Monday-
On Monday in Mr. Sneddens 1-2 period class we started an assignment called DOI to AOC, this stands for Declaration of Independence to Articles of Confederation. You were to answer the questions given to you on the document for each Placard. There is the first one started out for you for you to see how it is done. We will also be working on this tomorrow. We then went into room 404 and meet with the seventh graders to talk about the Harrison Bergeron questions that were supposed to be done over the weekend. Although we never got around to it because of the questions asked by our classmates. Mr. Snedden went over a document posted on the website that everyone needs to fill out, it is for the field trip. We are supposed to fill it out for homework tonight. We ran out of time before we could go over our Harrison Bergeron questions and will be looking at them tomorrow.
Also this is what we wrote down in our planner for the upcoming week: Tuesday- Tour Pasta, we will be having a very short assembly to announce the Turkey Trot top lap runners and the winners of the Tablet and Sector 9 skateboard; Wednesday- It will be assembly schedule for a theater performance; Thursday- Is a Half-Day, we will be walking down to OB and if you are being picked up you will be picked up at tower 2 at 12:30, do not bring your backpack bring only what you need for the 2 hours of school and the walk to OB.; Friday- Is a Half-Day Your final copy of FRA is due you need two copies one for Snedden and one for the Judges, your entry form must be filled out (the address is given to you on the website, the BOB is due, and we will be having our Unit test that day.
Tuseday-
Today we had a couple of students go and take a test for Mr. Gregg (which included me) but the overall period went like this. We worked on our essays and anything that needed to get done. Mostly essays. Mr. Snedden gave us a new person to work with so more than one person could look at/ edit you essay. Then you were to read aloud you essay and tell your partner what you think should be changed or you make comments on their essay. Then you edit your essay to fix the problems.
We also had Tour Pasta and it was delicious!
Wednesday-
Today we started our day off with Battle of the Books. REMINDER BOB is due this Friday! We then started to focus on the field trip tomorrow. We discussed the routes and the schedule for tomorrow. Snedden handed out a salmon colored piece of paper that you are to bring to school tomorrow. It has the route we are taking and it has the different topics for C-SPAN. Tomorrow do not bring your whole backpack, unless you want to carry it around O.B. plus it might rain tomorrow so a paper bag to hold your lunch might not be the best idea.
Thursday-
Today we had our field trip and we went down to the beach and collected trash, we also took notes and pictures that are for the C-SPAN you are supposed to turn in your notes in your packet for tomorrow. Reminder 2 copies of your essay are due tomorrow along with a filled out entry form and a filled out envelope with a stamp attached to it. Also we have BOB that is due tomorrow you need notes for each time you read for 2 books you need the online responses completed for two books this narking period and the Unit Test is tomorrow also. Tomorrow is a half day and then we get a week of for break hope you have fun!
11/7/13
This week, we worked on our First draft of the FRA essay and took notes on various topics on the revolutionary war. All week long we brought in canned goods.
Monday
We took notes on multiple excerpts of the Declaration of Independence, and wrote a mock one of our own. It had to be on the topic of something you were giving, up that negatively affected yourself. The mock paper had to be in cursive and have a border on it.
Tuesday
We categorized the 27 grievances of the Declaration of Independence into 3 sections, the violation of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It was all opinion based, which means any answer could be argued right. It was up to you to decide which one was right. We took notes on two systems of government and compared and contrasted the types of government.
Wednesday
We read battle of the books for a period and then discussed and researched the C-span student cam assignment. We then went over the OB beach cleanup.
Thursday
Thursday was a catch up day we read battle of the books and the had the choice to work on our FRA assignment.
Monday
We took notes on multiple excerpts of the Declaration of Independence, and wrote a mock one of our own. It had to be on the topic of something you were giving, up that negatively affected yourself. The mock paper had to be in cursive and have a border on it.
Tuesday
We categorized the 27 grievances of the Declaration of Independence into 3 sections, the violation of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It was all opinion based, which means any answer could be argued right. It was up to you to decide which one was right. We took notes on two systems of government and compared and contrasted the types of government.
Wednesday
We read battle of the books for a period and then discussed and researched the C-span student cam assignment. We then went over the OB beach cleanup.
Thursday
Thursday was a catch up day we read battle of the books and the had the choice to work on our FRA assignment.
8 Ekstrom Week In Review Blog Post
This week we worked on writing the first draft of our FRA project. This project is an essay competition with the topic of "The Bill of Rights and Me."
On Monday, we took notes on the Declaration of Independence and worked on writing our own Declaration of Independence. We wrote this based on something that could be annoying to others in class, or to our selves. This was for us to create a document similar to the actual Declaration of Independence, and to practice our cursive (not all of us knew how to write in it) .
On Tuesday, we started the day by analyzing the list of 27 grievances off of the Declaration of Independence. We made a checklist with a grievance summary, and checking off if it was for life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. There was no wrong answer on the checklist, because it was our own opinion. After that, we took notes on democracy for the rest of class, comparing monarchy with democracy. We did not get to finish the notes, but found the different components of the two, and found out how very different they are.
On Wednesday, we read our Battle of the Books book for an hour, taking notes on any challenging words or anything important in the story. After this, we went over the project coming up, the C-SPAN studentcam, where we create a video documentary on what the most important issue congress should focus on in 2014. We discussed having a field trip beach cleanup, where we will walk to Ocean Beach and pick up trash off of the beach. We will also be taking video footage of the surroundings that we walk by. this project will be beneficial for us because it will open our eyes to the world around us.
Today, we read our Battle of the Books book for the first hour of class, and then had the option to work on our FRA essay or to keep reading. Both were great options, as the due dates for both are coming soon. This gave all of us a chance to catch up on anything we were behind on. It also gave some a chance to edit their partner's essay. It was a great chance for us to get work that we were far behind on done.
Our homework this week was to write the first draft of our essay and give peer edits to our assigned partners. We also had to fix the peer revisions given to us. Another homework assignment we had was to finish our Declarations of Independence.
By Charlie Ekstrom
10/25/13
8 Deak WIR Blog Post
This week, we worked on the final draft of the VFW Patriots Pen. On Monday, we went over our essays in class and read some of the students work. This helped people because when they read it out loud some of them made no sense.
On Tuesday, we started the day off with an "Analyze That" political cartoon. We analyzed the snake cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, which was the first political cartoon ever made. Then we analyzed the cartoon about the "Tax Man". We answered questions for each of them and used SOAP to analyze them as well.
On Wednesday I was not here, so look at Jack Caffo's blog for information.
On Thursday, we worked on another "Analyze that" cartoon, which was the Miss Ame-Stamp. We answered more questions and used SOAP as well. Them we worked on our VFW Patriots Pen essays, and then at the end of the class we made Turkeys out of paper.
On Friday we will put our VFW Patriots Pen letter and form into a letter and send them to the VFW.
On Tuesday, we started the day off with an "Analyze That" political cartoon. We analyzed the snake cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, which was the first political cartoon ever made. Then we analyzed the cartoon about the "Tax Man". We answered questions for each of them and used SOAP to analyze them as well.
On Wednesday I was not here, so look at Jack Caffo's blog for information.
On Thursday, we worked on another "Analyze that" cartoon, which was the Miss Ame-Stamp. We answered more questions and used SOAP as well. Them we worked on our VFW Patriots Pen essays, and then at the end of the class we made Turkeys out of paper.
On Friday we will put our VFW Patriots Pen letter and form into a letter and send them to the VFW.
10/24/13
8 Donlon WIR Blog Post
Last Friday, the 1:1 Movement came back to Correia to pick up the bags,
get stats about all of the trash that we collected, and sort out all of our
junk. We also took our second WIR Art of Communication quiz, focusing mainly on
what we had learned about the different colonies in Colonial America. There
were a couple of questions that had already been on previous quizzes that
people were still getting incorrect. Our class also finished the travel
brochure for the American Colonies, made using the 6 by 6 rule (six bullets
consisting of six words max. each).
On Monday, the first thing we did was look at other people’s essays
(okay, we roasted them). Some of them were funny to listen to, because they
either did not make sense, or were very redundant. Mrs. Clark made sure that her
point came across to the students by playing songs that corresponded to the
content of their essays. Many people were frantically fixing little issues in
their own essays to make sure that, if they got roasted, they would not be as
bad as their previous peers.
On Tuesday, we came into class, and there was a warm-up waiting for us. It
was two different political cartoons: “Unite or Die” and “Paying the Excise Man”.
Our task was to analyze them by using SOAP, and then answered some separate
questions. To use SOAP, you must identify the following: The Speaker, Occasion,
Audience, and Purpose. After we were done with the warm-up, Mr. Snedden took us
to an assembly where we were informed on the “Turkey Trot” and all of its
details.
On Wednesday, our plastic bag assignment was due. Over the weekend, we
were assigned to do interviews of two adults on their thoughts of plastic bags,
two summaries of news articles on the City of San Diego and its thoughts on the
banning of plastic bags, and annotating on two articles that were given to us on
Friday. We discussed all of that at our tables in class. (We used the Socratic
Seminar method). After this was completed, we were assigned to write a formal
business letter to our district’s council member. For me, it was to “The
Honorable Kevin Faulconer”. The letter contained our thoughts on the possible
banning and how it would affect our day to day lives.
On Thursday, we had to go through seven steps of work before we could
make hand turkeys to support the Turkey Trot. That was our bribe to get through
the day. Unfortunately, as a class, we were very hectic and did not take the
class time seriously, so we were not allowed to make the turkeys. If not all of
the seven steps were finished, they were assigned as homework.
8 Carlson WIR Blog Post
On Friday, the 18th, we were given some time to finish up our Colonial Travel Brochures before the representatives form the one to one movement came to collect our trash bags and go through our trash with us. We first separated our trash into recyclables and waste items. Then, we made a reusable pile, a recyclable pile, and a reducible pile. We were also asigned a quiz to take over the weekend. The quiz was about the facts we should have learned from our Travel Brochures.
Over the weekend, most of us worked on our Patriotism essays and when we came back on monday, Mr. Snedden and Mrs. Clark "roasted" some of them. Roasting is when an essay is put up on the board in front of the class and read out loud. While the author is reading it, Mr. Snedden and Mrs. Clark are correcting it and commenting on it. After they had gone through several essays and we had a good idea of what not to put in our own essays, we made a task checklist as a class. The checklist included all the things that needed to be done throughout the week for our Patriot's Pen Essay, and when we should have had them completed by.
On Tuesday, we started class with a warm up called "Analyze That Political Cartoon". We analyzed the pictures, "Unite or Die" and "Paying the Excise Man". We figured out "SOAP" for each. SOAP stands for speaker, occasion, audience, and purpose. We also answered questions, reviewed our quiz that we had taken over the weekend, and went to an assembly discussing our 2013 "Turkey Trot".
Yesterday, on Wednesday, we had a follow-up about plastic grocery bags. We discussed facts and pros/cons with our classmates and took notes. We then used those notes to write a formal business letter to our district Council Members. Since I live in Ocean Beach, I addressed my letter to Kevin Faulconer. The business letters included our opinions on the possible (and now definite) ban on plastic bags in Sand Diego.
Today (thursday) we worked independently for the whole two hours. We had a checklist of things to get done, including our business letters, our patriots pen essays, and another political cartoon to analyze called "Stamp Act Repealed". After, we were supposed to make some turkey crafts, but we got in trouble for talking too much while we were supposed to be being productive, so we weren't allowed.
The homework for the week was to complete our Patriot's Pen Task Checklist. We needed to have two printed copies of our essay, a printed entry form, an envelope and stamp, and our essay completed and free of errors.
Over the weekend, most of us worked on our Patriotism essays and when we came back on monday, Mr. Snedden and Mrs. Clark "roasted" some of them. Roasting is when an essay is put up on the board in front of the class and read out loud. While the author is reading it, Mr. Snedden and Mrs. Clark are correcting it and commenting on it. After they had gone through several essays and we had a good idea of what not to put in our own essays, we made a task checklist as a class. The checklist included all the things that needed to be done throughout the week for our Patriot's Pen Essay, and when we should have had them completed by.
On Tuesday, we started class with a warm up called "Analyze That Political Cartoon". We analyzed the pictures, "Unite or Die" and "Paying the Excise Man". We figured out "SOAP" for each. SOAP stands for speaker, occasion, audience, and purpose. We also answered questions, reviewed our quiz that we had taken over the weekend, and went to an assembly discussing our 2013 "Turkey Trot".
Yesterday, on Wednesday, we had a follow-up about plastic grocery bags. We discussed facts and pros/cons with our classmates and took notes. We then used those notes to write a formal business letter to our district Council Members. Since I live in Ocean Beach, I addressed my letter to Kevin Faulconer. The business letters included our opinions on the possible (and now definite) ban on plastic bags in Sand Diego.
Today (thursday) we worked independently for the whole two hours. We had a checklist of things to get done, including our business letters, our patriots pen essays, and another political cartoon to analyze called "Stamp Act Repealed". After, we were supposed to make some turkey crafts, but we got in trouble for talking too much while we were supposed to be being productive, so we weren't allowed.
The homework for the week was to complete our Patriot's Pen Task Checklist. We needed to have two printed copies of our essay, a printed entry form, an envelope and stamp, and our essay completed and free of errors.
8 Caffo J WIR Blog Post
Last Friday, we finished our travel brochures, the 1:1 movement came back to our school, and took our second quiz on the Art of Communication over the weekend. The travel brochure covered the similarities of all of the colonial regions, North, Middle, and South. It could only be one slide, 6 bullet points and 6 words per bullet point. The 1:1 movement organization went through our bags with us to see what was recyclable, what was we could use less of, what was reusable, and what needed to go to the landfill. The quiz focused primarily on the regions of the colonies. Mr. Snedden said that he was going to keep putting a question about civic republicanism until every single person got it right.
On Monday we started the day off by roasting our Patriots Pen essays.We helped each other with our essays by giving constructive criticism. Many people realized when they were reading their essay out loud that it didn't even make sense. Others had bad content, and overall we decided that most of us needed to work harder on our essays. After this we had time to work on them in class.
On Tuesday, we did an Analyze That warm up. We analyzed the political cartoons, "Unite or Die", and "Paying the Excise Man". We analyzed them using SOAP, and additional questions aimed for the specific cartoon. SOAP is identifying the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose. This took up most of our day because an assembly took away our class time.
On Wednesday, we went over our plastic bag assignment. At our table, we discussed what our articles were about, without putting our opinions in the discussion. As a class, we discussed the environmental, social, and economical impacts. After this, we wrote a business letter to the council member of the district we live in. The letter was about our opinions on the idea of banning plastic bags in grocery and retail stores in San Diego, and why our opinion actually matters.
On Thursday, we had a checklist of assignments to do. Firstly, we analyzed another political cartoon, Miss Ame-Stamp. Again we had to SOAP the cartoon. Next, we worked on our Patriots Pen essay by putting some of the final touches on it. Then we made turkeys to put all over the school to remind people to raise money for the Turkey Trot. Finally, since Troy Fountas made a weird turkey noise, he had to get on the table and do a turkey dance he hadn't seen before, and Josh Ball made it rain.
Our homework this week was to complete our final draft of the Patriots Pen essay. this meant to complete this checklist:
On Monday we started the day off by roasting our Patriots Pen essays.We helped each other with our essays by giving constructive criticism. Many people realized when they were reading their essay out loud that it didn't even make sense. Others had bad content, and overall we decided that most of us needed to work harder on our essays. After this we had time to work on them in class.
On Tuesday, we did an Analyze That warm up. We analyzed the political cartoons, "Unite or Die", and "Paying the Excise Man". We analyzed them using SOAP, and additional questions aimed for the specific cartoon. SOAP is identifying the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose. This took up most of our day because an assembly took away our class time.
On Wednesday, we went over our plastic bag assignment. At our table, we discussed what our articles were about, without putting our opinions in the discussion. As a class, we discussed the environmental, social, and economical impacts. After this, we wrote a business letter to the council member of the district we live in. The letter was about our opinions on the idea of banning plastic bags in grocery and retail stores in San Diego, and why our opinion actually matters.
On Thursday, we had a checklist of assignments to do. Firstly, we analyzed another political cartoon, Miss Ame-Stamp. Again we had to SOAP the cartoon. Next, we worked on our Patriots Pen essay by putting some of the final touches on it. Then we made turkeys to put all over the school to remind people to raise money for the Turkey Trot. Finally, since Troy Fountas made a weird turkey noise, he had to get on the table and do a turkey dance he hadn't seen before, and Josh Ball made it rain.
Our homework this week was to complete our final draft of the Patriots Pen essay. this meant to complete this checklist:
Task
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Yes/No
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Day of the week
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Complete final draft of essay
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Right before printing
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Essay is for a target audience
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Monday
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Thesis is at the end of the introduction and in the conclusion
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Monday
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There is supporting evidence
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Monday
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Concluding statement offers closure
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Monday
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Read essay out loud to make sure it makes sense
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Monday
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Knowledge of theme, theme development, clarity of ideas
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Mon/Tue/Wed
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2 people other than partner to proof read
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Monday
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Spelling and grammar
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Right before printing
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entry form printed and filled out
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Monday
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Confirm essay is 300-400 words
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Right before printing
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No name on essay
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Monday
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Print 2 copies of essay
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Wednesday
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Envelope and stamp
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Monday
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