6-3 Exponential Growth and Decay – We learned to construct exponential growth and decay functions given a description of a relationship. Then we recognized if a situation can be modeled with exponential growth or decay, and interpreted the parameters of the model in context. Next we became familiar with the terms compound interest, exponential growth, and growth factor.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
In today's class, we began our introduction into mutations, talking about what mutations are, how they happen and what kinds there are. We also discussed how they affect DNA and an organism as a whole.
Thanksgiving Poem, "When Giving is All We Have"; read, discuss, reflect. Then, we watched an episode of "The Office" as a holiday English special. We watched the episode where they create an advertisement for The Office... We connected this to our mini-unit on ethos pathos and logos.
Today we reviewed descriptive adjectives and then he started learning about the gender of nouns, and the difference between (el and la) in Spanish (in English, The). He completed three activities from the workbook and took an oral exam from studyspanish.com.
We watched the Dale Earnhardt Jr. interview which he really connected with. Tasked him with listening and quoting Dale on special, unique comments worthy of using in a story. Also evaluated how great answers occur: Very good questions ideally. Then onto the "Rest of the Story" We took his "Live Shot" from PGA Pine Island event and expand to 5W's, Present tense, after the conclusion of tournament. Cameron enjoyed and excelled at, attentive and engaged.
Assignment
Write now a Feature story about something at Sea Island event of special interest.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Cameron forgot his homework assignment for the 2nd consecutive session. Cameron is really enjoying this. He connects with the special engagement I have with him through common athletes mentality and what separates those who make it from those who do not. The same principles apply in athletics and life! (Nerves vs. Adrenaline ) Cameron really identified with Dale Earnhardt Jr. insights as son of star athlete. Will be interesting to see what his feature story is. I explained, like a great athlete, a great reporter must versatile. Cameron did a nice job delivering the 'Rest of the Story' with final facts. Now he must be versatile enough to see the story beyond the story at the PGA Tournament for his Feature Story. (I gave him example of who is the guy who introduces each player, their hometown, as each round begins)
6-3 Exponential Growth and Decay – We learned that an exponential growth function increases by a fixed percent and an exponential decay function decreases by a fixed percent over each interval. Next we learned that exponential growth and decay functions can be used to model many real-world situations.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.
Cameron worked on completing the following assignment: listen and follow along via comprehension questions to an episode of the Invisibilia Podcast, titled "The Secret History of Thoughts" and respond to comprehension questions on the Word document located within the assignment folder.
