BAISHAN AWS WEEKLY UPDATE - November 13, 2020

BAISHAN AWS WEEKLY UPDATE - November 13, 2020

白珊·安妮高中周讯   2020年11月13日

Baishan AWS is partnered with Annie Wright Schools (AWS) in Tacoma, Washington and prepares students for higher education abroad.  Our Weekly Update is an opportunity for us to share all the great learning experiences that take place both in and outside of our classroom, and is a testament to our commitment to communication with our parents as well as the community.

Baishan AWS, Qingdao, China  白珊·安妮高中是青岛白珊学校与美国华盛顿州塔科马市的安妮·怀特学校合作，为学生到海外继续学习做好准备的高中项目。每周的周讯是我们分享学生在学校课堂内外有趣学习经历的机会，也是我们致力于与家长和社区进行沟通的很好的工具和证明。

   

白珊·安妮高中              

中国 青岛 

From the Director  项目主任总结

This week's Update is a testament to the quality of educators that we have here at Baishan AWS. As you read through this edition, you read about rigorous lessons in all grade-levels.  Most notably, however, is that the lessons that our students are given are meaningful in that they relate to current events and to real, current world your children are growing up in. 

当您阅读本期周讯时，您应该能感受到白珊·安妮高中教育工作者的素质。您将会看到我们每一个年级严格而系统的课程。然而，最值得注意的是，我们学生所学的课程是有意义的，因为它们与时事相关，与您的孩子们正在成长的现实世界相关。

Mathematics with Mr. Guo 数学

Grade 9 students did their second test on solving quadratic equations, most students did well and improved their grades compared to the first time. They practiced graphing parabolas in standard, vertex and intercept form and tried to write a quadratic function for a given parabola.

这周我们第二次测试了解一元二次方程，大部分九年级同学的成绩和第一次相比都有了提高。他们继续练习画标准式，顶点式，交点式的抛物线，并尝试着通过抛物线写函数表达式。

Grade 10 students learned to solve square root and other radical equations. Then we discussed the domain and range of some radical functions, and graphed square root and cubic root functions.

十年级的学生这周学习了解根式方程，我们讨论了一部分根式方程的定义域与值域，并试着画二次和三次根式的函数图像。

Grade 11 students continued to battle with trigonometric identities. We derived tan(A+B), tan(A-B) formulas and all half-angle formulas using the identities they learned last week. We came up with different strategies to memorize these formulas.

十一年级同学继续学习三角函数，我们推导出正切两角和、两角差公式，正弦、余弦、正切的半角公式，同学们尝试着理解和记住这些公式。

English Language Arts with Ms. Jia and Ms. Jenn 英语语言文学

ELA classes are jumping into new units this week. In 9th grade, students did a little background research on JD Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye. This novel is going to be a challenge for students but it's one they can meet! The 10th grade is going to be focusing on how young people are making changes in the world and what a little kindness can do for the human spirit! Our main text is the novel Pay It Forward, about a young boy with a good idea. In 11th grade, students will be reading a variety of nonfiction texts about the language and culture. They'll be exploring their own opinions about the power of words, how culture is defined, and how it changes, with the ultimate objective of writing a good argument! We are starting the unit off with a little poetry from the 2014 poetry slam competition in the USA. Here, the poets perform "Unforgettable."

本周英语语言文学课程开始了新的单元。九年级的学生们对作家JD塞林格及其作品《麦田里的守望者》做了一些背景研究和学习。这本小说对学生来说是一个挑战，但我相信他们完全有能力学习！十年学生第二单元学习的主题是年轻人如何改变世界，以及善良能为人类精神带来的改变，学生们阅读的文本是小说《 Pay It Forward》，主要讲述了一个小男孩是如何通过一个好的想法来改变世界的。11年级的学生们将阅读各种关于语言和文化的非小说文本。他们将探讨并发表自己对文字的力量的看法，以及文化是如何定义的，它是如何变化的等等，最终的目标是写一篇优秀的议论文！我们从2014年美国诗歌比赛中的一首小诗开始学习。下述视频中诗人们在表演诗歌“难忘”。

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1 - "Unforgettable" written and performed by Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo and G. Yamazawa

《难忘》，由 Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo 和 G. Yamazawa等人编剧和演出

Physical and Health Education with Coach Faamamafa 体育

This week we did our triangle games volleyball basketball and badminton. To let them work together in volleyball to complete 6 passes in a row without dropping the ball and then try to serve in the basketball rim. This activity is important to let the students developed their passing game, decision making in a short period of time and communicate with each other to find a way and sort out their teams in the correct order and try to make sure the ball will go inside the rim.  There were other volleyball skills practice included as well. 

本周体育课上，学生们混合练习了三项球类运动：排球、篮球和羽毛球。学生们需要团队合作，在排球练习中一起完成连续6次传球而不掉球，然后尝试在篮筐内投球。这项活动能提高学生的传球技能，短时间内做出决定的反应能力，团队间互相沟通找到解决问题的方法，以及如果正确地安排团队成员的位置并努力确保球会进入篮筐。除此之外我们还练习了一些其他的排球技能。

We also managed to get few AWS students to join my volleyball team this week and I’m looking forward for more students to come join the team with the QAIS students, I think it’s a great opportunity for students to get to know each other and play as a team together. Badminton and basketball, I am also looking forward to recruiting students to join the basketball team and start a badminton club.

本周我们有几个学生加入了美亚国际学校的排球队，我期待有更多的学生加入。我认为这是一个让学生们相互了解和团队合作参加比赛的好机会。我也期待有更多的学生加入篮球队，同时也我也正在创办羽毛球队。

Physics with Mr. Kytle 物理

On Monday of this week, the students completed their exam on Scope and Scale. The students also began to work on their project for Scope and Scale dealing with a particular Element from the Periodic Table of Elements. Also, starting on Thursday, we began our new Unit on Forces and Matter. The students began to examine the four fundamental forces found in the Universe. Those forces are Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong Force, and Weak Force. There are a lot of new terms for the students to comprehend and consider but I feel as though we have turned a corner in Physics and during the rest of the school year, we will make a lot of progress.

本周在物理课上，周一学生们完成了比例和尺度这一单元的考试。学生们也开始准备他们的课题，研究元素周期表中的特定元素。本周四我们开始学习力和物质这一单元，学生们研究了宇宙中发现的四种基本力：重力、电磁力、强力和弱力。尽管学生们需要理解和学习很多新的术语，但我觉得他们在物理学习上已经有了一个转折点，在本学年剩下的时间里，他们将会取得更大的进步。  

Chemistry with Ms. Jiajia 化学

This week Grade 11 students worked on periodic summary. They could illustrate trends of ionization energy, affinity, electronegativity, physical and chemical properties both across a period and down a group. Meanwhile they can deduce the exclusions that don't follow the trends by using electro configuration and orbital diagram. Then students started to study ionic bond and ionic compounds. They knew how atoms form ionic bonds through chemical bonding activity. 

这个星期11年级学生对周期性质做了总结，包括电离能，电子亲和能，电负性，物化性质。学生能够找出特例并通过电子式和轨道图解释，为什么不符合规则。然后，他们通过做的化学键活动，学习了离子键和离子化合物，了解原子如何形成离子键。

Next week students will learn covalent bonding, covalent compounds, Lewis structure and molecular shape.

下个星期，学生会学习共价键，共价化合物，Lewis结构以及分子构型。

Humanities with Ms. Brauer 人文科学

2 - Moo.

In all three grade levels and Advisory, we’ve been taking some time to study how the election process works in the United States, and examine why this election has been particularly interesting.

本周在人文科学课上，三个年级的学生都花了一些时间来研究美国的选举过程是如何运作的，并分析了为什么这次选举特别有趣。

In Grade 9 Geography, we’ve also been studying the water cycle and the distribution of water around the globe, so that we can start to talk about the implications of water stress and scarcity. 

在九年级的地理课上，我们还研究了水循环和全球水的分布，接下来我们开始讨论水资源紧张和缺水的影响。

The Grade 10/11 Historians have moved through the Qin dynasty this week, and on to the Han. Next, we’ll load up our caravans and travel the Silk Road… 

10年级和11年级的历史学家们本周已经穿越了秦朝，进入了汉朝。接下来我们将装载我们的大篷车，沿着丝绸之路旅行…

Our APHG geographers have dipped into a bit of history this week, studying the origins of the UN, IMF, and World Bank to understand both the political and economic contexts that spurred their creation, and how they affect our international monetary system now. 

本周AP人文地理学家们深入研究了联合国、国际货币基金组织和世界银行的起源，促使它们产生的政治和经济背景，以及它们如何影响国际货币体系。

Chinese Language with Ms. Zheng 中国文学

本周10年级学生们研读了学术思想的另一个流派——墨家的核心思想，主要代表人物墨子及其代表作《兼爱》。通过几周的学习，他们对古代学术思想的内容和思想家们已经很好掌握，并以小组讨论和讲解等形式，分享彼此的感悟和心得。同时，每个小组还制作了自己推崇的学术流派海报为第二单元的思想文化主题画上了完美的句号。

This week, the grade 10th students studied another school of academic thought, the core idea of Mohism, the main representative figure Mozi and his masterpiece Universal love. After a few weeks of study, they had a good grasp of the content of ancient academic thought and thinkers, and shared their feelings and experiences in the form of group discussion and explanation. At the same time, each group also made their own academic school posters, which drew a perfect end to the ideological and cultural theme of unit 2.

句子是现代汉语言体系的最高层级。在掌握了十大短语类型的基础上，本周11年级开始学习汉语句子的成分——主语、谓语、宾语等。学习划分句子的成分，表情达意的同时能清晰知道句子内部的关系，让我们“知其然，亦知其所以然”。同时，11年级学生们开始搜集材料和证据为本学期的中西方节日专题做准备。

Sentence is the highest level of Chinese language system. Based on mastering the ten types of phrases, grade 11 students began to learn the components of Chinese sentences -- subject, predicate, object, etc. Learning to divide the components of a sentence, we can clearly know the relationship within the sentence while expressing the meaning, so that we can "know what it is and why it is". Another, the students began to collect materials and evidence to prepare for the Chinese and western festival project.

Visual Arts with Mr. Brandt 视觉艺术

All Visual Art students are investigating the creative process.  This process includes identifying an intention, exploring prior artists, then studying colors.  Last week the Blue Ties, Green Ties, and Red Ties studied the famous colorist and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his research strategies.  This week all the students are applying their understanding of color relationships to the subject matter and ideas of their choosing.  The 10th and 11th grade Painting students are using acrylic, while the Drawing students will concentrate more on using watercolor to accent their drawings.

本周艺术课上，学生们都在积极思考和研究接下来的艺术创作过程。这个过程包括确定一个想法，研究其他艺术家的作品，然后研究色调。上周，9年级蓝领带、10年级绿领带和11年级红领带的学生们研究了著名的色彩学家和哲学家约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德及其创作策略。本周所有的学生都需要将他们对颜色关系的理解应用到对主题的思考和选择上。10年级和11年级的学生将使用丙烯材料创作，9年级的学生将更专注于使用水彩画来进行创作 。

Next week, the students will begin applying all that they have learned to their chosen subject matter and begin a final unit artwork.  They will be given 3 weeks to work on this one important summative project. 下周，学生们需要将他们所学的知识应用到所选择的创作主题上，并开始创作本单元的作品。学生们将有3周时间来完成这项重要的总结性作品。

Chinese Studies with Mr. Zhan 中国文学

《三国演义》在中国是一部妇孺皆知的古典白话小说， 其中“三顾茅庐”是精彩片段。本周9年级学生学习了这个精彩片段。学生们围绕着情节上的“层层剥笋”和人物描写上的“烘云托月”两个关键词进行研读探究，并分享探究成果。通过学习，同学们对中国古典白话小说在情节推进方式和人物形象塑造这两个方面的创作技巧有了深入的理解。

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a well-known classical vernacular novel in China, in which "Three Visits to the Hut" is a wonderful segment. This week, the 9th students learned this clip. They studied and explored the key words of "layer by layer analysis" in plot and "artistic contrast" in character description, and shared the learning results. Through the study, the students have a deep understanding of the writing skills of the plot promotion mode and the characterization of Chinese classical vernacular novels.

University Guidance with Ms. Du 美国大学升学指导课

This week, students took class in QAIS library. They all successfully created their own Scoir account. Scoir is a very useful tool to assist students with college application. With the help of this website, students can research colleges, have visual campus tours, compare different colleges, and input personal information, etc. After creating the account, each student was required to do a self-reflection and finished the first version of their own personal bio. Since there is a limit of number of words, everyone needed to think carefully before writing and chose the words that could best describe themselves. In this process, they had a good opportunity to figure out who am I, a question that I asked at the beginning of this semester and required them to keep searching for the answer.

本周，学生们在美亚学校图书馆上课。他们都成功地创建了自己的Scoir账户。Scoir是一个非常有用的工具来帮助学生申请大学。在这个网站的帮助下，学生可以研究大学，进行可视化的校园参观，比较不同的大学和输入个人信息等。创建账户后，每个学生都要进行自我思考，完成自己个人简历的初级版本。因为字数是有限制的，所以每个人在写作前都要仔细考虑，选择最能描述特点自己的词。在这个过程中，他们有了一个很好的机会来认清楚“我是谁”，这是我在本学期初提出的一个问题，要求他们不断寻找答案。

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