Lesson Review 1 ASE
Morning January
2007
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Monday, January 08,
2007 5
Learners Present 3.5 hours
R2.2g Recognize basic parts of speech
(Reading Skills & Vocabulary)
W2.4d Use expanded vocabulary with increasing frequency and
precision (Writing: Structure and
Mechanics)
CT2.2e Use diverse sources of information & reference appropriately
(Critical Thinking: Cognition & Strategies)
We got off to a slow start (in terms of attendance) after the break, but
all but one of the students
who did return worked hard on
their Math or Vocabulary.
Student Comments
Female 18.00 --
24.99
[What helped you learn today?] having some time to figure out what I was
gonna write about.
Female 60.00 +
[I caught or fixed one of my own mistakes or misunderstandings:] I fixed
a couple of words with ed endings.
Tuesday, January
09, 2007 7 Learners
Present 3.5
hours
How
different perspectives on human behavior, interactions, and history affect
people's understanding of the world. (Perspective & Interpretation)
R3.1b Re-read to clarify meaning (Reading Strategies)
W3.3a Record thoughts, experiences, and reminders in a journal (Writing:
Strategies)
CT2.2d Monitor understanding and recognize failures to comprehend
(Critical Thinking: Cognition & Strategies)
Introduced Reading Journals as a new monthly
expectation/requirement… People were
asked to
re-read the Chapter from Freedom
and Crisis on Eleanor Roosevelt (most people had read it
through already at least once).
It was ok if people just read, but people were expected to keep reading
until they had made at
least a short journal entry.
Some suggestions/prompts:
"Eleanor Roosevelt could be called 'an outsider in her own
family'. Her life is also a shining
beacon for American liberalism.
Could there be some connection between these two
characterizations of her life?". . .
"Was Eleanor Roosevelt's life and career more a product of her
circumstances or her character?"
"What might Eleanor Roosevelt say about America if she were alive
today?"
At the end of the class we had a discussion about what made Eleanor
Roosevelt a "liberal" and
how she was a different type of "liberal" than FDR.
We also examined two definitions of liberalism, one more positive, the
other more negative
(from a more hostile conservative point of view)
1. Liberalism is the willingness to use the forces of government and
populism to preserve
capitalism and democracy by addressing social issues of fairness and
equality.
2. Liberalism is the willingness to use laws and government to impose
certain social values at the
expense of free enterprise and
private property.
Student Comments
Female 25.00 --
44.99
Went to Pioneer Valley high School with Amber.
Female 18.00 --
24.99
Used my journal entry for my essay [draft].
[Word Bank words:] liberal, conservative
Female 16.00 --
17.99
I wasn't here today[.] I went to
[P]ioneer [V]alley with Amber.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
I worked on finishing reading Eleanor Roosevelt.
Male 18.00 --
24.99
Read the history of Eleanor and her work in the public eye
[Word Bank words:] tenement, populist, literal, humanitarian, exasperate
Female 60.00 +
We all [read] about Eleanor Roosevelt again, the second reading raise[d]
a few more questions.
Wednesday, January
10, 2007 7
Learners Present 3.5 hours
N-3 Compute fluently and make
reasonable estimates (Number Sense)
Math:
One person worked on long division, another worked on measurement
conversions. Others
worked on their own Math programs while also putting some time into
their writing projects
Student Comments
Female 60.00 +
Math Work Today:] I worked on long division and Joe wants 10 long
division problems. I got four long
division problems done, but I
want some more time doing these problems.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
(Current Writing Project:) My Grandma
[What helped you learn today?] helping other people and being able to
help myself stay focu[ss]ed.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
[Writing Project Work Today:] I wrote it and typed it[.] I fixed it a
little[.] I'm almost done[.]
Female 25.00 --
44.99
Math Work Today:] Doing pretest on meaning of fractions[.] Got help from
Chasity.
Female 18.00 --
24.99
[Writing Project Work Today:] Eleanor Roosevelt paper
Math Work Today:] rounding & multiplying decimals
[What helped you learn today?] asking for help getting help
Thursday, January 11, 2007 7
Learners Present 3.5 hours
SELF
MANAGEMENT - Accurately assess self, set personal goals, monitor progress &
exhibit self control (Personal Qualities)
We also listened to an NPR report giving an historical perspective on
Bush's Escalation Speech.
This compared the current
situation to the situation after 9/11, after the fall of Baghdad . . .
AND to the situations that FDR faced with the banking crisis of 1933 and
the 1941 attack on
Pearl Harbor as well as Truman's situation with Korea and Nixon and
Ford's situations in Vietnam.
One person finished her writing project and another completed TWO math
units (which she had
Student Comments
Female 16.00 --
17.99
Need to work on multiplication tables after break.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
I [kept] myself [ focused ].
Tuesday, January
16, 2007 7
Learners Present 3.5 hours
How
different perspectives on human behavior, interactions, and history affect
people's understanding of the world. (Perspective& Interpretation)
R3.4b Seek key phrases defining unfamiliar words elsewhere in the
text (Reading Strategies)
This was probably the most dangerous even t of the Great Depression and
could legitimately be
compared to Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
Jonathan Alter in his book *The Defining Moment*
actually compares it to the Civil War in terms of the level of crisis.
Today we read the Prelude to this book plus several sections of the same
book related to the
Banking Crisis. We also did (and
reviewed) a cloze activity that restated some of the same
information while also going into more detail about banks and the money
supply while reviewing
the different viewpoints of
those who call themselves "Liberal" or "Conservative" since
the start
of the New Deal.
(This was some fairly intense reading, but there were only a few
complaints voiced in terms of
the class spending too much time on the Great Depression. Everybody was able to get the
reading done in about 2.5 hours with some "finishing" much
earlier.)
[One of the challenges of modernity is the need to confront and try to
understand very powerful,
but impersonal, forces
associated with complex, artificial (man made) systems. Among these
are the money, banking and market systems of modern capitalism]
Student
Comments
Male 16.00 --
17.99
No more Great Depression
Female 16.00 --
17.99
[What helped you learn today?] Reading
Need to learn more about the Banking crisis
Female 16.00 --
17.99
[What helped you learn today?] nothing
[What didn't help?] I wasn't really focused today.
Male 18.00 --
24.99
I am hungry for knowledge and I worked to learn more and I will not try
to be a pain in the a#@.
Female 25.00 --
44.99
I learned a lot of banks closed. People lost their money.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
I read Sunday March 5. 1933. He was really specific. He had a lot of
details. I [e]njoyed the book a lot.
Female 60.00 +
I got the reading work done within the time required.
Wednesday, January
17, 2007 4
Learners Present 3.5 hours
Operation and function of systems (political, economic, cultural)
(Systems)
R3.5b Vary strategies for different texts and purposes (Reading
Strategies)
S-3 Describe data using
numerical descriptions, statistics, and trend terminology (Statistics and
Probability)
Reviewed what a ratio is, how it can be represented AS IF it were a
fraction, decimal, or percent
- AND how it is different from
an ordinary fraction.
For example if there is one male and two females the ratio can be
expressed as 1:2 or 1/2 BUT
that does not mean that males are one half the group (they are only one
third of the group). It
just means that the number of makes is 1/2 the number of females.
Then we looked at the Required Reserve Ratios in the Federal Banking
System and how that
affects the money supply over time.
Student Comments
Male 16.00 --
17.99
[What helped you learn today?] I liked learning about banking systems
Thursday, January 18, 2007 7
Learners Present 3.5 hours
R3.4b Seek key phrases defining unfamiliar words elsewhere in the
text (Reading Strategies)
We had a very long and intense crossword puzzle to work on to deal with
the vocabulary
Jonathan Alter used in his description of the Banking Crisis of 1933.
Two people did get "overwhelmed" but everyone else was able to
find a way to cope - either by
cooperating as a group or working on their own.
Student Comments
Female 16.00 --
17.99
[Other Learning (or Work) Efforts:] The Banking Crisis of 1933
it was hard but my mom helped me!
Female 25.00 --
44.99
[What helped you learn today?] all of us getting together to work on
[the] puzzle
Female 60.00 +
I worked on my own[.] I did ok.
Male 18.00 --
24.99
[Word Bank words:] symbolically, poised, rebuke, fascistic, beleaguered
Monday, January 22,
2007 8
Learners Present 3.5 hours
SELF
MANAGEMENT - Accurately assess self, set personal goals, monitor progress &
exhibit self control (Personal Qualities)
W3.4b Practice all steps of the writing process: (Writing: Strategies)
Writing:
Two new students started today.
They got a little bit acclimated and neither seemed to mind
working independently. Most
people had writing projects that they worked on independently
with one person finishing.
Student Comments
Female 25.00 --
44.99
[What helped you learn today?] my daughters and the internet. Also Joe helping with structuring
Male 18.00 --
24.99
The Banking Crisis of 1933, Prelude to Roosevelt's First Hundred Days
[Word Bank words:] obsequious - ostentatious - banal
[What helped you learn today?] being able to work independently
[What didn't help?] noise
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8
Learners Present 3.5 hours
How individuals and groups interact with and impact systems (Systems)
Some discussion about how modern presidents are usually expected to set
the legislative agenda
for Congress - and how this has been the case since the FDR
presidency. We also went over
some important New Deal personages and members of the Roosevelt entourage
before watching
the first segment of the HBO
special "Eleanor and Franklin"
Student Comments
Female 60.00 +
I like Louis Howe[. H]e appeared to be the most honest person in the
White House working with FDR.
I felt so sorry for Eleanor when
she lost her baby Franklin.
Female 16.00 --
17.99
Watched a movie and worked on my vocab.
[What helped you learn today?] My mom helped me and I helped her!
Female 25.00 --
44.99
[What helped you learn today?] Learned more about FDR, Eleanor watching
movie
Male 16.00 --
17.99
[What didn't help?] boring movie
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6
Learners Present 3.5 hours
Thursday, January
25, 2007 6
Learners Present 3.5 hours
social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental system, and how
they impact health (Systems and Interdependence)
Davey from Women and Action had activities to help people think about
how they talk about
sex acts and body parts so that they can be more clear about their
personal limits and more
effective in communicating with health professionals.
Student Comments
Female 16.00 --
17.99
I don't think it [learning ways to communicate about sex and body parts]
has anything to do with GED!
Female 25.00 --
44.99
[Other Learning (or Work) Efforts:] GED Prep Book Irritating, Confusing. Not Having Fun. Stressful
Monday, January 29, 2007 7
Learners Present 3.5 hours
SELF
MANAGEMENT - Accurately assess self, set personal goals, monitor progress &
exhibit self control (Personal Qualities)
Two people finished their Writing Projects though nobody is completely
done with all their
monthly programs yet.
(Some people do better than others when they have the freedom to direct
themselves towards productive work.)
Student Comments
Female 25.00 --
44.99
[What helped you learn today?] Chasity helped me[.] Gave me a hard math
problem
Female 16.00 --
17.99
[Other Learning (or Work) Efforts:] Vocab 95% done
A reading journal [entry]
[What didn't help?] I was tired and mad so I didn't feel like doing
anything.
Tuesday, January
30, 2007 6
Learners Present 3.5 hours
Relationship
between production, distribution and consumption patterns to political and
cultural systems (Production, Distribution, & Consumption)
W3.4b Practice all steps of the writing process: (Writing: Strategies)
Writing and Discussion:
"Is there a conflict between needs to have a strong military
defense and needs to have justice