Today we continued instruction on writing the body paragraphs of a literary essay as well as instruction on composing a conclusion. I discussed how to connect the second body paragraph with the earlier body paragraph and provided a model sentence using a transition phrase as well as logic. After Ben composed his second body paragraph, we discussed how to craft a thought provoking conclusion that addresses thematic issues such as what qualities give a person "value." Ben then drafted a conclusion . After we completed our first draft, I began addressing editing and rewriting , our next step. I gave Ben some comments to digest and some spelling issues to address . This evening he will rewrite the first two paragraphs per my comments .
German stereotypes of culture/people in US/Canada - Cooking project prep
Lesson Outline
Discussion following German videos with English sub-titles from "Easy German" on differences between US/Canada and Germany - and their opinions on what it's like to live in those countries. Advantages-disadvantages - stereotypes - true/false. Bullying in school - appearances - less important in Germany.
Begin brainstorming for cooking project - Schnitzel
Topic 8 Solve Problems Involving Surface Area and Volume
Lesson Outline
Topic 8-1 Find Surface Area of Three-Dimensional Figures – We learned how to determine the surface area of cylinders, cones, and spheres. We learned to draw a net for a cylinder and describe how the measures of its parts are related. We then connected it to finding the surface area of a cylinder. We examined the relationship between the surface area formulas of cones and cylinders to their corresponding nets.
Assignment: Complete assigned problems for homework.
Ben completed the lab "Power Up" which experimented with making a various simple circuits and recording the amount of light produced by a bulb in each set-up: single battery, double battery series circuit, and double battery parallel circuit. He drew diagrams of his circuits.
