Rory and I finished reading the book. We continued our study of the book. We had a good discussion regarding the author's purpose. We prepared for the final quiz tomorrow. We also discussed possibilities for our next read.
Rory reviewed the verbs "tener que" and "deber" and their uses with the infinitive form of a second verb. Rory constructed commands with these expressions in order to communicate to others. We created various scenarios that Rory was able to use the new expressions (doctor's office, classroom, and traveling on a plane).
Rory reviewed travel vocabulary and recited the words aloud. He read various ad descriptions for different trips around the world. We began to design an ad for a trip he wants to take.
Rory and I continued our study of the book. We are preparing to take the final quiz on the last section. We also had a good discussion about the differences between the author and the other
Wes. We began preparing for the creation of our Venn diagram.
Rory was instructed to go to the student website and open his page on Pusha T. He went through the page and added additional content to his page. Rory saved his work and template to be used in the next documentary page of his site.
Monday, December 9, 2019
12:30 - 1:30; 60 min. -
Environmental Science:
How wolves change a river -
Reviewing and continuing with the lesson and graph from last week, Rory and I discussed how bringing wolves to the island where deer populations had increased unchecked to the point of decimating the plant populations. We reviewed how the wolves, over time had brought the deer population into balance. I challenged Rory to surmise how other populations reacted to the wolf population. We then watched the sustainable human video on trophic cascades entitled: ‘How Wolves Change Rivers’, which describes the effect of re-introducing wolves to the Yellowstone National Park after 75 years absence. We then discussed how the deer of Yellowstone avoided areas, in which plant populations recovered in a short amount of time, bringing song birds and small mammals. As the ecosystem repaired, the plants forced the rivers to stay in a more narrow, consistent area. This made the banks deeper and more established, changing the behavior of the rivers. Ultimately the diversity of Yellowstone Park has increased with the addition of a top predator.
Rory and I summarized the book thus far. We discussed the actions of the other Wes Moore. We continued reading the novel. Rory will take the final quiz as he is almost finished with the book. We began to discuss what we will read next.
Rory reviewed Ser and Estar. We reviewed the meanings and uses. He completed sentences using the verbs and translated the sentences. He created a paragraph to explain a story using the verbs and to show the differences in uses. We conversed in Spanish using the concepts.
Rory was instructed to open the student web page, open the page editor for the Pusha T page, and begin placing all of the necessary content for the page. Rory completed the page and saved his work.
