Eleventh Grade - First Six Weeks
November 19, 2001 - January 25, 2002
   
             English
A
             Algebra 2
A
             American History
A
             Economics
A
             Physics
A
             Greek, Latin, German
A
 
English (with Robin Kempert) - Problem-cause-solution research paper, read The Hobbit in preparation for a literary criticism.
 
Algebra 2 - Quadratic functions, parabolas, quadratic formula, imaginary and complex numbers, mathematical models using quadratic equations (Foerster).
 
American History - Reconstruction, westward expansion, industrial age, immigration, Spanish-American War, age of reform, Theodore Roosevelt, WWI, Sacco and Vanzetti case (Young People's History).
 
Economics - Types of competition, achieving efficiency of production (A Beka).
 
Physics - One-dimensional-motion equations, free fall, displacement, speed and velocity, average and instantaneous acceleration (Apologia).
 
Greek - Alphabet.
 
Latin - Daily sayings, vocabulary, derivatives, present tense, "to be" verb, nominative-case (feminine gender) declension (Latina Christiana).
 
German - Understanding of simple narrations (Learnables).



Eleventh Grade - Second Reporting Period
January 28 - April 12, 2002
   
             English
A
             Algebra 2
A
             American History
A
             Economics
A
             Physics
A
             German, Latin, Hebrew
A
 
English  - Literary criticism of The Hobbit, in-class essays, fable writing, read literary criticism of Thurber on Macbeth, sampled Brave New World and Abbot's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, more of Don Quixote  
 
Algebra 2 - Parabolas, circles, hyperbolas, ellipses, simultaneous linear/ quadratic and quadratic/quadratic equations, logarithms (Jack Barker's Intermediate Algebra)
 
American History - Between the wars, the New Deal, WWII, Cold War, Civil Rights Act
 
Economics - Savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, social security, money supply, banking network
 
Physics - Adding and subtracting two-dimensional vectors graphically and analytically, solving problems involving navigation, projectile motion, and range
 
German - Continued listening to tapes of simple narration
 
Latin - Simple translation
 
Hebrew - Introduction to letter recognition
 
 



Eleventh Grade - Third Reporting Period
April 15 - May 31, 2002
   
             English (World Lit.)
A
             Algebra 2
A
             American History
A
             Economics
A
             Physics
A
             German, Latin
A
 
English  
World Literature: Read Don Quixote pp.146-198, some of The Prince, by Machiavelli, Sophie, by Gaardner, pp.434-513, I Maccabees 1:1- 6:27, wrote 3 short papers.
Writing (taught by Robin Kempert): Examined student essay for certain elements; wrote an editorial, an advertisement, a poem; compiled a portfolio containing research paper, took test over literary terms and annotation of research papers (final grade: 98).
 
Algebra 2 - Logarithms, started Advanced Mathematics.
 
American History - Vietnam War, Watergate, Iran hostage crisis, Reagan administration, end of Cold War, Persian Gulf War, current events from World Magazine.
 
Economics - Purposes of government, macroeconomics, dangers, Keynesianism economics vs. monetarism, relationship between a free economy and political liberty, comparison of market and command economies, business cycles, inflation.
 
Physics - Navigation, projectile motion, and range.
 
German - Listening to tapes of vignettes accompanied by text and pictures (Lessons 1 - 16 of Basic Structures for  Learnables Book 2).
 
Latin - Simple translation (Lessons VIII-XI, Latina Christiana).
 
 



Eleventh Grade - Fourth Reporting Period
August 26 - October 18, 2002
 
 
 
English (World Literature) – Read The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton; part of John MacNab, by John Buchan; and "Tristan," by Thomas Mann, noticing how messages are conveyed implicitly.  
 
World History - Read news-magazine articles and editorials on current events and the culture and about Cuba in The Black Book of Communism (Harvard Univ. Press, 1999).
 
Economics - Read part of Milton and Rose Friedman's "What's Wrong with Our Schools" in Free to Choose: A Personal Statement (1980) and Samuel Freedman's "Built to Fail" in Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School (1990) as an example of two sides of a story.
 
Advanced Math - Complex fractions, radicals, linear and nonlinear systems, complex numbers, conjugates, the quadratic formula, rectangular- and polar-coordinate conversion, abstract equations, division of polynomials and checking, adding vectors, factoring the sum and difference of two cubes (Saxon).
 
Computer Science - Adapted an Internet drop-down menu system for his web site, made streaming media files with Helix Producer (makes the computer crash), gathered favorite banner ads in a web page, got Flash to export high-quality .wav's (integral for sound-editing with Flash), edited video with Flash while avoiding cooking the processor or filling up the hard drive (the sound wouldn't work), started working on a PHP script for modifying his web-site search program, made a JavaScript program to solve navigation mix-ups, burned data and audio CD's; installed Linux, added user accounts, and made it look like a Mac; learned C++ from a class Dan Harlin is teaching at the co-op.
 
German - Learned pronunciation, new words, and past tense.
 
Bowling - Learned scoring, basics.



Eleventh Grade - Fifth Reporting Period
October 21- December 6, 2002
 
 
English (British Literature)- Read ten chapters of Lilith, by George MacDonald, and the five acts of King Lear, wrote a radio drama (speech synthesizer on computer) with clever plot reminiscent of King Lear  
 
World History - Read news- and Civil War-magazine articles and editorials on current events and the culture, particularly on Zimbabwe, Congo, General Pinochet of Chili, Southerner John Calhoun; attended debate forums for 2002 local candidates and saw President Bush at SMU.  
 
Economics - Studied communist and socialist economies, read a book on entrepreneurship.
 
Advanced Math - Practiced with 45° and 30°-60° triangles, sums and inverses of trigonometric functions, sketching exponential functions, including those with bases between 0 and 1, word  problems dealing with age and rate (if 5 workers can do 1 job in 8 days, how many for 3 jobs in 7 days?), logarithmic equations, logic puzzles.
 
Physics - Newton's First, Second, and Third Laws of motion, mass and weight, the normal force, coefficients of static and kinetic friction, translational and rotational equilibrium, rotational motion and torque, objects on an inclined surface, applying Newton's Second Law to more than one object at a time.
 
Computer Science - Made three pages for his web site and a Flash menu program. Practiced using header files, variables, functions, and control structures in his C++ class (taught by Dan Harlin).
 
Ham Radio - Learned Ohm's Law, practiced receiving Morse code.
 
German - Expanded vocabulary through pictures accompanying stories, which conveyed use of prepositions, plurals, pronouns, and past tense of verbs.  This is the end of the two-year program.
 
Violin - Was the soloist for The Lord's Strings orchestra concert , playing Bourée, by J.S. Bach, learned a Haydn duet for a recital, is working on Mendelssohn's Concerto in e-minor.
 
Bowling – Practiced.



Eleventh Grade, Sixth Reporting Period
December 6, 2002 - February 28, 2003
 
English
British Literature: Read half of The Laird’s Inheritance, by George MacDonald; and  “Ainulindale,” from Silmarillion, and Father Christmas by Tolkien.
Grammar: Identified verbals, their phrases, type, and function, wrote sentences that fit formulas (e.g., Part S V O c/c S Appos V Pp) and were tied into a single story (Jenson's Grammar, 3).
 
World History - Read news articles and editorials pertaining to the new House GOP leader DeLay, the lottery, domestic security, movie ratings, Navy fighter pilots, affirmative action, Baghdad crimes, and anti-conversion edict in India.  Attended a meeting in which a former state legislator spoke about the newly elected Texas Republican-majority House, the first since Reconstruction.  Did an overview of WWI (Historical Atlas).  Read about Roanoke, Jamestown, and the Puritans in A History of the American People, by Paul Johnson.
 
Economics - Globalism and trade practices, peacekeeping, international charity, environmental issues, Malthus, laws and regulations on American businesses, the moral foundation of economics (i.e., honesty, integrity, industriousness, fortitude, generosity).  End of the course.
 
Advanced Math - Signs, inverses, sums, and reciprocals of trigonometric functions; factorial, summation, and permutation notation; change (Δ) in coordinates, distance formula, upstream/downstream rate problems, the line as a locus (equidistant from two points) and five forms of linear equations, the midpoint formula, radians, similar polygons, logarithm equations.  
 
Physics - Worked problems involving Newton's Second Laws of motion, uniform circular motion, gravity, work, energy, and power.  End of course.
 
Ham Radio - Passed the Morse code section for the Technician Class license (will take the written section next month), went to a Society of Broadcast Engineers meeting and saw a demonstration of a computerized, state-of-the-art audio console for a TV station.
 
 
Computer Science - Worked on a few new web site pages, Flash menus, preloaders, and animations.  Diagnosed a network problem.  Learned about C++ class design, random number generators, and source code management from his co-op class.  Learned about Linux file systems, running Linux on a Playstation 2, and participated in an e-bay auction for a Playstation 2.
 
Latin - First and second declensions and future tense.
 
Violin - Mendelssohn's Concerto in e-minor, Francois Schubert L’Abeille, studies, and scales, started Haydn’s Concerto No. 1 in C major.
 
Bowling - Improved score to 121.
 
Cooked - Chicken spaghetti, biscuit tamale pie, flan, beef stew, sausage pizza.


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