Jessica and I discussed the event sequence in Act III of The Crucible, noting the ways in which marriage acts as a reflection of morality/individual personalities. Additionally, we did a mini writing workshop where we expliced a quote from the play to practice breaking down and explaining quotes in parts.
Assignment
Break down your own quote in The Crucible
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jessica was feeling much better this morning than she was yesterday.
Discuss the importance of water in living organisms- as a solvent, lubricant and temperature modifier.
list compartments which contain water- intracellular and extracellular
Assignment
complete test and fax back
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Completed about 85% due to call being dropped twice.
We worked together through another position-velocity problem involving a high diver. Then we went to textbook problems involving finding derivatives of increasingly complex functions.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jessica's attitude is great, although I was unable to talk her into characterizing the problem-solving as "fun." Her grasp of the material is excellent.
We reviewed techniques of finding derivatives of functions and we explored several example problems, including a gravity problem in which we looked at the relationship between position function, velocity function and acceleration.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jessica's attitude is great. Here grasp of the material is excellent.
Jessica and I discussed the new characters/themes presented in Act III of The Crucible. We also talked about the historical relevancy of the work, noting the ways that "witchery" is interchangeable with "terrorism" in the 21st Century.
