Book Review--Entering the Wild

Give her parents credit--they gave her the option. When Jean Janzen was a sixth grader, she landed a part, a significant part, in the school play. But her Mennonite heritage warned against theater, so little Jean found herself in an unholy quandary. Her heart said she wanted the part; her head told her that the theater was not a place to be found when Christ would come again.Tough stuff. Even though the school play was elementary and no more ribald than “Hansel and Gretal,” she determined she would not go on stage. “This was too much like the forbidden theater; I would be a brave soldier for...

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Geometry assignment; Jan. 22

Today is the first day of 2nd semester, so we talked some about final grades and semester finals.  The grades will be posted tomorrow and I'll pass back the finals then as well.We continued on today with our study of similarity.  Today's topic dealt with using the AA similarity postulate to write similarity proofs.  We also did some similarity calculation problems in the process of the lesson.Assignment:  section 7-4;  page 257-259;  #1-13 all, 15, 21,...

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Geometry assignment; March 21

We went over homework today and then started the last section of our chapter.  This section deals with the lengths of segments within circles.  We talked about two scenarios today:  segments that intersect inside a circle and segments that intersect outside a circle.  Both involve similar triangles and both involve short cuts to solving the problems.  We went over a few examples together and then the students got a start on their homework for the weekend.Assignment:  Lengths of Segments worksheet;  do not do # 7 and ...

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Geometry assignment; Jan. 30

We went over our quiz from earlier in the week as well yesterday's homework.  The remainder of the period was spent working on a review worksheet that emphasized section 7-6.  The students were given answers to the first page of the review worksheet.  The answers to the second page appear below.Assignment:  chapter 7 review worksheetsAnswers to second sheet:1.  482.  203.  124.  125.  106.  407.  108.  79.  1010.  1111.  612.  ...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; 9/1

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 17

After going over our homework and entry task, we did some more work with the AC factoring method today.   The new topic of the day was how to take out a GCF first before using the AC method to finish off the problem.  We got started on our homework after the lesson was completed.Assignment:  AC factoring method worksheet #2;  #31...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 17

We got our test back today that the students took on Friday.  Test corrections are due on Thursday on a separate sheet of paper.We started working on multiplying polynomials today by reviewing the distributive property and also using the FOIL method of working with polynomials.  FOIL stands for first, outside, inside, and last.  It involves the way in which a polynomial can be multiplied together.  The like terms are then combined and the answer is complete.Assignment:  multiplying polynomials worksh...

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Geometry assignment; March 18/19

These days are designated HSPE testing days, so not all the classes meet each day.  We continued our work with arcs in circles today, going over more complex problems involving angles both inside and outside of circles.  After a few more examples that we went over in class together, the students then got a start on their homework in class.Assignment:  Other angles in circles worksheet  #1...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 11

We went over our homework and practiced this week's factoring skills one more time through the entry task today before taking the factoring quiz.  After the quiz, the students then got started on their homework assignment for the weekend.Assignment:  Factoring Trinomials worksheet  #1...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; May 15

We went over the quadratic formula again during our entry task, giving the students another chance to see how it is applied.  We then spent the first part of the period working on how to solve various formulas for a given variable.  Some the formulas were quadratics, while others were linear equations.  After going through several problems together, the students then got to work on their own on their assignment.Assignment:  Solving formulas for variables worksh...

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Sunday Morning Meds--"Play it again, Sam"

“. . .those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.” Psalm 37We’ve been over this before, of course, as in verse 11: "But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.” As I read through Psalm 37, verse by verse, it seems the world’s greatest poet is stuck on a chord. You don’t have to be an English teacher to realize some redundancy. Where was his editor anyway?Far be it from me to criticize the Word of the Lord, of course. For that matter, far be it from me to critique the world’s greatest poet. Those who pulled together the canon, inspired...

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World Cup purity

I take no pride in telling you this. Think of it as confession of sin.  I have not watched a minute of the Team USA's play in the World Cup. Seriously, I wanted to, but not enough, I guess. Real desire changes lives, but my desire didn't even change my schedule. I told myself the U.S. was playing and I ought to watch, but I never did--I did other things. Which means, basically, that I didn't want to watch them as much as I thought I did.Honestly, I wish I had. I would have liked be part of a national phenomenon, something wondrously sweet in this sharply divided nation of ours (I think...

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Remembering Frederick Manfred--1912-1994 (v)

So Harry and I followed another long gravel road to the site where Fred was, once again, building a house—and there he was, expecting us. He put down the axe he had in his hands—he’d been chopping wood—and walked through the sticky topsoil, the driveway not having been graveled, straight up to the car. By that time in his life, Harry Abma could barely walk. Beside him in the front seat sat his oxygen tank. Fred didn’t wait for us to get out of the car, although I stepped out quickly, thinking it decorous to make formal introductions. Manfred didn’t stare warily or expect genuflection....

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; May 9

We spent time in class today continuing to work with quadratics and how to solve them.  We also working with what the graphs of quadratics look like and how to draw them once the two solutions for x are solved for.Assignment:  Solving quadratics worksh...

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