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  Thursday, December 30th, 2010

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Things to do for Friday, December 31st

	Task		DT	ED	AF	WL	SC	LLC
1	Today is your day to read Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions.  It is online. It is free. Let's get this one behind us.
2	Finish off earlier tasks that you have not yet done.
3	Who was the only bachelor president?

Things to do for Thursday, December 30th

	Task		DT	ED	AF	WL	SC	LLC
1	Read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (if not already done)
2	Finish reading Lyddie  (if not already done)
3	Make certain that you can do and have done the first 40 Computing I problems well - without help.			Yes
4	Watch 12 Angry Men (unless you already have)			Yes
5	Go to your community library and browse the place for at least 30 minutes. Take out a book or movie. Perhaps use their private quiet/study room.
6	Do homework5 on the computing II website
7	What is George Eliot's real name?			Yes
8	Complete the following phrase: "Who's the talk dark stranger there? .... "
9	Who is Lee van Cleef?			Yes
10	Who created the programming language known as APL?			Yes
11	Do Homework GTK1 on the Computing II website.
12	What is a Frindle?			Yes
13	Obtain the book -- Anthem and begin reading it. You should have the first 20 pages read before tonight.
14	Read Chapter 2 of the Little Schemer and implement the routines.
15	What is a perfect score in cribbage?			Yes

Day	Date	Task Description	DT	ED	AF	WL	SC	LLC
1	Dec. 26	a. Play this youtube video clip: b. Build a complete packet containing programs 1-25 of Computing I First 101 Programs. Fix any issues that you had. Make each program look  great. c. Read Chapter 2 of Esakov and Weiss. Work yourself through the Chapter 2 Study Guide and Worksheet. d. In your UML CS account, make a directory called 102. Beneath the 102 directory, make the following directories: ch1, ch2, ch3, ch4, ch5, ch6, ch7, and ch8. e. Watch the movie 12 Angry Men. f. Read Chapter 1 through Chapter 4 in Lyddie. This is just 34 pages. g. Write and deliver a short Thank You note to somebody in your life (ie., mom, dad, uncle, friend, sister, high school teacher) The note must be in  your own handwriting. The note should be inside a thank you card. h. Complete page 1 of this Computing I final:  Fall 2009 Computing I Final i. Find Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition of Sixteen Ton on you tube and listen to it.	Y	Y Y Y Y Y Y Y		Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
2	Dec. 27	Good morning. Are you house bound? Do anything you can from the previous day that you have not yet done. Let me know. a) Read the next 30 pages of Lyddie. If you do not have a copy of Lyddie and you are snowbound and cannot obtain one, then read the first half of Flatland online. It is free online. The first half is somewhat dry, but stay with it. See the link for Flatland given above. b) Complete page 2 of the Fall 2009 Computing I final. c) Watch the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. d) If you have a copy of Esakov and Weiss, go to my Computing II website. Download Homework 1 and do it. If you do not have Esakov and Weiss then work on HomeworkGTK1. The link to this is also given on Computing II website. e) Watch an episode of the The Waltons. It is currently playing on the INSP channel. If you do not have access to this channel perhaps your local library has DVDs of it. It is also likely that Netflix has it too.  If you cannot find it, let me know. f) Take a look at my list of The First Dozen Reads given below. Email me what, in this list, you have and have not read. You need to be able to discuss these books with me. So, if you read one a long time ago and it is not very fresh in your mind, consider reading it again. You should know who wrote it, who are the major characters, when the book was written, where it is set, etc. We are going to make sure that all of you have read Lyddie first. Have you? g) Take a look at my list of The First Dozen Movies to Watch given below. Email me what, in the list, you have and have not watched. You need to be able to respond to my questions concerning each movie. So, if you have not seen it recently and it is not fresh in your mind, then you will read to watch it again as we tick them off. h) Go back and review problems 26-30. Make them look perfect. Add them to your packet of "now perfect" solutions. i) Read and recite the first stanza of Casey at the Bat to a family member. At first, you are allowed to read it, but I want you be able to recite it without reading it. j) Download Dr. Scheme onto your laptop.		Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y		Y Y Y Y Y
3	Dec. 28	a) I very much want you to watch The Sound of Music. You need to know this movie. Julie Andrews gave the world 7 octaves. If you do not know this movie well, you need to remove that hunk of rust off of your back. b) Do Homework 2 from my Computing II website. c) Either read 30 more pages of Lyddie (first choice) or read the second half of Flatland. d) Read the Introduction to the The Elements of Style. Not the foreward, the Introduction. e) You should obtain No Fear Grammar and read the Intro and Chapter 1. Do the exercises. f)  Go back and review problems 31-35. Make them look perfect. Add them to you packet of "now perfect" problems. You should be able to do these problems without help and without your book open. g) If you have The Little Schemer, read chapter 1. If you do not, please get it. A copy of it could be in your hometown library. h) Complete as many of the tasks from the previous days that you have not yet accomplished. i) Go to this link:   and watch the video. El Kabong. j) In what movie would you find the phrase, "Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry" ? If you do not know off the top of your head, googling is allowed.		Y Y Y Y Y
4	Dec. 29	a) Go to this link: http://www.collegeboard.com/parents/plan/hs-steps/21276.html Go through this list and then tell me how many of these books you have read. Which ones? b) Do Homework 3 from my Computing II website. c) Read Chapter 2 of No Fear Grammar. Work yourself through the exercises. d) I would like you to read the preamble of the US Constitution out loud. You need to find somebody to read it to. Ideally you should be able to recite it without reading it. e) Complete page 3 of the 2009 Computing I Final. f) Finish the reading of Lyddie. g) What is Strunk and White's first Elementary Rule of Usage? h) In 1961, Jimmy Dean had a big hit song. What was it? Find the clip on the internet and listen to it.		Y Y Y Y
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  The First Dozen Reads

Lyddie Katherine Patterson	Flatland Edwin Abbott	Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt	Anthem Ayn Rand	Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving	Charlotte's Web E.B. White
	Dagney Taggart				Dagney Taggart
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee	The Little Prince Antoine de St. Exupery	Casey at the Bat Ernest Lawrence Thayer	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff	Common Sense Thomas Paine	The Preamble to US Constitution
Dagney Taggart Wang Lung	Dagney Taggart	Dagney Taggart Wang Lung	Dagney Taggart Wang Lung		Wang Lung

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." (John Wooden)

The Second Dozen Reads

Johnny Tremain	I, Robot Isaac Asimov	Bartleby the Schrivener Herman Melville	Siddhartha Herman Hesse	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving	Stuart Little E.B. White
					Dagney Taggart
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe	Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery	The Raven Edgar Allen Poe	If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Joffe Numeroff	The Pearl John Steinbeck	Othello William Shakespeare
		Dagney Taggart		Dagney Taggart

The Third Dozen Reads

Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens		The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway	Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost	Animal Farm George Orwell	Walk Two Moon Creech
Dagney Taggart			Dagney Taggart		Dagney Taggart
Apology Plato		Where the Red Fern Grows	If You Give a Pig a Pankcake Laura Joffe Numeroff

The First Dozen Movies to Watch and Know

12 Angry Men Henry Fonda	It's a Wonderful Life Jimmy Steward, Donna Reed	The Miracle Worker Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke	Dead Poet's Society Robin Williams	Mary Poppins Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke	Lilies of the Field Sidney Portier
Juror #8	"Not a smidge of temperature."	"Wah Wah"	"... food for worms."	supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Amen
Dagney Taggart			Dagney Taggart	Dagney Taggart
High Noon Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly	The Day the Earth Stood Still Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal	The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland	My Cousin Vinny Joe Pesci	Sound of Music Julie Andrews	Hoosiers Gene Hackman
Do not forsake me ...	"Gort, klaatu, barada, nikto"	"There's no place like home."	"and only ..."	The hills are alive	Picket Fence
	Wang Lung	Dagney Taggart Wang Lung	Wang Lung

The Second Dozen Movies to Watch and Know

1935 version of Les Miserables Frederick March, Charles Laughton (You may need to borrow my copy of it.)	The Music Man Robert Preston, Shirley Jones	My Fair Lady Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison	Sandlot	Ferris Beuhller's Day Off Matthew Broderick	The Sting Paul Neuman, Robert Redford
The book is the what you will eventually need to read.	There's trouble in River City.	Get me to the church on time.	Hercules	Anyone	Ya Folla?
			Dagney Taggart
Field of Dreams Kevin Costner		Good Will Hunting Matt Damon, Robin Williams			Rudy
Moonlight Graham
		Dagney Taggart

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