Graham's First Blog

Agenda 

take a min/ blog/ corrections 

readers workshop/ RJ week 3 quiz

HW

Four day weekend see you Tuesday. 

    The first thing we did was take a minute and then we went over the blog. After, we talked about the ending of School Trip and what the different characters learned when they were in France, and how they grew in different way. In the end, they all became friends and Andy stopped being jerk. Next, we did the week 3 quiz, and after we did I-ready.

Hunter's First Blog

 

 Agenda:

 Take a minute 

 /Blog/ Corrections

Reader's workshop

R.J

Diagnostic

HW - Finish  SCHOOL TRIP. Quiz tomorrow!

We started by writing our daily agenda and watching our daily elephant video. Ms. Nakada started  correcting the daily blog. Next, Ms. Nakada then came around and checked our reading journals. As Ms. Nakada was checking our journals we were continuing our diagnostics. Ms. Nakada went around again, only this time taking attendance. Sadly, we did not have any song today, but I'm sure we will have a song On Tuesday. Nothing much else happens, we mostly did our boring diagnostic the whole day, so that's all I can really say about Wednesday. 

Sharaigne's First Post

 Agenda:

-Take a minute

-Readers Workshop/Rj

Week 3: Question + Song 

Homework: Reading Journal 3.2 S.T pages 220-250

   To start off the final period, we start getting into our assigned seats and began to write our agendas. Next, as a class we open our books, getting ready to summarize School Trip. During this, on pages 212-214, each character learns something new based on their trip. For example, the teacher learns to get out of your comfort zone, Drew learns more about idioms and certain pieces of figurative language, Jordan says there's never too much information to not know about, Ashley learns that new friends can be right under your nose, and Ramon learns that one person shouldn't ruin your happiness. Lastly, we listened to the song "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Edith Piaf to try to see what the song really meant to us and find a quote that stood out to us. Afterward, we packed up for the short day bell and went home.

Cole's First Blog

Agenda

Take a minute/blog/corrections

Week 3: G.Q.Q.S

iReady BOY diagnostic

HW RJ 3.1 School Trip p.186-219

    First, we wrote the agenda in our binder reminders. After that, we did blog corrections. We then did our Week 3 English notes and talked about verbs, tenses, and a quote. The quote was, "In France, we work in order to live, but in America it seems you live in order to work." by Jerry Craft. After we discussed the meaning of this quote, we started our BOY diagnostic test/assignment. That was the last thing we did.

Jalen's First Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute/ blog /corrections

reader's/ writer's workshop 

RJ/ BR check 

Week 2 quiz

HW Savor the week!

    First, we wrote down the agenda in our binder reminders, and Ms. Nakada walked around the room and graded our agendas for completion. After, she started to grade everyone's homework from last night (School Trip P. 154-185). During that, everyone else was continuing to read School Trip or reading to catch up for their summary. After all of that, we started to talk about School Trip P. 154-185. We talked about how Paris was different from America and the kids visiting different places in Paris. On the walk back from the hotel, Maury, Drew, and Jordan talk about what it is like to fit in when they are at different places when it isn't their home. Ramon tells Andy how he hates him and Ramon explains all the reasons why he feels that way and Andy isn't fazed by it and says it feels like 'power'. After talking about School Trip, we started to do our quiz, and that was it for the day.

Vianney's First Blog

 Agenda:

-Take a minute/blog/corrections

-Reader's workshop/ R.J.

-The Writing Process

-Writer's workshop

|HW| R.J. 2.4 School Trip - p. 154-185

-Quiz tomorrow

    The first thing we did was write down the agenda. After everyone finished, we all went over the blog Eliora wrote and corrected it. Once that was done, Ms. Nakada told us to take out our reading journal to share our summary of pages 130-153 of School Trip. Ms. Nakada then took a moment to say how she wants to be able to say we do our homework and asked if we can find a moment in our schedule to fit in our English homework. She went over the chapter we had to read as homework afterwards and discussed it before she told us about what to include in our summary while she made her own. We are then instructed to use the rest of our time to finish our 'Writing Process', go over it and make sure it was exactly what we wanted to turn in before actually turning it in. Some people began to pack up at the four minutes mark and at the two minutes mark we were told to pack up. 

Eliora's First Post

Agenda:

Take a min./blog/corrections 

reader's workshop/

The Writing Process

writer's workshop

Wednesday, August 21

We started the period off with taking a minute. Then, we went over Hannah's blog and corrected it. After, Ms. Nakada checked everyone's summaries on School Trip. We looked over pages 100 - 129 of School Trip, and Ms. Nakada wrote her own summary about the chapter, with some of the main points being: The group realizing they have no money and doing nothing about it, Samira teaching Andy a lesson on how to make jokes about people in a way people will laugh along with you, and Samira giving Jordan a chance to insult her without making fun of her religion or her gender. Jordan couldn't do this, most likely because he couldn't think of anything that didn't involve one of those things. We moved on to "The Writing Process" and talked about pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. We talked a bit about how our own writing processes might be different based on what we are doing like drawing, texting, poems, and typing. Around 3:10 Ms. Nakada told us to pack up and wait for the bell to ring. 

Hannah's First Post

Agenda :  

Take a min./blog/corrections                                                                                                                            reader's workshop/RJ                                                                                                                                  Week 2:G.Q.Q.L                                                                                                                                               The Writing Process

HW: RJ 2.2 S.T. p. 100 - 129

What we did: First, we looked at Angel's blog from yesterday. After, Ms. Nakada went around and graded everyone's reading journal. Then, we went over yesterday's reading of School Trip.  We also discussed the question and lines part of the Week 2: G.Q.Q.L. The question was "What do you think about school?" The line was by Ta-Nehisi Coates: "I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library was open, unending, free." 

Angel's First Post

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog Corrections

Week 1 quiz

Week 2: G-Q-Q-L

The writing Process

HW: RJ 2.1 School Trip p. 76 - 99

What we did:

We looked at Jordan's blog, and we also corrected it. Then we took our first quiz of the school year. After we went in our reading journal and wrote down the homework for tonight which is (School Trip pg 76-99). Then, Ms.Nakada goes around the room and grades the homework from last week. The class goes into our table of contents and talks about Grammar, Quote, Question, and Lines. We also talk about Pronouns, first person, second person, and third person. Our quote for the week is "To build the community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to perpetuate domination." bell hooks. Then, we go into our writing process.

Jordan's First Post

Agenda 

Take a minute

Blog corrections 

Reader's work shop/RJ

Week 1 Grammar Q.Q.S 

Week 1 Quiz 

We looked at Eddie's blog, and Ms. Nakada looked at our reading journals and graded them. Then, we talked about what has happened so far and we talk about Liam's grandparents and how they are racist and how they make assumptions. Then, Ms. Nakada said she wants to do a French lunch with the foods from the book. Also, Cas tries to teach Andy a lesson about name calling and paying more attention to people. After, we looked at our class notes and quotes and Ralph Waldo Emerson said "To be yourself in a way world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."   

The question of the week was: What do you hope? 

Finally, we listened to the song of the week, "We Are Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes. 

Eddie's First Blog

 

Agenda 

- take a minute 

Blog corrections 

reader's workshop/ RJ

week 1: Grammar, quote , question, song

Hw RJ 1.3 School Trip pages 52-75

bring Chromebooks for quiz tomorrow!

               We wrote our agenda in our binder reminder and listened to Aaron's blog. Then, we talked about School Trip, pages 28-51. After, we wrote a summary about the pages we read in our English journal. Lastly, we wrote the summary and talked about nouns and proper nouns.

Aaron's First post

Agenda  take a minute

blog corrections 

writer's workshop letters 

reader's workshop notebook/ RJ set up

week 1 grammar/ quote 

HW RJ 1.2 School Trip p. 28-51. 

We wrote in our binder reminder the agenda. Then, we talked about New Kid and how we compared that to UCLA and how micro-aggressions have an impact on people in a modern school. At the end of the discussion, Jordan has evolved and has became like "a new kid." We also talked about Drew as a class act. Then, we took out our notebooks and finally we wrote our names in our note books along with our reading journals. 

Ms. Nakada's Blog for the Start of the School Year

AGENDA for Monday and Tuesday

new seats - take a minute
welcome
course outline/syllabus
first day letters
SCHOOL TRIP

HW: Course outlines signed, letters home
RJ 1.1 School Trip p. 1 - 27

Welcome to our first class blog! Way back on Monday, the first day of school, my sixth period class came in at the end to a long, hot day. They found their way into seats at tables around the room and we were ready to get started. 

The first thing we did was introduce ourselves. I introduced myself and each student introduced themselves.

Next, I passed out the course outline and we talked about materials, grading, homework, and rules. Students signed their understanding and we moved on to the course syllabus. 

Each table did popcorn reading of the units we will study fall and spring semester. 

The last paper I handed out was my first day letter. I started to read that, but then class was over!

On the second day... 

We took a minute to do box breathing, and then we named our blog. 

After that, I collected course outlines and although everyone had then, a few were missing. 

We moved on to first day letters which was our first writers workshop. Students settled in to writing their letters to me and I passed out copies of books for students to take home. 

That was it for the first couple of days. Such a good start to the year, y'all. We got this.