...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...
Words: 718 - Pages: 3
...¨Defeat the Suitors” 4th quarter 8th grade basketball game. My team and I are 17 and 0, we just need this one more win to take the trophy home and have a flawless season. We are not losing this game, we come too far to lose now, too much sweat and hard work have we put in to lose now. Up by 20 points, 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter seems like the victory is in the bag. Then it seemed as if my entire team and I have become weak and acquired the skill of a first grade cricket team. The opposing team made a shot then another shot. Our spirits began draining at this point we are letting them drive right by us. 1 minute left we are up by 9 points. “Time out”! Coach Horvath screams with rage. We meet up in the locker room, take a seat on the wooden bench Coach Horvath exclaims with passion “what are you ladies doing out there, you let come back”. As he slams the wall. “Do you want this win, do you want what you have been...
Words: 707 - Pages: 3
...Trip to Colorado for 8th grade LA Whats a place that you would like to go to escape? To get away from the city? Well for us, That’s are cabin in Colorado. It’s a place surrounded by trees and lakes, built in 1954 by my great grandfather to have a great place to stay in the summer. Well about a year ago I took a trip with my family for the first time in four years for a family gathering, Here’s how it went. So we wake up that morning, of course earlier than usual to pack what seemed like billions of bags into the small dark green Toyota SUV to begin the six hour trek to just shy of Platoro Colorado. After that I finally check to make sure I have everything I meant to bring, just shy of one item to witch was no big deal. Then too jump into the car, feeling the texture of the slightly uncomfortable nylon seats And the minimum legroom. And then we were off. To be completely honest, the trip was rather unpleasant although, we weren’t very hot along the way we...
Words: 558 - Pages: 3
...8th Grade Finally 8th grade at last, the current grade that I am in and the grade I have not enough to say about due to me having a strange memory and barely can remember events within the past year for some dumb reason. Before the school year started when turning in a required item for our grade during the summer I met someone named Ramon and that I would be their guide for the first week of school. We quickly became friends on that first day of school due to our similar interests and the fact that we had to eat lunch at the same table. Now I don’t really remember the first part of the school year besides a few trips that were ok. We did a trip to Rainbow River and I rode in a tandem kayak with Ramon and got placed into the same snorkel group as him. Other than that I really cannot remember important things this year. I mean I got my phone taken away once because I was muting it due to somebody spamming me and making my phone constantly vibrate....
Words: 515 - Pages: 3
...VISION STATEMENT Every school has its own story to tell. The context in which teaching and learning takes place influences the processes and procedures by which the school makes decisions around curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The context also impacts the way a school stays faithful to its vision. Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school, and the kinds of programs and services that a school implements to support student learning. The purpose of the Vision Statement is to provide schools with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the school community will have a more complete picture of how the school perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This statement is structured for the school to reflect on how it provides teaching and learning on a day-to-day basis. Mission Statement: The mission of Gardner Newman Middle School is to meet students' needs by providing quality educational and personal growth opportunities ensuring success in our ever-changing world. Our commitment is to guide and inspire students to be responsible, productive citizens, to nurture students to achieve full potential in the classroom, to maximize students' intellectual, artistic, technological, and physical abilities, and to seize every...
Words: 1277 - Pages: 6
...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...
Words: 1021 - Pages: 5
...personal narrative You act white tell a personal narrative of multi-racial girl. The girl has more problems with her skin color because she is too shy to make friends. Three black girls deride her and cause some problems. She is only 8th grade's student and a small kid. These three girls give pressure that a kid can not easy to withstand. Their threaten and actions to her makes her so upset. What those girls has done to her makes her suffering a lot. When I read this article, my childhood also has some dark memories that I did not want it happened to me again. When I was 12 years old, this was the time to go to junior school in China. The Chinese education system force students to very hard and compete with each other. Students needs to study sine 6am till 10pm everyday to study all kinds of subjects. And most of parents want their children to go to top schooling their city in order to have a promising future. With a huge amount of students but limited best schools, not all the students can make their "best school" dreams come true. So the entrance exam is the only way to pick students who want to go to the best school. Fortunately, I was 1000 of 10000 students who passed the exam. However if i had a chance to chose again, i would rather not pass that exam. What I had experienced made me feel so upset and lonely. The Foreign Languages School, one of the best schools in my hometown, was a boarding school. Students only had 4 days off to home per month. I lived with my grandparents...
Words: 896 - Pages: 4
...Throughout my 8th grade writing career, I have changed a lot. I used to despise writing assignments, and I always procrastinate when I have to work at home. Now I find myself enjoying some of the writing tasks. I still think some papers are pointless, but I have started to enjoy prompts such as narrative writing. In fact, I have even started to write my own story for fun. As a writer, I’d say I use pretty good language. I can describe things well, I’m good at organization, but I can improve on all of these. I also need to work on concentrating so that I don’t have to work late. A writer always has room to grow. While one may be excellent in some parts of writing, they’re not the best at everything. For me, I’d say I’m good at descriptions,...
Words: 1014 - Pages: 5
...deficiencies, challenges, and strategies to improve the literacy program at Anywhere ISD in Anywhere, Texas. Reading Program Action Plan A reading program plan should be determined by meeting the needs of the students it plans to serve (Ediger, 2010). In determining an action plan for meeting the students of my school there are several key factors I have to evaluate. School funding issues are prevalent in every state in America and in order for this to be effective funding issues need to be established. For the sake of argument this reading program action plan is built on the assumption that funding is not an issue but student success is of more importance. This action plan will focus on 8th grade students at Anywhere ISD in Anywhere, Texas. Based upon data, two thirds of 8th graders read below grade level (Martello, Martello, Modder man, Peterson, & Pan, 2013). Gunning (2013) suggests ten principles in implementing a successful reading program for all students to be successful. In order for these principles to be effective proper monitoring of all students in the reading program will have to be addressed. Anywhere ISD consists of students who are economically disadvantaged and come from low income family environments. Deficiencies in Reading at Anywhere ISD Anywhere ISD has deficiencies in reading...
Words: 3172 - Pages: 13
...afterward during recess I walked up to friend, Max, and asked him to talk to Emily which was Sarah’s best friend at the time about whether or not Sarah liked me back, a day later Max comes back to me and tells me what happened “Emily told me that Sarah likes you but more as a close friend”. When I heard what Max told me I felt crushed I thought that Sarah liked me back so when I heard the news I stopped pursuing her, a couple years later in 8th grade when I was in the cafeteria I overheard a conversation between Sarah and a friend where she said she liked me back in 4th grade, and Emily said “why didn’t you say so because his friend asked me in fourth grade?”. I felt disheartened because I missed my opportunity in fourth grade to be with someone I liked. All 3 stories show the challenges of being in love, in “The Great Gatsby” Gatsby’s challenge is the unrequited love between him and Daisy, in “Silver Linings Playbook” Pat’s challenge is how Nikki left him and now he's trying to improve himself to try to win her over again, In the personal narrative the challenge Santi faces is dealing with the one that got away. In the end all 3 protagonists were not able to find success in their pursuit for a relationship ...
Words: 683 - Pages: 3
...Grades in the realm of education are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters (for example, A, B, C, D, or F), as a range (for example 4.0–1.0), as a number out of a possible total (for example out of 20 or 100), as descriptors (excellent, great, satisfactory, needs improvement), in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary institutions in some countries, as a Grade Point Average (GPA). GPA is calculated by taking the number of grade points a student earned in a given period of time divided by the total number of credits taken.[1] The GPA can be used by potential employers or further post-secondary institutions to assess and compare applicants. A Cumulative Grade Point Average is a calculation of the average of all of a student's grades for all semesters and courses completed up to a given academic term,[2][3][4] whereas the GPA may only refer to one term. Keith Hoskin argues that the concept of grading students' work quantitatively was developed by a tutor named William Farish and first implemented by the University of Cambridge in 1792.[5] Hoskin's assertion has been questioned by Christopher Stray, who finds the evidence for Farish as the inventor of the numerical mark to be unpersuasive.[6] Stray's article elucidates the complex relationship between the mode of examination (testing), in this case oral or written, and the varying philosophies of education these modes imply, both to teacher...
Words: 4251 - Pages: 18
...11th Grade Afro-Asian Literature Course Syllabus | Educ 508 – Principles of College Teaching | Submitted by:Jonathan Jay F. BaniagaSubmitted to: Dr. Wilhelmina Q. Tomas | LONDON.MANILA.TOKYO.SEOUL Tomoeda Academy Tomoeda Academy Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City 11th Grade World Literature Course Syllabus Mr. Jonathan Jay F. Baniaga 2015- 2016 I.Subject Code: English 101a II. Subject Description: Afro-Asian Literature III. Credit Units: 3 IV. Pre-Requisite: none V. Duration: 18 weeks (54 hours) – 1 meeting per week (3 hours per class session) VI. Course Overview: Afro-Asian Literature is a survey course in reading and writing. The text focuses on selected works of Afro -Asian literature ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the present and is augmented with a wide array of novels and other supplemental materials. All literary genres will be covered. Students are expected to critically read all genres of literature and write cohesive, clear, and well-structured analyses/critiques about what they have read. Students will write a variety of rhetorical modes and for a variety of purposes including narration, information, and persuasion. Students’ papers will reflect a sophisticated level of original analysis and include references to the read text or to outside sources where appropriate. VII. Course Objectives: Students...
Words: 1741 - Pages: 7
...INTRODUCTION Purpose/Justification Problems related to reading comprehension have been besetting both private and public educational institutions all over the country. In the Philippine setting evidences revealed that 2009, 2010 and 2011 NAT results exemplified that the second year students struggled much on reading comprehension as shown by the three mean percentage scores in English subject. In particular, the mean percentage scores of Macario B. Asistio Sr. High School—Unit I for the school years 2008-2009; 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 are 43.11, 36.57 and 36.60 respectively (Department of Educational Testing and Research Center, 2009; 2010; 2011). Likewise, comprehension related studies conducted locally have verified and supported that the students showed difficulty in reading comprehension (Columna, 2013; Ayles, 2009 and Dela Cruz, 2004). In a study conducted by Columna (2013), results revealed that the students were struggling to comprehended texts in their L2 with majority of them fall under instructional level and a significant of them fall under frustration level. In the same manner, Dela Cruz (2004) found that the students in the secondary level have difficulties in reading materials in the content areas especially in Mathematics and Science. The researcher posits that these comprehension problems have rooted from the questioning pedagogical strategy employed by the teachers. Chin (2002) found that questions, particularly those asked in response to wonderment, stimulate...
Words: 10351 - Pages: 42
...overlooked. With the advent of technology, enlightened teaching resources play a vital role in the teaching and learning process. Such evolution may be remarkable but on the other side, though concerned individuals covet to steer clear of the fact about the plight of Science education in the Philippines, still, it’s always the dismal performance in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey (TIMSS) along with the low scores in the National Achievement Tests both for primary and secondary levels that surface. Dulay (2015) mentioned in her study the report of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that we ranked 36th in both Science and Mathematics tests out of 38 countries in TIMSS 1999. In 2003, 4th-grade students ranked 23rd out of 25 and 8th-grade students ranked 42nd out of 45 participating countries. Subsequently in 2011, fifty-four countries and 20 other education systems participated in TIMSS. The Philippines, however, did not participate in the international study for the year 2007 and 2011. The performance in the National Achievement Test (NAT) is also below 50 percent in so many schools. The NAT for high school was 46.38 percent in SY 2009-2010, still a slight decrease from 47.40 percent in SY 2008-2009. In 2013, the goal of 75% seems elusive at this point according to the National Education Testing and Research Center. Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. in his presentation on Building a Science Culture...
Words: 910 - Pages: 4
...Social Responsibility is more of an Aspiration than Reality, Discuss? • Examine the Idea: Ethical Relativism is a Dangerous Thing. • Discuss the Emergence of Scientific Management. • Dependency Theory is all Hot Air. Discuss? • The Dáil is a Vital Part of Irish Democratic Institutions. Discuss? • Examine the Ideas Underlying Green Marketing. • It is Vital that a Company Conducts Business Ethically. Discuss? • The Civil War Shaped the Destiny of Irish Politics. Discuss? • Examine the Place of Ireland, in the Expanding EU. • Stakeholder Theory makes for more Responsible Companies. Discuss? • When Business and Politics mix is Corruption Inevitable, Discuss. This CA is due by 5PM on Friday 8th November 2013 at the latest; that is (8/11/2013). It must be completed in groups of 5 students. . The term paper will be an essay of 2,000 words in length. This will be completed during the first semester. The term paper must be handed in by 5PM on Friday 8/11/2013 at the latest. If your essay is overdue it is subject to standard DIT penalties – 25% for lateness, plus 2% per day for every additional working day overdue. Please note that at least five (5) academic sources should be used, in addition to web-resources where...
Words: 990 - Pages: 4
