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.
Friday, January 17, 2020
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.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Final Day! 20 December 2019 - A Day
That'll do it, y'all! I hope that you all had a wonderful last day of school for the year today. Remember to rest, relax, and recharge. When we come back it's a pretty quick march forward into summer (I know that sounds crazy, but trust me, it's going to fly by!)
AP Research
Off we go to Winter Break! Today we watched at POD on American Anti-Semitism and discussed the ways in which the rubric is applied to this particular presentation. This presentation allows us to see another approach to the structure of the slides and presentation, as a whole. Remember that there are positives and negatives in each presentation that we watch - it's important to view these as a guide for your own future work and decisions.
Over the break you should be working through your process. If you are able to collect data - move forward into that, so that you are able to spend January analyzing and drawing connections. If you aren't able to, find your participants - make your groups - make your hypothesis - WRITE YOUR STUFF!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Russian Classes (Russian I and Advanced Russian)
I hope that you all appreciated the New Year celebrations in class today. We did things that Russians do for New Year - and that was the point as we engaged in cultural practices today. Over the break there is no homework assigned, but you should spend some time each day with Russian. If you're preparing for an exam or reassessment, great. If you're studying vocabulary, fantastic! Be sure to spend a bit of time each day on Russian so that you are building up and not tearing down. С новым годом студенты!
AP Research
Off we go to Winter Break! Today we watched at POD on American Anti-Semitism and discussed the ways in which the rubric is applied to this particular presentation. This presentation allows us to see another approach to the structure of the slides and presentation, as a whole. Remember that there are positives and negatives in each presentation that we watch - it's important to view these as a guide for your own future work and decisions.
Over the break you should be working through your process. If you are able to collect data - move forward into that, so that you are able to spend January analyzing and drawing connections. If you aren't able to, find your participants - make your groups - make your hypothesis - WRITE YOUR STUFF!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Russian Classes (Russian I and Advanced Russian)
I hope that you all appreciated the New Year celebrations in class today. We did things that Russians do for New Year - and that was the point as we engaged in cultural practices today. Over the break there is no homework assigned, but you should spend some time each day with Russian. If you're preparing for an exam or reassessment, great. If you're studying vocabulary, fantastic! Be sure to spend a bit of time each day on Russian so that you are building up and not tearing down. С новым годом студенты!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 19 December
It's the final B-Day of the year and of the decade! It's crazy to think that for the past decade I've been teaching here at Jordan. It's been great! I hope that all of you have a wonderful Winter Break! Celebrate, relax, have fun, and hope for snow - I certainly miss snowy winters.
AP Literature
There's no homework assigned over break. I would highly suggest working a bit on your poetry projects - especially around the memorization. There are plenty of ways to do this; I always write the poem a lot and then listen to it a lot. That's how my memory works.
When we return from break we're going to finish our poetry unit pretty quickly. We will also move into Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I prefer the Folger edition for the notes more than any other if you're looking to purchase a copy over break (or ask Hanukkah Harry for one).
See you in 2020!
AP Research
Today was our workday to end the year. I hope that all of you were able to get a lot of things done as we move through our goals and toward Winter Break. Remember that over the break you should be focused on your tasks - build a bit of time each day to work on your QUEST. This is a great time to write and collect data. Get started to make the future easier for you.
I'll be checking your PREP folders on Monday, December 23rd. Refer to the slides below for the eight elements that I'll be checking. Some elements are for completion but some, like your reflections, will be graded for quality as well as completion.
Enjoy the break! I can't wait to see what you discover in 2020!
AP Literature
There's no homework assigned over break. I would highly suggest working a bit on your poetry projects - especially around the memorization. There are plenty of ways to do this; I always write the poem a lot and then listen to it a lot. That's how my memory works.
When we return from break we're going to finish our poetry unit pretty quickly. We will also move into Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I prefer the Folger edition for the notes more than any other if you're looking to purchase a copy over break (or ask Hanukkah Harry for one).
See you in 2020!
AP Research
Today was our workday to end the year. I hope that all of you were able to get a lot of things done as we move through our goals and toward Winter Break. Remember that over the break you should be focused on your tasks - build a bit of time each day to work on your QUEST. This is a great time to write and collect data. Get started to make the future easier for you.
I'll be checking your PREP folders on Monday, December 23rd. Refer to the slides below for the eight elements that I'll be checking. Some elements are for completion but some, like your reflections, will be graded for quality as well as completion.
Enjoy the break! I can't wait to see what you discover in 2020!
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Homework for A-Day: Wednesday the 18th
AP Research
Today was a workday and it looks like we're being pretty productive in the room. Remember that I'll be checking your PREP folders over break for eight folders. You're getting eighty points on this assignment, ten points for each folder. I'm looking for completion in this assignment, and I'll be reading some elements (like your reflections).
Next class is another POD and then our final workshop of the year! Make it a great last day!
Russian I
Today in class we learned how to make sentences talking about what we have and what we don't have - all focused on using Genitive Case. I was happy to see that so many of you were engaged in working and writing today during our workshop.
Next class we have a quick quiz on vocabulary and cases. Be sure that you've studied your four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, and prepositional). Know their jobs. Know what they do to words. Also know your Chapter 1 Verbs - There's a vocabulary section too! After our quiz it's going to be movie time; bring snacks for the group if you'd like.
Advanced Russian
Today we went over the skills that you'll find on your unit exams, which you can consider your New Year's gift from me. Remember Russian III and IV, you'll see some of the preliminary skills from Russian II since we're all in this together. After that we split off into groups to review through our exercises, study vocabulary, and Russian IV learned how to form verbal adverbs (what fun!).
Friday is for celebrating the New Year! We'll sing, cook, and finish our presentations. Remember that you can bring extra food or snacks, but I'll be teaching some Russian recipes for you too.
There are plenty of exercises in the textbook to help you review your skills. We'll take a look at them after break to spot check and help each other out.
Today was a workday and it looks like we're being pretty productive in the room. Remember that I'll be checking your PREP folders over break for eight folders. You're getting eighty points on this assignment, ten points for each folder. I'm looking for completion in this assignment, and I'll be reading some elements (like your reflections).
Next class is another POD and then our final workshop of the year! Make it a great last day!
Russian I
Today in class we learned how to make sentences talking about what we have and what we don't have - all focused on using Genitive Case. I was happy to see that so many of you were engaged in working and writing today during our workshop.
Next class we have a quick quiz on vocabulary and cases. Be sure that you've studied your four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, and prepositional). Know their jobs. Know what they do to words. Also know your Chapter 1 Verbs - There's a vocabulary section too! After our quiz it's going to be movie time; bring snacks for the group if you'd like.
Advanced Russian
Today we went over the skills that you'll find on your unit exams, which you can consider your New Year's gift from me. Remember Russian III and IV, you'll see some of the preliminary skills from Russian II since we're all in this together. After that we split off into groups to review through our exercises, study vocabulary, and Russian IV learned how to form verbal adverbs (what fun!).
Friday is for celebrating the New Year! We'll sing, cook, and finish our presentations. Remember that you can bring extra food or snacks, but I'll be teaching some Russian recipes for you too.
There are plenty of exercises in the textbook to help you review your skills. We'll take a look at them after break to spot check and help each other out.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 17 December 2019
AP Literature
Great day in AP English Lit today as we worked through Langston Hughes and three of his poems. I appreciated our discussion at the end of class about memory and identity. These will be some of our significant themes and topics as we keep moving through the unit.
For tonight please be sure that you read Countee Cullen's "Incident" and "Yet I Do Marvel". Apply TPCASTT to these poems as you read to practice with our analysis technique. It's also a good night to do some research related to your poetry projects. Pick a poet, pick a poem. Remember that you can pick a singer if you would like.
If you have questions, let us know! Also remember that any missing assignments should be made up before we leave for break.
AP Research
Today in class we had our first POD viewing session - Big Hero 6 and Cultural Hybridization. I think that watching the POD helps to really demystify the experience and the task that we have ahead of us.
On Google Classroom I posted the slides for today's class. The most important slide is probably the final slide where I outline what I'll be looking for in your PREP folders. Be sure that if you have any edits for your project that you have made them. Thursday will be a day for working. Be prepared!
Great day in AP English Lit today as we worked through Langston Hughes and three of his poems. I appreciated our discussion at the end of class about memory and identity. These will be some of our significant themes and topics as we keep moving through the unit.
For tonight please be sure that you read Countee Cullen's "Incident" and "Yet I Do Marvel". Apply TPCASTT to these poems as you read to practice with our analysis technique. It's also a good night to do some research related to your poetry projects. Pick a poet, pick a poem. Remember that you can pick a singer if you would like.
If you have questions, let us know! Also remember that any missing assignments should be made up before we leave for break.
AP Research
Today in class we had our first POD viewing session - Big Hero 6 and Cultural Hybridization. I think that watching the POD helps to really demystify the experience and the task that we have ahead of us.
On Google Classroom I posted the slides for today's class. The most important slide is probably the final slide where I outline what I'll be looking for in your PREP folders. Be sure that if you have any edits for your project that you have made them. Thursday will be a day for working. Be prepared!
Monday, December 16, 2019
Homework for A-Day - 16 December
It's the last week of school this decade! Be sure that you're completing your major milestones so that your break can be restful and relaxing!
AP Research
Today in class we had our first POD viewing session - Big Hero 6 and Cultural Hybridization. I think that watching the POD helps to really demystify the experience and the task that we have ahead of us. With the fire drill, we didn't have enough time for individual work, but that will find us on Wednesday.
On Google Classroom I posted the slides for today's class. The most important slide is probably the final slide where I outline what I'll be looking for in your PREP folders. Be sure that if you have any edits for your project that you have made them. Wednesday will be a day for working. Be prepared!
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of case review today in order to understand how the cases are used and how to change words to show the cases.
Be sure that this week you are working to complete your work related to learning the cases. You'll have a small quiz on these on Friday. There's also always vocabulary to study and review. There are also exercises to help you with your studying. Remember that you can't do all of the second exercise - avoid talking about playing!
Advanced Russian
Today was a class for reviewing key grammar and vocabulary skills related to our most recent quiz. I hope that the review of the topics was helpful, the notes are posted. Remember that if you need additional support you can make quiz corrections and also check the exercises that you were given today.
Tonight focus on completing your projects and having them submitted before Wednesday's presentations. Russian III and IV only have FIVE MINUTES to present. You have your rubric, be sure to be prepared.
Friday is our New Year celebration! Be ready to have some fun and bring snacks if you'd like.
AP Research
Today in class we had our first POD viewing session - Big Hero 6 and Cultural Hybridization. I think that watching the POD helps to really demystify the experience and the task that we have ahead of us. With the fire drill, we didn't have enough time for individual work, but that will find us on Wednesday.
On Google Classroom I posted the slides for today's class. The most important slide is probably the final slide where I outline what I'll be looking for in your PREP folders. Be sure that if you have any edits for your project that you have made them. Wednesday will be a day for working. Be prepared!
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of case review today in order to understand how the cases are used and how to change words to show the cases.
Be sure that this week you are working to complete your work related to learning the cases. You'll have a small quiz on these on Friday. There's also always vocabulary to study and review. There are also exercises to help you with your studying. Remember that you can't do all of the second exercise - avoid talking about playing!
Advanced Russian
Today was a class for reviewing key grammar and vocabulary skills related to our most recent quiz. I hope that the review of the topics was helpful, the notes are posted. Remember that if you need additional support you can make quiz corrections and also check the exercises that you were given today.
Tonight focus on completing your projects and having them submitted before Wednesday's presentations. Russian III and IV only have FIVE MINUTES to present. You have your rubric, be sure to be prepared.
Friday is our New Year celebration! Be ready to have some fun and bring snacks if you'd like.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Homework for Tuesday - 12/10 - A Day
AP Research
Today was the kick off of our revision and workshop days. I saw writing, conferencing, and revising. Remember to refer to your IRB notes as you are working and charting your progress. If you're making changes, consider why you're making them and how you can communicate your intentions to your assessor.
I've posted Reflection 13 for you to complete in the Classwork Tab on Google Classroom. You'll also find today's slides as well as the Consultant Letter and Forms in electronic format. Remember that I need a form for each of your consultants before we leave for break.
Next class is a workday as well. You'll have a bit of a small task to complete in getting feedback and giving pitches if you need yourself something to do. This is a good time to check in on your PREP folders to make sure that they are ready to be checked at the end of next week.
Russian I
Today was a day for us to review what we already knew and delve a bit deeper into sentence building and cases in Russian. Today in class we learned how to create sentences with direct objects by using the accusative case or the genitive case (if we have a living male). Remember to learn the process for changing endings to use this case.
Tonight, practice this case further by completing the practice exercise number five by putting the items in parenthesis in accusative case. Use the verb in the question to start your answer. Also, there is a fill in the blanks exercise for you in your regular textbooks. Complete Exercise 8A and 8B on page 52.
Don't forget to study and review for your test reassessment. You can retake the test next week!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a quiz. I'll have these back to you on Monday to be reviewed. If you plan to reassess then you should plan to do that next week before Winter Break begins. For tonight, you should focus on your upcoming projects - the space to turn them in is below. There is also all of the information related to preparing for the Olympiada of Spoken Russian.
Outside of this, focus on your vocabulary development. Without the words, the language doesn't work. Next class is a film/culture day with Anna Karenina - I hope you'll enjoy it!
Today was the kick off of our revision and workshop days. I saw writing, conferencing, and revising. Remember to refer to your IRB notes as you are working and charting your progress. If you're making changes, consider why you're making them and how you can communicate your intentions to your assessor.
I've posted Reflection 13 for you to complete in the Classwork Tab on Google Classroom. You'll also find today's slides as well as the Consultant Letter and Forms in electronic format. Remember that I need a form for each of your consultants before we leave for break.
Next class is a workday as well. You'll have a bit of a small task to complete in getting feedback and giving pitches if you need yourself something to do. This is a good time to check in on your PREP folders to make sure that they are ready to be checked at the end of next week.
Russian I
Today was a day for us to review what we already knew and delve a bit deeper into sentence building and cases in Russian. Today in class we learned how to create sentences with direct objects by using the accusative case or the genitive case (if we have a living male). Remember to learn the process for changing endings to use this case.
Tonight, practice this case further by completing the practice exercise number five by putting the items in parenthesis in accusative case. Use the verb in the question to start your answer. Also, there is a fill in the blanks exercise for you in your regular textbooks. Complete Exercise 8A and 8B on page 52.
Don't forget to study and review for your test reassessment. You can retake the test next week!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a quiz. I'll have these back to you on Monday to be reviewed. If you plan to reassess then you should plan to do that next week before Winter Break begins. For tonight, you should focus on your upcoming projects - the space to turn them in is below. There is also all of the information related to preparing for the Olympiada of Spoken Russian.
Outside of this, focus on your vocabulary development. Without the words, the language doesn't work. Next class is a film/culture day with Anna Karenina - I hope you'll enjoy it!
Monday, December 9, 2019
Homework for B Day - 12/09 - Monday
AP Literature
We've finished with the Underground Man. We worked through the conversations between Liza and the Underground Man in order to understand the effect that he had on her and then the effect that she had on him. Understanding the changes between Parts 6 and 7 and then 9 and 10 is key to really understanding the novel.
Tonight you should prepare for your timed writing on Notes from Underground. Wednesday is a PLC day, so it gives us a good opportunity to complete a timed writing. Remember that the essay will be another Q3, so review your feedback on your first attempt and the feedback to the class before we begin.
Complete a plot card for Notes and the other major works you've read this year. It helps!
AP Research
I'm such a proud papa bear today! The major goal for the week is to apply your revisions and then keep moving forward. Some of you are ready to start collecting your participants. Some of you are really ready to get started. Some just need to do some more tweaking to move fully forward. If you were given revisions today, you can clear them with me - you do not have to resubmit to the full IRB.
Don't forget that we also have a new reflection question posted in our log. I'll be checking PREP folders over Winter Break - Do make sure that they are complete.
Lastly - here are the IRB review notes for the whole group:
1. Change definite number for surveys, etc. to “a convenient sample”
2. All parental consent forms should list the teacher (Daniel Miller) as the primary contact.
3. Student emails and contact information should not be shared. “AP Research Student”
4. How will you get your sample of students to test? How will you standardize the interview, etc. when there are multiple times?
5. Use clear operational definitions related to the study – operational words “Phone use”, “Christianity”,
6. Standardization of any study – can’t go off script when doing an interview
7. Someone should be able to come behind you and replicate your study; everything should be documented
8. Limitations – Consider these along the way to articulate at the end
9. Gender question: Male/Female/Nonbinary / Prefer not to respond
10. How are students coding research responses?
11. What is unique to your study? What data will you find that is not already published? How does your work contribute to the body of knowledge?
12. Incentives for the survey, focus groups, etc… - just to consider
Please reach out as you complete your revisions and move forward to beginning your research!
We've finished with the Underground Man. We worked through the conversations between Liza and the Underground Man in order to understand the effect that he had on her and then the effect that she had on him. Understanding the changes between Parts 6 and 7 and then 9 and 10 is key to really understanding the novel.
Tonight you should prepare for your timed writing on Notes from Underground. Wednesday is a PLC day, so it gives us a good opportunity to complete a timed writing. Remember that the essay will be another Q3, so review your feedback on your first attempt and the feedback to the class before we begin.
Complete a plot card for Notes and the other major works you've read this year. It helps!
AP Research
I'm such a proud papa bear today! The major goal for the week is to apply your revisions and then keep moving forward. Some of you are ready to start collecting your participants. Some of you are really ready to get started. Some just need to do some more tweaking to move fully forward. If you were given revisions today, you can clear them with me - you do not have to resubmit to the full IRB.
Don't forget that we also have a new reflection question posted in our log. I'll be checking PREP folders over Winter Break - Do make sure that they are complete.
Lastly - here are the IRB review notes for the whole group:
1. Change definite number for surveys, etc. to “a convenient sample”
2. All parental consent forms should list the teacher (Daniel Miller) as the primary contact.
3. Student emails and contact information should not be shared. “AP Research Student”
4. How will you get your sample of students to test? How will you standardize the interview, etc. when there are multiple times?
5. Use clear operational definitions related to the study – operational words “Phone use”, “Christianity”,
6. Standardization of any study – can’t go off script when doing an interview
7. Someone should be able to come behind you and replicate your study; everything should be documented
8. Limitations – Consider these along the way to articulate at the end
9. Gender question: Male/Female/Nonbinary / Prefer not to respond
10. How are students coding research responses?
11. What is unique to your study? What data will you find that is not already published? How does your work contribute to the body of knowledge?
12. Incentives for the survey, focus groups, etc… - just to consider
Please reach out as you complete your revisions and move forward to beginning your research!
Friday, December 6, 2019
Weekend Homework - A Day - 6 December
AP Research
I'm such a proud papa bear today! The major goal for the weekend is to apply your revisions and then keep moving forward. Some of you are ready to start collecting your participants. Some of you are really ready to get started. Some just need to do some more tweaking to move fully forward. If you were given revisions today, you can clear them with me - you do not have to resubmit to the full IRB.
Don't forget that we also have a new reflection question posted in our log. I'll be checking PREP folders over Winter Break - Do make sure that they are complete.
Lastly - here are the IRB review notes for the whole group:
1. Change definite number for surveys, etc. to “a convenient sample”
2. All parental consent forms should list the teacher (Daniel Miller) as the primary contact.
3. Student emails and contact information should not be shared. “AP Research Student”
4. How will you get your sample of students to test? How will you standardize the interview, etc. when there are multiple times?
5. Use clear operational definitions related to the study – operational words “Phone use”, “Christianity”,
6. Standardization of any study – can’t go off script when doing an interview
7. Someone should be able to come behind you and replicate your study; everything should be documented
8. Limitations – Consider these along the way to articulate at the end
9. Gender question: Male/Female/Nonbinary / Prefer not to respond
10. How are students coding research responses?
11. What is unique to your study? What data will you find that is not already published? How does your work contribute to the body of knowledge?
12. Incentives for the survey, focus groups, etc… - just to consider
Please reach out as you complete your revisions and move forward to beginning your research!
Russian I
Today we took an examination, so we don't have much work to do tonight. Keep working on studying your vocabulary, especially if that was a troublesome part for your work today in class. You'll have a chance to retake the test before we leave for break.
Tonight and over the weekend interact with Russian. Watch a Russian TV show with subtitles online. YouTube has some, but the Russian TV Channels also have a lot of stuff online. Check out 1tv.ru or ntv.ru. There's also plenty of Russian music on Spotify - listen and pay attention to lyrics! Catch the words that you can.
Advanced Russian
Today we spent most of our class speaking and listening to Russian. It's my hope that the more we speak and interact with the language that we'll get more comfortable with using Russian and get more proficient in our grammar and vocabulary skills.
This weekend you should be preparing for your grammar quizzes on Tuesday. The quiz will cover recent grammar topics like counting, making aspect choices (Russian II), using time expressions of various types (Russian III), and participle usages (Russian IV). We've reviewed plenty of vocabulary and grammar these past classes as well as the exercises related to these skills. Use what you have to prepare and ask for anything else that you may need.
I'm such a proud papa bear today! The major goal for the weekend is to apply your revisions and then keep moving forward. Some of you are ready to start collecting your participants. Some of you are really ready to get started. Some just need to do some more tweaking to move fully forward. If you were given revisions today, you can clear them with me - you do not have to resubmit to the full IRB.
Don't forget that we also have a new reflection question posted in our log. I'll be checking PREP folders over Winter Break - Do make sure that they are complete.
Lastly - here are the IRB review notes for the whole group:
1. Change definite number for surveys, etc. to “a convenient sample”
2. All parental consent forms should list the teacher (Daniel Miller) as the primary contact.
3. Student emails and contact information should not be shared. “AP Research Student”
4. How will you get your sample of students to test? How will you standardize the interview, etc. when there are multiple times?
5. Use clear operational definitions related to the study – operational words “Phone use”, “Christianity”,
6. Standardization of any study – can’t go off script when doing an interview
7. Someone should be able to come behind you and replicate your study; everything should be documented
8. Limitations – Consider these along the way to articulate at the end
9. Gender question: Male/Female/Nonbinary / Prefer not to respond
10. How are students coding research responses?
11. What is unique to your study? What data will you find that is not already published? How does your work contribute to the body of knowledge?
12. Incentives for the survey, focus groups, etc… - just to consider
Please reach out as you complete your revisions and move forward to beginning your research!
Russian I
Today we took an examination, so we don't have much work to do tonight. Keep working on studying your vocabulary, especially if that was a troublesome part for your work today in class. You'll have a chance to retake the test before we leave for break.
Tonight and over the weekend interact with Russian. Watch a Russian TV show with subtitles online. YouTube has some, but the Russian TV Channels also have a lot of stuff online. Check out 1tv.ru or ntv.ru. There's also plenty of Russian music on Spotify - listen and pay attention to lyrics! Catch the words that you can.
Advanced Russian
Today we spent most of our class speaking and listening to Russian. It's my hope that the more we speak and interact with the language that we'll get more comfortable with using Russian and get more proficient in our grammar and vocabulary skills.
This weekend you should be preparing for your grammar quizzes on Tuesday. The quiz will cover recent grammar topics like counting, making aspect choices (Russian II), using time expressions of various types (Russian III), and participle usages (Russian IV). We've reviewed plenty of vocabulary and grammar these past classes as well as the exercises related to these skills. Use what you have to prepare and ask for anything else that you may need.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
B day December 5th Homework
AP English Literature
Hello everyone! Thank you for planning great skits today! I hope you were able to get a snapshot of the Underground Man's interactions and what he was like before becoming a recluse (a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid others).
Homework:
Read the rest of the Underground Man for homework
Specifically, focus on his interactions with Liza!
What effect does she have on the Underground Man? Why?
How does he react? Why does he do this?
What’s the problem with being too conscious?
What’s your reaction to his reaction?
Also, keep updating your annotations! Character list and back cover!
AP Research
Hello fellow researchers! I appreciate that most of us were productive today.
We need to make sure that we come to class focused and ready to work!
Set goals for yourself each class so that you can stay on track.
Homework:
Have your method outlines finished for next class so that Mr. Miller can check them!
Hello everyone! Thank you for planning great skits today! I hope you were able to get a snapshot of the Underground Man's interactions and what he was like before becoming a recluse (a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid others).
Homework:
Read the rest of the Underground Man for homework
Specifically, focus on his interactions with Liza!
What effect does she have on the Underground Man? Why?
How does he react? Why does he do this?
What’s the problem with being too conscious?
What’s your reaction to his reaction?
Also, keep updating your annotations! Character list and back cover!
AP Research
Hello fellow researchers! I appreciate that most of us were productive today.
We need to make sure that we come to class focused and ready to work!
Set goals for yourself each class so that you can stay on track.
Homework:
Have your method outlines finished for next class so that Mr. Miller can check them!
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Homework for A Day - 4 December 2019
AP Research
Tomorrow is our next major milestone! IRB Day! I'll be meeting with the committee to review your work and get you the approval to begin your data collection and interaction with subjects. I'm excited and a bit scared for tomorrow, but I think that it'll go well. I hope to be able to give you a word on your approval or revisions at the end of the day on Thursday.
Tonight you should be writing. That's really the goal while you're waiting to hear what comes next. Next class we'll be having an AP Research lesson to help us prepare for the steps ahead. Use this time to get a handle on what you already have. Don't forget to finish your method outlines if you did not show them to me today.
Russian I
Great work today with your translations, vocabulary and grammar! I'm very impressed with what you were all able to do and produce today. Remember that we have a test on Friday on grammar and vocabulary. You'll be really successful if you study your vocabulary from Chapter 1 and the grammar skills we used in the translations.
Don't forget that you have the chance to earn a lot of extra credit with your exercise review. You have to turn it in at the beginning of class on Friday to get credit for it. I've also put our song down below so that you can keep listening. We'll practice more on Friday after the test.
Advanced Russian
Today we continued working with our vocabulary in order to be able to write a brief story. Remember that as we do this work related to vocabulary development, you have to realize that this is how you study for Russian. You have to use and do in order to really learn.
From there we had time for our projects related to culture or grammar before wrapping up our review of the various exercises we've been working on to solidify our grammar knowledge. Remember that you have a grammar quiz next week on Tuesday. To finish our preparation you'll be working on Holiday Shopping, Russian style.
Tomorrow is our next major milestone! IRB Day! I'll be meeting with the committee to review your work and get you the approval to begin your data collection and interaction with subjects. I'm excited and a bit scared for tomorrow, but I think that it'll go well. I hope to be able to give you a word on your approval or revisions at the end of the day on Thursday.
Tonight you should be writing. That's really the goal while you're waiting to hear what comes next. Next class we'll be having an AP Research lesson to help us prepare for the steps ahead. Use this time to get a handle on what you already have. Don't forget to finish your method outlines if you did not show them to me today.
Russian I
Great work today with your translations, vocabulary and grammar! I'm very impressed with what you were all able to do and produce today. Remember that we have a test on Friday on grammar and vocabulary. You'll be really successful if you study your vocabulary from Chapter 1 and the grammar skills we used in the translations.
Don't forget that you have the chance to earn a lot of extra credit with your exercise review. You have to turn it in at the beginning of class on Friday to get credit for it. I've also put our song down below so that you can keep listening. We'll practice more on Friday after the test.
Advanced Russian
Today we continued working with our vocabulary in order to be able to write a brief story. Remember that as we do this work related to vocabulary development, you have to realize that this is how you study for Russian. You have to use and do in order to really learn.
From there we had time for our projects related to culture or grammar before wrapping up our review of the various exercises we've been working on to solidify our grammar knowledge. Remember that you have a grammar quiz next week on Tuesday. To finish our preparation you'll be working on Holiday Shopping, Russian style.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Homework for B-Day - 3 December 2019
AP Literature
Lots of good thinking in class today related to thinking. I loved the takeaways that we came to related to the relationship between consciousness and awareness and the way in which the Underground Man is forming his own ideas related to these concepts. All of this is important as we move forward into Part II since this is the beginning of the novel (ironic, I know).
Tonight you're reading Part II, Chapters 1-4. Chapter 1 gives us the UM's set-up of the story. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 we start to meet the new characters and see how UM interacts with them. Be sure to annotate. Track the ideas from your topics and motifs list. Follow the characters and develop your character list.
There's a chance of a reading quiz on Thursday. Also be sure that everything that you need to submit is in by Wednesday so that your progress report is an accurate reflection of where you are in class.
AP Research
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Thursday, I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them. Thursday will be a workday since I'll be conducting your IRB review. Hopefully it's nothing but good news after that.
Lots of good thinking in class today related to thinking. I loved the takeaways that we came to related to the relationship between consciousness and awareness and the way in which the Underground Man is forming his own ideas related to these concepts. All of this is important as we move forward into Part II since this is the beginning of the novel (ironic, I know).
Tonight you're reading Part II, Chapters 1-4. Chapter 1 gives us the UM's set-up of the story. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 we start to meet the new characters and see how UM interacts with them. Be sure to annotate. Track the ideas from your topics and motifs list. Follow the characters and develop your character list.
There's a chance of a reading quiz on Thursday. Also be sure that everything that you need to submit is in by Wednesday so that your progress report is an accurate reflection of where you are in class.
AP Research
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Thursday, I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them. Thursday will be a workday since I'll be conducting your IRB review. Hopefully it's nothing but good news after that.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Back from Break - Homework - A Day - 2 December
AP Research
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Wednesday I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them.
Russian I
We've got an examination on Friday, so most of today's class was spent reviewing for that. I've given you all a set of exercises that review the essential skills on Friday's examination. There's going to be work with the alphabet, grammar related to gender and possession, and then conjugation of verbs (regular first and second as well as our mutants).
Use the exercises to prepare. Check them with me during lunch over the next few days to be sure you're doing it right. Remember that for every correct exercise you'll be getting part of an extra credit point.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did some independent work with vocabulary, some guided work with exercises, and then some individual or partner work related to our projects. Remember that next week on the 10th we'll have a quiz on grammar topics. On the 16th and 17th we'll present our projects.
For tonight you should continue to work with your vocabulary. Come to next class with new words in your head well enough to use them. We'll keep working with vocabulary as we start each class this month with the goal of increasing your words to increase your abilities with the language! Учите на век!
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Wednesday I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them.
Russian I
We've got an examination on Friday, so most of today's class was spent reviewing for that. I've given you all a set of exercises that review the essential skills on Friday's examination. There's going to be work with the alphabet, grammar related to gender and possession, and then conjugation of verbs (regular first and second as well as our mutants).
Use the exercises to prepare. Check them with me during lunch over the next few days to be sure you're doing it right. Remember that for every correct exercise you'll be getting part of an extra credit point.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did some independent work with vocabulary, some guided work with exercises, and then some individual or partner work related to our projects. Remember that next week on the 10th we'll have a quiz on grammar topics. On the 16th and 17th we'll present our projects.
For tonight you should continue to work with your vocabulary. Come to next class with new words in your head well enough to use them. We'll keep working with vocabulary as we start each class this month with the goal of increasing your words to increase your abilities with the language! Учите на век!
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