We watched Episode 2 of the BBC "Connections" series--"Death in the Morning." It began with ancient times in Asia Minor with the people of Lydia finding and panning for gold. The increased us of the touchstone to determine what was gold and what was not led to the emergence of coins, facilitating trade. Developments in seamanship and navigation cause trade to explode. Increased travel over oceans resulted in closer examination of weather, leading to the cloud chamber. Which, in turn, led to the development of the nuclear bomb--Death in the Morning at Hiroshima on an August morning in 1945.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
This was a fair-to-good session. During the course of the 50-minute video, Hunter's attention was distracted at least a half dozen times by text messages arriving on his cell phone. I told him to lose the phone several times, to no avail. My phone rang once during the session. I ignored it. I expect similar courtesy from Hunter and all other students.
Ch. 4-1 Using Graphs to Relate Two Quantities, 4-2 Patterns and Linear Functions, 4-3 Patterns and Non-Linear Functions, and 4-4 Graphing and Function Rule.
We used the textbook to explore the further development of the Greek city-states, their expansion into Asia Minor and then their partial unification to combat the Persian Empire of Xerxes. During this period, democracy thrived.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Hunter participated fully and actively in this session.
Reading: "Saving Jews From the Nazis" and MLA Format
Lesson Outline
Today, Hunter completed a reading titled "Saving Jews From the Nazis" and answered 21 reading comprehension questions, scoring 86%. He has difficultly labeling possible main idea statements as "too broad" or "too narrow." We will continue to work on this. He also learned MLA format and made his own MLA formatted first page on Word, which he saved on his new USB Drive.
Assignment
Type up The Giver essay for Monday's class.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
He complains every single time that 75 minutes is too long for class. He's also addicted to his cell phone, and I have to ask him to put it down at least 1-2 times per class.
