Georgia Long
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Final Review for Exam, Finish The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Lesson Outline
1) Quiz Questions/final review for Final Exam next week.
2) Finish reading and discussing The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Lesson Outline
Georgia completed worksheets on adding and subtracting mixed numbers.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Georgia did very well adding mixed numbers but made several errors subtracting mixed numbers.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Multiplying Binomials: Special Cases
Lesson Outline
1. Perfect square trinomials (squaring a binomial); 2. Difference of squares.
Georgia will be able to multiply binomials that meet the requirements for the special cases by using these rules.
Assignment
section 9.4
Session Minutes
105
Minutes Student Attended
105
Lesson Comments
Georgia did well.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Right Triangle Similarity
Lesson Outline
Georgia will be able to find sides of triangles using the right triangle similarity theorems.
Assignment
9.1 (in class)
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Georgia struggled a little bit with the concepts (mostly remembering them), but she participated in class and worked on her assignment.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Review for the Final Exam, Read pgs. 290-310 of Oscar Wao
Lesson Outline
1) Georgia continues working on her final exam review sheet.
2) Georgia and I read pgs. 290-311 of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
3) Georgia writes a summary of these pages.
4) Discussion Questions: What does Oscar see before the men take him into the canefield? What is the "man with no face" a symbol of? Who, in your opinion, do you think is the unrecognizable person that is watching the men beat Oscar? Why?
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Multiplying Binomials
Lesson Outline
Georgia will be able to 1) multiply binomials using the FOIL method; 2) multiply a binomial by a trinomial
Assignment
section 9.3 (in class)
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Georgia did well today. I explained the lesson and she completed the majority of the assignment (she has about 3 problems to complete tomorrow).
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Similar Right Triangles
Lesson Outline
Georgia will be able to use theorems 9.2 and 9.3 to find sides of triangles.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Georgia did well this morning. This concept was a little bit tough but she will get it with practice.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Reality Lab Project
Lesson Outline
Continue project - today give specifics for buying a car. Cost of car plus sales tax (1.065 x cost of car) is amount to borrow from bank. Use the following information to determine the cost of insurance per month.
Year Type of Car - Standard Sports SUV
1960-1989 $150.00 $200.00 $175.00
1990-1999 $175.00 $250.00 $200.00
2000-New $200.00 $275.00 $230.00

Cost of gas per week - standard car $40.00 - sports car $50.00 - SUV $70.00.
All of the above will determine your total car expenses for a month.
Assignment
Continue with project
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Georgia is working well. She is checking about jobs and apartments - very interesting.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
The Turmoil of the '60's
Lesson Outline
-Review main points :Changes and Possible causes
-The '60's:
.protests
.significant events: assassinations
.youth culture: the hippie movement
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Another good session. Georgia was especially interested in the hippie movement. I shared the real biography of my brother's activity from Harvard to Woodstock to the communes of the West.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Changes in the U.S. 1950-70
Lesson Outline
-Review terms, etc. from yesterday's assignment.
-Discuss:
What changes in the economy of the U.S.?
What changes in technolgy?
What changes in society?
.Civil Rights
.Values
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Another good session. Georgia responded very well to the discussion questions and offered some excellent insights to the issues.