February 16,2012

 I am posting today to make up for days that people took my day to post to catch up.
What did we do?
Today Ms.Lees was away so we had a substitute. For the first block we took notes on pages 47 to 53.
It had to be one of the note taking skills we learned already like the web of the cornell. If we finish the note taking, we were supposed to write a diagram comparing a woman's right in the middle ages and woman's rights right now. It was on pages 50-51 and page 53. There was another page in chapter five somewhere too, tittles 'woman's rights in late middle ages'.Majority of the people did Venn Diagrams. If we finished all of that, we start working on chapter 8 questions for  "There Will Be Wolves".
 During second block we worked on the thing mentioned in the first block. When you finished everything all the work done in the the textbooks, you show your notes and diagram to the teacher and she checks your name off. near the end of the class the substitute hands back our chapter 1-5 questions for "There Will Be Wolves". The substitute told us why we got some marks like a "X"( Which was because we either did not do the questions or misunderstood it.)She also wrote down how we could make it better, like never writing down"I think..."or "In my opinion..."ever unless it asks you to.
Why we did it:
 We took notes so we could study them when there is a test on the chapter and to improve our note taking skills. Understanding the differences between a woman's rights back then and now shows us not to take our rights for granted. The questions for our novels really help us understand the story and therefore deepening our knowledge about the crusades.
 Knowing what we could do the questions better will greatly improve our grades for writing.
Connections:
Understanding more about the middle ages(what these entire blocks were about) really helps us when we get to  university if you study for history. The knowledge helps when you write a novel about life in the middle ages.
 Homework:
- "There Will Be Wolves" chapter 8 questions is due Friday(tomorrow)
Tips:
Having you parents check over your answers help! (Unless they do not understand or is not good in English)If the understood the what the questions was without seeing the question sheet then anybody els who knows the language could too!

my challenge

I gave up on my old challenge because I have been seriously forgetting about it for the past 3 days.
 My new challenge is to not watch anime* for a month except for Fridays , because I haven't watched anime since Friday last week. The reason for the exception is I attend Anime Club once every Friday and sometimes we watch anime. My reason for this challenge is because I want to rest my eyes so my eye degree does not climb higher and higher each year. Sight is lovely and I do not want to lose it. I plan to reach my goal by telling my parents that if I watch any anime at home, they are free to take away my computer privilege for a day. I value my computer time a lot because it is one of my only ways to get in touch with some of my friends that I do not see any more.
* watch anime: anime and manga are two entirely different things, manga is a type of book you read and anime is sort of like a cartoon you watch. So do not blame at me if you see me reading manga at the library!

Blog Post

What we did today:

Today, our whole class learned a little bit about the high middle ages. First, we learned about the different classes in the high middle ages. We had the kings, great nobles, lesser nobles, minor nobles, and the commoners(serfs and freeholders). It was pretty interesting to learn about these things because I never actually knew anything about the high middle ages. We also learned a bit about the Oats of Allegiance. There was 2 classes of the Oats of Allegiance: Canadian oath of citizenship, and also the vassal oath of allegiance. We compared the difference and the similarities about the 2 classes of oaths.

Why we did this:

We did this is to learn more about the history of the high middle ages. We also did the venn diagram because it can improve our skills of comparing.

Connections:

I think the things that we learned today were pretty interesting. I never knew anything about the high middle ages other than the crusaders so I think its pretty interesting to learn about the high middle ages. I also think that the venn diagram skill can help me in the future when I need to compare 2 things or more.

Homework.

-ch.7 there will be wolves if not finished

Tips:

-Try to stay focused in the class, copy down notes. You will eventually learn a lot about the high middle ages

Blog Post

Sorry, I was at USA yesterday so I didn't really get a chance

What we did:

On Thursday, we reviewed with the class about our 30 day challenge and also we watched a short part of the movie on the crusades. So far it was very interesting to hear everyone's 30 day challenge and so far I think its been a bit hard for me to do my 30 day challenge. We also did a little bit of the chapter 6 question for there will be wolves.

Why we did it:

We reviewed everyone's 30 day challenge so we can get a closer look to see who is doing there's and who's not doing there 30 day challenge. The other reason why we reviewed everyone's 30 day challenge is that we (as a class) can help the people struggling with the challenge to succeed the 30 day challenge! We took a look at the movie after. The reason why we looked at the movie is because we get a closer look at what the crusades were like back then. I learned actually quite a lot after watching that movie. I never actually knew anything about the crusades so this movie helped me a lot! After that, we took a little time doing some there will be wolves question (ch.6). The teacher also gave us some tips for doing the questions and showed us how the question should be done. In the last 10 minutes of class time we did some there will be wolves questions.

Homework:

-Chapter 6 questions for there will be wolves

Tips:

If you are struggling with the 30 day challenge here are some tips:

-Make a schedule

-Tell you parents what your doing and ask them for help

-Try to motivate yourself by giving yourself an award in the end

-Ask your friends or peers to help you

30 Day Challenge

For my 30 day challenge I have chose to try and excersise more, eating healthier, drinking the recommended servings of water per day, do my homework more, organize my binders better and play less video games. I chose all these things because I excersise alot but somedays less then others, so by eating healthier and drinking enough water it will get easier to excersise more. I chose to do my homework more so I would do better in school, organizing my binders will help me find work easier. I chose to play video games less because i would always get distracted my by video games, so i would ignore my homework to play video games instead. I plan on being able to reach my goals by listening to my brother for the excersise and eating better, for the water I will bring a water bottle to school. Also for the homework, do it before i play video games.

Blog Post

What we did today?

Today basically what we did was we reviewed our 30 day challenge post and also we did some there will be wolves questions. We also looked at some of the other blogs like Mrs. Morresettes blog. It was pretty unique and I thought the blog was cool. We also talked about how the 30 day challenge was related to the IDEO shopping cart video.

Connections:

I find that the IDEO shopping cart video was related to the 30 day challenge because you will need teamwork in order to achieve the 30 day challenge goal.

Homework:

-There will be wolves: chapter 5 questions

Blog Post: 30 day challenge

Personally its kind of hard thinking up for a 30 day challenge so I decided to do math challengers questions for 30 days! It's going to be kind of hard because I am mostly the kind of guy who is not focused so I will need help from my parents to keep me focused. I had already started on my 30 day challenge so I hope that both of my parents can help me do this challenge and I am hoping to improve a lot on my math skills!

30 Days Challenge

My 30 day challenge is to subtract Call of Duty (Video Games) to 2 hours a day. Also to add healthy eating, excersising more, drinking 8 glasses of water a day to stay more hydrated, and to start organizing my binders better.

Reminders

Since we spent the day revieiwing criteria, I thought it would be helpful to point out that tonight's homework had 3 parts and the format expected was a paragraph.  Check out my blog to review and update your posts please.

30 day challenge

My 30 day challenge is to practice piano everyday for an hour a day. To not eat to much junk food or unhealthy food and drink more water rather than pop or any drinks that contains soda inside it.
If I practice piano enough, I can get better and play more advanced music. If I eat and drink more healthy, I would be more fit and active.