I gave Keaton a few sample tests to practice for the exam. We identified certain key terms that he was unfamiliar with and started the process of making flash cards as a study tool. Then we discussed a few of the content issues he was more unfamiliar with and I gave him a number of study resources to help him prepare for the exam.
Assignment
Review daily the practice test and the study content given today, complete your study guide
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Keaton has more trouble with multiple-choice questions than he does the free-response, so we spent most of our session on these types of questions. We hope to meet one more time this week to review again and I'm praying that he completes and studies his guide.
I reviewed the civil liberties cases that together form the incorporation doctrine that applied the bill of rights on a state by state level. He will need to use this review to help him complete his DBA on the lesson. Keaton then completed a short response quiz analyzing the history and complexity of implementing this doctrine by the Supreme Court. Next, Keaton completed a political cartoon analysis of Brown v Board of Education decision.
Assignment
Continue working and studying to prepare for the final.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Keaton has about 17 assessments left. I asked him to get his Thursday afternoon shift covered and reminded him again to work independently to get ahead of the Friday deadline.
We completed two of his quizzes for his AP Economics class covering concepts of foreign trade, balance of trade, the current account, the financial account, the relationships between the selling of goods and services and the appreciation and depreciation of currency in foreign trade.
We began by outlining the main components of chapter 16 on the Judiciary. Then Keaton completed assignment 6.02, an analysis of the nominations of three different Supreme Court Justices. Keaton then took a quiz on the Judiciary, then we reviewed chapter 5, and Keaton took a quiz on Civil Liberties.
Assignment
Do your collaborative discussion assignments.
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
We started the second part of our day after lunch, at 2pm and ended at 5pm. Keaton still needs to complete a collaborative discussion assessment with another online student, which he can do through his email. He promised to finish the rest of the assignments this week so we can prepare for his final exam.
Keaton completed multiple assignments and short quizzes within chapters 14 and 15 on The Presidency and The Bureaucracy, including 5.10 Mapping Presidential White House Structures, 5.12 The Bureaucracy about congressional oversight, and 5.13 on Iron Triangles where Keaton researched the iron triangle surrounding the defense industry. He also took two quizzes on Module 5.
Assignment
Continue to work on your assignments, and review for the upcoming Final and AP exam.
Session Minutes
210
Minutes Student Attended
210
Lesson Comments
The first part of our session went well from 10am-1:30pm. We took 30min for lunch and I will put the second part of our day in a different session.
We covered the different powers of the legislative and executive branches as delineated by the US Constitution. Then we researched and completed two related assignments.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
I urged Keaton to continue working after our session finished and pointed out that, at this point, he needs to do 6 assignments/exams a day to get through both classes.
