Comments quarter 3 week 3

Gautam

Jack C.

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Mardi Gras break, nine days to do whatever you want. Mardi Gras break is a break that is perfectly timed every year because it gives you a taste of summer. There is a lot of things to do during the week, going to parades, skiing, the beach...etc. Mardi Gras was invented in Mobile, Alabama, even though many people might assume that it started in New Orleans. Many of the parades in New Orleans are Uptown. My favorite part about Mardi Gras besides a break from school is the king cakes.

There are over 60 flavors of king cakes ranging from the classic cinnamon to Pineapple Pecan. There are hundreds of floats that are created each year just for Mardi Gras. Tourism is booming during Mardi Gras because everyone wants to experience it and go to the parades. Every time I go to a parade, I always get hundreds of beads and they weigh a lot. I never know what to do with all the beads because they don't really have a purpose beside decoration. Overall, Mardi Gras is a fun and enjoyable time and I look forward to this coming Mardi Gras Break.

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian reading response

     A lot has happened in Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian up to page 53. I kinda feel bad for Arnold because he is trapped in the reservation with people who had given up on life and he only has one friend. Arnold like to draw because he feels that the whole world can understand the message he is trying to portray, but with writings, you have to know the language to understand the meaning. Arnold's family pet(Oscar) was shot by his father because they could not afford the medicine to cure the dog. From Arnold having Hydrocephalus to his dog being shot, the first two chapter are pretty depressing and sad. The readers build empathy for Arnold because of his sad, harsh and cruel life in the rez. 

     I think the most important part of the book so far is when Arnold and Mr. P sit down and have a talk. Arnold throws a book at Mr. P because he is mad that the book was the same book that his mom used in school. That is how sad and depressing the rez is because the rez teaches the people the same material every year. Mr. P talks to Arnold about leaving the rez because Arnold is always fighting for a better life and the rest of the people in the rez has given up. I like this book so far and it goes fast when I read it. The book has some funny jokes too, which make it funny to read. Hopefully the book will not be as depressing later on.

Quarter 3 week 2 Comments

Ricky

Gautam

My Research Topic

My research project is on the 1936 Summer Olympics and Hitler's belief's. The Summer Olympics wherever controversial and were held in Berlin, Germany. My research question is "How did Hitler's agenda affect the olympics?" Hitler tried to show that the Nazi Party was peaceful and tolerant of people. He tried to gain followers of The Nazi Party by promoting Nazi Ideology. There were over 300 million people listing to the games on the radio, that is a very large number beach it was in 1936. I will talk about how Hitler did not want certain races and cultures to participate in the games because   it played a key role in why people boycotted the olympics and why people did not like the olympics.

I think this topic is interesting beach the Olympics were hosted in a country that people did not know much about because it was just after World War I. The equivalent of this today would be hosting the Olympics in North Korea. This event matters because it shows how corrupt and "fake" the Nazi Party was. The Nazi party would take all of their cruel signs down before the olympics and if you wanted to be a Nazi leader they trace your heritage 4 generations back to make sure you do not have Jewish heritage. I am pretty happy with the way my project so far. Hopefully the transition from outline to draft will be easy.

Last Semester

I learned a lot about High School in the last semester. Last year was a fairly easy year and it was my favorite year at Episcopal so far. This year is more difficult, but I have more freedom than last year. Last year I was in soccer and it was easy to manage life and school work. This year I am in soccer and it is much more time consuming than last year. Because soccer is much more time consuming and High School is more difficult, managing my life and school work is a lot harder.

The first few tests and quizzes in High School made me realize that things are going to be different. I changed my game plan about how I was going to study for tests and quizzes. Now I study a few days before I have tests and quizzes. I have a game plan now and it seems to work really good, so I am going to stick to that plan next semester. I hope that my second semester of ninth grade will be smoother than the first semester. High School is a lot different than Middle School, but I enjoy High School a lot more than Middle School.

comments quarter 3 week 1

Gautam- https://gautamenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/01/2017.html?showComment=1484585007751#c978579861141928592

Jack- https://jackcenglish1blog.blogspot.com/2017/01/research.html?showComment=1484585596859#c7564168826134056466

2017

     A year has passed and everybody celebrates for the New Year. People seems to always be in a time crunch, with work,school or family. I want my 2017 to be enjoyed and fulfilled to the max and enjoy the little things. I don't like to be always in a time crunch. I will try to plan better with my academic work so, I will have more fee time to do things that I enjoy. It might be a new year, but things always seem to be about the same. People might home that things will change and they might, but the overall big picture is the sane. Just try to tweak the little things for 2017 because it's best to stay true to who you are.

    Thi year I will hopefully get my drivers license and a car. I want to try to eat healthier and stay healthier in 2017. I hope to raise my GPA up this year because I know I can do better. This year I will push my self to try new things and get out of my comfort zone. I want to get better at golf this year, so I will probably join the golf team. I want to work more efficiently and never give up when it gets tough. Hopefully 2017 will be an amazing year and one for the books.

Research Project Update

I am working on a project for Social Studies and English. My topic for the project is the 1936 Olympics. This topic has been a challenge for me, in a sense to find credible and help sure for my project. the question I am answer with my project is "How did Hitler's agenda affect the Olympic Games?" I had to find 10 sources for my project and some of those sources had to be a primary source. The next step was to annotate 6 sources that you found and 2 of them had to be a primary source. The annotations were due last Thursday and my English and Social studies teacher gave us a lot of time to work on them in class. The time that the teachers gave us in class helped me a lot. The annotations were just for english class and they will be very helpful when I do my project and paper. Almost everything I need for the project and paper is in the annotations I made. 

My Social Studies teacher assigned a minimum of 35 notecards due by this coming Wednesday. Another requirement is that you have to have at least 5 notecards for at least 7 sources. I think the annotations and the notecards will be beneficial for my project and make the final project a lot easier to complete. The hard part is completing all the elements such as the annotations and the notecards. Overall my research project process is going smoothly. All of the tasks for this assignment will be done in just a couple of weeks, which is hard to believe because there are a lot of parts to complete. Overall my research project process is going smoothly with no major problems.