Hello Again! Sorry that I haven't written in a while, I have been at home because of my knee. I sure am glad to be back at OH though!! Today we had some special visitors. The men who created the program that the elementary school uses for math visited and talked to us. It was a great experience and we learned a lot about math and how it builds on itself. Mr. Mike, who is from China shared part of his life story with us and his appreciation for education. I have been interested in Chinese and he actually taught us a few characters which actually related back to math.It is always fun to make global connections and learn new things. After that I met with Olivia's grandmother, Mrs. Silvia who is a college English professor and book author. We worked on my writing project for Hybrid Cars. I learned LOTS of things about writing. One thing that she said that especially caught my attention was that the English language is totally different in writing from the spoken part of English. I had not previously learned that and I am excited to apply that to my future writings. I am thankful that she came and spent time with the High Schoolers to show us the fundamentals of writing. I am ready to turn in my final project and cannot wait to have my first PBL done. I promise that the link to the paper will follow soon! I worked on the paper until lunch.
I miss being able to play kickball, but I found that it is still pretty fun to watch everyone. We had to make new teams, but I think that they are fairer than the last ones. I hope that I will be able to play again soon. I'm not sure of the other teams name, but I know that Connors team is NO MERCY. Haha. There are a lot of people here on fall brake so we have to be careful not to hit pedestrians and bikers...
After lunch and kickball I worked on my H.O.P.E. collaboration with Hunter. For the collaboration in H.O.P.E. you have to contact a person in your class and grade their project. Hunter and I got lucky because we have the same teacher and are able to work on our project together. Nathan also has our same teacher. It is nice to be able to work face-to-face with students although virtual school is wonderful. After that I worked on Spanish. I learned about Cuban Dominoes. In the Cuban version of dominoes you double the dominoes. Well, that's all folks! My literary response on Jane Eyre is going to follow.
Jane Eyre Literary Response 1
Already in previous blogs I have told you all that I am reading a book called Jane Eyre. This Novel is by Charlotte Bronte and published in England in 1847. The 1800s are my favorite time period and I have taken an interest in reading novels published in that Time period ever since I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Charlotte Bronte was born in England and had six siblings of which three were writers (including Charlotte) and have published works. For an extensive biography on Charlotte Bronte please see here http://www.online-literature.com/brontec/. This novel is generally considered a Gothic romance.
The main theme in Jane Eyre is her quest to find true love, but also find her place in the world. Jane was orphaned at a very young age and she has trouble feeling like she belongs. Family is a major theme in Jane Eyre along with love, religion, and social standing. I am very excited to delve more into this book!
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