Begin discussing chapter 25. Focus on treatment of Native Americans and the Indian Wars, life for settlers, miners, and cowboys. Begin discussing assimilation.
Assignment
Quizzes 16-18
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Good session. Jess is averaging more like 85% on the quizzes last night. Logical improvement given how recently we reviewed the material.
Continue review of chapter 24. Discuss effects of industrialization on lower class and immigrants, discuss beginning of unions and the effects of trusts on business.
Assignment
Quizzes 6-10
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jess did well on the online quizzes last night, scoring on average 80% or better without referring to her notes. Good Job.
Discuss "The Declaration of Independence," and "The Second Inaugural Address"
Lesson Outline
1)Discuss Responses to "The Declaration of Independence": What is Jefferson's argument? What rhetorical strategies does he use to get us there? Qualify Jefferson's essay: do you agree or disagree with his position? Why or why not?
2)Discuss Responses to "The Second Inaugural Address." What is different about this audience four years after the Civil War? How does Lincoln simultaneously remain firm and yet sympathetic here?
Assignment
Read "The Death of the Moth," and "Once More to the Lake."
Discuss "Madame Sevigne" essay and Diction Strategies
Lesson Outline
1)Read and Discuss "Madame Sevigne" essay. What is the purpose of this essay? How does the author treat the subject of this essay? Is this an objective or subjective account? How can you tell?
2)How does Diction factor into the author's point of view, and help us to discern the meaning the author wishes to convey?
Assignment
Read "The Declaration of Independence," "A Modest Proposal" write down three rhetorical strategies that each author uses
outline and discuss the formation of prostaglandin hormones and the action of COX enzyme on their production.
Discuss the function and effects prostaglandins have on the bodies physiology- especially on inflammation, pain, digestion, muscle contraction.
outline and discuss the action of analgesics in relationship to prostaglandin inhibition
Discuss hw questions and a few review questions at the end of the chapter
Assignment
n/a
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Good discussion regarding answers to the review questions and the hw questions. Jessie was familiar with some terms, like NSAIDs because they are used in treating horses. Hopefully the discussion better clarified their actions on the physiology of the animals.
Finished the chapter and will begin a new discussion on Mon
We reviewed the whole notion of partitioning plane areas into smaller, simpler areas and summing them to find the total area of the plane area. We reviewed the area under a curve as a limit of a Riemann sum and then jumped to areas under a curve as definite integrals and worked several problems with that concept.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jess's attitude is fine. She is in the apartment (with Amanda) in Ocala. Calculus-wise, today's material was a lot less abstract and I think her comfort level returned to its previous highs. ;-)
We reviewed upper and lower sums, the Riemann Sum and eased out way into the definite integral as the limit of a Riemann sum as the number of partitions approaches infinity.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
This material is admittedly quite abstract. At one point, I asked Jess if she was bleeding from the eyes and she said, "Not yet." A few minutes later, she told me that she had indeed started bleeding from the eyes. I promised her that the material would become more concrete and less abstract and she promised to hang in there. I'm confident that she will and we'll get through this together.
