Today, Bella and I began our Hero's Journey unit, wherein we began by discussing the different types of heroes in literature and popular culture, and took notes on the types. They include the following: Classic Hero, Contemporary Hero, Anti-Hero, Tragic Hero and Byronic Hero. We also began discussing the Hero's Journey graphic organizer, beginning with the hero's departure.

Political power is when a group of people or an individual has control and influence over a nation's beliefs, actions, and behavior. This power can be legitimate power granted by the people of a nation or it can be illegitimate, where power is seized through forceful action. In order to have power, a government must have authority. Authority means that an individual or group has the right to use power by making decisions, giving orders, and demanding obedience. Political power can be held in numerous ways: Majoritarianism occurs when the majority of people in any government or organization have the last word in the decision-making process. We discussed pluralism and elitism. We also discussed that in the absence of government, there is anarchy.

Today, Bella and I began class with stretching the major muscle groups to warm up before doing light weight training of the major muscle groups. We discussed the health and mental benefits of daily exercise, and she read the introduction of the nutrition book, Let Food Be Your Medicine.

Today Bella and I got to know each other by discussing the syllabus and what we will be covering this year in English III. We talked about how we will be studying the Hero's Journey archetype, a Shakespearean play, a graphic novel, African-American literature and short stories. We will create a portfolio of all our work done in this class, to include essays, creative projects, grammar, short responses, and vocabulary. We will create a quote-book notebook for each piece of literature we study.

In today's lesson Bella learned about the scientific method, including the six steps that compose the method, what they mean and their significance, and how it is used today. We also learned about peer review and why it is important. Bella was well engaged and seemed knowledgeable in the basics of the concepts.

In our first class, Bella learned that this class will combine some of what she learned last year - mainly how the Framers of the U.S. government created our federal and local governments. We will look at the origins of U.S. govt., its functions and its contemporary function. There are many kinds of government. Some are defined by the amount of power that the leader has. A monarchy is ruled by a single leader, usually a king or emperor. A constitutional monarchy limits the power of the monarch with a constitution that protects rights of the people. A republic government is entirely composed of officials who are elected to represent the people. Governments can also be defined by the way that leaders develop power. An example would be the meritocracy, where government officials must be qualified above a certain level in order to hold offices. There are many forms of government, but all of them define the lives of the people they govern.

Today we did an activity about Latin music. We saw music videos of Spanish-speaking artists like Shakira, Bomba Estereo, and Fonseca. etc, and she completed a series of questions (Did you like the song and why? Is it good or not?), and also described each artist. With this activity, we seek to reinforce qualifying adjectives in Spanish and how to express personal preferences. At the end of this activity, she chose her favorite artist and video and wrote about it, then read it to two people and practiced pronunciation.

Today we did a review of the subjunctive. We read about New Year's traditions in Puerto Rico, and in the text, we analyzed the subjunctive. To better practice this conjugation, we completed exercises from Spanish.com.

Today we had the opportunity to practice Spanish with the workers at a car wash, she was able to practice questions about prices, products, and services. She then wrote about her experience, vocabulary learned, as well as grammar that needs to be reviewed.

Review of Alkanes and nomenclature-
Discussion of organic alcohols; their structures, uses, and nomenclature-
Present the structure of the carboxyl functional unit which specifies an organic compound as an acid.
Sketch and discuss the nomenclature of organic acids: removing the "e" from the alkane name and substituting "oic" acid.
List the first 3 alkane acids, their IPUAC names, their historical names, and their common names.
Example: Ethane becomes Ethanoic acid (IPUAC), the common name is acetic acid, and the historical name is vinegar.