Reading & Working Times -
90 mins on reading
30 mins on cover letter
One big idea that we discussed were the characters doing what ever they had to do to get done. All of the characters in the book were self-willed into doing what they needed to do to get what they pleased. For example, Macbeth killed people, in fact he was a killing machine. Every character had an ambition almost to get something. Macbeth's ambition was that he wanted to be king, in fact Macbeth killed Duncan because his wife, Lady Macbeth urged him into doing it. He later killed Banquo.
Macbeth planned to have someone kill Fleance and Banquo, but they only got to killing Banquo. Banquo's ghost made him look crazy to the other people and didn't have him in his sane state that he once was in. Macbeth later killed himself because the guilt took a huge toll on him and no one thought that he was a sane man anymore.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
post 5/5
Reading Times: 120 mins of The Help
First Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
One quote that I found that was interesting was the quote above. To me, this quote is present throughout the book. This quote is what the three witches told Macbeth. And in a way they were all right. Macbeth was the Thane of glamis as the first witch predicted. Macbeth is now presently Thane of Cawdor. He waits to be king....
"A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come!"
Another quote from the book was This quote was from Scene 3 Act 1. One of the three witches was alerting the other witches that Macbeth was coming. This was the start of Macbeth's journey and it showed his near death. Macbeth was left dumbfounded by the three witches fate for him and was stressing about what these witches were talking about.
First Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
Second Witch: All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!Third Witch: All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
One quote that I found that was interesting was the quote above. To me, this quote is present throughout the book. This quote is what the three witches told Macbeth. And in a way they were all right. Macbeth was the Thane of glamis as the first witch predicted. Macbeth is now presently Thane of Cawdor. He waits to be king....
"A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come!"
Another quote from the book was This quote was from Scene 3 Act 1. One of the three witches was alerting the other witches that Macbeth was coming. This was the start of Macbeth's journey and it showed his near death. Macbeth was left dumbfounded by the three witches fate for him and was stressing about what these witches were talking about.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Reading Times and Free Post
Anastasia's Secret: 120 mins
My spring break consisted of just sleeping and eating. All I mostly did was sleep and watch Netflix all day and eat. For Easter my mom made this pasta that everybody just loved. Its one of her secret recipes. She basically makes this pasta with cream of mushroom, crawfish, and shrimp. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. She only makes it for special events though. Like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and my birthday(:
I also worked on my world history project. We had to read a book and write a 2 page summary about it. Then we had to choose from a long list of what we wanted to do. I chose the picture book one. I actually had fun with it and it turned out better than I thought it would. It took me a long time to actually finish the book since it was spring break and my mind was just telling me "no azzie. relax. watch netflix." Of course I listened and did as my mind said. I should really stop procrastinating though...
My spring break consisted of just sleeping and eating. All I mostly did was sleep and watch Netflix all day and eat. For Easter my mom made this pasta that everybody just loved. Its one of her secret recipes. She basically makes this pasta with cream of mushroom, crawfish, and shrimp. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. She only makes it for special events though. Like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and my birthday(:
I also worked on my world history project. We had to read a book and write a 2 page summary about it. Then we had to choose from a long list of what we wanted to do. I chose the picture book one. I actually had fun with it and it turned out better than I thought it would. It took me a long time to actually finish the book since it was spring break and my mind was just telling me "no azzie. relax. watch netflix." Of course I listened and did as my mind said. I should really stop procrastinating though...
Monday, April 14, 2014
Macbeth Assessment
Active Involvement: 85% I give myself a 85 because I tried to put effort in the class and have a positive contribution to the discussion as best as I could.
Attitude: 85% I give myself a 85 because I think that I am having a good attitude towards the book regarding the fact that I have so much trouble comprehending everything in it.
Strategies: 75% I give myself a 75 because I don't think that I am pushing myself into looking into and trying the different strategies in reading this book. I just find myself waiting for people to make it clear for me and I'm going to change that so that I can learn more from the book.
Accountability: 75% I give myself a 75 because with the role play, I don't find myself acting and preforming as that character. I just have trouble acting in front of people because I get shy in front of them.
Overall Contribution: I give myself a 75% because I can do more into contributing to the class more with the readings. I feel that I need to ask more questions in class about the things that are confusing me.
Attitude: 85% I give myself a 85 because I think that I am having a good attitude towards the book regarding the fact that I have so much trouble comprehending everything in it.
Strategies: 75% I give myself a 75 because I don't think that I am pushing myself into looking into and trying the different strategies in reading this book. I just find myself waiting for people to make it clear for me and I'm going to change that so that I can learn more from the book.
Accountability: 75% I give myself a 75 because with the role play, I don't find myself acting and preforming as that character. I just have trouble acting in front of people because I get shy in front of them.
Overall Contribution: I give myself a 75% because I can do more into contributing to the class more with the readings. I feel that I need to ask more questions in class about the things that are confusing me.
4/14
Reading and Working Times:
60 mins of Anastasia's Secret and 60 mins of NC project
7. Some things are destined or fated to happen.
8. If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference.
I chose to respond to both of these quotes from the different choices of quotes. These two quotes relate to each other more rather than the other posts. I agree with both of these statements. Both of these quotes remind me of karma in a way. With post 7 "Some things are destined or fated to happen", and post 8, If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference." they are stating that everything that happens to you is bound to happen at some point. Either at good times or at bad times. I can relate these two poems to Macbeth with woman with not sharing the nuts that she was eating with one of the witches.
60 mins of Anastasia's Secret and 60 mins of NC project
7. Some things are destined or fated to happen.
8. If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference.
I chose to respond to both of these quotes from the different choices of quotes. These two quotes relate to each other more rather than the other posts. I agree with both of these statements. Both of these quotes remind me of karma in a way. With post 7 "Some things are destined or fated to happen", and post 8, If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference." they are stating that everything that happens to you is bound to happen at some point. Either at good times or at bad times. I can relate these two poems to Macbeth with woman with not sharing the nuts that she was eating with one of the witches.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Reading and Working Times
Reading:
40 mins - Shattered (Sunday)
Working Times:
20 mins on research paper (Saturday)
60 mins preparing for poetry test (all together Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
40 mins - Shattered (Sunday)
Working Times:
20 mins on research paper (Saturday)
60 mins preparing for poetry test (all together Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
Monday, February 17, 2014
Poem.
Reading Times: 90 mins
Working times on poems: 30 mins
a The pain from within
b from the lacking of food
a burns deep into my skin
b ruining my mood
c I really want a snapple
d preferably on ice
c maybe grape or apple
d that would really be nice
e I never knew how much hunger could hurt
f the fact that i'm in pain
e make me almost want to eat dirt
f making me almost go insane.
g If i could go to the store
g I would buy more and more
- sonnet
- rhyme scheme
- assonances
Working times on poems: 30 mins
a The pain from within
b from the lacking of food
a burns deep into my skin
b ruining my mood
c I really want a snapple
d preferably on ice
c maybe grape or apple
d that would really be nice
e I never knew how much hunger could hurt
f the fact that i'm in pain
e make me almost want to eat dirt
f making me almost go insane.
g If i could go to the store
g I would buy more and more
- sonnet
- rhyme scheme
- assonances
Monday, February 10, 2014
Reading and Working Times
Book: Shattered
Times:
Monday Feb 3 - In Class - 10 mins
Tuesday Feb 4 - In Class - 10 mins
Wednesday Feb 5 - Didn't meet
Thursday Feb 6 - In Class - 10 mins
Friday Feb 7 - In Class - 10 mins
Saturday Feb 8 - On the road - 45 mins
Sunday Feb 9 - On the road - 45 mins
Times:
Monday Feb 3 - In Class - 10 mins
Tuesday Feb 4 - In Class - 10 mins
Wednesday Feb 5 - Didn't meet
Thursday Feb 6 - In Class - 10 mins
Friday Feb 7 - In Class - 10 mins
Saturday Feb 8 - On the road - 45 mins
Sunday Feb 9 - On the road - 45 mins
Monday, February 3, 2014
Research Paper Draft
After all of the time from this past week I've finally finished my draft for my topic: Afghan Women's Rights and Responsibilities. This past week has been really stressful and I'm relieved that I actually pulled it off. The main thing that I feel confident in my draft is the facts. I had to go and sort through my facts to decide what would be best to go in my paper and what would be better just to leave out. I had some cites that weren't really credible and had to find more. I learned that using Google Scholar is a great thing to do if you're looking for articles and what not. The main thing that I'm concerned about for my paper is my conclusion paragraph and my thesis statement. But my thesis statement and my conclusion would be easy to fix by just going to the Writing Center.
I like how Jill corrected my paper and gave me her ideas of what should be done and what should be taken out. I plan on using her thoughts and changing up the things that need to be corrected for my final draft. What I need to focus on is making my thesis sound right by making it concise. Another thing that I need to do is making my topic connect to my thesis a bit more.
I like how Jill corrected my paper and gave me her ideas of what should be done and what should be taken out. I plan on using her thoughts and changing up the things that need to be corrected for my final draft. What I need to focus on is making my thesis sound right by making it concise. Another thing that I need to do is making my topic connect to my thesis a bit more.
Sneaux Day
Working Times: 30 mins (finished paper)
Reading: Insurgent - 1 hour
I don't think words can express how happy I was whenever we had almost the whole week off from school. When I tell you I took advantage of those days off.... I took advantage. Fully. Although it might not have been as productive as it should of been, I did catch up on two seasons The Walking Dead and two seasons of American Horror Story. I highly recommend you to start watching these two if you don't already. Netflix is really a love hate type of thing. The good thing about it is that you have hundreds and hundreds of movies and shows at your fingertips, but the bad thing is that its really addicting and its easy to get sucked into Netflix.
I also caught up on a lot of homework... being that if I didn't complete it i'd have a saturday school... and that couldn't happen. Mama joy would kill me (literally). The virtual schools weren't all that bad as I thought they would be. They were actually kind of productive and weren't that bad.
Reading: Insurgent - 1 hour
I don't think words can express how happy I was whenever we had almost the whole week off from school. When I tell you I took advantage of those days off.... I took advantage. Fully. Although it might not have been as productive as it should of been, I did catch up on two seasons The Walking Dead and two seasons of American Horror Story. I highly recommend you to start watching these two if you don't already. Netflix is really a love hate type of thing. The good thing about it is that you have hundreds and hundreds of movies and shows at your fingertips, but the bad thing is that its really addicting and its easy to get sucked into Netflix.
I also caught up on a lot of homework... being that if I didn't complete it i'd have a saturday school... and that couldn't happen. Mama joy would kill me (literally). The virtual schools weren't all that bad as I thought they would be. They were actually kind of productive and weren't that bad.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Women
Book: (Our Class Book)
Time: 120 mins
I decided to talk to my mother about my research topic. My mother knows that I've always been interested in the rights that women have.. Well mostly the rights that US Americans have. This year I decided to focus in on the women in Afghanistan. I told her about all of the laws that the women have had to follow or harsh punishments would happen. I also showed her the articles and stories that I've come across in researching.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Over the past few months, I've decided to research about the rights and responsibilities that women had in Afghanistan. After getting a basic overview off of Wikipedia, I ran across the Taliban. To my knowledge, I had none with knowing that the Taliban were the main reasons that women had trouble living their lives. I wanted to answer my thesis of "How have the rights and responsibilities of women in Afghanistan and developing countries changed over the years?" The Taliban enforced many laws that in my opinion weren't needed at all. Laws such as dancing, having an education, marriage, having jobs, and much more. After reading articles about victims of forced marriages, you can see how forceful the Taliban really were with women and proving their point.
Time: 120 mins
I decided to talk to my mother about my research topic. My mother knows that I've always been interested in the rights that women have.. Well mostly the rights that US Americans have. This year I decided to focus in on the women in Afghanistan. I told her about all of the laws that the women have had to follow or harsh punishments would happen. I also showed her the articles and stories that I've come across in researching.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Over the past few months, I've decided to research about the rights and responsibilities that women had in Afghanistan. After getting a basic overview off of Wikipedia, I ran across the Taliban. To my knowledge, I had none with knowing that the Taliban were the main reasons that women had trouble living their lives. I wanted to answer my thesis of "How have the rights and responsibilities of women in Afghanistan and developing countries changed over the years?" The Taliban enforced many laws that in my opinion weren't needed at all. Laws such as dancing, having an education, marriage, having jobs, and much more. After reading articles about victims of forced marriages, you can see how forceful the Taliban really were with women and proving their point.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Reading Times
Book: Absolutely True Diary
Time: 120 mins
Well during the weekend I planned on finishing the book... but I was bombarded with volleyball and basketball games this weekend. I'm just happy that i got past page 101 before it was due. But during the day I plan on making another dent in the book so that I don't get behind again. I think that I should start looking at the prompts that we should be answering later on...
The book is getting better. I'm happy that Junior has a "friend" now that him and Rowdy aren't talking anymore after Junior's decision. I still think that Rowdy took it a bit too far. Junior punched a boy in the face on his first day. Surprisingly the boy didn't fight back. Junior has to adjust to the fact that he doesn't have to fight people like he did on the rez (even if he always lost).
Back to reading.....
Time: 120 mins
Well during the weekend I planned on finishing the book... but I was bombarded with volleyball and basketball games this weekend. I'm just happy that i got past page 101 before it was due. But during the day I plan on making another dent in the book so that I don't get behind again. I think that I should start looking at the prompts that we should be answering later on...
The book is getting better. I'm happy that Junior has a "friend" now that him and Rowdy aren't talking anymore after Junior's decision. I still think that Rowdy took it a bit too far. Junior punched a boy in the face on his first day. Surprisingly the boy didn't fight back. Junior has to adjust to the fact that he doesn't have to fight people like he did on the rez (even if he always lost).
Back to reading.....
Monday, January 13, 2014
Research Project & Reading Times
Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Time: 120 mins
After spending a day in class reading our new class book, I have gained interest into it. Although I feel bad for Junior and what he goes through. So far, I've read how he gets bullied about his brain condition, how his dad had to shoot Oscar his dog to stop the pain he was going through, and how is family is very poor. Although Junior's life isn't all that bad, he has a best friend named Rowdy. I can't wait to read more about Junior and his experiences.
I chose to spend the year on researching on how the rights of women in developing countries have changed throughout the years. Women and female children have suffered the most throughout the years. Mostly because of the Taliban and their rules. If anyone didn't know, the Taliban were a group of men who wanted whatever they said to be enforced, and it was in fact. This week I plan on correcting my annotations and fix what they're lacking. I also plan on going to the library and getting more primary sources to build off of.
Time: 120 mins
After spending a day in class reading our new class book, I have gained interest into it. Although I feel bad for Junior and what he goes through. So far, I've read how he gets bullied about his brain condition, how his dad had to shoot Oscar his dog to stop the pain he was going through, and how is family is very poor. Although Junior's life isn't all that bad, he has a best friend named Rowdy. I can't wait to read more about Junior and his experiences.
I chose to spend the year on researching on how the rights of women in developing countries have changed throughout the years. Women and female children have suffered the most throughout the years. Mostly because of the Taliban and their rules. If anyone didn't know, the Taliban were a group of men who wanted whatever they said to be enforced, and it was in fact. This week I plan on correcting my annotations and fix what they're lacking. I also plan on going to the library and getting more primary sources to build off of.
Chanler Prompt
What would happen in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school? Would you go to school?
I chose to do Chanler's prompt about if it were a child's place to go to school. In my opinion, i wouldn't think that many children would want to go to school if it were up to them. Even now, whenever we get the option to go to school whenever we get full-day excuses, not many people show up. I'm one of those people who choose not to go to school, who would rather stay home and sleep all day.
If this was up to me I wouldn't go to school everyday. I would go at least 3 times a week and take 2 days off. I wouldn't blow off those two days though, I would take those days to do homework. A world without school isn't great though. You need education to be successful in life. Without education, our society wouldn't be where they need to be and would be lacking. With children not going to school, they wouldn't be where they need to be in life.
I chose to do Chanler's prompt about if it were a child's place to go to school. In my opinion, i wouldn't think that many children would want to go to school if it were up to them. Even now, whenever we get the option to go to school whenever we get full-day excuses, not many people show up. I'm one of those people who choose not to go to school, who would rather stay home and sleep all day.
If this was up to me I wouldn't go to school everyday. I would go at least 3 times a week and take 2 days off. I wouldn't blow off those two days though, I would take those days to do homework. A world without school isn't great though. You need education to be successful in life. Without education, our society wouldn't be where they need to be and would be lacking. With children not going to school, they wouldn't be where they need to be in life.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)