Monday, October 31, 2011

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (Julia the Panda's Blog of Awesomeness)

Agenda:
Blog
Spa I
NaNoWriMo Prep
HW: RJ 9.1

Hola! It's halloween today and everyone looks awesome. I'm in a panda suit. We started off class with Ms. Nakada playing a song about the Oregon Ducks on YouTube. Elise snuck up behind me and told me to mention her. So I did. She's a princess for today.

We were going to watch a scene from Macbeth (you know, "Bubble bubble toil trouble [something else...] by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."), but she couldn't find it or something.

Emma sent a note to me. It said, "hola chika!" She got mad at me when I threw it away. Tyler's costume makes me hungry. He's a Chinese takeout box.

WE'RE TAKING A SPA! AHHHH! It's actually not that big of a deal, but I don't want to. :(
We had to write annotations for every paragraph of a story. It was about a person at sea and how hard it was. I don't understand why you would want to go to sea and starve, but this person did.

Yay! Tomorrow is the first day of NaNoWriMo!!!! I'm super excited.

The costume contest winners were just announced. CAMBRIA (the diet coke can) AND TYLER (the chinese takeout box) BOTH WON FOR MOST ORIGINAL! YAAAY! I just realized that Coke and chow mien would make a good combo meal.

Okay! Adios from the panda. <3 :)
Elise says hi.
Tyler also says hi.
So does Camila.
And Dulce.
... And Emma.

Friday, October 28, 2011

KimmyPiggyBooKim's Bloggeee :D :)

English
BLOG
SPA Review
NaNoWriMo Prep
RJ /BOOK PROJECTS
HW- Make-ups for 10 week grades

Ok I'm finally doing the blog which I kind of volunteered to do... Well, Mica and Dulce volunteered for me so... I partially wanted to do it but partially not because I didn't want to FORCE someone to pick me. I want it to be their choice, sorry Christine... Ok we're going over things we need to know for the SPA test like elements of plot, grammar, apositives, etc. now we opened our notebooks to A.B.A.T.H. We are going to give a B.A.T.H. to Robert Frost's, Nothing Gold Can Stay. Right now Ms. Nakada asked Ella if she was with her. I guess she though Ella was asleep or something, I dunno. Ms. Nakada thinks Corey is on fiaaaa today. We are looking at analogies (comparisons) in the poem. The literary references (allusions) from The Outsiders are: Gone with the Wind and Nothing Gold Can Stay. She suggests that when we write our novels we use allusions. How did they just come up with the subject Twilight when the question was 'Do you believe nothing gold can stay?'.???!!? I heard someone say vampires and then I heard Twilight. Ohh well.

We are turning in our book projects. A pile at the aisle. Is that how you spell it??? I don't know. I asked but no one answered, oh well. Isabella passed by and told me to mention her which was going to happen because I was going to say she told me to pick her for the blog next (Monday). Ms. Nakada says if you are unhappy with you're Outsiders essay you will get time to revise it. We are now giving Maya Angelou a B.A.T.H. We are still discussing about Maya Angelou. I heard Mica and Dulce say something about pineapples? Wonder what that was about. Ms. Nakada highly recomends the book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Now, we got into baseball, yesterday's game (Rangers and Cardinals), which I jumped into too. Heheeheee. Ms. Nakada thinks her right side of the class is asleep.

We are now suppossed to write a summary on our own. I noticed that I probably have the most detailed (of classwork and what goes on) blog which is weird because I thought it wouldn't be long. Now we're talking about softball and Tyler wants to tryout but then he got confused and we laughed because he wanted to try out for something he doesn't know about. We have to write how many words a day we are writting for NaNoWriMo. Ms. Nakada strongly, strongly, strongly suggests we do section one for all our characters in our novel. Ahhh a bug got on me! Oh, it's gone. Well, I got it off, but same thing. It's gone either way. We have to start filling out the character questionaire. Isabella came back and told me to write about her and I told her I already did. Owww! Nestor hit me in the head! NESTORRR!!! Mica and Dulce also questioned me if I included them in my blog. I said yes. We are packing up. Now putting up chairs. Dulce tried to type. I didn't let her, hahaha. I'm going to be Boo on Monday, check me out!!!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Christine's blog

Blog
My scores/portfolios
Outsider's revisions
YWP sign ups
HW:RJ 8.1-8.5 & Book Projects due tommorrow

Hi. In class, Ms. Nakada passes out folders to the class to put our work in. We take out our journals and write our scores down. After adding up our score, we divide it out of 249 points to find our percentage and our grade. We then make cornell notes called :ABATH and Theme. ABATH stands for Author's, Beliefs, Attitude, Traditions, and Heritage.We talk about  S. E. Hinton's bath and the recurring themes in The Outsiders and in the story "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." After Ms.Nakada tells us what to do when we are in the computer lab. We are to log in to the NaNoWriMo site with a unique user name and password. Then we have to change our word count goal and fill out the author info. We are off to the computer lab. Bye.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Edith's WEIRD BLOG (LOL)

English 8
BLOG
NaNoWriMo Prep
Writter's Workshop
HW RJ 8.2-8.4
BOOK PROJECTS DUE FRIDAY !!!!!
 
HEY. So Tyler just popped Camilia's balloon. Ms. Nakadas model book is The Hunger Games. I have never actually read that book but a lot of people say it's really good. Everyone has just turned quiet and all I hear is whispering. My model book is The Outsiders. Taylor LOVES DRAMA. I can't hear any one. They are making too much noise outside (Lawn Mower). Zoha doesn't like Harry Potter :O. Julia hates Twilight. Everyone thinks Bella is so annoying. I think no one in this class likes Twilight. Finally, the lawn mower left.=) I really hated reading The Hobbit in 7th grade. I feel this blog is gonna be boring. Two girls that came in stared and at my blog (Awkward). Christine is looking at me devilishly. She's scared I'll pick her for the next blog. I still do not know what am I gonna write my novel about.:D Well, class is ending BYE.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Lexi's Blog!!!!!! (lots of exclaimation points)

English 8:
BLOG
Writer's workshop
NaNoWriMo!
hw-RJ 8.1
BOOK PROJECTS DUE FRI!

Ok, so here I go....
I think I am the last person to do the blog:) awesome right??!
Edith just said hi
and now I have to finish my narrative... They're due today!!
yayy:) I'm finished now...
ugh I have absolutely no idea what to write. I have a feeling this is going to be a REALLY short blog..o well :/
oooO! Just got a nanowrimo packet-- FaNcY!  Oh, nevermind its a workbook.
We are now looking at the section called "Inner Editor Containment Button" hahaha now we have to push the button picture on the page...this is so weird!
Ms. Nakada said that our novel has to be 30,000 words!! But she also said that it will be easy...so that's good I guess:)
Now we are listing some things that we really liked about our model book
ok so class is done and we are putting up our chairs!
BYEE:)
Have an awesome monday!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Dulce's Blog:D Cha cuz I'm so cool B)

Blog
Writer's/Reader's Workshop
RJ Check
Hw:None. Enjoy your weekend! (Thanks Ms.Nakada)

Ello(: Haha kay. So I was picked to do the blog today (thanks to mica -.-) Lol I kinda wanted to do it though, OMG TODAY IS KIMMI'S BIRTHDAY:O SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY:D Lol I got tacos ;D Thank You MR. MORISON. Omg I say omg too much. Elise is spying on my blog o.o heeehee. So like for Halloween i think imma be Alice Covered in Blood.  Oh yeah, I ate cheesecake too, but not all of it :c Ugh, so my narrative is so sad.-. AND SO LONG. >-< Nestor is spying on my blog too._. heehee. So everyone is working on there Narratives, while I'm doing the blog, Haha loser:P lol(Love ya<3) Nestor's texting o-O HAHA I BET YOU THOUGHT NO ONE SAW! Wait, maybe he's listening to music O_O Look at this cute face ^_<3 hehe

I noticed the ESA sign from 2009-2010. Aw, I met Ms. Nakada in 2010 in my 6th grade year:D I was in her journalism class^_^ but I was the only sixth grader:/ Sad right? Okay so in that sign i see Erik, Amiel, Jailene, Jesus (Amiel's brother), Dolly, Kobe o.o?, Chris (HE FREAKED ME OUT ALL SECOND SEMESTER IN JOURNALISM), and Hastings, Morrison, and Nakada:) Hehe Ms.Nakada's nephew is so adorable>_< haha.Ugh so bored. OH BTW GIRL FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS ON SATURDAY! GO PANTHERS:D

Mica just looked over my narrative(: Hi ELLA! lol everyone wants to be in my blog!
Hehe ;D Dance Hastings Dance 
Chicken Dance What now:D 

                                                              MS.NAKADA O_O?
Well time to go:) Bye. Oh and yeah
BYE GUYS HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND:D<3

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Elise's Blog

AGENDA 10-20-11
Blog
writer's workshop: Personal Narrative
Revising Convections
HW RJ 7.1-7.5 +P.N. Due Friday!!

Hey What's Up? It's Elise!!!! Today I'm writing the blog for today....thanks to Zoha. So right now we are listening to Ms. Nakada's Personal Narrative, called Valentine's Day Surpise, about how her best friend propsed to her. How touching...what's funny is that her soon-to-be fiance didn't go on one knee, instead, he gave her a box (i think, it was kind of hard to hear).

So anyway now we are are getting our alphasmarts and start to type our personal narratives. Camila is giving me hints to mention her in my blog (btws I did). Well, I got to write on my alphasmart so I'll be right back!!!! While I am writing I relize that there is a Chris Brown concert tonight (awkward, I know, but I could have gone but I decided not to because I wouldn't be able to go to school the next day). So anyway my personal narrative is about me falling out of a tree. It's more intese then it sounds. (It's so quiet in here, awkward silence...) Nevermind it just broke. I'm back. I just finished my personal narrative and now a lot of people are. YAY!!!!!!!!!!
ELLA WAS HERE TEEHEE. I, ELISE, HAD JUST BEEN HACKED. I just read Mona's narrative. Nice. Well, it's time to pack up so BYE SEE YOU LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

zoha's ok blog

blog
"i know why..."
Personal Narratives
hw: RJ 7.2
Right now we are looking at "I know why the caged bird sings" and taking cornell notes. Now they are passing out blue papers talking about CPR. The class is talking about main points in this story. They are talking about conflicts that have occured. Now Ms. nakada is talking about scenes, p.o.v. 1st person, tense -past or present in our own stories. She is talking about a part of Ms. Nakada's own personal narrative. Ok bye. I have nothing to say.   

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Daniella's blog (attempt 2)

Agenda:
BLOG
"The Danger of a Single Story"
Writing a personal narrative
HW Outsiders essays (due monday!)
& RJ 6.1-6.5 (due friday!)

Right now, we are writing in our notebooks about a women, Chimamanda Adichie, who shares her stories and experiences that led her to her life as a writer today.  As we watch a Ted Talk about it, we discuss what Chimamanda truly means.  She used her power to tell her story of "The Danger of a Single Story."

Since we finished with the video, we are taking a little break, then we go back into our notebooks for notes about writing a personal narrative.  Our assignment is to draw your personal "rollercoaster" of your life with at least 10 significant events that has happened to you so far.  IT'S SO HOT!! Anyways, we are moving on to our to planning our own Personal Narratives.  We are packing up now, so talk to you later! Byeee!

Daniella's Asian Blog(;

AGENDA:
BLOG
The Outsiders essay
Submissions
(HW) RJ 6.2-6.4

Whaaaats uuuppp!!?? Hi! I'm doing the blog today because....I dont know, someone called my name..woop woop! Anyways, we are now in the computer lab to finish up our Outsiders essays.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Coreys blog

English 8
BLOG
The Outsiders
   essay
HW RJ 6.1

Hi, it's Corey. I'm doing the blog today ( I was chosen to do this against my will D: ). Today we had to wait a while for Ms. Nakada to come back from somewhere (the computer lab). Then she unlocked the door and invited us inside. Then she made Taylor read off the blog. After that she got out the alphasmarts and told us to type up the drafts for our prewrites. We pretty much worked on our drafts for the rest of the day so there isn't much left to say. Okay later!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Taylor's Fabulous Blog

Blog
writer's workshop
Essay drafting
RJ check/5 week grades
PIZZA
HW: complete essay pre-writes

Hey, it's Taylor!! Well, I got picked to do the blog, thanks to Nestor. :P So today we are discussing whether or not Ponyboy will stay gold. We are actually doing an essay about our point of view whether or not he will stay gold.  There are A LOT of none believers about staying gold can last forever; very discourging:( Ms. Nakada is helping us with our drafting for this essay during our "Writer's Workshop."  While Ms. Nakada read the pessimistic essay, it felt very depressing. However, her optimistic essay was so inspiring.  The telephone just rang. . . . . . . WHICH HAPPENS TO BE OUR PIZZA.  We are having a pizza party today as a reward for having 120 box tops, thanks to Ruth :D  Our pizza has just arrived and our class went completely bananas. I don't think I've ever seen a class this excited before! MMMMMM, Lexi and I are sharing a pepperoni pizza! Oh.My.Gosh. Zoha just ate SEVEN pieces of pizzas and chugged down root beer. Hashtag swag! xD Well the bell is about to ring! Hope you enjoyed my blog. Bye<3  

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Nestor's Blog(:

AGENDA
Blog
Quiz #1 Corrections
Outsiders Essay
Hw: Rj 5.1-5.5 due tomorrow


So this is the second time this week I'm doing a blog thanks to Mica and Sophia. (x 
Right now they are correcting the tests I'm not correcting one because I'm doing this blog :D I hope I got 
a good grade on the test because my goal is to get straight A's in school. (Even though I'm not sure I could get those grades). It's been a while and they are still grading the tests. I guess it was pretty hard to correct. I got 27/30. I guess that's good(: She is letting us do makeups if we want. We are now talking about the pizza thing for tomorrow. She is asking what kind of pizza we want. We are very behind because of the ice cream & soda on Tuesday & because we'll have pizza tomorrow. Right now we are doing response to literature & now we are starting a prewrite for a 5 paragraph essay on The Outsiders. Well, the bell is about to ring so I guess I'll see most of you later at "back to school night."

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Sophia's Blog

Agenda
BLOG
Essay: Response To Literature
HW RJ 5.2-5.4

  Today I was chosen to do the blog. Since our class got 10 points for perfect attendance we got rewarded with the ice cream and soda party! Yaaaay! :D. We also have 120 box tops and we are going to be rewarded for that also. Friday we are going to have pizza. Ms. Nakada started to pass out ice cream. Some kids had root beer floats and some kids even poured coke into their ice cream. After we finished eating we discussed the needed things in a response to literature essay.
                                                           Daniella squeezing Tyler's head!!! :P
Hahahaha Ella's enjoying her ice cream!

:)

Monday, October 3, 2011

Skylar's Blog

Agenda
BLOG
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Socratic Seminar
HW R. J.  5.1

         I was chosen to do the blog, I have been hiding from doing the blog for about 5 weeks (intell now). After I was chosen, Ms. Nakada and the class wrote notes down on poetry on "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. Then are class got a point for perfect attendance today, we are having soda and ice cream tomorrow. What a great combination, Then Ms. Nakada taught us about a Socratic Seminar. After that Ms.Nakada asked for some volunteer's to participate in the Socratic Seminar on "The Outsiders." Most classmates had good opinions and points about the book. Then after that we wrote a reflection on the Socratic seminar.THE END.