| Date | Projects | Chores | Results? |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
Videography research. Deliver: Notes about vidoegraphy and the artistic components of shooting people, scenes, etc. in the context of documentary. How to write a script might be useful to study, too. Reading |
Clean room & bathroom | Nice job, looks good. |
| Wednesday, june 1, 2011 | Videography practice. Shoot footage and import to computer. Edit in Vegas. Dub music in. Get help from dad if needed. Reading |
Clean room & bathroom Clean kitchen Walk dog |
Great idea to record drums! |
| Monday, June 6, 2011 | Video documentary - due Sunday, June 12 Little League Umpires Deliverables: Topic, theme, goal of doc. - in MS word Script Graphics, Music & titles (demonstrate this for dad) Documentary |
Clean room & bathroom Walk dog Clean kitchen |
Not done - please finish when you can. |
| Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | Person I admire writing | Walk the dog | Great job writing about grandaddy! |
| Friday, June 10, 2011 | Video documentary - due Friday, June 17 Topic: Dad pretending to be a rock star Deliverables: Video with titles, narrative. Maybe 5 min? |
Clean room & bathroom |
Nice job cleaning, thank you. Also, good job with video - hope there is some great footage. |
| Tuesday, June 14 | Work on Documentary - due Friday |
Clean Kitchen Mow Front Yard |
Not acceptable - need to be more proactive. No more chances - baseball comes after all your stuff is done. |
| Wednesday, June 15 |
There is much to do. Look around and do it, and don't forget about your assignment due on Friday. Quote of the day: Spend your time with people who speak with commas and question marks instead of people who speak with exclamation marks and periods. |
There is much to do. Look around and do it. | ****** |
| Friday, June 17 |
HGG Reading Prepare for baseball - have everything ready! Have a great day! |
Clean Room & bathroom. | Your documentary came out great! Fantastic work - you should be proud of that. We will try to get the audio from Kendall so the concert stuff sounds better... |
| Monday, June 20 |
HGG Reading Prepare for baseball - have everything ready! Pants Jersey Glove Bag Belt Socks, Cleats & Sandals Water Have a great day! |
Kitchen - dishes Clean Room & bathroom. |
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| Tuesday, June 21 |
Writing - Write a 1-page essay about your summer baseball season so far. You choose the angle and style. HGG Reading - finish book before Friday |
Prepare for baseball - have everything ready! Room, Bathroom Dishes Vacuum upstairs |
Paper - good insights, but I want more content; elaborate on your points! |
| Wednesday, June 22 |
Writing - Rewrite your baseball paper. Elaborate on your points and state more points if necessary. 500 words min; you last version was 200. HGG Reading - finish book before Friday |
Room, Bathroom Dishes |
Good job on baseball paper. HGG? |
| Tuesday, June 28 |
Writing - Another baseball paper: "Our team is really good when we don't make errors". Expand this into 500 words without mentioning specific players. Focus more on the philosophy than the specific incidents.
Eric & Darcy want you to take care of their yard for the next 2 weeks - they will pay you $20 and you probably won't need to do much. Go over and talk to them about it; they are expecting you. Drums - learn 3 drum kit beats based on paradiddles. There should be plenty of examples on the internet. |
Room, Bathroom Dishes, Kitchen |
Nice work expanding this section of your baseball paper. HGG? |
| Wednesday, June 29 |
Reading: are you finished with HGG? Need to finish.
Writing: read the news at CPR.org. Find a news story and editorialize it - 300 words. Drums - practice beats based on paradiddles. Do a yoga session on Wii Fit. |
Room, Bathroom Dishes, Kitchen Walk Frodo |
Good topic choice but mediocre story. Need to establish more reinforcement of your opinions and have a more congruent structure of your thoughts.
What about HGG? |
| Wednesday, July 6 |
Rewrite the CPR story; no word minimum, but support your opinions about the changes in the law with facts. Structure your paper and arrange your thoughts in logical fashion.
Email dad this and ALL your papers when you finish them. Drums - practice beats based on paradiddles - still haven't played them for the family! Do a yoga session on Wii Fit. |
Clean room & bathroom
Give Frodo a bath Dishes Mow front & back lawns Check on Eric & Darcy's place What about HGG? |
Nice job on paper, after corrections last night. |
| Thursday, July 7 |
Go to website pics and evaluate your batting stance here for balance. Compare to some of the other players...
Have a great baseball game today. Do yoga Practice percussion. |
Clean room & bathroom | |
| Monday, July 18 |
Finish Book Letter to GS Yoga/weights Walk Frodo |
Clean room, bathroom Vacuum room Mow lawns but raise height back up 2 notches |
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| ***Tuesday, July 19*** | Creative Writing - you choose, and write something good. | Dishes, percussion practice, exercise, have a great day! | Not a lot of thought went into the review of HP movie... But I've seen worse... |
| Wednesday, July 20 | Creative writing - creative, this time!, HGG | Dog poop in back yard, percussion, exercise | ****** |