Category: B3 Blog

Thursday March 6

• Progress reports emailed home to parent/guardian

Friday March 7

• Key Concepts Test (try 1)
• Summation Test 1

Monday March 10

• Last work day on Essay 1
• Essay 1 Due

Tuesday March 11 or Thursday March 13

• If Essay 1 is not done, finish it (in-class or morning homework help) before you can start the midterm tests
• If Essay 1 is done, then March 11/13 and March 12 are In-Class Essay 2 (midterm essay)

Wednesday March 12

• If Essay 1 is not done, finish it (in-class or morning homework help) before you can start the midterm tests
• In-Class Essay 2 (see above)

Friday March 14

• Midterm Exam
• Progress report emailed home (all students). This is your midterm grade. You may revise it by completing missing work on the make up day or during homework help.

Quiz 1 will be at the start of class on Monday February 10.

The questions are:

1. What is the purpose of the class?
   • Any of the following answers would be correct…
     • The purpose of the class is to learn to read, write and think.
     • The purpose of the class is to get smarter, more powerful, and more attractive.
     • The purpose of the class is to learn how to write at the high school level.
     • The purpose of the class is to learn how to write at the pre-university level.
     • The purpose of the class is to learn how to be a scholar, or to how to produce knowledge using theoretical thinking.
     • The propose of the class is to learn how to pass and graduate high school, so you can attain a high school diploma and learn what a high school education has to offer.
2. How will I achieve the above purpose?
   • I will achieve the above purpose by writing.
3. How do you make your thinking visible?
   • I make my thinking visible by writing.
4. What level will I work at?
   • Any of the following answers would be correct…
     • I will work at the passing level.
     • I will work at the high school level.
     • I will work at the pre-university level.
5. Define theory.
   • Theory explains how or why using rigorous and systematic thinking.

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