We continued reviewing Joshua's practice exam and referenced some AP Classroom videos to prepare him for his AP exam.

Review the AP Macroeconomics Practice test and identify difficult questions and work through solutions.

Read a German news article from today on the Deutsche Welle called "Ganze Grille" about Fake News created by AI as a spoof but with a real undertone due to the allowing of crickets to be considered edible food.
Then for the second half - 5 sentences about the weekend as well as a discussion using the Future - warden - about the upcoming weekend.

Today, Joshua continued his review for his AP Pre-calculus exam on Monday. He worked through trigonometric functions (periodic functions such as sine & cosine) and their transformations

Using the finalized outline, Joshua began drafting his research paper during today's session. After I reviewed his introductory paragraphs, we discussed where and how to briefly reference in the introduction views opposing the thesis . We further noted where to include a definitional section .

In today’s class, we discussed the topic of redox reactions. Specifically, we went over what defines a redox reaction, how to identify one, and how to complete a reaction on his own. We went through several examples together before Joshua worked on some problems on his own. In these problems, he had to solve a series of mazes that only work when the correct answers are chosen throughout the way.

Joshua used class time to review notes from AP Macroeconomics. He also continued taking practice test number 3.

We first reviewed Joshua's final outline for his research paper. I provided suggestions to include in his thesis statement and suggestions to clarify issues surrounding the controversy of technology use in the classroom. Joshua's final revised outline was very well done and also the proper length . Based on some additional research, Joshua then completed additional source cards using MLA format which we discussed and reviewed. Last, we discussed how to approach the drafting of the paper using the note cards and the completed outline.

Joshua is preparing for his A.P. Pre-calc exam including limits, polynomial end behavior, and limit notation. Classifying zeros of rational polynomials as solutions, vertical asymptotes, or holes in the graph- Exponential and logarithmic functions and their inverses-

Completed the Chapter 13 Media - conjunctive test - essay question number 9.