Monday, November 21, 2011
Marking Period 1 is In the Books
Now that Marking Period 1 is over it is a good time to look back on what went well and what could have been different. What did you struggle with? What did you improve on? What is something you want to do more of in Language Arts as the year progresses? Don't forget to SEW it up!
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I think their should be more technology in LA. I mean this is STEM, and technology is in the name. Plus, technology would get me more interested in LA (I'm sorry Mr. Horvath but LA just is not my favorite subject☺).
I think that i srtuggled the most with the persuasive writing, becuase i just didt understand it. The thing that i improved on the most was my LA grage if that counts for anything. A lot of people think, Oh Language arts, Reading, im great at it easy grade. but not with you Mr. Horvath. I talked to a couple of your former students (not getting named) and they said you were the most strict they have ever had but you taught them so well and they always knew what they needed to do now as freshman, all because of you. My main point there is you teach so well that the things you teach stick in our brains for a while, which helps me because then ill remember what to do on say the finals or the CMT's. What i would like for my language arts class, and im sure all the students in my class would agree, is no cut in half period. What i would like more in the class is morem practice on the things that students need.
In English this marking period, I improved on writing in general. This is because Horvath gives us so many techniques and we do it so often. Two techniques Horvath gave us were triplets and magic threes. Both of these made my writing more thorough, detailed, and entertaining. (I just used a triplet!!!) We write so often because we do 2 blog comments a week and Horvath gave my class a reflection writing assignment after every Socratic Circle along with additional writing assignments which got me in the habit of writing SEW statements. All of these examples strengthened my writing.
I think we need to be able to get extra credit for writing papers that we did not have to write because I have a little trouble with LA and this would help me keep my grade up and out of summer school.
I have been struggling to speak in the SC (talking groups thingy. I try, it isn't like I don't, but I feel like I get talked over. Is there someone who could help me with that kind of thing?
From: Shy
(Formally known as Pandagirl)
Make your lessons more creative. Bring technology into the work more than just typing essays. I get bored sometimes! Sorry, Mr. Horvath but it's true.
This semester, I improved so much in my writing skills. Mr. Horvath gave me so many challenges, but he also gave me lots of really good tips!! I learned a lot about thesis statements, figurative language, and even magic threes (see what I did there...it was a triplet!). I hope to improve even more in writing this semester, since being an author is definitely something that I will do later in life. Overall, I learned a lot about writing in language arts.
Something that I struggled with in this L.A. class was following all of Mr. Horvath's seemingly random rules. In the begining of the year I had to carry around all of my notes becuase I couldn't remember all of the proper formatting, blue or black pen, SEW it up, etc... That is what I had a hard time with in the first marking period.
@AVgleek17
I agree with you when you say that Mr. Horvath has really improved our writing skills. For the past couple of years, I have been writing in random structures, but in this one marking period, I have probably learned more tham I have from my other L.A. classes in the past 3 years. Therefore, my writng skills have definitley improved in Mr. Horvath's class.
I don't know about anyone else, but I struggled on long-term projects more than anything else. But on the bright side I improved ALOT on my vocabulary skills. Something I would like to do more of this year is maybe a free write period (other than the 5 minutes we get at the beginning of class. This is true because i'm not so sure I did so well on the classic book presentation, asI just winged it the entire time. But i've aced all of the vocab quizzes.
I enjoyed the classic books and the presentation because they made us learn a lot than just reading the book. I learned more because since i had to do a report on it. This makes me think about a deeper meaning of the book. Also it helped build on my presenting skills. Another thing is that the classic book improves our reading skills. Lastly the other presentations helped me compare my book and also find new books to read. These things all teach us language arts all in one activity.
I did better in writing but I struggled in persuasive writing. The persuasive piece I got an 7 out of 13 and I really was disappointed with myself from the grade I got. I would also like to use computers a lot more in LA. One of the reasons I went to STEM was because we were told that we could use computers, I pads, I phones, etc. these are the things about LA that I improved in, Struggled with, and what we could do a lot more of.
I struggled most with organizaion because I keep too much stuff and my folders are a mess. I know this because I will drop everything and will carry 3 or 4 more folders than anyone else in the class, and these folders have ripped (from excess stuff, even though they are plastic) and it takes forever to find things in them. I lived in constant fear of losing homework and important papers (and still do!). This is exactly what disorganization is classified as, proving that last marking period was very disorganized.
I am very glad that the first marking period has come to an end. I struggled with almost everything in LA. I feel this is because I let myself fall behind, the only thing I did well on was the quizzes. Everything else seemed to be a struggle. I fell behind on many things because I had difficulty focusing.
Something I want to do more of in LA is now that I know my weak areas, I can improve on them, and a goal is to get an A at the end of next MP.
@sethblog
Given that LA is my weakest subject I agree because I know that mr.horvath can be a strict teacher but my hope is he will pound it into our heads so much that whatever we are learning will be very hard to forget.
i think ryan is correct because Mr.Horvath is so dumb and mean
i think we should be allowed to bring technolgy to L.A. class becasue if we need to research something he would just says do it at home
I had a hard time with Socratic Circles last marking period because we are basically graded on how much we talk (and what we talk about). I don't talk much, so this is really hard for me. Also, because EVERYONE is graded on how much they talk, everyone talks, so it is hard for me to say whatever I have to say over so many people. Because of this, I stink at Socratic Circles.
I agree with Ryan. We should use more technology in Language Arts. This is because we ARE at a technology school. Also, technology makes school a bit more interesting. Putting a sheet of paper in front of us and telling us to summarize it is not fun OR interesting. It is important to keep us interested in what we are learning because it will stick in our heads better and we will do better overall in the class. That's why we neet to use more technology in Language Arts.
What I want to see during the year is a chance to free write a fiction story so I can have feedback because I really want to improve in my writing. If I could have a chance to show my writing skills and to get better, I would LOVE Mr. Horvath's class for the rest of the year. But if I could spend the time to write my own story and get good feedback, I would sincerely increase my level of writing skill!
I think that I struggled with persuasive writing the most because it was hard for me to understand. I also think I struggled with first Socratic circle, but have improved since then. I improved on writing reflections because the first one I did lets just say the grade wasn't too good, but now I'm getting the highest grade for it. As the year goes on I would like to spend more time on, well I'm not to sure. So far we've spent a lot on writing and reading. So maybe try to teach using interesting ideas or topics to try to get it to stick to my brain. Therefore, even thought I Language Arts may not be may favorite subject, (Sorry Horvath) I think that the year so far has been going great.
@ u don't know me
I agree with you because I had a hard time remember the proper format for the writing pieces! Also I did have to make a note on my computer at the beginning for the SEW format for the reflections. Therefore, I think that Language Arts may be the hardest class so far this year.
I srtuggled the most with the persuasive writing.I kind of understood the concept. I think learning something so new then jumping write into doing an essay.Like when we did the essay I got an 7/13.This shows that,me personally will get a bad grade learnign something then jumping into it. But its better not spend so much time on it.
@Anirbas I agree with you the socrtactic cir. is little hard.I know a couple kids in my class who always get cut off. And the people that don't talk much have one of the best ideas or they get right to the piont.
The anonymous person in this section was me, Kirill Riesinger
What I struggled most with was sloppiness. I really need to make sure that I do the small things such as write me name on my paper and highlight what I am supposed to highlight. Unfortunately small things add up and result in a bad grade. I really need to work on how sloppy I am.
@Kevin O I also struggled with persuasive writing and I don't know about you but seeing all of the other problems other people have makes me feel better ( I know, I'm cruel). To me Language arts is about writing and to have technology implemented more into LA would be really weird and kind of tacky.
@Shy
I agree with you because I also feel like in Socratic Circles I get talked over. I feel like this because whenever I try to talk, someone else cuts me off and I don't want to effect their grade, so I let them keep talking. To resolve my problem, I joined the quiet circle and I talked a lot, but apparently Horvs didn't agree.
@The OriginalFake
I agree with you because my handwriting always seemed to be sloppy. I think that to improve I would just take my sweet little time and write slowly to get better results. So that's how I would fix my writing if it got really sloppy.
@LittleMonster1028
I agree with you completely! When you said, "Horvath gives us so many techniques and we do it so often." I think the same thing. Plus, we both included a triplet in our comment this week, I guess great miss in Mr. Horvath's class think alike. But overall, I agree that I have improved in writing so much this year, just like you.
@Ryan
We DO get extra-credit for papers we didn't have to write because he has given us at least one before! I know this because once, on the persuasive essay, he gave us a replacement essay for anyone that needs it. He offered to replace our essay with whatever we get on the second. This ups our grade on that project, so therefore we have been given at least one unnecesary paper to get extra credit.
I could improve in the socratic circle because I don'ttalk a lot in them. I think I could listen to what the person is saying and then think of something that goes along with it when they are nearing the end of what they are saying. That way when they are done I have something to say.
@ Kevin O
I agree with being dissapointed with my persuasive essay. I think I could be convincing with my facts. that way the reader would believe it more. I could have more descriptive when I was explaining.
@Anirbas
I agree that socratic circle is hard. For me it is hard because Horvath is very critical. After every socratic circle, he seems to make comments like, "This was the most boring socratic circle.", "You just said the same thing over and over in different ways.", or "You all just said 'yeah I agree', but didn't comment or have a follow-up question." Since we can't do socratic circle right, let's see Horvath do an example socratic circle with the other teachers. Therefore we can get better at socratic circle because we will have known how to do it.
I think Horvath should give us more examples. If he gave us examples, I wouldn't struggle with things as much. For example, in the beginning of the year, I had trouble with SEW statements. Horvath only gave us one example when we first learned SEW, but after that he assumed we understood. However, I think most people didn't understand. Also for triplets, I didn't understand which sentences with commas were triplets or magic 3's. I think Horvath didn't give us enough examples or description of what each were. Since, I didn't know how to do these things, I got a bad grade on my persuasive piece. Therefore, Horvath should give more examples.
Some things that i learned in this marking period is in your class was having, to use proper formatting for final drafts. In my persuasive essay i got a lower grade because my formatting was not good. So went i redo it, and i got a much better grade. This proves that practices makes perfect.
Kayleigh said..
"i struggled with the persuasive writing the most." I agree with her because i also, had trouble with the writing too, but mainly the formatting.There were also others students that had trouble with the same topics. That I did
i think that i struggled the most with the persuasive writing because i got a 9 out of 13 and i wasn't happy. when i looked it over i realized that i could have added a lot more. i think that i improved on the Socratic Circles because i have been talking more during them and getting better grades for them.
@MRAjGE
i definitely agree that Horvath needs to give more examples. some of the things i still don't understand completely. i also noticed that when we got rubrics it was when he gave us back the assignment, already graded.
During Marking Period 1, I got better at my SEW Statements. This becasue when I first learned about SEW Statements, I was not saying the why part. That is how I improved in the SEW Statement. I was not well in my writing. This is becasue my persuasive pieces were not good. This is because I did not put my ideas in the right order and I didn't have much details. That is how my writing grade was bad.
@ Emma.....
I agree with you because the same thing happened with me. The final persuasive grade after my redo, was better because rechecking the format. That is something else I learned in Marking Period 1.
Something I got better at as the marking period progressed was the SEW statements. I got better at them because doing these blog comments help you state your opinion and why you think your opinion is correct. Something I need to work on is having better writing pieces. I will try harder on doing any kind of writing piece. Therefore, overall I did fine but I can improve in many different essays that we will write.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
@anirbas I agree with you because I have always been put in a bad socratic circle group where only one person talks and cuts people off. That also sometimes affect my grade a lot. Therefore, I will hopefully talk more during socratic circles.
In the first marking period I learned so much about proper writing format, how to write in sew statement, theme statements, and so much more. I think most of this marking period went really well. As a class overall, I think we need to work more on our presentation skills. Many people stood up to talk to the class and didn’t know what to really say. This shows we need help on speaking out, and summarizing the book well.
@DR.Bubblesquash. I agree with your statement about presentations, many people in our class did very well, but like you said some people also winged it. This shows that many classes need help with their presentation ability. Therefore I think this is the subject we need the most help in.
I think I learned more about culture and techonly, from spanish culture I have seen the some other cultures in the world. In GTT i learned about techonly and inavtion. In L.A I learned about proper writing format (acordding to Mr.Horvath). I learned these thngs because I went to STEM and I'm very happy with my choice.
@biberlover I agree that everyone got better at their sew statements. In the beginning of the year we weren't good at them, but now we are better at them and will continue to get better at them as the year gos on.
During the marking period I didn't struggle with anything because I got A+'s on every assignment except for the persuasive essay. On the persuasive essay I mostly did bad because I underlined my title and my first pararaph was in calibri 11 which isn't struggling it is just forgetfullness. Also, all of the assignments in class were facile and Mr. Horvath is an extremely easy teacher. Evidence that I didn't struggle is that I got a 113 for the class which was augmented by my theme journal and my lack of struggle on every assignment. Therefore, since all of our assignments were easy and I aced them I didn't struggle at all the first marking period.
@Katelyn O
I agree with you about us needing to work on our presentation skills because most of our book talks were bad including mine. When people gave book talks they either didn't engage the audience or tried to hard and in the wrong manner. Many times I couldn't stand to keep on listening. This is important in every class including indepentdent research, science, and social studies. In social studies when ever we gave presentations there was always somebody who struggled getting their point across and someone who mumbled and looked down. Mr. Horvath even said he didn't put our presentation grades in our report card because most of us did very bad. Therefore due to our horrendous presentation skills and what would be bad book presentation grades, we should work on our presentation skills.
This marking period I think that I improved in writing in general like on as persuasive, fiction, even blog comments because Mr. Horvath taught us lots of writing techniques. Sew statements helped a lot because when they are used correctly it makes understanding the piece much easier. Magic threes were also helpful because each individual sentence is more exciting and interesting. I can can use these new techniques that make my writing overall better.
@ Katelyn O. I agree with you because in my class most of the people seemed nervous while presenting. Mostly everyone got up in front of the class and did nothing but talked, mostly stuttering. They seemed like they had not practiced and weren't very comfortable. I think we need to work on presentation skills so presenting will be more interesting and people wont be so nervous.
I struggled with the persuasive essay because I didn't follow the directions. I didn't highlight the triplet and some other things. If I didn't highlight then I didn't follow the directions. Then in turn I didn't get the grade I wanted. I also had trouble presenting because I focused to much on one thing. I talked about the characters too much. If I talked too much about the characters then I focused too much on one thing
In this first marking period, I learned more about writing techniques like SEW statements, magic threes, and triplets. What I think could be improved could be incorporating technology a little bit more. Some things that I struggled with were the classic book projects because it was hard to try and become better than the presenter before us. I improved on writing because I learned the correct way to write certain pieces and how to put different methods in to make the piece better. Something I want to do more in Language Arts this year is to just free write for the 5 minutes again at the beginning of class because it starts our juices to flow so we are ready for class that day.
@Ryan35, I agree with you because no everyone has a booming voice that overpowers others. We have to learn to talk loud to get or thoughts out. Also, I agree with you when you said that you have to listen well and think about what they are saying and create a valid response that builds off of the previous idea. In general, he socratic circle skills need to be improved.
@Jess M. I agree with you because everyone seemed nervous and it looked like people didn't know what they were doing. They were also unprepared because a lot of the posters looked rag-tag and it sounded like they were saying something for the first time. People also had no form for what they were saying they just said a bunch of stuff and then they were done.
I believe that in Language Arts class I have improved on how to write things like reflections based on Mr. Horvath's specifications because of all the practice and tips he gave us. For example, Mr. Horvath is probably the only teacher that has ever told me a summary can be only two sentences long and can still be good if you include the basic information, ( somebody, wanted, but, so, and). Another technique he taught us was the all important SEW statement which actually really helped me get what I was trying to say across much clearer. So, this is why I believe that from Marking Period 1 is some great tips for basic writing responses.
@Jess M
I agree with your opinion on people's presentations because everyone seemed at least a little nervous, ( which is exactly what happened to me)! You said that, " Mostly everyone got up in front of the class and did nothing but talked, mostly stuttering. They seemed like they had not practiced and weren't very comfortable." You also said that, "I think we need to work on presentation skills so presenting will be more interesting and people wont be so nervous." So, since I also think that in Marking Period 2 we should work on public presentations, I agree with your comment.
I think that we should work more on writing skills just like this marking period. This is because it personally interests me to learn how to write better. I know that I am terrible at writing but the one thing that I have always struggled on was persuasive writing. But this last persuasive essay, I did amazing. Learning more writing skills would help me do even better in LA for now and forever.
@Katelyn O.
I agree. This is because I did terrible on my presentation. I would like to learn more about how to present. I also made my summary way to long. I think that learning how to present would be a good thing to do in marking period 2.
I agree with anirbas because i also think it is hard to talk in Socratic circles. Although i am not very quiet I still think because we are graded on how much we talk all of the loud people like me fight over who leads and talks the most. Also it is hard to talk because you don't want to interrupt people but if you wait till the person talking is completely finished someone will start talking before you can say your ideas. Lastly we are talking with a large group so it is hard to hear everybody's ideas this makes people interrupt. All of these things make Socratic circle hard for everyone to talk therefor hard to grade.
a few things I struggled with is time. I forgot to read my book an then I had to read the whole book and do the prject in 2 weeks. I thought my creativity was good with the sparkles and cross word puzzles. i thnk my hand writing got bettwe with this too
Jess M said...
I agree with jess m when she says that the technics that mr. H gave us helped. they helped alot. this shows when i didnt use SEW statment on a peice in comouters and i got a 90 and then i got a 100 when i did!
In the first marking period, I struggled with the writing prompt. I got a 9/13, which is way lower than I wanted. I lost one point because I did not start my paragraphs with transitions, which could have been fixed if I had reviewed my notes. In addition, I lost three points because I did not underline my triplets. From now on, I know to get a better grade, I must underline my triplets. Therefore, I struggled on the first marking period writing propmt, but now I know how to improve my writing skills for the next writing assingment.
@AVgleek17,
I agree with you that Mr. Horvath gave us great writing tips that improved our writing skills in the first marking period. Mr. Horvath taught us about triplets, which helped us sum up our ideas in one sentence. When we used triplets, our writing improvedand we recieved better grades. Also, Mr. Horvath taught us how to go back a edit our writing sentence-by- sentence. We mark each sentence, then we go through and make sure it is not a fragment. Therefore, Mr. Horvath's writing tips helped us improve our writing in the first marking period.
In this past marking period, I struggled a bit with the Socratic Circles. It's not that I didn't do the work, and reflection, but that people keep on talking. I feel like I am interupting others. Then when the groups were split up into two groups, I was watching the group with more leaders, it looked vicious! I think that some people also just talk to talk. So quiet people, don't get their chance to speak about all of the work they did.Although I struggled with the Socratic Circles I did well on SEW statements. This is most likely because we are constantly practising them every week.
@ G-MAN
You said that you got A+'s on everything this making period. But that doesn't nessesarily mean that you didn't struggle with ANYTHING. I got all good grades as well, but I still feel as though I struggled with Socratic Circles, and that I can improve upon them. It's not that letter grade that determines whether or not you struggled, but perhaps if it took you longer to think of, or a longer time to come up with that determines whether you struggled.
One thing that I have improved on are the Socratic Circles because I have been participating in them more. Last year in language arts, I didn’t talk as much as I do this year. Since we’ve been doing them more often, I have gotten used to talking and sharing my opinion with the class. Even though I’ve done well in most of them, I get cut off a lot, but I have learned to push through so I can talk without getting interrupted. This has also made me more comfortable with talking in front of the class, and asking other classmates questions. Also, writing the T-Chart, annotating, QAR questions and finding further research has helped me a lot in understanding the article and how it relates to the world, which helps a lot during the Socratic Circle.
I agree with you @Kibble because the Socratic Circles do get difficult when other classmates interrupt you. However, I think something you can work on is speaking louder and don’t stop talking so your classmates know that it’s your turn to speak. Also, if you feel others in your group are quiet and don’t get a lot of opportunities to speak, then you should try bringing them into the conversation as well. If you’ve ever heard “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” then this also relates to in the circle. If you never take a chance to cut someone off to take, then you’ll never get an opportunity to speak.
I struggled at the writing prompt this year. I got a 9/13 on it. I think that there should be use of technology in Language Arts class because its STEM. This is because STEM stands for Science, TECHNOLOGY, Engineering, and Math. The class are not boring but they would be more interesting and fun when we use laptops. Kids would rather use laptops then read out of a book.
I agree with you @Anonymous because i improved on Socratic Circle also. In the beginning of the year I barely talked but now I and talking more and not interrupting people.
I also had problems with the writing prompt. I also think we should use laptops mores cause kids wouldnt get bored as fast and you could read books online.
@the big ru
i agree with you because when one person talks other people dont get to talk. Thats bad because if you dont get to talk you get a bad grade.
The thing I learned about most in the first marking period is how to answer an open ended question. This is because in 5th and 6th grade, I used to get 1's on open ended questions. However, now that I learned how to use SEW statements, I am getting 2's, which helps my grade. Therefore, now I am getting A's in Language Arts, so I am now good at open ended questions.
@ Logan S I also think we should use laptops more in Language Arts. For example, if we wanted to learn more about author's craft, we could look up different paragraphs from articles online and compare how the authors write. I also think everyone's grades would go up because everyone would be more interested in Language Arts. Therefore, laptops would make Language Arts a lot better.
i would have liked to not have as much writing because that is something i am terrible with unless it is fiction which is fun to write. i also did not like the SEW statements we had to do because at times they really did bother me.
we did need more tech in LA because it would help people to be more interested and not just wondering when horvath will finally just close the windows once and for all. i did like how we do socratic circle because it gives us insight on what other people thought about a subject.
This past marking period, I struggled with my writing pieces. I want to improve on my writing and learn how to use figurative language, triplets, and magic threes effectively. In my essays, I do not believe I used them correctly so I would like to learn how they are properly used and how to come up with better ones. My writing is one thing I struggled on, so hopefully I can improve as a writer as the year goes on.
@Logan S. I agree with you about the technology and that we should use it in Language Arts because we are in STEM. After all, the "T" in STEM stands for technology. The class would definitely be more interesting and fun if we used our technology opposed to books. Since we are in STEM and have the privilege to use our laptops, we should take advantage of it.
@Logan S. I agree with you about the technology and that we should use it in Language Arts because we are in STEM. After all, the "T" in STEM stands for technology. The class would definitely be more interesting and fun if we used our technology opposed to books. Since we are in STEM and have the privilege to use our laptops, we should take advantage of it.
@Logan S. I agree with you about the technology and that we should use it in Language Arts because we are in STEM. After all, the "T" in STEM stands for technology. The class would definitely be more interesting and fun if we used our technology opposed to books. Since we are in STEM and have the privilege to use our laptops, we should take advantage of it.
@Logan S. I agree with you about the technology and that we should use it in Language Arts because we are in STEM. After all, the "T" in STEM stands for technology. The class would definitely be more interesting and fun if we used our technology opposed to books. Since we are in STEM and have the privilege to use our laptops, we should take advantage of it.
I am a real procrastinator and I think it would be really good if I didn't put everything to the last minute. That would be good because then I would have more time to play or rest then doing my work. I also think that it would be good if we used more technology.
I could improve on getting all my assignments in on time! I want to do this because i handed in my blog comments late. I want to go to the library more as a class because I would like to pick out books that I like! When i went to the library alone, i got to pick out any book I wanted and there was a whole section blocked off for us! This is what I would like to do more in Language Arts class!
Katelyn O., I really agree! You said there were lots of people getting up in front of the class not knowing what to say!I hope we learn how to give a well-supported presentation that really gets our classmates to REMEMBER and enjoy the assignment. Also I hope the audience gets "the point" of the the book and what we really got out of it!
I think that this marking period went pretty well but it was more challenging to get the good grades then the other years. For example, in the past years I would get easy 100's and I wouldn't really have to try to get the grades I wanted. This year, being at STEM, there are many more projects, my math class is much harder, and I am finding myself having many late nights. I am happy with what I accomplished because I got mostly the same grades as other years and worked much harder. I feel that I have improved in every subject because I have very good teachers, that teach me a lot.
I agree with u don't know me because I feel that my writing has improved more in this marking period then in any other year. You said that you used to wright random structures. I had the same problem. Now that I know about SEW, magic 3's, triplets, and figurative language, my writing has improved immensely. Although I struggled with writing in the beginning, I think my writing has gotten much better. I can now stick to a topic and create an organized, good piece of writing.
In this quarter I had mainly struggled with the SEW staments because I realize that I had been confused with something. Although I had not improved in any at all except for SEW statements and my essay's. But I would like to see more often is talking about people like Edgar or stories like Allen Poe and Shakespeare, the lottery, Emily Dickinson, To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal farm. Essentially I would like to see true literature showing how we think and the vividness of story and ones perspective. This I would like to do because it gives a basic overview of all writing showing perspectives, using your information that you can find about the time period for which your writing about and detail.
@Logan s. I agree with you because it would make Language arts more interesting using technology and it would make sense because it is Stem and we are a different kind of school so let's use that because many other school other schools cannot do what we do so let's use this to our advantage or there is no use on doing this having this academy. So we can have a better chance of doing better than other schools and succeeding our older siblings and generations before us.
I feel that I need to get better at not pushing things away and thinking I'll just do it tomorrow or something. I want this because it will give me more time to do my other work and to have some free time. Also I think we could use more of our technology. I mean we are in STEM, so I think that we should use our computers more.
@ Anonymous
I agree with you. I think that I also got better in Socratic Circles. I think that I have participated a little more than when we first started and also I think I have become better at doing the reflections and the T-Chart and such.
I struggled w/ persuasive writing because I did not know many methods for persuading somebody. But I did learn more methods such as 9 out of 10 people and 99% kind of thing.
@ WhenCupcakesAttack I agree I should do better with that too I am very lazy and I need to break that habit. It sometime dooms me because if I have some homework one night and I get through it but decide not to do the work due day after tomorrow I sometimes take a chance that I wont have much the next night so I can do the work then but if I have a ton of homework and I cant get to it I'm doomed.
I wish I could have done better in getting my homework done well because i would have had like an A if I had but instead I didn't do so well. Ireally could have done better in persuasive writing because that was a terrible grade for me and I think I would do better now hat I know what to do.
@ Ghost I could have done much better in persuasive I got like a 7 out of 13 and it was al because of silly things like not highlighting but thats my fault .
@anirbas,I agree, sometimes there's that time in the socratic circle where it's just kind of like an awkward silence and you know you should say something but you don't know what.
I struggled with the Socratic Circles the most because I am really shy in big crowds. I could have forced myself to be not as shy but I just couldnt speak. Something about the Socratic Circle I can improve on is not being to quiet and out of the conversation. Stop listening only and start to speak up. Something that I improved on was the vocab quizzes and theme jornal. I kept up to task and I improved on focus because I am not good at focusing on one thing. I would like to do more extra credit so I can help my grade and also use more technology at times to help our grades.
KateO
I agree with you becayse I hate talking in front of people alone. I forget what to say and just grab background knowledge I remember. So I think we need practice in talking infront of people. I guess it is because some people are shy. Like me. But I think we should do more exercises on it.
I think that this marking period went very well. This is because I learned a lot of new methods for good writing. Some examples are triplets magic threes and figurative language. I am glad I learned thesse because they make writing interesting to read. That is why I am happy with what we learned in this first marking period.
@Ryan
I disagree with you. Although Technology may be in the name of STEM, I do not think we should use more technology in Language Arts. I think it would be unecesary and would waste time. I also do not think it is good to be sitting in front of a screen for so long. LA is a nice break from that. Overall, I don't think we should use more technology in LA.
I struggled with the persuasive writing pieces because I didn't completely understand the writing format. I improved on the Socratic circles because I failed all of them except for the last two which I got A's on. Something I want to use more in in Language Arts this year is more technology. We don't use enough technology. Therefore, I struggled with the persuasive writing piece, I improved on the Socratic circles, and I want to use more technology in Language Arts this year.
@Sir Awesome
I agree with you because we did learn some new methods for good writing. For example, you said that we learned triplets, magic threes, and figurative language. Therefore, I agree with you because we learned some new methods for good writing
I struggled the most with Socratic Circles in the beginning of the year because I didn't get how to do them. Now I do, however, and I am pretty good at them. I think this is because I learned how they worked from experience, and I got to participate more.
@ Anonymous
I Had a similar problem, because I didn't always check the websites for homework, and Socratic Circles are my weakness.
Emerson34
I agree with your comment as I think Language Arts would be more interesting and any other class with the use of our laptops. It allows us to look up things we don't know, keep all our files and documents in one place so we cannot loose them.
I think that Marking Period 1 went very well because I learned/relearned writing and reading methods. I grew stronger in writing persuasive essays and learned how to participate in a socratic circle. All in all, Marking period one was a great quarter because I learned/relearned writing and reading methods.
I thought this marking period went well because I learned how to S.E.W up my writing. This has helped me in almost everything I write. I first write my Statement, next is my Evidence and finally I finish it off with my Why. Therefore, since I learned how to S.E.W and it has helped me in all other classes, marking period 1 in L.A has been very good.
This first marking period left me struggling with figuring out what to write for the first 5-10 minutes of class. I was worried that when my journal was graded the quality of the writing would be poor, so I would get a bad grade. I didn't want to write something that didn't make sense to me or that didn't appeal to me because then, my heart and mind wouldn't be in my writing and the writing on the pages would not reflect on my personal style or way I write. Therefore, since I was not enthusiastic about some of the topics for the everyday journal, I could not put my best onto the paper and struggled with the 5-10 min. a day writing.
The first marking period was tough because my old teachers taught with a different learning style than my STEM teachers. I learned how to do a lot of new things, like how to S.E.W, or how to write better. That's why the first marking period was tough.
In the first marking period, I defiantly had a hard time on presentations. We had do presentations in a lot of classes and it was hard to keep up with it all. But, I improved on studying more. Last year I never studied. This year I studied a couple times a week. Which is better. As the year goes on, I want to take less notes and more hand-on activities. We never do hand-on activities, but we take a lot of notes. I want more hand on activities because they are more fun, and it's an easier way to learn for me. I want less notes because it's always a stress for me. I forget one little note, and I cant study for the test. It's hard to write all the notes down.
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