Classical Conversations

Challenge B Resources

for 2nd Semester

Short Story Writing

At the request of parents, I created a short story coaching course

follows the guide
helps students complete weekly assignments
shows students the writing techniques used in the stories they're already required to read
demonstrates how to use word processors effectively
provides a checklist for students to incorporate writing techniques they already know into their short stories
teaches a few aspects of self-publishing and audiobooks

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Intermediate Logic

3 options for how to do the over-break assignment to copy appendices

1-Logic over Xmas Break for Challenge B-email.pdf

Appendices A, C & B (the answers)

Appendices ABC.pdf

My Version of Fill-in-the-Blank Appendices A, C & B

appendices_myversion USE 2nd.pdf

Fill-in-the-Blank Appendices A, C & B

AppendicesACB_Blank.pdf

A Guide to Talk Yourself through the Appendices as You Copy—not my idea, but I like it!

Intermed Logic Appendices Self-Talk.pdf

Mock Trial

Grace Hopper

In Mock Trial, one of the people who died is named Grace. They gave her the last name Hopper. Because I tutored an Essentials student who wrote her Faces of History paper on Grace Hopper, I now know that this was a nod to Admiral Grace Hopper, who was a computer scientist who pioneered computer programming.

Hopper was one of the programming team who found a bug in the computer--literally a moth. That's why we call problems "computer bugs."
Hopper changed the numbers to English commands so that programming was more like language.
Hopper created parts of computer programs and figured out how to store them in the computer so that her programs could access them when needed rather than her having to rewrite the same code over and over.
and so much more!

Grace Hopper Quotes:

“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”
“Manage things. Lead people.”
“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one’s superiors; care for one’s crew.”
“The only phrase I’ve ever disliked is, ‘Why, we’ve always done it that way.’ I always tell young people, ‘Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'”