Assignment 7/27

7/27-Friday Module 11

DR- Chapter 15 pages 312-330

Do Entrance Exam 11

Study Entrance Exams for Final Exam Which will be on

1. Change a tire on your family car under the supervision of one of your parents. If your not sure how to do it read your vehicles owners manual.Write a type 3 writeup. FCA's: 1.Describe the steps you used in changing your tire. 2.Describe the safety components involved in changing a tire.3. Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Post by Monday 7/30

2.Type 3 write up on insurance.FCA's: 1 Describe the following types of coverages: bodily injury liability, property damage liability, collision, comprehensive, uninsured and under insured bodily and property damage liability, and the term deductible and how it relates to collision and comprehensive coverages. 2.Describe what the state of Vermont requires for automobile insurance. 3Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation, Post by Monday, 7/30.

Assignment for 7/26

7/26-Thursday Module 10

DR- Chapter 11 pages 220-241

PDE- page 92

1. Watch the " Crash Cd ". Type 3 writing. FCA's: 1. give a complete summary of the four sites you visit in the cd( lawyer, police, doctor, school), 2.Tell who you turned out to be in the cd, 3.Give your view on the problems related to drinking/drugs and driving. Please post this by Sunday 7/29, 3:00 pm. If completed correctly this paper will take the place of your final exam.

Assignment for 9/23

7/23-Monday Module 9

DR-Chapter 8 pages 148-171

Chapter 13 pages 266-287

Chapter 14 pages 292-297

PDE-pages 82-87

Do Entrance Exam 13

Exit exam 9 will be due on Thursday, 7/26, along with exit exam 8

1. List 8 areas where it is illegal to pass another vehicle and give a reason why you think it is unsafe to pass in these areas. This is a type 2 writing.

2. Using the power point 9.02 I would like you to explain the time and space needs for passing another vehicle. You are traveling at 60 mph and the car you are about to pass is going 40 mph. you will need to multiply each speed by 1.5 in order to find the feet per second that each car is traveling. Please explain how long it will take you to pass the vehicle, the number of feet that you will travel in each of the three parts of the passing maneuver. the total feet and time it will take, and compare that to the length of a football field which is 300 feet long. This is a type 2 writing. Remember to use the 9.02 power point to find the information you will need to solve the question.

3. Find three news articles. Post the information along with your opinion of the situation. This is a type 1 writing.

Assignments for 7/19/07

Class Readings

7/19-Thursday Module 8

DR- Chapter 5 pages 90-101

Chapter 12 pages 246-263

Chapter 18 pages 380-383

PDE- pages 74-76 and page 78

YCIAM-pages 47-49

Do Entrance Exam 12. This will be due on Friday, 7/20.

Module 8 exit exam will be due on Monday, 7/23.

1) Find 3 news articles and relate them to things we have read about and discussed in class. This is a type two writing and should contain factual details to respond to the news articles. Copy and paste the article and post the URL. These should be posted by Sunday 7/22.

2)Type 2 writing: Describe how to how to time your arrival to get to an intersection with a green light. Power point can be found in Module 6. Post assignment by Sunday, 7/22

3.Type 2 writing: Explain the benefits of keeping a 4 second following distance. Use power point presentation 7.03 to help you with this assignment. Post assignment by Sunday ,7/22.

Assignment Posted 7/6

Reading Assignment: Module 6 & 7. There is only one entrance exam and that will be due on Tuesday, 7/10.
The Module 5 exit exam will be on Tuesday, 7/10.
The module 6 & 7 exit exams will be on Thursday 7/12.

1. List and describe 5 ways to effectively communicate with other drivers. This is a type 2 writing. Please post this by Saturday, 7/7.

2. Your assignment is to write a type 3 paper on "Graduated Licensing". Your FCA's are: 1) explain what the Vermont Graduated License Law is all about, 2) Express in your own words how you feel about the law and would you suggest any changes to the law, 3) correct spelling and grammar. Click on the link below and use the site to do your paper. This paper should be posted by Wednesday, 7/11/07.
http://www.aot.state.vt.us/dmv/documents/MiscellaneousDocuments/GraduatedDriverLicenseBrochure111706.pdf

3. Find 3 news posts and do type 1 writings on each of them. These should be posted in your blog by Friday, 7/13.

4. A person dies in a car crash every 13 min. and a car crash is reported every 2.8 sec. With that said I would like you to go to the wiki and watch the short video "Accident Opening Danger". After watching the video post a short type 1 writing describing your thoughts on my earlier statement and how it relates to the video. Your post will be due by Friday, 7/13.

5.Go to the wiki and view power point slides in 6.02, Managing time & Space Using Zone Control.Then do a type 3 writing : FCA's : 1) Describe the three parts of the zone control system are, 2) Choose 5 of the 12 zone control management principles and explain how you might use each one in a particular situation to solve a problem. 3) correct spelling and grammar. Please post this assignment by Saturday,7/14.

6. Go to the del.icio.us link posted on the left and post 3 resources on seat belts. These could deal with laws, child restraints, how they work, how they save lives, videos, news articles,ect. Post the URL that you found on your blog so I know what you found. Make sure you save them to del.icio.us because we will all be doing a type 3 writing on seat belts and will need at least 4 sources. Please post these by Saturday, 7/14.

Assignment posted 6/28

1.Do the Module 4 reading assignment. Entrance exams 7 & 8 will be due on Friday 6/29.

2.Exit exam for module 3 will be given on Monday, 7/2.

3.Module 5 reading assignment is on 7/2 and the only entrance exam for this module is #9. This will be due on 7/6.

4.We only have class next week on Monday, 7/2 and Friday, 7/6.


5.We will have exit exam 4 on Friday 7/6.

6.Those of you who would like to get ahead a little with the extra days in between should try to do the 7/9 assignment. The assignment is the module 6 & 7 reading and the entrance exam is only # 10 for module 6.

7.Assignment for module 4 is to watch the following short videos from the Wki site and write a brief type 1 writing response for each video clip :Freeze Frame, Seatbelt education,
Seatbelt Video, and Use My Seatbelt. This should be posted by 7/4.

8.Assignment for module 5 is a type 2 writing. Explain what is meant by legal stops, safety stops, and staggered stops. Also describe what is meant by point of no return. You should use your readings material and power point presentations in the wiki to do the assignment. This should be posted by 7/5.

Assignment 6/25

1) Do reading assignment for module 3 and do exams5&6. These will be do on Tuesday, 6/26.

2) Click on this url for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Your assinment is to do a type 3 writing. Your 3 FCA's are 1. Describe the point system in Vermont using the state statutes found this page, 2. Use the spell check,3.give your feeling about the law.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/sections.cfm?Title=23&Chapter=025
This paper will need to be posted by Saturday 6/30 !!

3.Find a news article dealing with traffic safety and do a type 1 write reflecting your thoughts on the article. This will be do on 6/27, Wednesday!!

4.Explain the three types of roadway signs and how you can tell the difference between them. Give two examples of each sign. This will be due and posted on 6/26!!

5.I have added an account for the class to use on a future project. The account is called del.icio.us. We will use this account to do a class project later in the course. Check it out and get an idea how it works. More on this in class on 6/25. http://del.icio.us/bfuhsde

The second exit exam for Module 2 will be on Thursday, 6/28 in class!!

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