3 Words Challenge

My name is Jasper and I am in grade 8. For the 3 words challenge, I picked my three words, coincidentally, all starting with the letter C. These words are CURIOSITY,  COURAGE and CREATIVITY.

First of all, I chose the word Curiosity because I usually don't get curious and accept new things offered to me. Examples would be new types of food and activities. This doesn't benefit me, since if I don't get out of my comfort zone, I won't be able to experience new accomplishments or fun.

Second of all, I chose the word Courage because I am sort of a scaredy-cat. If something seems scary, I would generally not participate in it (besides amusement park rides). This also could limit my fun and amusement. Although it's good to be cautious, being too cautious can be very regretful.

Finally, I chose the word Creativity because I am not very creative. When I try to think of speech topics, I end up with boring or copied themes. When I try to think of project ideas I always end up with a very uninteresting idea. If I challenge my creativity more, it would not only help me for school, but for more enjoyable plans in my day as well.

As you can see, I have a lot to work on. Hopefully, unlike my New Year's Resolution, I can follow this 3 words challenge and give myself more qualities.

3 words

My words are try attention abd learn because I feel like I need to try more in some things abd do the best i can.attention i think sometimes i dint pay enough attention andget dustracted. And lazy because i have been pretty lazy deciding to do things or not and stuff.

Learning Blog for December 9, 2014

1. What did we do?
    We handed in our innovation fair proposals. We didn't get to do any work because of the power outage.
2. Why did we do it?
    We handed in out innovation fair proposals to show the teacher that we've completed our assignments on time, and so that they can be evaluated to see which ones are approved and which ones need amendments.
3. Reflections and connections- how were today's class skills or subject matter relevant beyond humanities 8? Where might it be useful and how?
Handing in our proposals now is like making deadlines in the future at a job. It helps develop our work habits, and good work habits will be useful for a lifetime.
4. No homework has been assigned.
5. N/A (with regards to above statement)

Learning Blog for December 8, 2014

MS.LEES HUM 8 BLOCK 4

What did we do?

Because today was Monday, our HUM 8 block 4 class did Literature Circle discussions. Afterwards, we worked on our conclusion to our Dialectical Journals and started to write two things our group did well and need to work on for our discussions. We did that again, but this time for our individual participation in the discussions.

Why did we do it? (Learning Intentions)

We did these discussions to practice our oral conversations and our speaking skills. For example, we worked on contributing ideas, asking questions, provoking conversations and encouraging others to participate. We also did these discussions to let the teacher and peers make sure that we actually read the story and could keep up with the conversation. 

We did reflections and self evaluations to practice our self-evaluating skills, which could be used frequently in everyday lives. Not only that, but we did reflections to see how much we were listening to the conversation and how much we understood what others had to say. 

Reflections and Connections

The Literature Circle things we did today could help us beyond Humanities. For example, these discussions could help you prompt discussions within your friends easier and help you contribute to them more frequently. The self-evaluations that we do can help us correctly evaluate ourselves in other activities, which we might not have a teacher there to do for us. Lastly, reflections help us with our understanding skills, as well as summary skills and listening skills. 

A connection that I have, is that in elementary school, we also did these Lit. Circles, but not in so much depth. 

Homework Reminders

* Remember to finish your Lit. Circles'...

                          - Reflections

                          - Self Evaluations

                          - 2 good points/ points to work on for your group/self

* INNOVATION FAIR PROPOSALS DUE TOMORROW! 

* Research Story outlines if you haven't finished them 

Homework Tips

* For your Lit. Circle points that are good/need to improve of your group, get together with them to agree on the same ideas.

* Don't rely on how you think you did on your self-evaluations, use what your tallier tallied on your sheet. Chances are, they are right and you are just full of yourself or you are underestimating yourself.

todays hum class by Navroop

What did we do : today mrs lees let us do our work that we neede to work on she explained to us how to write paragrahph outlines and dont forget youre qoute for our book.                            Why? So today mrs lees helped us on our pharagraph outlines so that we had a better understanding of what to do.                                                                                                             connections and reflections: i did not have any connections i thought today was a good day for people to catch up on there work.                                                                                                  Home work reminders:  guys remember to do the booklet we got do youre quite for youre book and everyone dont forget to do youre innovation propproposal.

Learning Log

What did we do?
Today, we talked a bit about Innovation Fair and outlining paragraphs. We also handed in our self evaluation for this term in.

Why?
We talked about our Innovation Fair projects because many of us have trouble coming up with ideas. We learned about outlining paragraphs so that we can get used to doing it, and it will help with organizing and writing future paragraphs and essays. Writing paragraphs with an outline is way easier, and it saves time as well.

 Connections and Reflections
Using the paragraph outline can help with writing speeches and essays, and it can be used to organize any type of paragraphs, which will be useful in the future, in any classes. We talked a little bit about Innovation Fair, and it could help with next year's fair since we will know what to do. 

Homework Reminders
For tomorrow (December 5th), have the 5 paragraph outlines ready. Also, remember to highlight transition words or phrases. The Innovation Fair proposal is due next Tuesday (December 9th). Don't forget to do your Dialectical Journal for Lit, and have it ready for next Monday (December 8th). 

Homework Tips
Outlining: The supporting sentences can be in point form. You don't have to copy the whole paragraph out again for ones that say 'unscramble.' 
Here is a link on outlining:
http://web.psych.washington.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/outline.pdf

  

  

Learning Blog

1. What did we do?
    We handed in our dialectical journals, went over how to write learning blogs a little bit, and started our self-evaluations for humanities.
2. Why did we do it?
    We handed in our dialectical journals to show the teacher that we completed our homework, and we went over how to write learning blogs to clarify things a little bit. We're doing self-evaluations so that we can learn how to reflect upon our learning, recognize our strengths and weaknesses, and set goals for ourselves.
3. Reflections and connections- how were today's class skills or subject matter relevant beyond humanities 8? Where might it be useful and how?
    Handing in our dialectical journals is a matter of work habits, and it's important to have good work habits in order to do well in school later on, or to keep a job in the future. Doing self-evaluations can be applicable in other classes, and it helps us become more aware of how we are doing, which will be very useful in school in the future. When we do self-evaluations, we can also become more aware of what we need to improve on, and how we can get better, so we would be able to learn faster.
4. Homework reminders- what is due and when
    Our self evaluations are due on Thursday, and our innovation fair proposals are due next Monday.
5. Homework tips- hints, videos, or resources that might help students do well on today's homework
    Tips for self evaluations:
-be honest about where you are at in each category, because you are trying to improve your learning, not impress your teacher or your classmates
-set realistic goals that you will be able to achieve, but don't set goals that are too easy either; push yourself out of your comfort zone
-act on what you said you will do, because that's the only way you'll really be able to improve