Nico's First Blog

Agenda

Blog/Comment of The Week

T.O Notes 

RJ Check

Collect P.W.P

 Well, this is my first blog and I totally don't know what to write about. Congrats to Isai for winning comment of the week. Thanks, Fransisco, for picking me :P Well, right now we are talking about Ch.7 of The Outsiders. We are talking about the hospital and how it is at the Curtis house..Uyyy!!Hahaha I just saw Hastings in a Ducks suit with a dress! Well, now we are talking about how Pony has to go to court. That must suck. Ponyboy has nightmares. He is in denial of his parents' death. His doctor sucks all he said is to keep him busy. For a moment I forgot how to spell busy. I'm felling pretty retarded. I keep going off topic. Let me try to stop. Okay, well Sandy moved to Florida.OMG Sandy is pregnant! Why would she leave with a baby in her tummy? That is soo wrong! Well, now we are talking about what Bob wanted from his parents, to put their foot down. Aww man does someone want let me copy their notes? Now we are talking about the writing process. We are talking about editing and publishing.Now we are going to do a personal writing process. Ms. Nakada was adorable in second grade!! :) I changed my mind I am going to put in a picture.

                                         Honey, Ronan, and me!! We are too cute ;) <3

Well, bye class. I have totally ran out of words. Happy Tuesday.

                                              With the bestie!! :) 

Francisco's First Blog

Blog
english scores
T.o. Notes
The writing process
Hw
RJ 3.2
T.o.  p. 100-118

Happy birthday, Honey!

Zeyna just finished reading the blog from yesterday and now we are taking notes on chapter 6. Dally doesn't want Johnny to turn himself in because he doesn't want him to turn tough and mean like him. Then there is a plot twist when they come back from Dairy Queen the church is on fire. We are now reading some of The Outsiders. We are reading the part where Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids from the burning church. Then Pony comes to and Jerry is staring at him in an ambulance. Jerry thinks Pony and Johnny and Dally are heros. Oh man. Now I'm going to have to copy all this tomorrow from someone. Multitasking isn't the easiest thing to do. Now back to The Outsiders. Pony turns out okay but Dally had a pretty bad burn on his arm. Johnny is hurt real badly. Hee broke his back and has lots of burns. Doing this blog thing is hard. Thanks Zayna !!!!!!! We just finished reading and the chapter ends with Darry and Pony reuniting and everything is okay. We are now figuring out our English scores. Yeah, I got an A. I hope everyone else got an A or B. The writing process: Prewriting is when you are thinking about what you are going to write. Some people brainstorm, sketch, outline, draft, and dream. Drafting writing your  ideas down. Try to use complete sentences make paragraphs and correct convenions. Revising rading your draft and try to make it better like organizaton. Ahh the bell rang bye now.

Zeyna's First Blog

Agenda
BLOG
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
revision marks
Personal Spelling List
English scores
HW: RJ 3.1 T.O. p. 85-99


 Writing a blog will probably be the hardest thing I'm ever gonna do. I keep asking Honey and Ronan what to do, and what to write, but they were getting kinda annoyed. Ms. Nakada just started reading Nothing Gold Can Stay. I don't really understand this poem but we're about to talk about it so let's find out. Gomez said that poem is about, that nothing last forever. Riley thinks this poem is really depressing and I have to agree; it's pretty depressing. I'm trying to multitask but I can't seem to do it very well. I can't see the board/projector/screen thing; I don't know exactly what to call it. Hey Gomez, do you think I can copy your notes??? Overhearing the class conversation, I think they are talking about how the seasons come and go, and the flowers aren't there forever. I'm not sure if that's actually what they said but that's what I interpreted out of all the conversations. "Then leaf subsides to leaf" this part means that when a leaf dies it can be replaced. Riley usually likes to disagree with things, so she disagreed with this poem. She's saying that the whole concept of the poem she disagrees with. She says sometimes it's better for it not to stay gold. "Even if the flowers dying and looks wilted, it still looks pretty cool." Aye Riley I quoted you :). Nakada just said, "Maybe staying young is not the best thing in the world." I agree with that because if I were to stay 13 for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be able to experience the world. Most of the world would probably be a blur. Did you know in the poem when they say her, they mean nature. There is alliteration in this poem, repetion, rhyme, personification, illusion, and IMAGERY!!!!!! GOTTA LOVE IMAGERY Cx We just finished reading the poem and now Nakada is going over the revision marks and what they mean. Lenin knew I didn't want to do the blog today... I told him during second period not to pick me, but no he had to pick me, and now I have no idea what to write. Eli just mentioned Lenin and Ms. Nakada's Spanish lesson, and he has no idea how to say apostrophe <---(I'm not sure if I spelled that right) Ronan keeps complaining about Nakada going too fast; Ronan you just need to keep up :) Ronan you also need to watch the way you say hate because saying you hate Mrs. Cruz is mean and it can hurt people's feelings. We are know discussing our personal spelling list..... Good luck Gomez. Basically if you have spelling errors on a writing assignment you put them on your spelling list. Hey guess what....I got the hang of multitasking; kinda :) People can't spell a lot of words haha. Alright so Ronan said my blog is really long, but I have no idea how long to make it. 

 Isn't Honey the most  photogenic person ever :D

Juan's First Blog

Agenda
Blog/Comment's of the Week
T.O. Notes
R.J. check-Collect "Who Are You"
HWEnjoy Your Weekend!
GO DODGERS!!!!!

! Lenin's Point Of View!

So I got picked for the Blog, which I didn't want to be picked! Thanks Riley!!! Anyway, the class is talking about how Johnny left to go get supplies and PonyBoy is startled by how Johnny left him. Ms. Nakada gave me and some other people some candy, for "Comment Of The Week." I got myself a Reese's candy and I love Reese's!! I don't know what to talk about so, yeah.? I don't like to type, but you know, someone had to pick me. Cough cough "Everyone look at Riley"! So the class is on the bottom of page 76.  Ms. Nakada was reading. So, I still am not done with my "I am" thingy. I was scared Ms. Nakada was going to give me a straight F!! But she hasn't collected them!! So I'm happy.  I'm Juan as you may know. I am the only Juan that this class knows!! I'm gonna start doing what Gomez or Robert as I CALL HIM, but not a lot. Greasers blah blah blah Socs blah blah blah collecting I am poems blah blah blah and I'm scared to give her mine, but you know, I'm scared.           SEE A BULLY,STOP A BULLY...... Well I'm off. Bye Computer. !!And Stay Cool Third Period!! I may either choose Honey,Zeyna, or Diana. I don't know. Gonna see who I pick.

   

Riley's First Blog

Agenda
Blog
T.O Notes
Who are you?
HW
Who are you due @ the end of class tommorow!

Hi, this is my first blog and I actually have no idea what to put here. Thanks Gomez. Class started out with us doing our Outsiders Cornell Notes. Fun Fact: the conflict of the book so far in every chapter seems to be greasers vs Socs. Minor conflicts also pop up throughout the story such as Johnny's parents abusing him, and Zander's spoiler involving Soda. Right now what is the main conflict in real life you ask? My pen ran out of ink. Anyways, conflicts are beginnning to get resloved in The Outsiders and we wont end up liking the outcome (SPOILER HAHAHA). We are at our You in the World question and Ms. Nakada says that she relates to Cherry and Pony. Personally I think Gomez relates to Martia because, if I gave Gomez a coke after being mean, he would drink it. Ms. Nakada is giving us time to work on our I am pieces. I am not even close to being done :-).  Can we pretend that you're reading this in Courier New? Ok, so Ms. Nakada said that back in her day, her phone still had a cord. Ha, talk about throwback Thursday. At least when she was in school they had phones *cough* Hastings *cough*. Well, instead of being Saved By the Bell I'm going to work on the I am thing because that sounds important. ByeeeeeEeeeeEeEEE

Gomez's First Blog!

Blog
T.O. Notes
Who are you?
HW: RJ 2.3 T.O. p. 68-85

Hey its Gomez writing his first blog...yay. Class has just started and you can hear everyone's notebook opening. Mickey read her blog and said the comment war between her and Maytal was funny, however it wasn't. Just kidding, Mickey. Not really. Then we start summaring what we read on Tuesday. Movie blah blah blah mustang blah blah blah sleep blah blah blah slap blah blah blah ya. It is pretty quiet. For a while. Which is kind of weird. Actually it was completly unnatural, until Ms. Nakada started reaading and people kept coming in to switch out of her class. Then Zeyna, Mickey, Eli, Nico, Ronan, and Honey read chapter 4. When Johnny kills someone. SPOILER ALERT!!! Anyway Lenin gives his spanish lesson. We also find out about Ms. Nakada keeping her last name and everyone clapped. I just found out that the person Johnny killed was Bob. We start with the notes Who Are You and Lenin say that he is the only Juan. LOL. Ms. Nakada tells us about the poems and random autobiographies. THE END

Mickey's First Blog

Blog

T.O. Notes
HW: RJ 2.2 T.O. p. 53-67

It's a Tuesday today and Ronan picked me to do this blog. Ms. Nakada just let Maytal and I read our comments aloud and it was pretty funny. Everyone is now reading through their notes about being better readers. The people who did their blog before me all mentioned 3rd period being Ms. Nakada's favorite part of the day, so I will mention it too. Third period is the best period ever! I'm looking up at the white board and I see that third period even has the most points, so let's keep up the good work. Aloof, someone who doesn't really show who they really are. Gomez mentions Cory M. (Fin from Glee) who he thought was sort of a loof and passed away not long ago. R.I.P Cory. Ms. Nakada's college roomate sneezes funny. Now, Ms. Nakada is reading out loud and discussing with the class. The Outsiders is a really good book. I can tell because almost everyone is ahead of where they're actually supposed to be reading. All of my classmates are talking about Chapter 3, and honestly how couldn't you be after what Johnny did. So far Lenin and Ms. Nakada didn't have their Spanish lessons today, or at least not that I know of. The class today is really calm and everyone has been very cooperitive. Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing, it's just they had to be calm on the exact day I'm writing a blog. It's okay. No hard feelings. Anyway it's a short day today so I should end it before the bell rings. Bye everybody!

Ronan's First Blog

Agenda:
Blog
Q&S for "WGRD"
T.O Notes
HW: RJ 2.1 T.O. p. 37-52

This is our fifth day in Ms. Nakada's 3rd per. English class. We just got back from our weekend so everyone is still kinda tired. Lenin and Ms. Nakada are still succeeding in their Spanish lessons.
Currently we are making cornell notes with our "what good readers do" notes from Friday and Thursday.

Right now Angel is chewing gum and making the excuse of chewing his tongue. Ms. Nakada has politley asked him to stop and not eat in her class. I think Ms. Nakada instead of telling us about cornell notes should tell us about how 3rd per. clique is her favorite part of the day. We review the characters from the book and then read through some of chapter 2. This has been another fun day in Ms. Nakada's class

Maytal's First Blog

Agenda

Blog

Your Reading Plan

Reader's Workshop

Reading Journal Check

HW: Enjoy your weekend!

Hey so my other blog just earsed but its Maytal.

It day 4 in our class and Kelly just one comment of the week and got a kit kat..Yummy! We are currently talking about our reading plan and what we are going to read after we finish The Outsiders. We also just won a point so we have three points. Seven more to go till our party, ahhhh! We just had a laugh about Lenin and Ms. Nakada's spanish class. It was about what day it was and Ms.Nakada got it right :) overall this is by far Ms.Nakada best period. We discussed books we want to read and then Ms. Nakada checked reading journals. We read silently and then briefly discussed chapter 2 of The Outsiders when Pony, Johnny, and Dally go to the movies. They meet Cherry and Marcia, two Soc girls, and Dally bugs them. Cherry throws a Coke in Dally's face and he leaves. Then, Johnny and Cherry hang out with the girls and Pony tells Cherry about what happened to Johnny. Well, thats i't for today! 

Eli's First Blog

Agenda:
BLOG
R.J. Check 1.1
What do good readers do?

HW: R.J. 1.2 The Outsiders pp. 19-36
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It's the third day in our class today. We talked about how the blog works and the comment of the week. If the top comment wins, they will get a minor treat, like chocolate or something sugary. Yum!!! We had a few laughs when Lenin was teaching Ms. Nakada some Spanish. Our class read aloud part of their reading journals. We were talking about what happens in the previous chapter and Ms. Nakada is writing up her own reading journal. We took notes about what a good reader does. Here are the ideas people thought of.

Ms. Nakada's First Blog

Agenda

Blog

Course Outlines

The Outsiders

Reading Journal 

HW: RJ 1.1 T.O. p. 1-18

It's the second day of school and my third period class came in (many of them late because the bell didn't ring on time). Everyone found their assigned seats and started writing down the agenda. We named our class blog which was a quick and painless process thanks to Kelly's idea :). A couple of students passed out The Outsiders books and I took attendance and recorded book numbers. I collected  course outlines and ALMOST everyone turned theirs in, but one was missing so the class didn't earn a point, but I explained how if the class earns 10 points for perfection we get a reward like doughnuts or

pizza.

Once all of that was done we set up our reading journals like this:

Student Name's Reading Journal

Reading Log

Title              Author        Date Started        A /  C
1. The Outsiders SE Hinton 

The A/C stands for abandoned or completed. Then we started reading The Outsiders as a class and set up the actual reading journals like this:

1.1     8/14/13        The Outsiders            p. 1-18

We learned the narrator is a greaser and he lives with his two brothers because his parents died. He's walking home from the theatre when a bunch of Socs surround him. We discussed the homework for tonight: to write a summary of the rest of the chapter. 

That's all for the day!