Good morning everyone! Welcome to Week Two. Today is technically a holiday for Durham Public Schools, so I will not be available today. I will be on my regular schedule for the rest of this week. I have posted the assignments for the week in Google Classroom today and will have everything returned to you by the end of the day tomorrow if there is something waiting for my eyes. For now, let's look at the summary of our week.
AP Research: Complete Week 1 (if needed). Finish paper (original timeline). Review final section guide. Meet with me for final review. Submit paper.
AP English Lit: AP Exam Review Packet - Annotations, Outlines, Responses. Submit one essay to be scored and commented upon.
Russian 1: Begin Chapter Three. Learn about adverbs and how to use and form them. Complete DuoLingo lessons for support.
Russian 2: Begin Chapter Seven. Focus on learning plurals in all cases. Focus on the difficulty of genitive plural (tons of irregularities/exceptions).
Russian 3: Begin Chapter Nine. Using modals and imperatives to tell people what to do. Focus on aspect and how aspect choice leads to mood and emotional connotation. Videos to support.
Russian 4: Begin Chapter Twelve. Final Chapter! Learn about verbs of positioning and placement. Review conjugations.
Remember that we still have AP Examinations (Research, Literature, Advanced Russian) to prepare for and tasks to do in order to keep sharp. I am here to continue to support and help you no matter what it is that you may need right now. Please reach out. I also wanted to say a quick thing about grades.
Seniors - Any work that you submit can be added to your S1 grade. This grade will be used to determine your GPA and class rank for final transcripts this year. You will get a PC19 (Pass due to COVID-19) for the Spring Semester as long as you are passing the class in Q3. If you submit work right now I can add points to S1 or Q3 if you are not already passing Q3. The maximum number of points is TEN.
Underclassmen - Since you are not graduating this year, you will remain focused on your Q3 grade. Any work that you complete right now can be applied to your Q3 grade in order to raise your GPA/Class Rank for the year and earn a credit for the class. Again, the maximum number of points is TEN.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Saturday, April 11, 2020
End of Week 1 - Easter Weekend - April 11, 2020
I meant to post this yesterday, but I got carried away with my new video game, so my apologies are included as well.
We're at the end of Week 1 of Supplemental Instruction. I appreciate everyone of you so much, and will continue to give feedback to any and all assignments submitted - no matter when they are submitted. Feel free to continue to use these assignments to focus on the skills you find necessary or needing improvement.
I'll be posting new work on Monday and returning everything submitted over the weekend. Monday is a holiday for DPS, but I will be working a bit. I also have appointments settled for Monday which will be kept. Starting Tuesday I'll be back on regular schedule for Office Hours and recordings/lessons.
As always, let me know what I can do for you.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - Happy Passover!
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
I appreciate that I am seeing you all working and turning in assignments for feedback. As always, let me know what I can do to support you right now. I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow (April 8th) will begin Passover. I'll be busy all day cleaning and cooking, so I'll be taking the day off and won't be available. I will return work with feedback for the rest of today and on Thursday.
Chag Pesach! Happy Passover!
I appreciate that I am seeing you all working and turning in assignments for feedback. As always, let me know what I can do to support you right now. I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow (April 8th) will begin Passover. I'll be busy all day cleaning and cooking, so I'll be taking the day off and won't be available. I will return work with feedback for the rest of today and on Thursday.
Chag Pesach! Happy Passover!
Monday, April 6, 2020
Beginning Phase 2 - Online/At-Home Instruction
Good Morning Students!
All classes in Google Classroom have been updated with assignments for Week One of Phase Two. If I've given too much to do, let me know. It's a bit of an adjustment for us all right now. I'll be making recordings later today for each class to go over what is available for you all. Those should be posted later today.
Here's a brief overview of our week in each class.
AP Research: Check-in on your progress in completing your paper. Reflect on where we are. Prepare for what's ahead with conclusions.
AP English Lit: Finish Twelfth Night and working on Question 3 and poetry. Prepare for modified AP Examination with literary devices. Keep working on writing skills.
Russian I: Finish working with Chapter Two. Unit assessments. Practice on DuoLingo for cases and vocabulary needs. Culture.
Advanced Russian: Finish working with Chapter Six/Ten. Unit assessments. Practice on DuoLingo for verbs, cases, and vocabulary needs. Finishing Anna Karenina.
All week I'm available for you from 1-3 PM for Office Hours. Other availability this week is below:
Wednesday: 9-10 AM - AP Literature: Media Talk
Tuesday-Friday: 10-11 AM - AP Research: Extra Office Hours
Wednesday: 11-12 PM - Russian: Grammar/Vocabulary Help Session
Friday: 9-10 AM - AP Literature: Feedback on the Week
Friday: 11-12 PM - Russian: Feedback on the Week
If you need me outside of these times please let me know. I can be flexible!
All classes in Google Classroom have been updated with assignments for Week One of Phase Two. If I've given too much to do, let me know. It's a bit of an adjustment for us all right now. I'll be making recordings later today for each class to go over what is available for you all. Those should be posted later today.
Here's a brief overview of our week in each class.
AP Research: Check-in on your progress in completing your paper. Reflect on where we are. Prepare for what's ahead with conclusions.
AP English Lit: Finish Twelfth Night and working on Question 3 and poetry. Prepare for modified AP Examination with literary devices. Keep working on writing skills.
Russian I: Finish working with Chapter Two. Unit assessments. Practice on DuoLingo for cases and vocabulary needs. Culture.
Advanced Russian: Finish working with Chapter Six/Ten. Unit assessments. Practice on DuoLingo for verbs, cases, and vocabulary needs. Finishing Anna Karenina.
All week I'm available for you from 1-3 PM for Office Hours. Other availability this week is below:
Wednesday: 9-10 AM - AP Literature: Media Talk
Tuesday-Friday: 10-11 AM - AP Research: Extra Office Hours
Wednesday: 11-12 PM - Russian: Grammar/Vocabulary Help Session
Friday: 9-10 AM - AP Literature: Feedback on the Week
Friday: 11-12 PM - Russian: Feedback on the Week
If you need me outside of these times please let me know. I can be flexible!
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
IMPORTANT FORMS - Please Complete (ALL CLASSES)
Dear Students -
As we transition out of Phase I of Online Instruction to Phase II it is important that I have accurate contact information and that I provide you the instruction that you want and need. So, I have two forms below for you to complete to help with that.
Parent/Student Contact Information - I left my binder at school with all of my contact sheets and updated information. PowerSchool is ridiculously out of date. Please complete this form!
Online Instruction Phase II Requests - I want to make sure that you get what you need, as always. Please complete this form and let me know what I can do to support you during this time.
Thank you for your help with this.
As we transition out of Phase I of Online Instruction to Phase II it is important that I have accurate contact information and that I provide you the instruction that you want and need. So, I have two forms below for you to complete to help with that.
Parent/Student Contact Information - I left my binder at school with all of my contact sheets and updated information. PowerSchool is ridiculously out of date. Please complete this form!
Online Instruction Phase II Requests - I want to make sure that you get what you need, as always. Please complete this form and let me know what I can do to support you during this time.
Thank you for your help with this.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Week 2 - Supplemental Instruction
Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Week 2!
This week we're going to proceed much as last week with our schedule and recordings. See below for information related to your own particular class.
AP English Literature (9-10 am): Today we'll review some important information and the assignments in AP Classroom that are unlocked. Then, we'll take a look at the released materials from Friday from College Board. Through the week we'll continue to look at the released materials in our own way, review important skills, and maybe get into some of our own text choices (what we're reading, other authors outside of the AP released ones). Remember that there is an important announcement from College Board on Friday related to AP Exams
AP Research (10-11 am): This is a working week. If you are needing to complete revisions to earlier steps in your process due to school closing, come and check in so that we can get some of that done together. If you are continuing to move forward as normal, remember that I'm available for drafting and review. Please think about times that would work in the next two weeks as possible peer editing times - especially if the normal window for this class doesn't fit in your schedule.
Russian (11-12 pm): I'll be unlocking new assignments on DuoLingo today and then we'll be looking at some of the verb conjugation work that pairs logically with the work we did on plurals. First we're mining for verbs from our vocabulary list, then conjugating and reviewing. This week we'll focus more on translation and using the language to accomplish key skills since we've reviewed the case functions/declensions.
See your specific classes for handouts/posts/recordings. Don't forget that I have office hours this week from 1-3 PM. I won't be available Monday after 2:30 PM because of a Leadership Team meeting. Below you'll find our Zoom room link!
This week we're going to proceed much as last week with our schedule and recordings. See below for information related to your own particular class.
AP English Literature (9-10 am): Today we'll review some important information and the assignments in AP Classroom that are unlocked. Then, we'll take a look at the released materials from Friday from College Board. Through the week we'll continue to look at the released materials in our own way, review important skills, and maybe get into some of our own text choices (what we're reading, other authors outside of the AP released ones). Remember that there is an important announcement from College Board on Friday related to AP Exams
AP Research (10-11 am): This is a working week. If you are needing to complete revisions to earlier steps in your process due to school closing, come and check in so that we can get some of that done together. If you are continuing to move forward as normal, remember that I'm available for drafting and review. Please think about times that would work in the next two weeks as possible peer editing times - especially if the normal window for this class doesn't fit in your schedule.
Russian (11-12 pm): I'll be unlocking new assignments on DuoLingo today and then we'll be looking at some of the verb conjugation work that pairs logically with the work we did on plurals. First we're mining for verbs from our vocabulary list, then conjugating and reviewing. This week we'll focus more on translation and using the language to accomplish key skills since we've reviewed the case functions/declensions.
See your specific classes for handouts/posts/recordings. Don't forget that I have office hours this week from 1-3 PM. I won't be available Monday after 2:30 PM because of a Leadership Team meeting. Below you'll find our Zoom room link!
Thursday, March 26, 2020
March 26 - Zoom Lessons/Recordings and General Information
Happy Thursday Everyone! Though do the days of the week really mean much to anyone anymore? Today I posted recordings on Google Classroom for each of the groups. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns related to any of this.
Remember that I'm available from 1-3 PM for Office Hours. We can review this work or just chat about anything you'd like.
AP English Literature: Today we took a look at the poem posted by College Board and the writing task. We did some close reading and analysis to really deal with how elements of a poem's structure are connected to meaning. Tomorrow we'll take a look at some of the materials posted for today as well as other feedback related to AP Classroom assignments.
AP Research: Today we built two calendars and discussed what a final assessment may look like given that there are no more PODs. One calendar is for those who aren't really affected by the school closure/national shutdown; the other is for those on the other side of that line. Please keep in mind that we still have working days in our calendar where you can conference and ask questions.
Russian Language: We discussed the main usages for nominative, genitive, and prepositional cases as well as some new/review vocabulary. A lot of what we're doing is just reviewing and reinforcing the basics. Tomorrow we'll go over the other cases. Remember that you have access to DuoLingo for free and you can join our class so that you can do focused lessons. Ask for the code if you need it.
Remember that I'm available from 1-3 PM for Office Hours. We can review this work or just chat about anything you'd like.
AP English Literature: Today we took a look at the poem posted by College Board and the writing task. We did some close reading and analysis to really deal with how elements of a poem's structure are connected to meaning. Tomorrow we'll take a look at some of the materials posted for today as well as other feedback related to AP Classroom assignments.
AP Research: Today we built two calendars and discussed what a final assessment may look like given that there are no more PODs. One calendar is for those who aren't really affected by the school closure/national shutdown; the other is for those on the other side of that line. Please keep in mind that we still have working days in our calendar where you can conference and ask questions.
Russian Language: We discussed the main usages for nominative, genitive, and prepositional cases as well as some new/review vocabulary. A lot of what we're doing is just reviewing and reinforcing the basics. Tomorrow we'll go over the other cases. Remember that you have access to DuoLingo for free and you can join our class so that you can do focused lessons. Ask for the code if you need it.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Signing Off - Wednesday the 25th
I was going to do this thing where I recorded a Zoom message, but then I realized today that it takes forever to upload those, so it's best to do that sparingly and as needed.
I'm signing off for today! Thank you students for attending class and for sending emails and messages. I am so appreciative and thankful for all of you. Please help me by reaching out to your classmates. Let them know what's going on, check in on each other, and let them know that I'm here to support you as much as I can!
Please continue to complete the form related to the AP Examination posted below. I've also recorded lessons and have another tomorrow to be uploaded. As content for more of those recordings - I created a Needs Assessment form. Let me know what else we can do in the mornings to review and reinforce what we know.
Keep working on your assignments posted on Google Classroom and AP Classroom as much as you can! I always enjoy reading what you write and giving feedback to help you grow further.
Take care of yourselves and your loved ones! I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
I'm signing off for today! Thank you students for attending class and for sending emails and messages. I am so appreciative and thankful for all of you. Please help me by reaching out to your classmates. Let them know what's going on, check in on each other, and let them know that I'm here to support you as much as I can!
Please continue to complete the form related to the AP Examination posted below. I've also recorded lessons and have another tomorrow to be uploaded. As content for more of those recordings - I created a Needs Assessment form. Let me know what else we can do in the mornings to review and reinforce what we know.
Keep working on your assignments posted on Google Classroom and AP Classroom as much as you can! I always enjoy reading what you write and giving feedback to help you grow further.
Take care of yourselves and your loved ones! I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
AP Students - Form to Complete
Dear AP Students -
Please complete this form so that I can see potential needs for completing AP Examinations at home. This is a MUST DO. If you do not respond to the form I will make contact to check on your needs. Please help me by telling others about this form. You should do this for each of your AP classes.
I've also posted this in Google Classroom.
Please complete this form so that I can see potential needs for completing AP Examinations at home. This is a MUST DO. If you do not respond to the form I will make contact to check on your needs. Please help me by telling others about this form. You should do this for each of your AP classes.
I've also posted this in Google Classroom.
Monday, March 23, 2020
Starting Week 1 - Assignments Posted / Online Lessons
Dear Students -
Assignments have been posted in Google Classroom for all classes for this week. I'll be available tomorrow via ZOOM and will post the link and schedule for online classes this week tomorrow.
You can also email me questions or leave comments on the class posts in Google Classroom. Remember that all previously assigned work is on PAUSE for the time being. You can submit any of this work and we can conference over it and review it together. This is a great thing to do this week in the afternoons during open time.
AP Students have access to free online lessons that align with topics to be covered on the modified AP Examinations. Currently for my students there are only lessons for AP English Literature. When there are lessons for Research, I'll post those too. Here is the schedule:
AP English Literature and Composition:
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of structure in a text.
Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of contrasts within a text.
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of specific words and phrases in a text.
I hope that you all are doing well. I look forward to seeing some of you this week during our online classes and meeting times.
Assignments have been posted in Google Classroom for all classes for this week. I'll be available tomorrow via ZOOM and will post the link and schedule for online classes this week tomorrow.
You can also email me questions or leave comments on the class posts in Google Classroom. Remember that all previously assigned work is on PAUSE for the time being. You can submit any of this work and we can conference over it and review it together. This is a great thing to do this week in the afternoons during open time.
AP Students have access to free online lessons that align with topics to be covered on the modified AP Examinations. Currently for my students there are only lessons for AP English Literature. When there are lessons for Research, I'll post those too. Here is the schedule:
AP English Literature and Composition:
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of structure in a text.
Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of contrasts within a text.
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 12−12:45 p.m. ET: Explain the function of specific words and phrases in a text.
I hope that you all are doing well. I look forward to seeing some of you this week during our online classes and meeting times.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
March 21 - Outline of Week 1 / AP Updates
Dear Students,
Monday is an annual leave day for teachers. I will have the assignments posted for the week as well as the schedule for my availability during the week posted for you then. If you need to reach me outside of the scheduled time for your class, feel free to drop me an email to set up an alternative time for meeting. Please check your AP Classroom pages (AP English students) as well as Google Classroom pages for work and announcements.
I will be available daily on ZOOM at certain periods for each of my classes. Consider these classroom hours where you can drop in and we can work to review material, go over work that you have already submitted, or whatever else you may need. You might want to go ahead and get ZOOM set up on your computer now. Here is my schedule for Week 1:
Monday - No Availability (Annual Leave Day)
Tuesday through Thursday - Morning 9:00 am - 12:00 pm // Afternoon 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Friday - Morning 9:00 am - 12:00 pm // Afternoon 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Mornings will be scheduled for each of the classes (please see Google Classroom) and afternoons are drop-in time. Remember to come to my ZOOM ROOM (sorry, ya'll, but the dad jokes are going to get worse before they get better).
AP Updates - The College Board has made significant changes to the examinations this year in order to accommodate the loss of instructional time due to COVID-19. Here are an outline of those changes as it applies to English and Research. Full information is at their website!
AP English Literature - At home examination consisting of free-response questions that cover Units 1-7 (don't worry, we've covered these as AP Units do not equal Mr. Miller Units). The examination will be 45 minutes.
AP Research - No Presentation/Oral Defense, you'll just submit your academic paper as your examination score. The deadline to submit has been pushed by about a month to May 26 at 11:59 Eastern Time. This should give those of you who need time to make and execute contingency plans the ability to do so.
Monday is an annual leave day for teachers. I will have the assignments posted for the week as well as the schedule for my availability during the week posted for you then. If you need to reach me outside of the scheduled time for your class, feel free to drop me an email to set up an alternative time for meeting. Please check your AP Classroom pages (AP English students) as well as Google Classroom pages for work and announcements.
I will be available daily on ZOOM at certain periods for each of my classes. Consider these classroom hours where you can drop in and we can work to review material, go over work that you have already submitted, or whatever else you may need. You might want to go ahead and get ZOOM set up on your computer now. Here is my schedule for Week 1:
Monday - No Availability (Annual Leave Day)
Tuesday through Thursday - Morning 9:00 am - 12:00 pm // Afternoon 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Friday - Morning 9:00 am - 12:00 pm // Afternoon 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Mornings will be scheduled for each of the classes (please see Google Classroom) and afternoons are drop-in time. Remember to come to my ZOOM ROOM (sorry, ya'll, but the dad jokes are going to get worse before they get better).
AP Updates - The College Board has made significant changes to the examinations this year in order to accommodate the loss of instructional time due to COVID-19. Here are an outline of those changes as it applies to English and Research. Full information is at their website!
AP English Literature - At home examination consisting of free-response questions that cover Units 1-7 (don't worry, we've covered these as AP Units do not equal Mr. Miller Units). The examination will be 45 minutes.
AP Research - No Presentation/Oral Defense, you'll just submit your academic paper as your examination score. The deadline to submit has been pushed by about a month to May 26 at 11:59 Eastern Time. This should give those of you who need time to make and execute contingency plans the ability to do so.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
March 18 - Update - DPS Announcement
Dear Students,
I hope that you all are doing well during this time. I know that my own anxieties have been activated over the last few days, but I'm doing what I can in order to mitigate those worries and keep myself and others safe and healthy. I've been reading outside, doing some work to set up these next few weeks for us, and spending time with Zoe.
Durham Public Schools has given us further guidance about what instruction will look like during this time. We teachers are not permitted to give grades for assignments given or collected during this time. This is a time for us to focus on reviewing the information and skills we have already learned. For this reason I am suspending the assignments already given to you all. All of the work that was to be collected to close out the third quarter will be collected at a later date. I would suggest that you finish these assignments quickly (if you can) so that you can submit them to be scored at a later date.
Beginning on Monday I will start to post lessons/activities/materials in our various Google Classroom pages. I will also post a schedule of my availability via phone, Google Hangout, and Zoom conference for those of you who need to ask questions or would like to review the activities with me. I will give you feedback for whatever you submit, but no grades will be given during this time.
If you have assignments from earlier in the quarter that you would like to resubmit, please wait until we have further guidance about grades during this quarter. I will collect any work, but I will not be able to issue grades until I have further feedback about this situation.
As always, please reach out if you need something. I'll do what I can!
DM
I hope that you all are doing well during this time. I know that my own anxieties have been activated over the last few days, but I'm doing what I can in order to mitigate those worries and keep myself and others safe and healthy. I've been reading outside, doing some work to set up these next few weeks for us, and spending time with Zoe.
Durham Public Schools has given us further guidance about what instruction will look like during this time. We teachers are not permitted to give grades for assignments given or collected during this time. This is a time for us to focus on reviewing the information and skills we have already learned. For this reason I am suspending the assignments already given to you all. All of the work that was to be collected to close out the third quarter will be collected at a later date. I would suggest that you finish these assignments quickly (if you can) so that you can submit them to be scored at a later date.
Beginning on Monday I will start to post lessons/activities/materials in our various Google Classroom pages. I will also post a schedule of my availability via phone, Google Hangout, and Zoom conference for those of you who need to ask questions or would like to review the activities with me. I will give you feedback for whatever you submit, but no grades will be given during this time.
If you have assignments from earlier in the quarter that you would like to resubmit, please wait until we have further guidance about grades during this quarter. I will collect any work, but I will not be able to issue grades until I have further feedback about this situation.
As always, please reach out if you need something. I'll do what I can!
DM
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Russian Update // Русские новости
Russian Students
I'm going to set up DuoLingo classroom spaces for you all to access lessons to keep up with recent topics. See the attachments on Google Classroom for instructions on how to access.
I'm going to set up DuoLingo classroom spaces for you all to access lessons to keep up with recent topics. See the attachments on Google Classroom for instructions on how to access.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Updates for All Classes - 13 March - Before the Closure
AP Research
Welcome to crazy town everyone. Over the next few days (or weeks) I hope that all of you stay safe and secure. Remember to think and be smart. Don't panic. Plan! Don't freak out. Focus!
You should continue to move forward with your work for this class as it related to your Academic Paper and Presentation/Oral Defense. I have posted the reflection questions in the document to take you to the end of the quarter. Additionally, I have posted PREP Check 3.2 to outline what is due for your final PREP Check. Be aware that you will need to be creative in your approach to peer editing during this time, but I think that you can do it.
Once I have an idea of the expectation related to instruction, I'll let you know. Let's just keep moving forward with what we know we need to do. Remember, 46 days are left until we submit!
AP Literature
If you did not complete your sonnet group projects today and submit them, please be sure that they are submitted by the end of the day on Monday so that I can assess them and get them in the gradebook for you all. Remember that we will not be evaluating each other as members of the group. Since we are not able to present in person, I would like for you to submit a recording of what you would say to accompany your slide. You could also submit a video with your slides if you would like.
Outside of this be sure that you are finishing Twelfth Night in advance of our timed writing on this text. I'll post reading and analysis guides for you next week. The timed writing will likely be the final assessment for Q3. We will return and jump into our independent novels. Go ahead and get started on your pamphlet, heck, go ahead and read a few extra books if you can!
Stay safe during this time, I'll keep you all updated as I learn more.
Russian I
Today in class we took time to work on our floor plan projects to close out Quarter 3. If you did not finish and submit your floor plan project, there is a space for you to turn it in electronically on Google Classroom.
Advanced Russian
I hope to see all of you very soon. Stay tuned to this website as well as your Google Classroom pages as that's where I'll be posting my updates for our classes.
Welcome to crazy town everyone. Over the next few days (or weeks) I hope that all of you stay safe and secure. Remember to think and be smart. Don't panic. Plan! Don't freak out. Focus!
You should continue to move forward with your work for this class as it related to your Academic Paper and Presentation/Oral Defense. I have posted the reflection questions in the document to take you to the end of the quarter. Additionally, I have posted PREP Check 3.2 to outline what is due for your final PREP Check. Be aware that you will need to be creative in your approach to peer editing during this time, but I think that you can do it.
Once I have an idea of the expectation related to instruction, I'll let you know. Let's just keep moving forward with what we know we need to do. Remember, 46 days are left until we submit!
AP Literature
If you did not complete your sonnet group projects today and submit them, please be sure that they are submitted by the end of the day on Monday so that I can assess them and get them in the gradebook for you all. Remember that we will not be evaluating each other as members of the group. Since we are not able to present in person, I would like for you to submit a recording of what you would say to accompany your slide. You could also submit a video with your slides if you would like.
Outside of this be sure that you are finishing Twelfth Night in advance of our timed writing on this text. I'll post reading and analysis guides for you next week. The timed writing will likely be the final assessment for Q3. We will return and jump into our independent novels. Go ahead and get started on your pamphlet, heck, go ahead and read a few extra books if you can!
Stay safe during this time, I'll keep you all updated as I learn more.
Russian I
Today in class we took time to work on our floor plan projects to close out Quarter 3. If you did not finish and submit your floor plan project, there is a space for you to turn it in electronically on Google Classroom.
Advanced Russian
I hope to see all of you very soon. Stay tuned to this website as well as your Google Classroom pages as that's where I'll be posting my updates for our classes.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 12 March 2020
AP Literature
Today in class we had a day for group work. First we completed our review of Act 3, Scene 4 via a translation into a more modern context. From there, we went into our Sonnet Group Presentations in order to prepare for the final presentations on 3/24 and 3/26. Please be sure that you have downloaded and shared the templates amongst your group. The project is due by 3/23.
Over the weekend, prepare for your assessment on Act II, III, and Sonnets. There are also vocabulary cards due. This also is a great weekend to get ahead on your reading for the Companion Novel Assignment.
Stay safe! Stay sanitized! I'm sorry that our field trip was cancelled, I'll have refunds to you as soon as I can.
AP Research
Today was a day to kick-off Unit 5. This unit's goal is for us to have ample time in class for us to finish the work that we are doing in this classroom. Remember that your paper is the key because the POD is based off of your paper. I hope that our reading of a paper today was helpful for you. The takeaways related to the METHOD/LIT REVIEW/RESULTS and connections between these sections were key. You may find it helpful to reflect on all the papers we've read today as you consider what you need moving forward. If you need another sample paper, please ask and I'll find what I can.
Tonight, complete Reflection 23. This is the end of Week 23. Tonight you should complete writing through to METHOD (perhaps revising based on what we saw today) and start to outline your RESULTS section. We'll be doing some PEER EDITING on the 18th after our next work day. Be ready!
Today in class we had a day for group work. First we completed our review of Act 3, Scene 4 via a translation into a more modern context. From there, we went into our Sonnet Group Presentations in order to prepare for the final presentations on 3/24 and 3/26. Please be sure that you have downloaded and shared the templates amongst your group. The project is due by 3/23.
Over the weekend, prepare for your assessment on Act II, III, and Sonnets. There are also vocabulary cards due. This also is a great weekend to get ahead on your reading for the Companion Novel Assignment.
Stay safe! Stay sanitized! I'm sorry that our field trip was cancelled, I'll have refunds to you as soon as I can.
AP Research
Today was a day to kick-off Unit 5. This unit's goal is for us to have ample time in class for us to finish the work that we are doing in this classroom. Remember that your paper is the key because the POD is based off of your paper. I hope that our reading of a paper today was helpful for you. The takeaways related to the METHOD/LIT REVIEW/RESULTS and connections between these sections were key. You may find it helpful to reflect on all the papers we've read today as you consider what you need moving forward. If you need another sample paper, please ask and I'll find what I can.
Tonight, complete Reflection 23. This is the end of Week 23. Tonight you should complete writing through to METHOD (perhaps revising based on what we saw today) and start to outline your RESULTS section. We'll be doing some PEER EDITING on the 18th after our next work day. Be ready!
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - 11 March 2020
AP Research
Today was a day to kick-off Unit 5. This unit's goal is for us to have ample time in class for us to finish the work that we are doing in this classroom. Remember that your paper is the key because the POD is based off of your paper. I hope that our reading of a paper today was helpful for you. The takeaways related to the METHOD/LIT REVIEW/RESULTS and connections between these sections were key. You may find it helpful to reflect on all the papers we've read today as you consider what you need moving forward. If you need another sample paper, please ask and I'll find what I can.
Tonight, complete Reflection 23. This is the end of Week 23. Tonight you should complete writing through to METHOD (perhaps revising based on what we saw today) and start to outline your RESULTS section. We'll be doing some PEER EDITING on the 17th after tomorrow's work day. Be ready!
Russian I
Today we had a great day learning some new grammar/vocabulary as well as playing with dominoes to see the matches we can make in Russian for agreement. Remember that some of our words can be wild-cards -- they work with any gender and case.
For tonight you should finish your house project floor plan and a rough draft paragraph. You'll turn this in to me on Friday before the quiz so that I can check for completion and mark any errors. We will have our quiz on Friday - it will cover adjectives and their endings. I think that you'll be prepared if you keep studying your charts.
Outside of this, focus on vocabulary. We'll be wrapping up the quarter soon. Be sure to check for any missing work.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a day to work with music and find lots of language related to our verbs of motion. I enjoyed seeing a lot of you really listening intently, and finding that you were able to understand a bit of these songs once you focused on the grammar you know. This is a great type of activity to learn how to use language and grammar more conversationally.
Tonight, you should all focus on your projects. You should walk into class with a ROUGH DRAFT of one of your stages of your journey. Use the slides to see the example. Follow the template and remember that you're writing only A and B type sentences for the stages.
Your unit examination is going to fall on the 23rd of March. The projects will be due shortly. I'll have a unit study guide for you soon.
Today was a day to kick-off Unit 5. This unit's goal is for us to have ample time in class for us to finish the work that we are doing in this classroom. Remember that your paper is the key because the POD is based off of your paper. I hope that our reading of a paper today was helpful for you. The takeaways related to the METHOD/LIT REVIEW/RESULTS and connections between these sections were key. You may find it helpful to reflect on all the papers we've read today as you consider what you need moving forward. If you need another sample paper, please ask and I'll find what I can.
Tonight, complete Reflection 23. This is the end of Week 23. Tonight you should complete writing through to METHOD (perhaps revising based on what we saw today) and start to outline your RESULTS section. We'll be doing some PEER EDITING on the 17th after tomorrow's work day. Be ready!
Russian I
Today we had a great day learning some new grammar/vocabulary as well as playing with dominoes to see the matches we can make in Russian for agreement. Remember that some of our words can be wild-cards -- they work with any gender and case.
For tonight you should finish your house project floor plan and a rough draft paragraph. You'll turn this in to me on Friday before the quiz so that I can check for completion and mark any errors. We will have our quiz on Friday - it will cover adjectives and their endings. I think that you'll be prepared if you keep studying your charts.
Outside of this, focus on vocabulary. We'll be wrapping up the quarter soon. Be sure to check for any missing work.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a day to work with music and find lots of language related to our verbs of motion. I enjoyed seeing a lot of you really listening intently, and finding that you were able to understand a bit of these songs once you focused on the grammar you know. This is a great type of activity to learn how to use language and grammar more conversationally.
Tonight, you should all focus on your projects. You should walk into class with a ROUGH DRAFT of one of your stages of your journey. Use the slides to see the example. Follow the template and remember that you're writing only A and B type sentences for the stages.
Your unit examination is going to fall on the 23rd of March. The projects will be due shortly. I'll have a unit study guide for you soon.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Homework for B Day Students - 10 March 2020
AP Literature
Today in class we had time to review the various ways in which language is manipulated to create meaning in Shakespeare's sonnet as well as in key moments of Act 3. We finished our day by watching the comedy come alive as worked through the Globe Theatre production.
For tonight you should spend time reviewing Act II and III in advance of the assessment on Monday. Remember that vocabulary cards will also be collected. The tenth card can be one of your own choosing. Remember that we have multiple major assignments coming up soon to prepare for including a timed writing, MCQ, and our group presentation. Next class you should be coming in with a clear idea of what your portion of the presentation will be.
AP Research
Today was our final working day for this unit. Hopefully by the end of today you were able to get to the point that you are either done with your POD/PAPER through to the data section. If you don't have this complete, I hope that you have a clear plan by which to complete this.
I will be checking all PREP Documents for you today. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Be sure that you are continuing to work as you can daily to maintain your progress toward your eventual goals.
Our next drafting workshop will occur on March 16. We'll take another look at another sample paper before then. We also have another round of pitches coming up soon! Be ready to keep going through the process!
Today in class we had time to review the various ways in which language is manipulated to create meaning in Shakespeare's sonnet as well as in key moments of Act 3. We finished our day by watching the comedy come alive as worked through the Globe Theatre production.
For tonight you should spend time reviewing Act II and III in advance of the assessment on Monday. Remember that vocabulary cards will also be collected. The tenth card can be one of your own choosing. Remember that we have multiple major assignments coming up soon to prepare for including a timed writing, MCQ, and our group presentation. Next class you should be coming in with a clear idea of what your portion of the presentation will be.
AP Research
Today was our final working day for this unit. Hopefully by the end of today you were able to get to the point that you are either done with your POD/PAPER through to the data section. If you don't have this complete, I hope that you have a clear plan by which to complete this.
I will be checking all PREP Documents for you today. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Be sure that you are continuing to work as you can daily to maintain your progress toward your eventual goals.
Our next drafting workshop will occur on March 16. We'll take another look at another sample paper before then. We also have another round of pitches coming up soon! Be ready to keep going through the process!
Monday, March 9, 2020
Homework for A-Day -- Spring Forward -- 9 March 2020
AP Research
Today was our final working day for this unit. Hopefully by the end of today you were able to get to the point that you are either done with your POD/PAPER through to the data section. If you don't have this complete, I hope that you have a clear plan by which to complete this.
I will be checking all PREP Documents for you today. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Be sure that you are continuing to work as you can daily to maintain your progress toward your eventual goals.
Our next drafting workshop will occur on March 13. We'll take another look at another sample paper before then. We also have another round of pitches coming up soon! Be ready to keep going through the process!
Today was our final working day for this unit. Hopefully by the end of today you were able to get to the point that you are either done with your POD/PAPER through to the data section. If you don't have this complete, I hope that you have a clear plan by which to complete this.
I will be checking all PREP Documents for you today. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Be sure that you are continuing to work as you can daily to maintain your progress toward your eventual goals.
Our next drafting workshop will occur on March 13. We'll take another look at another sample paper before then. We also have another round of pitches coming up soon! Be ready to keep going through the process!
Russian I
We did so many things today in our classroom today! We were designing our Russian houses, we were practicing with our grammar through a quick exercise review, and we were also doing some culture as we celebrated International Women's Day. I hope that the women in your lives enjoy the cards you wrote for them.
Tonight for homework our main goal is to prepare for Friday's quiz. You'll be quizzed on your adjective case endings. Can you do the exercises? Can you finish them? This is a great practice for you. Also, use the example paragraph to complete a rough draft of your project paragraphs. Come in next class with at least one of your paragraphs done.
Wednesday will be our last review day before our quiz on Friday.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a day to work on our projects (and to look at an example version of the writing) as well as to review our translations related to verbs of motion in our chapters. Tonight, there are a few tasks for you to complete in order to prepare for Wednesday.
First, remember that your reassessments of your quiz are due next class. You can also put rubles on your assessment. We will be taking our unit exam around the 23rd of March, so remember that these quizzes are your way to prepare. Second, you should be able to write the rough drafts for your projects tonight. Follow the project guidelines and the sample paragraph. That will help a lot as you finish your work.
Next class we'll spend time with some real Russian texts that use verbs of motion, should be an interesting day to say the least.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - Weekend - 5 March
AP Research
Dear students! Please turn in your documents for your PREP Check 3.1 to Google Classroom. If you don't turn them in by Sunday, I'll go hunting in your portfolio for what I need. As a reminder you should submit your:
Dear students! Please turn in your documents for your PREP Check 3.1 to Google Classroom. If you don't turn them in by Sunday, I'll go hunting in your portfolio for what I need. As a reminder you should submit your:
- Data Sets/Planned Data Sets (depending on where you are in the collection process)
- Task Log
- Reflections to Number 21
- Record of Communication (Expert Adviser and Participants - If none, say none.)
- Paper Draft to Method Section
This is forty points for completion. This is also a good weekend to check on everything! Be sure that you have POD Slides started, you've revised your paper, you're continuing to get ahead for what you have coming next!
Russian Classes
I hope that you all enjoyed your day with Russian culture and investigations. If you did not turn in your work to the substitute today in class, then give it to me on Monday. Remember that next week we will have quizzes (Russian I) and the days to complete our grammar/vocabulary project (Russian I-IV). This weekend is a good one to study vocabulary, complete exercises, and work on your projects.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Homework for B-Day Students -- 4 March 2020
AP Literature
Today we read and discussed various features of Sonnet 55 (including meter, scanning, caesura, assonance, enjambment, and other devices). The best way to get a handle on iambic pentameter is to memorize a perfectly metrical line and always have it ready to hand (mine is: "she is as in a field a silken tent"). Some lines in Shakespeare are not always perfect, which can affect meaning. Then you all gave me some great starts for your pitches for the sonnet projects. We will keep fine-tuning this as we go along, but I was impressed by your attention to the companion sonnets. We then began watching a different version of TN, Act 3 scene 1. This scene is pretty complicated! We did not get to discuss it in its entirety. I would like everyone to use the viewing guide to review/reread the scene, in addition to Scenes 2 and 3, for Friday. We will also talk about Sonnet 94. Be sure to annotate!!! Point out devices, key words, images, anything that stands out, and comment on what you observe. See you Friday!
AP Research
Today we read and discussed various features of Sonnet 55 (including meter, scanning, caesura, assonance, enjambment, and other devices). The best way to get a handle on iambic pentameter is to memorize a perfectly metrical line and always have it ready to hand (mine is: "she is as in a field a silken tent"). Some lines in Shakespeare are not always perfect, which can affect meaning. Then you all gave me some great starts for your pitches for the sonnet projects. We will keep fine-tuning this as we go along, but I was impressed by your attention to the companion sonnets. We then began watching a different version of TN, Act 3 scene 1. This scene is pretty complicated! We did not get to discuss it in its entirety. I would like everyone to use the viewing guide to review/reread the scene, in addition to Scenes 2 and 3, for Friday. We will also talk about Sonnet 94. Be sure to annotate!!! Point out devices, key words, images, anything that stands out, and comment on what you observe. See you Friday!
AP Research
Good Afternoon All! Today was a day to begin our conferences and our check on data check. We will finish these on Friday with Mr. Ellison leading the conversation. I want to remind all of you that you are having your first PREP Check this weekend. I'll be looking at four folders for documentation. These are as follows:
1. Research Records - I should see data sets here. Even if they are blank, they should be here.
2. Records of Communication - Participants and Expert Advisers should be logged here.
3. Weekly Work - 21 Reflections. Task Log updated to most recent tasks.
4. Assessment Task Drafts - A draft through the method section.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Homework for (Super) Tuesday - 3 March 2020 - A Day
AP Research
Good Morning All! Today was a day to begin our conferences and our check on data check. We will finish these on Thursday. I want to remind all of you that you are having your first PREP Check this weekend. I'll be looking at four folders for documentation. These are as follows:
1. Research Records - I should see data sets here. Even if they are blank, they should be here.
2. Records of Communication - Participants and Expert Advisers should be logged here.
3. Weekly Work - 21 Reflections. Task Log updated to most recent tasks.
4. Assessment Task Drafts - A draft through the method section.
Russian I
Today in class we had a day to review our case endings and to begin on our grammar and vocabulary project - The House of My Dreams / Дом Моей Мечты. For this project you need five rooms and two items. You should use adjectives to describe everything, especially in your writing. We'll take a look at a sample paragraph next week.
I also reviewed the quiz goals for next week Wednesday. Make sure that you're reviewing your charts and grammar packets daily to be ready for the quiz. Working with the exercises that I've assigned are also helpful.
I'll be available for extra help on Monday and Tuesday for the quiz. You'll get progress reports on Thursday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did a bit of everything. We now have our paper that goes over ALL of the prepositions we can use with verbs of motion and Russian III/IV students learned the last few verbs of motion in the language. Remember - I will never ask you ask you about these words; they're just for extension and awareness.
From there we moved to review our translation exercise to see A, B and C type sentences and how to transform them into Russian. We finished with a review of our most recent quizzes and our newest project.
Next class we'll have time with Anna as well as time to work on the project assigned today. This will be your first in-class workshop, so remember there's just one left after that.
Good Morning All! Today was a day to begin our conferences and our check on data check. We will finish these on Thursday. I want to remind all of you that you are having your first PREP Check this weekend. I'll be looking at four folders for documentation. These are as follows:
1. Research Records - I should see data sets here. Even if they are blank, they should be here.
2. Records of Communication - Participants and Expert Advisers should be logged here.
3. Weekly Work - 21 Reflections. Task Log updated to most recent tasks.
4. Assessment Task Drafts - A draft through the method section.
Today in class we had a day to review our case endings and to begin on our grammar and vocabulary project - The House of My Dreams / Дом Моей Мечты. For this project you need five rooms and two items. You should use adjectives to describe everything, especially in your writing. We'll take a look at a sample paragraph next week.
I also reviewed the quiz goals for next week Wednesday. Make sure that you're reviewing your charts and grammar packets daily to be ready for the quiz. Working with the exercises that I've assigned are also helpful.
I'll be available for extra help on Monday and Tuesday for the quiz. You'll get progress reports on Thursday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did a bit of everything. We now have our paper that goes over ALL of the prepositions we can use with verbs of motion and Russian III/IV students learned the last few verbs of motion in the language. Remember - I will never ask you ask you about these words; they're just for extension and awareness.
From there we moved to review our translation exercise to see A, B and C type sentences and how to transform them into Russian. We finished with a review of our most recent quizzes and our newest project.
Next class we'll have time with Anna as well as time to work on the project assigned today. This will be your first in-class workshop, so remember there's just one left after that.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Homework for B-Day Students - 2 March 2020
AP Literature
Today we watched and discussed Twelfth Night 2.5. We discussed complexities in Malvolio's character and the various ways in which the comedy functions (physical, props, wordplay). We also talked about some strategies for comparing sonnets. Pitches Wednesday! Be sure to see the final slide to review your homework before next class. Read and be ready for that!
AP Research
Today was our day to start to talk about DATA! And I don't mean the android from Star Trek. Today we started to build our data tables - think about our organization - and consider how to make our data digestible to our readers (bite-sized). Take all of this forward as you're working this weekend. Remember that as we work we are building the next section of our paper - RESULTS.
I've posted Reflection 21 for you to complete. Remember that you should also check in on your previous POD Questions. Next week I'll be checking your PREP Folders for your first check - have everything ready and organized for me.
Today we watched and discussed Twelfth Night 2.5. We discussed complexities in Malvolio's character and the various ways in which the comedy functions (physical, props, wordplay). We also talked about some strategies for comparing sonnets. Pitches Wednesday! Be sure to see the final slide to review your homework before next class. Read and be ready for that!
AP Research
Today was our day to start to talk about DATA! And I don't mean the android from Star Trek. Today we started to build our data tables - think about our organization - and consider how to make our data digestible to our readers (bite-sized). Take all of this forward as you're working this weekend. Remember that as we work we are building the next section of our paper - RESULTS.
I've posted Reflection 21 for you to complete. Remember that you should also check in on your previous POD Questions. Next week I'll be checking your PREP Folders for your first check - have everything ready and organized for me.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Homework for A-Day Students - 28 February 2020
February is over! It's on to March. Also, we're at the middle of the quarter, expect progress reports next week! The quarter will end on March 26 for all classes.
AP Research
Today was our day to start to talk about DATA! And I don't mean the android from Star Trek. Today we started to build our data tables - think about our organization - and consider how to make our data digestible to our readers (bite-sized). Take all of this forward as you're working this weekend. Remember that as we work we are building the next section of our paper - RESULTS.
I've posted Reflection 21 for you to complete. Remember that you should also check in on your previous POD Questions. Next week I'll be checking your PREP Folders for your first check - have everything ready and organized for me.
Russian I
Remember to turn in your poet projects this weekend if you haven't yet done so! They should be turned in by Sunday to be scored as on-time!
Today in class we learned our case endings for the rest of the cases for adjectives - Dative Case and Instrumental Case. Remember that these cases are used for indirect objects (Dative) and with tools (Instrumental). From there, we went on to working with our film.
Over the weekend you should finish all of Exercise 2.9 focusing on your case endings. We also have a bit of a scavenger hunt this weekend with a song. Look at the song lyrics, listen to the song, and find all of the adjectives you can! Try to identify which case they are in. I posted the song here so that you can listen as you read.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had our second assessment on Verbs of Motion in Russian. I will have these scored and back to you soon. Hopefully you all felt more prepared this time around than our first quiz as we are continuing to learn and focus on our process of creating sentences in Russian about our motions and travels. Over the weekend there are two things for you to accomplish: First, submit your poet projects. They should be turned in to Google Classroom. I've attached the slides here for your overview of the project. Second, complete your translations. Russian II should just do the ones on the front. Russian III/IV should do the ones on the front and the back. We'll take some time to review these on Tuesday - if you're unsure, give it a try and then ask me for help.
AP Research
Today was our day to start to talk about DATA! And I don't mean the android from Star Trek. Today we started to build our data tables - think about our organization - and consider how to make our data digestible to our readers (bite-sized). Take all of this forward as you're working this weekend. Remember that as we work we are building the next section of our paper - RESULTS.
I've posted Reflection 21 for you to complete. Remember that you should also check in on your previous POD Questions. Next week I'll be checking your PREP Folders for your first check - have everything ready and organized for me.
Russian I
Remember to turn in your poet projects this weekend if you haven't yet done so! They should be turned in by Sunday to be scored as on-time!
Today in class we learned our case endings for the rest of the cases for adjectives - Dative Case and Instrumental Case. Remember that these cases are used for indirect objects (Dative) and with tools (Instrumental). From there, we went on to working with our film.
Over the weekend you should finish all of Exercise 2.9 focusing on your case endings. We also have a bit of a scavenger hunt this weekend with a song. Look at the song lyrics, listen to the song, and find all of the adjectives you can! Try to identify which case they are in. I posted the song here so that you can listen as you read.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had our second assessment on Verbs of Motion in Russian. I will have these scored and back to you soon. Hopefully you all felt more prepared this time around than our first quiz as we are continuing to learn and focus on our process of creating sentences in Russian about our motions and travels. Over the weekend there are two things for you to accomplish: First, submit your poet projects. They should be turned in to Google Classroom. I've attached the slides here for your overview of the project. Second, complete your translations. Russian II should just do the ones on the front. Russian III/IV should do the ones on the front and the back. We'll take some time to review these on Tuesday - if you're unsure, give it a try and then ask me for help.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - 27 February 2020 - B Day
AP Literature
Today was a day to focus on language and its usage in Act 2, Scene 4 as we understand some of what is going on between Orsino and Viola/Cesario. It's also an important day for us to look at the way in which comedy can be used in order to open up a text and make us question some of the actions of our characters in this play.
For tonight/the weekend there are a few things to be aware of. First, finish reading and reviewing Act 2. We'll finish our study of Scene 5 in class on Monday. Check in with your notes and viewing guides. Remember that we're combining the Act II Quiz with Act III. This is also a time to make sure that your vocabulary cards are complete for Act II. Secondly, collaborate with your group and consider your companion sonnet. Next class you'll be able to make your pitch. Lastly, take a look at Sonnet 53. What do you notice about the structure? What do you notice about the style Shakespeare uses?
Any missing assignments should be completed/submitted by Tuesday, at the latest.
AP Research
Today was our day for another round of Peer Editing. Thank you for giving thoughtful feedback to your classmates and for your feedback to me about ways that we can make the class productive moving forward. We have THREE sections left in our paper. But thankfully, they'll go pretty quickly - all we need is the DATA! So, here are my suggestions for tonight:
1. Spend some time with your PREP Folder. Remember that next week I'll check them. Have updates in your required folders (Weekly Work, Research Records, Assessment Task Drafts). Also, be sure that all of your reflections are complete.
2. Work on your POD slides. Do you have slides that line up with where your paper is?
3. Get your data sets together. Next class we'll start to discuss and consider ways to represent our data for our reader/viewer. Bring in what you have, even if it's empty, so that we can build what we need!
Today was a day to focus on language and its usage in Act 2, Scene 4 as we understand some of what is going on between Orsino and Viola/Cesario. It's also an important day for us to look at the way in which comedy can be used in order to open up a text and make us question some of the actions of our characters in this play.
For tonight/the weekend there are a few things to be aware of. First, finish reading and reviewing Act 2. We'll finish our study of Scene 5 in class on Monday. Check in with your notes and viewing guides. Remember that we're combining the Act II Quiz with Act III. This is also a time to make sure that your vocabulary cards are complete for Act II. Secondly, collaborate with your group and consider your companion sonnet. Next class you'll be able to make your pitch. Lastly, take a look at Sonnet 53. What do you notice about the structure? What do you notice about the style Shakespeare uses?
Any missing assignments should be completed/submitted by Tuesday, at the latest.
AP Research
Today was our day for another round of Peer Editing. Thank you for giving thoughtful feedback to your classmates and for your feedback to me about ways that we can make the class productive moving forward. We have THREE sections left in our paper. But thankfully, they'll go pretty quickly - all we need is the DATA! So, here are my suggestions for tonight:
1. Spend some time with your PREP Folder. Remember that next week I'll check them. Have updates in your required folders (Weekly Work, Research Records, Assessment Task Drafts). Also, be sure that all of your reflections are complete.
2. Work on your POD slides. Do you have slides that line up with where your paper is?
3. Get your data sets together. Next class we'll start to discuss and consider ways to represent our data for our reader/viewer. Bring in what you have, even if it's empty, so that we can build what we need!
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - 26 February 2020
AP Research
Today was our day for another round of Peer Editing. Thank you for giving thoughtful feedback to your classmates and for your feedback to me about ways that we can make the class productive moving forward. We have THREE sections left in our paper. But thankfully, they'll go pretty quickly - all we need is the DATA! So, here are my suggestions for tonight:
1. Spend some time with your PREP Folder. Remember that next week I'll check them. Have updates in your required folders (Weekly Work, Research Records, Assessment Task Drafts). Also, be sure that all of your reflections are complete.
2. Work on your POD slides. Do you have slides that line up with where your paper is?
3. Get your data sets together. Next class we'll start to discuss and consider ways to represent our data for our reader/viewer. Bring in what you have, even if it's empty, so that we can build what we need!
Russian I
Today we had our quiz on colors and then we tried to finish our poet cultural projects. Remember that if you didn't finish your project today in class that they are due by the end of the weekend. We then took some time to start on exercises together. Exercise 2.9 is a great one to work on your case knowledge. Use your charts and your information in your textbooks.
Be sure that you're studying the other vocabulary in the Chapter - other adjectives and nouns. Next week we'll begin to work on our grammar project for this unit!
Russian II, III, IV
Today in class we did some review of A, B, C type sentences and the various destinations for these types of action. I was happy with the work that you all did because I think that you clearly understand that A sentences can do A work, B can only do B, and C can only do C. Remember that there should be alignment between the question and the answer. Also, remember to use the preposition after the verb to create a complete sentence/idea.
Your quiz will be on Friday. Using your notes will cost you 500 rubles. Be prepared. Study and review your activities and exercises. Please finish your poetry projects before Sunday. They are due!
Today was our day for another round of Peer Editing. Thank you for giving thoughtful feedback to your classmates and for your feedback to me about ways that we can make the class productive moving forward. We have THREE sections left in our paper. But thankfully, they'll go pretty quickly - all we need is the DATA! So, here are my suggestions for tonight:
1. Spend some time with your PREP Folder. Remember that next week I'll check them. Have updates in your required folders (Weekly Work, Research Records, Assessment Task Drafts). Also, be sure that all of your reflections are complete.
2. Work on your POD slides. Do you have slides that line up with where your paper is?
3. Get your data sets together. Next class we'll start to discuss and consider ways to represent our data for our reader/viewer. Bring in what you have, even if it's empty, so that we can build what we need!
Russian I
Today we had our quiz on colors and then we tried to finish our poet cultural projects. Remember that if you didn't finish your project today in class that they are due by the end of the weekend. We then took some time to start on exercises together. Exercise 2.9 is a great one to work on your case knowledge. Use your charts and your information in your textbooks.
Be sure that you're studying the other vocabulary in the Chapter - other adjectives and nouns. Next week we'll begin to work on our grammar project for this unit!
Russian II, III, IV
Today in class we did some review of A, B, C type sentences and the various destinations for these types of action. I was happy with the work that you all did because I think that you clearly understand that A sentences can do A work, B can only do B, and C can only do C. Remember that there should be alignment between the question and the answer. Also, remember to use the preposition after the verb to create a complete sentence/idea.
Your quiz will be on Friday. Using your notes will cost you 500 rubles. Be prepared. Study and review your activities and exercises. Please finish your poetry projects before Sunday. They are due!
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Homework for B Day Students - 25 February 2020
AP Literature
Today was a class geared around sonnet analysis and skill as we worked through Sonnet 29 in class and then went forward with our sonnet analysis projects. Remember that in the project you should work to compare and contrast a Shakespearean sonnet with one of your own choosing. The sonnets should have something in common (theme/image/tone/idea) and some difference as well. There are roles for each people in the group.
For tonight be sure to read Act 2, Scene 5. This is the scene where the plot against Malvolio goes. Pay attention to the humor and comedy - consider the idea of comedy at someone's expense. Is it still funny? Additionally, be sure that any missing work is turned in this week so that I can update and complete the gradebook this weekend.
Be sure to see us with any questions or concerns.
AP Research
Today was our working day to prepare for our Peer Review 3.0 Day. Next class you will be expected to have a full draft of your Introduction+Literature Review and Method. Hopefully after our work on crafting Literature Reviews and the templates/requirements of a Literature Review, you feel more prepared. Check out Reflection 20 - It's a good question to use as you draft or review your draft.
Have a full copy of your draft as a hard copy or as a full document in Assessment Task Drafts.
Our next classes will focus on data analysis, data sets, and data visualization. It's time to finish our process and move on! Remember the elements of your PREP folder which should be updated as you are working.
Today was a class geared around sonnet analysis and skill as we worked through Sonnet 29 in class and then went forward with our sonnet analysis projects. Remember that in the project you should work to compare and contrast a Shakespearean sonnet with one of your own choosing. The sonnets should have something in common (theme/image/tone/idea) and some difference as well. There are roles for each people in the group.
For tonight be sure to read Act 2, Scene 5. This is the scene where the plot against Malvolio goes. Pay attention to the humor and comedy - consider the idea of comedy at someone's expense. Is it still funny? Additionally, be sure that any missing work is turned in this week so that I can update and complete the gradebook this weekend.
Be sure to see us with any questions or concerns.
AP Research
Today was our working day to prepare for our Peer Review 3.0 Day. Next class you will be expected to have a full draft of your Introduction+Literature Review and Method. Hopefully after our work on crafting Literature Reviews and the templates/requirements of a Literature Review, you feel more prepared. Check out Reflection 20 - It's a good question to use as you draft or review your draft.
Have a full copy of your draft as a hard copy or as a full document in Assessment Task Drafts.
Our next classes will focus on data analysis, data sets, and data visualization. It's time to finish our process and move on! Remember the elements of your PREP folder which should be updated as you are working.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - 24 February 2020
After an unexpected long weekend I am ready to go! Let's conquer the end of February!
AP Research
Today was our working day to prepare for our Peer Review 3.0 Day. Next class you will be expected to have a full draft of your Introduction+Literature Review and Method. Hopefully after our work on crafting Literature Reviews and the templates/requirements of a Literature Review, you feel more prepared. Check out Reflection 20 - It's a good question to use as you draft or review your draft.
Have a full copy of your draft as a hard copy or as a full document in Assessment Task Drafts.
Our next classes will focus on data analysis, data sets, and data visualization. It's time to finish our process and move on! Remember the elements of your PREP folder which should be updated as you are working.
Russian I
Today we spent time looking over Accusative case endings for adjectives before having a small writing workshop and then going on to our film. We'll likely finish the movie this week. Be ready for your quiz next class by studying your colors! Know your words and how to hear the gender of the word. It's a vocabulary quiz, not a grammar quiz, so just focus on learning the meaning of the words and their spelling.
Outside of this continue to focus on your endings. Hopefully the word wall helps. Trying to focus daily on one case makes the work a lot easier.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on A and C type sentences as we reflected on a series of travel in the past and then the general round trip made by those actions. We spent time also reviewing our paired prepositions - remember we have to talk about going FROM and TO a place. It's important to have both sides of the equation. I'll review your in-class work tonight and have it ready for you next class.
For tonight, finish the exercises which we started in class. Also be aware of our quiz on Friday! It will look similar to the last quiz. Use our last quiz to study and prepare. This quiz will focus on the verbs that are newer - to lead, to swim, to fly, to run.
AP Research
Today was our working day to prepare for our Peer Review 3.0 Day. Next class you will be expected to have a full draft of your Introduction+Literature Review and Method. Hopefully after our work on crafting Literature Reviews and the templates/requirements of a Literature Review, you feel more prepared. Check out Reflection 20 - It's a good question to use as you draft or review your draft.
Have a full copy of your draft as a hard copy or as a full document in Assessment Task Drafts.
Our next classes will focus on data analysis, data sets, and data visualization. It's time to finish our process and move on! Remember the elements of your PREP folder which should be updated as you are working.
Russian I
Today we spent time looking over Accusative case endings for adjectives before having a small writing workshop and then going on to our film. We'll likely finish the movie this week. Be ready for your quiz next class by studying your colors! Know your words and how to hear the gender of the word. It's a vocabulary quiz, not a grammar quiz, so just focus on learning the meaning of the words and their spelling.
Outside of this continue to focus on your endings. Hopefully the word wall helps. Trying to focus daily on one case makes the work a lot easier.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on A and C type sentences as we reflected on a series of travel in the past and then the general round trip made by those actions. We spent time also reviewing our paired prepositions - remember we have to talk about going FROM and TO a place. It's important to have both sides of the equation. I'll review your in-class work tonight and have it ready for you next class.
For tonight, finish the exercises which we started in class. Also be aware of our quiz on Friday! It will look similar to the last quiz. Use our last quiz to study and prepare. This quiz will focus on the verbs that are newer - to lead, to swim, to fly, to run.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Snow Day 2 - 2/21/2020
With the way my neighborhood looks, I would expect a normal day on Monday. Remember that our next school day will be an A day. The ACT is scheduled for Tuesday for all juniors - it will run first through third period.
See the post below to review what you should be working on. I've begun to score AP Literature Poetry Critical Analysis Projects. If you are missing this project, please submit via Google Classroom/Drive. The gradebook is updated for other assignments.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Snow Day 1 - 20 February 2020
Tomorrow we have our first snow day of the year with the predicted snow. I, as always, am skeptical of its arrival. Continue to work on the assignments outlined in the most recent posts. Certain classes should be aware of shifted dates as outlined below:
AP Research - Our writing workshop will be pushed back a day to accommodate a workshop day before peer review day. I do want you to have a hard copy of your paper for this round of peer review, let me know if you need me to print for you.
Russian I - We will only have our quiz if our next class is a full ninety minute class. У нас будет контрольная работа только если у нас будет девяносто минут на занятие.
AP Literature - Read your sonnet and Shakespeare. Enjoy! Get caught up if needed and submit work online.
Advanced Russian - Prepare for your upcoming quiz and work on your poet projects. Remember that the date of Olympiada is the same!
AP Research - Our writing workshop will be pushed back a day to accommodate a workshop day before peer review day. I do want you to have a hard copy of your paper for this round of peer review, let me know if you need me to print for you.
Russian I - We will only have our quiz if our next class is a full ninety minute class. У нас будет контрольная работа только если у нас будет девяносто минут на занятие.
AP Literature - Read your sonnet and Shakespeare. Enjoy! Get caught up if needed and submit work online.
Advanced Russian - Prepare for your upcoming quiz and work on your poet projects. Remember that the date of Olympiada is the same!
Homework for B-Day / 19 February 2020
AP Literature
Today in class we spent our time with a close reading of Sonnet 18 and then some critical viewing of the Globe Theatre. We studied Act 2, Scene 2 and 3 - a very critical scene in Twelfth Night as the conflict and the plot is getting developed.
For tonight, you should continue with reading. We have Sonnet 29 and Act 2, Scene 4. Things for reading are available in the slides. Be sure that you are building your vocabulary cards - you should do one per scene.
If you have any missing work it should be turned in this week.
AP Research
Today was an important day. If you were absent, be sure to see me for the handouts that you missed and to see your classmates for the information as well. Our mini-lesson was geared on the Literature Review and how to create that section of the paper. Be sure to see the slides and the templates below.
Next class will be a full workday. We will also finish any conferences that we need to. There will be a drafting day on Tuesday. Be ready with your Intro + Lit Review and Method section ready to go!
Today in class we spent our time with a close reading of Sonnet 18 and then some critical viewing of the Globe Theatre. We studied Act 2, Scene 2 and 3 - a very critical scene in Twelfth Night as the conflict and the plot is getting developed.
For tonight, you should continue with reading. We have Sonnet 29 and Act 2, Scene 4. Things for reading are available in the slides. Be sure that you are building your vocabulary cards - you should do one per scene.
If you have any missing work it should be turned in this week.
AP Research
Today was an important day. If you were absent, be sure to see me for the handouts that you missed and to see your classmates for the information as well. Our mini-lesson was geared on the Literature Review and how to create that section of the paper. Be sure to see the slides and the templates below.
Next class will be a full workday. We will also finish any conferences that we need to. There will be a drafting day on Tuesday. Be ready with your Intro + Lit Review and Method section ready to go!
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Homework for A-Day Students / 18 February 2020
AP Research
Today was an important day. If you were absent, be sure to see me for the handouts that you missed and to see your classmates for the information as well. Our mini-lesson was geared on the Literature Review and how to create that section of the paper. Be sure to see the slides and the templates below.
Next class will be a full workday. We will also finish any conferences that we need to. There will be a drafting day on Monday. Be ready with your Intro + Lit Review and Method section ready to go!
Russian I
Today in class we worked on reviewing the differences between our nouns and our adjectives as we looked at the endings available to us as we activate cases. From there, we spent time with our poet projects. By the end of today's class you should have selected a poet and set up your slides on that poet. I hope that all of you will enjoy this quick foray into Russian literature and culture. Be careful - this is how I got started in Russian!
Tonight, be sure that you complete your exercises on Nominative, Genitive, and Prepositional Cases. Learn your colors. We'll have a quick spelling quiz next class, then on to our new grammar and our movie!
Advanced Russian
We did a lot today! We learned our final verb of motion (to run) and we also learned that Mr. Miller can't conjugate the verb after seventeen years with it. From there we took time to work on the poet culture project. Remember that these projects will be due next week.
After that, we spent time reviewing our quiz. As we did this we were focused on cases (accusative or dative) and the idea of the A, B, and C type sentences. Remember that identifying the sentence type is so important to do this work. Look for your clues in English! Tonight, check in with your new exercises and keep studying your verb cards. We'll have our second quiz on Verbs of Motion next week on Friday. It will be similar to this one we reviewed today, but will focus on newer verbs.
Today was an important day. If you were absent, be sure to see me for the handouts that you missed and to see your classmates for the information as well. Our mini-lesson was geared on the Literature Review and how to create that section of the paper. Be sure to see the slides and the templates below.
Next class will be a full workday. We will also finish any conferences that we need to. There will be a drafting day on Monday. Be ready with your Intro + Lit Review and Method section ready to go!
Russian I
Today in class we worked on reviewing the differences between our nouns and our adjectives as we looked at the endings available to us as we activate cases. From there, we spent time with our poet projects. By the end of today's class you should have selected a poet and set up your slides on that poet. I hope that all of you will enjoy this quick foray into Russian literature and culture. Be careful - this is how I got started in Russian!
Tonight, be sure that you complete your exercises on Nominative, Genitive, and Prepositional Cases. Learn your colors. We'll have a quick spelling quiz next class, then on to our new grammar and our movie!
Advanced Russian
We did a lot today! We learned our final verb of motion (to run) and we also learned that Mr. Miller can't conjugate the verb after seventeen years with it. From there we took time to work on the poet culture project. Remember that these projects will be due next week.
After that, we spent time reviewing our quiz. As we did this we were focused on cases (accusative or dative) and the idea of the A, B, and C type sentences. Remember that identifying the sentence type is so important to do this work. Look for your clues in English! Tonight, check in with your new exercises and keep studying your verb cards. We'll have our second quiz on Verbs of Motion next week on Friday. It will be similar to this one we reviewed today, but will focus on newer verbs.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Homework for Monday - 17 February - B Day
AP Literature
Dear Students - Remember that poetry projects are due today to Google Classroom or via hard copy. If you need an extension, I hope that you have already asked for it. Remember that you can submit multiple files on Google Classroom if needed.
For tonight you should read Sonnet 18 and Act 2, Scene 2 and 3. Remember that you are also constructing a vocabulary card for each scene of Shakespeare. They'll be collected at the end of the act. For ideas of what to read for - see the last slide of the set for your anchors.
See you Wednesday!
Dear Students - Remember that poetry projects are due today to Google Classroom or via hard copy. If you need an extension, I hope that you have already asked for it. Remember that you can submit multiple files on Google Classroom if needed.
For tonight you should read Sonnet 18 and Act 2, Scene 2 and 3. Remember that you are also constructing a vocabulary card for each scene of Shakespeare. They'll be collected at the end of the act. For ideas of what to read for - see the last slide of the set for your anchors.
See you Wednesday!
AP Research
We're just working, working, working as we keep building our task. Remember that you should complete your BOK Analysis and then the two reflections left for you on Google Classroom. Remember that one will focus on presentation, and one will focus on alignment in the paper. Take a look at your findings and takeaways on this assignment. Be sure to use this as you're building your Lit Review. (We'll focus on this next class).
We'll be peer editing our papers on the 25th. Be sure that you have a complete introduction, lit review, and method (as much as possible). Remember that you can write based on projections and then make edits later.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - Weekend - Valentine's Day - 2/14/2020
AP Research
We're just working, working, working as we keep building our task. Remember that you should complete your BOK Analysis and then the two reflections left for you on Google Classroom. Remember that one will focus on presentation, and one will focus on alignment in the paper. Take a look at your findings and takeaways on this assignment. Be sure to use this as you're building your Lit Review. (We'll focus on this next week).
We'll be peer editing our papers on the 24th. Be sure that you have a complete introduction, lit review, and method (as much as possible). Remember that you can write based on projections and then make edits later.
Russian I
Today in class was a day to review the way in which we build complete sentences and agreement between adjectives and nouns. Remember that we're using our Chapter 1 knowledge to know what to do with nouns and our Chapter 2 knowledge to know what to do with adjectives. Keep studying and reviewing how to make these changes.
I was happy to see your improvement on the Backpack assignment. I'll have these back to you soon. Please complete your exercises this weekend - Chapter 2, Exercise 2 and 4 - Use your cases and notes to do this work. Remember to focus on learning your colors - we'll have a quiz on vocabulary next week!
Advanced Russian
Class today was a day for playing with verbs of motion to talk about traveling around Moscow. As we worked with this activitiy we were using actual Russian texts (maps) to talk about our travels. Remember our process - We use A sentences to talk about plans (What we will do.) We use B sentences to talk about going (travel to a destination in the moment). We use C sentences to talk about round trips (Today I went to the Kremlin).
Remember Russian III and IV, it's not enough to use the prefix - you need a preposition too!
Over the weekend, continue to study your cards and complete the remaining exercises. We'll have more time to work with our verbs next week. Don't forget to make corrections to your quizzes for a reassessment.
We're just working, working, working as we keep building our task. Remember that you should complete your BOK Analysis and then the two reflections left for you on Google Classroom. Remember that one will focus on presentation, and one will focus on alignment in the paper. Take a look at your findings and takeaways on this assignment. Be sure to use this as you're building your Lit Review. (We'll focus on this next week).
We'll be peer editing our papers on the 24th. Be sure that you have a complete introduction, lit review, and method (as much as possible). Remember that you can write based on projections and then make edits later.
Russian I
Today in class was a day to review the way in which we build complete sentences and agreement between adjectives and nouns. Remember that we're using our Chapter 1 knowledge to know what to do with nouns and our Chapter 2 knowledge to know what to do with adjectives. Keep studying and reviewing how to make these changes.
I was happy to see your improvement on the Backpack assignment. I'll have these back to you soon. Please complete your exercises this weekend - Chapter 2, Exercise 2 and 4 - Use your cases and notes to do this work. Remember to focus on learning your colors - we'll have a quiz on vocabulary next week!
Advanced Russian
Class today was a day for playing with verbs of motion to talk about traveling around Moscow. As we worked with this activitiy we were using actual Russian texts (maps) to talk about our travels. Remember our process - We use A sentences to talk about plans (What we will do.) We use B sentences to talk about going (travel to a destination in the moment). We use C sentences to talk about round trips (Today I went to the Kremlin).
Remember Russian III and IV, it's not enough to use the prefix - you need a preposition too!
Over the weekend, continue to study your cards and complete the remaining exercises. We'll have more time to work with our verbs next week. Don't forget to make corrections to your quizzes for a reassessment.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students - 13 February
AP Literature
Our main task for the weekend is to complete the Poetry Critical Analysis assignment. These are due on Monday. You can submit your work electronically or on hard copy (or you can do both if needed). Remember that you must have two citations for this - the poem itself and the criticism. Both will be cited in your analysis.
Be sure to apply notes and feedback from your timed poetry writing to the work that you are doing this weekend. Remember that poems, like stories, have beginnings, middles, and ends. Showing how ideas develop across beginnings, middles, and ends will often allow you to construct a much more thorough analysis. No more than 500 words please!
AP Research
Today was a day like many other - a day for working and completing the goals we have ahead of us. I hope that you are using these days and this protected time to complete the steps in your method, analyze the data you're collecting, and then organize it to make sure it answers your question.
If you haven't yet finished the BOK Analysis it needs to be done and checked on Monday. Completing this assignment will lead you to both Reflections 18 and 19. Complete these only after you've completed and received a score on the analysis assignment.
Remember that you should be working in Research Records, Weekly Work, Assessment Task Drafts, and Records of Communication. Document all of your work in your PREP Folder as you are completing and working through
Our main task for the weekend is to complete the Poetry Critical Analysis assignment. These are due on Monday. You can submit your work electronically or on hard copy (or you can do both if needed). Remember that you must have two citations for this - the poem itself and the criticism. Both will be cited in your analysis.
Be sure to apply notes and feedback from your timed poetry writing to the work that you are doing this weekend. Remember that poems, like stories, have beginnings, middles, and ends. Showing how ideas develop across beginnings, middles, and ends will often allow you to construct a much more thorough analysis. No more than 500 words please!
AP Research
Today was a day like many other - a day for working and completing the goals we have ahead of us. I hope that you are using these days and this protected time to complete the steps in your method, analyze the data you're collecting, and then organize it to make sure it answers your question.
If you haven't yet finished the BOK Analysis it needs to be done and checked on Monday. Completing this assignment will lead you to both Reflections 18 and 19. Complete these only after you've completed and received a score on the analysis assignment.
Remember that you should be working in Research Records, Weekly Work, Assessment Task Drafts, and Records of Communication. Document all of your work in your PREP Folder as you are completing and working through
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - 12 February 2020
AP Research
Thank you for working with the substitute teacher and with Mr. Ellison today. A few reminders to guide you as you continue to work at home on your studies:
1. Be sure that you document all of your work in your PREP Folder. Especially important right now are Research Records, Records of Communication (participants/expert advisors), Task Log.
2. Complete your BOK Analysis and Reflection 17.
3. Our next major assignment will be a peer editing/revising day focused on Introduction, Lit Review, and Method. Hopefully, as you are moving through this unit, you are making decisions and finalizing these elements of your paper. I hope that you all see how the analysis assignment helps with the drafting elements.
4. We will have a round of conferences in the coming classes to check in on things.
Russian I
Today in class we focused our work on our case learning with adjectives. We were using genitive case and nominative case to talk about identifying animals and to discuss either having or not having something. Remember that as we do this work it's all about agreement with the noun. Whatever gender and case the noun is in, the adjective has to match. As I said in class, we can sort of change the shape of words to fit them where they need to fit.
Continue to study and review your declension charts - both nouns and adjectives - to learn these partnerships. Tonight, you should finish the Chapter 2 exercises which were assigned last class. We'll go over those before getting back to our film on Friday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a writing workshop about verbs of motion followed by a new verb (to swim). We ended our day reviewing our exercises for homework tonight as well as reviewing some of the key cases and prepositions we use in Russian to complete full ideas with travels.
For tonight, complete your exercises - follow the instructions and use the model exercise we completed today at the end of class. Continue to study your verb cards. You should know most of your conjugations by this point. I think that a lot of you should also focus on your noun case endings - they work together with the work we're doing now.
Thank you for working with the substitute teacher and with Mr. Ellison today. A few reminders to guide you as you continue to work at home on your studies:
1. Be sure that you document all of your work in your PREP Folder. Especially important right now are Research Records, Records of Communication (participants/expert advisors), Task Log.
2. Complete your BOK Analysis and Reflection 17.
3. Our next major assignment will be a peer editing/revising day focused on Introduction, Lit Review, and Method. Hopefully, as you are moving through this unit, you are making decisions and finalizing these elements of your paper. I hope that you all see how the analysis assignment helps with the drafting elements.
4. We will have a round of conferences in the coming classes to check in on things.
Russian I
Today in class we focused our work on our case learning with adjectives. We were using genitive case and nominative case to talk about identifying animals and to discuss either having or not having something. Remember that as we do this work it's all about agreement with the noun. Whatever gender and case the noun is in, the adjective has to match. As I said in class, we can sort of change the shape of words to fit them where they need to fit.
Continue to study and review your declension charts - both nouns and adjectives - to learn these partnerships. Tonight, you should finish the Chapter 2 exercises which were assigned last class. We'll go over those before getting back to our film on Friday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a writing workshop about verbs of motion followed by a new verb (to swim). We ended our day reviewing our exercises for homework tonight as well as reviewing some of the key cases and prepositions we use in Russian to complete full ideas with travels.
For tonight, complete your exercises - follow the instructions and use the model exercise we completed today at the end of class. Continue to study your verb cards. You should know most of your conjugations by this point. I think that a lot of you should also focus on your noun case endings - they work together with the work we're doing now.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Homework for B-Day Students / 11 February 2020
AP Lit
Today was a day to review our work so far with Shakespeare. We created Scene Panels and did some wonderful analysis on Twelfth Night. The slides are helpful for the review at the end.
Next class you will have a quiz on Act I of Twelfth Night. I will not be checking annotations, but if you are still missing vocabulary cards they are due at this time. Additionally, you should have a draft of your project for Thursday. After the quiz you will work in groups to provide peer editing on your drafts. The projects are due on Monday and they will be your primary focus this weekend.
AP Research
Today was our working day to kick-off the week. Our major task for this week is to complete the Body of Knowledge Source Analysis. Please use the form that is in the assignment or the form given to you in class. You may complete either a hard copy version or an electronic version for your score. Hopefully by studying one of your sources in depth, you will get a better understanding of how to construct elements of your own academic paper. Consider how they show their data and how that data is made clear for a reader. How does the language they use lead to an understanding for the reader?
By the end of this week/beginning of next you should be ready with a new draft or a revised draft of your Introduction/Lit Review and Method section. We'll be doing another run of peer editing next week!
Today was a day to review our work so far with Shakespeare. We created Scene Panels and did some wonderful analysis on Twelfth Night. The slides are helpful for the review at the end.
Next class you will have a quiz on Act I of Twelfth Night. I will not be checking annotations, but if you are still missing vocabulary cards they are due at this time. Additionally, you should have a draft of your project for Thursday. After the quiz you will work in groups to provide peer editing on your drafts. The projects are due on Monday and they will be your primary focus this weekend.
AP Research
Today was our working day to kick-off the week. Our major task for this week is to complete the Body of Knowledge Source Analysis. Please use the form that is in the assignment or the form given to you in class. You may complete either a hard copy version or an electronic version for your score. Hopefully by studying one of your sources in depth, you will get a better understanding of how to construct elements of your own academic paper. Consider how they show their data and how that data is made clear for a reader. How does the language they use lead to an understanding for the reader?
By the end of this week/beginning of next you should be ready with a new draft or a revised draft of your Introduction/Lit Review and Method section. We'll be doing another run of peer editing next week!
Monday, February 10, 2020
Homework for Monday - 2/10/2020 - A Day
AP Research
Today was our working day to kick-off the week. Our major task for this week is to complete the Body of Knowledge Source Analysis. Please use the form that is in the assignment or the form given to you in class. You may complete either a hard copy version or an electronic version for your score. Hopefully by studying one of your sources in depth, you will get a better understanding of how to construct elements of your own academic paper. Consider how they show their data and how that data is made clear for a reader. How does the language they use lead to an understanding for the reader?
By the end of this week you should be ready with a new draft or a revised draft of your Introduction/Lit Review and Method section. We'll be doing another run of peer editing next week!
Russian I
Today in class we began to learn our adjectives and the rules for working with them. Remember that adjectives must agree with their nouns by gender and by case. We started to learn the way that we make these changes today - especially focused on nominative and genitive case. From there we moved to arts and crafts - coloring and writing about our creations. Continue to study your new vocabulary tonight (colors) and complete the exercises in your textbook - Chapter 2, Exercise 2 and 4. Focus on being able to identify cases in this work, vocabulary, and gender.
Advanced Russian
Today was a day focused on Anna Karenina and our first attempts at quizzes. Remember the main takeaway from our conversation today - you have to remember the point of view of the speaker as they talk. Also remember that in a Russian brain, a person can only go one place at a time - it doesn't matter if they go other places.
You have the chance to redo your quizzes all this week and the beginning of next. Focus on your verb cards and your cases. Studying and learning these are the majority of your homework. We'll do some writing next class on Anna and her verbs of motion before learning some new verbs and vocabulary.
Today was our working day to kick-off the week. Our major task for this week is to complete the Body of Knowledge Source Analysis. Please use the form that is in the assignment or the form given to you in class. You may complete either a hard copy version or an electronic version for your score. Hopefully by studying one of your sources in depth, you will get a better understanding of how to construct elements of your own academic paper. Consider how they show their data and how that data is made clear for a reader. How does the language they use lead to an understanding for the reader?
By the end of this week you should be ready with a new draft or a revised draft of your Introduction/Lit Review and Method section. We'll be doing another run of peer editing next week!
Russian I
Today in class we began to learn our adjectives and the rules for working with them. Remember that adjectives must agree with their nouns by gender and by case. We started to learn the way that we make these changes today - especially focused on nominative and genitive case. From there we moved to arts and crafts - coloring and writing about our creations. Continue to study your new vocabulary tonight (colors) and complete the exercises in your textbook - Chapter 2, Exercise 2 and 4. Focus on being able to identify cases in this work, vocabulary, and gender.
Advanced Russian
Today was a day focused on Anna Karenina and our first attempts at quizzes. Remember the main takeaway from our conversation today - you have to remember the point of view of the speaker as they talk. Also remember that in a Russian brain, a person can only go one place at a time - it doesn't matter if they go other places.
You have the chance to redo your quizzes all this week and the beginning of next. Focus on your verb cards and your cases. Studying and learning these are the majority of your homework. We'll do some writing next class on Anna and her verbs of motion before learning some new verbs and vocabulary.
Friday, February 7, 2020
States and No School
Well - nobody went to school today with the weather issues, but we still had the State Championship meet. Finals start in just a bit. We'll have today's class likely on Wednesday with the films for Russian I, II-IV classes; AP Research - I'll give you Reflections for two weeks on Monday (you were supposed to get one today) as well as the BOK Analysis assignment.
Take the time this weekend to work on poetry projects Russian students. Those of you working on AP Research should be writing your paper sections that you can, or you should be getting your hands dirty with data. Document the process!
Take the time this weekend to work on poetry projects Russian students. Those of you working on AP Research should be writing your paper sections that you can, or you should be getting your hands dirty with data. Document the process!
Thursday, February 6, 2020
2/6/2020 Early Release - Weather - Weekend Homework - B Day
AP Research
We didn't have class today with the early release due to weather. Don't fear! Keep working at home! Come in on Monday with data collected and drafting done! It will help a lot. We'll make sure that we are ready to keep moving forward then.
AP Lit
Today in class we finished Act I of Twelfth Night. It was a day to go back to London and see the professionals on stage. I am glad that you're getting the humor more as you are watching the play. Shakespeare always makes more sense the more you work with him.
For tonight and the weekend be sure to work on your Poetry Analysis project. Remember that you are heavily annotating the selected poem and then you will write a 500 word analysis that uses a critic to support your interpretation. Come in on Thursday with a draft of this essay - you'll have time to work in class on peer review. Monday will be a day to review Act I and prepare for our assessment. If you haven't started your vocabulary cards yet - be sure to - they are due by Thursday!
We didn't have class today with the early release due to weather. Don't fear! Keep working at home! Come in on Monday with data collected and drafting done! It will help a lot. We'll make sure that we are ready to keep moving forward then.
AP Lit
Today in class we finished Act I of Twelfth Night. It was a day to go back to London and see the professionals on stage. I am glad that you're getting the humor more as you are watching the play. Shakespeare always makes more sense the more you work with him.
For tonight and the weekend be sure to work on your Poetry Analysis project. Remember that you are heavily annotating the selected poem and then you will write a 500 word analysis that uses a critic to support your interpretation. Come in on Thursday with a draft of this essay - you'll have time to work in class on peer review. Monday will be a day to review Act I and prepare for our assessment. If you haven't started your vocabulary cards yet - be sure to - they are due by Thursday!
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Homework for A-Day Students: 5 February 2020
I will not be with you all on Friday since we have the NC State Swimming Championship Meet. Go AquaFalcons! I hope you enjoy the day I have planned for you while I'm away!
AP Research
It's a lot of working days as we are going through this unit. It's good to build in time to break - but make sure that you're continuing to meet your goals as we go forward. Continue to use this time to develop your draft, collect your data, and analyze/group it as it's coming in. This can be a helpful strategy to get ahead on the process of data analysis. As you work - be sure that everything is logged in your PREP Folders (Task Log/Research Records/Assessment Task Drafts).
For those of you who need help with statistical testing, see the post from a few days ago. There's a great resource there from Ms. Saveliff on calculator programming for statistical testing.
You should be prepared to work on a second draft of your paper toward the end of next week! Get ahead!
Russian I
Today we spent time to finalize our work on Unit 1 - The longest unit of the year as it provides a lot of the foundation for our work with the Russian language this year. I hope that you felt prepared for the assessment. You'll have a chance to make test corrections next week.
Tonight you should begin to work through your Chapter 2 Vocabulary. Begin with the adjectives and focus on colors. This will be our first set of words to focus on learning as we develop our case knowledge with adjectives. Also, complete a Falcon Notes sheet to summarize Unit 1. If you didn't have time to do this in class, be sure to finish it for homework.
I hope that you all like the movie I have for you on Friday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a rapid-fire review of verbs of motion before launching into our first assessment. I will have these graded and returned to you next week. If you were absent, be sure to see me to make up the quiz that you missed today.
Be sure that you are continuing to study your cards regularly. Some of you are having trouble with conjugating - learn these patterns well so that you will have them moving forward. For tonight, there is no homework except for vocabulary work. Be sure that you are focused on your vocabulary for the unit so that you have the verbs, means of transportation, and the destinations.
AP Research
It's a lot of working days as we are going through this unit. It's good to build in time to break - but make sure that you're continuing to meet your goals as we go forward. Continue to use this time to develop your draft, collect your data, and analyze/group it as it's coming in. This can be a helpful strategy to get ahead on the process of data analysis. As you work - be sure that everything is logged in your PREP Folders (Task Log/Research Records/Assessment Task Drafts).
For those of you who need help with statistical testing, see the post from a few days ago. There's a great resource there from Ms. Saveliff on calculator programming for statistical testing.
You should be prepared to work on a second draft of your paper toward the end of next week! Get ahead!
Russian I
Today we spent time to finalize our work on Unit 1 - The longest unit of the year as it provides a lot of the foundation for our work with the Russian language this year. I hope that you felt prepared for the assessment. You'll have a chance to make test corrections next week.
Tonight you should begin to work through your Chapter 2 Vocabulary. Begin with the adjectives and focus on colors. This will be our first set of words to focus on learning as we develop our case knowledge with adjectives. Also, complete a Falcon Notes sheet to summarize Unit 1. If you didn't have time to do this in class, be sure to finish it for homework.
I hope that you all like the movie I have for you on Friday!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a rapid-fire review of verbs of motion before launching into our first assessment. I will have these graded and returned to you next week. If you were absent, be sure to see me to make up the quiz that you missed today.
Be sure that you are continuing to study your cards regularly. Some of you are having trouble with conjugating - learn these patterns well so that you will have them moving forward. For tonight, there is no homework except for vocabulary work. Be sure that you are focused on your vocabulary for the unit so that you have the verbs, means of transportation, and the destinations.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Homework for Tuesday - B Day - 4 February
AP Literature
Today in class we spent some time watching the professionals do Shakespeare with a Globe Theatre production of Twelfth Night. I hope that watching the actors on stage helped you to make better sense of the humor in Act I, Scene 3. From there we reviewed Act I, Scene 4 before spending the end of class with our independent projects.
Tonight, read Act I, Scene 5 - Pay attention to Olivia, Malvolio, and Feste. Use our notes structure to help you make sense of the play. Additionally, finish your set of vocabulary cards. You should have FOUR from the poets we studied earlier, FIVE from Shakespeare (one per scene) and ONE from your choice poem. Speaking of your choice poem, be sure that you are moving forward with your work. The analysis will be due soon.
AP Research
Today we began Unit 4 - This is the unit where you will do most of the work in this class that is all your own. It's time for us to collect data and organize it so that it aligns with our question. As I've said, there are very few grades in this quarter - in fact I can only come up with seven so far. Be sure to complete everything to your best!
Be sure that you are building your data sets and checking in with your work. If you're doing everything right then the process should begin to be moving toward completion soon. Use this time to complete elements of your POD and Paper that you can. Be sure to use the rubric and your peers as you do this work!
Today in class we spent some time watching the professionals do Shakespeare with a Globe Theatre production of Twelfth Night. I hope that watching the actors on stage helped you to make better sense of the humor in Act I, Scene 3. From there we reviewed Act I, Scene 4 before spending the end of class with our independent projects.
Tonight, read Act I, Scene 5 - Pay attention to Olivia, Malvolio, and Feste. Use our notes structure to help you make sense of the play. Additionally, finish your set of vocabulary cards. You should have FOUR from the poets we studied earlier, FIVE from Shakespeare (one per scene) and ONE from your choice poem. Speaking of your choice poem, be sure that you are moving forward with your work. The analysis will be due soon.
AP Research
Today we began Unit 4 - This is the unit where you will do most of the work in this class that is all your own. It's time for us to collect data and organize it so that it aligns with our question. As I've said, there are very few grades in this quarter - in fact I can only come up with seven so far. Be sure to complete everything to your best!
Be sure that you are building your data sets and checking in with your work. If you're doing everything right then the process should begin to be moving toward completion soon. Use this time to complete elements of your POD and Paper that you can. Be sure to use the rubric and your peers as you do this work!
Monday, February 3, 2020
Homework for Monday - 3 February 2020
AP Research
Today we began Unit 4. This is the unit where you will do most of the work in this class that is all your own. It's time for us to collect data and organize it so that it aligns with our question. As I've said, there are very few grades in this quarter - in fact I can only come up with seven so far. Be sure to complete everything to your best!
Be sure that you are building your data sets and checking in with your work. If you're doing everything right then the process should begin to be moving toward completion soon. Use this time to complete elements of your POD and Paper that you can. Be sure to use the rubric and your peers as you do this work!
Russian I
Today was our final review day before our Unit 1 Examination on Wednesday. For the exam on Wednesday you should know how to conjugate verbs, change words for cases, and also the way that cases are used to build sentences. Remember that you can buy a cheat-sheet - but you have to buy it before the test on Wednesday.
Study your Chapter 1 Vocabulary as well as your Grammar Charts. Knowing this information is key. Additionally, be sure that you have finished and turned in your About Me project if you didn't do so already.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent the majority of our time applying what we know about Verbs of Motion by watching an episode of Орел и Решка and then writing about their travels around Калининград. As we did this we were working on using our verb knowledge and our case knowledge in advance of the quiz on Wednesday.
On Wednesday we will take time to review homework - have it all finished - before we have our quiz. Remember to have your cards - you will have these checked on Wednesday. Friday will be a day with Anna Karenina.
Today we began Unit 4. This is the unit where you will do most of the work in this class that is all your own. It's time for us to collect data and organize it so that it aligns with our question. As I've said, there are very few grades in this quarter - in fact I can only come up with seven so far. Be sure to complete everything to your best!
Be sure that you are building your data sets and checking in with your work. If you're doing everything right then the process should begin to be moving toward completion soon. Use this time to complete elements of your POD and Paper that you can. Be sure to use the rubric and your peers as you do this work!
Russian I
Today was our final review day before our Unit 1 Examination on Wednesday. For the exam on Wednesday you should know how to conjugate verbs, change words for cases, and also the way that cases are used to build sentences. Remember that you can buy a cheat-sheet - but you have to buy it before the test on Wednesday.
Study your Chapter 1 Vocabulary as well as your Grammar Charts. Knowing this information is key. Additionally, be sure that you have finished and turned in your About Me project if you didn't do so already.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent the majority of our time applying what we know about Verbs of Motion by watching an episode of Орел и Решка and then writing about their travels around Калининград. As we did this we were working on using our verb knowledge and our case knowledge in advance of the quiz on Wednesday.
On Wednesday we will take time to review homework - have it all finished - before we have our quiz. Remember to have your cards - you will have these checked on Wednesday. Friday will be a day with Anna Karenina.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 31 January 2020
AP Lit
Today we began our work with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night! I hope that you appreciated your time at the beginning with one of Shakespeare's sonnets. There will be more work through this unit with sonnets as we continue to flex our ability to analyze older poetry.
Over the weekend there are a few tasks for you to accomplish. First, read Scene 3 and 4 of Twelfth Night. Use our note taking structure to work through the play - track Who? Where? When? What?. Take good notes/annotations so that you have them if you lose a coin toss. Second, complete four vocabulary cards - two should be from Scene 1 and 2; the other two should come from Scenes 3 and 4. Lastly, review your Companion Reading and select a text for this unit. We will have two assessments on this choice text - find something you enjoy!
AP Research
Today we shared our Elevator Pitch 2.0 in which we reviewed our questions, goals, methods, steps and hypotheses. I was happy to see some great work and some wonderful pitching and catching. The notes at the end for the good of the group are important as we build forward to our final PODs. We also have the content that we need to do Reflection 17, which has been posted.
See the slides for your reminders, notes, and calendar for February and March. It's time to collect, analyze, and write! Be done by Spring Break!
Today we began our work with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night! I hope that you appreciated your time at the beginning with one of Shakespeare's sonnets. There will be more work through this unit with sonnets as we continue to flex our ability to analyze older poetry.
Over the weekend there are a few tasks for you to accomplish. First, read Scene 3 and 4 of Twelfth Night. Use our note taking structure to work through the play - track Who? Where? When? What?. Take good notes/annotations so that you have them if you lose a coin toss. Second, complete four vocabulary cards - two should be from Scene 1 and 2; the other two should come from Scenes 3 and 4. Lastly, review your Companion Reading and select a text for this unit. We will have two assessments on this choice text - find something you enjoy!
AP Research
Today we shared our Elevator Pitch 2.0 in which we reviewed our questions, goals, methods, steps and hypotheses. I was happy to see some great work and some wonderful pitching and catching. The notes at the end for the good of the group are important as we build forward to our final PODs. We also have the content that we need to do Reflection 17, which has been posted.
See the slides for your reminders, notes, and calendar for February and March. It's time to collect, analyze, and write! Be done by Spring Break!
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - 30 January 2020 - A Day
AP Research
Today we shared our Elevator Pitch 2.0 in which we reviewed our questions, goals, methods, steps and hypotheses. I was happy to see some great work and some wonderful pitching and catching. The notes at the end for the good of the group are important as we build forward to our final PODs. We also have the content that we need to do Reflection 17, which has been posted.
See the slides for your reminders, notes, and calendar for February and March. It's time to collect, analyze, and write! Be done by Spring Break!
Russian I
I am so impressed with your skills and abilities to translate and work in Russian. Great work everyone. Monday is going to be our final day to review before the examination on Wednesday. Be sure that you have fully learned your case endings and your Chapter 1 vocabulary. Review all of your old tests and quizzes as you'll see a lot of those questions on this examination.
If you haven't finished your project, be sure that it is turned in by the end of the day on Sunday. They'll be marked as late after Sunday at midnight. Remember to have one sentence per slide and a picture that goes with the slide.
Be sure to use the slides attached as you are studying and reviewing! Have a great weekend.
Advanced Russian
Today in class was our final day to learn new content before the assessment next week. The quiz will fall on Wednesday and will cover the four main verbs of motion that we have learned (to walk, to go by transit, to carry, and to transport), the A, B, C concept and related grammar like cases and prepositions.
Over the weekend complete your practice exercises and study your cards. We'll be watching an episode of Орёл и Решка and talking about their travels - great practice for Verbs of Motion.
Today we shared our Elevator Pitch 2.0 in which we reviewed our questions, goals, methods, steps and hypotheses. I was happy to see some great work and some wonderful pitching and catching. The notes at the end for the good of the group are important as we build forward to our final PODs. We also have the content that we need to do Reflection 17, which has been posted.
See the slides for your reminders, notes, and calendar for February and March. It's time to collect, analyze, and write! Be done by Spring Break!
Russian I
I am so impressed with your skills and abilities to translate and work in Russian. Great work everyone. Monday is going to be our final day to review before the examination on Wednesday. Be sure that you have fully learned your case endings and your Chapter 1 vocabulary. Review all of your old tests and quizzes as you'll see a lot of those questions on this examination.
If you haven't finished your project, be sure that it is turned in by the end of the day on Sunday. They'll be marked as late after Sunday at midnight. Remember to have one sentence per slide and a picture that goes with the slide.
Be sure to use the slides attached as you are studying and reviewing! Have a great weekend.
Advanced Russian
Today in class was our final day to learn new content before the assessment next week. The quiz will fall on Wednesday and will cover the four main verbs of motion that we have learned (to walk, to go by transit, to carry, and to transport), the A, B, C concept and related grammar like cases and prepositions.
Over the weekend complete your practice exercises and study your cards. We'll be watching an episode of Орёл и Решка and talking about their travels - great practice for Verbs of Motion.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Homework for B-Day Students // 29 January 2020
AP Literature
Today in class we had an assessment on poetry - a free response/analysis and some multiple choice questions. I was happy that some of you were able to get all twenty points on the multiple choice. We'll review the three commonly missed questions on Friday. I should have your essays returned to you early next week.
There is no homework to complete for class tonight. You should read and annotate your poems for your project (now that you've determined your rough thesis). The poem should be heavily annotated as it is half of your poster. Also, we will be starting Twelfth Night next class - make sure that you have a copy of the text to use.
AP Research
Today was our working day in preparation for Elevator Pitch 2.0 on Friday. Be ready to present to your peers on Friday. You should have slides in Assessment Task Drafts and you should have cards/a script if needed. Remember that we are building the final deal - try to make sure that things are in alignment with our rubrics, and that the paper matches the presentation.
I look forward to dropping in to some of your presentations. We'll also have our reflection for the week on Friday before we go on to Unit 4 next week!
I've also included a really helpful resource on statistical tests from Ms. Saveliff on Google Classroom. Please direct any questions to her!
Today in class we had an assessment on poetry - a free response/analysis and some multiple choice questions. I was happy that some of you were able to get all twenty points on the multiple choice. We'll review the three commonly missed questions on Friday. I should have your essays returned to you early next week.
There is no homework to complete for class tonight. You should read and annotate your poems for your project (now that you've determined your rough thesis). The poem should be heavily annotated as it is half of your poster. Also, we will be starting Twelfth Night next class - make sure that you have a copy of the text to use.
AP Research
Today was our working day in preparation for Elevator Pitch 2.0 on Friday. Be ready to present to your peers on Friday. You should have slides in Assessment Task Drafts and you should have cards/a script if needed. Remember that we are building the final deal - try to make sure that things are in alignment with our rubrics, and that the paper matches the presentation.
I look forward to dropping in to some of your presentations. We'll also have our reflection for the week on Friday before we go on to Unit 4 next week!
I've also included a really helpful resource on statistical tests from Ms. Saveliff on Google Classroom. Please direct any questions to her!
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Homework for A-Day - 28 January 2020
AP Research
Today was our working day in preparation for Elevator Pitch 2.0 on Thursday. Be ready to present to your peers on Thursday. You should have slides in Assessment Task Drafts and you should have cards/a script if needed. Remember that we are building the final deal - try to make sure that things are in alignment with our rubrics, and that the paper matches the presentation.
I look forward to dropping in to some of your presentations on Thursday. We'll also have our reflection for the week on Thursday before we go on to Unit 4 next week!
I've also included a really helpful resource on Google Classroom on statistical tests from Ms. Saveliff. Please direct any questions to her!
Russian I
Today in class we finished our crazy cartoon and really focused on being able to analyze our cases as they are used in questions, answers, and various constructions. Our other key focus was on the different triggers for cases that we see in Russian. Remember that knowing the triggers, the jobs, and the endings is one of your major learning goals for this unit. Hopefully the repetition has helped.
Your projects are due at the end of the week. You should have a slide for each question and then a photo that goes along with it. Don't forget to finish the rest of your sentences on the homework. Put the words in order and make the changes that you need to make to them.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent a lot of time with exercises and with translations. As we do this work we are really trying to learn the way to think through these situations. Is it an A, B, or C situation? What's the tense? Is the effect of the action still there? These questions will help us to get to the proper verb.
Tonight you should complete the exercises we did not get to today - the odds. Add your notes. Determine if it's an A, B, or C. Find key words. Use your cards. Hopefully you are studying the cards regularly to learn this vocabulary.
You'll have a quiz next week on our first four verbs of motion. It'll focus on vocabulary mostly and some grammar. If you're studying the cards daily then you'll be set for the assessment. If you were absent, be sure to check the slides.
Today was our working day in preparation for Elevator Pitch 2.0 on Thursday. Be ready to present to your peers on Thursday. You should have slides in Assessment Task Drafts and you should have cards/a script if needed. Remember that we are building the final deal - try to make sure that things are in alignment with our rubrics, and that the paper matches the presentation.
I look forward to dropping in to some of your presentations on Thursday. We'll also have our reflection for the week on Thursday before we go on to Unit 4 next week!
I've also included a really helpful resource on Google Classroom on statistical tests from Ms. Saveliff. Please direct any questions to her!
Russian I
Today in class we finished our crazy cartoon and really focused on being able to analyze our cases as they are used in questions, answers, and various constructions. Our other key focus was on the different triggers for cases that we see in Russian. Remember that knowing the triggers, the jobs, and the endings is one of your major learning goals for this unit. Hopefully the repetition has helped.
Your projects are due at the end of the week. You should have a slide for each question and then a photo that goes along with it. Don't forget to finish the rest of your sentences on the homework. Put the words in order and make the changes that you need to make to them.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent a lot of time with exercises and with translations. As we do this work we are really trying to learn the way to think through these situations. Is it an A, B, or C situation? What's the tense? Is the effect of the action still there? These questions will help us to get to the proper verb.
Tonight you should complete the exercises we did not get to today - the odds. Add your notes. Determine if it's an A, B, or C. Find key words. Use your cards. Hopefully you are studying the cards regularly to learn this vocabulary.
You'll have a quiz next week on our first four verbs of motion. It'll focus on vocabulary mostly and some grammar. If you're studying the cards daily then you'll be set for the assessment. If you were absent, be sure to check the slides.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Homework for B-Day - January 27, 2020
AP Lit
Today in class we had some time for independent and small group study of poetry so that we could really compare and contrast the stylistics of poets in order to discover the period and other related elements of the author. This is a great skill to have as you are working with poetry - especially with the FRQ. Having the ability to discern and discuss these elements of poetry really differentiate a good essay from a great essay.
Tonight you should be focused on preparing for your assessment. On Wednesday we will have multiple choice and a full length essay. The assessment should take you one hour to complete. Any remaining time will be for you to work on your analysis and criticism projects. Hopefully if you didn't select a poem today, then you will on Wednesday. We'll begin Twelfth Night on Friday! There are also two more vocabulary cards to complete and add to your collection. Remember to include the quotation with the word as poets tend to use words in a non-traditional sense.
AP Research
Today in class we watched a POD presentation on sleep, cognition, perception, and placebos. I hope that the POD was helpful for you all in the idea of how to design your presentation in such a way that you hit your main ideas and guide your audience through the development of your conclusion.
The main task for us to work on right now is the work on our Elevator Pitch 2.0. This is a good time to do this as you have solidified much of your foundational work; having this work complete will give you the time you need to complete your data collection/analysis and the writing you have ahead of you.
We'll be presenting Elevator Pitch 2.0 this week on Friday as a major assignment. I hope that you are all beginning your process to collect and analyze your data. It's important that you are using this time to get what you need to answer your question.
Today in class we had some time for independent and small group study of poetry so that we could really compare and contrast the stylistics of poets in order to discover the period and other related elements of the author. This is a great skill to have as you are working with poetry - especially with the FRQ. Having the ability to discern and discuss these elements of poetry really differentiate a good essay from a great essay.
Tonight you should be focused on preparing for your assessment. On Wednesday we will have multiple choice and a full length essay. The assessment should take you one hour to complete. Any remaining time will be for you to work on your analysis and criticism projects. Hopefully if you didn't select a poem today, then you will on Wednesday. We'll begin Twelfth Night on Friday! There are also two more vocabulary cards to complete and add to your collection. Remember to include the quotation with the word as poets tend to use words in a non-traditional sense.
AP Research
Today in class we watched a POD presentation on sleep, cognition, perception, and placebos. I hope that the POD was helpful for you all in the idea of how to design your presentation in such a way that you hit your main ideas and guide your audience through the development of your conclusion.
The main task for us to work on right now is the work on our Elevator Pitch 2.0. This is a good time to do this as you have solidified much of your foundational work; having this work complete will give you the time you need to complete your data collection/analysis and the writing you have ahead of you.
We'll be presenting Elevator Pitch 2.0 this week on Friday as a major assignment. I hope that you are all beginning your process to collect and analyze your data. It's important that you are using this time to get what you need to answer your question.
Friday, January 24, 2020
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 24 January
AP Research
Today in class we watched a POD presentation on sleep, cognition, perception, and placebos. I hope that the POD was helpful for you all in the idea of how to design your presentation in such a way that you hit your main ideas and guide your audience through the development of your conclusion.
The main task for us to work on right now is the work on our Elevator Pitch 2.0. This is a good time to do this as you have solidified much of your foundational work; having this work complete will give you the time you need to complete your data collection/analysis and the writing you have ahead of you.
We'll be presenting Elevator Pitch 2.0 next week on Thursday as a major assignment. I hope that you are all beginning your process to collect and analyze your data. It's important that you are using this time to get what you need to answer your question.
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot with our cases and a bit with a strange Russian cartoon. I hope that our summary of our notes on cases was helpful for you so that we can put everything in one place as we are studying and reviewing for our examination.
The exam for this unit will fall in February at the beginning of the month. It will focus on Chapter 1 vocabulary and grammar. Be sure that you are reviewing your quizzes and returned work. I'm also available outside of class for anything that you may need. As you work this weekend, be sure that you are completing the sentence building activity and actively studying. We'll also finish our projects next week.
Advanced Russian
I'm very interested to read the sentences you all put together related to Vladimir Putin and his travels around Moscow/the world. Remember that as we are working right now our goal is to learn our new verbs, the ways that they work (A, B, C actions), and the related grammar with them (prepositions and cases). I hope that the examples and the translations were helpful.
Over the weekend you should continue to actively work with our verbs of motion and related grammar by completing the activities on your worksheet. Read, annotate, and answer questions. Complete the fill in the blanks based on the item you see, and then, do some free writing. Where do you go? What do you do? Practicing and learning this system of A, B, or C is one of the best ways to understand verbs of motion.
Today in class we watched a POD presentation on sleep, cognition, perception, and placebos. I hope that the POD was helpful for you all in the idea of how to design your presentation in such a way that you hit your main ideas and guide your audience through the development of your conclusion.
The main task for us to work on right now is the work on our Elevator Pitch 2.0. This is a good time to do this as you have solidified much of your foundational work; having this work complete will give you the time you need to complete your data collection/analysis and the writing you have ahead of you.
We'll be presenting Elevator Pitch 2.0 next week on Thursday as a major assignment. I hope that you are all beginning your process to collect and analyze your data. It's important that you are using this time to get what you need to answer your question.
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot with our cases and a bit with a strange Russian cartoon. I hope that our summary of our notes on cases was helpful for you so that we can put everything in one place as we are studying and reviewing for our examination.
The exam for this unit will fall in February at the beginning of the month. It will focus on Chapter 1 vocabulary and grammar. Be sure that you are reviewing your quizzes and returned work. I'm also available outside of class for anything that you may need. As you work this weekend, be sure that you are completing the sentence building activity and actively studying. We'll also finish our projects next week.
Advanced Russian
I'm very interested to read the sentences you all put together related to Vladimir Putin and his travels around Moscow/the world. Remember that as we are working right now our goal is to learn our new verbs, the ways that they work (A, B, C actions), and the related grammar with them (prepositions and cases). I hope that the examples and the translations were helpful.
Over the weekend you should continue to actively work with our verbs of motion and related grammar by completing the activities on your worksheet. Read, annotate, and answer questions. Complete the fill in the blanks based on the item you see, and then, do some free writing. Where do you go? What do you do? Practicing and learning this system of A, B, or C is one of the best ways to understand verbs of motion.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Homework for B Day Students - 23 January - Beginning Semester Two!
AP Lit
Slides for today's work have been posted for you on Google Classroom. Remember the idea that the structure of the poem can lead you to ideas of the content in the poem. If you see a lot of structure (no matter when it was written) it probably has something to do with more traditional topics - or it's being ironic. We practiced today with Shakespeare, Drayton, Donne, and Soyinka. By doing this, we set both ends of our timeline, and next class we'll fill in the very large gap.
Tonight, as you read five additional poems, consider where they fall on the timeline. The poems are in your Perrine's book, except for Akhmatova who is posted below. We have vocabulary cards as well - they'll be collected as a set of ten at the end of the unit.
AP Research
Solid workshop today everyone. It was a day to work through our edits, apply what we've done, and make sure that our PREP folders are in a good place as I look at them this weekend.
The main focus right now is the collection of data to answer your questions. If you have been finding barriers to collection, then what can you do to solve them? Do you have the tools that you need to organize the data for answering your question? How can you work with your classmates or others in the community to accomplish the work?
Now that you've created content (your introduction) it's a good chance to remind yourself of the tools on DigitalPortfolio. TurnItIn Originality Reports can help you to find possible plagiarism in your papers. Make sure that things are cited. Use your access to the PurdueOWL if you need it. There's also an infographic posted on plagiarism and the various types.
Keep writing. Keep collecting. We'll be doing a second round of elevator pitches on January 31 with slides. Be ready for this - it's a good jumpstart on your POD. The instructions for Elevator Pitch 2.0 are on the final slide posted.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Homework for the Longest Weekend - End of Quarter 2 and Semester 1
AP Research
Solid workshop today everyone. It was a day to work through our edits, apply what we've done, and make sure that our PREP folders are in a good place as I look at them this weekend.
The main focus right now is the collection of data to answer your questions. If you have been finding barriers to collection, then what can you do to solve them? Do you have the tools that you need to organize the data for answering your question? How can you work with your classmates or others in the community to accomplish the work?
Now that you've created content (your introduction) it's a good chance to remind yourself of the tools on DigitalPortfolio. TurnItIn Originality Reports can help you to find possible plagiarism in your papers. Make sure that things are cited. Use your access to the PurdueOWL if you need it. There's also an infographic posted on plagiarism and the various types.
Over the weekend (it's really long) keep working. Keep writing. Keep collecting. We'll be doing a second round of elevator pitches on January 28 with slides. Be ready for this - it's a good jumpstart on your POD. The instructions for Elevator Pitch 2.0 are on the final slide posted.
Russian I
Today in class we took a quiz on all six cases. Part of today's quiz was also a reassessment for your first case quiz; hopefully, you felt better prepared for your case identification today and more comfortable with the task. From there - we moved to a project workshop. The goal of today's class was to finish as many of our About Myself sentences as possible, have them uploaded, and have them checked for accuracy. Hopefully working with your partner and with me helped you to do this.
We finished class reviewing the new culture project on Russian poets - remember that if you are planning to participate in the Olympiada you MUST do one of the poets listed and one of the poems in Google Classroom. If you're not planning to participate, then you can choose whom you like.
Over the long weekend you should complete the translation exercise at the end of Chapter 1. Use your vocabulary and your skills with grammar to do this. Don't use an online translator. Try to first find the words you need, put them in order, and then make the changes to the words that are needed to form the sentence (conjugate verbs, put nouns in cases). We'll review this work on Friday so that we are ready for the Unit Exam. That will happen on January 30.
Advanced Russian
Today we took a second attempt at our Unit Examinations. I hope that you were able to feel more confident in the sections that you reassessed today. From there, we went back to the mines to learn another verb of motion - to go by vehicle/transit. There's an irregular verb here - but it's really not so bad. I hope that our writing today in class (Vladimir Putin's errands around Moscow) was helpful for you to understand how the verbs work and the way that the choice of verb really does depend on the point of view of the speaker above anything else. Remember that language is a living thing; people can use it how they want. The exercises this weekend are helpful with this. Choose the correct verb for the situation and then conjugate for the needed form. You may need to translate in order to do this work.
Also be aware of how often verbs of motion are used in everyday sayings. They're are so productive in Russian!
We also have our poetry project in this class, the poet choices and poems are more weighty than those for Russian 1. Remember that you should choose a poet and poem from the Olympiada materials even if you're not planning to participate.
Solid workshop today everyone. It was a day to work through our edits, apply what we've done, and make sure that our PREP folders are in a good place as I look at them this weekend.
The main focus right now is the collection of data to answer your questions. If you have been finding barriers to collection, then what can you do to solve them? Do you have the tools that you need to organize the data for answering your question? How can you work with your classmates or others in the community to accomplish the work?
Now that you've created content (your introduction) it's a good chance to remind yourself of the tools on DigitalPortfolio. TurnItIn Originality Reports can help you to find possible plagiarism in your papers. Make sure that things are cited. Use your access to the PurdueOWL if you need it. There's also an infographic posted on plagiarism and the various types.
Over the weekend (it's really long) keep working. Keep writing. Keep collecting. We'll be doing a second round of elevator pitches on January 28 with slides. Be ready for this - it's a good jumpstart on your POD. The instructions for Elevator Pitch 2.0 are on the final slide posted.
Russian I
Today in class we took a quiz on all six cases. Part of today's quiz was also a reassessment for your first case quiz; hopefully, you felt better prepared for your case identification today and more comfortable with the task. From there - we moved to a project workshop. The goal of today's class was to finish as many of our About Myself sentences as possible, have them uploaded, and have them checked for accuracy. Hopefully working with your partner and with me helped you to do this.
We finished class reviewing the new culture project on Russian poets - remember that if you are planning to participate in the Olympiada you MUST do one of the poets listed and one of the poems in Google Classroom. If you're not planning to participate, then you can choose whom you like.
Over the long weekend you should complete the translation exercise at the end of Chapter 1. Use your vocabulary and your skills with grammar to do this. Don't use an online translator. Try to first find the words you need, put them in order, and then make the changes to the words that are needed to form the sentence (conjugate verbs, put nouns in cases). We'll review this work on Friday so that we are ready for the Unit Exam. That will happen on January 30.
Advanced Russian
Today we took a second attempt at our Unit Examinations. I hope that you were able to feel more confident in the sections that you reassessed today. From there, we went back to the mines to learn another verb of motion - to go by vehicle/transit. There's an irregular verb here - but it's really not so bad. I hope that our writing today in class (Vladimir Putin's errands around Moscow) was helpful for you to understand how the verbs work and the way that the choice of verb really does depend on the point of view of the speaker above anything else. Remember that language is a living thing; people can use it how they want. The exercises this weekend are helpful with this. Choose the correct verb for the situation and then conjugate for the needed form. You may need to translate in order to do this work.
Also be aware of how often verbs of motion are used in everyday sayings. They're are so productive in Russian!
We also have our poetry project in this class, the poet choices and poems are more weighty than those for Russian 1. Remember that you should choose a poet and poem from the Olympiada materials even if you're not planning to participate.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Homework for A Day Students - 15 January - End of Quarter 2
AP Research
It's the end of the semester and we've crossed a big bridge today with our first peer editing conferences on our academic papers. I hope that you were able to get good feedback from your classmates related to the work that you have already done. Remember to make edits, update, but always keep what you have done.
I've posted the newest reflection - the final one for this semester. It relies on the peer editing work that you did today, so be sure to reflect using the comments from your classmates.
I'll be looking over your PREP folders this weekend for your final check. Be sure that your task log, conferences, reflections, and assessment task drafts folders are updated. You should also have everything from the first check. Other than that, it's time to be mining for data. Collect, group, analyze, consider, and work! The more you do, the better it is!
Russian I
Today in class we finished watching The Irony of Fate, and we built sentences using our cases about the actions in the film. Remember that next class you'll have your final quiz on cases! It'll be very similar to your first quiz. Focus on the jobs of the cases and the endings, a lot of you did great with this work today in class.
Remember that next class is the last class of the quarter. If you have any rubles or Falcon Feathers for extra credit, be sure to have them.
Advanced Russian
Today we launched into a new unit on verbs of motion. Today we focused on learning some of the theory related to verbs of motion like uni versus multidirectional; A, B, and C actions; and the new stem (t-d). Tonight, focus on learning these new words and vocabulary.
We have some reading tonight to help with the new work. Read the five dialogues that I gave you and find the verbs of motion. Consider if they are A, B, or C type actions. Where are the related grammar points?
Be ready for test corrections on Friday and the end of the quarter/semester!
It's the end of the semester and we've crossed a big bridge today with our first peer editing conferences on our academic papers. I hope that you were able to get good feedback from your classmates related to the work that you have already done. Remember to make edits, update, but always keep what you have done.
I've posted the newest reflection - the final one for this semester. It relies on the peer editing work that you did today, so be sure to reflect using the comments from your classmates.
I'll be looking over your PREP folders this weekend for your final check. Be sure that your task log, conferences, reflections, and assessment task drafts folders are updated. You should also have everything from the first check. Other than that, it's time to be mining for data. Collect, group, analyze, consider, and work! The more you do, the better it is!
Russian I
Today in class we finished watching The Irony of Fate, and we built sentences using our cases about the actions in the film. Remember that next class you'll have your final quiz on cases! It'll be very similar to your first quiz. Focus on the jobs of the cases and the endings, a lot of you did great with this work today in class.
Remember that next class is the last class of the quarter. If you have any rubles or Falcon Feathers for extra credit, be sure to have them.
Advanced Russian
Today we launched into a new unit on verbs of motion. Today we focused on learning some of the theory related to verbs of motion like uni versus multidirectional; A, B, and C actions; and the new stem (t-d). Tonight, focus on learning these new words and vocabulary.
We have some reading tonight to help with the new work. Read the five dialogues that I gave you and find the verbs of motion. Consider if they are A, B, or C type actions. Where are the related grammar points?
Be ready for test corrections on Friday and the end of the quarter/semester!
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Homework for B Day Students - 14 January
AP Research
Great work today researchers! We had a solid lesson in which we reviewed the instructions to the academic paper and the rubric - a good task for us to complete as we are working to construct our own drafts. For tonight you should continue writing your introduction/lit review in advance of our writing workshop. To help you with this I have attached two additional sample papers. These papers are examples of the middle/lower side of the rubric. Take a look and assess them in the same way we did in class. Consider what changes could be made to further solidify their work.
AP Literature
Great work today everyone! Thank you for sharing your poems with us, they were amazing!
Make sure to:
1. Turn in your Poet Projects to the assignment tab on Google Classroom.
2. Recite your poems to me, if you have not already, some morning this week!
3. Turn in any missing assignments this Thursday!
4. Bring falcon feathers and rubles to class on Thursday and make sure you know which assignments you want them added to!
See everyone on Thursday!
Great work today researchers! We had a solid lesson in which we reviewed the instructions to the academic paper and the rubric - a good task for us to complete as we are working to construct our own drafts. For tonight you should continue writing your introduction/lit review in advance of our writing workshop. To help you with this I have attached two additional sample papers. These papers are examples of the middle/lower side of the rubric. Take a look and assess them in the same way we did in class. Consider what changes could be made to further solidify their work.
AP Literature
Great work today everyone! Thank you for sharing your poems with us, they were amazing!
Make sure to:
1. Turn in your Poet Projects to the assignment tab on Google Classroom.
2. Recite your poems to me, if you have not already, some morning this week!
3. Turn in any missing assignments this Thursday!
4. Bring falcon feathers and rubles to class on Thursday and make sure you know which assignments you want them added to!
See everyone on Thursday!
Monday, January 13, 2020
Homework for A Day - January 13, 2020
Advanced Russian
Today we had an exam so there are no slides to post. Continue to study your vocabulary and review any grammar topics where you encountered difficulty. I'll have your exams scored for you ASAP and then we will do corrections before the end of the quarter on Friday. Be sure that you have checked for any missing assignments on PowerSchool since this is the last week of the grading period.
Russian I
Tonight everyone there's not much to take care of - take a look at the reading in Chapter 1. It's the paragraph at the end of the vocabulary section - read through the paragraph, translate it, and find the cases that are being used. The translation and the endings would be the most helpful thing for you here.
Next class we'll finish The Irony of Fate and do some review for our reassessment. The reassessment is on Friday. Be ready, study and prepare!
AP Research
Great work today researchers! We had a solid lesson in which we reviewed the instructions to the academic paper and the rubric - a good task for us to complete as we are working to construct our own drafts. For tonight you should continue writing your introduction/lit review in advance of our writing workshop. To help you with this I have attached two additional sample papers on Google Classroom. These papers are examples of the middle/lower side of the rubric. Take a look and assess them in the same way we did in class. Consider what changes could be made to further solidify their work.
Today we had an exam so there are no slides to post. Continue to study your vocabulary and review any grammar topics where you encountered difficulty. I'll have your exams scored for you ASAP and then we will do corrections before the end of the quarter on Friday. Be sure that you have checked for any missing assignments on PowerSchool since this is the last week of the grading period.
Russian I
Tonight everyone there's not much to take care of - take a look at the reading in Chapter 1. It's the paragraph at the end of the vocabulary section - read through the paragraph, translate it, and find the cases that are being used. The translation and the endings would be the most helpful thing for you here.
Next class we'll finish The Irony of Fate and do some review for our reassessment. The reassessment is on Friday. Be ready, study and prepare!
AP Research
Great work today researchers! We had a solid lesson in which we reviewed the instructions to the academic paper and the rubric - a good task for us to complete as we are working to construct our own drafts. For tonight you should continue writing your introduction/lit review in advance of our writing workshop. To help you with this I have attached two additional sample papers on Google Classroom. These papers are examples of the middle/lower side of the rubric. Take a look and assess them in the same way we did in class. Consider what changes could be made to further solidify their work.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Weekend Work - A Day - 9 January
AP Research
It was a writing day for our introductions and lit reviews today. I hope that you were able to generate content and spend time locking in some of the preliminary work - a really important task as we get ready to collect, analyze, and organize data in order to answer our questions.
Into this weekend we have several things to accomplish. First, the fifteenth reflection has been posted for you. Additionally, you should continue to update your PREP folder as you are working. Log your tasks. Note your progress. Update your communication.
Next week is the last week of the quarter. We will have a lesson from College Board on the academic paper before more time for writing. The last day of the quarter will be a peer editing workshop. I think that it will be a productive day for us all.
Russian I
Today in class we learned our fifth case declensions - the instrumental case. Remember that this case is used with the word "with" in Russian. It's used to say how the action got done, what was used to complete it, and it's also used with greetings related to holidays. We did a quick practice activity before going on to our movie.
Over the weekend you have a worksheet like our warm-up today. Look at the English sentences and determine which case would be needed. Think about the different case jobs we've learned! This is a great practice for you.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had our reassessment on numbers, time, and also on complex sentences with который - all important skills for our exam next week. After our reassessment time we had a chance to work through the various expressions that Russians use to talk about time. I know that it's confusing, but if you try to see that each preposition has a particular job, that helps to clarify it.
I've given you a lot of exercises and guides to help you through this unit. Review and prepare this weekend for the exam. You'll have the exam on Monday and a chance to make corrections on Friday.
It was a writing day for our introductions and lit reviews today. I hope that you were able to generate content and spend time locking in some of the preliminary work - a really important task as we get ready to collect, analyze, and organize data in order to answer our questions.
Into this weekend we have several things to accomplish. First, the fifteenth reflection has been posted for you. Additionally, you should continue to update your PREP folder as you are working. Log your tasks. Note your progress. Update your communication.
Next week is the last week of the quarter. We will have a lesson from College Board on the academic paper before more time for writing. The last day of the quarter will be a peer editing workshop. I think that it will be a productive day for us all.
Russian I
Today in class we learned our fifth case declensions - the instrumental case. Remember that this case is used with the word "with" in Russian. It's used to say how the action got done, what was used to complete it, and it's also used with greetings related to holidays. We did a quick practice activity before going on to our movie.
Over the weekend you have a worksheet like our warm-up today. Look at the English sentences and determine which case would be needed. Think about the different case jobs we've learned! This is a great practice for you.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had our reassessment on numbers, time, and also on complex sentences with который - all important skills for our exam next week. After our reassessment time we had a chance to work through the various expressions that Russians use to talk about time. I know that it's confusing, but if you try to see that each preposition has a particular job, that helps to clarify it.
I've given you a lot of exercises and guides to help you through this unit. Review and prepare this weekend for the exam. You'll have the exam on Monday and a chance to make corrections on Friday.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
1/8/20 Updates and Homework - B Day Students
AP English Literature and Composition
Hello everyone!
Thank you for being courteous and cooperative as I filmed for my portfolio today. I also hope we got a great review of AP style question traps while also analyzing Rich's poem "Diving into the Wreck." Always keep in mind about the theme of identity when we continue to read her and other poems in this unit.
Homework:
1. Read Sylvia Plath's "Spinster" (987)
2. Read Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" (706)
Compare and contrast their writing styles and themes!
See you on Friday!
AP Research
Today in class we watched our third POD presentation. Hopefully my opening comment of "lots of little mistakes" made sense as we discussed scoring and applied the rubric to this POD. We've finished watching for now, there will be another round in April as we prepare our own PODs.
Remember our discussion today on PREP folders. They are useful. They are needed. They are important. You should be working on updating your PREP folders daily and they should reflect where you are in your process.
The main goal right now is to write. You should be actively constructing your introduction. We will peer edit these next week on Thursday. Be ready with a working draft.
Hello everyone!
Thank you for being courteous and cooperative as I filmed for my portfolio today. I also hope we got a great review of AP style question traps while also analyzing Rich's poem "Diving into the Wreck." Always keep in mind about the theme of identity when we continue to read her and other poems in this unit.
Homework:
1. Read Sylvia Plath's "Spinster" (987)
2. Read Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" (706)
Compare and contrast their writing styles and themes!
See you on Friday!
AP Research
Today in class we watched our third POD presentation. Hopefully my opening comment of "lots of little mistakes" made sense as we discussed scoring and applied the rubric to this POD. We've finished watching for now, there will be another round in April as we prepare our own PODs.
Remember our discussion today on PREP folders. They are useful. They are needed. They are important. You should be working on updating your PREP folders daily and they should reflect where you are in your process.
The main goal right now is to write. You should be actively constructing your introduction. We will peer edit these next week on Thursday. Be ready with a working draft.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Homework for A-Day: 7 January 2020
AP Research
Today in class we watched our third POD presentation. Hopefully my opening comment of "lots of little mistakes" made sense as we discussed scoring and applied the rubric to this POD. We've finished watching for now, there will be another round in April as we prepare our own PODs.
Remember our discussion today on PREP folders. They are useful. They are needed. They are important. You should be working on updating your PREP folders daily and they should reflect where you are in your process. If you don't understand what you need to do before the second check, let's be sure to talk on Thursday.
The main goal right now is to write. You should be actively constructing your introduction. We will peer edit these next week on Wednesday. Be ready with a working draft.
Russian I
Good work today reviewing our key cases - nominative, accusative, genitive, and prepositional. It's a good time for us to review since the grammar section of the last quiz was a very difficult section for all of us. I hope that as you reflected on your work on the quiz you were able to see your mistakes and correct them.
From there we went on to our projects about ourselves. Remember that for this project you should write an answer for each question and pair that with a sentence. This is a great way for us to review our cases and learn them. I gave you some additional exercises on accusative and genitive to help you.
Don't forget to review the information on Olympiada so that I can register you. It's a fun day!
Advanced Russian
Today was a day for reviewing before our big exam next week on Monday. Russian II students presented their work and shared new words with us as we dealt a bit more with aspect. Then we worked with our particular grammar topics related to counting, numbers, aspect, time expressions, and verbal adverbs. Use these exercises to continue to prepare for your unit examination.
Next class we'll have our numbers reassessment and have some final practice work before the examination. Be ready with exercises complete to show if asked. There's also the Olympiada materials below. Take a look at the requirements for competition and let me know on Thursday if you plan to compete.
Today in class we watched our third POD presentation. Hopefully my opening comment of "lots of little mistakes" made sense as we discussed scoring and applied the rubric to this POD. We've finished watching for now, there will be another round in April as we prepare our own PODs.
Remember our discussion today on PREP folders. They are useful. They are needed. They are important. You should be working on updating your PREP folders daily and they should reflect where you are in your process. If you don't understand what you need to do before the second check, let's be sure to talk on Thursday.
The main goal right now is to write. You should be actively constructing your introduction. We will peer edit these next week on Wednesday. Be ready with a working draft.
Russian I
Good work today reviewing our key cases - nominative, accusative, genitive, and prepositional. It's a good time for us to review since the grammar section of the last quiz was a very difficult section for all of us. I hope that as you reflected on your work on the quiz you were able to see your mistakes and correct them.
From there we went on to our projects about ourselves. Remember that for this project you should write an answer for each question and pair that with a sentence. This is a great way for us to review our cases and learn them. I gave you some additional exercises on accusative and genitive to help you.
Don't forget to review the information on Olympiada so that I can register you. It's a fun day!
Advanced Russian
Today was a day for reviewing before our big exam next week on Monday. Russian II students presented their work and shared new words with us as we dealt a bit more with aspect. Then we worked with our particular grammar topics related to counting, numbers, aspect, time expressions, and verbal adverbs. Use these exercises to continue to prepare for your unit examination.
Next class we'll have our numbers reassessment and have some final practice work before the examination. Be ready with exercises complete to show if asked. There's also the Olympiada materials below. Take a look at the requirements for competition and let me know on Thursday if you plan to compete.
Monday, January 6, 2020
We're Back! 6 January 2020 - B Day
So good to see all of you and your beautiful faces! Remember that the year is going to be moving really fast as we go to our next big checkpoint - AP Examinations. Stay on your work and keep meeting your goals.
AP Literature
Hey everyone! Thank you for contributing great insights about Plath's "Metaphors." I am so impressed that we understood her overall message when reading the poem for the first time. I would encourage everyone to look at some of Plath's other poems!
Make sure that we study the TPCASTT process and how to apply it to a given poem.
If you want to practice TPCASTT for the quiz on Wednesday, I would apply it to Adrienne Rich's poem, "Miracle Ice Cream."
Also, don't forget that your poet projects are due next Tuesday! This is a hard and fast deadline!
AP Research
Great work today and so good to see all of you! Remember that there's a lot for us to accomplish moving forward and that class is going to start moving in a lot of different directions as we work to collect and analyze our data. Work with each other. Help each other. Reach out to me when you need me.
Remember to fill out our checkpoint for today's PREPTime. Additionally, we have a writing goal coming up. You should be writing! Put things together. Use your templates.
Reach out with any questions you may have. Your final PREPCheck will be at the end of the quarter and will count double. I'll be checking the same folders, you'll just be adding two more reflections for this week and next.
AP Literature
Hey everyone! Thank you for contributing great insights about Plath's "Metaphors." I am so impressed that we understood her overall message when reading the poem for the first time. I would encourage everyone to look at some of Plath's other poems!
Make sure that we study the TPCASTT process and how to apply it to a given poem.
If you want to practice TPCASTT for the quiz on Wednesday, I would apply it to Adrienne Rich's poem, "Miracle Ice Cream."
Also, don't forget that your poet projects are due next Tuesday! This is a hard and fast deadline!
AP Research
Great work today and so good to see all of you! Remember that there's a lot for us to accomplish moving forward and that class is going to start moving in a lot of different directions as we work to collect and analyze our data. Work with each other. Help each other. Reach out to me when you need me.
Remember to fill out our checkpoint for today's PREPTime. Additionally, we have a writing goal coming up. You should be writing! Put things together. Use your templates.
Reach out with any questions you may have. Your final PREPCheck will be at the end of the quarter and will count double. I'll be checking the same folders, you'll just be adding two more reflections for this week and next.
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