Event plan for Sadie and Mary's birthdays.

Watched and critiqued a student film. Learning how to critique a film.

This section covers the Multiplication Counting Principle, factorials, permutations and combinations. We completed this section.

Ashley read the article from pg. 198 in the text ""Te aburre la rutina diaria?" Had Ashley answer the comprehension questions after she read the article. Then we created a couple of questions to poll our students and teachers and write in spanish to submit to Fish Tales. The students came up with 2 questions: Cuales dibujos animados veias cuando eras nino(a)? (Which cartoons did you watch as a child?) and Cuales actividades haces despues de la escuela? (What activities do you do after school?) Students went around the school asking students and teachers and recorded responses.

Practiced their spanish presentations. They added final special effects both visual and audio to enhance their presentations.

Watched a DVD called All About Dung. It tied nicely into the topic of nutrient cycling that we have just begun to investigate. Students were exposed to the anthropological, historical, spiritual, and scientific aspects of dung.

Finish discussion on The Red Convertible.
Look at worksheets on theme, narration, point of view, voice, style, figurative language.
apply the terms above to the Red Convertible.
Compare the red convertible ot The Man to Send Rainclouds. How are they similar? What are commmon themes and symbols? Bring in the native American creation stories we studied at the beginning of the year. Are there themes in the two short stories that are also found in the creation stories? Think about what you might like to write about. We will finalize a topic/ writing assignment together as a group on Friday.

Discuss story. Ask abuot setting and characters. Ask about plot. Ask what happens in the end. Not everybody got the end. I assured students that that's what makes the story a great story. discuss vietnam war. Discuss Chippewa Indians. Locate them on a map. Ask about the drive Henry and Lyman took. Trace it on a map (huge drive--they go all the way up to Alaska.)
Discuss various aspects at length. Ashley was "on fire" She did a fantastic, wonderful job at the discussion. She carried it for the other three. I got the impression that she was the only one who truly focussed on the reading and used an analytical mind to consider it.

We used the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to solve problems. (how many possible rational roots are there, what are the total amount of roots for a polynomail, etc.)

Reviewed all the concepts we have covered since the beginning of the year and introduced the last topics to be addressed. I introduced nutrient cycling (C, N, and water). Our future emphasis will cover how these cycles have been effected by humans and the environmental rebound.