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hero free write
i answered the four questions that were put up on the smart board -
Roy Benavidez
we read about Roy and his heroic actions to save his friends. -
interview with Kristi Quillen
We listened to an interview with kristi, a peace corp volunteer. -
Project
this was the day that we got our assigment and recieved the guidlines. -
Research
we were in the library doing research. we had to find a book on our hero. -
library
we were in the library again. we researched our heoes and looked for articles about them. -
Change the world powerpoint
we categorized people into different categories of heroes. -
change the world powerpoint
another perspectice- John Mayer; this song gave us a different idea of a hero. this i felt was more the opposite because he was waiting and not doing anything about it liberty mutual; this commercial was another view of a hero. this was more of doing the right thing -
blog due
ist blog post is due -
change the world powerpoint
we are the youth of today- this song talked about our generation needs to be the change and we need to be heroes. i think we can do it if we put our minds to it we are the people we have been waiting for- this is the same song but it adds problems. it makes you think about what can be done to fix these issues -
Interview help
our technologist came in to class to help us with any questions about our interviews -
poem with didls
we used didls to analyze a poem -
Poetry
We leaarned about poetry and took an AP practice quiz. -
2nd blog post due
The heores in literature blog was due today. this blog was used to evaluate our definition of a hero. we also talked about the heroes in books. this blog helped me narrow my definition of a hero and find better examples of heroes. i got a 100 on this blog post. -
DEAR
All class period we read our biographies. i finished my book. -
First Chapter Monday
Today, we shared a chapter of a book to the class. i shared a section about Tebow writing bible verses on his eye black. i thought it represented his strong religious faith. his aith was one of the reasons i chose Tim to be my hero, so i thought this was an appropriate passage. -
poetry
today we started to analyze "A Blessing". we used DIDLS to help organize the information. -
Poetry
We continued to analyze the poem but we used a sheet to help us. this sheet helped because it was a guidline of what to look for in the poem. -
Poetry
Today, we took an AP quiz over the poem. Some of the questions were difficult. it gave me a guide of what to look for in the poem for our test on Wednseday.