Semester 1, Week 4 update 2014

                                                               Pilgrim's Progress

Homework Review – complete before week 5 – NO essays due to debate preparations.
Algebra 2	Lessons 11-14
Latin	Lesson 5 and exercises (pg. 331 and 332 translation work starting)
Logic	Lesson 4 and questions (discusses judgment)
History: HSWTL	Start to look at Lesson 4 since we will tackle Chapters 4, 5, and 6 the week following debate.
History: SoA + Art	No SoA reading this week. No Artwork observation required this week. (Week 6 we will study the art piece Pieta by  Michaelangleo)
Debate:	DEBATE – continue to stay in contact with your team. Bring 2 copies of your proposals.
British Literature	READ PILGRIM’S PROGRESS – Look at page 90 in the guide for a chart and pages 53-55 in WAS for questions we can use during class discussion.  The Literature essay about consequences from Paradise Lost and Pilgrim’s Progress will be due week 6.
Biology:	Read Chapter 3 up to page 82. Prepare your lab book with Experiment 3.1 since you will have a formal report due on this Experiment after you take lab notes in class.

Algebra 2 – Reviewed practice problems from the last few chapters (word problems, consecutive integers, angles, and graphing slopes.

Latin – A quick review of 3^rd declension nouns and cases. Homework for this coming week includes Lesson 5, the exercises, and starting translations on pg. 331-332. Now that we’ve reviewed a few Verb conjugations and Noun Declensions, I hope to have the students fill in a quick assessment sheet so we can start working on translations.

Logic – finished chapter on Simple Apprehension and the properties of terms. Lesson 5 starts discussing Judgment.

History – We thoroughly discussed our Essays on Symbolism in Art. Most of the student found similar symbols and some were able to find additional interpretations. We will watch HSWTL 4 in class this week.

Debate – We reviewed the debate roles in depth for this week. We will run through a full length debate this week and talk about the next project for week 10.

1AC – Present your plan. Stick to the Stock Issues (Topicality, Inherency, Harms, Solution). Present the Resolution along
           with any resolution definitions and problems with the organization or policy.
1NC -  ¼ time attack resolution and definitions. ¾ time present the opposing resolution, harms/advantages, and plan.
2AC – ¼ time refute opposition’s plan and their attack. ¾ time affirm AC plan with evidence, quotes, and solution.
2NC – ¾ time attack AC plan and harms. Show greater AC harms or bigger NC advantages. ¼ time summarize NC plan.

All Cross-Examiners: Ask for copy of proposals. Question definitions, evidence, and quotes. Clarify confusing questions.

1NR – Attack AC definitions, arguments, and evidence.
1AR – Answer and refute specific arguments. Attack NR plans. Restate why your plan will work.
2NR – Present specific ways AC did not stick to stock issues by not staying on topic and showing a significant problem.
2AR – Present all the ways AC covered the stock issues and why they should win.

British Literature – We covered Paradise Lost in a group discussion to model how to build upon thought questions. Soon the students will rotate being discussion leaders using Words Aptly Spoken questions in their circle discussions.

Biology – We finished part 2 of the Pond experiment (we prepared the samples in part one and observed the bacteria in part two). In this third part, we will look for more protozoa and algae in the microscopic observations. Experiment 3.1 is the second of the four that we type up as a lab report (taken from your lab journal notes and the textbook). Read Chapter 3 up to Pg. 82. Bring your lab Journal. Finish adding to your lab journal any procedure steps and drawings. 

http://new.apologia.com/index.asp?proc=st&pg=bookextras is a website with additional

pictures to view that help you label what you saw. The password is Myfathersworld . This is a free service of Apologia Science (per “Student Notes” in the Biology Text). Below are some samples from last week’s lab observation: