Things for Ryan to Do

March 10
  1. Please record the purchases from yesterday and let me know when you're finished.  I have a meeting this afternoon, so I need to update my spreadsheet during 4th block.
  2. Then keep going on the Writing Coach book, but skip to 23.2A on p.575.

March 3
  1. Please cut some of these Cats Cards.  I don't know if you can do it sitting down or if you'll want to go stand at the counter.
  2. After a while, you can take a break and work on something for your other classes.

March 2
  1. Please record the purchases from Friday.
  2. Then keep going on the Vocab sentences from last time.

Feb. 27
  1. Please record the purchases from Tuesday.
  2. Then upload the barcodes from Mrs. Davis's scanner and take it back to the office.
  3. Create a new shared Google doc and make up two sentences for each of these words.  There might be a couple of duplicates, so just skip it the second time.
    apathy
    benevolent
    counteract
    dignity
    disheartened
    elaborate
    inscribed
    leisure
    neglected
    preliminary
    unanimous
    unison
    arduous
    aristocrat
    calamity
    culprit
    fastidious
    forlorn
    impending
    instinct
    kindred
    malignant
    perpetual
    primitive
    tranquility
    malevolent
    inquisitive
    diminutive
    erratic
    illicit
    amiable
    secede
    arbitrate
    indigenous
    condescend
    apprehensive

Feb. 24
  1. Please open the Books app on your laptop and see if you can download The Call of the Wild.  Try the one with a gray cover and plain, white words.  Let me see if it works.
  2. If that doesn't work, click here and try this version.
  3. If that still doesn't work, click here and try this version.
  4. Then update the purchases from Friday.

Feb. 20
  1. There's not much to do today since the Cats' Corner wasn't open last week.  Just keep going in the Writing Coach book and/or work on homework or something. 

Feb. 18
  1. Please record the purchases from last Tuesday (2/11).
  2. Then keep going in the Writing Coach book. 



































Feb. 11
  1. Please upload the barcodes from Mrs. Davis's scanner and then take it back to the office.
  2. Then create a Google doc called "Writing Coach Answers" and share it with me.
  3. Starting on p.T297 in the turquoise book, copy the answers just like you see them.  Be sure to put the label, like 13.1A.

Feb. 10
  1. Free day!  I don't have anything for you to work on today.

Feb. 6
  1. Please record the purchases from Tuesday.
  2. This is a big one: Learn to use iMovie. :-)
    You can open iMovie and use the Help file or look up some tutorials online.  Here are a few important things to learn"
    - How to import audio & video into your timeline
    - How to trim audio & video clips
    - How to adjust the settings for clips, like getting rid of the Ken Burns effect
    - How to match the audio to the video 

Feb. 4
  1. Please record the purchases using the new steps to the right.
  2. Then tape up the three ratings posters out in the hallway, in a row under the others.  Tape down all four corners.
  3. Using the small index cards, make flashcards for the 21 words here. 
    After you get to TinyCards, remember to click on "cards" at the top, instead of "lessons."
    - Cut the cards in half.
    - Put "RP 1" (or 2 or 3) on the lined side and the word on the blank side.
    - I've done one as an example.

Jan. 30
  1. Please open the new "Pride Points Purchases" spreadsheet I shared with you.
  2. Try to modify some things on it and let me see what you can and can't modify.  Be sure to try all of the sheets.
  3. That's it for now, unless I think of something during class. :-)

Jan. 28
  1. Please find five example sentences for each of the words/groups below (35 total) and email them to me.  
    - categorically
    - credible, discredit, credited
    - disproportionate
    - incidentally, incident
    - inexplicable
    - multi-faceted, facets
    - plethora
  2. Then go hang those posters all around the building, anywhere you think they'll be visible.

Jan. 27
  1. Please record the purchases from Friday.
  2. Upload the data from Mrs. Davis's scanner and make a pass to take it back to the office and put it in her mailbox.

Jan. 23
  1. Please record the purchases from Tuesday.
  2. In a few minutes, I'll send you another thing to try, but I don't quite have it ready.  Just refresh this page when I tell you it's ready.

Jan. 21
  1. Please find five examples sentences for each of the words/groups below (35 total) and email them to me.  
  • You can make them up or find them online, but if you find them online, change the sentence a little so the students won't find the same sentence online when they're taking a quiz.
  • It's okay to change the word's form,
    like -ing, -s, -ed, etc.

    - compelling, compel
    - confirm, confirmation
    - dispute,  indisputable
    - general, generally, generality, generalization
    - intriguing
    - proponents
    - reasoning, well reasoned

Jan. 16
  1. Please upload the data from my scanner.
  2. Then follow the steps to record the purchases from Tuesday.  Use the real "School Store Purchases" spreadhsheet, and remember to get both "JBJ's iPad" and "Tully's iPad."

Jan. 14
  1. Please open your spreadsheet and look back through the names.  Add the points together for any duplicate names.  For example, "Delancey, Chloie" is there with points twice.  You might have just been rushed on Monday, but that will be important to double-check each time because the formula only records the first number for each name.
  2. It looks like you stopped at Part 2, #2.  Go on to the rest of the steps and tell me when you're finished.
Now let's try the scanner again:
  1. Please get the USB cable and small card (with a blue edge on the bottom) from the top-right drawer of my desk.
  2. Then click here and follow the directions to upload some barcodes. 
    - Make sure the scanner's red beam doesn't point toward anyone's eyes.
    - For "Event," put "Just testing." 
    - Turn off the scanner and put the cable and cord back in the drawer.

Jan. 13
  1. For practice, please continue learning the steps for updating the spreadsheet.  You've already done Part 1, #1-5, so pick up at #6.  Instead of "Tully's iPad," pick a different day from the "Purchases" tab.
  2. Then go to Part 2 and and Part 3 follow those steps.
  3. Let me know when you're finished so I can make sure it looks right.

Jan. 9
  1. Please get the USB cable and small card (with a blue edge on the bottom) from the top-right drawer of my desk.
  2. Then click here and follow the directions to upload some barcodes. 
    - Make sure the scanner's red beam doesn't point toward anyone's eyes.
    - Use Mrs. Davis's scanner, not mine.
    - For "Event," put "1/7 BB game." 
    - Turn off the scanner and put the cable and cord back in the drawer.
  3. Make an e-hallpass to the main office and take the scanner back to Mrs. Davis.  If she's busy, ask Ciera or Cassie to put it in her mailbox.
  4. If you already have an Apple ID, send me the email address so I can share a file with you.  If you don't have one, please create one and then email me the address.

Jan. 8
  1. In the cabinet next to my Star Wars display, there are two shelves of textbooks.  Please take out one shelf's books and put the white binders there instead.  I think they'll all fit on one shelf.
  2. Put the textbooks on the counter under the Star Wars things.
  3. In the next cabinet over, choose 44 good copies of To Kill a Mockingbird and put them next to the printer.  This might take a while because a lot of the books aren't in good condition.

Jan. 7
  1. Please take the name labels out of all the white binders and recycle them.
  2. Take anything except the printed PDF and the yellow dividers out of the binders.
  3. Flip through the PDFs in the binders.  If there's much writing on one, take out the whole story and recycle it.
  4. Stack all the binders over by the printer.
  5. Get the keyboard & mouse paired with your laptop, if you want to.
Click here to upload barcodes.

How to Record Purchases:
  • Copy, paste
  • Copy, paste
  • Sort, sum, sort
 
  1. COPY: Open "Pride Points Purchases" and copy columns A-J from the previous day's purchases on the "Cashier 1" tab.
  2. PASTE: Now go to your tab and paste the data.
  3. COPY, PASTE: Do the same for the data from the "Cashier 2" tab.
  4. SORT: Back on your tab, sort the table by column B (names).
  5. SUM: If anyone bought more than one thing, add their points together so each student has points listed next to their name only one time.  For example, if you bought two items, it would look like this:
    - Ryan Luehrs 25
    - Ryan Luehrs 50
    It needs to look like this:
    - Ryan Luehrs 75
    - Ryan Luehrs 0
  6. SORT: Now sort by column H (points) and delete the ones that say "0."