LESSON REVIEW # 4A To Arthur and Sally May*

Arthur and Sally support us by sending at least $20 every other month.

"Two new students joined our group today. Their names are Char...Charmaig..Sheen...She... Oh well, I forgot again, but I am sure that tutor will show you a picture and tell you their names. Woe is me.

Sunday August 20, 2000...A very intense tutoring day.

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                              Cleophas Mike McAlpin......Tutor

                              Marci Williams .............Tutor  

                                            

"You students don't want to listen to my speech on motivation? You got two chances of getting out of it. Slim and none!" 

Topics: A lecture on "Motivation"; Practice for our show on August 27,2000 ("Show Me What You've Got").

 Our tutoring session for Sunday, August 20th began on Saturday. Jarrell journeyed to Anaheim with me to pick up computer software from one of our Tutors, Orlando Alexis, and I treated him to lunch afterwards. He received a 1 1/2 lecture on "motivation" after lunch. He absorbed all as we sat in front of his home in Lynwood.

Our Sunday session began at 1:00 PM. Many of the students attend church and I had picked up some of them earlier in the day to take them there: Keyotta and Charmaine (new student) from West Los Angeles; James from Downey and Jeremiah from Compton. Our lessons began after I had brought them, along with 3 others, to my house. We had a group discussion on "motivation" for approximately 1/2 hour.

I was surprised to learn that many of the students watched television for approximately 3 hours each school afternoon. I was surprised to learn that they talked on the telephone for 1 hour. I was surprised to learn that they had very little time to do additional homework, or read a book or listen to any other music except "rap" music.

My speech on motivation followed my questions about "free afternoon time".  There is very little time to watch television shows all afternoon or to listen to rap music. I let all 10 of the students know that they were at the stage in life that they had to motivate themselves to excel. I pointed out all of the resources that they have at their fingertips to be anything that they chose to be. I suppose many were sorry that they had confessed to me about all of the wasted time in their lives.

  Sheena: Two new students, Charmaine and Sheena. Welcome to "A Free Tutoring Service: Preparing for the Future."

Our Spanish Language Tutor, Marci Williams, wrote up a skit in Spanish. The students practiced the skit for approximately 1/2 hours. We practiced for our upcoming presentation for approximately 2 hours. The students had a lot of fun doing fractions, binary numbers and general science. They were very loud and enthusiastic about their learning and one would have thought that they were having a party on my front porch as they solved problem after problem. The upcoming program is shown below.

Opening Remarks and Welcome to our Guests..........................................Brianna, Kahmya, Treyci, Jarrell, James

Prayer:..................................................................................................................... Sheena...Lauren

Self Introductions: All students, parents and guests.

Remarks: Officer Karriem of Los Angeles Police Dept.; Annie Clayton, Author, "Broken Wings".

Skit: A Group of friends meeting in the park. (Some students will carry on a conversation in Spanish. The students will greet each other and ask about the Tutoring Service. Our Spanish Tutor, Marci Williams, has helped the students along with Spanish lessons.)

Participants: James, Jarrell, Jeremiah, Jarrett, Shavonn, others.

Our Curriculum.................................................................................................Lauren 

Our Resources......................................................................Jarrell, Treyci 

Our Tutors..........................................................................................................Kahmya 

A Journey through The World of Computers..........By the Students of "A Free Tutoring Service"

1. Our Website.....www.cmcalsfreetutoring.com....and The Internet...........Jarrell 

2. The Inner Workings of a Computer.......(2 groups of students will completely disassemble and reassemble an Apple Computer. They will describe each part as it is removed or replaced. They will then power it up. This will be a timed exercise and the team that finishes first will receive a prize.)

The audience will judge the contest.

Team # 1: Jarrell, Lauren, Jeremiah; Team #3: Kenneth, James, Jarrett: Team # 4: Sheena, Keyotta, Charmaine

Team # 2: Cole, Treyci, Joshua

 

B. The Binary and Decimal System of Numbers....................................Cleasana and Treyci

(Our classes have focused on binary numbers in preparation for computer circuitry classes.)

 

1. How to write your name in binary code.

2. How to use your fingers to count in binary and how to add using binary numbers.

3. How the computer uses binary information

4. A demonstration of computer logic circuitry...Our Radio Shack Kit....students; computer circuits are on display.

C. Using the Internet to do Mathematics and Science..........................Jarrett, Shavonn, Jarrell, Jeremiah

 

1. Using the CD-ROM disks to do homework in Biology, History and Geography........ Cole, Shane, James, Jarrell, Jeremiah

 

2.The students will review the CD-ROM disks on the Human Skeleton, the Human Heart and Health Emergencies. Kahmya, Brianna, Shalay, Jarrett, Lauren, Treyci

1. Academics and more Academics...........Mathematics.................Jarrell, Jeremiah, James, Cleasena, Jarrett, Shavonn. (The Students will answer a barrage of questions from the Tutor, Mr. McAlpin)

A. Fractions, decimals, percents, exponents, algebra, scientific notation, graphing lines, calculators.

B. Units of Measurement: weight, time, distance, volume

2. Science, Science and more Science....Tutor, Mr. McAlpin, will direct students

A. Astronomy...............................................................................................Jeremiah, James, Shavonn, Jarrell

B. Chemistry................... : The Electrolysis of Water.. an Experiment...... Cleasena and Joshua

(water is split into hydrogen and oxygen, right before your eyes!)

:Periodic Table of the Elements.............................All Students

C. Physics......................Electromagnetic Spectrum of Waves.....Speed of Light and Sound.....Prisms and

Lens, Pendulums and Springs, Trajectory of a Missile, Newton's Laws....Jeremiah, James, Jarrell, James, others.

D. Biology.......................Computer Animations of Human Body Functions....Models..Students on Computers

E. Electronic and Electrical Theory and Applications.......The Electric Motor, Electronics Apparatus

F. Art by Nicole..............Drawings and Paintings by our talented Artist......Nicole Turner

3. Educational and Entertainment Field Trips.

A. The Griffith Park Observatory: The Science Center: The Labrea Tar Pits: The Page Museum: Imax Theater: Family Fun Center: Redondo Beach: Long Beach: Bowling: Movies: Sightseeing (High Rent Districts)

B. Hoover Dam, Lake Meade, Las Vegas, San Francisco (2 trips)

C. Participation in the Los Angeles Marathon (26.2 miles-March 5, 00) and Bay to the Breakers Race in San Francisco (7.4 miles-May 21, 00). We are now members of "Students Run LA", a track club that does the Los Angeles Marathon each year).

D. Field Trip to Washington D.C. and New York, July 28-August 4, 00. The students will present an overview of this trip. There are pictures, notebooks by students and videotapes of the trip available. Feel free to ask questions about this wonderful educational adventure...........Presented by all of the 7 students who made the journey. There are pictures and information about our trip on our website, also.

All of our activities are covered in detail on our website..www.cmcalsfreetutoring.com. There is a Lesson Review for practically every session. Some have been archived and are readily available. Please visit our website for a very comprehensive review of what our Free Tutoring Service has been able to accomplish in a very short time span. We are constantly........preparing our youth for the future. That is our motto. We are a Federal and State of California Nonprofit Corporation, with 5 Directors, Bylaws, and Purposes for our existence. We have an I.R.S. Tax I.D. number that is unique to our Organization. We are not a part of any other Nonprofit Corporation. We are an educational-based Corporation. We give receipts for donations (for income tax purposes). Please support us in our efforts. All of the Tutors are volunteers and work for free. We rely on your donations and support to keep us in business. We desperately need to stay in business. The future of our generation is at stake. Receipts for donations will be issued...immediately.

Closing Remarks.........Tutors, Parents, Guests

Prayer..........................................................................Joshua Leake

Dismissal.....................................................................

Refreshments ..................cookies and punch

Please feel free to browse the many documents that are used in our tutoring classes.

"I need a break."                                  

"Do I have to listen to this lecture on electricity and computers? I ain't even got no lights in my doghouse. Why don't you let me go out and dig for a bone or something?"

 

   

                                   

"Oh dear me. I forgot where I hid my homework. I also forgot what homework I hid. I also forgot who gave me the stuff in the first place. I also forgot what I was supposed to tell you what you were supposed to remember about electricity. What is that stuff, anyway? Oh well, you know the stories they tell on us.   pac...hy...pac...derm....pacyderms!  *Thank you, Arthur and Sally Mays for your financial support."