What is the theme of the City of Ember

          I think the theme of the City of Ember is that everyone should help everyone and then that will make it better.  Also it could mean you have limited resources and you have to use it.

Humanities blogpost

TFF

          In this quarter we have learned lots of new thing, I learned how to write historical articles we wrote many drafts of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.  We also read historical articles About the TFF and also about the Bangladesh TFF final draft I read a book called Boys without names and that helped me on my reading skills and then for the use of sophisticated language.  With the discussion note catcher that helped me on working collaborate on our literature discussion and talking about the book.
          Also I didn't enjoy so much poetry and now I like it because you have a freedom to write whatever you want. In the poetry portfolio I have my top 3 poems I wrote. I grew a lot on my poems, I use rhymes  Poetry portfolio.  I have learned in one big way and that is being a writer and a reader I am writing now longer essays also we have read many books like Ties that Bind Ties that break, out of bounds, Boys without name and Real Kids, real stories and Real changes.
          We also learned about the pre industrial revolution and the industrial revolution also rural areas, incremental, subsistence cottage industry and agrarian society. The learning target that best fits me was 3.0 about writing a poem. Last I am willing to do more poems and do some more reading.

Out of bounds book

writing reflections

              This quarter, there were many challenges in my writing.  I used to write shorter stories but now they are longer and more complex.  Also I used to write the sentences without thinking about pacing. Now I realize that pacing is very important, because it makes the reader read the story in parts.  As an example the story can move slow in the beginning, fast in the middle and medium in the end. The writer can choose in which part of the story they want to move slow, medium or fast.  
              Another change in my writing is that I use figurative language more frequently.   I enjoy using it because it make me feel more into the story.  I now know how to use a comparison such as  "The blood trickling down, looked like a trail of ants. " I also used this simile in my writing, " He kicks the door open and runs out as fast as a cheetah.", which I used in my historical fiction narrative : https://docs.google.com/a/graded.br/document/d/1tqqNkY-FDJYf3sKfDhYbmj3lGImYmO4SL4VGM3-s0fM/edit.  Another simile that I can use is "the dogs fur was so hot I felt like I was wearing a jacket on a sunny day. "
               Previously I had never used footnotes, but now I know that it is important because the reader can understand the words better. I used footnotes frequently when writing my last historical writing, because there are more historical facts that some people may not know.  As an example, I did a footnote on "passbook" Link and the name Hector, who was the first boy killed in the Soweto Uprising.
          I think my biggest growth this quarter was on writing a historical fiction.  It was difficult because I was writing about a time in which I was not there and did not know about.  I still hope to improve on having a sequence and writing without making easy grammar mistakes.  The learning target that I did most of was perseverance and risk taker, because in writing long stories you have to be very engaged all the time. Also I had to take risks in using figurative language.    I think I worked very well on BlT 3, sensory details.

How can language be a form of oppression?

    Language can be a form of oppression when some one says a word in a language that you don't know and it is talking about race. It is also when the students in Soweto Uprising:thousands of students stand united.  This is when all those students protesting that they wanted freedom and no difference in race.   How people judge others bye there skin color or eyes etc. In the book typewriter the police were capturing people who got out of there houses plus they would be in trouble.

My progress through the first Quarter- SLC

      In humanities class we learned about many things.  One of those many things were the Chinese history and that the Boxers fought vs the foreigners.  Also Its main tradition that is foot binding, we also read a book that was about foot binding. The name of the book is Ties that bind ties that break.  Also all this relates to the vocabulary words that we were studying.  Some of the words are tirade, imperialism and wailing.  We worked on the vocabulary words in quizlet. After we learned all these words we got all the interesting words and put them all in an order.  Example: Tradition- wailing because doesn't wont tradition.
     During all the reading we did some tests/ quizes about the book and the new vocabulary words.  Every day we reading our BIG learning targets, the big learning targets is a goal we we have for out class.  We always try to complete our goals.  My teacher posts our homework and grades on veracross, parents can view our scores.  She also tells us if our quizes or tests are summative or formative.  Formative doesn't count for grade, however summative does count for grade.
     One pretty big topic that is literature circle.  How to managed to, organize, prepare and talk.   We learned that a good literature circle has book open to use evidence, eye contact and listening.  We should always bring a pencil and some papers to help you out  for a better presentation.  We used cameras to see how we do part of the literature circle. In Edpuzzle we look at videos and answer questions.
     For my learning habits I would give myself a 4 for responsibility because I always bring all the materials necessary for class.  Also I am responsible for doing my homework, writing in agenda, looking at veracroos, and when arriving to class I start work quickly by getting out 1 or 2 min before recess ends.  A 3 for curious because I ask questions and tell myself what were going to do in class.  I would give myself a 3 for being inclusive because I work well with people like my friends.  Being inclusive also means inviting people mostly, one example were I invite is at lunch and recess.  For me one of the most important is perseverance/ risk taker.  I would give myself a 3 for perseverance/risk taker because I always try my best to get good grades and to know what the teacher expects me to know.  However sometimes I chat with my friends and get distracted.  Adding on it isn't often that I chat in class with my friends.   This is a chart that I did that gives a bit more examples about what I think are my scores, in all classes.
     Last but not least, I will talk about class scribe and what is it.  Class scribe is when you are chosen to write a blog post about how was your day at school.  What you did in class, your homework, agenda that is what we do in class, it is shown on the board.  Everyone in the class does class scribe.  We also add photos of people working hard and videos. My class scribe post.  My best core value/ learning habit is responsible.  It is responsible because I always bring my materials and always do my homework.  Rarely I don't do my. homework


Some goals I have

• read 20-30 min every day
• write a summary or tell my parents about the book I read