Vlad and I worked for two hours (1) editing his draft, (2) researching additional commentaries written by art critics, (3) rewiting his introductory paragraph, and (4) discussiing where in his essay Vlad might think of inserting reproductions of the two paintings he's comparing.
Assignment
Vlad to find the fourth and last art critic's quote, add a concluding paragraph, and look for any format problems that are stil limgering.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Vlad is learning the in's and out's of writing a research paper. I am a bit surprised that he is basically unfamiliar with writing research papers, using block quoting, and setting up a Works Cited page. Though his learning curve is steep, Vlad keeps pushing himself to get the job done right. I admire that.
Outline the stages of infection which occur at the cellular level due to viruses. How the host cell becomes damages or killed. List some common virus infections over the past few years. List the classification of viral infection and discuss each in full. Talk about viral latency and ow it may cause reinfection years later.
Vlad and I had to move his paper forward. He made no progress since our last class. We started with his own three paragraphs analyzing Rembrandt's painting "The Anatomy Lesson." He has a block quote from one art critic. That paragraph we had to set up using the three parts of The Sandwich. We then discussed Joseph Wright's painting "Experiment of a Bird in an Air Pump." It took time to analyze all the people in the painting for the suggestiveness of their faces and body language, but we got three paragraphs written analyzing Wright's painting. Did a lot of mechanical editing along the way. Vlad for Wednesday is to add: Title, introductory paragraph, three block quotes from art critics, and end with a concluding paragraph.
Assignment
Vlad to complete his essay by Wednesday's class.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
We lost time over vacation, but Vlad seems to be back on track after today's lesson. Vlad needs to keep up the pace to complete the syllabus by the end of the semester.
Introduction to microbiology... Definitions of microbes, microbiology, the size, shape, appearance, and place in the environment. Difference between normal flora and infectious microbes.Explanations and examples of the terms disease, pathogens,and parasites. Pathways to infection including the skin, body fluids, airborne particles, fecal contact and contact with surfaces. Pathogens can be either viruses, bacterial, fungi, protozoa or worms. The general anatomy and physiology of a virus was introduced.
In this activity, Vlad and I looked at the relationship between a function and its derivative. It is very important to see that a function can be worked with just knowing the derivative and a derivative can be worked with knowing the function. Many questions on the AP exam are dependent on this relationship.
In this activity, Vlad has completed 80% of the AP practice exam. When he completes this exam we are going to alternate between final exams from various universities and another AP practice exam.
