Continue and complete the effect which environmental factors play on the growth and development of plant structures. Concentrate on light and temperature factors. Discuss which hormones play a role in the positive and negative responses on growth. Discuss the effect of phototropism on growth, and why the stems will point in a direction toward the light, based on auxin concentration.

Additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying Radicals. Various additional practice examples with rationalizing the denominator with pure numbers without variables. Teacher -created practice problems. During today's session with additional practice with Rationalizing the Denominator and Simplifying, Aiden benefited immensely from the additional practice exercises.

Aiden has been practicing drawing hands from life by observing and drawing his hand in various poses.

We reviewed and revised Aiden's essay on "Metamorphosis . I initially discussed the elements of irony and existentialism and explained why the essay did not accurately analyze these elements. We further addressed comma splices and run -on sentences. Aiden then revised his discussion of irony and corrected the grammar issues. Last, we examined the multiple choice questions and the theme of alienation and isolation as differentiated from family friction .

The student answered the comprehension questions from the passage studied in the previous class. Using his notes for support, the student responded to the questions orally and explained his answers. The teacher provided guidance when needed and encouraged the student to use complete sentences while speaking.

Rationalizing the Denominator with Variables. Worksheet practice problems. Video on Algebra connections to the Real World. During today's session on Rationalizing the Denominator and Algebra connections to the Real World, Aiden was very attentive and engaged in these key topics.

Post World War 1 state of the world: Creation of new countries resulting from Treaty of Versailles: Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and later Turkey. Self-determination policies and the economic/political changes in Germany. Collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Use of Propaganda to promote World War 1, denigrate the enemy, and enlist new soldiers. During today's session, Aiden had a strong comprehension of the major Post-World War 1 changes with new countries and the economic/political challenges of a defeated Germany.

Define and discuss in detail the 3 common tropisms which affect plant growth. Phototropism, the effect of light,
Gravitropism, the effect of gravity, and thigmotropism, the effect of touch. introduce the response to season changes in short day plants and long day plants. Define photoperiod and the effect on plants. Introduce the photochrome pigment which activates a number of signal pathways within the cell.

Rationalizing the Denominator practice: Various problems with numbers only, advanced Rationalizing with Variables. Handout worksheet problems to simplify Radicals. Today's session with Aiden was a necessary and highly beneficial additional practice with a relatively complex method of Rationalizing Radical expressions.

The teacher presented the reading passage to the student. The student first skimmed the passage by looking at the title and the pictures. Then, the student read the passage and paused after each section so the teacher could ask comprehension questions about the text.