Weekly Blog Post

Week of  November 17-21

This week I had a meeting with the Lions Club. I was there for almost two hours. No I didn't have to stay but I wanted to honestly see how they operated. It was very interesting because they just laid out onto the table and talked about things openly. For example, concerns, private matters, club matters, events, finances, etc. The main things that we brought about the Leo's Club is how Dr. Auden is going to join the Lions Club to be the advisor for the Leo's. The other concern was financial. One of the women in the Lions Club was concerned that people wouldn't pay and that we wouldn't have correct bank accounts. I did let them know that we do have to have two separate banking accounts and that since we are under the Lions Club I am pretty sure that it states that they will be helping us with the finances. I am posting this now because I am going camping this weekend and won't be able to post tomorrow. I'm super excited and will have a blog post with what I have done!

English Standards:

SL 3:   Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
W 8:    Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print an digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; access the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation including footnotes and endnotes.

I can tie in these standards to my week because while at the Lions Club I was listening to all that they were saying and the way that they were saying things and bringing them up really shows how much they love the club and hate how the community isn't vey involves. It hurts them to know that they have many members that they pay for and they never show up to anything, and then when they need the communities backing they never really get it. I can also use the other standard because for Mrs. Cervanes I type up an essay for her which has to do with a certain Civics standard that I feel that I can tie into my project. So, I have been researching a lot on the internet just to write the essays.

Weekly Blog Post

Week of November 10-14

This week we had to start the week off by doing the application and taking the test to get in to West Hills. The test honestly reminded me of a dumbed down version of the ACT. It was honestly really boring in my opinion, but what tests are ever fun. After that I got the flu and Wes leaving school early because I honestly wasn't feeling good at all. I am pleased to find out that Dr. Audet is willing to join the Laton Lions Club to be our Leo's Club advisor because all of the current members have so much on their plate already. Then I also found out that the Lemoore Lioms Member, Mr. Bob Casus, has offered to pay our Leo's starter fees which is probably a a big sigh of relief to the Lions Club because I feel like they are so stressed out because they have so much going on lately.

ENGLISH STANDARDS

• RL6  Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text form what is really meant.
• RI6  Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
• L3  Apply knowledge to language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning, or style, and to comprehend mere fully when reading or listening.

I can use these standards due to the West Hills test. There were honestly probably more that I didn't notice, but I feel as if these standards are sufficient. The test was difficult, but after taking the ACT this test honestly wasn't all that hard anymore. There was a lot of reading and grammar and tying things together in the entire English portions of the test.