JPaul watched a video about monetary and fiscal policy.

Today we reviewed what will be on the final exam and finished reading Ch. 14.

Today he completed a present progressive vs imperfect progressive tense comparative chart.

View first the 3 types of survivorship curves, and discuss each in terms of lifetime survival, k or r selected species, size, and number of offspring.
Introduce the Malthus hypothesis by examination of both exponential growth curves for population and arithmetic growth curves for food production. Discuss Malthus's conclusion and examine arguments disproving the die off possibility. Outline how humans can alter the carrying capacity to prevent extinction by starvation.

I provided instruction on how to use examples from fiction to support the claim in an argumentative essay. In this regard, we studied an essay of Joan Didion wherein she references characters from the novels Crime and Punishment and The Great Gatsby in order to exemplify her definition of "self respect." We noted how she integrates both quotes from the novels as well as specific examples of characters' actions to support her claim. In order to give JP some possible fictional sources to reference in his work, I I have assigned Henry James "Daisy Miller" as supplemental reading. During the second half of the session, I discussed the language and theme of the novel after which we watched a short video on James' life and on the themes of the novel.

Today, JPaul created a PowerPoint presentation that showed ten teenage changemakers, evaluating the impact and influence of selected changemakers on their respective communities or globally.

Today JPaul worked on his Assignment 5 and determined portfolio allocation for a fictitious investment company.

Today, JPaul read more of Ch. 10 and we watched a video on segregation including the historical case, Plessy v Ferguson.

JPaul and I have not seen each other consistently lately, so we have not had a proper lesson/assessment schedule. I told JPaul we need to have a Quiz before we go on Winter Break, but I was reluctant to give it to him today since we had not reviewed. He said he felt ready. He suggested he take the Quiz today. And then we can review it and he can re-do the problems he misses. I agreed. So I highlighted important problems for him to try. He worked on them diligently. He got through 7 of them. The first 6 he did completely correct. The last one he struggled with. Tomorrow we will finish.

JPaul continued working on Unit 6 and completed assigned questions on Economic Conditions.