CST Testing Reflection!

The first day of testing, I was really nervous. Then I read the stories and kept on day dreaming or spacing out, I then kept on having to reread the stories and finally got the English test done. It was pretty easy once I got the hang of having to reread the stories and was able to answer the questions easy too. The second day, I was a little more nervous than the fist because it was algebra. I then went through the questions and thought most of them were easy and some were kind of hard that I had to make an educated guess. I feel ok about how I did on the test but think that if I was to have studied harder and more, I would have done better. Though I still have tomorrow to take the science test and I am very nervous about it. I hope I did and I’m going to do good on my tests.

Test Prep Handouts Graphic Organizer!!

Link to Graphic Organizer: https://docs.google.com/drawings/pub?id=1y3DHp3MuHZaK_0Sc1AW6MUk6byBndWnmDMv6kX10vl8&w=960&h=720

My Feelings about the Upcoming CSTs!!

I feel scared and nervous about taking the California Standardized Tests. An example of how I feel about taking this test is as if I was about to get on a huge and fast rollercoaster, I would to be scared and nervous at first but would go through it anyway. Another example is getting my belly button pierced, I was first scared then nervous to get it done, but I then just did it. My last example would be going to juvenile hall, when I was on my way to juvii I was scared and nervous, but I then went through it and I no longer felt that way. I currently feel really nervous about this upcoming test, but I know that I have to go through it one way or another.

Free Choice Blog Post!!

Free blog posts are not cool. I really do not like it when we get “Free Blog Posts.”  If we were to have to do this type of post, it would be better if it would to be Monday’s homework assignment so that we could have something to write about like the weekend or something. I rather though like to have something already assigned for me to write about because either I don’t have anything to write about or never think of anything to write about. Its better when I am assigned because then I know what to write about and would be faster for me to do. For example, I did not know what to write about so I wrote about this free blog post assignment.

UnGoogleable Research Paper Highlight Reflection!

Reading and highlighting the sources for my UnGoogleable research paper helped me to go back and find the information that I found important an easier and faster way. I learned that a way of finding a good website is first it has the authors name and when it was published. It has a little amount of ads or none at all, and if it has good information and has a lot of facts. I can break my information into three sections. One section is “Why do people choose to join gangs?” Another section is “What is it like to be in a gang?” The third section is “How does it feel to be in a gang?” My next step to write a research paper should be to make a graphic organizer, get all the facts and information together, and then put it all together in a research paper.

UnGoogleable Research Paper Website Selection Reflection!

Today in class, I searched for websites that were on the form, I used the Hakia website the most. When I found the website related to my focus question, I read through it and decided whether or not it had good information. I knew some of the websites I found were unacceptable because either they had more ads than information, the author was a student, and was unorganized. I know the websites I selected are good because they had good information when I read through them quickly, it had the authors name and when it was published, and the ads and information was organized with not so many ads. Tomorrow, I expect that Ms. Priester will tell me to look through my website that I picked and get information out of them and put it together in a short summary.

Third Quarter Awards Review!

The assembly Friday was for third quarter. It was during fifth and sixth period in the auditorium. Everyone goes even the teachers, and it’s held after every quarter.  The assemblies are to recognize students that were caught doing well or whose grades were really good. The assembly first started with the pledge and then an intro. Then they introduced the guests that came to our assembly and teachers.  They then gave out the awards, certificates, and money.  During the assembly, I noticed that a lot of students have tried harder and have gotten their grades up. When the assembly was over, the students who got recognized got soda and pizza. For the next assembly, I am hoping that I would be one of the people to get recognized because I am trying harder and doing all my work this quarter.:)

UnGoogleable Research – What I Already Know

My focus question is “Why do people choose to join gangs, how does it feel to be gang affiliated and why is it that it may be dangerous?” I already know why some people choose to join gangs. My perspective is that people choose to join gangs for respect and family. People back up their hood by expecting respect when some one from a different hood comes by. When I say hood I mean the place they grew up in and live in. Also, people are in gangs because of their family members or close friends also known as hommies, they know that their family member or hommie is in the gang, so they also want to be in it, to be their for their family member or hommie to protect them. I also know how it feels to be gang affiliated. Being gang affiliated is like having another family to go to. It’s a feeling of being protected and knowing that someone always has your back. Being gang affiliated is a feeling of trust and respect. Additionally, being gang affiliated may be dangerous in some ways, but the main reason it would be dangerous is if somebody disrespects you or your hood. There could be serious damage to that person, his hood, and the people in his hood. By doing this research, I hope to learn other reasons why people may think that gangs are dangerous and  more about gangs.

UnGoogleable Research Website Evaluation!

UnGoogleable Research Paper – Website Evaluation Tips

I am doing Gangs. I chose this because of the interesting facts that people don’t know about and because of the way they say gangs are all about danger when it is not. I asked an upperclassman, how can you tell if a website is a good resource for writing a research paper she said, “If that site tells you everything you need to know about the subject or if it helps you. For example if you have a question and the site will answer it for you”. I interviewed an adult, and asked her the same question and she answered with “If the website has all the information you need for what ever you need it for then it should be a good research website and if it explains it in a good and easy way for you too.” I then asked another adult and they said, “If the website has a good explanations and good advice with examples and will help you then it if a good website to use for a research. The advice that they gave me would help me by being able to find the rite website with the good amount of explanations and information for my research.

UnGoogleable Graphic Organizer!!

Link to View Graphic Organizer:)

Fourth Quarter Kickoff Reflection!!!

My experience during the Fourth Quarter Kickoff was fun. It started with a hunt, we walked around the campus and collected clues, and then my team ended up collecting the chocolate chips at the end. After, we went to Sarah’s class and made “monkey munch”, then went to Ms.Priester’s class and made monkeys and hung them up on the class window. After the morning activity we went to lunch. After lunch we went to our teams. I was in team six. We started with a game of ball flag in the gym and we won that game. Next game was baseball, with a ball with holes in it and a plastic bat, we won that game also. The last game was the best. At first we had to hold an egg on a spoon and run back and forth.  Then after that we had to sit on the grass and pass cups of water and sponges filled with water in order to fill up a two litter. We won that game too; after we won they got the water and dumped it on Mr. Orozco. Team six won every game that we played and had a good and fun time.