Friday 29th

Today in class we didn’t learn anything new. We spent the class period finishing our benchmark test. It was the last day we were given to finish it completely. I had to just finish answering the last question to be done with the test. We were told that once done with the test we were given the chance to check Infinite Campus to see what assignment we were missing to make it up.

Thursday 28th

 Today we had a substitute teacher. She wrote down the assignments that were left for us to finish on the board. We had to write down the 15 vocabulary words from the book and put what parts of speech it was. We also had to use all 15 vocabulary words in a sentence that we had to make up. Once we were done writing the sentence we had to do exercise 1 from the book on page 7. which had parts a,b, and c. It used the same vocabulary words but we had to pick out which word fit best into the blank spaces in the sentence provided. 

Tuesday 26th

 Today in class we took quick notes on how we are supposed to write and answer the last question on the benchmark test. In the introducation we have to have a mininmun of 4 sentances. The introducation has to have an attention getter that can be of 1 sentence, the introduction of the topic( has to have 2 sentences), and the thesis statment that is 1 sentence. We will have 2 body paragraphs. They both must contain a claim( 1 sentecne), evidence that comes from the text, explaining the evidence, giving the 2nd evidecne, explain it, and the conclude. But in the 2nd body paragraph we must include a counterclaim after explain the 1st evidence. And finally the conclude will have the reated thesis sentence and the concluding statment. We were given an extra day to finish answering the last queastion which will be on friday.

Monday 25th

 Today in class we had to take an illuminate benchmark test. It has 20 questions and they were based on 2 different passages that we were given. The first 6 questions were based on the first passage and were multiple choice, but 1 of the questions was a written response. We were supposed to finish questions 1-19 in class today so in class tomorrow we have more time to work on the last question. But if we weren't able to get to question 19 today we would have time tomorrow.

Friday 22th

 Today we had a shorter class period due to the pep rally for homecoming. But in the amount of time we had in class we did another part of our notes. We wrote down information about what evidence is and the format of a body paragraph. Evidence comes from your reading, experiences, and your observations. And body paragraph is made up of 6 things; The claim, evidence, explain the evidence ( had to be 2 or more sentences), evidence 2, explain evidence 2, and the conclusion. As a class, we listened to a made-up court case to see if the evidence given was backed up with a good explanation.

Thursday 21st

 Today in class we went onto Illuminate and did an assignment as a class by watching small clips and pictures deciding what type of rhetorical appeal each one was showing. We had to pick between pathos, logos, and ethos. We also had to give an explanation of how they were showing the rhetorical appeal and who the audience was. We only did 7 out of the 20 questions so that we could finish writing down our notes. Today we wrote notes about what a claim is. We learned that there are 3 types of claims; claim of facts, claim of value, and claim of policy. And how a claim has to be arguable and can't just be a simple statement of fact. 

Tuesday 19th

Today in class we took notes about what is an arguments. An argument is an opinion (claim) that is supported by evidence. We also  learned that everythig is an argument and that it doesen't neccesary has to be persuasive to the audience. An argument is composed of 3 main elements, which include the speaker, purpose, and the audience.

Monday 18th

 Today in class we had a substitute teacher. We were given an assignment that had to be turned in by the end of class. The assignment had 2 parts that we had to complete. The first assignment was to write down the 10 vocabularies given to us and include their definitions. The second part of the assignment was for us to write down the 20 sentences given to us using the correct vocabulary word. We had to use the vocabulary words twice. 

Friday 15th

 Today in class we didn't learn anything new. We spent the whole class period taking an assessment on Illuminate about Emily Dickinson's poems and quotes. The assessment had 19 questions, and I was able to finish it before class ended.

Thursday 14th

 Today in class it was a block schedule so we were in class for a longer time. We finshed working on the Emily Dickinson quotes we started on tuesday in illuminate. We had all class period to work on them since we didn't do anything else. We had to turn it in once the bell rang before heading to homeroom because it was going to be graded.

Tuesday 12th

 Today in class for the first couple of minutes we were given the oppertunity to retake our origin myth quiz if we didn't pass the first time. I passed by test with 100% , so I didn't have to retake the test. Once everyone was done with the test we had to go to illuminate and work together as a class on analyzing Emily Dickinson quotes from her poem. We were able to get the first 2 quotes done. There are 20 quotes we have to do, and in each quote we have to write down the topic, analysis, conflict, and theme. 

Monday 11th

 Today in class our one pagers were due once class started. We had to take a picture of it and post it on our blog. Once everyone had turned in their one pager and posted it we had to go up and present it. Most of the people who went first had the same poem that was talking about hope. The other poem we learned was about how we take everything for granted and how once it's gone we start realizing how important it is. And my poem was about how women back then were viewed with a lower standered comparied to men.

my one pager

 

Friday 8th

 Today in class we were working on our one pager. I was able to get most of it done. Was able to add color onto the one pager, add the quotations, and vocabulary. I just needed to finish writing down the queastions with answer, and the personal connection.

Tuesday 5th

 

 Today in class we read another poem of Emily Dickinson called "Success is counted sweetest." We annotated and annalyzed the poem.

Thursday 7th

Today in class we were given a poem of Emily Dickinson, but we got diffrent ones. There were 6 different poems that were given to the class, so some students got the same one while others had a different one. I was given "This is my letter to the World", and with the poem we were given we had to create a one pager reading analysis. In the one pager it has to included the title of the poem, four quotations from the poem, a drawing illustrating what it's about, vocabulary, a personal connection, and finally four questions that we can answer. We were able to work on it during class, but it's due until Monday so it gives me enought time to work on it. I had to go ask for help on fully understading the meaning behind the poem,but I was able to understand that the poem was talking about how Emily Dickinson was writting a letter talking about how she was born a woman, but back then woman didn't have rights compared to men, so she was saying how she should be proud of being born a woman even if at that time period they didn't have rights.

Emily Dickison poem

 

Today in class we read and analyzed another poem from Emily Dickison called "Heart, we will forget him!"