Spirit and Nylah's Final Blog

 

Agenda

take a minute

Blog corrections

Last letters

Hw last letters 

                  To me 

                 To yourself 

                 To next years' eighth graders

As we came into class me and Nylah were talking about what we saw on the board, when we heard that the next person that was called will be the final blogger and Nylah and i had asked Demetruis if he did the blog and he said "No i picked Kaiden and then i asked Demetruis if he could ask Kaiden if me and Nylah could do the last blog and Kaiden said yes as a nice person. Me and Nylah walked to the front of the class to do the last blog  and Ms. Nakada had to talk to Zack because  he somehow always has something to say even when Ms. Nakada is done talking to him but she deals with it. Then Ms. Nakada read her heart warming letter to us but she had to talk to Demetrius about talking while she was talking, as she was done we started writing our letters. I had writers block for a quick minute so I asked Spirit to write in the blog for a little minute .Then I I started writing my letters to my favorite 7th graders but I only wrote two because I can't seem to remember who the others are but clearly they are not THAT important, But I didn't know what to say to them or what's something they would want to know. Anyways then Ms. Nakada told us what to do with our letters when we were done but not everyone was listening.

Then it was the last four minutes of our last full week on our last regular Tuesday of school as 8th graders so we packed up for the last time of one of the regular days of this week. 

Anywho  bye guys happy last blog day hope you enjoyed your Last normal Tuesday.

Kaiden and George's Last Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 19 Quiz

Ten-year plans college fit

H.S Plans

HW: Think about your life in ten years.

The day started off with us walking into the classroom and settling in, writing down the agenda in our binder reminder and listening to this week's "Take a Minute." Demetrius and Stuart went up to the front of the class to read their blog and the two chose me. I asked George if he could help me with the blog, and he agreed. We started doing the ten-year plan paper, and it was calm. I think that today is Lucas's birthday, so happy birthday. 

Also Zack was a bit hungry, so Ms. Nakada called him out, but he got one last bite in. 😋

I worked on some of the ten-year planning paper, and George handed the computer to me. The class got a little loud so Ms. Nakada asked us if we were all done. Joseph wasn't in the classroom which confused Ms. Nakada but then we found out that Joseph got injured.

Ms. Nakada then got really mad and was going to call security on Zack because he wouldn't leave the class. Zack kept talking and Ms. Nakada got even more mad.

(Zack in the future, he's gonna be an inventor.) Then Demetrius fell in the middle of class.

I asked George a few questions about the ten-year planning and he helped me with a few things I was confused about.  As nothing interesting happened, I moved on to my ten-year planning to finish English off.

Demetrius and Sturt's Sixth Blog

 Agenda 

take a minute

blog/Corrections 

week 19:Lines 

Ten year plans 

HW: Think about your life in ten years. 

The class started as normal as we did our take a minute and Alex, and Jason doing their WONDERFUL blog, as they picked Demetrius, and he let me help him. Stuart had passed me the Chromebook and he started to make these like hideous faces which messed me up a lot of times. Then, I looked over to a very educated man with glasses named Demetrius who was doing his work and seeing what jobs would be good. We put in many jobs. I wanted to be an actor, and they make not even enough... like bro...... 

                                                   

Jason and Alexander's Sixth Blog

 take a minute

blog/corrections

Week 19: Question/Song

ten year plans

HW: Think about your life in ten years.

We started off the day with a take a minute. Then Asal and Bennett read their blog, and after they did Asal picked me. When she did I asked Alex if he could do it with me, and he said yes. After that, we did our question and song for the week, and after we picked back up on our ten year plans and Ms. Nakada gave us a website that is helpful to plan out our futures. Then, the bell rang. 

It was so short because we had little time 

Bennett and Asal's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 19 Grammar . Quote

Ten year plan

HW: Think about your life in ten years...

We wallked into class and sat in our assigned seats. As we were listening to the take a minute about kindness and criticism, I realized that I had to read Aiden's blog alone. He had chosen Bennett. Bennett choose me to help him with the blog. We started to talk about what will server you in high school and we also started to talk about organizationally and technology. Zack started talking about not using AI. Then, we wrote this week's quote by Maya Angelou. The quote was saying that people will never forget how you make them feel. We started talking about our ten year plan, and how we think we will be living in ten years. Then, we started talking about big costs like Housing, food and water, car bills, and other stuff. We packed up and left.

Asal and Aidan's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog/Corrections

Reading/Writing Reflection

Week 18: Quiz

Ten-Year Planning

    We started the day by coming into the classroom and sitting down in our regular seats. Ms. Nakada put on the Take a Minute as we wrote the agenda in our binder reminders, she announced that she would be checking them today. Kate and Valentina read their blog and picked Asal, and I went up with her. After that, Ms. Nakada told us to get out our notebooks to write a quote we used in our oratories as our lines. While Aidan was writing in the blog I took time to write the two A.C.E quick writes she had given us. They were about what we learned as a reader and writer. Then, we took out our computers to take the quiz. I was on the last question when someone pointed out a mistake, and we all had to re-take the quiz. After I finished my quiz I started writing the blog, while Aidan was editing his oratory before his audition.  Aidan grabbed his oratory. Then, he read it to me. 

There are two minutes left, so we'll end the blog here.

 We choose Bennett.

Valentina and Kate's Sixth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute 

Blog - Corrections

Week 18: Song 

Original Oratory Prep 

HW: Original Oratories due 5/21

We started off class by taking out our binder reminders and writing down our agendas. After that, Jackson and Zack read their blog and picked me when they were done. I stood up and asked Kate to come up with me. I waited for Ms. Nakada to log in to the blog as we discussed the song of the week which was "Forever Young" by Alphaville. It was about cherishing youth because it's fleeting. Then, I went ahead and volunteered for the Poetry SLAM team and to recite my Oratory in the culmination ceremony. 

Valentina and I recited our original oratories to make sure that they sounded good. We decided that we were gonna audition for the Culmination speech. She handed me the computer, and I started typing anything to fill my space for the blog. Ms. Nakada printed out my Original Oratory, and I stapled it to my original Oratory Guidelines. Valentina complained that her throat was sore, and I asked if it was because of the fire smoke, but she said that it was because she was sick. She said that she would cough on me, and I said that she already did worse. (she sneezed on me. she also just hit my back.) Ms. Nakada told her to pick up the markers that fell, and she picked up the book underneath it. It was called The Magnificent Markers: How to Test Friendship. She leaned in, looked at me, and kept asking if I wanted to read it. I already said yes, Valentina.

We packed up and then went to lunch. 

Jackson and Zack's Sixth Blog

Take a minute

Blog/Corrections

Week 18:Question

Original Oratory prep

Hw: Original Oratories

We started off with Katarina and Ryan reading their blog. Then they both picked me to the blog. Zack and I did it together. We started talking about GPA's and valedictorian. 

Everybody worked on their speeches, and it was chill. I started handing out papers to people. Now, we leave.

Katarina and Ryan's Sixth Blog

Agenda:

take a minute

blog/corrections 

Week 18 Grammar Quote Question

Original Oratory prep

We started our class by taking a minute and writing our agendas in our binder reminders. Then, we listened to Noely and Briella's blog. Then, they picked me to do the blog. After that, we took the test that we were supposed to take on Friday. Once everyone was finished with the quiz, we took out our notebooks and did our grammar and quote. The quote of the week was "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude" by Maya Angelou. The poet was saying you can't change how others act but you can't change how you can respond. After that, we then worked on our original oratory. Then, the bell rang, and we went to lunch.

Noely and Briella's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog/corrections

Week 17: Song/Lines

Poetry Slam

Original Oratory Prep

HW: Start thinking about an Original Oratory!

We started off class by taking a minute. Lucas and Malakai then read their blog and picked us. After the blog, we listened to the song, "Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann. Then, we talked about what the song was about, the tone and our favorite lyric. Next, we did lines, which was from the play A Midsummer Nights Dream. Ms. Nakada went over some of the lines from the play and what they mean.  She read from her Shakespeare book and Lucas was Lysander, while Demitrius was Demitrius. Then, Ms. Nakada told people to get into their groups so they could work on their poems for the poetry slam. We moved back to our regular seats, and then George and Kaiden read their poems. Ms. Nakada talked about the guidelines for the Original Oratory every eighth grader has to write, and ways you can become a speaker or singer at graduation. Then, the bell rang and we packed up. 

Lucas and Malakai's Sixth Blog

 AGENDA:

Take-a-Minute.

Blog Corrections.

Week 17: Question.

Poetry Slam

HW: Start thinking about an original oratory!

    We started off the day with Lena and Lea reading their blog, and everyone thought it was funny, for some reason. They picked me up for the blog, and Malakai did it with me. We did the question of the week, it was about language and how it evolves over time. After that, we all started practicing for our poetry slam. My group was Lucas, Johnny, Alex, and me. Our poem is "Fog" by Carl Sandburg. We then moved on to the Poetry Slam and Aiden and Jason went first, then Stuart and Bennett, then Malakai, Johnny, Alex, and me, then Lena and Lea, then Joseph and Solomon, then Ryan, Katarina, and Zoe. Then, it was Briella and Noely, and finally, Valentina and Kate. After this we packed up and went to lunch. That's it for today.

Lea♡ and Lena's♡ Fifth Blog₊˚⊹♡

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 17: Grammar Quote

Poetry Slam Prep

Hw Poetry slam Tuesday 5.12!

    This is my fifth (technically eighth)blog. We started off class by sitting in our seats, and writing down the agenda. Ms. Nakada played the take a minute video. Nylah and Katerina then read their blog. Ms. Nakada asked who hasn't gone yet, and made us all stand up. I was really scared, because I knew I was the only one left. Ms. Nakada picked me, and I asked Lena to come up with me.

                                                                        ₊ ˚⊹♡🍰🍓♡⊹˚₊

    Ms. Nakada took my phone, and we did the grammar, and quote of the week. We learned about what Ms. Nakada learned in Shakespeare as a child. We discussed the quote of the week. The quote was from"A Midsummer Dream"- William Shakespeare. We then worked in our poetry slam groups.

                                                                             ♫₊˚.🎧 ✩｡

    Lena and I worked on our response poem. Isabella D. came to visit me, and waved hello.We are writing a response poem to Emily Dickinson. The class was locked in.  We finished our response poem. Lena then got excited for my Quince which is next year (I'm scared). Dario visited us on his adventurous walk, and greeted us. The time for dismissal came, so we packed up. The bell rang, and we waited quietly in our seats for Ms. Nakada to dismiss us.

                                                                            ‧₊ ᵎᵎ 🍒 ⋅ ˚✮

Katarina and Nylah's Fifth Blog

 Agenda 

take a min 

blog-corrections

Week 16 Quiz

Poetry Gallery Walk

    We started off class by watching the take a minute video and then reading Zoe and Ryan's blog. They then picked me to do the next blog so I asked Nylah to do it with me and she said yes. Then we took out our English notebooks and got ready for the quiz. Once we got done with the quiz people were just finishing their poetry collections. We did that for the rest of class. Till we had to do our gallery walks and I was printing and typing the rest of my poetry collection I don't want ANYONE reading mine. Then the bell rang and we went to lunch.

Zoe and Ryan's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog/corrections

Week 16: Song/lines

HW: NaPo WriMo Submissions due May 8th

After Aiden read his blog, he decided to pick Ryan and I to do the next blog. After that, we did or Week 16 Song called "Keep Ya Head Up" by Tupac Shakur which was about guiding women and moms. And also questioning men on why they treat women the way they do. We then started talking about mothers day and how we should be kind to the kids and women in our life because you never know what they are going through. We then start doing our lines and we read the poem "Learning to Love America" by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Which was about how it's hard to love a country. And then, for some reason we started talking about how we eat artichokes and how good they are. When talking about the lines, Demetrius walked past Ryan and I. Demetrius then said, "Look at RyRy and Zozo." Ryan then fist bumped Demitrious and I thought they were so cool. I then flexed my money at Jackson. After that, we talked about what the Poem was about. We then started to work on our NaPoWriMo submissions. That's it for today!

Aidan's Fifth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog / Corrections

Week 16: Question

NaPoWriMo Submissions

Hw 

NaPoWriMo submissions due may 8th

Poetry Slam May 12th

We walked into class after period 3 left, and sat in our seats. As we started writing our agendas, Ms. Nakada put on the Take a Minute, which was comparing challenges to waves (I think.). After taking a minute, Lena read her blog and picked me because someone told her to. Once I walked up, Ms. Nakada told us the question, and we wrote down our personal answers before discussing. We started talking about our answers, and Ms. Nakada made a comparison between Her and Mr. Hastings, and how their moral compasses are different. After we Discussed, we started our NaPoWriMo submissions, and people started working. I finished my Poetry Collection last week, so I'm just doing my broadside now, and my poetry performance I guess. It's a short day today, so I'm ending the blog here, and the bell is about to ring. 

I choose Kate, or whoever the class picks to go that hasn't gone yet.

Lena's Fifth Blog

 Lena's Fifth Blog

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog - corrections

Week 16: grammar - quote

NaPoWriMo Submissions

Ms. Nakada began class with a take a minute, and then we skipped Blog reading and wrote in our note books. We wrote down two grammar words. The words were "poetry", and "revisions". 

After that, Ms. Nakada gave us the quote of the week. This quote was written by Fred Korematsu. She told us about how Fred got arrested, and more of his story. She explained how he wrote this poem about his life story. She states that he is a Japanese American activist. This quote means that you should stand up for what you know is right, even if others don't believe the same thing.

Ms. Nakada showed us how to do our Broadside poem. Then, she gave us quiet time for us to work on the project. I finished the project, and I think I did pretty well. After we did that, she told us to begin packing up and cleaning up. That was the end of class today.

Solomon and Joseph's Fifth Blog

  AGENDA

Take a minute

blog corrections

testing strategies

NaPoWriMo: Day 29

NaPoWriMo submissions

HW Read and write a poem a day@

We started off the day by Stuart and Bennet reading their blog, and Ms. Nakada kept telling Bennet to stop hitting Stuart. We then jumped into catching up on our poems. Then, moving on to the paper, we worked on the day before about "There Are Birds Here" by Jamal May. Next, we worked on "Hope" by Emily Dickinson. Then, Solomon told Ms. Nakada he was going to cry. After that, we started a plan to write an essay about if we should or shouldn't keep poetry in school. Finally, we stapled our papers together 👽 

🦍💨Stuart and Bennett's Fifth Blog ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗᕕ( ᐕ )ᕗ

Agenda

take a minute
blog / corrections
Testing Strategies
NaPoWriMo Day 28

HW: Read and write a poem a day. 

Green: Stuart

Blue: Bennett

We started off class with a clear mind and did our take a minute. Nuh uh, you were busy drawing. When Bennett and Asal did their wonderful blog, and they didn't choose anyone, so I stepped up and did the blog I forced Bennett to do the blog with me because, I didn't wanna do it with anyone else. I was drawing as Bennett was searching up stuff, and I was listening to what to do for the test, how to come in relaxed and to eat a good breakfast. Then, someone asked about cortisol and, we learned it was related to stress levels.  Zach asked if he had Low Coritsol. Just after that, we got an assignment.

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You spent like 10 min on that, bro. 😔✌💔

Bennett wouldn't type much since he isn't nice, but we were then doing an assignment that Ms. Nakada passed out to everyone. It's good. I'm smart since, the assignment was pretty easy.ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

You did not even do it yet and I did the blog last time.(¬_¬")

Then, after the assignment we wrote our poem and our prompt was unidentified. Then, Zack had some questions about the poem prompt. Then, we packed up and left.

WE PICK

                                                               ☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★Valentina☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★

                                                        

Asal and Bennett's Fifth Blog

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 14: Quiz

NaPoWriMo: Day 23

NaPoWriMo submissions

HW: Read and Write a Poem a Day

Today's class started pretty nice after all of the pushing outside. I zoned out, then Asal asked if I did the fifth blog yet, and I said no. After that, we took the quiz, and Asal got a higher score than me, and yet she still was unhappy with it.

Okay Bennett, you don't have to say that. Anyway. While everyone finished their quizzes, I finished my thirtieth poem. Bennett was reading some of my poems while I wrote the blog.

After a little bit some pizza came in, and Asal and I wanted to eat some of it because of the smell. Then, we started reading our daily poem. After that we something happened that I am not going to put in the blog. After all of that we got done with that we started talking about the poem.

We found out that the captain in the poem is actually Abraham Lincoln, and the ship is the country. Lastly, we had some time to write poems. After that, we finished class, and packed up.

Now we choose ..............

Spirit's Fifth Blog

Agenda 

  Take a minute 

blog/ corrections 

Week 14 song; lines

NaPoWriMo : 22

NaPoWriMo submission 

Hw: read and write a poem a day

I walked into class today and Demetrius and Kaiden read their blog, Demetrius looked at me while I was trying not to make eye contact, because I knew he would pick me due to the beef he has with me for no reason, by the way. Ms. Nakada did corrections to their blog. While Ms. Nakada was doing that, I got my stuff and came up to write the blog. I kinda like doing them, as I got into the blog we went right into listening to the song "Purple Rain" by Prince, after we listened to the song we transitioning into our lines our lines was  a poem  called "I'm Going Back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense" by Danez Smith. We started to write our poems, as Ms. Nakada started to check how many poems read and how many were written. We started to write our poems, so we could catch up on the days we probably forgot to write. When the timer went off, Lucas wanted to share his poem about one of our classmates. I also wanted to share one of my poems, but I got to scared thinking my poem would make my classmates think and also Ms. Nakada because my poem are kinda scary and questionable. After Lucas read his poem, Ms. Nakada started to talk to us about our NaPoWriMo submissions. We watched a  bit of a Get Lit poetry video and people started to get packed up and that was it for the day byeeeeee🩷