Discuss and explain the terms producer, consumer, autotroph, heterotroph, herbivore, carnivore,and onmivore. Introduce decomposers and explain their importance.

Discuss the sun as the source of all energy and the percentage of sunlight which reaches the Earth. Of this amount,only a small percentage is used by plants during photosynthesis, for their immediate use and storage as carbohydrate. Energy is a flow and not a cycle, like nutrients. The stored plant carbohydrates are used by animals as their source of energy. The word and chemical formula for photosynthesis was given.

We first discussed the textual evidence that Alexa had found for homework for her essay. We looked at the graphic organizer, and Alexa had filled in some of the required textual evidence that she needed to support her thesis. We continued to search for the other evidence that she needed. Once that was complete, we began drafting her first body paragraph. I reviewed the requirement for MLA citations. Alexa doesn't know how to correctly place a block quote, so I will provide information on that for our next class. Alexa is doing a good job with her literary analysis.

Alexa was absent today

Review the earlier biomes, and then discuss the grasslands, the savanna, the tropical rain forest and the desert biomes. Discuss typical plants and animals and explain how they are adapted to survive in each particular environment.

Alexa has finished reading the 400 page novel which is wonderful. We discussed in detail the ending of the book. We discussed the characters. Alexa chose her literary essay topic. I created a graphic organizer for her to begin her pre-writing for her essay. Today we created the thesis statement, and we wrote the introduction. For homework, Alexa will begin looking for the best textual evidence within the novel to support her thesis

Define and explain the areas called biomes. Discuss their locations on the planet. View a video which depicts the biomes,their flora and fauna and relationship to each other. Discuss in detail after the video, the tundra and taiga and temperate deciduous forest biome.

We continued solving right triangles directly with isosceles triangles, and also word problems with angles of elevation. Alexa is understanding better. We drew a picture of a lighthouse with an angle of depression to a boat. The lighthouse is 175 feet tall. Alexa has to find the distance from the lighthouse to the boat.

Continue in sketchbook.

Alexa and I discussed in great detail the section of the novel she had read for homework. We discussed the similarities in this novel and her last novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. The time periods are similar and so are some of the beliefs of the time. Alexa and I then answered in detail the discussion questions from which Alexa will choose her topic for her essay. The answers are serving as Alexa's pre-writing. She does a nice job answering them. Alexa will finish reading the novel for homework.