Mr. Minich's Classwork Calendar
January 2005
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Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

.Jan 3

Geometry -

Review take home test

VB -

Work on Ch4Proj2

Java  -

Discuss Ch7Proj1

Work on Ch7Proj1 by Wed 2:30 pm

Data St -

Make up quiz

Discuss BigO Chart

.4

Geometry -

Review take home test. It will possibly be checked or collected for a regrade.

As classwork, do p. 279 #10-14 of the Chapter Test. Discuss #15, 16.

Discuss #24 p. 259 proof.

VB -

Work on Ch4Proj2

Java  -

Finish Ch. 7 lecture (static fields, scope, class invariant, state/behavior of a class, interface of a class, throw an exception, shadowing, pre & postconditions, pass by value vs pass by reference, swap method)

Work on Ch7Proj1 (due Wed 2:30 pm)

(if time) Begin Ch7Proj2 (bounded environment)

Data St -

Work on Ch18Proj1

.5

Geometry -

Ch. 7 Test

VB -

Continue Ch. 5 lecture (2d arrays, InputBox, parallel arrays, reading from & writing to files)

Java  -

Possible quiz on anything from Ch. 7

Work on Ch7Proj2

Data St -

Possible Big O chart quiz

Possible fill-in-code-blank quiz

Work on Ch18Proj1

.6

Geometry -

Review for midterm

I.M. Pei research

VB -

HW check & review

Java  -

Work on Ch7Proj2

Data St -

Work on Ch18Proj1

.7 End of 2nd Q

Geometry -

I.M. Pei reports

VB -

Review for midterm exam

Java  -

Ch. 7 Quiz/Test on Ch7Proj1 code

Work on Ch7Proj2

Data St -

Big O chart quiz

Fill-in-code-blank quiz

Work on Ch18Proj1

.10   Review Day

Geometry -

Optional HW check

Review practice midterm

Review selected proofs

VB -

Pass back graded papers

HW check

Review practice midterm

Java  -

Pass back graded papers

HW check

Review AP practice midterm

Work on Ch7Proj2 (may be turned in today to count for 2nd Q, otherwise it will be due Tue 2/18)

Optionally submit Ch7Proj2, Ch7Proj3, & Ch7Proj4

Data St -

Pass back graded papers

Finish Ch18Proj1 (due at 2:30 pm)

.11

Exams

World Language
English

.12

Exams

Social Studies
Math

Geometry
9:30-11:00 am
Rm 202
Mr. Minich

.13

Exams

Computer Science
Science

Visual Basic
7:30-9:04 am
Per 6 Rm 200 Mr Holt
Per 8 Rm 208 Ms Werner

Java
7:30-9:04 AM
Rm 204 Mr Ferrandino


Data Structures
7:30-9:04 am
Rm 200
Mr. Holt

.14 Begin of 3rd Q

Geometry -

Finish I.M. Pei reports

VB -

Discuss placement into AP/Honors Java

Java  -

Ch. 7 lecture (leftover topics including static fields, scope, class invariant, state/behavior of a class, interface of a class, throw an exception, shadowing, pre & postconditions, pass by value vs pass by reference, swap method)

Data St -

Read Ch. 19 pp. 737-742

.17

No School

.18

Geometry -

Midterm post-mortem

VB -

Midterm post-mortem

Java  -

Midterm post-mortem

Data St -

Midterm post-mortem

.19

Geometry -

8.1 lecture

VB -

Trace the binary search algorithm as a class

Java  -

Continue Ch. 9 lecture (interfaces)

Data St -

Begin Ch 19 lecture (linked lists)

.20

Geometry -

Short class due to snow delay

VB -

Begin Ch 5 lecture (parallel arrays)

Review a demo program with parallel arrays

Java  -

Continue Ch. 9 lecture (Comparable interface, compareTo method)

Data St -

Short class due to snow delay

.21

Geometry -

8.1 lecture continued

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (2D arrays)

Trace code for double-nested For loop that works with a 2D array

Java  -

Review Ch9Demo1 program that uses Comparable interface

Data St -

Create Ch19Demo1 (working with the methods of a LinkedList)

.24

Geometry -

8.1 lecture continued

VB -

Classwork - trace code that involves 2D arrays and nested loops

Java  -

Review Ch9Demo1 program that uses Comparable interface

Data St -

Short class due to snow delay

.25

Geometry -

8.1 lecture continued

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (Timer control)

Java  -

Review Ch9Demo1 program that uses Comparable interface

Data St -

Short class due to snow delay

.26

Geometry -

No class due to Course Selxn Assembly

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (Timer control, scroll bar)

Turn Ch5Demo1 into Missile Invader demo

Java  -

Continue Ch. 9 lecture (casting with interfaces, polymorphism, early vs. late binding)

Review Ch9Demo2 that uses a static method with Comparable reference params that allow Strings and Students to be passed as parameter with late binding & casting

Data St -

No class due to Course Selxn Assembly

.27

Geometry -

Simplifying radicals

VB -

Discuss MissileDefender and MissileEvader demo programs

Java  -

Continue Ch. 9 lecture (equals method, early vs. late binding)

Review Ch9Demo3 that uses a static method with Comparable reference params that allow Strings and Students to be passed as parameter with late binding & casting

Data St -

Begin Ch 19 lecture (linked lists, List interface, iterators)

.28

Geometry -

HW review

Begin 8.2

VB -

Finish discussing the MissileEvader demo program

Continue Ch 5 lecture (DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time)

Java  -

Review Ch9Demo4 that demonstrates the need to cast interface references to objects

Per 7 - quiz

Begin Ch 11 (inheritance)

Data St -

Continue Ch 19 lecture (iterators, stacks, queues, implementing stacks & queues, College Board AP interfaces)

.31

Geometry -

8th graders to auditorium for spelling bee at 9 am

VB -

Quiz on 2D array algorithms

Continue Ch 5 lecture (using sound effects and background sounds, passing parameters including sender and e, passing by reference, functions that return values, input boxes, Timer control, DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time, using a method in Form1 to set a module-level variable, using a Fish class, using sound, reading/writing to files?)

Java  -

Per 5 - quiz

Begin Ch. 11 lecture (inheritance, Object class, inheritance hierarchy, signature, super keyword, abstract classes, final methods & classes, levels of access control, toString method, equals method, clone method)

Data St -

Continue Ch 19 lecture (iterators, stacks, queues, implementing stacks & queues, College Board AP interfaces)

Identify the big Oh category of mystery sorts by identifying loops and recursive characteristics

Do Ch. 18 related practice AP style questions

.Feb 1

Geometry -

?

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (passing parameters including sender and e, passing by reference, functions that return values, input boxes, Timer control, DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time, using a method in Form1 to set a module-level variable, using a Fish class, using sound, reading/writing to files?)

Java  -

Introduce Ch7Proj3 & Ch7Proj4

Data St -

????

.2

Geometry -

?

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (passing parameters including sender and e, passing by reference, functions that return values, input boxes, Timer control, DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time, using a method in Form1 to set a module-level variable, using a Fish class, using sound, reading/writing to files?)

Java  -

Ch. 9 Quiz (interfaces)

Data St -

????

.3

Geometry -

?

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (passing parameters including sender and e, passing by reference, functions that return values, input boxes, Timer control, DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time, using a method in Form1 to set a module-level variable, using a Fish class, using sound, reading/writing to files?)

Java  -

????

Data St -

????

.4

Geometry -

?

VB -

Continue Ch 5 lecture (passing parameters including sender and e, passing by reference, functions that return values, input boxes, Timer control, DateAndTime.Timer method to calculate elapsed time, using a method in Form1 to set a module-level variable, using a Fish class, using sound, reading/writing to files?)

Java  -

Interesting Fish project

Work on Ch7Proj2 (due ?)

Data St -

Begin Ch 20 lecture (sets, maps, binary trees, TreeSet, binary search trees, min-heaps, binary tree algorithms, pre/post/infix traversals, heapsort, priority queues, binary expression trees, HashSet, hashCode method, HashMap, TreeMap)

Review sets & maps guide