Learning Blog Dec 18

What did we do?
Today, we we worked on creating "commercials" to try and sell our Lit circle novels. We worked on our pros and cons, recommendation, and targeted audience for the book. 
Why?
We worked on the pros and cons so that we can recognize the good and bad parts of the book. Also, you have to be specific when describing it, for example, you can't just say that the book is boring because you have to describe which parts were boring and why.
Connections and Reflections
Doing the pros and cons can help with future projects because later on, many other projects require a pros and cons list. Furthermore, you can use the list to make comparisons. Also, you can use the list to make decisions because you can see which choice is more beneficial. 
Homework Reminders
No homework except for the paragraph booklet, but I think we will be able to work on it in class.

what we did today

What we did today?: today we worked on our paragraph booklet.

Why we did it?:we did so we could get better at knowing how to write certain paragraphs.

connections and reflections:today was a easy day we got to work on our paragraph booklets and listen to music when the sub left.

homwork reminders: guys remember to work on youre paragraph booklets and dont forget about youre innovation and genius hour projects.

Learning Blog for Dec.15, 2014

Because I explained mainly the same things that we did last Monday ( Learning Blog of Dec.8, 2014), I will try to explain different things in this learning blog.

WHAT DID WE DO

Today, just like any other Monday, we did literature circles. Following, we did self assessments and conclusions to our discussions and dialectical journals. Today was our final Lit. Circle for out first novel, so we had different ways of self-assessing ourselves. 

WHY WE DID IT

We did these Literature Circles to help our speaking, reading, evaluation and summary skills. Doing novel studies help us understand and read novels easier, which makes reading other pieces of writing easier. This will help us a lot later on, since almost every job, from a teacher to an engineer, uses forms of writing to work. Improving our speaking skills also can help us a lot, since we speak in our everyday lives frequently. This would not only help our normal lives, but also our jobs, school and beyond. 

REFLECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS

I think Literature Circles help us in a lot of categories that can help us beyond Humanities and even beyond schools. The points I already stated and many more can help with out jobs and life. 

A connection that I can make with this, is that in elementary school we also did literature circles. The difference is that in elementary school, we didn't do everything we do now, such as Dialectical Journals and Self Evaluations. Usually, we would just discuss on a certain part of our novel for a short amount of time. We would also do "Chapter Reviews", which are summaries of each and every chapter and what that chapter was about. Literature Circles in Humanities are way more complicated and take longer. 

HOMEWORK REMINDERS

* Literature Circles' Self Evaluations due tomorrow

* Learning blogs if you have them this week

* Paragraph Booklet due by winter break

HOMEWORK TIPS

*Literature Circles: Explain in detail why you think like you do. If you write that you improved on something, give examples as to how you improved in that certain area. 

*Paragraph Booklets: Don't rush your exercises in the booklets, since the booklet is to help you improve your writing and organizing skills. If you rush it, you won't get better and won't get a good quality booklet to hand in. 

3 Words Challenge

Hi, my name is Qiyang and I'm in grade 8. I picked the words confident, enthusiastic, and positive for next year.
I chose confident because I need to believe in myself more.
I chose enthusiastic because I need to be more happy and cheerful when I'm doing my work.
I chose positive because I need to look at the bright side of situations more often. I also need to think more about what I can do, not what I can't do.

what we did today by navrop gill

What we di today :  so today we were working on our paragraph booklet in class and he taught us about a descriptive and narrative paragraph.

Why : so we could know what types of paragrraphs they eere and tty to write them.

connectuons reflections : today we had a sub and i think he was a good sub today was a good day in hum class.

Homework : remember youre diakectical journals and youre book to read dont forget the homework for the booklet and dint forgrt about genius hour and innovation fair

3 Words Challenge

My name is Lucy and I'm in grade 8. My three words for the new year would be: focus, reflection, and relaxation.
I chose the first word, focus, because it's what I need to complete many tasks that await me, and I tend to become unfocused after doing something for a long time, because my mind often starts to wander off. I want to be able to maintain my focus while doing something, because it would be very useful for almost my whole lifetime.
I chose the second word, reflection, because reflecting on myself is something that I've never been able to do very well. I like receiving feedback from others than giving myself feedback, but I feel that evaluating myself is just as important, if not more important than giving feedback to others.
I chose the third word, relaxation, because I've been feeling a bit stressed and overwhelmed lately, and I think that I need to relax and clear my mind. Relaxation ties in with focus and reflection in a way, because when I'm not stressed out, I can focus better and reflect on myself more effectively. It can also make me happier and more confident.
The three words: focus, reflection, and relaxation will help me both mentally and emotionally, and achieving them will make me much calmer and more thoughtful.

                                    3 Words challenge

              

    My name is Yujoon and I am in grade 8. For the 3 word challenge I picked my words athletic, respectful, and intelligent. 

    First word I chose is athletic because I usually don't exercise everyday so I have to get myself fit and play more sports when I have free time. I should get my schedule for each exercise so I could know when to exercise. If I didn't exercise I would get stressed easily when I 'm doing work and I could exercise when I have to or to lose calories.

   Second word I chose is respect because I don't listen carefully for important instructions in class so I forget things easily. I do need to listen carefully because I will be on track for homework or other assignments. I should help more people for their homework and encourage others what they have to do for homework.

   Third word I chose is intelligent because I don't usually listen carefully for important instructions so I get distracted from other people. I need to work more on intelligent because I need to know a lots about important info from the teacher so I can do assignments easily without being worried what's for homework or etc. 

    I think I need to work more on my three words so I could get better on respectful, athletic, and intelligent.