June 2011
0 posts
Salsa Roja
En jueves en la clase de español nosotros hacimos salsa roja,y salsa verde. Yo ere en el salsa verde groupo. En salsa verde tu usos tomatillos no tomatoes. Tomatillos mire como los verde tomatoes. Tomatillos esta mas dulce de tomatoes. Nosotros ponemos jalapeños en la salsa hacer lo picante. Max comío un jalapeño y dice el es muy picante.
Primero nosotros hervido los tomatillos. Segundo...
May 2011
3 posts
Sugar Cooking Reflection
In science class we have been studying sugar to go a long with our cooking unit. We started by discussing different types of sugar and the stages it goes through when it is being cookied. We split up into groups and each picked a different type of candy that we wanted to make. My group, Trevor, Charlie and I chose fudge. The recipe we picked was for cookies and cream fudge. At first it looked...
Mock Trial Reflection
Last week the seventh and eighth grade worked on and held a mock trial. We were each emailed a packet with the case, the depositions of all four witnesses and a jury verdict form. We split up into two sides the Prosecution and Defense. Each side had a leader, Defense had Kasra and Prosecution had John. We discussed the packets in our groups and decided what would be the best strategy to win the...
April 2011
4 posts
Reflection para el Subjuntivo Proyecto
En la clase de español nosotros aprendimos sobre el subjuntivo. Nosotros hacimos documentarios sobre Hippies usando el subjunctivo. En mi groupo era Tati, Sydney, Sofia, Max y yo. Nosotros pelicular sobre muy estraña feminista hippies y su y el esperanzas y sueños. Este group esta muy loco. Haciendo el pelicular se un muy largo tiempo. Personas en el group se muy distractivo. En la fin de la...
Debate Reflection
In humanities class my started to experiment with having debates on current event topics. So far we have debated over, capital punishment and, U.S intervention in Libya. At first I liked the idea of the debates, then I chose a side and as soon as I started researching I wanted to change my side. I think that in the future we should be given time to do research before picking a side.
We are...
Great Artist Reflection
This year was the last great artist of my career at TCS. I have always enjoyed this time of year and as I move on I will miss it a lot. This year since our class couldn’t decide on one artist or a group of artists, like we have in the past, we each picked a different artist to study for the next six weeks. I wasn’t familiar with most of the artist’s style and back round and the selection we...
Ben Dehart Great Artist Paragraph (not my...
For my artist I chose Ben Dehart. Ben Dehart is a local artist who work sfor Trader Joe’s designing the creating their black boards. He work for the Trader Joe’s in Hill Crest. I was always very impressed by the work he has displayed in the store and I always wondered who did it. This years great artist project gave me a great chance to learn about him and his work. One of the reasons I chose him...
March 2011
8 posts
Project Reflection
For the third project (learning journey) of the year I decided to study famous figures in history and find the flaws in their work. I studied the work of Christopher Columbus, Ronald Reagan and I touched on Abraham Lincoln, I didn’t have time for all of the deep research. Even though this was supposed to be a short project I felt like I didn’t have enough time or I over shot my project. I had...
La casa en Caminito Faro
Cindy
Cindy vive cerca de mi casa. Cindy esta muy malo y loco. Ella camina en la calle y cuando ella veo una cosa ella no le gusta ella esta muy enohada. Ella es en el comité de el barrio con mi madre. Mi madre no le gusta Cindy. Mi madre piensa Cindy es una bruja. Una año Cindy quieró estar el Presidente de el comité de el barrio.
Mi madre dice Tú lades estar el presidente. Cindy no le...
Bibliography for my learning Journey
Loewen, James W. Lies my Teacher Told Me. New York: Simon & Schuster New York, 1995. 31-69. Print.
“Leif Erikson.” Great Norwegians. Metropolitan News Company, 2002. Web. 9 Mar 2011. <www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm>.
Wertheimer, Linda. “On Reagan’s Birthday, A President Remembered.” All things considered. NPR, February 6,2011. Web. 14 Mar 2011....
Ronald Reagan
Reagan was a well know president because of his thoughts taxing and social classes. Reagan was elected in 1981 and served a two term presidency. This year would be his 100th birthday. Reagan beileved that if you cut taxes and reduced government spending it would prevent inflation. Recent articles show that inflation increaed during Reagan’s presidency.
Some people considered Ronald Reagan one...
Christopher Columbus
In class rooms Christopher Columbus is taught as one of America’s greatest heros. Historians have begun to notice that Columbus didn’t discover as much as he said he did. There were many discoverers before Columbus who were near north America, but the difference between then and Columbus was that they didn’t declare America theirs. Most people don’t realize that the discoverers of America could...
Ben Dehart
My artist that I choose for Great Artist is Ben Dehart. He designs and creates the black boards at the Trader Joe’s in Hillcrest. I was very impressed with the illustrations on the black boards and I was wondering who had created them and this year gave me the perfect chance to find out. He started working for Trader Joe’s when he was 27 and soon hopes to be creating fine art around...
El Reflection de Casa en Mango Street
Casa en Mango Street es un libro tiene muchos cuentos. Una chica vive en Mango street y tiene mucho estraño vecinos. La chica se llama es Esperanza. Mango Street es un pobre parte de Chicago. A primero tiempo el la calle ella no tiene amigos. Esperanza quiere amigos. Esperanza conosce dos chicas Rachel y Lucy. Ella tambien tiene mucho mas cuentos de Mango Street. Esperanza conosce muchos amigos...
Chromatography Crime Story
Wednesday, March 1 at 9:50 the Buttery Money Bank was Robbed. No money was stolen. The bankers working in the bank during the robbery were no use to the detectives because they were in utter shock but the robber did give the banker a note that read “ Pardon the inconvenience, please deposit the cash in the bag”. Besides the people who worked at the bank their were six other people in the building...
Cooking reflection
Before we went on break our class decided experiment with cooking in science. This was our fist attempt so we were still fine tuning our cooking skills. We split into four groups and each picked a dish we wanted to make. We had a wide variety of food, we made, Burritos, tamales, sliders and pizza. All of the food was very good but I thought it was easier to make food that didn’t have many pieces...
February 2011
9 posts
Immigration Project Reflection
Charlie, John, Tati and I decided we wanted to do a project on Immigration. We started by researching waves of immigration and then divided up the topics. We decided to get a collection of interviews from people who knew about each of our topics. I really enjoyed my group even though they were people I had worked with before. At first I thought we weren’t going to have enough to show for six...
Baseball
Hit, Run, Stare, Hit, Run, Stare, Catch, Hit, Run, Stare, Catch, OUT!
Men wearing pants that are way to tight (no one wants to see)
Running around in squares
Coaches watch with a careful eye
Hit, Run, Stare, Hit, Run, Stare, Catch, Hit, Run, Stare, Catch, OUT!
Getting paid way more then they deserve
Screaming Fans, laugh and cheer
Eating Hot Dogs and Pretzels until they can’t move
Hit,...
I Carry your Heart with Me By E.E Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows...
Because I could not Stop Death By Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed...
Blueberries By Robert Frost
Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In the cavernous pail of the first one to come! And all ripe together, not some of them green And some of them ripe! You ought to have seen!
I know I have already posted one of his poems but I really like this one.
Preguntas de La Casa en Mango Street
Donde esta Loomis?
Es la protagonista un chico o una chica?
La casa en Mango Street tiene vecinos?
Que son Carlos y Kikki?
Como se Papa y Mama?
Mi poemas cinquain
Bicicleata
Rojo, oxidad, y viejo
movando, rueda, viajando
La bicicleta paseo en la calle.
Feliz
El escaño de parque
marron, susios, y occupado
sentando, piensando, y charlando
Ellos sieten en la escaño.
Aburrido.
My Butterfly by Robert Frost →
This is one of my favorite poems because it is written in old english and the way he wrote it, it could almost be a song.
January 2011
2 posts
Case with a Million
What would you do with a million dollars? Would you use it to help someone in need or it for your own entertainment? If you were poor would you use it to make you rich? This story is about a 15 year old girl named Maria who was given a million dollars. This story is about not only what she spends the money on but how it impacts her and her families life.
Maria is from a middle class family....
Nadir Afonso →
I think this could be our great artist if we want to paint.
December 2010
2 posts
Rube Goldberg reflection
For the Rube Goldberg project my group made a cup of tea. We started out by making a blue print. Once we finished we gather materials and started putting the machine together. It was very difficult to put the projects together. When things would move and every thing would fall down. It was also irritating when you couldn’t find something you need or if there wasn’t enough. With all the struggles...
Civics Project Reflections
For humanities our class did a project on United States civics. My group decided to have a scripted debate between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown. First we wrote the script. We made each major prop a question asking whether or not the candidates support it and then we added some other issues like gay marriage, death penalty and abortion. We researched our candidates and used their real opinions.
...
November 2010
3 posts
Ustados Unidos un Pais Latino
Latina influencia es evidente en muchas cosas en el Ustandos Unidos. Esta latina influencia en nosotros, tiendas, libros, televison, y comida. Yo vivo cerca de la frontera de Mexico, miro muchas latina cosas cerca de mi casa. En television veo mucho español programas como, telemundo y Español cocina. Muchos calles nombres es en español. San Diego tiene muchos resturantes mexicanos y poco es...
My Untitled Story
The sky was grey for the first time in years. There was no sun, no clouds, nothing but a grey haze. It spread a breath of nothingness across the city. It confused people, it made them wonder if the world would suddenly become grey and there would never be color again. The children had never seen a grey sky before, they never knew such a thing could exist. Other people of the city, older citizens...
Busqueda Detorro
En la clase de español nosotros tuvimos un Busqueda detorro. Habia dos groupos, cinco en una group y seis un el otro groupo. Nosotros hicimos en Avenida de la playa en la Jolla. Nosortos enviado el pasa a el otro group de texto. Los groupos tuven hacer pasas por el otro groupo. Nosortos no tuvimos mucho tiempo, tuvimos hora y medio. Porque nosortos no tuvimos mucho tiempo nosotros no podia...
October 2010
3 posts
Physics Experiment
In science our class has been studying physics and Sir Isaac Newton’s laws. We started by conducting experiments about speed and acceleration. Then we moved on to doing experiments using slope and inclines. Our group decided we wanted to do something different so we tried to make a never ending track. It was a difficult experiment for us to take on and it took a lot of creative thinking to get it...
San Francisco Trip Reflection
Last week the 7th and 8th graders from NMY went on an urban exploration to San Francisco. We stayed at a hostel to save money to do other activities. We broke up into group so that it would give people a chance to see more of what they wanted to see. The trip cost 700 dollars for 7 days and 6 nights so we had to eat kinda cheap. Our class got to explore San Francisco in a different way then most...
San Francisco Trip Reflection
Last week the 7th and 8th graders from NMY went on an urban exploration to San Francisco. We stayed at a hostel to save money to do other activities. We broke up into group so that it would give people a chance to see more of what they wanted to see. The trip cost 700 dollars for 7 days and 6 nights so we had to eat kinda cheap. Our class got to explore San Francisco in a different way then most...
September 2010
6 posts
Versace School Yard →
I found this article on the NY Times website. I found this interesting because it relates to fashion and I liked how they made all the clothe’s colors and patterns are themed like a school yard.
Science Speed
In Science our class has been experimenting with newtons laws of physics, speed and acceleration. We started of the unit by talking about the basic laws of physics. That lead into an experiment where we launched mini cars on tracks and calculated the speeds. Know that we have finished that experiment we are going to start doing looking at inclines and slope. Newtons discoveries were very...
WatchEs mi Voki la Pregunta ¿Como eres tú?
Qué van a hacer en San Francisco
Yo voy a ir a muchas locaciones en San Francisco. Yo voy a ir a Chinatown, y Fisherman’s Wharf. Yo tambien voy a ir a Berkley ver California State College. Yo estoy emocianada sobre conocer mi amigos nuevos. Yo voy a hacer Loros de San Francisco. Nuestra clase va a quedarse a una hostal, Fort Mason.
June 2010
0 posts
Religion Project Reflection
For my religion I choose to study the Rastafarian Movement. I picked the Rastafarian Movement because it was different from the other religions that people picked to study. At first I thought it was going to be hard to work all by myself but I ended up having a pretty easy four weeks. I felt like I got a very substantial amount for the four weeks we worked on it and I learned a lot of...
May 2010
15 posts
Create A Graph →
This is a website I found that I is easy to use to make Pie charts. It is really quick and super simple.
Patricia va a California Proyecto actualización
Esta semana nuestros grupo es rodaje el pelicular. Nosotros terminamos nuestros escritura semana pasada. Nuestros escriturase seguido el libro. David, Tati y Tobin es en mi grupo. Nuestros grupo no trabaja bien. David no tiene concentración. Nosotros son poco detrás horario. Nosotros grupo no tiene muchos personas así personas había muy partes. El muchachos tiene a ser muchachas. Nuestros...
Cow Eye Dissection
Today in class we did a cow eye dissection. We cut it open and we got to see the Iris, cornea, retina, tapetum, and the pupil. This was the first dissection I have ever done, I found it very fascinating. The cow’s eye was very different from what I expected it to be. The eye ball were covered in fat and muscles. The cornea was also very thick and was hard to cut off, though you had to cut it...
Rastafarian Movement Essay
The Rastafarian Movement is a religion that started during the 1930’s in Jamaica. Rastafarian Movement is not it’s own religion. The black population of Jamaica started the Rastafarian Movement when they felt like the white population was taking over. Members of the Rastafarian Movement are sometimes know as Rastas. Rastas are known for having long dread locks, wearing red, green, and gold,...
Religon Project Update Week 4 (Last One)
This was the Final week we have to work on our Religion projects. Over the weekend I rolled out model magic and pasted it to cardboard to make the walls and ceilings of the temple. I painted the pieces of cardboard brown to look like worn down wood. I took the front piece of cardboard and cut windows and doors in it. I framed each window with thin pieces of model magic. I am now glueing...
tcsnmy6: Hodgepodge [6 Feb 2009]Remember This →
Thank you all for a great set of conferences. I enjoyed our conversations and feel that we were able to highlight the bright and not-so-bright spots of the first semester as well as look forward to the semester that has just begun by setting or resetting our goals.
If you didn’t get a chance to…
Evolution or Inteligent Design?
In 1859 Charles Darwin published a novel in theory of Evolution. Within those last years this theory has been questioned. Darwin’s theory of Evolution proposed that human has evolved from a low species of mammal such as a primate. One of the alternate idea to evolution is creation of man or Intelligent Design which says that a higher spirit created man and brought them to earth. Society has...
Patricia va a California
En la clase de español nosotros leemos el libro Patricia va a California. El libro era sobre una chica viva en Guatemala que va un viaje a California. Patricia cumples ella familia nueva Ron, Suzan, Diane, y Lisa. Lisa va Ventura High School con Patricia. Patricia cumple una chica Debbie Martin. Debbie Martin es muy popular y rico. Ella también es rasista ella dijo no mas mexicans a Ventura...