After we reviewed techniques and elements that can be included in a conclusion to an essay,Carson completed his essay on hate speech by writing a final paragraph. He did very well in recognizing how to use rhetorical questions, a call to action, and a provocative thought or image to conclude his essay. After he completed his work, we edited his work to address pronoun agreement, superfluous words and a run-on sentence. Carson quickly recognized how to address these style and grammar issues. Last, we reviewed Carson's homework answers analyzing the use of evidence in an argumentative essay in the Lit book.Again,his work was very good.
Today Carson and I met on Teams. We have been working with linear equations lately. Today I wanted to show Carson how linear equations could be used in real world applications. We worked on problems like "You deposit $100 into an account. Each week you deposit $5 more. How many weeks will it take to have $310 in your account?" Carson is good at solving these problems, but he has difficultly setting up the equation. We discussed dependent and independent variables. In this case the amount of money (in dollars) depends on the amount of time (in weeks). We discussed rates of change. In this case, the rate is $5 per week. We set up the equation y=5x+100 where y represents dollars and x represents weeks. To answer the question, we substituted y=310 and used inverse operations to solve for x. We practiced multiple problems of this nature, emphasizing dependent and independent variables.
Carson completed the lab "Paper Pick Up" which experimented with changing the strength of a static electric charge of a glass rod. He recorded his data in a table and answered the follow-up questions.
Carson and I worked on plotting and finding the equation of a line. We reviewed the point-slope and slope-intercept forms of a linear equation. Then we used the slope formula to find the equation of a line.
Today he worked on a paragraph about his day yesterday. He worked on writing a daily routine in the past tense in Spanish. After that, he conjugated the verbs IR and COMER in the past tense.
