Ashlyn's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA

take a minute

blog corrections

Week 20: QQSL

iReady EOY Diagnostic

Shakespeare 101

HW 100% AR! Don't Forget Field Day Trip Slips!

In uniform!

Today we started off by writing the agenda and taking a minute. I was peacefully listening to Miles' blog, when he turned around and picked me. MILES, YOU'RE AN OPP. We then had a conversation about field day, and Noah was talking about coming in his birthday suit. We all dismissed it and focused back up. Ms. Nakada turned on the song of the week, which is "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order. This song is about complicated relationships and feelings. While I was in the middle of writing Cash completed a really important accomplishment, he raised his hand, waited to be called and actually gave a good answer. 

We then started to write down the lines, Which were, "If music be the food of love, play on" by (Orsino Act I, Scene 1) William Shakespeare Twelflth Night. He was saying that if music is the most important thing in love then keep playing. After we wrote down what it meant, we flipped to our Shakespeare 101 page. We wrote what we should do after our high school teachers talk to us about a Shakespeare play. After that we flipped the page and wrote down our 10 year plans. We wrote down our monthly budget which consist of housing($1,000 -2,000), utilities/water/power($200), food($400), internet($100), phone($100), car ($500), insurance($200), gas/energy($300), entertainment($200), clothing($150), travel($300), savings($200), student loans($200). When I added all of mine together it came out to $3,850 - 4,850. From our salary, we had to subtract about 30% which is around 800 for taxes so it would then be around $3,050-4,050.😛 We searched up jobs, and then we looked at safety schools and fit schools. Ms. Nakada went to her safety school for money reasons. Ms. Nakada discussed with us what we are doing tomorrow( not me), and we got packed up and left.

Miles's Fifth Blog

Agenda 

take a minute 

Blog corrections

week 20 Q.Q.S.L

iReady EOY diagnostic

Shakespeare 101

HW: 100% AR

I got chosen to do the blog.  I still had to finish my iReady.

As I was doing the test they were talking about how you can be great in a lot of different ways. We then talked about what we will be doing in ten years. I think I will be just ending school. After, we talked about Shakespeare and plays we have seen by him. Ms. Nakada told us which books/plays were comedy or a tragedy.  We then watched a video on Twelfth Night with stuffed animals. We took notes on the video starting with a shipwreck. We started to pack up, the bell rang, and we all left.

Ashkan's Fifth Blog

 Agenda: 

take a minute

blog corrections

week 19 quiz

iReady Diagnostic

Today we entered class and sat down in our seats. Alejandro decided to be absent and still find a way to choose me to write the blog, what the heck. Ms. Nakada told everyone to do the week 19 quiz. I did not get a very good grade on it. 

This entire class feels like its been like 50 years and its a minimum day, 

This is how I feel right now trying to get through the last class. Nothing has happened besides 2 people going to the restroom. Now it is time to do my diagnostic and end the class goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Alejandro's Fifth blog

Agenda 

Take a minute

Blog corrections

week 19: QQSL

iReady EOY diagnostic

Hw:

Complete all make-up work.

Eight grade awards night 6-7

We started off the day with Lunden reading her blog. After that, She picked me. We then did the lines of the week which was "Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse" by Nikita Gill. Afterwards, we moved on to the diagnostic. Btw I choose Ashkan. We then packed up and left.

Lunden's Fifth Blog

 Agenda

take a minute

blog corrections

week 19: QQSL

iReady EOY Diagnostic

HW: Complete all make-up work

We started off the day, walking into class and writing our agendas. We took a minute, and soon Cash read his blog, picking me next to do the blog. A few seconds later, we began to do Week 19: Quote Question Song Lines, writing the meaning and our favorite lyric of this week's song. 

"Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)" Baz Luhrmann

We then continued our iReady, while Ms. Nakada walked around the class checking our binder reminders. The bell rang, and we all left class.

Cash's Fifth [Actual] Blog

 Agenda:

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 19 : QQSL

iReady EOY Diagnostic

Hw: Complete all make-up work.

We started off the day by sitting down and doing our agendas. Then, we did take a minute. After, Ms. Nakada asked if I picked anyone for the blog. Then, Lunden had to say I was supposed to redo it (opp type stuff). After that, Ms. Nakada started doing the QQSL, we stopped after the quote and question. Ms. Nakada told everyone to start doing the iReady Diagnostic. Then, when class was almost over, Ms. Nakada told us to pack up and get ready to leave.

Cash's Fifth Blog

AGENDA
take a minute
blog-corrections
poetry slam

original oratories

HW: complete original oratories and iReady. 

We got into class and sat down to take a minute and do our agendas. Then, Matthew read his blog and chose me. Then, he said Enrique and I would rock paper scissors for who had to do the blog. Then, I won, and he made me do it anyway. After, we all got into our poetry slam groups. After a little, Ashlyn's group performed their classic and their response. Ms. Nakada told us to go back to our seats and William's group prosented. After, my group we presented, Roxy prosented. After eveyone presented, we packed up and left the class.

LANDON:

Matthew's Fifth Blog

 Agenda:

Take a minute 

blog - corrections 

Week 18: Q-Q-S-L

Poetry Slam prep

Poetry Slam!

HW: Prep for poetry slam

iReady 40-45 min (2 lessons)

last week!

We started off class by coming in, sitting down, and taking down the agenda in our binder reminders. William then read the blog and didn't know who hasn't done the blog yet, so we were all supposed to stand up, but I was kind of singled out because no one really stood up and got chosen. We then moved onto our lines for the week "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski. We also watched a poetry slam and response, but Landon kept looking at Ismael and disrupting class. After this, we started actually working on our poetry slams for the first time, this lasted for 20 minutes before we packed up and left for the day.

William's Fifth Blog

Agenda 

Take a minute

Blog Corrections

Week 18 QQSL

Poetry Slam Prep 

Poetry Slam!

HW: Prep for Poetry Slam / Iready - 40-45 minutes 2 lessons

We started off the day by walking into class and taking out binder reminders and writing the agenda in them and then we took a minute. Then, Jerry read his blog when he finished he chose me. Next, Ms. Nakada told all of us to take out our English notebooks and to write down things we forgot to go over yesterday. As we were going over the stuff, the fire alarm went off. Aaron says to me, "How the turn tables." The noise is really load as we head towards the field. As the alarm echos, I see all the student on the field. It's really hot as we sit in the sun and wait for this situation to be over. Suddenly, the alarm stops and we heard it was a false alarm. We start to head back.

We started to listen to the song "Forever Young" by Alphaville and the song is about the Cold War, getting old, and remembering the life that you had and wanting to be forever young because you only live once.

Jerry's Fifth Blog

Agenda

take a minute

blog corrections

Week 18 QQSL

Poetry Gallery Walk

Poetry Slam Prep

HW

Prep for Poetry Slam

iReady 40-45 min. (2 lesson)

last week!

    We started the day by writing down the agenda and taking a minute. The class was very loud so Ms. Nakada told us to pay attention to the take a minute video. It was about how we can prevent binge-watching by using the R.A.I.N method. Then, we prepared for the poetry gallery walk by clearing the tables and putting our poems on them. After that, Ms. Nakada allowed us to walk around the room to look at other people's poem collections and broadsides. Alex kept trying to get me to look the wrong way by tapping my shoulders. Then, we took out our English notebooks and wrote down the quote and question of the week.

Quote: "Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust." By Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens means that trophies and metals will grow old but friendships can last forever.

Question: What awards/accomplishments can you include on college/scholarship applications?

Ms. Nakada said that we should include academic achievements like our GPA and how it's important to get good grades. We should also include extracurricular awards as it shows our commitment and perseverance. 

    Our class was very interruptive so we barely got through the Quote and Questions. After the bell rang, we packed up and left.

Ms. Nakada's Blog

AGENDA
take a minute
blog corrections
Original Oratories
NaPoWriMo Submission

HW: iReady 40 - 45 minutes
AR 100%

Today we came into sixth period to finish off the day after a long morning of math testing. Everybody came into class, and we started writing down the agenda in our binder reminders. Aaron read his blog and then, to my surprise, he picked me. I wasn't super excited about it, but here we are. 

We talked a little about original oratories and how graduation speakers would be selected. Then, I shared my speech from a few years back, and it got me a little in my feelings. 

After that, students used the time to work on their poetry collections and broadsides. I am already loving what students are creating! 

Then there was more testing, then I was out on Friday, and now we're here. Jeesh. 

Harpoon's (Aaron) Fifth Blog

AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 17 QQL

NaPoWriMo Submissions

HW: iReady 40-45 min.

2 lessons

AR 100%

    Hey guys so uh yeah, we went into Ms. Nakada's class as we normally do. We got settled down and did all of our pre-class thingy mabobers. Ms. Nakada had Natalie read her blog and corrected it, average stuff. Then Natalie chose me to do the blog which caught me by surprise (cause you know, I don't really know many students personally, yeah).

    People causing minor disruptions, the usual stuff. Then, Ms. Nakada gave us advice on how we should take notes. She basically gave us a lecture about taking notes during lectures🤯. The lecture about lectures was pretty long (which was real intellectual), and we went on to the lines of the week-- There wasn't a song for this week :OOOO-- The lines was Let's Revive the Golden Rule a ted talk by Karen Armstrong.

    In the first thirty seconds of the video after Ms. Nakada's whole speech about taking notes, she spotted she hadn't seen anyone taking notes. Ms. Nakada once again gave wise words on taking notes, how she's still taking notes and about to pause, waiting for someone to ask to pause. The Ted talk goes on about the positive and the negative versions of the golden rule. Then, it talks about how we should implement it in our lives.

    Ms. Nakada passed out the field day slips with the ted talk still on. Everyone turned their attention to it and Ms. Nakada began discussing it. Everyone was all on about the attire and about if we had to wear the correct clothing. We filled out our sheets and people talked about the pool. Noah said that he would drown and then said he would purposely drown. The bell rang, and we packed up. We did our average stuff and left.

Natalie's Fifth Blog

Agenda

 

Take a Minute

Blog-Corrections

Week 17 Q.Q.S.L

NaPoWriMo Submissions

HW iReady 40-45 minutes

We started off by choosing our new seats. Then, Alex read his blog. We wrote down the quote and talked about it before answering the question about what should and shouldn't be learned in school. 

Quote: "Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated." Rosa Parks

Question: What should you learn / NOT learn about in school? 

After working on whatever we needed to, we packed up and went home. 

Alexander's Fifth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 16 Quiz

NaPoWriMo Submissions

HW 

iReady 40-45 min. 2 lessons

As we walked into class, the bell rang, and we settled into take a minute. After take a minute, Peter was called to read his blog, and once he was done, he picked me for the blog. Peter only had a couple corrections so we got a point. We quickly started the week 16 quiz. After that, we went straight to getting our NaPoWriMo submissions ready by making books with a table of contents and about 15-20 poems. Most of the class period was spent getting the poems ready for submission. Lastly, we packed up our materials, put our chairs up and left

Peter's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA

take a minute

blog correction

Week 16: Q.Q.S.L

NaPoWriMo submissions

HW: iReady 40-45 min. 2 lessons

We started off class by taking a minute while we wrote down our agendas. Then, Emmett read his blog and chose me. After that, we passed out our poetry packets and read the poem "Learning to Love America" by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. We then did annotations for that poem and talked about how it was hard to love America. Eventually, we started working on our poetry submissions and final drafts. Ms. Nakada covered what we needed for our collection including a table of contents and a title. We finished up our submissions for the day, we packed up, and left.