Samantha has begun a biography. Samantha continued translating the biography which she has written out in English. I assisted by correcting the tense of some of the verbs and helping with sentence construction.

I continued the final explanation of Geometric Series for Sam today. I reminded her of the formula for the sum of the terms for a finite and infinite Geometric Series, and of how to test for converging or diverging series. She completed exercises 1-15 odd, 33, 35, 37 on p.628. I then had her take a Practice Test on Sequences and Series. She used a sheet that summarized the various formulas she would need.

Today, Sam completed 9 exercises with the correct interrogative word (como, cual, cuando, por que, que, quien) Sam learned how to use "Me gusta, te gusta, le gusta" to talk about the activities a person likes to do. I explained some phrases to use to talk about what people like to do: nos gusta correr/ les gusta corres, me gusta correr, te gusta correr, le gusta correr. Sam completed several examples from the textbook using Gustar. Sam and I practiced speaking skills "El telefono/conversacion" We reviewed vocabulary like ( contestar, dejar un mensaje, la guia de telefono, la llamada, llamar, el mensaje, puedo hablar con? un momento por favor, Quiere dejar un mensaje.) Sam and I practiced several examples of conversation over the phone.

Today, Sam and I reviewed information about autobiographies. I prepared an activity in order to have a clear idea about this final project (Caracteristicas de una autobiografia, ejemplos de biografias, Definicion de la "Real Academia Espanola" Organizacion de ideas para escribir mi autobiografia, Personas influyentes en mi vida incluye entrevistas sobre datos del nacimiento de Sam como por ejemplo a su padre, Describir rasgos de su personalidad, Quien soy?, Mis metas y recomendaciones.Sam was able to learn about the process of writing; brainstorm ideas, write a draft, revise, edit, finalize draft, and write the final project in order to be able to write effectively and with detail about her personal history (family, friends, neighborhood), growth, and goals over time. At home Sam is going to read and take information from this activity so she can complete her autobiography. Part of her work is to read examples of published autobiographies to help understand effective writing techniques used. Then Sam will be able to complete and turn in the final autobiography this coming May 28/2019. Sam and I reviewed all the topics to study for the final test (textbook - pages 9-13-21-34-35-39-47-50-51-56-58-59-69-82-93-111-130-132-134-135-143-167-1891-182-184-195 and numbers/letters/verbs).

Sam and I revised her summative assessment for the novel. We read through her 12 entries. She only needs two more. We discussed corrections and revisions. We also talked about expanding her ideas with clarifying and supporting details. We worked on one entry together. Sam is doing a great job!

Completion of the exam. Sam was not present for the morning class.

Samantha was not present for this class.

Sam learned about different types of bonds, the Yield Curve (relationship between interest rates and length of time to maturity) and the various levels of Investment Grade and Low Quality (Junk) bonds.

Sam interpreted key sections from Tuesdays with Morrie. Then she responded to each interpretation by explaining how each one applies to real life in typed, MLA format.

We went through exercises that asked Sam to write an Arithmetic Series in Summation Notation. I showed her how to find the explicit formula for the Series.
I introduced a Geometric Series, which is the sum of terms of geometric sequence. I showed her the sum formula for finite and infinite geometric series. They converge (get closer and closer to a sum) if the absolute value of the common ratio is <1. A series diverges if the absolute value of the common ratio is >1. We can identify if an infinite geometric series converges or diverges based on the common ratio.