Learning blog for December 18, 2014

What did we do?

Today we worked on our pros and cons (if we did not do it) and also worked on our ads for our books.

Why did we do it?

The pros and cons were for the ads for our books. For the ads, we were trying to eexplain how our books were ideal for you (?) Also we did this to learn how to work with groups well.

Connections,Reflections

This can connect to later grades when you are doing pros and cons (again) or ads for a project. This can help you because now you know what to do.

Homework reminders

*The booklet is now not due tomorrow,  but is due after the break.*

But I think the unscramble 4 sentences is due for tomorrow.

Homework tips

If you are close to done finishing the booklet, don't stop just finishing the booklet. Do it so you don't have homework in your break.♡

Have a nice holiday, guys♡♡

Learning Blog for December December 16, 2014

What did we do?
Today in class we individually worked on our paragraph booklets.

Why did we do it?
We did this so we could learn how to write good paragraphs, and to learn how to work well individually.

Connections/Reflections
This can connect to when you have a job and need work by yourself on a work report, an important document, etc. Learning how to write good paragraphs can help you when you are older and have to write reports, essays, etc.

Homework Reminders
Our paragraph booklet is due on Friday. Also our 3 words and a sentence challenge is due on Thursday.

Homework Tips
If you aren't already done your paragraph booklet you should work on it at home because working in the class can be distracting and we might not get time to work on our paragraph booklets on Thursday.

3 words

Hello, my name is Hawraa and I'm in grade 8. My 3 words are effort, organization and focus.

Effort: I chose the word effort because i really need to work on my work habits and actually finish my homework everyday.

Organization: I chose this word because i lose my homework sometimes so i need to stay organized so i won't lose anything.

Focus: i chose the word focus because i don't really listen to the teachers in class and don't do my homework properly.

Hope i can accomplish all 3 of them.

Learning blogs for Thursday December 11th

What?

Today,  we started with our paragraph booklets. We did the descriptive paragaphs part. In the second block, we watched some videos to get some ideas for the 3 words and sentence.

Why?

The paragraph booklets helps us develop writing paragraphs.  The 3 words are like the new year resolutions but instead using 3 words to tell what you want to be like next year.

Homework reminders...

Write your sentence on a piece of paper using the 3rd person perspective.
Post your 3 words on the blog.
Finish your "paragraph booklet" exercise.

3 Words & what's my sentence assignment

The three words I chose are creativity, activity, and determination. I chose creativity because I'm always told that I'm too much of a perfectionist when I draw/paint so I'd like to use more creativity and be less photo realistic when I draw/paint. I picked activity because I've noticed that I always have an empty schedule and that I could do a lot more with my time than what I'm currently doing. I would also like to focus more on physical activity such as sports like badminton. I selected determination as I feel that I always try and give up or grow bored of something after a short time so I'd like to finish a project and not waste the time I've already spent working on it. 

My sentence is: "She left an in-erasable mark on others" 

As a child, my dream careers were always somewhat artistic. First I want to be a fashion designer, then an artist, then an architect, and now a tattoo artist. I recently discovered that they all have one thing in common. I'd be leaving marks on the world. I'd leave marks on clothing, on canvas, on the ground, and on skin. It's something I've always wanted to do and maybe in the future I won't be a tattoo artist but I will for sure leave a mark.

3 Words

1. Proactive: I chose this word because I procrastinate a lot, especially when it comes to school work. Usually I leave it until right before I go to bed or the day before it is due. 

2. Effort: I chose this word because a lot of the time I try and finish my school work as fast as possible and not put much effort into it.

3. Perseverance: I chose this word because whenever something goes bad or something gets difficult, I either give up or don't put in much effort. 

Learning Blog for December 9, 2014

What did we do?

      Today we handed in our innovation fair proposals, but we didn't do anything else because of a power outage. 

Why did we do it?

      We did this so Ms. Lees could see if we finished our proposals by the deadline and to examine our innovation fair proposals to tell us whether our idea was accepted or needed some change.

Reflections and Connections

       What we did in class could help us beyond Hum 8. For example handing in an important document for a job, by a certain time.

Homework Reminders

       There was no homework assigned.

Homework Tips/Hints

       There was no homework assigned. 

Learning Blog for December 8th

What did we do?
During class today, we had our usual weekly literary circle group discussions. After we were finished with them, we were given time to determine our group goals and complete our group discussion/report section of the lit circle paper. If we happened to be done all of the above, we were given time to work on our innovation fair sheets until class was over and we were dismissed.

Why did we do it? (Learning Intention)
We have lit circle discussions in hopes of getting a better understanding of the book or being able to deeply relate to it more. 

Reflections and connections 
What we did in class today could help outside of Hum 8. For example, your friend tells you something rather intriguing at school one day but it also confuses you. You could interpret it as a direct and serious question but what if there was actually deeper meaning inside of it?

Homework reminders
Innovation fair proposals are due tomorrow
Group discussion report for lit circles are due tomorrow  

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   learning blogs December 5th 

what did we do today

Today we corrected and learned how to write outlines We learned what order to put it in (Chronicle Order), What a good topic sentence would be, And how to write down good abbreviations of the text. after correcting the outlines we had free time to catch up on work.

why did we do it

The reason we where learning this was so we learn structured writing and how to find the main point of the story. also the reason of the for the free time was to catch up on our work

Reflections and connections
the out lines are good to understand and to know the main idea in a story.

Homework reminders
the homework was dialectical journal for lit circles due on Monday December 8th  

Learning blog December 2nd, 2014

1. What did we do?
     We handed in our Dialectical journal with our goals and stars. After, we decided who will do the learning blogs with our blog groups.Then Ms.Lees talked about the portfolios and we started working on them.

2. Why did we do it?
      We wrote our goals and stars to know what we should improve and what we did good on. We discussed with our group blogs who will post the learning blogs for this week. We also did the portfolios to find out how to improve our school habits. 

3. Homework Reminders
    -Self evaluation is due on Thursday Dec,4th 
    -Innovation fair proposal due on Tuesday, Dec,9th