SAD NEWS!

I am very sad to announce that I will not be starting the Leos Club after all.  I was advised by a Lions member (who will remain unnamed to all!) that it isn't a good time to start the club and it might not ever be. I know I'm going to dissapoint a lot of people because I'm also dissapointed. I feel as if I wasn't given support even though I was under the impression that everyone wanted the club to happen. As a senior in high school it was hard trying to get a club started on my own, especially an international club. It makes me sad because I wanted to make a difference. One day I will come back and make a difference in this town. That is one of my goals in life. This Life Project overall tought me that you can't rely on every one.

Final Standards

1. RI 1  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. I can use this standard because when I was writing my senior portfolio for Civics/Economincs because I had to reasearch the career field I was wanting to go into and answer multiple questions that we were given.
2. SL 1c  Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives. I was talking to a Lions member and was given advice to not start the Leos Club. That of course brought up many questions that I wanted answered and they were answered and clarified a lot for me.
3. L 5  Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and naunces in word meaning. People use figurative language every day. Sometimes you dont know if they're being serious or not.
4. WHST 2  Write informative/explanitory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific prosedures/experiments, or technical processes. When I did my standards for economics I had to read a lot out of our book and give information to show that I knew what I was talking about.
5. WHST 4  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriaate to task, purpose, and audience. I had to write an essay for my seal of biliteracy. I had to explain why I thought bwing bilingual was so important to me.
6. WHST 6  Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.  I use my blog all the time to update everyone on my progress, failures and life goals.

To Do!

There are some things that I need to do in order to get my Leo's Club up and running. I need to finalize the date of which I want our first meeting to happen. It's a little hard because I just have so many things coming up and I put it off for quite a while. I did decide that we will not be having a dinner it will just be a meeting at which we invite the parents along with the members and hand out the application of which the parents and members must fill out and give back to us. I do need to call the man in charge of Lemoore Leos so that I can get some final details that I actually don't have. I then have to decide when the next meeting will be in order to decide fees, officers, fundraisers/events, and our goals as a club together. I am really excited that it's almost all done!

Check in

I know that I have't been blogging in a while, but it's time to start getting back into the swing of things!  I've honestly just been kind of busy.  I have been working on scholarships, job applications, stuff to do with Fresno State, and then personal things.  I've been getting back into reading too, I'm on my sixth book since February and they're all well over 200 pages.  I have also been working on a powerpoint presentation for Econ. Mrs. Cervantes basically has me pick a standard or unit and show her that I understand what the topic that I chose is about.
Since I haven't blogged since before Spring Break maybe I can catch you up on a few of the things that I did. For instance I went to LA with my boyfriend and his mom. We had to go to UCLA so that my boyfriend could see and eye specialist, he has terrible eyesight (because of an eye disease) if you didn't guess!!! I also got a lot of reading done, I think I read like two books. My spring break wasn't very eventful, but what can I say! I'm broke!

English:

• RL 4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
• RL 5- Analyze how an author's choice concerning how to structure specific parts of text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
• RI 3- Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
• RI 8- (should have been used before) Evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of advocacy.

I can use these standards due to the facts above. I was reading books that were historical fantasy, so they obviously have a different way of talking than we do today. I can't include Shakespeare in the reading standards but in the His Fair Assassin trilogy and in Revolution they were both set in historical times. The last standard that I used I only listed because of the fact that I have done an essay for Mrs. Cervantes last semester and it involved historical texts and laws. I felt like I was capable of applying it even though I'm a semester late, but oh well. 

Weekly Blog Post

Week of March 16-20

This week Mrs. Cervantes had me reading the first chapter in our Economics book, to better understand what Economics is about. While I was reading the first chapter I decided to take cornell notes on the entire chapter so that I wouldn't forget the material that I had just read. When I was done understanding what the basics of Economics are I started a PowerPoint presentation. I included things that I thought were important about Economics. I thought of it in the way that if someone didn't know anything about economics then they could look at my PowerPoint and have a better understanding on what economics is about.

Common Core Standards

• RH 1  Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
• RH 2  Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

Week of February 16-20

The last few weeks I have been helping with the skate park. I help David with the thinking portion, to make things easier  but still do it right. I also was taking pictures on the progress that they were making by moving the ramp out to the tennis courts.  I have also been very busy working on scholarships, because we all know the wake up call that we get when we go off and have to pay for their college expenses.
I have a lot of things on my to do list! I have to meet with Dr. Audet to talk about when we could have a possible dinner for the Leo's meeting, give him the starter papers, and meet with the Lions Club on talking about starting the club. After we have the date set we have to make flyers and send them out to local schools and also present it to the middle school students in Laton. We also have to discuss when a good time for taking pictures for my web page would be. I also have to work on personal statements, scholarships and get transcripts fro, the office.

Common Core standards

• SL 5-  Making strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence to add interest. 
• L 1-  Demonstrate command of the conversations of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. 
• L 6-  Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. 

Weekly Blog Post

January 19-23

I started off my weekend with volunteering at the Laton Lions Club with their first annual Crab Feed.  It honestly wasn't that bad, I enjoyed spending time with one of the other rodeo queen contestants.  I also have been working on my Leos Website most of the week in my English class. I mainly have been trying to come up with ways to direct the website to all audiences and add relevant information where it belongs. I had a meeting with Dr. Audet and we talked about setting deadlines and adding pictures to website.  He also gave me little tips and tricks to use on it to make it easier to read and draw attention to certain areas.  We also talked about certain things that the Life Project class could do at the end of the year to do volunteer work and also have fun while doing it.

Common Core Standards:

• SL 2- Initiate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.

I can tie this standard in with what I'm doing because of when I'm working on my website I have to use different forms of media to answer the questions that I think people may have while looking at the Leos Website.

Weekly Blog Post

January 12-16, 2015
First week back! This week we finally got to meet with the two professors that Dr. Audet has been talking about all of last semester. They were pretty interesting, I'm not going to lie the meeting was extremely boring. Other than the meeting I have basically been working on the website that Dr. Audet has helped me create for the Leos Club. I have to add everything on my own, which involves research so I don't post anything wrong. The website and Facebook page aren't ready yet but when they are I will be posting the link so you will be able to look at it.

English Standards:

• RH 7-  Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media in order to address a question or solve a problem.
• WHST 5-  Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

I can use these standards mainly form making the website for the Leos Club. I have to research all over the internet for relevant information, so that any questions someone might ask can just look on our website or Facebook page and find the answer to their question. The last standard explains what I'm doing. I'm planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and trying different approaches. I'm trying to make my website for a general audience, obviously talking about the Leos Club.