Hunter will be introduced to Marcus Lemonis and The Profit. I will have Hunter watch the first half of a video about a tiny house ceo, that created a great product but ended up needing Marcus Lemonis to step in and save his business. We will complete the video in the next session and Hunter will explain the successes and pitfalls and was the deal that the business made right or wrong and why.

I continued working with Hunter out of the Algebra 1 book (section 10-2). I showed him several examples of simplifying radicals that are being multiplied together, or are part of fractions. We cannot leave a radical sign in the denominator, so we must rationalize the denominator. I explained to him how to do that, and showed him examples. His assignment was p.623 (11-47 odd). He completed 11-27 odd, and I had to help him correct some of them. When Hunter works with me and I guide him, he does much better.

Hunter had been working on a descriptive essay about Costa Rica with Miss Kelli. She had recommended adding significant descriptive language and making edits . Apparently, Hunter was unenthusiastic about that prospect.
As such, today we read the opening paragraphs of Steinbeck's novella,The Pearl, which contains an excellent example of descriptive language. We discussed the imagery and the use of descriptive language in the passage. We then composed a sensory poem. In this exercise, the student picks a series of animate or inanimate objects that he feels resemble him in some way ( I am a ....)and then for each object lists a series of descriptive words.
Here is what we ended up with:( The subjects and adjectives selected were Hunter's)
I am a sloth
strong, lazy, and sleepy.
I am a teddy bear,
soft,scary ,but sweet.
I am a tree
tall, sharing, still.
I am a kite,
soaring in the wind.

Hunter and I discussed the fate of his descriptive essay. We took turns reading from "The Book Thief." We are almost finished!

During our first session, Hunter and I talked about purchasing health insurance, and we looked at a website that showed example plans. I explained to him what a copay is, and how the billing process works. We looked at plans that range from $150 to $300 a month, and talked about how that could fit into his budget.
We then looked at the Pythagorean Theorem for right triangles. It says that the hypotenuse squared is equal to the sum of the legs squared. Hunter used the formula to work (7-35 odd) on p. 617. He understood the concepts and got most of the exercises correct.

Hunter will create the main services page, a page that will act as a hub for all of the work that his company can provide to a potential customer. Hunter will go to Pexels.com to find stock photos that reflect particular services. Hunter will place all pictures and text for the page. Lastly, we will go over creating, adding, and placing webpage template areas. He will see how the tool helps speed up production/creation.

Hunter is learning about the the Brandenberg v. Ohio and Skokie v. Illinois cases. These cases tested the limits of the 1st Amendment and demonstrated the United States' commitment to freedom of speech.

Hunter is learning about the the Brandenberg v. Ohio and Skokie v. Illinois cases. These cases tested the limits of the 1st Amendment and demonstrated the United States' commitment to freedom of speech.

Hunter is learning about the Schenck v. United States Supreme Court case, concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
He will also begin to analyze the Brandenberg v. Ohio and Skokie v. Illinois cases.

Hunter and I watched several sessions of Khan Academy on Rational Exponents and Radicals. He did select problems from the book on p. 450 (17-25), as well as on the Khan Academy practice site. He is understanding more of how to work out the negative and fractional exponents.