English
This year in English with Mrs. Hill will be great! I'm looking forward to writing stories and making posters and presentations! I hope we do a lot of fun stuff this year. In English, we are actually making Weeblys so we can show people what we do in school!
October 2012
Recently we did this activity that dealt with how laws are made called Webquest. Everyday before class starts, we do DOL in our gold packets to help us learn more about grammar. Every week, we get a list of twenty spelling words that we test on every Friday. This year we are going to share lessons with our Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Faber.
November 2012
*Persuasive Writing: To begin writing persuasively, we learned how to effectively argue. We discussed different cases, such as wearing armbands to school and wearing band t-shirts to school. I learned... Eventually, I chose my own topic in order to write a persuasive essay. My main argument was that gymnastics was the hardest sport.
*Blue Ribbon Ceremony: I chose someone that made a positive difference in my life. In preparation for the Blue Ribbon Ceremony, I decorated a blue ribbon, wrote a 6-word memoir about my guest, and constructed a paragraph describing why and how my guest impacted my life in a positive way. I got to present my guest with these artifacts at the Blue Ribbon Ceremony on Friday, November 16, 2012. My favorite part of this activity was telling my mom how much of a difference she has made in my life because I often don't tell her how much I appreciate her.
*Blue Ribbon Ceremony: I chose someone that made a positive difference in my life. In preparation for the Blue Ribbon Ceremony, I decorated a blue ribbon, wrote a 6-word memoir about my guest, and constructed a paragraph describing why and how my guest impacted my life in a positive way. I got to present my guest with these artifacts at the Blue Ribbon Ceremony on Friday, November 16, 2012. My favorite part of this activity was telling my mom how much of a difference she has made in my life because I often don't tell her how much I appreciate her.
December 2012
Entrepreneurship Group Project: The Business I chose is Arrowhead Golf Course. I was able to interview the owner John Sherman on December 8th. One of the most interesting things I learned from the interview was that they didn't take a loan from the bank, and it took him and his father three years to build it. I am looking forward to learning how to use iMovie, so I can get better at shooting and editing movies.
February 2013
Short Story Writing: