Civil War Commercial and Monday 12/13/10

Today has been pretty busy. I have spent most of the morning working on my final project for Spanish. I had to form a question (Using the questions I asked in previous modules) and write a paper on that question. I am working on the question, "Are Quinceaneras popular in the United States." So far I am getting the answer that yes, Quinceaneras are popular in the US. A Quinceanera is a ceremony and party for a 15yr old girl's birthday. It's similar to a sweet sixteen but often more extravagant and more closely resembles a wedding that a birthday party. The girl will have a ceremony in a Catholic Church and then have a reception. Experts say that the Quinceanera can be traced back about 500 years to Mayan Culture.

The rest of the day I spent working on a commercial I made with Mira and Alex. I edited the movie in Windows Movie Maker. Our Prezi Civil War Project is really long and we decided to make a commercial to present instead of the actual Prezi. Our commercial promotes our Prezi. In our commercial, Civil War Superhero saves the day. :) I've posted it below, check it out!

Literary Response 1&2

I am reading the Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe. The genre of this book is realistic fiction/historical fiction. The book alternates between time periods. In this book Connie uncovers he past. Connie learns about her family and the importance of it. The setting of the book alternates. Both settings are in Massachusetts but in different time periods. Connie's time period is modern day but the time period of  Deliverance Dane occurs in 17th century Salem Massachusetts. Connie is the main character in this book. She is getting her doctoral degree in history. Connie encounters conflict in trying to uncover the secrets of Deliverance Dance.

Thursday 12/9/10

Today we had a change of scenery here at OH! HMH was using our space today for meetings and we had to relocate. Instead of having a day off we decided to hold school at Panera Bread in Pier Park. We have had a lot of fun working in a new area. Today I completely finished my Geometry course--I got an "A" and am really happy about that. I worked mainly on Biology today. I worked on the study guide for the semester exam. I also had to call my teacher for the DBA over the material in that course. This weekend I plan on finishing up that course by taking both of the tests. All next week I am going to devote to Spanish 3. I have to take my module 4 exam, and then finish up my project. I also have to take the semester exam that accompanies that course.

Today because it is a fun day we get to go to a movie. Seacrest Dental is paying for all of us to go. The High School and most of the Middle School are going to see the movie Unstoppable! I haven't seen it yet and I am excited to.

Tuesday 12/7/10

I got a lot of Biology today! I am almost done with the semester. I only have my semester exam to do. I am finished with Geometry. I am almost finished with Spanish too. I did both of my module tests for Biology today. I completed my Spanish collaboration debate yesterday. I had to contact two people from my class and we had to have a "debate". We had to debate over if schools should have uniforms or not. It was actually pretty neat to contact them. I finished my rough draft for my Civil War PBL paper this weekend. I will post the link at the end of this blog. Half of the school was gone to Disney for a few days and it is nice to have everyone back. I am excited for Christmas! I have to finish all my classes before the holidays though.Click Here for my Civil War Paper Rough Draft

Monday 12/6/10

Hey guys! Today had been pretty good and productive. I started out the day with working on my biology project. I had to collaborate with another person in my Biology class. We are working on genes and traits right now. My partner and I had to flip a coin to determine the inherited trait of the person we had to draw. I drew the picture and I have to scan it and send it to my partner. I also resubmitted some of my math assignments to raise my grade. I have an 89 right now and I really need to do well on my semester exam to raise my grade. I am taking that right after school. I am also doing my Spanish collaboration this afternoon.

Friday 12/3/10

Today I was pretty productive in my collaboration for my different classes. I worked on my spanish debate with my classmates. Also I did a practice segment exam for Geometry. I also found a partner for my Biology project. I am working on getting my PBL project published to the Internet. The file format is not working very well. This weekend I am hopefully going to finish up Geometry. Today in music we learned a new song! I am going to put a Youtube link to the song. It's called "Better Than Revenge" by Taylor Swift. The song comes off her new album called "Speak Now". :)