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Mornings (8:30-12:00)
Monday 8/12
Board: the age of reason led to many new types of writings (4 errors)
46.4+3.68=n
46.4-3.68=n
46.4*3.68=n
46.4/3.68=n
Group: Excuses Begone by Dr. Wayne Dyer. Read and discuss chapter 1 – pages 16-19. Results: Took too long doing the grammar and math problems. Voted to not read this book today.
Individual: See notebooks.
Tuesday 8/13
Board: periodical essays first appeared during the age of reason (4 errors)
38+16=n
38-16=n
38*16=n
38/16=n
Group: Story problems -- Add & subtract negative and positive numbers. Do 3 story problems. Results: Don led the group in doing problems #4-6.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 8/14
Board: is the content of a periodical essay fictinal or nonfictional (3 errors)
3.4+1.9=n
3.4-1.9=n
3.4*1.9=n
3.4/1.9=n
Group: Media – What else influences a story? We will examine the structure of a print news story. Results: Read headlines. Picked one story. Wrote 3 questions based on headline. We found out that not all of our questions could be answered.
Thursday 8/15
Board: the age of reason is known for an emphasis on logic (4 errors)
32.2+56.9=n
32.9-26.2=n
9923*8657.2=n
23.9/56.2=n
Group: Solar system – The hydrogen atom that moved to the edge of the sun as helium atom is still intriguing us. Dr. Hrbek will talk to us about atoms, elements of the Periodic Table, and other planet-related items. Results: Chemist Dr. Hrbek talked to us about the background and language of chemistry. For example, one element + another element makes a molecule. Stable atoms have equal numbers of protons and electrons. Ions are atoms with unequal numbers of electrons to protons. Thank you, Dr. Hrbek.
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 8/9
Group: Interviewing - Continue our discussion about ways to answer tough interview questions.
Individual: See notebooks.
Board Answers:
8/12 -- The Age of Reason led to many new types of writings. (4 errors)
8/13 -- Periodical essays first appeared during the Age of Reason. (4 errors)
8/14 -- Is the content of a periodical essay fictional or nonfictional. (3 errors)
8/15 -- The Age of Reason is known for an emphasis on logic. (4 errors)
Afternoons (12:30-4:00)
Monday 8/12
Individual: See notebooks.
Tuesday 8/13
Board: the idea of thinking things through in a logical sequence did not begin during the age of reason (4 errors)
7.7+7.3=n
7.7-7.3=n
7.7*7.3=n
7.7/7.3=n
Group: Supreme Court Landmark Case #3 -- Gibson v. Ogden (1824) about interstate commerce.
Review Gibson v. Ogden (1824), US v. EC Knight Company (1895). Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), & National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp (1937).
Our study of the politics behind Roosevelt's push for minimum wage and how we finally got a federal minimum wage law continues as we read more of Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938. Results: Don led the group in reading another 3 paragraphs of this handout.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 8/14
Book Group
1) Calculate achievements. Set new goals for next Wednesday. (Reach 80%? If yes, set up root beer float party for next Wednesday.)
2) Read and discuss
Getting Unstuck by Dr. Sidney Simon, pages 37-40. Ileen will lead the discussion. Results: Read & discussed pages 41-44. Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Do you sabotage yourself by the way you talk to yourself?
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 8/15
Board: what would you have written about (2 errors)
8.16+5.23=n
8.16-5.23=n
8.16*5.23=n
8.16/5.23=n
Group: Guest teacher Julie will lead us in comprehension and phonics lessons. Results: Julie is still ill. We played US Traveler, a game about USA geography. We also planned a treat for Julie (Next week will be her last week here.).
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 8/16
Group: Food Science: Salt -- We will check on our cheese experiment and then look at more intriguing information about the element salt. Results: We checked on our cheese -- no changes yet. We read p. 94-95 "How Salt Affects Taste" from Herve This' book Molecular Gastonomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor.
Individual: See notebooks.
3:00-5:30 PM -- CWC Writing Group (co-sponsored by SLCC Community Writing Center)
Board Answers:
8/13 -- The idea of thinking things through in a logical sequence did not begin during the Age of Reason. (4 errors)
8/15 -- What would you have written about? (2 errors)
Evenings (4:00-7:30 PM)
Tuesday 8/13
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 8/15
Individual: See notebooks.
5:00-7:30 PM -- CWC Writing Group (co-sponsored by SLCC Community Writing Center)
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