Friday, February 26, 2010
Writing Conventions
she claims she was playing Frisbee with her Friends at the park when the flying dog of doom assaulted her out of no were the police and paramedics believe the dog was attracted to the blue of her jacket and was enraged by it.
2. Today i finished my News Report , that i did on Thursday ; but now im workin on this .
I finally finished my news report today which is Thursday ; but now i have to work on this on to finsh .
3 It didnt change my mind but i think of high school better.
I didn't change my mind about think high school is better then ever .
4. I did not watch the hole movie.
I didn't want to watch the hole movie .
5. i do not like to writ books or paragraph.
I don't like to write books or paragraphs .
6. actually i found the movie very entertaining cause i understanded all of it.
I actually foung the movie entertaining , because i understand all of it .
7. I think theyre targeting people who would thing what it is like to be hang over and people who loves comedy.
I think their tarageting people ; who would think what it is like to be hung over and people who loves comedy .
8. pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, California, saying he didn't fit properly in a single seat.
The pilot ejected him from a southwest airlines flight from Oakland to burbank california , saying he can't fit properly in a single seat .
9. I write good enough that you can read it with perfectly grammer.
I write great enoguh that you can read it with perfect grammer some what .
10. I dont write that much but im prety confident about my ability.
I don't really write that much but i'm prety confident about my ability .
11. The reason why I think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film because it show us that anyone can write.****
12. Yes because its show that anyone can do what they want if they try and different ethnic groups can be friends with each other
13. I did start it Thursday afternoon , but then i ran outta time , so just a few minutes ago i just finished it.
I started on it thursday but didn't get to finsh it , so a few minutes ago i did .
14. I hope i have a better english experience using the computers.
I hope i will have a better english experience using the computer like the teacher thinks it is going to .
15. The movie i enjoy the most is The Hang Over it was histarical!.
I movie i enjoyed the most was the hang over , it was histarical ! .
Daily logs
1) What activity did you work on today?
The activity i worked on today was , I bloged every thing i need to get done so i don't have to go back and forth all the time and to see what i need to do that day .
2) How much of the activity were you able to complete?
I did'nt really complete one activity i just looked at all of them and doing the ones i like first because this write crap gets boring .
3) What was the most challenging part of today's activity?
Nothing is really challenging , although the new report thing is kinda hard because i'm not th at good at writing and not fit for no new reports
4) How many minutes (out of a possible 75) did you spend working on school work? How was the rest of the time spent? most of the time i'm always using the class time as needed but so far for some reason i'm still FAILING !
5) What question(s) would you like answered about today's activity?Feel free to include any other comments you would like to make.
I don't have any questions yet or comments!! , besides its boring ! .
The diaguostic Evercise
Go throw and read slowly intil you understand the sentence
2) Read over the tips for reading. What is one tip that would help you to read more carefully? Don't give up ! , just keep trying if you can't read it .
3) Read over the tips for writing. What is one tip that you already use well?
In school ask the teacher for help.
4) Read over the tips for writing. What is one tip that would help you to write more effectively? learn and practice write so you well get betetr
5) Look at the strategies for writing a news report and the strategies for writing a "series of paragraphs expressing an opinion." How are they different? (hint: think purpose)
Writing a new report ; strategies your writing about a article and not talking about you but some one .Paragraphs ; You write in a long sentence about you or any thing . They are pretty much the same ....
6) What are some things that are allowed on the "series of paragraphs expressing an opinion" but not on the news report? You can talk about yourself and opinions .
7) What question(s) would you like answered before you complete the diagnostic exercise? I don't have any questions about it yet but probably soon enough .
I don't really get it , why these news reports are used ...
Freedom writers video ; wasn't here !
1. Why do you think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film for this class?
I don't know why they choosed this movie , maybe because they liked it or was useful for the class time in watching this movie .
2. Did watching this film change the way you think about high school or teachers or education?Explain. NO it did'nt change any thing its all still the same thing i don't think any different i don't have too maybe the teachers .
3. Was any part of the movie confusing? If so, what question(s) about the movie would you like answered? No this movie was not confusing it was interesting thats about it - no questions .
4. At what point did the students start learning from their teacher? What changed?
The student started learning near the middle from the teacher maybe because she had realized that the teachers are there to help its their job to make sure you understand every thing and get the crap right .
5. Does seeing this film make you feel any differently about your own opportunities in high school or this class.
Umm no my opportunities are their if i want them they dont change or differently
6. Is Freedom Writers a good movie? What did (or didn't) you like about it?
This freedom writers movie was ok did'nt like or not like it .
vocabulary # 1 didn't fin
artifact -something made by an ancient culture
ARTIFACT NEEDS TO BE REFERENCED in correct APA style. APA requires that you cite ... But should be preceded by a comma and never used as first word of a sentence in formal writing.
emerge -leave from
young man emerged from his parent's home with tons of aspirations. He entered into an exotic ...
schedule -a time plan
It was pretentious if him to assume I would change my whole schedule for his benefit.
initial -first
The seeds are used to train an initial classifier
savor -enjoy
It does not allow a reader time to enjoy and to savor that wondrous world.
continuous -constant
excavation -a dig site
Modern geology has almost banished such views as the excavation of a great valley by ...
occasional -from time to time
unique -one of a kind
architecture -building design
Bonus Activity:
Use each of the above words in a sentence that demonstrates the meaning of each.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Reading an informational text
2) What did you learn from this article .
This article, there was nothing i learn about it it was just interestingto read and just did it fast
3) Howtrustworthy do you feel the source of the information is .
Well , i think i'm really trustworthy of the source of the information it wasn't that hard and not hard to read
4) Explain how the way the information is presented makes you more or less likely to trust it. well its an article , i don't really trust it i don't know if its telling the truth or not its hard to tell but it's all good .
5) would you be interested in reading more or less information on this topic why or why not .
To tell the truth i would not like to read more information on it i just was reading it because i had to for this thing the questions .
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Me as a writer !
1. Describe yourself as a writer. How confident are you about your ability?
Me as a writer , well lets see its easier to write ,work at home with no noise and all by myself and I'm not really confident about my writing at all times i like to keep it to my self just English class writing for the teacher . I like to write about my life and little funny storeys .
2. What is your favorite type of writing to do? (e.g. stories, song lyrics, poems or emails) What is it that you like about that type of writing
I like to write stories about my self and just the world ,banner writing or even i like to write when I'm mad it sounds weird but it helps me out only when I'm by my self . I like to do not poems but rhymes i can dot that and just rhyme about anything just because its fun to do that on my own time .
3. What is your least favourite type of writing to do? What is it that bothers you most about that type of writing
My least favourite type of writing would be poems i don't like to do that because i think i just did to much of it in the pass in school , yeah not good at song lyrics but i can sing . I don't like writing at school , oh when the teacher tells you what you have to write about i think its stupid.
4. Tell about a piece of writing that you have really enjoyed. This could be a story read to you by a teacher or a movie you think is really funny (remember, a good movie comes from a good screenplay--which is writing).
I good movie i think was troy it was awesome with the killing and just blood-shed , and the movie 300 was crasy . I like at kinda of scary ones and hate the movie with sub-titles when you can even read what they say it goes to fast gets me mad i just turn it off or switch .I good story , I miss when my dad would read to me every night when i just to go to bed ... and i just like when I'm listening to to some one read and follow along .
5. Give your thoughts and opinions about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. What do you know about it? What would you like to know about it? The literacy test , well i have know clue whats going to be on the test i worried about it ... if i pass or not but i know i can do it again in the next year but i think its gay as hell . I would like to now whats going to be on it and if its going to be hard or not and if its all just writing or fill in the blanks or what ever i think i might fail it but hopefully i don't because i don't want to do it again . TH ATS ALL OF IT !.........