BAISHAN AWS WEEKLY UPDATE - April 16, 2021

BAISHAN AWS WEEKLY UPDATE - April 16, 2021 

白珊·安妮高中周讯  - 2021年4月16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 of 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.

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  

Baishan AWS           

中国 青岛

Qingdao, China

From the Director 项目主任总结

Baishan AWS students completed the second of two Oxford Language Assessments. These assessments help to measure students' use of English and listening growth over time. As a responsible school that continually seeks feedback to ensure that we are constantly improving, these data will be used to also measure our school's effectiveness, starting with Grade 9.

白珊·安妮高中的学生本周四完成了本学年第二次牛津英语语言评估测试。每学年学生们将会参加两次英语语言等级评估测试，这些评估将有助于衡量学生在英语使用和听说等方面的进步。作为一所负责任的学校，我们不断寻求教学反馈，以确保我们自身的不断提高，这些数据也将用于衡量学生从9年级入学开始在学校的教学效率。

This coming next week will be very exciting with a variety of activities. Baishan AWS will join other schools by encouraging reading and writing during Literacy Week. Many of our students have been working hard with the Baishan campus production of the musical Singin' in the Rain. All of the students and faculty will have an opportunity to see this major performance during the day Wednesday, April 21st. Additionally, all of the students will have a special guest professor give a seminar on the important steps necessary to securing a place in the most appropriate university. 

下周将是非常激动人心的一周，我们安排了各种各样的活动。白珊·安妮高中的学生将在文学周期间与其他年龄段的孩子一起进行阅读和写作。我们的许多学生一直在努力参演白珊教育集团的音乐作品《雨中曲》。4月21日（星期三）下午，我们所有的学生和老师都将有机会观看这场精彩的表演。此外，我们所有的学生都将参加由一位特邀教授进行的讲座，讲座的主题是：在最合适的大学获得一席之地所需的重要步骤。

Literacy Week文学周

Baishan AWS will have a week dedicated to literacy as part of our commitment to instill a love for reading. Several events have been planned by Ms. Roth and Ms. Jia for this coming week that will encourage both students and faculty to appreciate the power of reading. 

作为我们致力于灌输热爱阅读的一部分，白珊·安妮高中下周将有一周时间集中进行文学教育。 Ms. Roth and Ms. Jia 为下周的文学周计划了几项活动，鼓励学生和教师们都欣赏阅读的力量。

Morning Advisories (08:00 - 08:15) will be dedicated to DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) all week. Both students and faculty will be required to pause everything else and read from a book of their choosing. Students have been encouraged to select their book this week so they are ready Monday. 

下周每天的早课时间（08:00-08:15）将进行 DEAR活动 。学生和老师们将被要求暂停其他一切活动，拿起自己喜欢的书进行阅读。本周学生们已经开始挑选自己喜欢的书，并在下周一准备好。

All students and faculty are encouraged to dress like an author or book character on Tuesday, April 20. Students from Baishan AWS and QAIS will all have the opportunity to celebrate their favorite writer during the day instead of wearing their uniforms. 

4月20日，星期二，所有的学生和老师都被鼓励穿得像一个作家或书中的人物。白珊·安妮高中和美亚国际学校的学生都将有机会在下周二全天庆祝他们最喜爱的作家和人物，不需要穿校服。

In the spirit of sharing the love for reading with younger students, all Baishan AWS students will have Reading Buddies. We thank Baishan School kindergarten for the opportunities of partnering with the young students twice during the week. This will surely be a meaningful experience for both ages. 

本着与低年级学生分享热爱读书的精神，所有白珊安妮高中的学生都将会被安排读书的伙伴。非常感谢白珊学校幼儿园下周为我们提供的两次跟幼儿园小朋友一起共同阅读的机会。对两个年龄段的孩子来说，这肯定会是一次非常有意义的经历。

Additionally, Ms. Roth and Ms. Jia have prepared specific language lessons dedicated to Literacy Week 

 此外，Ms. Roth和Ms. Jia也将会为学生们准备专门的文学和创意写作课程。

Singin' in the Rain

雨中曲

Our Baishan AWS students Mary, Tracy, Rain, Jessica, and Katherine, as well as AWS Tacoma Red Tie Sukie have all worked hard to produce this year's musical Singin' in the Rain. All of our students and faculty have been invited to see this show Tuesday.

白珊·安妮高中学生苑佳瑞、任籽妍、刘庚雨、纪晓雯和陈歌扬，以及美国塔科马安妮学校的红带学生王艺舒非常认真努力地参演了今年的音乐剧《雨中曲》。

Language Assessments 

语言评估

All Blue and Green Ties completed their second Oxford language assessment during the morning of April 15. The Red Ties completed the assessment in the afternoon. Data will help students see their growth as well as inform the school of its affectiveness over years. 

4月15日，所有学生分别在上午和下午完成了第二次牛津英语语言评估测试。这些数据将有助于学生们看到自己英语水平的进步，并指导老师进行有针对性的教学。

Humanities with Ms.Brauer 

人文科学

Our Grade 9 Geographers are learning more about quality of life indicators, and navigating increasingly complex data – this week, the full data set underlying the UN’s 2018 HDI rankings – to evaluate what stories the numbers tell. What’s the best and more accurate way to measure development? And what red flags emerge in the data that should worry us?   

本周九年级的地理学家们正在学习更多关于生活质量指标的知识，并利用越来越复杂的数据（关于联合国2018年人类发展指数排名的完整数据集）来评估这些数据所反映的情况。学生们思考并讨论了衡量社会发展最好、最准确的方法是什么？数据中出现了哪些让我们担心的危险信号？

It’s true that on June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand; but every assassination doesn’t become a world war, so why did this one? Our Grade 10/11 Historians negotiated their own system of alliances to figure out and reenact what went very, very wrong. Next, we go into the trenches. 

众所周知，1914年6月28日，加夫里洛·普林西比枪杀了奥匈王位继承人弗兰兹·费迪南大公；但并不是每一次暗杀都会导致世界大战，为什么这次会导致第一次世界大战呢？本周10/11年级的历史学家们通过讨论他们理解的联盟体系来找出并重演出问题所在。接下来，我们将进一步学习有关战争的内容。

This week is FRQ Bootcamp in APHG. Our Geographers are writing 12 FRQs (Free Response Questions with a 25 minute time limit) and getting quick feedback on them, in one very intense week. We’re aiming for responses that are more consistently specific and accurate, and make better use of course vocabulary.  

本周AP人文地理课的学生进行了强化训练。学生们正在写12个 FRQs （ 有25分钟时间限制的自由回答问题），并对所回答的问题进行了快速反馈。我们的目标是让学生使用课程专业词汇，更加具体和准确地回答问题。

Mathematics with Mr. Guo

数学课

Grade 9 students started a new unit of study, using Statistical method to analyse data. We revised some essential terms in Statistics, including mean, mode, median, range, and etc. They learned to find quartiles and interquartile range and draw a box-and-whisker plot to display data. They tried to describe and compare sets of data using the measure of central tendency. They used linear regression function on their graphic calculator to model bivariate data as well.

九年级的同学开始了一个新的单元的学习，使用统计方法分析数据。我们复习了统计学中的一些基本术语，包括平均值、众数、中位数、极差等。他们学会了寻找四分位数和四分位数的范围，并绘制箱型图来显示数据。他们尝试着使用集中趋势的度量来描述和比较数据集。他们在图形计算器上使用线性回归功能来模拟双变量数据。

Grade 10 students started a new unit of study, Trigonometry, an important topic in Algebra II. First, we reviewed simplifying square roots and Pythagorean Theorem. Then students learned to write sine, cosine, and tangent ratios and use trigonometric ratios to find sides and angles of right triangles.

十年级的学生开始了新单元三角函数的学习,代数2中非常重要的一个课题。首先我们回顾了简化平方根和勾股定理。然后学生们学会写正弦，余弦和正切比例，并使用三角比例来求直角三角形中的边和角。

Grade 11 students reviewed their knowledge of functions. They tried to find the domain and range of the function using graphic or algebraic methods. We also learned the definition of even and odd functions, increasing and decreasing intervals, local and absolute maxima, and minima. Then we looked at a few key essential functions covered so far, their graphs, and the properties of each function.

十一年级的学生复习了他们的功能知识。他们使用图形或代数方法来确定函数的定义域和值域。我们还学习了函数奇偶性的定义，递增和递减区间，局部和绝对最大值以及最小值。然后我们研究了一些关键的基础函数、它们的图形和每个函数的属性。

Chinese Zhongkao with Mr. Zhan

中国文学

Life is often challenged with a variety of choices when faced with the choice of life and death. How to make the right decision? This week, grade 9 students went back to the Warring States period through time and space again, went into "Fish is something I desire", and listened to Mencius' discussion on this topic. Through learning, students understand that although life is valuable, the value of life is not only to "live", but to make it meaningful. They also were taught to understand that it is this spirit of "sacrifice one's life for righteousness" that motivates generations of people with lofty ideals to strive for the just cause for life.

人生常常会面临各种选择，当面临生死抉择时，该怎样做出正确的决定？本周9年级的学生们再次穿越时空，回到战国时期，走进《鱼我所欲也》，倾听“亚圣”孟子对这个话题的论述。通过学习，学生们明白了生命虽然可贵，但生命的价值决不仅仅停留于“活着”，而在于使它有意义，也理解了正是这种“舍生取义”的精神，激励着一代一代的仁人志士为正义事业奋斗终身。

English Language Arts with Ms. Jia and Ms. Jenn 

英语语言文学

It's the last week of Unit 3 in ELA and students were hard at work putting finishing touches on essays, submitting corrections on the work completed during the unit, and gearing up for Literacy Week, which starts on Monday! Students in each grade level worked their way through the writing process, from brainstorming and planning, to drafting and getting feedback, to incorporating feedback into revisions, and finally to proofreading before submitting. Each and every student completed the process, setting distractions aside and tackling the hard work of writing. In ninth grade, students completed comparative analysis essays on the topic of how love is depicted in fictional texts. Tenth graders wrote critical reviews of the graphic novel Maus. And, in eleventh grade, students wrote thoughtful and analytical reader responses to the novel 1984. It was a proud week for students and teachers in ELA classes! 

本周是英语语言文学课第三单元学习的最后一周，学生们都在努力完成论文的整理工作，并对本单元内未完成的作业任务进行了提交和更正，同时为下周进行的语言文学周做好准备！每个年级的学生都在非常努力地进行文章写作，从头脑风暴和写作大纲，到起草和老师的指导反馈，再到根据老师给出的反馈进行修订，并在最后提交前进行校对。本周同学们把文学课上的其他的作业暂时放到一边，集中精力进行了写作。每位同学都非常认真地完成了这个写作过程。九年级的学生完成了关于爱情如何在小说文本中体现这个专题的比较分析文章。十年级的学生们对《鼠族》这部漫画小说进行了批评性的评论。十一年级的学生们在经过深思熟虑和深刻分析之后，写了一篇关于小说《1984》的读后感，老师们为学生本周在英语语言文学课上的努力和成果感到骄傲！

Chinese Literature & Culture with Ms. Emilia 

 中国文学

Creating time  创作时间

The students of Grade 10 imitated the Book of Songs by creating poems and posters. They completed this assignment excellently, showing their amazing literary and artistic talents. Learning classical literature can not only improve their literary appreciation ability, but also help them cultivate their creative ability and artistic perception ability. This week, we also completed the study and exploration of the representative work of Yuefu of Han Dynasty, Peacock Flying Southeast.

10年级同学仿照《诗经》创作诗歌，并制作出海报，出色地完成了这项作业，展现了他们的文学艺术才华。学习古典文学作品不仅可以提高他们的文学鉴赏能力，也可以帮助他们培养创作能力和艺术感知能力。本周，我们还完成了汉乐府代表作品《孔雀东南飞》的学习和探究任务。

The writers of Grade 11 began to enter the unit of writing training. This week, we learned the writing method of narration, how to write scenery and express feelings, and how to write people and events to express our views and feelings. They shared their works, praised the highlights and excellence, and put forward sincere suggestions for revision. Through continuous learning and improvement, everyone's writing ability will be improved.

11年级的作家们开始进入写作训练的单元，我们本周学习了记叙文的写作方法，如何写景抒情，以及如何写人记事，来表达自己的观点和情感。我们分享了彼此完成的作品，对亮点和优秀之处给予赞扬，也提出了诚恳的修改建议。通过不断的学习和改进，每个人的写作能力都会有所提高。

University Guidance & TOEFL with Ms. DU

大学升学指导

This week, in university guidance class, I emphasized the importance of academic performance to the college application again and introduced many academic competitions and events which will take place in the following months. First, I handed out some brochures to each student and let them read and choose at least one competition or event they were interested in. Glad that a few students showed great interest and decided to attend the Canadian Chemistry Contest and Junior Science Olympiad of Canada. Also, six students are planning to attend the World Youth Economic Forum in the summer.

本周，在大学指导课上，我再次强调了学业表现对申请大学的重要性，并介绍了接下来几个月将举行的许多学术竞赛和活动。首先，我发给每个学生一些小册子，让他们阅读并选择至少一个他们感兴趣的比赛或项目。很高兴有几个同学表现出极大的兴趣，决定参加加拿大化学竞赛和加拿大少年科学竞赛。此外，还有6名学生计划在夏季参加世界青年经济论坛。

This weekend, two red ties will attend the Math Kangaroo Competition on campus. Let's give them our best wishes！

本周末，两个红领队学生将在学校参加袋鼠数学比赛。让我们向他们致以最美好的祝愿！

Visual Arts with Mr. Brandt

视觉艺术

Max, our Advanced Painting student, is shown completing one of his weekly assignments that help satisfy his illustration portfolio.

Max，作为我们的高级绘画学生，正在完成他每周需要完成的一项创作，以满足他的插图组合。

As part of the Comparative Study unit, all students are preparing for their final artwork. The Drawing students are focusinging on dry mediums, such as pencil and charcoal, while the Green and Red Tie Painting students are required to use wet materials, such as watercolor and acrylic paint. All students are encouraged to discover the interesting combinations of both. 

作为比较研究单元的一部分，本周所有的学生都在为他们的最终作品做准备。九年级绘画课的学生主要使用一些干性材料，如铅笔和木炭进行创作，而十年级绿带和十一年级红带的学生则主要运用了一些湿性材料，如水彩和丙烯颜料进行创作。学生们被鼓励尝试并发现两种绘画材料的有趣的结合。

This part of the preparation challenges the students to investigate various compositional designs -- ways of placing the drawings and subject matter within the space. Red Tie Zoey is shown working on her 2nd study. She'll decide which design is best for her personal expression, then move forward with that chosen composition. 

这部分创作的准备工作要求学生们研究各种构图设计——在空间中放置图画和主题的方法。十一年级红带Zoey同学正在进行她的第二项研究。她会决定哪种设计最适合她个人的表达，然后继续创作。

As a reminder, the student artworks will incorporate all of their artist and material studies from this unit with their self-selected idea. 

作为提醒，学生最终的艺术作品将和他们自己选择的创意，以及材料研究一起纳入本单元的考核 。

Physical and Health Education with Coach Faamamafa

体育

After a week of Spring Break, the students were challenged to a fitness task that had them move around and develop their endurance. Students completed their fitness tasks in which students worked individually, in pairs, and in teams. Students seemed to enjoy the various exercises and games. Everyone finished with a healthy stretch. Hopefully the students were able to burn some calories during this week back from holiday.

春假回来后，体育课上我们做了一些健身运动，让学生们动起来，锻炼他们的健身技能和耐力。本周我们完成了一项全面的健身任务，学生们必须完成独立，成对以及团队的任务。学生们都很喜欢这些练习和游戏。最后，学生们在运动和游戏之后，进行了有效的伸展运动。学生们在体育课上享受到很多乐趣，最重要的是他们从中学到了很多技能，并在这个过程中消耗了一些热量。

Physics with Mr. Kytle

物理

This week the students are reviewing for their exam on Physical Forces and how they impact movement. The students spent Monday working with definitions of key terms and playing a review game. On Thursday, we went through a series of review questions and exercises to help them finalize their understanding of key concepts. On Friday the students will have their exam. 

本周在物理课上，学生们复习了力以及它是如何影响运动的知识，并进行了单元考试。周一学生们复习并强化了一些关键的术语和定义，并在游戏中进行强化复习。星期四，学生们进行了一系列的题目分析和练习，帮助学生最终确定对一些关键概念的理解。星期五学生们进行了本单元的考试。

We are also working on preparing for an egg drop project. The students are using an application called Tinkercad which will help them to design components we will use to construct a contraption which will protect the eggs as we drop them. I have asked the students to start looking for cardboard and other materials to use to help them in their design efforts. We will discuss this in more detail next week. 

我们也在为接下来的鸡蛋降落实验做准备。学生们正在使用一个名为Tinkercad的应用程序，它将帮助学生们设计组件。我们将用这个程序来构造一个装置，当我们把鸡蛋扔掉时，它将保护鸡蛋。我已经要求学生们开始寻找纸板和其他材料来帮助他们进行设计。下周我们将更详细地讨论这个问题。

Also, we have received permission for our Physics Field Trip to the Hisence Science Museum. We will take the 29th of this month to go and explore the museum. I know that the students and I are excited about this prospect and are looking forward to this event. 

此外，我们将在本月29日去参观海信科学博物馆，进行物理课上的实地考察。我和学生们对这次活动都很感兴趣， 并期待这次活动的顺利进行。

Chemistry with Ms. Jiajia

化学课

This week, AP chemistry students completed the overview of two units. At the same time, they were working on MCQ and FRQ questions by topics.  So more practice questions can help them get reflecting and better preparation. Also they did a mock exam for MCQ using 2016 past paper.

这个星期，化学的学生们，完成了两个单元的复习。并且，他们通过做选择题和问答题的练习，帮助他们做知识反馈，更好的准备考试。同时，学生们也做了一份2016年的真题选择题部分，来模拟感受考试。

From now on, students will be busy with doing MCQ & FRQ practices and both in-class and out-class.

从现在开始，学生们将会忙于做各种练习，沉浸于题海中。

    

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