Joshua worked on the teacher's assignment.

For the remainder of the school year, we will be working on the Junior Research Paper. Today, we first addressed narrowing Joshua's topic to make research more focused and practical. I then provided instruction on the MLA citation system for books, magazines, encyclopedias, and web sites. Joshua then practiced writing proper MLA citations for a Works Cited page referencing the novels we have read. Next, I discussed the need to assess a source's reliability before relying on it for the paper. We discussed methods to implement to test reliability including making sure the source is not outdated even if the source was originally deemed reliable.

Today Joshua continued the lesson we began yesterday on graphing polar functions. We use the radius and angle measure to then plot points and we see the graph it creates looks like a rose with petals. It's very neat! Today we discussed how the cosine function produces roses that start on the x-axis, and the sine function produces roses that start above the x-axis. We studied how the graphs can produce lines, circles, or roses with even/odd numbered petals. Joshua practiced graphing the functions given the equations. Then he practiced writing the equations given the graphs.

Joshua worked on government and precalculus.

We are both getting excited as we are nearing the end of the curriculum. Today we discussed graphing polar coordinates and how their shapes look like flowers. Worked with the polar functions and graphed points. We could see in the cosine function, the graph creates a circle that opens right if its positive, left if negative. For the sine graph, we could see it creates a circle that opens up if positive, down if negative. This lesson was long and we were unable to finish it today, so we will see what happens tomorrow when the circles divide to become "flowers" with multiple petals.

Joshua worked on facts about West Germany, including key cities, where they are located, what they are known for, and points of interest. Joshua viewed YouTube videos to assist him in his research (The Germans Road Trip West). He worked independently and completed the assignment. Joshua noted that the area of South Germany is his favorite part of the country as he has already studied it and identified Bavaria in particular, as he enjoys its nature and quaint villages.

As Joshua completed reading the novel and his final essay, during the first segment of the session I distributed a Robert Browning poem as an enrichment exercise. We studied Browning's use of the dramatic monologue as a poetic technique but more importantly analyzed thematic similarities between the novel and the poem, specifically a male dominated society's view of female flirtation and of socially unacceptable interaction with men. As we did in our study of the novel, we considered whether the female subject of the poem was immoral or simply misconstrued as in both cases the interpretation of their actions was fatal. During the second half of the session, I introduced our next and final unit-the Junior research paper. After I distributed a detailed description of the paper's requirements and objects, we began to read through the required steps . Joshua discussed the topic he chose: mental harm suffered by teens due to social media . We will focus tomorrow on citation format , required number of sources, and next research steps.

In today’s class, Joshua reviewed Bronsted and Lowry acids and bases. We went over what they are, how they got their name, and how they react in chemistry. We also went over the common strong acids and bases, including making flash cards and practicing them to help aid in memorization.

5 sentences - was hast du am Wochenende gemacht? Viewed short clip of Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman - Con te partiro.
Discussed video Southern Germany - Meet the Germans - Watched part 4 West Germany meet the Germans.

Today we moved into our very last PreCalc topic Polar Coordinates. Joshua took notes as I explained how to go from rectangular coordinates to Polar coordinates. We used trig ratios and the Pythagorean theorem to relate the radius measure and angles to the x and y coordinates. At first Joshua was apprehensive, we both agreed that it was too hard.