Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Paper Assesment

  I chose to revise my literacy analysis. I wrote this paper on "The Sniper" by O'Flaherty. When reading the comments peers and Dr. deGravelles wrote on my paper I decided I wanted to revise it. the reason being because it needs work on the good writing traits of Sentence fluency and Organization.
  My paper was jumbled up. I could remember that I had good ideas when writing this paper, but they went clearly stated because nothing flowed or had organization. Dr. D told me I should make my ideas more precise and that I should relate my ideas to my thesis. For example Dr. D. said it would be helpful to bring in language from my thesis statement to guide whoever was reading my paper.

Jane Goodall plagerising

  Jane Goodall's resent plagiarism offense is surprising yet serious. I would have never thought that a trusted well known writer even had the ability to plagiarize. Goodall made a major mistake and claims it was on accident, but if it was on purpose or accident it doesn't matter because you still did it.
  Anyone can make a mistake like plagiarism, but it makes a huge difference just to give a simple source some credit. It also saves you all the stress and press she has to deal with now. Goodall didn't just make this mistake once, she didi it multiple times which is not okay. This also means she didn't take the time and effort to paraphrase and or cite the sources.

Article on Jane Goodall- 30 min
Reading past papers and comments- 50 min
Perks of being a wallflower- 45 min (page 183- 213)
The Boulevard- 30 min

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

reading/working time

3/17/13
b layer-30 minutes (read 2nd interview and wrote paper)
3/17/13
a layer- 50 minutes (re watched invisible children and wrote paper
3/11/13
c layer- 20 minutes (chapter 6 reading guide
3/16/13
perks of being a wildflower- 30 minutes (page 1-26)
3/17/13
perks f being a wildflower- 20 minutes (page 20-39)

Friday, March 15, 2013

_Nervous Conditions_ on Syllabus

   Im just going to say this book is beneficial in many ways. This book should be on the syllabus for next years 9th grade. The freshman should read this book for a lot of reasons
   For one example this book makes you think about what you have. You also become thankful for the type of community you live in and the family you live with. The people who will read this book get an understanding for the real struggle some people go through. Could you imagine not growing up with an education? Could you imagine not living with your family?
  I know that these questions are hard for me to wrap my head around because I couldn't imagine this. It would be so hard to live like Tambu and Nyasha. This book makes it known that these struggles are real.
  After reading this book I really understood why my parents tell me I'm so thankful. Now when I go home I get a since of why life is so important and everyday you should be thankful.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

expectations

    Tambu is expected of many things wherever she goes, but she has different ones depending on if she is at the homestead or at the Mission. She is sometimes tied down with the overwelming emotions that come with her responsibilities and expectations,
    At the homestead if Tambu wants something clean she has to do it herself. For example when she goes home the toilet is dirty. She tells her mom that it is; and she replies by saying, "if you want it clean then clean it yourself. At my home I have to do the occasional chores like feed my dog or make up my bed, but I have never cleaned the toilet. I always have to keep my room tidy and be polite to my family and elders.
    At the Mission, Babamukuru has a maid, Anna, who does most of the chores. Tambu still has to be well mannered and keep her areas clean. Tambu has to stay alert and smart in school. She also has to stay out of trouble so Babamukuru wont be upset with her. At my school I have to uphold the Honor code and that pretty much is set and stone your expectations for school.
     When Tambu doesn't live up to her expectations there are consequences. For example she doesn't want to go to the wedding so she gets 15 lashes. Also along with this Babamukuru gives Anna 2 weeks off and make Tambu take her chores.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Tambu's perspective

  Im pretty excited to be living with Babamukuru and his family. Were about to eat dinner an I don't really know what to expect. Maiguru is serving us a fancy meal, She served Babamukuru first like usual. It was known to be a ritual, But Nyasha was being rude and she just started helping herself to the food before Babamukuru was finished.  This food is delicious I thought, I was wondering why Nyasha wasn't scarfing it down like I was.
   Nyasha is really rude to her parents which is really weird. She doesn't seem to be thankful for the lifestyle and family she has. I mean I should be the ones being rude to my family, were poor, my dad takes my money thats supposed to be for my education, and my brother is dead.

C Layer 1 Evaluation

    My project for C layer 1 were well answered and thought up. I definitely should not procrastinate with C layer 2 because I ended up doing a good bit of the project Thursday night when it was due Friday. Also for C layer 1 I answered my reading guides thoroughly along with all the other projects. The Vocabulary seemed to help me learn the words i didn't know when I was typing up there definitions.
   Also the front of the character bookmark helped in a way that I was noticing what each character did through chapter 5. The back of the character bookmark wasn't helpful because it was practically just the green sheet Dr. D handed out to us in class. The reading guides were helpful because when reading if I passed over a section that I didn't really pay attention to the questions made me look back and find the information.

Nervous Conditions
2/25/13- 60 min (page 58-104)
2/27/13- 30 min (page 105-122)
3/1/13- 10 min (page 123- 129)
3/4/13- 10 min (page 129-138)