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The student did a very good job of thinking of an exciting true life story that she could put on a "Volcano Map", with my assistance, and show to her mother. She is highly motivated to read and write; her skill in sequencing and in listening and following directions seems to be improving.   We went through her math homework as well.

The student and I worked on her homework today in Algebra II, focusing on factoring quadratic expressions and solving quadratic equations using either factoring or the quadratic formula.  We also practiced graphing quadratic equations in standard form and finding the vertex and axis of symmetry for each equation.

The student has her English presentation and her map quiz tomorrow.  We began by reviewing the countries and capitals for her quiz.  She was having some trouble recalling capitals.  We then focused on her presentation.  She had already completed her visual aid, so we worked on finalizing the handout she must distribute to her classmates.  She appeared comfortable discussing the story and how it relates to the heroic journey prototype.  We finished by reviewing the map a final time, and she did much better.  She appears ready for both the quiz and the presentation.

We worked on adding another chapter to the story the student has been writing and the draft is completed. We also worked on classifying sentences with all of the newer concepts from chapters 12 and 13.

We went over the student's assignment, which dealt with variable, fixed, and total costs, average variable, fixed, and total costs, marginal costs, marginal product, and all their curves, opportunity costs, implicit and explicit costs, accounting and economic profits, and a few other things.

We worked on the student's World History homework, reading in chapter 4 on dominant and governing philosophies in China, then completing an assignment sheet about the advantages and disadvantages of each. The assignment also asked him to identify authorities in his life and which philosophy he considered to govern his relationship with that authority.