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.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
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!
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!
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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.
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.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Homework for B-Day Classes: 24 September
AP Seminar
My general policy is that if we have an assessment, the only person with homework is me - and we'll keep that policy in place for today. I would ask that you review the Unit 2 Plan and consider issues or problems related to education. We'll begin in earnest next class as we review our tasks for this unit and get to work.
Remember that all summer work needs to be submitted this week if it is still not accounted for.
Advanced Russian
Please remember that when I give you homework or ask you to make things it is not to waste your time or give you busy work; it's to help you. Hopefully tonight many of you will go through and make those verb cards. If so, show them to me for some partial credit.
Tonight you have two things to accomplish for class on Wednesday. First, as it relates to the Learning Through Languages Symposium - brainstorm topics of interest related to our different areas of the world. I'll place you in teams next class, and you'll have the goal of determining your focus as a group. Be ready to contribute. Here is the link to the sample questions and topics and more information on the competition.
The second assignment is to complete some writing for me as a bridge to speaking next class. Select a few key verbs of different stems and work with them through all tenses (past, present, and future). Show that you can conjugate and show that you can work with nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. We'll be speaking next class - so your work with this will help you to achieve great things in terms of our work on Wednesday.
Russian I
Thanks for your great work today with writing your names and getting started with your Russian cities project. We'll keep working on these city projects through the week and present them next week. For tonight, your main goal is to prepare for your quiz next class on the alphabet. You need to know all thirty-three letters and the sounds that these letters make. We'll have listening, writing, and reading on the quiz.
If you're missing any work (viewing guide, paragraph, or handwriting packet) have that turned in next class!
My general policy is that if we have an assessment, the only person with homework is me - and we'll keep that policy in place for today. I would ask that you review the Unit 2 Plan and consider issues or problems related to education. We'll begin in earnest next class as we review our tasks for this unit and get to work.
Remember that all summer work needs to be submitted this week if it is still not accounted for.
Advanced Russian
Please remember that when I give you homework or ask you to make things it is not to waste your time or give you busy work; it's to help you. Hopefully tonight many of you will go through and make those verb cards. If so, show them to me for some partial credit.
Tonight you have two things to accomplish for class on Wednesday. First, as it relates to the Learning Through Languages Symposium - brainstorm topics of interest related to our different areas of the world. I'll place you in teams next class, and you'll have the goal of determining your focus as a group. Be ready to contribute. Here is the link to the sample questions and topics and more information on the competition.
The second assignment is to complete some writing for me as a bridge to speaking next class. Select a few key verbs of different stems and work with them through all tenses (past, present, and future). Show that you can conjugate and show that you can work with nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. We'll be speaking next class - so your work with this will help you to achieve great things in terms of our work on Wednesday.
Russian I
Thanks for your great work today with writing your names and getting started with your Russian cities project. We'll keep working on these city projects through the week and present them next week. For tonight, your main goal is to prepare for your quiz next class on the alphabet. You need to know all thirty-three letters and the sounds that these letters make. We'll have listening, writing, and reading on the quiz.
If you're missing any work (viewing guide, paragraph, or handwriting packet) have that turned in next class!
Monday, May 21, 2018
Homework for the Last Day of Class - 21 May 2018 - A Day
English IV
As the title of the post implies, today really was the last day to submit any assignments for scores. Since I will not see 2B tomorrow for class, those students should see me outside of class tomorrow to submit anything that is left for this Quarter. On Wednesday we will finish watching Young Frankenstein and complete a brief writing assignment for extra credit on your Frankenstein adaptation essays. This assignment on Wednesday will be only for extra credit added to your previous Frankenstein essays. No work will be collected on Wednesday for other scores.
Advanced Russian
For those of you who will be absent on Wednesday it is imperative that I collect your rubric, grammar goals, and written work to replace your grades for Wednesday's project work. Tonight, you should all be actively preparing for our speaking task on Wednesday. Finish writing your statements and questions, use your textbooks to check on your grammar skills, focus on vocabulary! You'll want a bit of a costume that goes with your character (nothing too elaborate) and a good tone of voice to be your person.
We'll spend some time warming up on Wednesday, run through our speaking assignment, and then spend time asking questions related to the final examination. I'll also tell you on Wednesday if you are exempt or not - be sure that you've checked in on your absences before this time!
Russian I
On Wednesday's class we'll be finishing Office Romance and completing the second viewing guide. Many of you did very well on the first one, just be sure that you are always answering all parts of the question being asked of you. We will also have the chance on Wednesday to do a bit of review - as I go through your Начало sheets tonight I'll make a list of topics and go over the more popular topics for you then.
I'll also go over exemptions on Wednesday for all of you. As I said above, be sure to check in on your absences if needed!
As the title of the post implies, today really was the last day to submit any assignments for scores. Since I will not see 2B tomorrow for class, those students should see me outside of class tomorrow to submit anything that is left for this Quarter. On Wednesday we will finish watching Young Frankenstein and complete a brief writing assignment for extra credit on your Frankenstein adaptation essays. This assignment on Wednesday will be only for extra credit added to your previous Frankenstein essays. No work will be collected on Wednesday for other scores.
Advanced Russian
For those of you who will be absent on Wednesday it is imperative that I collect your rubric, grammar goals, and written work to replace your grades for Wednesday's project work. Tonight, you should all be actively preparing for our speaking task on Wednesday. Finish writing your statements and questions, use your textbooks to check on your grammar skills, focus on vocabulary! You'll want a bit of a costume that goes with your character (nothing too elaborate) and a good tone of voice to be your person.
We'll spend some time warming up on Wednesday, run through our speaking assignment, and then spend time asking questions related to the final examination. I'll also tell you on Wednesday if you are exempt or not - be sure that you've checked in on your absences before this time!
Russian I
On Wednesday's class we'll be finishing Office Romance and completing the second viewing guide. Many of you did very well on the first one, just be sure that you are always answering all parts of the question being asked of you. We will also have the chance on Wednesday to do a bit of review - as I go through your Начало sheets tonight I'll make a list of topics and go over the more popular topics for you then.
I'll also go over exemptions on Wednesday for all of you. As I said above, be sure to check in on your absences if needed!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - 17 May 2018 - A Day
Russian I
Today in class we finished our first part of Office Romance and reviewed a bit around forming possession statements in Russian. Over the weekend I would suggest staying focused on your work to prepare for the final examination. I've given you all a set of exercises that review many of our main skills from this year in Russian I. These exercises are for extra credit and personal enrichment. Feel free to complete all or some, based on your needs. Points will be added to previous assignments.
On Monday we will begin watching Part Two of Office Romance since we finished with a bit of a cliffhanger. Then, we'll continue to review grammar and vocabulary points in preparation for our exam. We will also be cashing in our rubles on Monday.
Advanced Russian
Today we had our examination on Unit 7 or Unit 9 depending on your level. If you were absent, please see me ASAP to make up the examination. It should take you about an hour to complete.
Your main goal for this weekend is to complete a lot of your preparation for your final speaking assignment. On Monday we'll be participating in a workshop where we will review our work, go over some key elements of phonetics, and collaborate to prepare. We'll also watch a bit of a Russian talk show in order to understand how they operate a bit.
If you will not be in class on Wednesday due to the AP Examination, you are required to submit written work that aligns with your selected grammar points from the review sheet. This will be your grade for the project and it will be scored for grammar, vocabulary, and sentence complexity.
I'll announce exam exemptions for all Russian students on Wednesday. Please see the main office if you have documentation related to your absences as I will go off of the official absence count in PowerSchool for this class.
English IV
A few of you were able to submit your final projects today and many of you looked like with a bit more time at home or over the weekend that you would be able to finish your work with no issues. I'm really happy with how well you've been able to pull things together here at the end of the year. Here's a quick overview of the final project for those of you that need a reminder:
Today in class we finished our first part of Office Romance and reviewed a bit around forming possession statements in Russian. Over the weekend I would suggest staying focused on your work to prepare for the final examination. I've given you all a set of exercises that review many of our main skills from this year in Russian I. These exercises are for extra credit and personal enrichment. Feel free to complete all or some, based on your needs. Points will be added to previous assignments.
On Monday we will begin watching Part Two of Office Romance since we finished with a bit of a cliffhanger. Then, we'll continue to review grammar and vocabulary points in preparation for our exam. We will also be cashing in our rubles on Monday.
Advanced Russian
Today we had our examination on Unit 7 or Unit 9 depending on your level. If you were absent, please see me ASAP to make up the examination. It should take you about an hour to complete.
Your main goal for this weekend is to complete a lot of your preparation for your final speaking assignment. On Monday we'll be participating in a workshop where we will review our work, go over some key elements of phonetics, and collaborate to prepare. We'll also watch a bit of a Russian talk show in order to understand how they operate a bit.
If you will not be in class on Wednesday due to the AP Examination, you are required to submit written work that aligns with your selected grammar points from the review sheet. This will be your grade for the project and it will be scored for grammar, vocabulary, and sentence complexity.
I'll announce exam exemptions for all Russian students on Wednesday. Please see the main office if you have documentation related to your absences as I will go off of the official absence count in PowerSchool for this class.
English IV
A few of you were able to submit your final projects today and many of you looked like with a bit more time at home or over the weekend that you would be able to finish your work with no issues. I'm really happy with how well you've been able to pull things together here at the end of the year. Here's a quick overview of the final project for those of you that need a reminder:
- Central Panel - White Paper - Write a theme for your book. Remember that themes are complete sentences that state a lesson about an idea. What is your book saying about love? Family? Loneliness? Change? Write it as a complete sentence that fills the panel.
- Inside Side Panels - Construction Paper - What has been most important to develop the theme? Is it a character? A quotation? Put one significant element on each panel and then use bullet points to explain how this develops your theme.
- Outside Side Panels - Construction Paper - What is the title of your book? What cover art helps to show the main theme or message? On the other panel - Who is the author? When were they born and died? Where did they live? What are some important moments from their life that connect to the theme?
Remember that these should come to me on Monday finished. There will not really be any time to work on Monday since we will be: reviewing the practice NCFE and commonly missed questions, cashing in rubles for extra credit, doing our gallery walk of our books and participating in our seminar.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Homework for 14 May - A Day
Remember that I will not see you on Wednesday due to DPS being closed for the demonstration in Raleigh. All of this work will be due on Thursday!
Russian I
Today we started working on our final assignment of the year - Office Romance / Служебный Роман - a film about romance and the workplace in the Soviet Union. Today you should have been able to answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Next class we should be able to finish Part One. After each part of the film we will spend time reviewing grammar and building sentences to discuss what has happened.
Be focused on making test corrections in order to prepare for your final exam. I'll remind you that you all also have your study guide for the final exam. Use this to prepare yourself now!
Advanced Russian
Today we began working on our end of the year speaking assignment and I have to say that I'm excited for what you all will do. If you are taking the AP English Language and Composition exam I will ask for a written version of what you would say related to your grammar topics in advance of the 23rd. This way I will be able to give you grades for some of the work and exempt you from the other pieces.
You also got your final study guide today - this includes your topics for your examination on Thursday, so it's a good thing to use in order to guide what you need to do. Remember that on Thursday you will have your Chapter Seven (Russian II) or Chapter Nine (Russian III) Examination. Be ready for this test!
English IV
I was very happy that so many of you were able to complete Project 3 today and get it submitted. Some of you were also able to make up for lost time and get some former missing work turned in. I will have your grades updated by the end of the afternoon. For tonight, continue reading and working through any missing work. If you still need to submit Project 3, you should aim to have that done at the beginning of class on Thursday so that you can move on to your theme project.
Remember that Thursday really is the last day of working on these projects. On Monday we'll review the NCFE Practice Test and then have novel presentations for anyone who is interested in earning extra credit.
Russian I
Today we started working on our final assignment of the year - Office Romance / Служебный Роман - a film about romance and the workplace in the Soviet Union. Today you should have been able to answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Next class we should be able to finish Part One. After each part of the film we will spend time reviewing grammar and building sentences to discuss what has happened.
Be focused on making test corrections in order to prepare for your final exam. I'll remind you that you all also have your study guide for the final exam. Use this to prepare yourself now!
Advanced Russian
Today we began working on our end of the year speaking assignment and I have to say that I'm excited for what you all will do. If you are taking the AP English Language and Composition exam I will ask for a written version of what you would say related to your grammar topics in advance of the 23rd. This way I will be able to give you grades for some of the work and exempt you from the other pieces.
You also got your final study guide today - this includes your topics for your examination on Thursday, so it's a good thing to use in order to guide what you need to do. Remember that on Thursday you will have your Chapter Seven (Russian II) or Chapter Nine (Russian III) Examination. Be ready for this test!
English IV
I was very happy that so many of you were able to complete Project 3 today and get it submitted. Some of you were also able to make up for lost time and get some former missing work turned in. I will have your grades updated by the end of the afternoon. For tonight, continue reading and working through any missing work. If you still need to submit Project 3, you should aim to have that done at the beginning of class on Thursday so that you can move on to your theme project.
Remember that Thursday really is the last day of working on these projects. On Monday we'll review the NCFE Practice Test and then have novel presentations for anyone who is interested in earning extra credit.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Homework for Russian Students - 4 December 2017
Russian I
For next class you should have TEN sentences which talk about yourself, your male and/or female friend, and yourselves as a group or them as a group. State what happens (verb conjugations) as well as where the events happen (prepositional case). I am going to assess these sentences for completion as well as for general accuracy.
If you were not satisfied with your work on the most recent quiz, study and prepare for a reassessment. I am available during lunch on Tuesday and Thursday for extra help if you need it. Hopefully with more time and practice the verb conjugation patterns will stick with you.
If you are in the independent study group, make sure that you have finished your second project by Friday - guidelines are on Google Classroom in this week's announcement.
Advanced Russian
Russian II - Hopefully with my notes and the time we spent in class you were able to finish your answers to the questions about time. I'll be checking your work on Wednesday morning to make sure that it is accurate, so make sure that any changes are uploaded by that time. You should also record yourself reading your answers to the questions in the personal information section. Practice and review your recording before sending it to me. You should email your recording to me at daniel (dot) miller (at) dpsnc (dot) net. I will confirm receipt. By the end of this you will have a Grammar, Vocabulary, Sentence Complexity, and Comprehensibility score.
You should also check in with exercises 15 and 16 in Chapter 5 on Time Expressions.
Russian III - You should be reviewing your paper nightly and preparing questions and answers for next week's presentations. Further, you are now actively working on the visual to aid you in the display of your paper's findings. Remember that the visual should be an outgrowth of your paper - your idea for a map is a good one. My classroom will be open to you during lunches to work on this project.
Additionally, check in with exercises 8, 12, and 14 in Chapter 8 on Time Expressions.
We will be finishing our review of this new information this week with a unit examination coming next week. Be ready!
For next class you should have TEN sentences which talk about yourself, your male and/or female friend, and yourselves as a group or them as a group. State what happens (verb conjugations) as well as where the events happen (prepositional case). I am going to assess these sentences for completion as well as for general accuracy.
If you were not satisfied with your work on the most recent quiz, study and prepare for a reassessment. I am available during lunch on Tuesday and Thursday for extra help if you need it. Hopefully with more time and practice the verb conjugation patterns will stick with you.
If you are in the independent study group, make sure that you have finished your second project by Friday - guidelines are on Google Classroom in this week's announcement.
Advanced Russian
Russian II - Hopefully with my notes and the time we spent in class you were able to finish your answers to the questions about time. I'll be checking your work on Wednesday morning to make sure that it is accurate, so make sure that any changes are uploaded by that time. You should also record yourself reading your answers to the questions in the personal information section. Practice and review your recording before sending it to me. You should email your recording to me at daniel (dot) miller (at) dpsnc (dot) net. I will confirm receipt. By the end of this you will have a Grammar, Vocabulary, Sentence Complexity, and Comprehensibility score.
You should also check in with exercises 15 and 16 in Chapter 5 on Time Expressions.
Russian III - You should be reviewing your paper nightly and preparing questions and answers for next week's presentations. Further, you are now actively working on the visual to aid you in the display of your paper's findings. Remember that the visual should be an outgrowth of your paper - your idea for a map is a good one. My classroom will be open to you during lunches to work on this project.
Additionally, check in with exercises 8, 12, and 14 in Chapter 8 on Time Expressions.
We will be finishing our review of this new information this week with a unit examination coming next week. Be ready!
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Homework for 23 May 2017 - A Day
Advanced Russian
Next class we will have our Russian talk show featuring the characters from Night Swallows getting together for a bit of a reunion. Remember to have costumes for the show. Have cue cards or notes written to prepare to speak. You'll be doing a lot of Russian speaking on Thursday as a means to show off all the things you've been learning. To prepare, here are the questions that the psychologist and host will be asking.
Questions from Psychologist Marhoul:
1. Do you miss any friends?
2. What were the types of the most stressful moments?
3. What were the good moments in the war?
4. Do you have any deceased family members?
5. Do you regret anything?
6. How do you feel?
1. Сучились каким друзям?
2. Какие у вас были стрессовы моменты?
3. Какие у вас были хороши моменты с войны?
4. Мертвая семья?
5. Что нибудь вы сожалите?
6. Как вы чувствете себя?
Questions from the Host
1. Did you like your Army group?
2. Did you miss your family?
3. Did you like your plane? (For pilots)
4. Did you like the political officer?
5. What was life like in the Soviet Army?
1. Вам нравится амейская группа?
2. Вам скучно без семьи?
3. Вам нравится самолет?
4. Вам нравится политический офицер?
5. Как жизнь была в советской армии?
Prepare answers to these questions. Be ready for Thursday. It'll be a fun class!
Russian I
Many of you have textbooks checked out. Please return these books to me ASAP. Next class we will finish our film on modern Russian culture and then continue to prepare for the final exam.
English II
Continue to study your EOC review sheet. Focus on learning your literary terms so that you are prepared to answer questions on them if these terms show up on the EOC. Next class we'll be doing our final EOC preparation. It'll be a good chance to earn any last extra credit for the year.
Next class we will have our Russian talk show featuring the characters from Night Swallows getting together for a bit of a reunion. Remember to have costumes for the show. Have cue cards or notes written to prepare to speak. You'll be doing a lot of Russian speaking on Thursday as a means to show off all the things you've been learning. To prepare, here are the questions that the psychologist and host will be asking.
Questions from Psychologist Marhoul:
1. Do you miss any friends?
2. What were the types of the most stressful moments?
3. What were the good moments in the war?
4. Do you have any deceased family members?
5. Do you regret anything?
6. How do you feel?
1. Сучились каким друзям?
2. Какие у вас были стрессовы моменты?
3. Какие у вас были хороши моменты с войны?
4. Мертвая семья?
5. Что нибудь вы сожалите?
6. Как вы чувствете себя?
Questions from the Host
1. Did you like your Army group?
2. Did you miss your family?
3. Did you like your plane? (For pilots)
4. Did you like the political officer?
5. What was life like in the Soviet Army?
1. Вам нравится амейская группа?
2. Вам скучно без семьи?
3. Вам нравится самолет?
4. Вам нравится политический офицер?
5. Как жизнь была в советской армии?
Prepare answers to these questions. Be ready for Thursday. It'll be a fun class!
Russian I
Many of you have textbooks checked out. Please return these books to me ASAP. Next class we will finish our film on modern Russian culture and then continue to prepare for the final exam.
English II
Continue to study your EOC review sheet. Focus on learning your literary terms so that you are prepared to answer questions on them if these terms show up on the EOC. Next class we'll be doing our final EOC preparation. It'll be a good chance to earn any last extra credit for the year.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Homework for the Weekend - 19 May 2017 - A Day
Advanced Russian
Over the weekend you should all be preparing for our final speaking assignment - our talk show called 20 Years Later. There are specific tasks based on your role in the show.
Russian I
Over the weekend you should continue to study and review for your final examination in Russian I. You've been given the study guide which outlines the topics you will be asked to cover. Additionally, you may want to look over your grades on PowerSchool to consider any places you want to reassess or put rubles for extra credit. On Tuesday we will continue speaking and answering questions (which we started today) as well as continue our film.
English II
You should all be working on your essay assignment on Google Classroom over the weekend. You can also work on it on paper at home and type your work when we return. This essay is your final major grade of the year. You also have your study guide for the EOC - focus on learning terms and being able to recognize them so that if you see them on the exam then you are prepared!
Over the weekend you should all be preparing for our final speaking assignment - our talk show called 20 Years Later. There are specific tasks based on your role in the show.
- Host - You need to write a brief introduction to the show (introduce the topic, situation, guests). You will also need to write questions for each person during the individual interviews and a few questions for the group discussion.
- Psychologist - You will need to write questions for each person during the individual interviews and a few questions for the group discussion.
- Characters - You will want a brief introduction about yourself. You will also want to consider possible questions and how you will answer these - coming up with sentence starters in Russian would be helpful for this.
- Viewers - Will you be asking questions or giving insights? If so, generate and write those. Will you be trying to create drama? How? Write what you will say to begin the conversations and anticipate possible responses.
On Tuesday we'll work together to prepare for Thursday's final speaking assignment. We'll be writing cue cards - it's important that everyone have work to be checked and developed on Tuesday.
Russian I
Over the weekend you should continue to study and review for your final examination in Russian I. You've been given the study guide which outlines the topics you will be asked to cover. Additionally, you may want to look over your grades on PowerSchool to consider any places you want to reassess or put rubles for extra credit. On Tuesday we will continue speaking and answering questions (which we started today) as well as continue our film.
English II
You should all be working on your essay assignment on Google Classroom over the weekend. You can also work on it on paper at home and type your work when we return. This essay is your final major grade of the year. You also have your study guide for the EOC - focus on learning terms and being able to recognize them so that if you see them on the exam then you are prepared!
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Homework for A-Day Students: 17 May 2017
Advanced Russian
At this point you should be actively preparing for your final speaking assignment - our talk show featuring the people from Night Swallows twenty years after the end of World War II. For this your preparation depends on your roles.
Audience, Host, Psychologist - You will want to think of questions to ask as well as generate possible answers so that you can predict follow up questions. You may also want to have a few sentence starters handy to help you speak and organize your thoughts.
Characters from the Show - You will want to think of sentence starters to get you started as well as how to talk about yourselves and your situations in Russian. Continue to develop your vocabulary as well as start to write.
All of you should start to write cue cards for yourself with sentence starters or questions. Next class we will start to prepare more for speaking and listening in this type of way.
Russian I
Today I gave you the final exam study guide which goes over all of the topics that will be covered on the exam. Tonight would be a good night to sit down with your work and to see where your problems lay. I would say that many of you should probably focus on vocabulary and case declensions. Take this time to organize your notes and prioritize your areas to study. I'll continue to give you chances to review and study in class as we prepare for the final.
If you did not have your family project ready for me today, make sure that it is ready and submitted ASAP. Remember that the gradebook will close for the quarter on the 25th of May.
English II
I'm pleased with the fact that so many of you were able to get a lot of good work done on your essays today. Next class we will continue to work on those and develop the body paragraphs before going on to the conclusion.
At this point you should be actively preparing for your final speaking assignment - our talk show featuring the people from Night Swallows twenty years after the end of World War II. For this your preparation depends on your roles.
Audience, Host, Psychologist - You will want to think of questions to ask as well as generate possible answers so that you can predict follow up questions. You may also want to have a few sentence starters handy to help you speak and organize your thoughts.
Characters from the Show - You will want to think of sentence starters to get you started as well as how to talk about yourselves and your situations in Russian. Continue to develop your vocabulary as well as start to write.
All of you should start to write cue cards for yourself with sentence starters or questions. Next class we will start to prepare more for speaking and listening in this type of way.
Russian I
Today I gave you the final exam study guide which goes over all of the topics that will be covered on the exam. Tonight would be a good night to sit down with your work and to see where your problems lay. I would say that many of you should probably focus on vocabulary and case declensions. Take this time to organize your notes and prioritize your areas to study. I'll continue to give you chances to review and study in class as we prepare for the final.
If you did not have your family project ready for me today, make sure that it is ready and submitted ASAP. Remember that the gradebook will close for the quarter on the 25th of May.
English II
I'm pleased with the fact that so many of you were able to get a lot of good work done on your essays today. Next class we will continue to work on those and develop the body paragraphs before going on to the conclusion.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Homework/Reminders - A Day Students - 5/15/2017
Advanced Russian
Make sure if you need to that you watch a few other episodes of Ночные Ласточки on YouTube.com in order to continue building your characters. You can access the whole season on YouTube - we've watched episodes one through four.
Additionally, tonight you should study the vocabulary on the first page of the packet and read through the dialogues a few times so that you can understand what they are about, generally. You should be able to locate vocabulary being used within the dialogues.
Russian I
Today in class we finished the film I Walk Around Moscow. The link to the video is here. If you were not in class then you should finish watching the movie in order to complete your viewing guide. Additionally, remember that next class you will be presenting one of your family members to me. Practice your reading. Make sure that your writing is solid and has been checked for grammar and vocabulary errors.
English II
Today in class we began the study of our last short story "Saboteur" as well as the work on our essays. Next class we will be in the computer lab to begin typing our essays and to do our EOC Online Tutorial. If there is any work that you would like to resubmit or redo to raise your grade at the end of the quarter then make sure that is all in to me ASAP. My gradebook will be closed on Thursday the 25th of May.
Make sure if you need to that you watch a few other episodes of Ночные Ласточки on YouTube.com in order to continue building your characters. You can access the whole season on YouTube - we've watched episodes one through four.
Additionally, tonight you should study the vocabulary on the first page of the packet and read through the dialogues a few times so that you can understand what they are about, generally. You should be able to locate vocabulary being used within the dialogues.
Russian I
Today in class we finished the film I Walk Around Moscow. The link to the video is here. If you were not in class then you should finish watching the movie in order to complete your viewing guide. Additionally, remember that next class you will be presenting one of your family members to me. Practice your reading. Make sure that your writing is solid and has been checked for grammar and vocabulary errors.
English II
Today in class we began the study of our last short story "Saboteur" as well as the work on our essays. Next class we will be in the computer lab to begin typing our essays and to do our EOC Online Tutorial. If there is any work that you would like to resubmit or redo to raise your grade at the end of the quarter then make sure that is all in to me ASAP. My gradebook will be closed on Thursday the 25th of May.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Homework for A and B Day Classes - 5/10 and 5/11
Sorry for not getting this posted yesterday. With the AP Exam in English III and the field trip today for Advanced Russian, I got a bit behind.
AP English III
Boom! You did it! You took the test! Yay! Now we can move on to finishing up our unit on the Constitution of the United States. On Friday we'll begin to end our unit by looking at our amendments and preparing for our teaching and study of them as a group. Be ready to work in class on Friday to prepare your teaching element. It'll be a poster/visual that we'll use next week as we study the amendments as a class.
English II
We have read some early Chinese literature with the maxims and teachings of Confucius and next class we will go on to some more modern Chinese literature with one of my favorite authors, Ha Jin. This will be our last reading of the year. We will also continue to work on our essays by finalizing our introduction paragraphs and going to our first body paragraphs. Remember that every day of class we will be completing one of our essay paragraphs.
Russian I
I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of the film today and were able to get a lot of work done with your family projects. You should have all five paragraphs in a slide show format so that I can check on your work and give you any needed feedback. My goal is that we will have maybe one more session in class to work on these before they are due next week. Remember that with one of your family members I will want you to speak aloud to me. Practice this now.
Advanced Russian
You should take the time this weekend to complete your profile on your character for the final speaking assignment. Given what you have seen about the person from the episode, what is the backstory that they'll be coming into on the talk show? If you're viewing or hosting or acting as the psychologist - then what is your motivation? What are you trying to find out? Use the questions on the viewing guide to structure this.
Also, remember that you should include ten words that your character would use on the show. Give me the words in nominative case forms or in their infinitive (if a verb) - I'll give you any notes on usage or tips with using them.
I think that's all for that. Enjoy the weekend (A Day) and see you tomorrow (B Day)!
AP English III
Boom! You did it! You took the test! Yay! Now we can move on to finishing up our unit on the Constitution of the United States. On Friday we'll begin to end our unit by looking at our amendments and preparing for our teaching and study of them as a group. Be ready to work in class on Friday to prepare your teaching element. It'll be a poster/visual that we'll use next week as we study the amendments as a class.
English II
We have read some early Chinese literature with the maxims and teachings of Confucius and next class we will go on to some more modern Chinese literature with one of my favorite authors, Ha Jin. This will be our last reading of the year. We will also continue to work on our essays by finalizing our introduction paragraphs and going to our first body paragraphs. Remember that every day of class we will be completing one of our essay paragraphs.
Russian I
I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of the film today and were able to get a lot of work done with your family projects. You should have all five paragraphs in a slide show format so that I can check on your work and give you any needed feedback. My goal is that we will have maybe one more session in class to work on these before they are due next week. Remember that with one of your family members I will want you to speak aloud to me. Practice this now.
Advanced Russian
You should take the time this weekend to complete your profile on your character for the final speaking assignment. Given what you have seen about the person from the episode, what is the backstory that they'll be coming into on the talk show? If you're viewing or hosting or acting as the psychologist - then what is your motivation? What are you trying to find out? Use the questions on the viewing guide to structure this.
Also, remember that you should include ten words that your character would use on the show. Give me the words in nominative case forms or in their infinitive (if a verb) - I'll give you any notes on usage or tips with using them.
I think that's all for that. Enjoy the weekend (A Day) and see you tomorrow (B Day)!
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Homework for A-day Classes: 9 May 2017
С Днем Победы!
Happy Victory Day!
I hope that all of you in Russian class enjoyed celebrating the holiday today. Below are your reminders for our next class day.
Advanced Russian:
Either using you notes from today's episode of Night Swallows you should be building your character for the final speaking assignment. You should write a paragraph in English that discusses your person: Why are they on the show? What tension do they have with others? How will they act or dress? Make sure that you are drawing your character off of the episodes. Keep in mind, all of the episodes are available online.
You should also find ten words in Russian that would be used by your character. Write these with their translation at the bottom of your paragraph. I'll be able to give commentary on if the words are accurate or not.
Russian I:
Next class we will begin watching our final Russian film of the year and complete our PowerPoints related to our families, in Russian. Next class you'll have half of class to finish uploading your writing to your PowerPoint presentations. I'll check the PowerPoints this weekend and give any feedback to you on grammar.
Remember that one of your slides/paragraphs will be presented to me, aloud. We will do this next week on Wednesday. Be ready for that with all of your writing done!
English II:
You've gotten back a lot of your work and I've given you progress reports. If there is anything that you would like to resubmit or continue to revise in order to get a stronger grade, please do that before the end of the quarter. Next class we will begin writing our essay, starting with the introduction paragraph. Be prepared for that.
Happy Victory Day!
I hope that all of you in Russian class enjoyed celebrating the holiday today. Below are your reminders for our next class day.
Advanced Russian:
Either using you notes from today's episode of Night Swallows you should be building your character for the final speaking assignment. You should write a paragraph in English that discusses your person: Why are they on the show? What tension do they have with others? How will they act or dress? Make sure that you are drawing your character off of the episodes. Keep in mind, all of the episodes are available online.
You should also find ten words in Russian that would be used by your character. Write these with their translation at the bottom of your paragraph. I'll be able to give commentary on if the words are accurate or not.
Russian I:
Next class we will begin watching our final Russian film of the year and complete our PowerPoints related to our families, in Russian. Next class you'll have half of class to finish uploading your writing to your PowerPoint presentations. I'll check the PowerPoints this weekend and give any feedback to you on grammar.
Remember that one of your slides/paragraphs will be presented to me, aloud. We will do this next week on Wednesday. Be ready for that with all of your writing done!
English II:
You've gotten back a lot of your work and I've given you progress reports. If there is anything that you would like to resubmit or continue to revise in order to get a stronger grade, please do that before the end of the quarter. Next class we will begin writing our essay, starting with the introduction paragraph. Be prepared for that.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Homework for A-Day: 13 September 2016
English II
Given what Ms. McCormick and I saw today about reading outside of class, I think that we're going to follow through on Thursday about making sure that everyone has read. Tonight you need to read from page twenty-seven to forty-one. You'll want to pay attention to how things are changing for Helmuth and for Germany as a whole. Take notes as you read - write things down as you notice these changes.
Remember to keep drawing what you say about the characters and events by tying your ideas back to what the book actually says.
Russian I
On Thursday I'll be handing back your handwriting packets and we'll spend some time looking at a few places where we need some improvement (hooked letters are a bother). Don't forget that we'll have our first quiz on Monday which will cover the sounds of the alphabet and handwriting.
Tonight, you should keep practicing your reading and writing with our new vocabulary words. You have words which are useful for names and around school as well as phrases. Write each one at least once on your handout or in your notes (or both). Mark stresses. Read. Use the words with your family and friends. Add a Russian keyboard on your phones! Listen to Russian music on Spotify and read the titles. Use the Russian you're learning.
Advanced Russian
We started moving on to the new topics to cover in this unit (reviewing our last unit for Russian III and IV) and getting our new vocabulary together. Tonight, we've got a few things to do with our vocabulary and with the new grammar.
Russian IV - Read the passages and hunt for participles. Use the ending chart to organize them by types. Work backwards. What are the verbs? What are the который phrases? What do these things mean? Where are cases? Also, start reading Толстой - check out the first few pages.
Russian III - Complete the exercises on reflexive pronouns. Remember to write out the sentences to practice fully with the grammar. Translate and understand what is being said. What cases are being used? You may find it helpful to diagram the sentences and find the subject when using reflexive pronouns.
Russian II - Complete the verb work we started looking at today if you did not finish it already. Also the exercise B which we nearly finished reviewing today.
All Classes II-IV - With your new vocabulary you will see verbs and their stems identified. Hopefully now you are able to fully make sense of what the glossary is telling you. Work with four new verbs, try to work with four different stems. Do what we have been doing with our examples - What's the stem? What are the endings? How do mutations come into effect, if at all? What is the meaning of the verb? What are some cases we use with this?
Given what Ms. McCormick and I saw today about reading outside of class, I think that we're going to follow through on Thursday about making sure that everyone has read. Tonight you need to read from page twenty-seven to forty-one. You'll want to pay attention to how things are changing for Helmuth and for Germany as a whole. Take notes as you read - write things down as you notice these changes.
Remember to keep drawing what you say about the characters and events by tying your ideas back to what the book actually says.
Russian I
On Thursday I'll be handing back your handwriting packets and we'll spend some time looking at a few places where we need some improvement (hooked letters are a bother). Don't forget that we'll have our first quiz on Monday which will cover the sounds of the alphabet and handwriting.
Tonight, you should keep practicing your reading and writing with our new vocabulary words. You have words which are useful for names and around school as well as phrases. Write each one at least once on your handout or in your notes (or both). Mark stresses. Read. Use the words with your family and friends. Add a Russian keyboard on your phones! Listen to Russian music on Spotify and read the titles. Use the Russian you're learning.
Advanced Russian
We started moving on to the new topics to cover in this unit (reviewing our last unit for Russian III and IV) and getting our new vocabulary together. Tonight, we've got a few things to do with our vocabulary and with the new grammar.
Russian IV - Read the passages and hunt for participles. Use the ending chart to organize them by types. Work backwards. What are the verbs? What are the который phrases? What do these things mean? Where are cases? Also, start reading Толстой - check out the first few pages.
Russian III - Complete the exercises on reflexive pronouns. Remember to write out the sentences to practice fully with the grammar. Translate and understand what is being said. What cases are being used? You may find it helpful to diagram the sentences and find the subject when using reflexive pronouns.
Russian II - Complete the verb work we started looking at today if you did not finish it already. Also the exercise B which we nearly finished reviewing today.
All Classes II-IV - With your new vocabulary you will see verbs and their stems identified. Hopefully now you are able to fully make sense of what the glossary is telling you. Work with four new verbs, try to work with four different stems. Do what we have been doing with our examples - What's the stem? What are the endings? How do mutations come into effect, if at all? What is the meaning of the verb? What are some cases we use with this?
Friday, May 20, 2016
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 20 May 2016
There is only one more A day left in the year before we begin examinations!
Russian I
This weekend you should spend your time reviewing verbs. You have your verb charts to go over regular verb conjugation. Work through your Russian I verb list and complete the conjugations that go along with the verbs. Also, remember the cases that pair with the verb to create whole sentences.
We'll continue to look at these on Tuesday and do some more practice with them then.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing quizzes due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance.
Russian II/III
Over the weekend you should spend time preparing for our talk show on Tuesday. Make sure that you have your costume, your props, your introduction to your character and any notes that you may have made to help you with the speaking.
Also, make sure to answer the questions which Myah is preparing for you. Those questions and answers will be a very useful tool to prepare yourself for Tuesday.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing quizzes due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance.
English II
Remember that you all will start with me on Tuesday. We're going in reverse order that day. On Tuesday we will finish our website presentations and then go on to finishing Escape from Sobibor and our viewing guides on the film.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing work due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance. Some of you have missed a lot of class recently - please finish strong. We'll go over our exam schedule on Tuesday.
Russian I
This weekend you should spend your time reviewing verbs. You have your verb charts to go over regular verb conjugation. Work through your Russian I verb list and complete the conjugations that go along with the verbs. Also, remember the cases that pair with the verb to create whole sentences.
We'll continue to look at these on Tuesday and do some more practice with them then.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing quizzes due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance.
Russian II/III
Over the weekend you should spend time preparing for our talk show on Tuesday. Make sure that you have your costume, your props, your introduction to your character and any notes that you may have made to help you with the speaking.
Also, make sure to answer the questions which Myah is preparing for you. Those questions and answers will be a very useful tool to prepare yourself for Tuesday.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing quizzes due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance.
English II
Remember that you all will start with me on Tuesday. We're going in reverse order that day. On Tuesday we will finish our website presentations and then go on to finishing Escape from Sobibor and our viewing guides on the film.
Be reminded that since Tuesday is the last day of class any retakes or submissions of missing work or completing missing work due to absence is Tuesday. That is your last chance. Some of you have missed a lot of class recently - please finish strong. We'll go over our exam schedule on Tuesday.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Homework for A-Day Students - 12/15/2014
And now we begin the last week before Winter Break begins. Hooray for that. Here are your reminders to move you to Wednesday's class.
English II
Tonight you should complete the planning and pre-writing sheet on your speeches. Please make sure that you answer all of the questions on the sheet so that you have a good start moving into class on Wednesday. Remember to use your first planning sheet to get this work done as it will be crucial in getting a good start to your speech.
Russian I
Tonight for homework you have one thing that is required and one thing that is optional. We are now done declining nouns in all six cases in the singular. In addition, you can also work with pronouns and possessive pronouns. Here's what you need to do now:
English II
Tonight you should complete the planning and pre-writing sheet on your speeches. Please make sure that you answer all of the questions on the sheet so that you have a good start moving into class on Wednesday. Remember to use your first planning sheet to get this work done as it will be crucial in getting a good start to your speech.
Russian I
Tonight for homework you have one thing that is required and one thing that is optional. We are now done declining nouns in all six cases in the singular. In addition, you can also work with pronouns and possessive pronouns. Here's what you need to do now:
- Move through the exercises at the end of the chapter one section. I'd recommend trying a few of these especially the declensions and the verb exercises. If you can do these with no errors then you will have mastered these concepts and are on a good footing for our next few classes. If you don't know what to do, bring this up on Wednesday during our review!
- Using your textbooks revise your sentences. Your sentences must be ready to turn in next class with no mistakes. For details on this assignment, look below to last class's homework.
Russian II
Tonight for homework you have a bit of a process - here's that process outlined for you. Go back to the post which has the exercises and finish the last exercise on using all verbs of motion. Repeat this exercise until you have 100% correct. Then, once this is done, move on to your handout. On the handout, you need to fill in the blank on all sentences and then select a group of five in a row. Once you have selected these, go to VOKI and create your VOKI reading your selection. Send your VOKI to mrmillerjhs (at) gmail (dot) com - with your name in the subject line or the message. I will confirm receipt next class.
On Wednesday we'll have a few small details to finish up with and then we will be able to do some review of this concept working with all of the verbs!
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Russian II - Online Class Assignments - 12/11/2014
For today's activity in the computer lab we will be working through the following interactive exercises. You will need a Russian keyboard for these exercises so use this link.
Choosing ходить/идти или ездить/ехать
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Review of Accusative Case - Destinations
Exercise 1
Accusative versus Prepositional Case
Exercise 1
Reviewing Preposition Choice
Exercise 1
Reviewing All Verbs of Motion
Exercise 1
Once you have finished three of the exercises above (one must be from the first group) you may go on to creating your VOKI. Go to the website for VOKI and follow the steps to create your VOKI. You must record yourself saying five sentences correctly from the exercises above. Your five sentences must come from one of the first set of exercises.
Choosing ходить/идти или ездить/ехать
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Review of Accusative Case - Destinations
Exercise 1
Accusative versus Prepositional Case
Exercise 1
Reviewing Preposition Choice
Exercise 1
Reviewing All Verbs of Motion
Exercise 1
Once you have finished three of the exercises above (one must be from the first group) you may go on to creating your VOKI. Go to the website for VOKI and follow the steps to create your VOKI. You must record yourself saying five sentences correctly from the exercises above. Your five sentences must come from one of the first set of exercises.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
A-Day Homework and Reminders - 2/26/2014
Sorry for not getting this up sooner. It was a bit of a hectic afternoon to start my Wacky Wednesday. Here are your reminders.
AP English III
I'm very pleased with how well we seem to be starting on our study of Invisible Man. I only hope that we can continue this same level of discussion and analysis as we continue through the text. Continue to bring your top performance; I'm seeing a lot of new things this year and I think that's because of all of you. Continue with your reading schedule - remember that with the ACT on Tuesday we will not be discussing the chapters until Thursday when we will be looking all the way to chapter nine. Prepare yourself accordingly. Here's my suggestion:
Read chapter five on its own. This chapter will challenge you because of the different voice - that of a reverend. Pay attention closely to his story of the Founder. Use your motif charts heavily here.
Chapters six and seven pair well together, as do eight and nine. I would try to read the two closely together or perhaps in one sitting. My pacing would be to read chapter five by this Friday, six and seven over the weekend, and then eight and nine by Thursday. This give you time as well to continue to move ahead in the schedule because chapter ten is tough.
As well, continue to research. I would hope that on Friday some of you stay after to check your argument and division into topics. That work should be settled in order to begin your research. If it is not settled soon, then you are falling behind.
Russian I
The date of your next quiz has been set. This will fall on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Today in class we spent our time going over the topics which will be covered on the quiz. I will be giving you all an exercise packet on Friday/Monday which will help you to prepare. For tonight, your priority is your speaking assignment. On Friday/Monday, all members of the class will present. If your partner is absent, I will be your partner. I will use the five point rubric to grade this assignment, but it will be a bit more expanded and precise since we've got a lot more preparation time.
If you need me, please come and see me tomorrow or Friday to ask for that help.
All of you got progress reports - if you need to, see me. You know what you need to do, just let me know that it's happening.
AP English III
I'm very pleased with how well we seem to be starting on our study of Invisible Man. I only hope that we can continue this same level of discussion and analysis as we continue through the text. Continue to bring your top performance; I'm seeing a lot of new things this year and I think that's because of all of you. Continue with your reading schedule - remember that with the ACT on Tuesday we will not be discussing the chapters until Thursday when we will be looking all the way to chapter nine. Prepare yourself accordingly. Here's my suggestion:
Read chapter five on its own. This chapter will challenge you because of the different voice - that of a reverend. Pay attention closely to his story of the Founder. Use your motif charts heavily here.
Chapters six and seven pair well together, as do eight and nine. I would try to read the two closely together or perhaps in one sitting. My pacing would be to read chapter five by this Friday, six and seven over the weekend, and then eight and nine by Thursday. This give you time as well to continue to move ahead in the schedule because chapter ten is tough.
As well, continue to research. I would hope that on Friday some of you stay after to check your argument and division into topics. That work should be settled in order to begin your research. If it is not settled soon, then you are falling behind.
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The date of your next quiz has been set. This will fall on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Today in class we spent our time going over the topics which will be covered on the quiz. I will be giving you all an exercise packet on Friday/Monday which will help you to prepare. For tonight, your priority is your speaking assignment. On Friday/Monday, all members of the class will present. If your partner is absent, I will be your partner. I will use the five point rubric to grade this assignment, but it will be a bit more expanded and precise since we've got a lot more preparation time.
If you need me, please come and see me tomorrow or Friday to ask for that help.
All of you got progress reports - if you need to, see me. You know what you need to do, just let me know that it's happening.
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