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Ancient version of Day 25 Lesson Plan, High School in Five Months: 12020 HE (Holocene Era)
Quotes for a previous related post came from a recent ProPublica article co-published with The New Yorker.
Let’s #EndPoverty , #EndHomelessness, & #EndMoneyBail starting by improving these four parts of our good #PublicDomainInfrastructure 4:
1. #libraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Walk !
#PublicDomainInfrastructure #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19
ShiraDest
scheduled in: September, 12020 HE
superOld Day 21 Lesson Plan, High School in Five Months: The Three Rs for brain growth, 12020 HE (Holocene Era)
current Day 21 lesson set (with reading and updates...)
| Day21 Lesson Plan, March 7th, 12019 HE | Grammar:essay writing (on paper): today, the Reading is via Closed Captions: | Math Warm-up: Area and estimation on Khan Academy | Practice Multiplying Powers: the Product Rule | Practice Dividing Powers: the Quotient Rule | Day21ExitSlips |
Happy Sukkot!
Lesson Plan, 6-9pm, originally posted for class on Thursday, March 7th, 12019 HE (Holocene Era, the Holocene Calendar)
In our Learning Toolbox:
LearnStorm via Khan Academy (ways to grow your brain, and grow our society…): The 3 Rs
Recognize: What are some indications that you are frustrated?
Remind: What can you say to remind yourself that frustration is ok?
Reset: a short walk, count to 10, deep breaths, imagine…
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word or phrase:
Reading Comp. Vocab. Grammar Vocabulary Math Vocabulary Test-taking Skills
Essay Writing: Body paragraphs
Breaking task down into smaller pieces, reasons for your thesis
Exponents, products/quotients, X, Y coordinates
Separation of powers: Law Makers, legislative Branch:
6pm: 1.
Write one or two sentences explaining what you think might be the differences between
the Congress and the California State Assembly.
2. optional easy math warm-up: (This activity is on Area and exponents, to foreshadow X,Y
coordinates via estimation of square roots.)
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-squ
are-roots/e/square_roots_2
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 Grammar lecture, using the passage below.
7:15 to 7:25 Math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We do 1st question/problem from each online worksheet together, then you finish
the online activities from all lectures individually on the classroom computers.
Mathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
7:00-7:07: Reading Comp.: use Closed Captions on videos
Today’s Passage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0. (Today’s reading
comes from Closed Captions for the Hard of Hearing…)
Write three sentences explaining what a bill is, please.
7:07 Grammar lecture part2/4: Essay Writing –the Body Paragraphs:
Section II of your essay outline will be the first Body paragraph: your Pros paragraph.
-Note: this paragraph should match
1.) the second sentence of your Introductory Paragraph, which will match
2.) the second clause or phrase in your Thesis sentence, in greater detail.
Please write
1.) one thesis sentence to show me at the end of class or for tomorrow,
and
2.) one essay outline that matches this thesis sentence, with word
counts…
.
7:15 Mathematics Topic: multiplying and dividing Exponents
Because, Sometimes a problem is easier to solve in an equivalent form…
Exponents rules and properties:
Quotient rules: (Source: https://www.rapidtables.com/math/number/exponent.html and
https://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/md/division-repeated-subtraction.php)
Multiplication is repeated addition, so a n⋅ am= a, raised to the (n+m)
Division is repeated subtraction, so a n/ am= an-m
(Source: https://web.northeastern.edu/seigen/1250DIR/Handout-ExponentsandRadicals1.pdf)
Today, we have two different math activities to choose from: an easier one and
a more challenging one.
First, let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onent-properties/e/powers-of-products-and-quotients-sp
Now, let’s do the first problem from the more challenging one:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onent-properties/e/powers-of-products-and-quotients
7:30 Please
1.) Finish your outline and thesis sentence, and
2.) do the remainder of the easier online math worksheet:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-a
lgebra-exponent-properties/e/powers-of-products-and-quotients-sp
8pm: continue to work on mathematics
8:40 Exit Questions: 1. Please write one sentence explaining how you can use outline to
organize your essay.
2. What is a body paragraph?
3. Which sentence (in the introductory paragraph) tells us what the
body paragraphs will discuss?
4. Write in mathematical terms and show: what is the approximate
length of the side of a field which is 46 square feet?
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
Quotes for a previous related post came from a recent ProPublica article co-published with The New Yorker.
Let’s #EndPoverty , #EndHomelessness, & #EndMoneyBail starting by improving these four parts of our good #PublicDomainInfrastructure 4:
1. #libraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Walk !
#PublicDomainInfrastructure #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19
ShiraDest
scheduled during the summer: August, 12020 HE
– 5Month High School, Day 19: charts, radicals, Khan. 12020HE (Holocene Era)
Making charts, working through complex lower mathematics, and writing about it in a journal all hone the skills of problem-solving and critical thinking, skills as essential for being a competent citizen in our modern society as they were in a changing 1838 Baltimore. Many thanks again to Sal Khan for his free public service education site Khan Academy.
| Day 19, Tuesday, March 5th, 12019 HE | Grammar: Caps Review, Intro. to Essay Writing | Math: Exponents ARE Radical!! | Day19ExitSlips |
Lesson Plan, 6-9pm, Tuesday, March 5th, 12019 HE
In our Learning Toolbox: this thought:
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word:
Reading Comp.
Vocab.
Grammar
Vocabulary
Math Vocabulary Test-taking Skills
Multiple possible
interpretations of a
text/passage
Capitalization,
review, Essay
writing outline
introduction
Radicals in relation
to exponential and
radical forms
Organizing your
information/choices/forms
of data or expression/pros
and cons (T-Charts…)
Various Common Nouns Radical as exponent substitution
Interpretations Proper nouns, I Fractional Exponent Different forms, same #
Express an idea, or
express a number
Brand name, Titles Negative Exponents Process of elimination
In terms of… Thesis & conclusion Fractional Exponents Listing varied possibilities
Quote/citation Pros and Cons of…
Rebuttal/To Rebut
Adding/multplying
Exponents
Most likely possibility
6pm: Spend one minute remembering a misunderstanding you had at some time in your life.
Write one or two sentences explaining: Write two sentences explaining various
possible interpretations of this song quote:
“…but I know what I am,
and I’m glad I’m a man,
and so is Lola…” (citation: the Rolling Stones)
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 Grammar lecture, using the passage below.
7:15 to 7:25 Math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We do 1st question/problem from each online worksheet together, then you finish
the online activities from all lectures individually on the classroom computers.
Mathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
7:00-7:07: Reading Comp.: Capitalizing and Essay organizing
Today’s Passage: the dropping of the atomic bombs in japan marked the beginning
of the nuclear Age. in august 1949, the soviet union exploded its first atomic bomb. The
world’s two superpowers battled for supremacy and demanded that other nations take sides.
(Today’s reading comes from P. 289 in Peterson’s Master the HiSET, 2nd Edition…)
What are some possible interpretations of the phrase “battled for supremacy?”
Where are the Grammatical errors?
7:07 Grammar lecture part1/2: Capitalizing review
Rules: Capitalize These Words
1. Proper Nouns (and Brand Names)
2. Titles (except articles and prepositions)
3. First word in a sentence and the pronoun I
(source:
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/languageartsworksheets/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-worksheets/)
(Extra help on capitalizing:
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-lesson.mp4)
Now let’s do a Grammar exercise question (using Chrome Browser…) from
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-practice-3/
Grammar lecture part2/2: Four main parts of an Essay
We’ve introduced the Thesis sentence, now we need to know that an essay should
have at least four paragraphs (¶):
Introduction, with your Thesis Sentence,
Body paragraphs, with your pros and cons, and
Conclusion paragraph, summarizing your argument or topic.
(https://www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/writing_process/basicessayformat.pdf
has a nice summary…)
Next week we will start writing an essay together.
7:15 Mathematics Topic: Exponents and Radicals, good friends that go together.
Why would we want to convert between forms of expression? Sometimes a problem
is easier to solve in an equivalent form…
Exponents rules and properties
Rule name Rule Example
Product rules
a
n
⋅ a
m
= a
n+m 2
3
⋅ 2
4
= 2
3+4 = 128
a
n
⋅ b
n
= (a ⋅ b)
n
3
2
⋅ 4
2
= (3⋅4)
2
= 144
Quotient rules
a
n
/ a
m
= a
n-m
2
5
/ 2
3
= 2
5-3
= 4
a
n
/ b
n
= (a / b)
n
4
3
/ 2
3
= (4/2)
3
= 8
Power rules
(b
n
)
m
= b
n⋅m
(2
3
)
2
= 2
3⋅
2
= 64
bn
m
= b(n
m
) 23
2
= 2(3
2
)= 512
m
√(b
n
) = b
n/m 2
√(2
6
) = 2
6/2 = 8
b
1/n
=
n
√b 8
1/3
=
3
√8 = 2
Negative exponents b
-n
= 1 / b
n
2
-3
= 1/2
3
= 0.125
Zero rules
b
0
= 1 5
0
= 1
0
n
= 0 , for n>0 0
5
= 0
One rules
b
1
= b 5
1
= 5
1
n
= 1 1
5
= 1
Minus one rule (-1)
5
= -1
(Source: https://www.rapidtables.com/math/number/exponent.html and
https://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/md/division-repeated-subtraction.php)
Notice that a negative exponent jumps the fraction bar, so b
-n
= 1 / b
n
Multiplication is repeated addition, so a
n
⋅ a
m
= a
n+m
Exponents are repeated multiplication, so (b
n
)
m
= b
n⋅m
Division is repeated subtraction, so a
n
/ a
m
= a
n-m
Let’s look at radicals, which are the flip-side of exponents:
m
√(b
n
) = b
n/m
b
1/n
=
n
√b
(Source: https://web.northeastern.edu/seigen/1250DIR/Handout-ExponentsandRadicals1.pdf)
So, exponents really are just radicals in a different form!
Now, let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/rational-exponents-and-radicals/alg1-radicals/e/root
s-of-decimals-and-fractions
7:30
1.) Please do the rest of our online grammar worksheet: (using Chrome Browser…)
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-practice-3/
and
2.) Please do the remainder of online math worksheet:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/rational-exponents-and-radicals/alg1-radicals/e/root
s-of-decimals-and-fractions
8:40 Exit Questions: 1. Please write one sentence explaining how you can use a chart to
show various forms of the same number.
2. What is a rebuttal?
3. What is the Distributive Property?
4. Show, using exponents, why the square root of five, multiplied by
itself, is equal to 5.
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
Action Items in support of literacy that you can take right now:
1.) Search for two different resources for learning mathematics online (for free).
2.) Share them with us in the comments, here, please.
3.) Share your thoughts on how you like each of the resources you found, perhaps as an update on your GoodReads reading,
4.) Write a blog post or tweet that uses a math vocabulary word or story (like the Djinni’s gold offer), tells a fun story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.
Dear Readers, any additional ideas toward learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning as part of on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness, #EndMoneyBail & achieve freedom for All HumanKind?
Support our key #PublicDomainInfrastructure & #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19:
1. #PublicLibraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Teach and Learn (Lesson Plans) !
September, 12020 HE
(The previous lesson plan since this post, and the next lesson plan…)
oldest Day 18, 5 Month High School: futures.org and Radical Assumptions, 12020HE (Holocene Era)
For the current version of Lesson 18 with reading set (18/67), please click here.
Wondering what assumptions about learning (like the need for an enslaved carpenter to learn square roots so he could build a loom with a hidden drawer to help his wife escape before she is sold as a Fancy Octoroon?) were made in 1836 Baltimore…
(See further down, or see the Day 18 PDF, for Futures.org…)
| Day 18, Monday, March 4th, 12019 HE | Capitalizing (Use CHROME browser for this site) | Exponents, part 2 | The Radical Square Root!! | Day 18 ExitSlips |
Lesson Plan, 6-9pm, Monday, March 4th, 12019 HE HE
In our Learning Toolbox: this thought:
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word:
Reading Comp.
Vocab.
Grammar Vocabulary Math Vocabulary Test-taking Skills
Review: facts,
assumptions,
observations, opinions
and conclusions
Capitalization, part
three of three: the
pronoun “I”
Radicals Organizing your
information/choices/forms
of data or expression/pros
and cons (T-Charts…)
Various Common Nouns Radical Observing details
Varied Proper nouns Fractional Exponent Translating problems
Varying Brand name variable Equivalent forms
Variety Titles Square root Checking answers
To Vary I Principal square root Various ways to solve…
6pm: Spend one minute imagining life without computers.
Write one or two sentences explaining: What you could do with a discounted
computer from the San Diego Futures Foundation.
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 Grammar lecture, using the passage below.
7:15 to 7:25 Math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We do 1st question/problem from each online worksheet together, then you finish
the online activities from all lectures individually on the classroom computers.
Mathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
7:00-7:07:
Reading Comp.: What is a/an … ? How can you understand the xyz? Would making a
Mind Map help you remember, and would making an outline help to organize your possible
choices?
Today’s Passage:
in march 1917, a revolt by Russian workers toppled the old russian government under
Czar (Tsar) nicholas II. Deaths probably increased exponentially. later that year, a brutal
government arose which eventually included about 9 million mi² (or the square of three
million miles on each side…) of territory with a large variety of cultures and languages.
(Today’s reading adapted from P. 286 in Peterson’s Master the HiSET, 2nd Edition…)
What is one assumption in this reading?
Why does it seem to be an assumption?
Where are the Grammatical errors?
7:07 Grammar lecture: Capitalizing: i want to learn! (What’s wrong here??)
Rule: Always capitalize the proper pronoun “I.”
Practice: Please write one sentence describing how you use the public library.
(Grammar exercise source:
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/languageartsworksheets/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-worksheets/
Extra help on capitalizing:
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalization-lesson.mp4)
Now let’s do a Grammar exercise question from
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalizatio
n-practice-1/
7:15 Mathematics Topic: Radicals
What is the solution to x = 32
?
What is the solution to x = -3
2
?
What is x called, in the above question?
Let’s do the first question of:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/e/exponents-in-expressions
How do we write the square root of any number x in mathematical language?
Now, let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/rational-exponents-and-radicals/alg1-radicals/e/squa
re_roots
7:30
1.) Please do the rest of our online grammar worksheet:
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-grammar-worksheets/capitalizatio
n-practice-1/
and
2.) Please do the remainder of both online math worksheets:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algeb
ra-exponents/e/exponents-in-expressions
and
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/rational-exponents-and-radicals/alg1-radicals
/e/square_roots
8:40 Exit Questions: 1. Please write one sentence explaining why it is important to
understand how exponents work.
2. What is a variable?
3. What is the San Diego Promise program?
4. What is a proper pronoun?
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
Action Items in support of literacy and hope that you can take right now:
1.) Search for two different resources to translate the word “Hello” into Greek.
2.) Share them with us in the comments, here, please.
3.) Share your thoughts on how you like each of the resources you found, perhaps as an update on your GoodReads reading,
4.) Write a blog post or tweet that uses a Greek word, tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.
Dear Readers, any additional ideas toward learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning as part of on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness, #EndMoneyBail & achieve freedom for All HumanKind?
Support our key #PublicDomainInfrastructure & #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19:
1. #PublicLibraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Teach and Learn !
September, 12020 HE
oldest of old Day 17 of High School in 5 months, ILL, 1838 Baltimore, and: How much Djinn Gold do you want? 12020 HE (the Holocene Calendar)
The updated version of Day 17 lesson set is here…
Djinni’s Offer: see below…
| Caps, Part 2 online worksheet | Multiplication Tables: Square Numbers/Radical Diagonal | Review of yesterday’s intro. | Khan Academy continuing Exponents online worksheet | Day 17 ExitSlips |
Lesson Plan, Day 17
In our Learning Toolbox:
San Diego Public Library system (was there a public library in 1838 Baltimore?)
(1. ordering books, 2. InterLibrary Loan, 3. Reference Librarians)
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word:
Reading Comp. Vocab. Grammar Vocabulary Math Vocabulary Test-taking Skills
Identifying the
author’s conclusion
Capitalization, part
two of three:
Exponents, part 2 of
2:
Reading comp. lecture
sentences
Contemplate Proper noun repeated addition Diagonal on times table
Reflect upon Noun repeated multiplication Squares
Consider Specific Exponential form Cubes
Nationalism Particular perfect squares Consecutive, even
Turn of the century individual Square numbers context
6pm: Spend one minute contemplating nationalism.
Write one or two sentences explaining why you think nationalism is either
important, or dangerous, or both.
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 we will have our Grammar lecture, using this passage
7:15 to 7:25 we will have our math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We will do the first question/problem from each online worksheet together, then
you finish the online activities from all three lectures individually on the classroom computers,
on your laptop or, on your smart phone.
7:00-7:07 Reading Comprehension: What conclusion has the author drawn and
why?
“Nationalism sparked intense competition between European nations. by the turn of the
twentieth century. a fierce rivalry had developed among Europe’s most powerful countries.
Those countries were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great britain, Russia, Italy, and France. In
June 1914, World war I began.” (Today’s reading comes from P. 285 of Peterson’s Master the HiSET, 2nd Edition …)
Where are the proper nouns in this passage?
Is there any lack of capitalization in this passage?
Where are the missing capital letters in this passage?
Where are the other Grammatical errors?
7:07 Grammar lecture: Capitalizing proper nouns
Rules:
Capitalize the titles of
high-ranking government
officials when used with or
before their names. Do not
capitalize the civil title if it is
used instead of the name.
Examples:
The president will address Congress.
All senators are expected to attend.
The governors, lieutenant governors,
and attorneys general called for a
special task force.
Governor Connelly, Lieutenant
Governor Martinez, and Senators
James and Hennessy will attend the
meeting.
Capitalize a title when used
as a direct address even
when the person is not
named.
Examples:
Will you be holding a press
conference, Madame President?
Please give us your opinion of this
latest development, Senator.
We need your response quickly, Mr.
President.
We need your response quickly,
President Obama.
Will you help me with my homework,
Dad?
When you use the
complete names of
departments, capitalize. You
may also capitalize a
shortened form of a
department. Do not
capitalize when these words
are used as adjectives or
Examples:
the United Nations General
Assembly
the General Assembly
Congress
a congressional committee
generically.
Capitalize civil titles only
when used with the name
following or when
addressing someone
directly.
Examples:
Councilman James Harris
the councilman
James Harris, councilman
How are you voting, Councilman?
President Obama
the president
If you are working on
government documents or
you are representing a
government agency, then
you may capitalize words
like City, County,
and District when they stand
alone.
Example: The County will implement
the plan approved by the voters last
June.
When you refer back to a
proper noun using a
shortened version of the
original name, you may
capitalize it.
Examples:
The District Water Plan allocates …
The Plan calls for …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
has taken the case. The Bureau has
sent out a bulletin to other federal
departments to enlist their help in
capturing the fugitive.
However, if you are not
working on government
documents or are not
representing a government
agency, do not capitalize
generic or shortened terms.
Examples:
The county will implement the plan …
The plan calls for …
The bureau has sent out a bulletin …
sources: https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/capitaliza
tion/when-to-capitalize-peoples-titles/
https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/capitaliz
ation/capitalization-of-departments-offices-an
d-government-titles/
Please write one sentence using a proper noun (i.e. “Lincoln wrote The Emancipation
Proclamation on the back of an envelope.”)
7:15 Mathematics: Exponents, part 2/2: Anything to the 0
th & 1
st, Pwrs of 0,
Exponent expressions
Review:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/a/introduction-to-exponents
What was my SmartAlec answer to “Express 100 in exponential form?”
So what is any # raised to the 1st power?
What might any # raised to the 0
th
power be?
How might we evaluate 23
+ 2
0
?
How about .2*.2*.2? How would we do this in fractional form? In decimal
form?
What is .2*.2*.2 in exponential form?
What do you notice about the exponent and the number of decimal places?
Let’s summarize on a chart: Arithmetic form, Fractional form, decimal form,
exponential form
Continuing from yesterday for a fun group activity: If you want to partner up
with a classmate, work together for 7 minutes to take a crack at:
The Djinni’s Offer:
“After opening an ancient bottle you find on the beach, a Djinni
appears. In payment for his freedom, he gives you a choice of either
50,000 gold coins or one magical gold coin. The magic coin will turn
into two gold coins on the first day. The two coins will turn into four
coins total at the end of two days. By the end or the third day there will
be eight gold coins total. The Djinni explains that the magic coins will
continue this pattern of doubling each day for one moon cycle, 28
days. Which prize do you choose?
When you have made your choice, answer these questions:
The number of coins on the third day will be 2×2×2. Can you write
another expression using exponents for the number of coins there will be on the third day?
Write an expression for the number of coins there will be on the
28th day. Is this more or less than a million coins?”
(from: https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/532)
.
Now, let’s do the first online Grammar worksheet question together:
https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/capitalization_2.asp
and
Now let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/e/exponents
7:30
1.) Please do the rest of our online grammar worksheet:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/e/exponents
and
2.) Please do the remainder of online math worksheet:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/e/exponents
Mathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
8:40 Exit Questions: Tuesday, day 17
1. Write one sentence explaining the difference between the four
forms we used today.
2. What is nationalism?
3. Write one fourth as a fraction, decimal and a percent and in some
exponential form (i.e. 9/10*9/10=.9*.9=.81=81%)
4. Please write one sentence explaining how many decimal places an
exponent gives when multiplying decimals.
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
some Action Items in support of literacy (and Gold!) that you can take right now:
1.) Download some public domain version of a classic story about djinn,
2.) Make a bet with some friends that you’ll have more gold after 30 days than they could ask for in one lump sum from the tricky Djinni!
3.) Share how the bet went: who won?
4.) Write a novel that references a classic book, tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.
Other ideas welcome on how to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness, & #EndMoneyBail, starting with improving these four parts of our good #PublicDomainInfrastructure:
1. #libraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Walk !
old Day 16 Lesson Plan, 5 Month High School, 12020 HE (Holocene Era), Newly Starting 5781 on the Hebrew Calendar
This is the text version of lesson 16, but the more up to date version of 16/67 is here...
Another Main Character in my WiP is an ally and friend of our Protagonist, and would be observing the 10 days of introspection during this time of year. Progressive Jewish abolitionists befriended and struggled beside members of the Black community over the years in the United States, even during the period of chattel slavery. M. is one such man standing with both Free People of Color, like our hero’s teaching friend, and with slaves.
| Day 16 Lesson Plan, Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 | What is a Proper Noun? (“A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are ‘Peggy,’ ‘Tucson,’ and ‘the United Nations.’”) | Capitalizing, Pt. 1, online activity | Using Multiplication Tables for Exponents: Perfect Squares Diagonal | Khan Academy Intro to Exponents online worksheet | Day 16 Exit Question slips |
Lesson Plan, 6-9pm, Day 16, Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
In our Learning Toolbox:
Sourcing information: What Pro-bono lawyers and the Public Library should have in common!!
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word:
Reading Comp. Vocab. Grammar Vocabulary Math Vocabulary Test-taking
Skills
Observation vs.
Evidence
Capitalization, part one
of three:
Exponents, part 1 of 2:
(You have the power!)
always
preview
topple the start of a sentence b “to the nth power” note keywords
seize a proper noun b “to the power of n” check answers
reform “I” exponent=multiplication the
base by itself n times
review your
answers
uniform quotes within a sentence exponent review chapter
serfdom sentences in parentheses base review notes
6pm: Spend one minute imagining what it would be like if you were not allowed to leave the
place where you had been born, and you had to work for your landlord forever as a Serf.
Write one or two sentences explaining what you think or feel when you
think about being a Serf…
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 we will have our Grammar lecture, using this passage
7:15 to 7:25 we will have our math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We will do the first question/problem from each online worksheet together, then
you finish the online activities from all three lectures individually on the classroom computers,
on your laptop or, on your smart phone.
7:00-7:07 Reading Comprehension: What is an observation, and how is it different
from evidence?
“In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, a successful and popular French general, toppled the
government and seized power. Five years later, he crowned himself emperor. Napoleon
reformed many aspects of society, including adopting a new uniform legal code” that abolished
serfdom. (Today’s reading comes from P. 284 of Peterson’s Master the HiSET, 2nd Edition…)
Where is the observation in this passage?
Is there any source evidence given in the passage to back up these observations?
Is there a grammatical error in this passage?
7:07 Grammar lecture: Capitalization, part one of three
Rule 1. A full sentence is always capitalized, whether it is in quotes or in
parentheses.
i.e.: The judge said, “This is my verdict.”
quoting a sentence within a
sentence, capitalize the sentence:
She asked, “What time will you be home?”
partial quotes: no capitalizing: He asked about the “best practices” for tests.
capitalize sentences in parentheses He was fired for incompetence. (He lost the
company a lot of money.)
Notice where this period goes: Full sentence: inside the paren…
no caps for non-sentences: He was fired for incompetence (and lost the
company a lot of money).
Notice where the period goes
now:
Non-sentence: outside the parentheses…
“Rule 2. Capitalize proper nouns—and adjectives derived from proper nouns.
Examples:
the Golden Gate Bridge
the Grand Canyon
a Russian song
a Shakespearean sonnet
a Freudian slip” (source: https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp)
Please write one sentence using quotes… i.e. She said, “Lincoln wrote his speech on the back of
a French envelope.”
7:15 Mathematics: Intro. to Exponents
How would you explain the difference between addition and multiplication?
On a T-Chart, let’s list the differences between 3+3+3+3 versus 3 x 3 x 3 x 3.
What are your observations?
What is a repeated addition? What is a repeated multiplication?
What difference does our organizer (T-Chart) show between 3 x 4 and 3 to the 4th
power?
Now let’s look at
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3259066/exponent-recap-pptx.
Now, let’s do the first online Grammar worksheet question together:
https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/capitalization_1.asp
and,
then, let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exponents/e/positive_a
nd_zero_exponents
7:30
1.) Please do the rest of our online grammar worksheet from GrammarBook.com:
https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/capitalization_1.asp
and
2.) Please do the remainder of online math worksheet on Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-exponents-radicals/pre-algebra-exp
onents/e/positive_and_zero_exponents
Mathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
8:40 Exit Questions:
1. Write one sentence explaining the difference between addition and
multiplication.
2. what capital letter is missing in this sentence?
3. What is a T-Chart used for?
4. What was a serf?
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
some Action Items in support of literacy and hope that you can take right now:
1.) Download some public domain version of a classic book,
2.) Read a page,
3.) Share your thoughts on that page, perhaps as an update on your GoodReads reading,
4.) Write a novel that references a classic book, tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.
Other ideas welcome on how to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness, & #EndMoneyBail, starting with improving these four parts of our good #PublicDomainInfrastructure:
1. #libraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Walk !
#PublicDomainInfrastructure #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19 ShiraDest
scheduled in September of 2020, the year 12020 HE
Day 15 Lesson Plan: High School in 5 months; Escape Tools, 12020 HE (Holocene Era), St. Sophia’s Day, Last day of 5780: Hebrew Calendar
To escape from bondage in southern MD, the hero of my #WiP would also have had to schedule his project carefully, dividing his escape plan into manageable chunks.
Calendars, especially calendars like The Holocene Calendar, which have a year Zero (another invention for which we can thank the Arabs for transmitting to us from farther east), make scheduling far easier! Oh, wait, first, you have to know how to count, right…
Happy Rosh HaShannah tomorrow, for those celebrating the start of another year on the ancient Hebrew Calendar, and May All be Inscribed for a Happy, Sweet, and Healthy year of 5781! Since this calendar begins at the traditional creation of the civilized world, complete with a city within two generations, there is no need for a year Zero.
And lastly, but certainly not least, best wishes for a very happy Feast Day of Saint Sophia, to our Greek and other Eastern Orthodox friends, and to our Roman Catholic friends as well!! Today is the feast and name day for many girls and women who carry the name Sophia as one of their names, and to all of them, best wishes for another happy and healthy year!
| Day 15 Lesson Plan, Tuesday, 26 February, 2019 | Grammar: Ending a Sentence… | Math: US measurement conversions | Day15ExitSlips |
Lesson Plan, 6-9pm, Tuesday, February 26th, 12019 HE
In our Learning Toolbox:
1.) Scheduling your test/hour/day/month/year/project by dividing into smaller chunks, and
2.) From https://hiset.ets.org/s/pdf/2016_taag.pdf: “The formulas needed to answer certain
questions will be provided via a formula sheet. Test takers should know some formulas prior to testing.”
Some of these include: a.) distance-rate-time, b.) Pythagorean theorem, and c.) quadratic formula.
Those three formulas will not be provided on the formula sheet.
Vocabulary:
Copy into your notes, and Mind Map each word:
Reading Comp. Vocab. Grammar Vocabulary Math Vocabulary Test-taking
Skills
conclusions Punctuation,
introduction to…
Measurements skim the
passage
fact period 12 inches = 1 foot,
3 feet = 1 yard
divide time/#
of questions
opinion comma 1 pound = 16 ounces
2000 pounds = 1 ton
look at the
context
assumption (i.e. ‘he
must have done
something…’)
semicolon About
around
nearest
Note how
punctuation
divides up sent.
observation colon expand observe words!
conclusion quotations/quotes Small to Greatest
empire = Area = ft2
Math- translate
problem into…
6pm: Spend one minute imagining x.
Write one or two sentences explaining what you think or feel when you
think about the Turks. ( Or you can review yesterday’s lesson on decimals in Damascus, which is not at all part of Turkey… You do not have to show me, so please raise your hand if you want me to correct
your sentence(s)… Ms. Jones)
6:02 Continue on work from your folder (on Reading/Literature/Science/Social Studies).
7pm: Stand up & Stretch, if you wish…
7:00 to 7:07 Reading Comprehension
7:07 to 7:15 we will have our Grammar lecture, using this passage
7:15 to 7:25 we will have our math lecture, also using this same passage.
7:25-7:30 We will do the first question/problem from each online worksheet together, then
you finish the online activities from all three lectures individually on the classroom computers,
on your laptop or, on your smart phone.
7:00-7:07 Reading Comprehension: What is an assumption, and how can it be
distinguished from conclusions in a passage?
“Between 1300 and 1326, a popular and powerful Muslim leader named Osman
established a small state in Anatolia, which” are present-day Turkey. His successors
greatly expanded the kingdom, making the Ottoman empire one of the most powerful
states in the world during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. the empire were at its
greatest from 1520-1566, under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent. (Today’s reading comes from
Master the Hiset, p. 283, and the video clip comes from ) (To see a historical drama about this time period, see Magnificent Century…)
Does there appear to be an assumption in this reading passage?
Where might it be?
What is a conclusion, and where is it usually found?
What might the conclusion of this passage be?
Is it in the usual place?
7:07 Grammar: Ending a Sentence: Why do we need punctuation?
An example (from https://howtospell.co.uk/punctuation-is-important)
i.e.: I collect silver, paper, hats and chairs.
I collect silver paper, hats and chairs.
I collect silver, paper hats and chairs.
Let’s find the punctuation marks in our reading above…
What is the pronoun agreement in this paragraph?
Is there punctuation in this passage?
Where is it?
Where are the Grammatical errors?
Rules: Every sentence must end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point
Please write one sentence using any punctuation… (i.e. “Lincoln wrote his speech on the back of
an envelope.”)
7:15 Mathematics: Measurement (from small to great…)
How many feet are in one yard?
What are square feet? How many feet are in one square yard?
How do we generally measure the size of a location/place area of the world? (but
don’t worry, we will cover the topic of Area next month…)
Let’s convert 6,160 yards into feet.
How many yards are there in 18,480 feet?
Now, let’s do the first online Grammar worksheet question together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-comma-and-the-apostrophe/
introduction-to-commas/e/three-ways-to-end-a-sentence
and then,
Let’s do the first online math worksheet problem together:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/cc-5th-measurement-topic/cc-5th-unit-conversion/e/conver
ting-units–us-customary7:30
1.) Please do the rest of our online grammar worksheet from Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-comma-and-the-apostrophe/
introduction-to-commas/e/three-ways-to-end-a-sentence
and
2.) Please do the remainder of online math worksheet on Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/cc-5th-measurement-topic/cc-5th-unit-c
onversion/e/converting-units–us-customaryMathematics work online and/or in books from 7:45 until 8:45.
8:40 Exit Questions:
1. Write one sentence explaining the difference between the period,
question mark, and exclamation point.
2. 36” = x’ 1.) translate and 2.) solve for x
3. Would you prefer the math lesson to be with the Reading/Grammar
lesson, or separate, at 8pm?
4. Please write one sentence explaining what a square yard is.
8:45 Turn in Exit Slip, Dismissal
Action Items in support of literacy and civilisation in general:
1.) Write a novel that both tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.
2.) Write blog posts pointing folks to non-profits that offer pro Bono legal aid and free financial education for those most needing it, such as The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, in South Carolina.
3.) Draw or caligraph something helpful on your COVID-19 face mask, in favor of Universal Health Care.
4.) Write songs or music that get people thinking about public transportation, like the song ‘Walkin to New Orleans’ by Fats Domino
Other ideas welcome on how to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness, & #EndMoneyBail, starting with improving these four parts of our good #PublicDomainInfrastructure:
1. #libraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport
Read, Write, Ranked Choice Voting and Housing for ALL!!!!, Walk !
#PublicDomainInfrastructure #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19
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