Moshman - Alice Programming

Day	Date	Topic	Assignments
Monday	9/08	Intro to Alice	Read p 3 - 7 in text. Powerpoint on Chapter 1 w/ Tutorial Key Terms for Chapter 1
Tuesday	9/09		Setting up a scene -- princess/castle/dragon example
Wednesday	9/10		Castle.a2w --Class example to help with Project#1
Thursday	9/11		SnowmanSample.a2w - to help with Project#1 Project#1 Notes (Ch. 2 design process explanation!) Project#1 Notes Part 2 Project#1: SnowPeople
Friday	9/12		Project#1 due by end of period.

Monday	9/15	Intro to Alice	Read Tips & Techniques 1- pg. 13 - 16 Read Tips & Techniques 2 - pg. 38 - 47
Tuesday	9/16	Magnet Fun -- Outline MUST be graded by the end of today.	Project # 2: pg. 48 - 49 "Magnet Fun." 1. Read the problem 2. Create an outline (storyboard outline -- this is your first outline) - Must be done before you even start a scene setup! 3. Have outline checked by teacher. 4. Start project **Your project will lose 50% if you do not check your outline with the teacher first!
Wednesday	9/17	Magnet Fun should be completed by the end of today!	Magnet Fun - Project #2 Magnet Fun Grading Rubric
Thursday	9/18		Per. 1 -- Assembly today. Per. 5,8 -- Read Chapter 3 - Section 1 pgs. 51 - 56 Lunar Landing World -- (click here, open folder, copy and paste it into your Alice folder on the h drive, then open in Alice) Complete Chapter 3-1 Lab (This is a one period lab!)
Friday	9/19	Chapter 3 Section 1 Work Ch. 3 - Lesson 1 Notes	Per. 1 -- Finish Magnet Fun (10 min. only) AND Read Chapter 3 - Section 1 pgs. 51 - 56 Lunar Landing World -- (click here, open folder, copy and paste it into your Alice folder on the h drive, then open in Alice) Complete Chapter 3-1 Lab (This is a one period lab!) Per. 5,8 -- Read pgs. 56 - 64 (Chapter 3 Section 2)

Monday	9/22	Chapter 3-1 Lab	Finish Lab 3 - 1 worksheet (should be completed by the end of the period.)
Tuesday	9/23	Chapter 3-2 Lab	Chapter 3-1 Worksheet must be handed in. Chapter 3 Section 2 Lecture (up to Loops).
Wednesday	9/24	Chapter 3-2 Lab	Repetition(Loops) Start 3-2 Lab
Thursday	9/25		3-2 Lab due by end of period. Hand in worksheet.
Friday	9/26		Make up Day: (I will be at a conference.) 1. Complete all Exercises and questions from Lab 3 - 1. 2. Complete Magnet Fun (if it was not graded yet) 3. Study for quiz on Tuesday (Chapter 3 questions and 5 basic questions notes.)

Monday	9/29	Unit 2 Begins Today Chapter 4 Intro Chapter 4-1 & Vocab	Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 4-1
Tuesday	9/30	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Wednesday	10/1	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Thursday	10/2	Quiz Developing Methods	Developing Methods - Notes
Friday	10/3		Creating New Methods Tutorial

Monday	10/6	Exercises - Creating class and world-level methods	Exercises (Mini-Projects)
Tuesday	10/7		Exercises due - 15 minutes left to work on them!
Wednesday	10/8	Review of Parameters. Multiple Parameters	Chapter 4-1 Notes Chapter 4-2 Notes Beetle Band Tutorial Sounds to Help with BeetleBand Tutorial: Bass Drum Sax guitar
Thursday	10/9	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Friday	10/10	Finish Beetle Band Tutorial	BeetleBand.a2w Exercises - Chapter 4-2

Monday	10/13	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday	10/14	Exercises - Chapter 4-2	Chapter 4-2 Exercises
Wednesday	10/15
Thursday	10/16
Friday	10/17	Grading for 4-2. Work on questions for 4-3.	Chapter 4-2 Exercises - GRADING DAY -- NO MORE WORKING! Questions -- 4-3

Monday	10/20	Chapter 4-3.	Class-Level Methods and Inheritance - Skater -- open iceSkater.a2w and create the slideLeft, slideRight, and skate methods. -- understand terminology: class-level method; world-level method; stepwise refinement.
Tuesday	10/21		Notes - creating class-level methods with parameters -- Spin outline created by class -- CleverSkater Code from today Reference (if you were absent and need to read or review... check out below): Class-Level Methods and Inheritance - spin method with parameters Creating and Saving Out a New Class Guidelines For Writing Class-level Methods
Wednesday	10/22	Ch. 4 Project -- grading day is Monday 10/27.	Start Ch4-3 Project --we took notes in class. If you were absent, click here for them -- ask a classmate to explain. (Normally you will have to get the notes from a classmate!)
Thursday	10/23
Friday	10/24

Monday	10/27	Grading Day for Ch. 4 Project -- (no more working!)	4-3 Grading Rubric Read "Tips & Techniques 4" pgs. 104 - 109 in Alice text. Answer questions on Tips and Techniques 4-- they must be handed in at the end of the period.
Tuesday	10/28		Software Development Cycle developing SkaterRoutine outline
Wednesday	10/29		-- finish SkaterRoutine outline -- figureEight method outline complete figureEight method and test.
Thursday	10/30		-- jumpSpin outline --create jumpSpin outline -- create two new poses to complete the rest of project
Friday	10/31		--finish skaterRoutine (opening, routine, closing) -- make sure to include documentation (comments)! --BallerinaMovements -- project Sample Project Sample Student Outline Review Questions -- work with the ice skater question only

Monday	11/3	BallerinaMovements	Students should be finishing the Ballerina methods (5 given methods). Project should be saved as BallerinaMovements. Create your OUTLINE (This should be a complete outline -- Opening, Routine, Closing -- at least 2 other methods (put their descriptions -- 3 poses!) Outline Must be initialed by teacher before you begin!
Tuesday	11/4	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Wednesday	11/5	Ballerina Movements	Students should have their outlines graded within the first 10 minutes of class. Work should begin on all methods and poses. Opening and closing should be worked on.
Thursday	11/6	Ballerina Movements	Students should be working on routine. Students should be completing their final tests (integration tests) on their project.
Friday	11/7	Ballerina Movements	GRADING DAY! All projects will be graded today. If you were legally absent, please take note that you MUST have your project graded by Wednesday, November 12th. (The end of the quarter is the 14th)

Monday	11/10	Chapter 5-1 Questions	Questions -- Read and answer questions on Chapter 5-1 When finished, you can go and work on Ballerina Movements if needed.
Tuesday	11/11	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Wednesday	11/12	BALLERINA MOVEMENTS GRADING	BALLERINA MOVEMENTS GRADING (Should have been graded on Friday 11/7.) Only grading day!
Thursday	11/13	Alice Logic	Look up 5 different "ideas" of logic in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, or Through The Looking Glass. Type the quotes, and explain in Microsoft Word. Hand in when finished. (If working with a partner, you must hand in 7 different ideas.)
Friday	11/14	Alice Logic	Look up 5 different "ideas" of logic in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, or Through The Looking Glass.

Monday	11/17	Disney's Alice In Wonderland	Disney's Alice In Wonderland -- take notes (at least 2 - 3 points per day.) Compare the logic points you handed in with movie.
Tuesday	11/18	Disney's Alice In Wonderland	Disney's Alice In Wonderland -- take notes (at least 2 - 3 points per day.) Compare the logic points you handed in with movie.
Wednesday	11/19	Disney's Alice In Wonderland	Disney's Alice In Wonderland -- take notes (at least 2 - 3 points per day.) Compare the logic points you handed in with movie. -- Chapter 5-2 Save The People (class notes - blank alice world) Save The People Tutorial (textbook)
Thursday	11/20		ZeusGreekScene (class notes-blank alice) Notes on Zeus Tutorial (textbook)
Friday	11/21		Complete Zeus Greek Scene (class notes) Discuss Ch. 5 Interactive Alice In Wonderland Logic Project Zeus Greek Scene OUTLINE (you can use this as reference for Events Project) Alice In Wonderland - Events Project

Monday	11/24		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects OUTLINES MUST BE INITIALED BY THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE PERIOD -- OR 30% OFF!
Tuesday	11/25		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects
Wednesday	11/26		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects
Thursday	11/27	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Friday	11/28	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL

Monday	12/1		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects
Tuesday	12/2		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects
Wednesday	12/3		Alice In Wonderland - Events Projects -- GRADING DAY! PROJECTS WILL BE GRADED AT THE START OF THE PERIOD! Chapter 6 questions (1 - 25) -- Quiz #1 Q2
Thursday	12/4		Chapter 6 questions (1 - 25) -- Quiz #1 Q2
Friday	12/5		Chapter 6-1 Lecture and Tutorial Worlds needed: remember open folder, copy file, and then paste it into your Alice folder (in the h drive) BallOverNet BallRoll FlySpace Pages from text to help

Monday	12/8		Ch 6-1 Questions and mini-projects -- grading day is Wednesday 12/10 BeeScout World - uncoded
Tuesday	12/9		Ch. 6-1 Questions and mini-projects
Wednesday	12/10		Ch. 6-1 Questions and mini-projects grading today
Thursday	12/11		Ch.6-1b mini-projects - THIS IS A ONE DAY PROJECT AND WILL BE GRADED IN CLASS TOMORROW! bakingLessons blank world
Friday	12/12		AcrobatsOnBall BakingLessons must be graded by end of the period

Monday	12/15		FlySpace -- single conditions -- Ch. 6 - Functions FlySpace
Tuesday	12/16		Re-open ZeusGreekScene. Read and perform tutorial on pgs. 160 - 167.
Wednesday	12/17		Assignment: pg. 175 Flying Between Two Trees pg. 177 Does the Shoe Fit -- world set-up
Thursday	12/18		FlyingBetweenTwoTrees DoesTheShoeFit Project MUST BE graded by end of tomorrow. NO EXCEPTIONS - NO MAKE-UPS!
Friday	12/19		FlyingBetweenTwoTrees DoesTheShoeFit GRADING TODAY -- GRADED BY END OF THE PERIOD - NO MAKE-UPS FOR THIS PROJECT!

Monday	12/22		NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK!
Tuesday	12/23
Wednesday	12/24
Thursday	12/25
Friday	12/26

Monday	12/29		NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK!
Tuesday	12/30
Wednesday	12/31
Thursday	1/1/09
Friday	1/2/09

Monday	1/5/09		Chapter 7-1 and 7-2 Classwork Bunny world Ferris Wheel World
Tuesday	1/6/09		Exercises from tex end of Ch7t: SquareHop SaloonSign
Wednesday	1/7/09		goldfish/shark chase pg. 190 - 194 Code
Thursday	1/8/09		Complete goldfish/shark chase. Assignment: While loops
Friday	1/9/09		While Loops assignment RECOMMENDATION DAY FOR NEXT YEAR COURSES

Monday	1/12/09		While loops must be graded by end of the period.
Tuesday	1/13/09		Chapter 8 Recursion Notes Ch8-1 Assignment HorseRaceGame
Wednesday	1/14/09		Butterfly Chase
Thursday	1/15/09		Grading Day - Butterfly Chase -- Print out and hand in your code. Towers Of Hanoi tutorial pg. 210 - 220
Friday	1/16/09		Towers Of Hanoi tutorial

Monday	1/19/09	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday	1/20/09
Wednesday	1/21/09
Thursday	1/22/09
Friday	1/23/09

Monday	1/26/09
Tuesday	1/27/09
Wednesday	1/28/09
Thursday	1/29/09
Friday	1/30/09

Monday	3/24
Tuesday	3/25	Recursion Section 8 - 1	Read p. 205 - 210 Complete all on worksheet. Must be graded by end of the period on Thursday 3/27.
Wednesday	3/26	Recursion Section 8 - 1
Thursday	3/27	Recursion Section 8 - 1	Recursion worksheet must be graded by end of the period. Questions should have been handed in already.
Friday	3/28	Recursion Section 8 - 2 Towers of Hanoi	Read p. 210 - 220 Complete all on Recursion2 worksheet. TowersOfHanoi.a2w (This is a .zip file - you must save it to your Alice folder, and then extract the file!) Must be graded by end of the period Tuesday 4/1.

Monday	3/31	Recursion Section 8 - 2	Work on Recursion2 worksheet... graded by the end of the period tomorrow.
Tuesday	4/1	Recursion Section 8 - 2	Recursion worksheet must be graded by end of the period. Questions should have been handed in already.
Wednesday	4/2	Randy Pausch Lecture - DVD	Watch Randy Pausch Lecture on DVD in back of the room... NO COMPUTERS TODAY! NO EXTRA HELP TODAY!!
Thursday	4/3	Randy Pausch Lecture - DVD	Finish watching Randy Pausch Lecture on DVD in back of the room... NO COMPUTERS TODAY!
Friday	4/4	GRADING -- RECURSION1 & RECURSION2

Monday	4/7	LISTS -	Rockettes Tutorial -- pg. 233 add methods called: putDownRightLeg; kickUpLeftLeg; putDownLeftLeg In world.myFirstMethod, have the Rockette's all kick up their right leg at the same time and put it down, then have each Rockette individually kick up their left leg and put it down.
Tuesday	4/8	LISTS -	WacAMole.a2w Extra Credit: 1. Add a counter (using numbers) -- you will have to go into Chapter 10 on your own! 2. Add a timer -- again, you will have to go into Chapter 10 on your own! 3. Move the bopper with the mouse (can earn up to 25 points)
Wednesday	4/9
Thursday	4/10
Friday	4/11