...In sixth grade i only knew a few people. They went to the same elementary with me but we didn't hang out back then or now. But i knew a couple of other kids that weren't in my class. In the first week i made a good friend who moved to Sahuarita this past summer. His name was Nathan Rios and we basically hanged out for the most of the school year.I later did sports in sixth grade for the third and fourth quarter only.I did sports because i am good at it and i like to exercise while having fun and trying to win. In the third Quarter i tried out for the soccer team with my second big brother Gabriel Fernandez because we played outside of school for different club teams and we both made it. I made some seventh grade friends through soccer and are still my friends to this day. I Knew a couple of seventh graders through outside school soccer and they joined the soccer team and we thought we were gonna make the championship.But a couple of kids...
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...William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States of America. It just so happens that our school is named after him in Chicago, IL. To be honest with you I never considered Taft as an option for schools. I went to a Catholic grade school and if you went to a Catholic grade school then you would head to a Catholic High School. I remember looking back when I was in 7th grade, and I was a tad shy back. I remember looking at all these great schools and I completely ignored Taft as an option. In the beginning of my 8th grade year I decided to take a tour and see what Taft has to offer and it offered so much! There were so many things you can do, so many clubs you can join. After I heard about the academics and clubs they had to offer I decide that was where I wanted to be. My first day, was full of confusion and craziness. I remember wearing one of my favorite dresses, it...
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...In 2011-2012 the graduation rate from high school in the U.S. is 80%. Somethings I was told about high school was Freshman Friday, which is where seniors would push Freshman into lockers. In reality Freshman Friday is a myth. Another thing I was told that the teachers are mean and strict. When in reality they are super nice and good people. I wish I had known more truths when I came to the high school. There are a few actions 8th graders should take when they come to the high school in order to have a positive experience. First, students should be mature. Once someone comes to the high school they should act more their age. For example if students from the middle school came here and are screaming and running around, no one will try talk...
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...I never found a book I liked considering I never tried since I didn’t have an interest in reading. Although, now I can say I like to read if I find the right book when i use to say that i hated reading. The youngest I remember writing was in 6th grade when I would write letters to my dad. I wrote letters to my dad after my parents got divorced since I didn’t get to see my dad from it. My letters would be about how much I missed him, how school was going, and how things were different. I wrote...
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...Slow, boring, social, interesting at times, drama, rowdy, confusing are a just a few word that i think can describe my 8th grade year. One thing that I think truly represents the ups and downs is the song Home by: Phillip Phillips. The song Home represents my 8th grade experience for its meaningful lyrics. The phrase “Hold on, to me as we go. As we roll down this unfamiliar road” is written in the first lines of the song. This line is a perfect representation of my 8th grade year because it shows that entering 8th grade it was definitely an unfamiliar road for many of us and me especially. During this year I was introduced into many new things whether it was a new book in language arts, a confusing unit in math or a new grammar rules in Spanish. During those times there was always someone to...
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...SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE HEALTH, EXERCISE SCIENCE, AND ATHLETICS Principles of Healthful Living Fall 2015 Class: HLTH Instructor: Dr. Akili Section number:101-44 Office Hours: By Appointment Class Location: H-312 Prerequisites: NONE Units: 3.0 Class Hours: T, TR 5:10p.m.-6:35 p.m. Phone: e-mail: sakili@swccd.edu Course Description: Addresses contemporary public health issues and development of holistically healthy living. Provides an overview of epidemiology, chronic and infectious diseases, environmental health, injury prevention, chemical dependency, nutrition, health policies and promotion, global health, body composition, fitness, psychological wellness, fertility, sexuality, emergency preparedness, disaster response, conflict resolution, and end of the life cycle. Text: Insel, P. & Roth, W. (2011). Core concepts in health. 13th ed. brief. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-8028533 MHID: 0-07-802853-1 Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify present health condition that may develop into disease and modify them as necessary. 2. Identify causes and health consequences...
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...Malessia Harris English 099-003 September 7, 2014 Essay After School Reading “The Teacher Who Changed My life” by Nicholas Gage brought back so many memories of 8th grade math. Gage felt so strongly about Ms. Hurd, as I did to my math teacher Mrs. Mowery. Gage came to America from Greece when he was just a boy. Unlike me I was born and raised in America. I think I took that for grated after reading his story. I believe a lot of children in America take for grated the educational system we have in place. When entering into Greendale Elementary school, Gage felt like he would have a bit of knowledge from his schooling in Greece. As I felt like because I had gone to 7 grades. Soon I was mistaken. Mrs. Mowery was a young, beautiful, smart math teacher. She reminded me that learning never end's. Just because I made it to the 8th grade did not mean I was done learning. Gage went to school willing to learn, I went to school to socialize with my friends. My other teacher's did not try to get me to pay attention or get good grades. I think they just thought I was a lost cause. Mrs. Mowery took that time, not just with math but with being a student. She asked me to stay after school to help me with my math. For the first week I saw this as a punishment. Day after day I stepped in to that empty classroom, sitting in the same cold, hard, metal desk. That punishment soon faded as I realized what Mrs. Mowery was trying to do. Not only did I get help with my math, I got help with...
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...it’s not just about how my essays were written on a computer. It is about how these repeated actions developed who I am as a writer, along with the quality of my work. I truly believe my writing has blossomed this year because I have finally imposed a step-by-step process of writing that works for me. In addition, I was able to fully connect with the literature I read, resulting in the reveal a new writer’s personality within me. Moreover, I am beginning to understand the piecemeal writer burgeoning inside me throughout the essays I have written in english class and how it has shaped my compositions through the different strategies I took, style, and organization. Writing essays in the beginning of the year was somewhat troublesome, to be honest, because my style, organization, and strategies for writing, were a complete mess. As a result...
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...Matt on Common Core Standards This is for student's from 6-8th grade in Language Arts. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. "The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. The standards were created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life, regardless of where they live." (http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/) This common core standard is for the conclusion of arguments and reports for students. It is placed to gauge the conclusion of thoughts on these reports. The expectations of this common core standard is to assess the students and how well they finish off their thoughts and then recap the piece. The academic impact of this common core standard is to ensure that students are completing their assignments in a standard up to par with 6th through 8th graders. Differentiated instruction is imperative for these common core standards because as teachers we are always evolving. Much like our students are always different, every student learns in different. Differentiated instruction allows us a professionals find the best way to teach your pupil and every student equally so that everybody is on the same pace...
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...You still have a chance to pass this class, but you have to turn in all your homework from now on. Turn Essay # 3 Version 2 today, your instructor is going to provide feedback on it, and give you some points for that paper. This is your instructor’s report for these weeks: Essay 2 Reflection: 0/5 Assigned Reading Worksheet: 0/10 Summary of 2nd Article of Choice: 5/5 Summary of 3rd Article of Choice: 5/5 Completed Cheat-sheet on Article for Essay 3: 5/5 Analysis Discussion Activity: 5/5 Essay 3 Version 1 Peer Review: 0/10 Comment Analysis: 0/5 Essay 3 Version 2: 0/50 Essay 3 Reflection: 0/5 Comments: Joe hasn't turned in the most recent major essay. When I asked him to do so, he expressed that he had a lot going on in his life outside of class and refused to let me help him.. HIST 101A – History of the Word Civ I: Your overall grade for this class is 170/210 80.9%. You have 200 points available in this class. Start preparing your coming paper which is due on Tuesday, December...
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...the following assignments: 1) Response Paper; in this one to two page essay, you will write a personal response to your author and his/her work. Your response should address these questions (at a minimum): Why did you choose this particular author and work? What is intriguing about their style? What themes does the work address? Would you read any other work by this author? This assignment will be due on FEBRUARY 16th, 2012. 2) AP Argumentative Essay Question; you will need to compose an AP-style argumentative essay prompt for your novel. This is a question you would likely see on an actual AP English Language Exam. Have question TYPED and submitted by FEBRUARY 17th, 2012. 3) AP Argumentative Essay. You will compose an AP argumentative essay on the prompt that you created and that I approved. This assignment will be due on March 1st, 2012. 4) AP Rhetorical Analysis Essay question; you will need to compose an AP-style rhetorical analysis essay prompt for your novel. This is a question you would likely see on an actual AP English Language Exam. Have question TYPED and submitted by March 8th, 2011. 5) AP Rhetorical Analysis Essay. You will compose an AP rhetorical analysis essay on the prompt that you created and that I approved. This assignment will be due on March 19th, 2012. 6) AP Synthesis Essay Question; you will need to submit an AP style synthesis essay prompt. The prompt will consist of a question related to topics/issues discussed...
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...Have you ever realized how many standardized test we take from Pre K to 12th grade? From grades Pre K to 12th grade an average student takes about 112 exams. Every year students take about 8-9 standardized test. For example Knox Middle School takes Istep and Nwea three times a year to see what the students are learning and what the teachers are teaching. The government needs to modify these numbers of standardized test because it is quality not quantity. This essay will discuss that the government should modify standardized test because we take too many, stresses out teachers and students, and the tests take up too much teaching time. First this paragraph will discuss how students take too many standardized test. On average a student takes...
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...Malcolm Poree II Reagan Mitchell EDCI 1001 24 September 2014 Educational Narrative Essay The importance of education is key to success in your future. Getting an education during your early years (k-5th grade) is just as important to success as graduating high school or even college. In the first video we watched, Dr.Cornel West mentioned that education is a quest for the truth. This statement makes perfect sense considering you start your educational quest from a young age, which is considered the time where humans learn the most. Success is a pre-determined mindset that one must have before even beginning their journey. Developing good learning habits from day one will help you throughout your educational career. I would encounter early that I would have a problem with reading comprehension, not because I couldn’t ready but I would just struggle with retaining the information. I started my education experience at a pre-school called Hume Center in Uptown New Orleans. Throughout pre-school I was already focused on my books. I would read every night, probably my favorites which would be a story written by Dr.Seuss. Reading these simple riddle books was an attempt to see if I could gather the information without forgetting everything I read. From there I left and went to the International School Of Louisiana where I would further my education. ISL was a very unique experience considering the majority of my learning would...
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...English 1320 Unit 11 Exercise 1: Reflection Essay Antonio Parks R. Schaffer 03/06/14 I really didn’t care for writing at all before this course. I had not written anything longer than a sentence in over 35 years. My mind was clouded and I didn’t take time to write. When asking me “What type of essay had I written before this course”? My response is very simple. I have not written anything, well if you count writing a journal in the 8th grade then that would be it. My writing has improved immensely. I can write and wasn’t aware that I could. The essay that was the easiest to write for me was the memoir. I found that writing about something that I knew about gave me more control over my audience. The essay that would have been the hardest for me would have been romance. I guess I’m not quit in touch with my other side to write romance. My attitude toward writing at the end of the course is one of great interest. I have learned to enjoy it. I believe if I actually spent the time to write, I could get lot better and enjoy it more. Using my ePortfolio in the future will help me prepare for the job market in the future. Listing my classes, accomplishments, and posting my resume are the primary reasons for the portfolio. Thank you Mr.Schaffer for helping me realize again how important writing is in my everyday life. I will do my best to continue to...
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...PSYCHOLOGY 1301 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Fall 2015 Syllabus Section: 001 Time: T & TH 12:30-1:45 Room: LLCT2 Instructor: Office: Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday from 8:30-9:20 & 10:50-12:00 & Wednesday from 1:00-2:00. E-Mail: Text: The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View 3rd ed. By Laura A. King Course Description and Objectives: This course is designed to teach the student basic principles that effect the behavior of animals and humans. The wide varieties of topics found in psychology today are introduced and the underlying theories discussed. The course is meant to be a foundation course for those planning to major in psychology as well as an interesting elective for non-majors. This class also completes a general education requirement. Course Objectives: to help you expand your abilities and knowledge in the following broad areas as they pertain to psychology: the process of inquiry, critical reasoning, major concepts and methodologies, current developments within psychology, applications of psychological principles to the real world, comprehension and understanding of psychological theory and research design, and respect for the commonality and diversity of human experience. Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, students should have a basic understanding of: the dynamics of psychological research, how the science of psychology has come to be a field of its own, the importance and contribution of the Nature...
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