Every post that we worked on in this unit was based on information that we found after reading the media. When we first started this unit, I was really nervous about blogging. I had never blogged before and I felt like I was the only one that didn't know what I was doing.
The thing that I liked best about blogging was that I was able to read and blog about a topic that was interesting to me. I loved reading new things everyday and keeping up with what was interesting in the media! The worst thing that I experienced in this unit of study was trying to find an article to read, and then read it, and then blog about it. I felt like that was too much work for one period
I learned so much during this unit of study. I learned how to include hyper-links in my blogs to enhance them. Thanks to Franklin Rodriguez I also learned how to put pictures inside of my posts! We had lots of practice with summarizing in this unit of study as well, so I think my summarizing skills improved!
We are now finished with this unit of study and now believe it or not I am sad! In the beginning I was in intimidated by blogging and using the computer everyday. Now I feel comfortable with blogging ! Blogging was a wonderful experience! Thank you Mr. Wagner for all of your help and encouragement!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Post #11 Bowling Trip
Today we went on a school trip to the bowling alley! I had so much fun. We left school at 9:45 a.m. We walked to the train station and took the train to 161st street. The train ride was quick. When we got off the train the teachers paid for us to bowl, and then we were told the area that we could bowl in. We had the whole top floor to ourselves. Everyone was told to get into 4 groups. After we got organized into our groups we put our names into the computer and then we were ready to bowl.
Ms. Jenkins, and Tevin of class 808 were on my team. In the first game, Ms Jenkins came in first, Tevin came in second and unfortunately I came in last. In the second game I really wanted to win. I was in the lead all the way to the last frame. I was celebrating and laughing at Tevin because I thought that I was going to beat him! To my surprise he beat me by two points. I had 107 and he had 109. And guess what? Ms. Jenkins beat us both!
When we finished bowling, we went to Mc Donalds to eat lunch. While we were eating lunch there was another school there MS390 I think. They were all having so much fun together dancing and getting light(that is what they call the new crazy style of dance that all the kids are doing). MS 390 asked Ms. Batchelor her name, and she told them her name. Then they called her out into the circle to dance. To my surprise she jumped in the circle and was dancing with the kids from the other school! It was so funny! Then two of our students from Ms Batchelor's class got in and showed their skills!
To end the trip we walked back to school. We got back at 2:20 exactly! I am so glad that the weather was nice! We had such a wonderful school trip!
Ms. Jenkins, and Tevin of class 808 were on my team. In the first game, Ms Jenkins came in first, Tevin came in second and unfortunately I came in last. In the second game I really wanted to win. I was in the lead all the way to the last frame. I was celebrating and laughing at Tevin because I thought that I was going to beat him! To my surprise he beat me by two points. I had 107 and he had 109. And guess what? Ms. Jenkins beat us both!
When we finished bowling, we went to Mc Donalds to eat lunch. While we were eating lunch there was another school there MS390 I think. They were all having so much fun together dancing and getting light(that is what they call the new crazy style of dance that all the kids are doing). MS 390 asked Ms. Batchelor her name, and she told them her name. Then they called her out into the circle to dance. To my surprise she jumped in the circle and was dancing with the kids from the other school! It was so funny! Then two of our students from Ms Batchelor's class got in and showed their skills!
To end the trip we walked back to school. We got back at 2:20 exactly! I am so glad that the weather was nice! We had such a wonderful school trip!
Post#10 Math Test Reflection
This week we took the math test. When we came in this morning my nice teachers had breakfast for us! (I have great teachers.:)
Summary: When we came in this morning my nice teachers had breakfast for us! (I have great teachers.) I took the test in room 229 with Mrs. Hameed. Day one of the test was multiple choice questions first. That part wasn't that hard because Ms. Heiser is a great math teacher and she made sure that we were prepared for the test. Book two was kind of hard for me though. There were only 6 questions but we had to show all of our work.
On Day two : Of the test I was really nervous. I was nervous because we had to answer the question and show all of our work for full credit. After looking at book 2....I was nervous about book 3. I am so glad that the math test is over! I think I did well!
Thank you Ms. Heiser for all of your hard work and for continuing to encourage my class to do our best!
Summary: When we came in this morning my nice teachers had breakfast for us! (I have great teachers.) I took the test in room 229 with Mrs. Hameed. Day one of the test was multiple choice questions first. That part wasn't that hard because Ms. Heiser is a great math teacher and she made sure that we were prepared for the test. Book two was kind of hard for me though. There were only 6 questions but we had to show all of our work.
On Day two : Of the test I was really nervous. I was nervous because we had to answer the question and show all of our work for full credit. After looking at book 2....I was nervous about book 3. I am so glad that the math test is over! I think I did well!
Thank you Ms. Heiser for all of your hard work and for continuing to encourage my class to do our best!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Point of View...Post #9
Article Used:
Summary:
Opinion:
Prompt: How can I tell the author's point of view when reading an online media source?
Point of view is how someone feels about what they are writing about. Usually you can tell the editor's point of view by the way something is written. For example In the article that I read today it said........that showed me that the author's point of view was.....
Summary:
Opinion:
Prompt: How can I tell the author's point of view when reading an online media source?
Point of view is how someone feels about what they are writing about. Usually you can tell the editor's point of view by the way something is written. For example In the article that I read today it said........that showed me that the author's point of view was.....
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Questioning the Text...Post #8
Article Used: Rapper Shocked by Daughters Killing
Summary: The Rapper Juvenile (Terius Gray) lost his four year old daughter last Thursday. She was shot and killed by her 17 year old brother. The 17 year old killed his mother and all three of his sisters in their home in Atlanta. Juvenile is in New Orleans but he is devastated!
Opinion: Most stories that make the news are sad stories. Here we have a whole family that was killed by another family member. What in the world would make a 17 year old son kill his mother and his two sisters? Just as I can't understand why a mother would take the life of her children, I can't understand for the life of me what would have mad the young man kill his whole family! The news didn't give much information. I hope they continue to cover this story because I have lots of questions for this text.
Prompt: What questions came to your mind as you read your text today?
1. Why did the 17 year old kill his family?
2. Did the young man have a history of acting out?
3. Did he kill them all in their sleep?
4. How do you kill three people in the same house and actually pull it off?
Monday, March 3, 2008
Author's Purpose post #7 The Saga Continues...
Article Used: Ditched Tot May Return To Her Mom
Summary: On Friday I posted a blog about a baby that was left in the back of a cab by a man. Well guess what! It was all a LIE! The Cab driver that took the baby to the fire house made up the whole story about the baby being left by some man that he didn't know. He knew who the baby belonged to when we pulled up to the fire house. Klever Sailema is the 45 year old cab driver that turned the baby in. He looked like a hero last Friday but now he has been arrested for filing a false police report and criminal facilitation. He was also suspended from his job by the taxi and limousine commission. So the Real story is this.....The baby whose name is Daniella Perez, was first abandoned by her 14 year old mother. The mother left the child in the care of her 27 year old father as she ran away from the situation. The 27 year old father was informed that he couldn't keep the baby because the mother of the child was underage. Then the 27 year old father abandoned the child leaving her in the care of the cab driver's girlfriend. That is when the cab driver and his girlfriend (which was the baby's aunt) came up with the plan of taking the child to the fire house with the lie that they made up! Now the father is a fugitive and both the cab driver and his girl friend have been charged in this case.
Opinion: Well I NEVER!!!! So the mother of the little beautiful baby is only 14. I think that of course that is too young to be a parent. At 14 you are still a child yourself! It it not time to be a parent yet at 14. And the father of the child is 27 years old. Why was he dating a 14 year old in the first place. I hate that kids get bought into this world under the craziest conditions. When this child grows up and she hears about what happened to her by her parents how is she going to feel? Parents are supposed to do what is best for the welfare of their children....this is such a crazy situation. When I read the story on Friday I thought that this cab driver was a hero myself. The fact that he lied about the situation is not good, but once again I say I am happy that he cared enough to try and get the little girl the help that she needed.
Prompt: What was the author's purpose for writing this online media source?
I think that the author of this article wrote it to inform us of what was going on in the world around us! I know that the author wasn't trying to entertain me because this was not a funny story. I don't think the author was trying to persuade me either because I saw no opinions or words that would lead me to be persuaded about anything. I also think that the author wrote this to set the record straight. People read the newspaper to get the facts and the truth about what is going on in the world. On Friday this story was told one way and basically we all got the wrong information. So the author wanted to tell the real story so we could continue to trust that the news tells us the truth about situations that take place in the world!
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