Sophia had an essay ready to review and improve for today's session. She is very adept at word choice and audience analysis. Her ability to assess her own writing and its meaning is insightful. She struggles, however, with sentence punctuation and commas.
Review and discuss what is meant by temperature and the average kinetic energy of moleules
relate ke to temperasture.
Discuss heat, its transfer and how to define heat.
Discuss the calorie and joule as units of measure
relate the concept of speific heat and how to determine it.
Assignment
n/a
Session Minutes
165
Minutes Student Attended
165
Lesson Comments
Sophia was able to solve the end of chapter problems. Her use of reasoning, rather than just depending on a specific formula ilndicates to me a high ability for reasoning.
1st position chords Em, Bm. CM7 and DM, as usedin the song We are the People by Empire of the Sun; C Major scale as applied in Love Song by The Cure.
Lesson Outline
Continue working on We are the People and Love Song.
Assignment
Practice C Major scale and the melodies in the lead solo for Love Song
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sophia is coming along very well with her lead playing. I would like for her to pay a little more attention to her finger position when playing lead to make sure that her fingers flow over the strings better.
1st position chords Em, Bm. CM7 and DM, as usedin the song We are the People by Empire of the Sun; C Major scale as applied in Love Song by The Cure.
Lesson Outline
Review first position chords: We are the People, and Love Song.
Began using the C Major scale to play the lead guitar part for Love Song by The Cure. Work on proper fingering technique for speed and fluidity.
Assignment
Practice C Major scale and the melodies in the lead solo for Love Song
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Very productive session. Sophia is playing the lead parts with more confidence. Her technique is improving.
Using examples, determine the PE and KE of an object at different heights above the ground. Illicit that no energy is lost as the object changes distance, only converted into a different form.
begin a discussion of heat and temperature and what temp measures, the scales for measuring and difference in the scales. Define heat as the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance
Assignment
n/a
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
We were able to complete the lesson outline. Sophia was, as usual, questioning some of the concepts. Her concentration is good, even after long hours in class.
