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 Agenda: - Take a Minute - Blog/Corrections - Createober Day 31 - Week 12: Quiz - NaNoWriMo Prep Homework: NaNoWriMo starts 11/1!!! Happy Halloween! Ms. Nakada was very thoughtful and passed out some candy at the door. Then, we wrote down our agenda as Layla read her incredible blog. We finished off our last Createobers when Talia, Molly, Hartley, Madison, Nell, Jaden, Lev, Ethan, Jonny, and Mikey shared. We did some NaNoWriMo Prep by writing letters to our friends that encouraged them to complete their novels, since it will be challenging. I wrote to Talia and suggested that we meet up on Fridays to finish any words that we didn't write in the week. We took our weekly quiz, and another day of class ended.

  AGENDA: take a minute blog/corrections Creatober Day #30 Week #12: Lines T.O.  - Fall Essay Intros HW: Read a model novel: 20-30 minutes      Good morning! It's me, Layla. We started off our English class today by walking in, taking our seats, and jotting down the agenda. Next, we silently watched our daily take a minute video. Ms. Nakada then graciously handed out the cookies and brownies she baked for us since we reached 10 class points. After that, we did our Creatober and Ethan, Hartley, Molly, Sigi, Talia, Maya, and Lev shared theirs. I liked the grouptober of the day, but I think Molly's drawing could've been shaded just a little less. We then read and talked about our lines "The Poverty Myth" by Jaqueline Ching. We discussed that it's about the myth that low-income students can't achieve and made connections between the lines and The Outsiders  book. Next, we finally finished our notes on The Outsiders . We talked about how Ponyboy becomes an unre...

 AGENDA: -Take a minute -Blog/corrections -Creatober day 29 -Week 12 song - The Outsiders  - Fall essay intros Blog-  Good morning! As another period of English began, we took our seats, walking in at a mediocre volume. We sat down, and started writing the daily agenda on our binder reminders. Next, we watched our daily take a minute for this week. After that, our five minute timer for our createobers began, and we all started drawing our prompts for today. after the time was up, students went up to the front to share their createober drawings. Next, we went over our song of the week. This week's song was called, "Blue Jeans and White T-shirts" by Gaslight Anthem. We talked about this song relating to the outsiders, specifically the greasers. we next talked about Chapter 8 of The Outsiders . We talked about the first meeting of Johnny's mom, and the conversation between Ponyboy and Cherry. We next began discussing Chapter 9, the most important chapter. We discussed th...

 Agenda - Take a minute - Blog corrections - Book Project Gallery Walk - Creatober Day 28 - Week 12: Question Homework - Read a model novel- Prep for NaNoWriMo Hello, this is my second blog. Today, we walked into class, chatty as always, and settled into our seats and wrote the agenda down. Molly read her blog and, much to my dismay, chose me to be the next blogger. Before packing up my stuff and starting the blog, the class took out their book projects so we could do a gallery walk. Many people brought baked goods, and everyone was grateful. I offered my cake pop to whomever would take it, and Sebastian took it. He proceeded to eat it, and he looked ill afterwards. I sat down in the blog seat, and it took a very long time before the Chromebook was unlocked and the blog page was ready. We took a few minutes for our Createober, and Molly, Hartley, Ethan, and Leila came up to share their Grouptober. Talia shared and felt very distressed that she was not, and will not, be a part of Gr...

Agenda: Take a minute blog - corrections Creatober Day 27 Week 12: Grammar - Quote The Outsiders - Book Projects HW: BOOK PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW! Hello, it's me, Molly. Today, we started with Ruby reading her blog, and then, she chose me to be the next blogger. Next, we shared for Creatober, and it was very exciting. Grouptober was definitely the best part. If you think otherwise, argue with the wall. After we finished sharing, we looked at the steps to making a strong essay, and our Fall Essay Prompts. Then, we looked at the quote of the week, which was "This is your novel, and only know how to write it." - Roxane Gay. As a class, we interpreted this to mean our novels are our creative work, and we decide how we write it. Next, we took notes on NaNoWriMo. Then, the bell rang, and we were done.  P.S. Shout-out to Hartley. She is my Rae of sunshine. (If you don't get the pun... that's embarrassing.)

  AGENDA take a minute blog/corrections createober Day 24 Week 11 Quiz The Outsiders Book Projects HW: Read 100 pages by Monday. Hello, it's me again, Ruby. We all walked in to class on Friday amidst a lot of arguing whether or not the movie rendition of Sodapop was "Hot" or not. After, everyone wrote down the agenda in their binder reminders, and Hartley read her blog. She then so rudely chose me to be the next blogger after I explicitly told her I didn't want to. Then, we started our Createobers, and Ms. Nakada put on the rest of The Outsiders  movie. After we finished the movie, a few people shared their Createobers, and then we started the quiz. Then, the bell rang, and it was the end of our day.

 AGENDA take a minute blog/corrections Creatober Day 23 Week 11: Lines The Outsiders Book Projects HW - Read a book (100 pages by Monday) Book Project #2 due 10/28 Hi! Today, we sat down in our English class, and took out our binder reminders. We then listened to our mindfulness video. After that, we did our Creatobers and Talia, Ruby, Kellan, and Group B shared their Creatobers. Possibly more people too, but I forgot. I would also like to add that the group Creatober is for your table group, and if you feel left out by that, you should start your own group Creatober. Not beg to join Group B's. Next, we did our lines, which were a poem called "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. We were given the chance to annotate the poem by ourselves, and then we discussed the poem as a class. Then, we continued working on our The Outsiders notes, and we talked about Chapter 7. We were given time to think about our next book project. Then, the bell rang and that ended another Engl...

Agenda take-a-minute blog/corrections Creatober Day 22 Week 11: Song The Outsiders HW Read a book (100 pages by Monday) Book Project #2 Due 10/28           Helo, this Kellan. Everyone entered class, and we copied down the agenda. We then did the daily take-a-minute. Afterwards, we corrected Hunter's blog and started today's Creatober. Ethan, Hartley, and Liam all shared their amazing drawings. Then, we listened to the song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. I have heard this song so many times in my house so it was familiar. We talked about the song and concluded the daughter in the song wanted to escape their day to day life and finally found her happy place, but she wanted her partner to leave because they weren't being a good parent. Then, we worked on our The Outsiders  notes, and the bell rang.                                         ...

  Agenda - take a minute - blog/corrections - Createober day #21 - week 11: question - The Outsiders Homework - read 100 pages of a book of your choice by next Monday - book project #2 due next Tuesday Blog Hello, it is I, Hunter. Today's English class was kicked off by watching our take a minute video. I don't remember what it was about, but I imagine it was very inspiring and helpful. After this, Hriday came up to the front of the class to read his second blog. Once he was finished, he had Vance, Jaden, and I play a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who writes the next entry. I lost to both Vance and Jaden simultaneously, therefore you are hearing me speak today. We then spent five minutes drawing our Creatober entries. A few people shared their entries, such as the rocket that Ethan drew, and Ruby's drawing of a couple on a swing. Apparently, there's this thing occurring called Grouptober, and today's entry seemed to be eyes. After Creatober, we opened our En...

 Agenda: - take a minute - blog/corrections - Createober Day 20 - Week 11: Grammar/Quote - The Outsiders HW: Read 100 pages of a book by Monday 10/27/25 Hello, it's Hriday! Today we walked into class, rather loudly. We all settled down into our seats, however the majority were still talking. Ms. Nakada told us to quiet down, and we all wrote down the agenda in our planner s.  Luke then came up to read his second blog. I found it rather nice. He then chose me to be the next blogger. We were then allotted five minutes for our createobers, and many people shared their creative drawings. Some  were rather violent. After that was done, Ms. Nakada asked us to take out our English notebooks, and informed us that there would be a notebook check. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my English notebook today. We started to go over some grammar, specifically citations. Next, we went over the new quote for the week. It was a quote by Toni Morrison, which stated that "If there is a book ...

 Agenda -Take a minute -Blog/Corrections -Creatober Day 17 -Week 10 Quiz HW: Read a book  Catch up on Createober Hello, it's me Luke, and this is my second blog. We came into class today and took out our binder reminders to write down the agenda. We had a vote for a new blog name, which the two options were the big rocks, or purple. We couldn't agree on a name, so we will have to do it again on Monday. Jonny then read his blog. He picked me to be the next writer, and then we corrected his blog which didn't have many errors. Next, we had some time to work on our createobers. Ethan, Talia, Molly, Hartley, Mikey, Sebastian, Tesa, Ruby, and Lev all shared. We then reviewed our week 10 notes to prepare for our quiz. We took some time to do our quiz, and before we knew it our short English class was over.

 Agenda: take a minute blog/corrections creatober day 16 SLC Letters HW: Student Led Conferencing Tonight! 5-7     Heyy it's your bestie, Jonny. In our wonderful English class, we settled into our seats, and took a minute to watch a peaceful video. Next, Ethan read his blog beautifully, even though his blog wasn't as beautiful as him reading it. Of course, he picked me to go. We then, started drawing our creatobers, and Ethan, Kellan, Talia, Leila, and Maya, shared their creative drawings. Me, personally, I thought Talia's was the most creative, since she kept adding on each day's word to one big art piece, although nothing can beat Ethan's baseball painting. After that, we worked on our Fall Student Led Conferencing Letters. I was a little stressed out, because I had to do this blog, and do the letter at the same time, but it worked out just fine. I hope this blog gets us a point, and have a great rest of your day! Bye! -Jonny Cucher

 Agenda  Take a minute Blog correction Creatober 15- score Week 10: lines SLC letters HW:  student led conferencing letters                           Due Friday!         Today we walked into class and got right to working on the agenda for the day. We then watched the take a minute about a good wolf and a bad wolf. I then started on my creatobers day 14 and 15, and the themes were trunk and ragged. The rest of the class also worked on it and multiple shared their creatobers, as I did. We then, got to our lines which was an excerpt from novel Braiding Sweetgrass. W e then went over gratitude and the meaning of reciprocity. Afterwards, we discussed what we take from the land and how we can give back to the land to help it. After discussing that, the class discussed that everyone is an immigrant, and that if you give your life to the land as you take, you become indigenous to that land....

Agenda Take a minute blog corrections Creatober day 14 week 10 questions/song hw: reread to chapter 5/6 Hi, it's me, Sebastian. We started the day by sitting down in our seats and filling in our binder reminders. Then, we listened and corrected Sam's blog, and he selected me to do the blog. We finished going through Sam's blog, and then, we did our Creatober day 14, and people went up to share their drawings. As we were gonna start in our notebooks, we had a conversation about our blog title and how it was low-key racist. After the discussion about our blog, we answered the question "Is it offensive to use Native Americans as mascots?" We then listened to the song "Hawaii 78" by IZ ( Israel Kamakawiwo'ole), and the song was about loss of culture, tracing back to your roots, and loss of land. The bell rang, and that was the end of class.

       AGENDA: Take a minute    Blog/Corrections    Creatober Day 13   Week 10 Grammar and Quote    The Outsiders  Chapters 1/4  HW Reread T.O Chapters 3/4 Hi, it's me, Kingston's Twin. Today we came into class and got our new seats. Then, we proceeded to sit down in our new seats. We then started watching the take a minute for this week. Meanwhile, I wrote down my agenda in my binder. Then, Goldie opened what looked like a Dr. Pepper which made a fizzing sound. Then, I volunteered to do the blog. We then proceeded to talk about Christopher Columbus and what he did to the Native Americans. We concluded that he was not a very good person. We started to write our Grammar and Quote. Our Grammar was about a writing strategy which was really helpful for some people, like Ethan. Our Quote was "It does not require many words to speak the truth" by Chief Joseph. A lot of other people and I agreed that this quote is ...

 AGENDA - Take a minute  -Blog/correction  - Creatober Day 9 -Week 9 quiz -reader's workshop HW Finish The Outsiders by Monday! Hi. It's Leila. Today as we walked into the classroom, we sat down and wrote the agenda down in our binder reminders. Then, we we listened to the take a minute. After that,we listen to Kingston read his blog.It was now my turn so I walked to the desk. Then, we started to do the createober of the day. Sigi, Talia, Jonny, Lev, Henry, and Kellan shared their Createobers. Next, we went over our notes, so everyone would be prepared for the quiz. As we took the quiz, Ms. Nakada walked around the room checking our binder reminders. After I finished my quiz, I worked on my createober. The bell rang, and we exited out the classroom.

 Take a Minute Blog/Corrections Createober Day 8 Week 9: Lines The Outsiders/School Trip What's up, class. I'm back at first again, except this time I'm the first one to go twice. Today we filed in with average volume, some of us talking, some yelling, others making no noise at all. After everybody came in, we all filled out our binder reminders with the aforementioned schedule I showed above. Then, once everybody got that down, we started our take a minute video, which was a continuation of the one we did yesterday. It was a bit of light meditation and discussion of feelings and mental state. After that, we started day 8 of our Createober drawings. The Inktober prompt was "reckless." I, personally, am doing a version of Createober in which I draw an album cover every day, so today I drew the cover for the album Apollo XXI  by Steve Lacy. Then we had some people go up and show their drawings. Lev made a picture imaging a car going down a winding road very fast, Ta...

 AGENDA Take a minute Blog / Corrections Creatober Day 7 Week 9 : Question . Song T.O  / S.T Hw : Finish The Outsiders by Monday! Good Morning, Today we walked into class and took our seats. Next, we took our binder reminders out and started writing down our Agenda for the day, while watching the second part of our take a minute. After, we took our creatobers out and started  drawing for five minutes after the timer was done we started talking about our Question for the week the question was "Do you read banned books? Favorites?" Then, we started talking about our question and Ms. Nakada showed us some banned books after we wrote down our answer for the question. Then, Ms. Nakada started talking about the song of the week the song was" Freedom" by Rage against the Machine. It was about an incident between FBI agents and Native Americans on reservation lands. People were killed, and Leonard Peltier was convicted under questionable circumstances. 

 AGENDA take a minute blog/corrections createober Day 6 week 9: Grammar/Quote/  T.O./ S.T HW   Finish The Outsiders  by Monday. Hello, guys, it's me Ruby, We walked into class on Monday, October 6th and all took a seat. Kellan started off the class with slapping people with his stripped slap bracelet, which Ms. Nakada quickly shut down. We then filled in our binder-reminders, and watched the take a minute. Nell read her blog, and then chose me to be the next blog writer. After that, we had time to work on our createober, and a few people came up to share their drawings. We then started on the week 9 Grammar, and Quote. For the grammar we focused on the elements of plot-or components in a story, including the setting, characters, and the conflict. The quote this week is by Stephen Chbosky, and says "Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight." This quote is talking about how bann...

Nell's First Blog Agenda: Take a minute Blog/corrections Createober Day 3 Week 8: Quiz School Trip HW: Read The Outsiders p. 1-84 by Monday Hi, It's me Nell. As I walked into class, everybody was already writing down our agenda into their binder reminders, so I quickly sat down and started writing the agenda into my binder reminder. While Miriam was reading her blog, which we later corrected, Ms. Nakada brought out her cookies and brownies that she promised us on Wednesday. Unexpectedly, she picked me. We started on our third Createober drawing, which was a weave. Ms. Nakada then realized that we did not correct Miriam's blog, so we corrected it. The timer rang, which meant that our time for drawing our Createober drawing was over. I was busy with the blog, so I did not draw mine. Next, Daniella shared her drawing which was very spooky. After that, Kellan and Sebastian shared theirs. Ms. Nakada then gave us a little review on what was going to be on the quiz. After that, s...

  Agenda Take a minute Blog/corrections Createober Week 8: Lines School Trip  A.C.E. Homework: Read The Outsiders  pg 1-84 by Monday Hi, this is my first blog. We started off the day by walking into the classroom, thankfully we didn't get new seats. We filled out our agendas while we watched our take a minute video. Next, William shared his blog, which was amazing and had no errors so we got a point, which led to us having ten points. Ultimately, we decided on Ms. Nakada baking us brownies and cookies. After that, we started our very first Createober activity. I drew a flower, pretty basic. Everyone else silently focused on their drawings. When the time was up Ethan, Tesa, and Layla shared their designs. Next, we glued in our poem called "Changed" by Naomi Shihab Nye. We took turns reading the poem. After we read, Molly described the type of change in the poem as how you change when someone hurts you. Maya described the line, "My eyes started seeing through things Li...