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  

learning blog

   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
  

Art and Craft club

Art and Craft Club!

Art and Craft club is an awesome club for those who like art. We draw, paint and do other art things. So far, we only did crafting, we made snowflakes and rocks for a Christmas project. Hopefully we finish this project before Christmas and be able to put in the hallways.

There are only 10-11 members in Art and Craft club. They are so nice, welcoming and friendly. The meetings are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:15 to 11:55 in room 125. It's an awesome chance to meet people with the same interest as you in this club.

Anime Club

Anime club is a very fun club. Basically, you watch anime on a big screen with other otakus( Otakus are true anime lovers) and sometimes you also play games. In the club, you get to meet many senpais (senpai is the japanese word for upperclassman). The club members are all very friendly and welcoming. Here, you can also learn a little about Japanese culture. It doesn't have very many members (Only about 23) but I think that brings everyone closer.

The club meetings are held every Friday after school in room 208. I would recommend the anime club to you because it's a chance to meet new people and try new things. 

Inspiring Quote.

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique and if you block it,  it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open... No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."

-Martha Graham

I find this quote very relatable and inspiring. It tells us how you are unique and you musn't give up. You don't have to be happy with the work you've done but you have to accept that it's your own. Accept it because you can improve it. This can reflect on so many things. Your personality, a drawing/painting/piece of artwork, dancing, dressing, even just thinking in general. You might have an idea but you don't think it's all that yet you still put it on a piece of paper and hand it to your teacher. You might not be happy with it but it is yours and only yours. It's unique in it's own way though it may be similar to a classmates'. Overall, I think we should keep this in our minds. When we're not content with something we've done. We must accept it and move on aware that in the future we'll do better. Also keeping in mind that it's not our job to compare our work/selves with anyone else's.

Motivational

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JUFjTOM32g

The video that I posted about is called, “Best Motivational Video Ever for Creative People and Startups”. A YouTube channel called “Kaleem” made this video. His channel is not that popular, although the video has over 1.5 million views.

            I chose this video first of all because I like the main idea of the video, which is to put out your ideas before it’s to late. I like the fact that they used comparisons. (When they compare the difference between a child’s imagination and creativity to an adult’s imagination and creativity). The next reason I chose this video is because I feel like I relate to it. I sometimes have great ideas, although I am scared that I others will think that it is a bad idea. A lot of the time, someone else says my idea later and I find out that people actually think that it is a good idea.

creativity

                                                                        creativity 
url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs

the video that i am writing about is by a very famous YouTube channel who made the series kid president. in this video he was giving a pep talk to teachers and students around the world.

the reason i picked this video was because i thought it was a very good video about him trying to cheer the world up and it was very creative because i would not think of making a kid as a president who goes around and cheers up people and makes them realize that every one is a person who brings ideas to the big table called the world e.g ( teachers made 1 Albert  Einstein who probably inspired someone to make a new creative idea).

connections
i have gave some of my family members a pep talk because sometimes like everyone else in the world they get down but i try my best to keep my family happy all the time.

Spark Club

                                                                                                                                                                                                  oct/19/14
                                                                                                 spark club                                                                                                                                                                                                     by sahil nanda

                  spark club is a club where you do random acts of  kindness for people around you. like in spark club right now we are planing to throw a party for one of the teacher and a school wide thing that i cant talk about right now. also we talked about how we feel today by giving a number rating out of five and then saying we where where that happy or sad, example is i am a five because it is Friday to day and i can sleep in or im a two because i am sleepy today. and its a little weird because there is three boys out of fifteen girls in the class! 

               The club was being ran by madam Amenta in room 111 from 11:15 to 11;45, where we all where just talking about how we could do nice things for the school, like i gave the idea of running a round the school with a cart of coffee and giving all the teachers coffee with donuts.

Model UnitedNations Club

The club I went to was MUN (Model United Nations club). I went to MUN because my brother recommended this club instead of all the other clubs. I am even thinking about joining MUN. I also went to free the children but I enjoyed MUN more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             I thought the club was very cool, talking about our countries that people chose. I liked the concept, and my friends were going too. When I went to my very first meeting, the room was very packed. I didn't realize that so many people wanted to join the club. The club meetings are held on Fridays on 11 at Mr.Pococks' room #214. The older students who were talking about the club was very passionate about MUN. They gave us instructions on how we could sign up, pick a country and other things.                                                                                                                                                                                                             I suggest this club because it helps your speech skills as well as your debate skills which are great. In addition, you get to meet and socialize with people who have the same interests as you and get to see what is happening around the world talking about world problems.

Free The Children Club

                The club that I attended is called Free the Children. I checked out this club because my sister has been in the club for a couple years now and is very involved. Ever since the school year began she had been bugging me to join the club because she thought I would enjoy it. I also checked it out because some of my friends had talked about wanting to check it out and I agreed to go with them. I went to one of their meetings during the summer with my sister and some of my friends, but my friends got bored so we left and went to a park to play football.

                 

                The club was started by Cecelia who is also my sisters’ friend, and she started it in grade 10. She started it because she was passionate about helping children across the globe who have less. She had heard about a company named “Free the Children” who was passionate about the same things she was. So she named the club after the company. The club is almost like an extension of the company. They help by holding fundraisers, donating money and food, and volunteer for their own Free the Children events.

                The meeting I attended was on October the 9^th and was in Mr. Pococks’ room (Room 214). They hold meetings at lunch in Mr. Pococks room every Thursday. The meetings start at 11:00.

              

                I would suggest this club because you get to meet a lot of other kids who have some of the same interests as you and they are all different ages.  It is a great opportunity to get some of your volunteer hours, and you get to see and learn about things that are happening across the globe.

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