Week of April 5th - 9th, 2021

Remember that all students are remote this week!

Monday:
No school, last day of spring break:

Tuesday:
Welcome back!
Review concepts from CMU through 4.4: functions, mouse events, properties, if/else conditionals
Everyone working on CMU problems from Unit 4.3 and 4.4.  

Wednesday:

(Shorter classes today: P1 is 8:00 to 9:00 and P2 is 9:05 to 10:05)

Current event #2, group 4 due today:

P1: Sukriti, Mary, Lili W., Audrey

P2: Ella, Hanna, Matthew, Ava, Kayla
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Thursday:

CMU problems from Unit 4.3 and 4.4. due at 7:30 AM today.

The remainder of the Unit 4 problems will be due next Wednesday, April 14th, at 7:30 AM.  Remember that next week is also midterms week, and plan ahead!

Friday:

Give out review sheet for midterm next week.

Continue to work on CMU Unit 4.

Week of March 22nd - 26th, 2021

Note that we will be doing current events on Tuesday this week instead of Wednesday, due to the International Fair.

Monday:

Review test from last Thursday.

'Gallery Walk' of Unit 3 Creative Tasks

Everyone working on CMU Units 4.1 and 4.2.  The problems from these units are due Thursday morning.

Tuesday:

Current Events group #3 due today:

P1: Vansh, Zachary, Elizabeth, Avinash

P2: Ayushi, Revanth, Erica, Aarya, Jasmin

Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Everyone working on CMU Unit 4.

Wednesday:
International Fair.  Be sure to submit your response to the attendance question.

Thursday:
Continue to work on CMU Unit 4.

Friday:

Problems from CMU Units 4.1 (Functions) and 4.2 (Mouse Events) are due at 7:30 AM.  Don't skip 4.2.5, you'll want to know how to use mouse move and mouse drag.

Continue to work on CMU Units 4.3 and 4.4. 

Problems from Unit 4.3 and 4.4 will be due at 7:30 AM on Thursday, April 8th, after we return from Spring Break. You will also have class time on Tuesday, April 6th, and some time on Wednesday April 7th, after group 4 presents their current events.

Have a great break, see you April 6th!

Week of March 15th - 19th, 2021

Monday:

Complete at least 6 points from 3.4 exercises by this morning at 7:30 AM.

Creative task planning assignment - due by 7:30 AM today.

Everybody working on creative task - code and reflection due by 7:30 Friday morning.

I want to call your attention to the rubric I'll be using to grade the creative tasks.  This is copied from the assignment in Google Classroom:

• demonstrates mastery of many or most of the drawing elements you've seen so far - 30%

• it seems like you put in a diligent and persistent effort - 30%

• code is well-commented, so that it's easy to determine what part of the picture is being drawn by any piece of code  - 20%

• project is creative and ambitious - 20%

Tuesday:

Begin work with REPL.IT and Guessing Game.  Everyone who was been physically present in class last Friday or Monday/Tuesday of this week should have picked up a paper copy of the slides, which might make this a little easier.  If you're in cohort C, here is a link if you want to print it yourself. 

Wednesday:

Current Events group #2 due today:

P1: Nickolas H., Amrita, Ramisha, Thomas
P2: Jake, Kaylin, Lily H., Charlize, Omar
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Before class today, everyone needs to read 'The Way of The Program' and complete the vocabulary worksheet in the Google Classroom assignment.  You don't need to do the exercises at the end of the reading.

Review for test on unit 3 of CMU material.

Here's a video from CMU for some additional review.

Thursday:

Test on CMU Unit 3

Work on Creative Task and reflection when you've finished the test.

Friday:
Creative task and reflection due by 7:30 this morning.

Work on Guessing Game with REPL.IT

Problems from CMU Units 4.1 (Functions) and 4.2 (Mouse Events) will be due at 7:30 AM on Thursday morning of next week.

Note that if you're doing a current event next week, we will do them on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, due to the International Fair on Wednesday.

Week of March 8th - 12th, 2021

Please note that I am trying to keep people making good progress with the CMU CS Academy work, but I do not want it to become overwhelming.  If you discover that you cannot comfortably keep up the pace I have set, you must let me know! If you cannot complete an assignment, let me know via email ahead of time -- no later than 9 PM the evening before it's due.

You aren't required to do more than the minimal number of points for each section, but it will help you master the concepts.

Monday:

Complete at least 4 points worth of exercises from CMU section 3.1.5 by 7:30 this morning.

Continue with CMU CS Academy work today on 3.1.6 and 3.1.7. 

Tuesday:

Complete section 3.1, 'Drawing Basics': do at least 3 points worth of exercises from the CMU section 3.1.7 by 7:30 this morning.

If you've finished the CMU stuff and are looking for more,  try CodeHS. It takes a different approach which I think will complement the CMU material. Create yourself an account at https://codehs.com/go/11051, give it a try, and let me know what you think.

Wednesday:

Current Events group #1 due today:
P1: Arsh, Nicole, Nicholas D., Stavros, Demetra
P2: Fazal, Kunal, Marissa, Sophia, Madelyn, Syon
Remember to enter your topic here and be sure no one else from your period is already doing it.

Complete at least 4 points of exercises from CMU section 3.2.2 by 7:30 this morning.

Thursday:

Introduce 'Creative Task'

Complete at least 3 points worth of exercises from the CMU section 3.2.4 by 7:30 this morning.  Also do 3.2.5, 'Regular Polygons and Stars'.

Work on Unit 3 exercises: complete at least 6 points from 3.4 exercises by next Monday at 7:30 AM.

Friday:

Work on Unit 3 exercises.  When you have completed at least 6 points worth, go on to the Creative Task.