Chum Bucket

by Robert Hello period 4! First, Ms. Nakada took attendance. Then, we read the blog and opened the Jamboard. After that, we did a small check-in in terms of how we were doing at the beginning of the school year, to now. Subsequently, we went over the quote of the week, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you are." by E.E. Cummings. Next, we went over the question of the week, "How have you changed/grown in the past three years?" After that, we listened to the song of the week, "Best Day Of My Life" by American Authors. Then, Ms. Nakada told us to head over to Schoology and to open up the assignment "College Fit." We talked about all of the things we are thinking about in attending college and then she let us go.

On Friday, we started off by reading the blog. Ms. Nakada then made sure we knew the future plans for wrapping up school for 8th graders. Then, Ms. Nakada blessed us by performing her graduation speech, which I’m sure gave many inspiration, as she slyly hid in a saying from RENT the musical. We went over the 10-year plan and how much different careers make. Finally, we took quizzes and were off to sixth period.

By Liam For class today we started out by reading the blog. We then headed over to the Jamboard and discussed the quote of the week: "Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust" by Jesse Owens.  The question of the week was: what awards and accomplishments can you include on college/scholarship applications? Then, we listened to the song of the week, "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" Boyz II Men.  After the song, we all listened to each others poem for the poetry slam.  Ms. Nakada then helped us with the assignment 10 year plan and that closed out the meeting.

Charlotte's Blog  In class today, we first started with attendance and talked about what we did in the eighth grade culmination Zoom meeting. After that, we went over to the Jamboard to get us ready for the test that was due after class. Once we finished with the Jamboard, we did our STAR reading tests and when we were finished we were told to do our Get Lit performances. And that’s how our day finished.

By Drew Ms. Nakada said hi to everyone. After that, we wrote down the agenda and listened to the blog. We looked at the quote of the week, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou.  We then went into the question of the week: "What are you concerned about for high school?" A lot of people were concerned with workload, tests, new environments, and making/keeping friends. After this, we moved into the song, “See You Again” Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth.  Ms. Nakada then went into more detail about the graduation speeches and Ms. Nakada shared a speech she created. Ms. Nakada also promised us another speech about us specifically.  After this, we worked on our poetry collections until we were dismissed. 

Ms. Nakada said, “Hi,” to all of us. Then, after we corrected the blog, Ms. Nakada gave us time to work on our Broadsides. Ms. Nakada showed us some of hers and we told her which poems, or lines of poems, we were using for ours. Then, we went on Book Creator and Ms. Nakada showed us her book. After, Ms. Nakada told us about our quiz and how to write “Garden Song” correctly. Then, Ms. Nakada told us May was Mental Health Awareness Month. After, we went to the Jamboard and talked about some ways we can revise our poems. Some strategies were to read aloud and get feedback, read aloud for punctuation, and take notes from other poems and apply them to yours. We then worked on our poetry collections. While we worked, we looked at old students’ introduction pages. We also looked at one of Ms. Nakada's. Then, we watched “Unforgettable” performed by Pages Matam, Liz Acevedo, and G. Yamazawa. After, we talked about Get Lit. We took our quiz and were dismissed.

 We started off the day with Ms. Nakada writing the agenda. After, we went over the blog and corrected it.  The Quote of the Week was, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” -Master Yoda. I believe this means that you don't need to try to make something happen, you need to make it happen.  The Question of the Week was, "How can you create balance in your life?" I believe that you can create balance by making a plan/schedule.  The Song of the Week was, “Garden Song” -Phoebe Bridgers. I believe this song is about getting older and growing up. My favorite line was, “I don’t know how, but I’m taller.”  We then talked about broadside poems, our poem collections, and the Get Lit poems. We then went into our breakout rooms, and finished class.

Hi period 4, Ms. Nakada started class by saying hi to everyone. Next, we did the blog and corrections, and I got chosen. We then headed over to the Jamboard and read the poems “Hope” by Emily Dickinson, and “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski. Since it was the last day of NaPoWriMo, we took a couple minutes to write some poems. After that, we quickly met in our breakout rooms for lit circles before taking the week 15 quiz. When we were done, we were free to go.