白珊·安妮高中周讯（22）

 Red Tie Zoey's photograph "LOVE" illustrating an environmental message made with found flowers.

红丝带Zoey的照片“爱”，用找到的花阐述了环境信息。

Dear Baishan AWS Parents and students,

 

Baishan AWS had another exciting week filled with final assessments and and ceremony.  The 10th Grade students are now finished with their curricular lessons.  While some students begin extra classes at QAIS, others are beginnng their well-deserved Summer holiday.  These students were given extra time Thursday to pack and organize their dorms.

 

Ninth-grade students are continuing to prepare for the Zhongkao test for the next two weeks. We wish them much success. 

 

We hope that you read next week's update to see the many photographs of the Awards Ceremony.

 

尊敬的白珊·安妮高中的家长和学生们：

 

本周白珊·安妮高中又是充实并激动的一周，学生们进行了本学年最后的评估和结业仪式。十年级的学生现在已经完成了本学年的课程。下周，一些学生将开始美亚国际学校的课外课程，另一些学生将开始他们应得的暑假。这些学生本周四进行了离校前个人物品和宿舍的整理。

 

接下来的两周，九年级的学生将继续努力为中考做准备，预祝他们成功。

 

下周的周讯中我们会更新结业颁奖典礼上的一些照片。

 

罗恩·布兰特

项目主任

白珊·安妮高中

 

Humanities with Ms. Brauer 人文科学

 

Our 9th grade world geographers had the chance this week to show me how much they’ve learned about migration, urbanization, development, and sustainability in their year-end summative exam. They applied their geography knowledge by analyzing quality of life data to assess the comparative development of three mystery countries, comparing scatter graphs, and evaluating real migration stories. We’ll end the school year geeking out on the interactive graphs of Hans Rosling the Geography Genius.

 

在本周的世界地理课上，九年级的学生们在期末总结考试中向我展示了他们对移民、城市化和可持续性发展的了解。他们运用地理知识，通过分析生活质量数据，比较并评估了三个神秘国家的发展和分散图，并研究分析了真实的移民案例。我们将以分析地理天才Hans Rosling 的交互图来结束本学年地理课的学习。

 

Our 10th grade historians kicked off this very last week of the school year by examining the uneasy peace brought by the Treaty of Versailles after WW1. We moved on to the Great Depression and then a superfast study of how dictators rose and WW2 loomed. We did not make it through as much of US History as we’d hoped and planned at the start of the year, but 2020 has definitely been a year for the (future) history books, and we tackled it with clear eyes and curious minds. Onward, young historians, and enjoy the summer!

 

本周在十年级的美国历史课上， 学生们研究了第一次世界大战后凡尔赛条约带来的难得的和平。我们接着又学习了经济大萧条，然后快速预览了独裁者的崛起和第二次世界大战的爆发。我们并没有像年初所希望和计划的那样学习足够多的美国历史内容，但2020年绝对是（未来）历史书籍中会记载的一年，我们用清晰的眼光和好奇的头脑进行了应对。年轻的历史学家们，继续前进，享受夏天吧！

 

 

Math and Science with Mr. MacKeigan 科学

 

In our ninth grade class, we were wrapping up the year with our final assessment--using our knowledge of transformations to design a tessellation. A tessellation is a repeating motif or pattern that can cover the Caretesian plane with no gaps and no overlaps. Students will use their artistic and mathematical skills to create a, hopefully, beautiful final project.

本周在九年级的几何课上，我们进行了本学年的最后评估——利用所学的转换知识来设计一个镶嵌图形。镶嵌是用重复的母题或图案覆盖无间隙和无重叠的平面。学生们将运用他们的艺术和数学技能，创造一个美丽的期末作品。

 

In our tenth grade class, we concluded our studies this year with a research presentation on a bacterial borne illness. Students used their knowledge of cellular biology and conducted research into the type of bacteria responsible for the disease, how it causes illness, the signs and symptoms of the disease, whether or not it's treatable, and regions where the disease is more common. Additionally, they did a final project on Mendelian genetics. 

 

本周在十年级的科学课上，我们完成了对一种细菌性疾病的研究，结束了本学年的课程。学生们运用他们所学的细胞生物学知识，对导致这种疾病的细菌类型、如何引起疾病、疾病的症状和体征、是否可以治疗以及疾病更常见的区域进行了研究。此外，他们还完成了一个关于孟德尔遗传学的课题。

 

 

English with Ms. Roth 英语文学

 

The first year of English at Baishan Annie Wright is complete, and what a year it was! We had some incredible challenges in our first year as a school, and we can all be proud that levels of language proficiency, writing skills, thinking skills, study skills, and awareness of language and literature have all improved. We have a long way to go but we are building a solid foundation. Congratulations to the students for their hard work.

 

本周我们结束了白珊·安妮高中第一学年的英语课程，这是多么美好的一年啊！作为一个新的高中项目，我们在第一年遇到了一些令人难以置信的挑战，令我们自豪的是，学生们在英语语言水平、写作技能、逻辑思维、学习能力以及对语言和文学的认识方面都有所提高。我们还有很长的路要走，但我们正在打下坚实的基础。让我们为学生们的努力喝彩！

 

Parents should know that there is still work to be done over the break. Check your email for more information about the summer reading and grammar assignments!

 

家长们请知悉，暑假期间学生们仍有英语作业。请及时查看您的电子邮件，了解更多关于暑期阅读和语法作业的信息！

 

Visual Art with Mr. Brandt 视觉艺术

 

Art students have their unit on photography and compositional strategies.  Last week, students selected photographs that best fit the taught compositional strategies.  They then annotated the photographs with lines and text.  This week, however, the students demonstrated their understandings by looking at their own real world.  They were challenged to take photos and annotate them to explain how they made creative decisions that emphasized what they intended to communicate.

 

本周在艺术课上，学生们完成了摄影和构图策略这一单元。上周，学生们选出了最符合所学的构图策略的照片，然后他们用线条和文字对照片进行了注释。本周，学生们通过观察周围真实的世界来展示他们对所学知识的理解，学生们按要求拍摄了照片，并对其进行了注释，以阐述他们是如何做出创造性的决定来强调他们想要传达的信息。

 

For example, Max S. has demonstrated three compositional strategies in his "Afternoon's Playground" photograph:  rule-of-thirds, vantage point, and depth-of-field.

 

例如，Max S 在他的照片 "Afternoon's Playground"”中展示了三种构图策略：三分法则、有利视角和景深。

 

 

Livia's Environmental Artwork photograph using found plants.

Livia用可以找到的植物拍摄的环境艺术照片

 

 

"Afternoon's Playground " by Green Tie Max S., digital photograph

绿领带Max S 摄影作品： “ 下午的操场”

 

 

Chinese Literature with Ms. Zheng  中国文学

 

随着最后一周教学任务的顺利完成，我们本学年的中国文学课程也圆满地画上了句号。中国古代文学不论是内容还是形式，都生动地体现了中国文化的基本精神，民族思想和美学追求。学生们选取了自己感兴趣的“诗经”和“宋词”等单元，融合了文学和艺术，很好地完成了这份结业项目。不论是“唐诗宋词”，还是“汉赋元曲”，都有其独特的个性和经典文学价值。学生们在不断提高中文阅读写作综合能力的同时，通过学习古代文学作品，也逐步提高了艺术鉴赏能力和文学素养，在多学科融合和思维发散联想等方面也有所收益。纵观中国文学发展脉络，从远古到现代，不断创造出与时代相契合的文学奇观，引导学生去思考并关注社会发展和人类命运，这也是文人们传承的“文以载道”的精神体现。

 

        九年级的学生们正积极备战中考，在所剩不多的时日里，愿你们不断“挑战自己，超越自己”，预祝考试成功！

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