Learning Logs

What did we do in class?

      Today we looked at our blogs, to see if we did our learning logs. We talked about how our work has progressed : why we're improving in our writing, and why we're doing learning logs. We also talked about the last day of school before our Christmas break. To be more specific, we talked about the concert at the end of the day and why we should go watch it. (Also watched two videos recorded and put onto Youtube of the concert) After that, we marked our vocabulary sheets for the Outsiders chapters 7-9.

Why did we do it?

      We looked at our learning blogs and talked about it so that we get a better understanding of why we're doing it, why we're blogging when we can just write it out. If we blogged our learning logs, there'd be an audience to read our blogs, so you'd be put into more pressure to write better.When writing your work out and giving it to your teacher, the only audience is you and your teacher, which may cause you to be a bit more lazy in your work. It also brings out our social skills, and learning how to use Blogger. 

      We talked about the upcoming Christmas concert (this Friday), and how to be able to hold such event, all the participants must have good participation and collaboration. In our class, we lack both of participation and collaboration. We're a very quiet class and collabing with others seem to be a problem, because we're all in our own little worlds. It was also suggested that we should go to increase social skills, especially because its our first year here in Fraser Heights secondary, plus the concert is a traditional event and really fun to watch. (If you don't know about the Christmas concert, it's basically a concert where all the teachers and staff just goof off. Also if you're planning to go watch, you must bring a canned food (1) for donation.)

When will we use this outside of Humanities?

      Collaboration and social skills will always be used in life, for example if you're creating inventions as a job, you'll need collaboration skills to be able to work with others. If you socialize more and contribute more, the faster pace things will work because if you had a really quiet group, it would take a long time to be able to come up with one idea.

Homework/Reminders

      Remember to finish reading the Outsiders chapters 10 to 12 and the questions to be able to watch the movie! (Also remember to finish your hace and bring in your "Adopt a Family" money if you haven't.) There's also a quiz for the Outsiders for chapters 9 to 12.

Tips

     If you don't have time to study much for the quiz, try to answer the questions without reading the book again in the package. If you cant answer them, skim through the chapter. When reading chapters 10-12 today, remember some key points so studying wont be that hard.

Learning Blog

Today in humanities, half of the class wrapped presents for the "Adopt a Family" while the other half caught up on their "The Outsiders" homework and HACE 8 assignments. Staying caught up is important. If you don't, you will miss out on fun activities such as field trips. Today's homework is to complete Chapters Ten, Eleven and Twelve of "The Outsiders" by Wednesday.

Nelson Mandela

     

 
             Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July18,1918 on the Eastern coast of Africa. When his father died when he was only nine, he was brought into royalty and raised there, therefore he was the first person in his family to attend school. Later on he became a activist with the African National congress,He soon started the African congress youth league. Nelson was arrested in1962after being on the run for 17 months. He was charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government and Sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island. In South Africa, Mandela was released after 27 years of being imprisoned, and talks to form a multi-racial democracy were set to begin. Three years later, Mandela was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end apartheid. Months after that he was elected president. Since he stepped down as president in 1997, Nelson Mandela has been dedicated to ending global proverty and helping to resolve wars and conflicts throughout Africa.

Good Collaboration

         
       

               Important things about good collaboration is having fun.Without having fun,While doing your job/project it will be had to have good collaboration, also when working in groups. Share your ideas don't be afraid for sharing your ideas you need to trust your group to have good collaboration. All ideas are great like the idea of ,the guy who created a plane and maybe everyone thought he was it was stupid and wouldn't work. Now look where that first plane bought was with the world of planes, hi-speed ...etc. see crazy ideas might turn out to be really good ones. That's why good collaboration is needed so a shy person or anyone in your group would be able to share their ideas.

Learning Log

   Today in Humanities class we mainly talked about adopt-a-family. While we were talking, we noticed that there was a problem: not everyone brought their money, so we have insufficient funds. We only had $200, instead of our goal of $300. We tried to find a solution to the problem; a lot of people volunteered to bring toddler clothes, as well as toys and gifts for both the mother and the son. Ms. Lees also read from a handout and told us which of the three HACE assignments (October, or the two November assignments we had) we didn't do, needed to improve upon, or handed in late. Later, someone mentioned that they didn't know where to find the HACE assignments, so Ms. Lees went over where to find HACE assignments (via Ms. Caldwell's FH learn blog) and our FH learn blogs in general. We also talked about our e-portfolios, and watched two videos about two universities introducing them. Then, we went back to our conversation about adopt-a-family and planned out who would buy food, clothing, etc., with the money that we had. Lastly, we handed in our Outsiders questions from chapters 1 to 8.

   We talked about the adopt-a-family issue so we could try to fix the problem (insufficient funds) that we had, and came up with a solution. We discussed what gifts to bring and who would be buying what so we could organize ourselves better when we shop (so we wouldn't buy the same things, etc.). We went over who did or didn't finish their HACE assignments so the students could get a better idea of what they needed to get done for the following Friday. We talked about where to find the HACE assignments so the people who didn't know would now know where their future HACE assignments came from. The purpose of showing us why we need to use the FH learn blogs and the e-portfolios in general was because the students could know what the purpose of storing work online instead of on paper. Some connections outside of Humanities include knowing how to blog for pure enjoyment, setting up a digital persona via the FH learn blogs, and organizing your work on an electronic website, such as an e-portfolio. 

   We had homework, and that was to finish the chapter 9 questions of "The Outsiders" by Monday, and to finish questions 10--12 of "The Outsiders" by Tuesday. Also, if you did not finish your HACE assignment, all assignments will be due on Friday (Ms. Caldwell should have e-mailed you back to tell you what you need to improve on your assignment if you don't know what you need to improve upon for your HACE assignment)!

                                                                                                         --Alice

Motivation

   The term motivation has been misunderstood by many people. When we are asked what motivates us to do a certain thing or behave a certain way, most of us would come up with a common answer: a reward. To be more specific, they would think of money. Money is extremely important to all of us; to most people, surviving is hard without money. This is why we come to the conclusion that money can get us "motivated". However, I think that a very strong desire to accomplish something or behave a certain way (getting an intrinsic reward) would be the main motivator, not money (an extrinsic reward).

   The theory that money or a reward leads to motivation has been tested and proven wrong in a video we watched on Wednesday. In the video, there was an experiment; people were asked to perform tasks with three levels of difficulty--easy, medium, and hard--, with cash as a reward. The better you performed on a task, the more money you would get. It turned out that as long as the task involved mechanical skills (physical tasks), the bonuses worked as expected. The higher pay you got, the better you performed overall. On the other hand, if a task involved even a little bit of thinking, it was the exact opposite. The larger the reward, the poorer the performance. This sort of behavior wasn't an occasional one either; the experiment was tested many times again, with many different types of people, yet the results remained the same. Higher incentives led to poorer performance. So it turned out that money wasn't the main motivator in this case. Which begged this question: what is a good motivator?

   Later in the video, we found that the best way of motivation is to be self-directed. In other words, to do something independently, without a certain set of rules to follow. For example, if you truly liked doing something, you wouldn't do it for a reward; you would do it for your own satisfaction, for pure enjoyment. Science showed that there were three factors leading to better performance as well as personal satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Many people who are constantly motivated to do things are motivated simply because of these three things, not because of money or laptops or getting grounded or any type of reward or punishment.

   Of course, Nelson Mandela is a prime example of self-directed motivation. Mandela fought for what he believed wasn't fair and wasn't right. He fought for a dream--that blacks and whites would be treated as equals--he'd had ever since he was young, and kept fighting for that dream until the day he died; not even twenty-seven years of his life wasted within prison walls was enough to stop him from achieving that. And even when Mandela and failed more than once, he did not give up; instead, he found a new way to approach the problem. The point is that Mandela's motivation was not based on a reward; when he was fighting against the apartheid, he was not doing it because he knew there would be a cash prize at the end of it. Mandela's goal was to fight injustice, and make life in South Africa fair for everyone--not just for blacks, but whites as well. He was motivated by himself, and his beliefs to make South Africa a better place. Nelson Mandela, along with the results of many experiments, can further prove the fact that rewards don't have everything to do with motivation. It's the person itself, and only the person itself and his or her beliefs, that are the main motivators.

                                                                                                                 --Alice
   (Definition credit to Google.)

Motivation

On Wednesday in class we talked about what motivates us to do better. We watched a video on motivation and discussed it as a class together. The video also connects to adopt a family because it got us to be motivated as a class to connect together  and working as a team. After we also talked about adopt a family and how people aren't remembering to bring there money so we decided to make buddy's so we can remind each other and its also to remember to do homework and blogging. We also decided if we should get a reward to watch "The Outsider" which motivates us to do your blogs and homework.

During first block we watched a video on innovation week showcase day that Mrs Morisette did, and talked as a class if the video could've been improved or more detail.    


Don't forget to blog!!!!!!!

Motivation

When you think of motivation, you usually think of money, and because it is rather important, you most likely will need it. But is that the real reason as to why you are motivated? In a video we watched, a theory was tested. People were asked to do tasks and the better they did, the more money they earned. When they were given tasks that did not require any creativity, they were able to do pretty well. However, when they were given tasks that required them to think and problem solve, they did poorly. Seeing as how strange this was, the theory was tested in a different location where money was more important. However, the results were the same. This proves that the best way of motivation is to be self-directed, to not have any rules to follow. If you were given a task that you did not enjoy, most likely you would put little to no effort into your task. However, if you were given a task that you enjoyed very much, you would do your best no matter what the pay was.

Nelson Mandela was a good example of someone who persisted in what they believed in. Although he was sent to jail for twenty seven years, he did not give up on trying to end the apartheid. He worked hard to make the world a better place and give rights to everyone, no matter what race they were.

Motivation

        What motivates you to do things? Is it a reward? Self-entertainment? Are you willing to do what you want without a reward because of how much you enjoy what you do? We live in a world where money is something rather important. You can’t do much without money. So yes, people would believe our motivation in life is simply money. In Canada, we study hard to get into good schools, to get a good job, to get money. That’s what we believe though.

          People did a research: they would give you a task to do, and depending on how well you finish your task, you’ll be given a certain amount of money. If you finished it well, you’d receive a fair amount of money. If you did it a bit better than ‘well’ you’d receive a small amount more than a fair amount. If you finished exceptionally well, you’d receive the highest level of reward.

           The results? When people were given straight forward, mechanical tasks, they did pretty well. But once they had to problem solve, to think, they did really poor-even when the rewards were higher. We were always taught that the higher the pay, the better we do. So people suggested that maybe the location is the problem. Maybe the money amount here (USA) isn’t the high enough to make people think more. So then they took the research to somewhere else, where the money would be more valuable. The results were the same. People who were offered the higher amount of money did the worse while people who were offered little or medium wage did better.

         Probably the best way of motivation is when you’re self-directed, when no one is giving you a set of rules to follow. I agreed with that statement. No one likes being bossed around with a set of rules to follow, they’d probably prefer letting themselves choose what they’d like to do, which in most cases what they enjoy. If I was given something to do, and I disliked it, I’d probably just skim it, not putting effort or little effort at all, no matter how much the reward was. If I got a chance to do what I enjoyed, I’d probably give more attention and care on whatever I was doing, even if the reward was little or nothing. I still got to do what I wanted to do, and that makes me a happier person. I would definitely choose happiness over money. You can’t force yourself to do something you don’t like.

Nelson Mandela (cont'd)

      Nelson Mandela has inspired many people over the world with his actions. After being jail for 27 years, most people would have the thought of having no more hope and chance in their lives. But not Mandela. He was a very persistent man, he kept his words and he wouldn’t sit down until he got what he wanted, a free society where everyone had equal rights and opportunities no matter the race.

      They say that Mandela got his inspiration from reading a poem from William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’. One of the lines were, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

      I think we could all learn from how he was so true to his words. He once said that he would be South Africa’s first black president- and he did, in the year of 1994. His job as a president lasted until 1999, and from then on, Thabo Mbeki was the president (1999-2008). Mandela never gave up in life, even after being jailed for 27 years. He gave every little effort he could to make this world a better place, to stop the domination of whites in South Africa, to be able to give rights to every single person.

       After his death, a memorial was held, and people still visited his home to show respect and love for what he has done for not just South Africa, but the world.

learning log

Today in humanities class we discussed  about adopt a family and how we have to bring in our 10 or 20 dollars by Thursday. We also watched a video on motivation which connects to adopt a family because motivating us to do adopt a family is like working together. The solution we made as a class was to have a buddy in class to remind us about homework and the money we have to bring for adopt a family. After watching the video and deciding a solution we also watched a video on Mrs Morisette's Twitter account. The video was about innovation week showcase day and in class we talked about the video if it could improve more or was it good enough so show people what innovation week is about. We discussed as a class together and brought out some ideas on the video. After all of our discussion we checked our homework on the blog and brought out some ideas to make our blogs better. The first thing that was pointed out was knowing what you are writing on the blog and having an understanding, second thing was that examples, discussions, and connections we make as class could also be put on the blog. We could somehow improve in our vocabulary and writing skills on the blog.


Homework tips: Add links, hyperlinks, photos, and videos to your post


Homework: If you did not blog about Nelson Mandela and why the world is celebrating him and what can we learn from Mandela's life and making connections with Mandela's life? Today's reflection was about discussion, motivation, and connection.  
Find+read and watch Obama's speech and blog about it!  

Reminder: Bring money for adopt a family tomorrow and blog as soon as possible!!!

Nelson Mandela

    ❝It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.❞

    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918 and died on December 5th, 2013 at the age of ninety-five. Ever since he was young, Mandela was committed to eliminating the apartheid system, a policy which ensured that blacks & whites had to work and go to school separately. At first, he participated in non-violent protests, but when the apartheid government responded to their protests with violence, Mandela co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe to overthrow the government. In order to achieve this, he & many black South Africans traveled overseas illegally to train the army. Because he encouraged South Africans to go on strike and because he left South Africa illegally, he was sentenced to prison for twenty-seven years. When he was finally released in 1990, a civil war was imminent; Mandela cooperated with the president at the time to avoid the war, eliminate apartheid and establish multiracial elections. Mandela was elected as the first black president of South Africa; he lead from 1995 to 1999. He was also the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999. During and after his presidential reign, Mandela promoted reconciliation between blacks & whites. Nelson Mandela won more than 250 honours, including the Nobel Peace Prize & US Presidential Medal of Freedom. On July 19th, Mandela also has his own holiday--the Nelson Mandela Day. Mandela is an important figure because of his persistence to fight for freedom against racial discrimination, and for his changing of the lives of both black and white South Africans forever; he gave his whole life to the cause of freedom, equal rights, and democracy for all South Africans. This is why Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, a man dedicated to helping the lives of others, should be remembered by us, South Africa, & the whole world.

    Click here for a link to President Obama's speech at Nelson Mandela's funeral; click here for a more thorough biography of Nelson Mandela.

   

    ❝I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.❞

Nelson Mandela

❝ I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ❞

                                                                                                   - Nelson Mandela (source)

       Born on July 18, 1919 in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa, was Nelson Mandela. He recently died on December 5th, 2013 at the age of 95. He was best known for becoming the first black president of South Africa, in 1994. Mandela served as a president until 1994. He was a symbol of global peacemaking, and had won the *(1) Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.  He was jailed for 27 years by violence between the time of June 12, 1964 to Feb 11, 1990 because he was encouraging South Africans to go on strike, and illegally leaving South Africa. People protested he should be free, becoming a symbol of his people. He enjoyed boxing - not the sport and violence it self, but the science behind it : how you have to move the body in certain ways to avoid attacks, how planning every move before you attack. On July 19th, Mandela has his own day called "Mandela day". His favourite dish to eat was "tripe", which was stomach lining of farm animals. He studied law at the university of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and opened the nation's first black law firm in 1952. Surprisingly, he was on USA's Terror watch list until 2008, along with his other members of the African National Congress because of their fight against *(2) apartheid.  While Mandela was in prison, he would read William Ernest Henley's "Invictus" to prisoners. The poem inspired him, by the way it talked about never giving up. One of the lines were "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul".

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(Click for some links to some articles/videos about Nelson Mandela!)

1. "Giant Of History" (CBC News) - Barack Obama talks about Mandela being the "Giant of History" at a South African soccer stadium. (Article and video.)

2. The Life and Events of Nelson Mandela (CBC player) - A video where CBC news talks to the Canadian filmmaker of "The Life and Events of Nelson Mandela". (video)

3. Memorial of Nelson Mandela with world leaders and mouners (Telegraph.co.uk) - A video of Nelson Mandela's memorial at the last place of Mandela's public appearance.

4. Thoughts and Reactions on Nelson Mandela's death and Biography/Facts (NBC News) - Jacob Zuma speaks about him, video of mourners reacting to his death, and 7 ways he changed the world, and South Africa.

5. Comparing Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela - Comparing the two men together, finding similarities and differences.

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VOCABULARY :

1) Nobel Peace Prize : A prize rewarded by the Nobel Foundation for achievements in the following fields : physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of world peace.

2) Apartheid : a system that was used that discriminated people in South Africa. It involved political, legal, and economics discrimination against nonwhites. 

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first South African President who was elected in a completely democratic election. He was the elected leader of the youth wing of the ANC (African National Congress) liberation movement, and in 1993 he won the Nobel Prize. He was sentenced to prison for twenty seven years because he encouraged black South Africans to go on strike and for leaving South Africa illegally.We celebrate this man's life because he battled South African apartheid and planned to overthrow the government by non-violent protests.

Nelson Mandela

10 facts about Nelson Mandela

~ Nelson was the first president of South Africa (1994~2013)
~Born on July,18/1918 and died on December,5/2013 at the age of 95
~Was help in a political prison for 27 years in 1962 to 1990
~They celebrated Nelsons release from prison because of his protest on apartheid
~Nelson became president of South Africa after his release and made South Africa have equal rights to race.
~ Nelson Mandela was a great leader in South Africa and all over the world
~ Mandela was married three times and has eight children
~ Nelson Mandela believed what we could achieve
~Mandela gave 67 years of his life to fight for the humanity rights.
~Nelson Mandela has a great story throw his passion and quotes

We are celebrating Nelson Mandela because he made a difference in the world especially south Africa. he protested on apartheid and got sent to jail for 27 years and while we was in jail we still believed. He was offered to get out of jail but he deiced not to because he still had the hope and courage. I cant really make a connection to myself but i had made a difference for good reasons and causes. Mandela was a great person that the world looked up to.

RIP  Nelson Mandela

Nelson's quotes~

"I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days."
– Nelson Mandela

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do."

– Nelson Mandela




click here for websites on Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela foundation
Nelson's story&quotes

Nelson's retirement charity video 

Good Collaboration

Good collaboration leads to teamwork and success. Which means that we have to communicate with one and another so we can make a success just like the video we watched in September about the shopping cart. In the video we learned that you can help out your peers and encourage them to speak up and share each others ideas. Also in the video there was no leader or boss which is in charge of who is doing what because they all collaborate together.

Good Collaboration

         After watching the members of IDEO creating a completely new shopping cart in four days that would make our lives easier, you realize that you need great collaboration skills to do such. We saw this video at the beginning of the year in September, though we watched it again today so we could remind ourselves what good collaboration skills mean.
         Good collaboration could help in numerous ways. When applying many jobs, having good collaboration skills is very important. It tells the boss you can work well with others, and accept other ideas, not being selfish. We all build on other people's ideas to create new, better ideas.
         An important point in good collaboration is to not insult other people's ideas, but to accept them. We all make mistakes, and we all learn from our mistakes. Don't judge someone by their ideas - they're being unique and they're putting themselves out there. It already takes a lot of courage for some people to speak up, so if you insult them, it wouldn't make anything better for them. I think that this is the main reason of our class being so quiet in discussions : we're afraid to put our ideas or thoughts out there. We're afraid of being wrong, being insulted, being judged by others. So encourage all ideas, and build on them. Give people second chances, because no one share the same mind, and that is what makes each and everyone of us unique in our own way.
         Another important point about good collaboration is to not order people in numbers by how "smart" they are, or what they're capable of doing. No one should be better than another because we all have flaws. It may seem nice to be number one in a list of people, but what about the last person? They'd feel insecure, and their self-esteem would drop, thinking that they're not "good" enough. We should all be equal. There shouldn't be leaders or followers in a group. We all have the feeling deep inside of us that wants to be better than everyone else, to be recognized as a leader of a group, but we can't let that overtake us.
       

Collaboration Skills

     <sub>Today we re-watched a video about a group of IDEO members who had to completely re-design a shopping cart in just five days. In the video, there were several great examples of good collaboration skills. I think our class can begin to develop better collaborative skills by learning from this video.
     One of the most important things our class has to work on is to encourage wild ideas. As a class, we're usually very quiet during group discussions, and that's not a good thing. I think the reason why we don't like to share our ideas is because we're afraid they might be criticized or we think the answer's not "right." We should fix this and encourage everyone's ideas, no matter what they are, and never be shy when expressing our thoughts. We should learn to build on each others' ideas as well, so more & more innovative can be made.
      Also, our class should also accept others' ideas and not criticize them. Everyone's idea is unique & different, and should not be made fun of; instead, we can discuss alternatives to the idea, or thoughts on how to improve the idea (constructive criticism/feedback and just being harsh are not the same thing!).

                                                                                                                    --Alice</sub>

Collaboration Skills

Today we re-watched a video on IDEO and their Shopping Cart Challenge which we originally saw in September. The video demonstrated good collaboration skills, and a few tips that I think can be used in our class and/or group blogs are to have an open mind, encourage and build on each other's ideas, and have no hierarchy. If you were to close your mind to only your own ideas, you would never know of the different possibilities that other people around you are thinking of, and to rudely criticize someone else's idea would be hurtful and upset them. You cannot give someone the title as the boss and then have everyone else be on a lower level than the next because it is impossible that the boss is the one who has had the insightful experience with whatever the main idea is.

Learning Blogs Feedback

Thank you for your blog posts.  I have put comments on some that I would like you to take a look at.  I noticed that a few group members did more entries than others and some members did only one, or none.  Those that did one or none will have this reflected in their marks and I am disappointed in the lack of effort.

Learning Log

(Late. Was supposed to be posted Nov.29th)

     Today we spent the first bit of our time silent reading and reviewing our answers for Chapter 2 "The Outsiders" questions that we were supposed to finish the day before. We then spent the rest of the block working on the Welcome Back poster for Ms.Lees. Sharing answers for the questions can help us by checking if we got the answers right, and if not, we can change it so the class is on the same track and no one is missing any information. Doing the questions can help us understand what we read more, by using our brain more to think about it.
    We didnt get any homework on Friday, but for today's homework (December 2nd), we had to read chapter 3. Take notice of the main points so answering the questions would be easier, if we get any.

Learning Blog

Today we answered and went over the questions for Chapter One of “The Outsiders”. Afterwards, we read Chapter Two by ourselves and were assigned the questions for this chapter. We did this to better understand what is happening in the story, and these skills can be used outside of Humanities when reading a book on your own.

For homework, we had to finish our Chapter Two questions which are due on Friday.

Learning Log

     <sub>Today in Humanities class we went over the answers for our "Judging Without Trial" worksheet. We did this to help us understand how to do the questions better, and also to help us clarify our answers, and fix any if necessary. We also got a vocabulary worksheet for "The Outsiders" and did numbers 1 to 8. We did this so that we can get a better sense of the words used in the book "The Outsiders" and what they mean. Lastly, we read part of Chapter One of "The Outsiders". We read this book because we thought this good could teach us a good lesson, or that the morals introduced in the story are still taught today. Connections beyond Humanities class include being able to understand the words we are reading, no matter what class we're in, and comprehension in general.

     We had homework today, and that was to finish reading Chapter One of "The Outsiders", then do question number one on the "The Outsiders--Chapter One" worksheet.

                                                           --Alice</sub>

learning blog

     On Monday we had a worksheet on judging others before we meet them and we also had a paragraph  on prejudice and ten questions. You had to find hints in the paragraph to answer the questions.


due date: 26/11/2013

Learning Blog

^{(I was supposed to do this on Monday, but forgot about it. Still pretending it's Monday...)}

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    Today we got our marks for this class, and also were given back some of our work that was done before, marked. We put our piece of paper with our marks on and our work into our portfolio, and gave back our "in-context" textbooks to Ms.Snodden. Then at around 10 a.m , we went to the main gym to set up our innovation week projects to display for many guests attending (the project displaying lasted until lunch).
    Ms.Snodden marked the papers and gave it back to us , so we would both know (the teacher and the student) what we need to improve on. We put our work into our portfolios, so at the end of the year we could take out some of the work and compare so that we see how much we've learned or improved since then. The purpose of displaying our innovation projects were so that we could show other people the works we have done, and perhaps give other people some inspiration to create their own projects to make this world a better place or just simply for their own interests.
    We could use our innovation skills basically anywhere in the world, anytime. This world will always need creativity and innovation to create stuff. I think that the whole innovation week idea is a great way for people to bring their inner potential.
    We didn't receive any homework, because we spent the majority of class in the main gym and in the morning we were collecting stuff for our portfolios.

Learning blog                                                                                                             Friday,nov 1,2013



 Today in humanities we were introduced to descriptive paragraphs.We learned about topic sentences and supporting details. We did this to better understand the default structure of a descriptive paragraph and improve in writing topic sentences and supporting details.These skills can be used outside of humanities when writing a paragraph for another class. There was no homework.

Learning Blog

               Today we wrote a good copy of our descriptive paragraph (describing a person or place of our choice). We did this to practice using topic sentences, supporting details and concluding sentences in the correct manner and to describe things using words that appeal to the five senses (sight, smell, sound, taste and touch). These skills can be used outside of Humanities when describing things to people who have not seen the same things as you, and being able explain what you have seen descriptively can help them picture the image more vividly. No homework was assigned in class today.

Learning Log

          <sub>Today in Humanities class we wrote a rough draft of our descriptive paragraph (to describe a person or a place) based on the "descriptive paragraph brainstorm" we were assigned yesterday. We used the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to write this rough draft. We wrote this paragraph so we can develop better writing skills, in terms of descriptive language, and to learn how to write paragraphs with the default structure: topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence. Connections beyond Humanities include being able to write a proper paragraph for written assignments in other classes, and using descriptive language when writing paragraphs for other classes, or just for pure enjoyment. There was no homework today.

                                             --Alice</sub>

Learning log

       

        Today in humanities we learned how to do good concluding sentences. We worked on two worksheets that helped us write concluding sentences. We also had a worksheet on writing a descriptive paragraph which helped us use words that appeal in senses: sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste.
Theses skills that we did could help outside of humanities class  for writing a good descriptive paragraph and concluding sentences .


HOMEWORK!

         Today's homework is the descriptive paragraph booklet if you didn't finish the two question on the front page and choosing one thing to write about which is describing a person OR a place and brainstorming ideas. If you need help just look at the back of the booklet for the criteria for your brainstorming.

 Tips/reminders 

          Use the examples and ideas in the descriptive paragraph booklet for brainstorming. The brainstorming is due on November, 6/2013. 




                                                                                                                   
                                                                                      Merna Elias      



   

Learning Log

   Today we took our first quiz, which was on the story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter. It took up the whole first block. We took this quiz to make use of skills that we've learned for the past while about stories. It helped us understand what we read even more, making us look beyond what's just in black and white ink. These skills can be used outside of humanities when you're just reading for your own interest, or if you ever possibly want to write own your own.
   For the second block, we went to the "Five Days of Fire" event, held in the main gym for grade eights and nines. It lasted the whole block, and we basically played games, representing your own team. As for us, we were gold/yellow. This was a school activity, but I think we did it to show our school spirit, and just for the fun of it.
   We didn't have any homework in specific, but if you can, remember to bring pre-packaged or canned foods for the food bank! It'll also count towards our team in the "Five Days of Fire" event. Also, remember to dress up for Halloween tomorrow!

Learning Blog

Today we went over the “Side Bet” questions that were assigned yesterday. We did this to better understand the story, the use of short stories devices and as practice for our upcoming quiz (which is tomorrow). These skills can be used outside of Humanities when reading books on your own because they can help you further understand what you’re reading.

For homework, we had to study for our Short Stories Quiz on Wednesday (tip: read the story carefully and don’t forget the terms!). Also, don’t forget to show your Firehawks spirit tomorrow and dress in gold/yellow for the pep rally as well as bringing in non-perishable food items for the food bank!

Learning Log

     <sub>Today in Humanities class, we did the short story application for "Side Bet". We did this to further develop our active reading skills, to understand the story better, and to understand certain events, characters--or just the story in general!--better by answering specific questions about them. It's also great practice for our short story quiz on Wednesday. We also discussed how to do learning logs on our blogs (which is what I'm doing right now), as opposed to filling them out on paper. We do these learning logs to further understand what exactly it is we are doing, and why we do it. Some connections beyond Humanities include being able to use the terms listed in our short story application in novels we read for pleasure. For example, knowing who the main character (protagonist) is or which type of conflict occurs in the story will definitely help you understand the novel more.

     For homework, we had to finish our short story application for "Side Bet" (tip: use your short story features package!), and those who didn't bring poster board to school need to bring it in tomorrow, you can buy it from the dollar store, Walmart, or Mr. Pocock for 50 cents. Lastly, show team spirit for Five Days of Fire by bringing in canned food donations for the food bank!

                                                                                                                                                -- Alice</sub>

What I want to be when I grow up

What I wanna be when I grow up is a chef. I really love food and i love how there are many different ways u can prepare a dish with so less ingredients. Also I would like to travel the world to taste all different types of dishes and something else I would like to travel to Japan and the Learn the language and work in a anime company. Also I want to be something related IT.

What I wanna be when I grow up!

    When I grow up, I want to be an painter. To be exact, oil painting. I chose to be a painter because I think as a painter you have more freedom than most jobs - for example, your work time. For inspiration and good ideas, an artist doesn't just sit there and write stuff, and expect an amazing idea to pop up. At least not for me.  It really depends on your style and theme of art. For me I think I'm more of a nature type of person, so I'd obviously go out and explore more for inspiration. It varies between each and every one of us.

    I also want to be a painter because you don't need to be amazing to be able to create great art at all times - its the creativity that I think counts the most. I don't think I'm a great artist, but I personally think I have somewhat creative ideas. 

    I think being an artist is a really amazing job, because a piece of art can "talk" to you, and it effects your feelings. You don't have limits when you're an artist. Art comes in all forms - you're not given a set of rules to follow, you just follow your imagination. Everyone is an artist! 

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This is one of Leonid-Afremov's oil paintings. I really like his paintings because of the variation of colour that he uses. It makes his paintings ever so unique to my eyes!

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What i want to be when I grow up

What I want to be when I grow up is a architect or an interior designer because I just love to look at different types of structure especially downtown Vancouver because all the builds inspire me with all the colors and structure shape and when I look inside their different types of tiles, paint, and etc.What I love is also interior designing too because theirs many designs with bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchen etc. What I love about both of these jobs they are similar in a way with all the textures, space for designing and where they both include style. Here are some pictures that inspired me and the ones i like to be a architect or an interior designer!

   Interior designer











    Architect
                                                                                       
                                                                                       

What I Want To Be When I Grow Up.

When I grow up, I want to be a doctor. The idea of helping someone with an injury, or even being able to save someone's life, excites me. I've always wanted to be a person who could be of some assistance to someone in need, and I think that if I were to be able to help someone when they're injured, I would have succeeded in my goal. Also, to be a positive input in someone's life sounds like a fantastic idea to me.

❝ What I Want To Be When I Grow Up ❞

      _{When I grow up, I want to become an author. Being an author doesn't just mean "being an author"; it means many other things as well. For starters, being a writer (if the fact wasn't obvious enough), a reader of new information, and a creator; someone who thinks up all sorts of crazy worlds and ideas using a blessing called their imagination. They explore different scenarios, think of fantastic yet quirky characters, give a familiar or foreign setting, and take you into their world using the power of their writing. So far, my writing/reading experience has been fantastic, especially with all of the great amateur writers out there (and don't let the word "amateur" get to you--when I say they're great, I mean they're great.) Add that to the fact that many of the people I look up to are authors: James Dashner, Rick Riordan, Cassandra Clare, Maggie Stiefvater, J. K. Rowling, etc., and you probably already know that just thinking of becoming just like one of them would be a dream come true for me. I feel like this ("this" meaning being an author, of course) would be something that I want to do when I grow up, to plant my ideas in the minds of others.
      (And curling up in an armchair, sipping tea, and writing on your laptop all day? A-okay with me.)
      P.S. -- Here are some books that have inspired me to become an author & that I strongly recommend you read:
THE INFERNAL DEVICES BY CASSANDRA CLARE | HARRY POTTER BY J.K. ROWLING | THE MAZE RUNNER TRILOGY BY JAMES DASHNER | THE RAVEN BOYS TRILOGY BY MAGGIE STIEFVATER | THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY BY SUZANNE COLLINS | PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS BY RICK RIORDAN | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS BY JOHN GREEN}

What i want to be when i grow up

What i want to be when i grow up is a soccer player because i love soccer it is just a great sport. You can make a lot of money from it and you can travel all over the world. Soccer involves co-operation footwork and ball control. And that's what i want to be when i grow up :D