Nicky worked on finishing his self-portrait. He finsihed adding color to his face and hair.

Test on Chapter 12 Using Energy and Heat

Finding square roots and radicals with and without a calculator.
Problem solving - We decided to start on the Pythagorean theorem, therefore we began the concept with square roots. He knows his perfect squares up to 12. We worked on roots that don't have a perfect square and what is the best way to compute those. Breaking numbers down into prime radicals.

In Depth Character analysis in a Classic Novel
I. The student will identify Lennie Small as the secondary protagonist in Of Mice and Men. He has an unnamed mental disability; according to George, this is the result of an accident as a child, though this is not likely to be true. He has a fascination with stroking and petting soft things. His strong exterior conceals a side of Lennie that many people, were they to witness it, would see as weak and seek to exploit.
II. The two men are only able to survive without one another’s help.
III. Lennie doesn’t grasp his own strength—examples: repeated killings of mice and puppies
IV. Important: The student will learn that Lennie is gentle but fearfully strong, insecure but gregarious, and trusting to a dangerous degree. Lennie is a mess of contradictions whose arc ties in the the novella’s major themes of the strong and the weak, male friendship, and marginalization and scapegoating.
V. The student will learn vocabulary gregarious (fond of company, sociable), marginalization (treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral), and scapegoating (whipping boy is a slang term for scapegoating) and Lennie is Curley’s scapegoat.
VI. The student will conduct an examination of the physical characteristics of each character and free write on why he thinks John Steinbeck did this.

We discussed the process of seeking employment and employee training and development. We discussed "Turnover" and Nicky learned how to calcutate the percentage.

Evidence and Analysis of the Character of George Milton in Of Mice and Men

I. The student will gather quotes and other examples from the text to use as evidence that provides insight into George Milton.
II. The student will write a paragraph that describes and analyzes George Milton, including the relationships, traits, motivations, fears, and how they develop over the course of the text.
III. The student will identify the protagonist, give a physical description of the character, identify the predominant characteristics of the character.
Nicky worked diligently all period. He told me that he was really focused on the novella as we read the climax today. I am glad he is enjoying reading; he told me that he hated it when he arrived at BATT!

Nicky spent our second Monday session reviewing Chapter 5 in totality. We went through a speech interpretation activity and fill-in-the-chart activity from the chapter. We also reviewed his homework assignments from Lesson 3 and 4.

Define proportions. How do you calculate equal proportions.

Today he worked on the basic quiz from Studyspanish.com about adjectives, so he could practice all the types of adjectives we have been learning.

Nicky opened his Illustrator file and continued working on his design.