Today, Zach continued working on the body of his persuasive essay. Next, we read from 1984 and Zach began outlining his next assignment: a creative writing story where he will write a diary from the perspective of one of the characters in 1984.
We spent more time on the Writing and Language section this week to review what Zach has learned and practice applying it in longer duration of testing. Zach also practiced a few reading passages this week to maintain what he has learned.
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
11:30 - 12:30; 60 min. -
Environmental Sciences:
SKYPE: Dolphin Social Structure -
Today we had a lesson on dolphin natural history in preparation for Zach’s upcoming field lab. We discussed the gender differences that are important in defining a group in the wild. We also discussed how males are required to spend more time with their mothers to learn how to be good citizens, while females work as babysitters and are exposed to these lessons during that activity. We talked about male dolphins having one male friend that is their constant companion during their lives, and the larger coalition which they join to perform group activities and female have a social group depending on the age of their youngest calf. Finally, we examined how this is helpful in determining the gender of animals in the wild.
Today Zach completed that last assignment for English 3, an essay on comedic devices used in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Next week, he will complete the final exam.
We talked about test taking strategy, went over the reference equations and facts (area and circumference of a circle, area and perimeter of a rectangle, area and perimeter of a triangle, the Pythagorean Theorem, 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 special triangles, the volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, spheres, cones, and pyramids, the number of degrees and radians in a circle, the sum of the interior angles of a triangle), the vertex form of a quadratic equation, percents, slope intercept form, point slope form, standard form of the equation of a line, systems of linear inequalities, the equation of a circle, graphing systems of linear inequalities, how to solve for the intersection of a line and a parabola, etc.
Monday, June 05, 2017
11:00 - 12:00; 60 min. -
Environmental Science:
Mark Recapture -
After reviewing the reasons for recapture studies, and the conditions that should be taken into consideration when conducting these evaluations, Zach was given the equation for estimating population size. He was given different sample data sets and challenged with finding the population estimate. We discussed how dolphin population studies would use data in this kind of evaluation, and the assumptions that should be in place to make the process valuable.
Zach continued to take his research and notes and turn them into coherent body paragraphs. We also continued to research certain subtopics of his arguments for evidence to use in his claims.
Zach and I continued to read and discuss the second part of 1984. We discussed war and how it affects society as it related to the revolutionary manifesto covered within the excerpt.
