Briella's First Blog

Take a minute

Blog/corrections

Week 8: Question, Song

School Trip ACE

HW: read The Outsiders p. 1-84 by Monday 

We started class off by taking a minute. Then, we corrected George's blog. George picked me for the blog, so I went up, even though I didn't want to. Next, we took out our English notebooks and talked about how daily life can spark creativity. Then, Ryan walked into class and started talking to Ms. Nakada about something. Ms. Nakada started talking about Createober; she said this time she was going to do a Greentober, and use green ink, instead of blue. After, we did the song which was "Immigrants (we get the job done)." We talked about how the song was about immigrants not getting credit for their labor, and stuff. At some point, People started arguing about how people are cheating in spike ball, but others were saying they  were just playing. Then, Ms. Nakada had Zack move seats. And then, the bell rang.

George's First Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog/Corrections

Week 8: Grammar, Quote

SCHOOL TRIP A.C.E.

HW: Read pages 1-84 of The Outsiders by Monday.

We get to class, take a minute, and check Asal's blog. I then realized that I'm one of the last people left to be chosen, so I started to panic. Asal picks me and I begrudgingly sit down. Then, as I started writing, Rachel got his phone taken by Ms. Nakada, and he got pouched. After, we did the grammar on verb tense and Ms. Nakada read the poem by Maya Angelou. Ms. Nakada then told us about Creatober, where we make something each day. We then started to work on School Trip A.C.E. But Zack and Solomon were being hooligans, and throwing School Trip books at each other. We get back to work and write about chapter 7. I look over at Lucas, and he points at a random panel in the book and starts laughing. I look at him confused, and he just keeps laughing. We get our last School Trip A.C.E. right before the end of class. Then, Ms. Nakada got mad because of our class not saying thank you to her, so everyone said thank you. We all packed up, and the bell rang.

Asal's First Blog

 

Agenda:

take a minute

blog / corrections

week 7: Quiz

School Trip  A.C.E.

HW: Finish books by Monday 9/29/25

    When I walked into class with Valentina, I could tell she was going to pick me for the next blog, but I didn't mind at all. I sat down at the table in the front, organized my supplies, and wrote down the agenda. We got our English notebooks, and started to re- read our notes for the quiz. I kept hearing my name getting called. By the way, I didn't give a high five to Val because she had never asked me to do that. 

    Ms. Nakada told us about all the things that we shouldn't do during the quiz. Bennett came up to the front, and sat in my seat to charge his computer. We started the quiz; before I finished, some people in the back got in a bit of trouble because they were talking. Bennett got up, and walked away. Ms. Nakada was checking Binder Reminders. Stuart or whatever his name is started to play with his pencils, and notebook. Solomon told Stuart to get off of his phone even though he was not using it. Solomon and Stuart started talking to each other with their hands. Stuart flipped me off. Stuart pretended that Kate was a ghost. He was drawing on his pencil with another pencil. Start ripped the A.C.E. prompts. He kept waving his A.C.E. in the air as he called Ms. Nakada, Ms. Painter. 

    We got our portfolios, and got our papers back. Solomon said that "I'm cooked". Stuart asked me if I liked his dog that he drew on his folder; I said no because it didn't look like one, and then he said it's a cat.

The bell rang and people went out of the class. I couldn't write much because I had to do my A.C.E.

Valentina's First Blog

 Agenda 

Take a minute 

Blog/corrections

Week 7: Lines 

SCHOOL TRIP A.C.E

At first, I arrived at Ms. Nakada's class, rushing because changing in the lockers in a minute is not easy at all. When I finally reached the class, I showed Ms. Nakada my book project, and she told me to go put it in the back. After that, I walked to my seat, I zoned out for a moment, but I noticed that a lot of people in the back were wearing gloves for some weird reason. I ignored it though, instead I focused on the blog since it was Kate. Her blog was really good, but then came the scariest question. Ms. Nakada asked her who she wanted to choose for the next blog, Kate asked who was left to choose. So Ms. Nakada told everyone that whoever hasn't gone yet raised their hand. I had to raise my hand. I was begging Kate to not choose me, but that was exactly what she did, and then I threatened to tickle her. I, of course, suffered before standing up and asking Ms. Nakada how to do everything. Then, I took my things and sat down on the table in front, Rachel of course had to laugh at me since he's so rude. 

After a while, when we got to the lesson, Ms. Nakada handed me a small paper with a poem called "Invisible Fish." Ms. Nakada was talking about the metaphors and meanings of the poem. Then, I heard Rachel ask if "stone" and "floor" rhymed, everyone said no. When we got done with the poem, we got to the School Trip notes. I was zoning out so bad, my eyes wanted to close by themselves. We started talking about the tips to insult someone and not sound rude. After that, we moved on from chapter 5 to chapter 6, and it was about dreams. Ms. Nakada showed us a page of the book that had a place called Sacre Coeur. Rachel said it was the Taj Majal. Me and Asal looked at him with our jaws almost on the floor. We were absolutely bamboozled, it was literally in France. Some kids were saying that they were being racists. One of them said someone called him a Nazi. One of the kids got a lecture from Ms. Nakada about racism. I honestly don't remember the names of the rest of my classmates. Then I asked Asal to high-five me and she didn't trust me for some reason, she said she was scared, and I don't know why since I'm so nice. After all of that, Ms. Nakada handed us some papers for the next A.C.E for these chapters. Finally, the bell rang and we all went to lunch.

Kate's First Blog

AGENDA

Take a minute

blog/corrections

Week 7: Song

BOOK PROJECT GALLERY WALK.

Take a Minute, blog/corrections

Everyone was in their seats by the time I had walked into Ms. Nakada's class. I took out my books and wrote down the agenda. Demetrius was behind me, making a horrible whistling noise. He was trying to amplify the horrible sound by putting his fingers in his mouth. (He was failing, so it sounded like a dying bird.) I tapped Rachel on the shoulder, but he has this weird thing of ignoring me and pretending that I'm actually a ghost. I just went back to rummaging through my pencil case. I loosely started drawing a sprite I needed for a project, when I heard my name. Kaiden got up from the blogger's seat and pointed to me.

"Kaiden who are you choosing for the blog?" I heard Demetrius behind me.

"Kate." He walked by, and I felt something like panic shoot through me. What do I do? Do I bring my computer? Should I pack up? 

Ms. Nakada asked Kaiden himself who he wanted for the blog, and I expected my name, but I still hoped that it was someone else that he would choose.

Yesterday, there was a discussion about an old teacher named Mr. Mura. At the mentioning of his name, I could hear people mumbling about him. Apparently, he was a creep whose actions were spreading faster than this cold that's been tagging all my friends.

Week 7 Song lines

I listened to the song Ms. Nakada started playing for the class, and the podcast told us about how this multicultural beat was so catchy that even Nazis and White supremacists were dancing along. But I mean, who wouldn't dance? It's a great song.

When Ms. Nakada asked what the song was about, I could hear Rachel stammering for a quick answer. She explains that it was a Mexican folk song in a Rock & Roll cover, and also has a beat from Africa. She also finds it ironic how K.K.K. members were dancing along.

Ms. Nakada called on Zack, and he sounded incredibly tired. "What cultures were included in the song La Bamba?" Zack mumbled, thinking for a second. "America... Africa..." He paused. "Brazil.." I could hear students stifling a laugh. A bit later, she pulled up YouTube, to show us the most popular version of La Bamba. Everyone just relaxed for the bit that the song was playing.

Book Project, Gallery Walk

Ms. Nakada handed out little slips of paper for us to grade our book project. After everyone finished writing through the grading description, she had us clear our desks to show our book projects. This part is for the gallery.

I could feel hunger clawing at my stomach as kids showed off their baked goods. Rachel kept lingering over my piece, and saying "It's really good, but I don't know who did this!" Because he refuses to acknowledge that I am of existence. So, Rachel got his karma by some unknown entity untying his shoes. He tried to avoid it, and he was just squirming in a corner. I walked over to Aiden, and he explained how his treat was a marshmallow covered in chocolate and crackers. I asked if he was willing to give it to me at the end of the period, and he nodded.

 I went back to my seat to continue writing the blog, and waited for the bell to ring for lunch.

Kaiden's First Blog

 Take a Minute

Blog / Corrections

Week 7 - G * Q * Q

School Trip ACE

Reader's / Writer's Workshop

HW: Finish Books by Monday 9/28.

We walked into Ms. Nakada's class, writing the agenda in our binder reminders. We did take a minute before doing the blog. Mark walked up to the front of the class, read his blog and afterwards, we corrected it. Ms. Nakada made us stand up and called peoples names and told them to sit down. I was one of the people who was still standing up, and Mark chose me.  

We wrote down the Week 7 Grammar - Quote - Question in our English Notebooks.  Ms. Nakada asked if we knew how roman numerals worked which most of the class did in-fact know. We learned more about compound & complex sentences, Ms. Nakada also taught us about Interrogative (?), Declarative (.), & exclamatory (!). STUART started talking about lunch and how he would bring "McDonald's¨ for lunch. 

We moved on to the quote section, and Ms. Nakada asked who Frida Kahlo was and Aiden said she is a Mexican-Artist and Ms. Nakada told us about an accident that happened to Frida which was the reason why she was in a wheelchair. We were shown arts from Frida Kahlo and the most offsetting one in my opinion was the "Girl with Death Mask."

The class started to read School Trip 103-107 and they talked about the architecture & how the buses are like. We started to talk about idioms such as "Piece of cake" and "Killing two birds with one stone" and for some reason, Stuart started talking about a mouse and Zack started talking about geese with one stone. The entire class all said that Zack and Stuart couldn't be trusted with a rented scooter, and we started to guess who also was called out for not being trusted with a rented scooter in the other English periods.  

Lucas called Stewart our for apparently flipping him off which had them both laughing. Zach started talking about a brown leaf being in someone's hair which was debunked by another person. We started to talk about a teacher (Mr. Mura) and how he was creepy. We packed up, the bell rang, and we got ready for lunch, and we left.

Mark's First Blog

 take a minute
blog/corrections
week 6: quiz
School Trip ACE
Readers/writers workshop
H.W. Read 100pg. of any book
We walked into the class and wrote down the agenda. Bennett, being not a good person, picked me for the blog when I was asking not to pick me. Zack was disturbing the class, as always. Then, Ms. Nakada started going over the poem for the quiz. Then, Solomon disturbed the class and got sent out of the room. People in the back of the class were passing inappropriate notes, after which we started doing the quiz. Then, Joseph started cheating on the quiz by looking at Jason's screen. Then, we packed up and went to lunch.