During today's session, we noted how Carson's conclusion to his essay on hate speech diverted from his original thesis. As a review of cited evidence often leads the writer to a conclusion that differs from the original idea, we discussed how to revise a thesis statement based on the evidence. Carson then rewrote his thesis statement to align with his conclusion.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Carson planned to be online but his computer was not working. He tried to connect on his phone but I was not able to hear him notwithstanding that my mic was not muted or otherwise inoperable. In any event, I had to end class early as it was impossible to continue given the technological issues. Carson also will be absent (not even online) on Monday.
Today Carson and I met on Teams. We covered a lot of content and Carson did a great job. We discussed polynomials and how to classify them by degree (constant, linear, quadratic, cubic, etc.) and number of terms (monomial, binomial, trinomial, etc.). Carson and I did an activity where I showed him an example of each type and then labeled it with the correct classification. Then I gave Carson problems to practice on his own. We discussed how to put the polynomials in standard form first, then choose the highest degree we see with the number of terms to classify. Next we discussed how to add and subtract polynomials. We discussed the importance of combining like terms and distributing the negative when appropriate.
