Why? Consider our reasons and descriptors that we worked through today.
III - Complete exercises six and nineteen using the new information and new words that you have learned today. Focus on putting the word in the correct form and then inputting the word into the sentence appropriately. Consider how you can use this information in your own interactions and use of Russian.
English IV
We'll be quickly finishing out the quarter with our resumes and character projects. Make sure that to prepare for our final classes this quarter that you find and have an application that you can work on next class. This may be a college application (Common App), a job application, or an application for the military.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Homework for the Weekend - 12 October 2017 - A Day
Russian I
That was a very productive class! I think that we did a great job reviewing on our rules around masculine, feminine, and neuter gender and then seeing how these ideas connect to the idea of possession and possessive words like my, your, and our. Tonight, practice with these concepts to reinforce the learning in class.
Complete exercise 11 and 12 at the end of Chapter One. For exercise 11, use your notes or the information in your textbook - you can find the chart we made in there too - and fill in the blanks. Make sure to look for and consider gender. In exercise 12 you'll be doing the same thing, but adding in a translating and writing step. If the words are in English, translate to Russian and then write a question and answer like the example. If it's already in Russian, just write a question and answer.
This will help you to do the other thing which is study your vocabulary! Remember our reflection today in class about applying better study habits outside of class. Spend time with this idea and practice. There's also a video you can check out here:
That was a very productive class! I think that we did a great job reviewing on our rules around masculine, feminine, and neuter gender and then seeing how these ideas connect to the idea of possession and possessive words like my, your, and our. Tonight, practice with these concepts to reinforce the learning in class.
Complete exercise 11 and 12 at the end of Chapter One. For exercise 11, use your notes or the information in your textbook - you can find the chart we made in there too - and fill in the blanks. Make sure to look for and consider gender. In exercise 12 you'll be doing the same thing, but adding in a translating and writing step. If the words are in English, translate to Russian and then write a question and answer like the example. If it's already in Russian, just write a question and answer.
This will help you to do the other thing which is study your vocabulary! Remember our reflection today in class about applying better study habits outside of class. Spend time with this idea and practice. There's also a video you can check out here:
It goes into plurals and a lot of other information if you're interested. You just have to focus on singular.
Advanced Russian
Today we started moving into our new units! Yay! Russian II has a very interesting journey ahead as you start to move into aspect. You all should be focused on the new vocabulary that we used at the end of class today. Look at your verbs in the beginning of the chapter. Use them and learn them. Apply what you have learned about stems to the work you are now doing!
Russian II - You will find it helpful to locate the list of all aspectual verb pairs in Chapter Five. This is within the chapter. With it, you should analyze the poem in exercise one. Do you see an imperfective (one you already know) or perfective (new information) verb? What's the tense? What do you understand about the poem. This is exercise one at the end of Chapter 5.
Russian III - You will begin by looking at the first exercise too. This is a list of questions. Using your vocabulary list answer ten of these questions about yourself. Activate what you know. Analyze the question to think about the case you'll need in your answer.
Both groups should also review the reading at the beginning of the chapter. Mark unknown words and grammar structures. Try to summarize each paragraph, in English.
English IV
Next week is going to be a heavy week in terms of finishing our unit on The Canterbury Tales and personal writing. Make sure that if you want to revise your essay that you have done that. Way to go to those of you who already have. If you've made changes in Google Docs, please let us know via email. Also, we'll have the resume and the personal character project to finish. Make sure that you have done some work related to these two items (our planning sheet for the resume and graphic organizer for the characters).
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