Thursday, April 28, 2011

CST Testing Reflection

I had the worst testing experience of my life. The only one was okay with was the writing one but I fell asleep because I was sick so I ended up on guessing on a lot of them. The math part was okay. The first half was really easy because I'm pretty good at math but the second half I knew absolutely NOTHING. I missed school for almost 3 months so all of the math on the second half I had no clue how to even start. The history was the same because it was mostly about World War I and I was not in school when that was being taught. I'm glad I'm a sophomore because this test was mostly placement so next year I will make sure to not miss school and keep myself up with work so the tests are easier.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Free Choice Blog Post

I do not know what to write about in a free blog post. I am not a very creative person nor do I have a good imagination. This is a late assignment, but today we had a sub. Personally I really liked the sub but a lot of the class was very mean and disrespectful to her. I don't know why though, she seems like a very nicde woman with beautiful hair. I think Heather was the worst, she said some pretty harsh thigns. I feel bad because I laughed at some of the things that she said. But today I made up a lot of missing work so I had a productive day.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Testing Tips, Strategies, and Plays Reflection

My feelings on the upcoming CSTs are very mixed. I do not like taking them because I feel they are very long and boring but at the same time I feel very prepared. I know good test taking strategies especially with all that we have been learning in our classes. The packets and what the teachers have been saying to me have helped me with getting ready to take the test. I know to manage my time wisely, not be too stressed, really pay attention to the questions and all of the answers, and to check my work over again. Doing the play has helped me in a few ways. When writing a play you have to follow a certain format so now I know to go back and make sure I am following the directions correctly. Also, it has helped me with being patient. I am no longer nervous to take the CSTs because with all that I have been doing I feel fully prepared.

Testing Tagul

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Playwrights Project Inspired by Music Paragraph

Today in class I listened to a song to help me write a scene idea. When I was listening to it it felt like a dark song. If it was a song with lyrics then I probably would have thought of better things. After the song I wanted to listen to it again because I was kind of forgetting what I was thinking.

Monday, April 11, 2011

UnGoogleable Research Paper Website Selection Reflection

Today in class I researched on regretting tattoos. To search for websites I used Google. When I found a website that went with my focus question I clicked on it and checked it out. Some websites were bad, how I knew that was it would have opinions, be from yahoo answers, or be poorly written. When I found a website that looked good I used it. Websites that looked good were mostly .gov or .org, they were neatly organized, and easy to read. Tomorrow I think Ms. Priester will be happy with my websites and not have me redo them.

Third Quarter Awards Review

I felt the third quater awards was boring for me. It was cool to see who got awards but i don't know the people and i wasn't here last quarter, so it was like wathcing the VMAs without seeing any of the videos. I think it is cool that they give money to the students who get good grades because it is showing acknowledgment to their hard work. I hope to get some type of an award during the 4th quarter awards.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

UnGoogable Website Evaluation

"Switch” Play Audience Member Experience

Being an audience member of the Playwrights project was hard. This is my first placement and I am just now getting use to the system. I felt that it was a very educational play that many people should watch to get more information about foster kids in California. It showed me how hard case workers actually work and how I should be more appreciative of them. Seeing some of the stuff was hard though, watching the young boy being taken away from his mother, when the mom was saying how she wonders how her daughter is doing, the teenager who lives on the street because he is not aloud in a home anymore, and many others. I got emotional and even angry but when I look back on it im grateful to have gotten to see that play. If more people watched that then maybe foster kids in California would be looked at differently and understood better.