My Africans in NY Piece
Right before our class went on Spring Break, we turned in a creative writing piece, Africans in NY: Creative Narrative Assignment. In this piece we were given a African in NY, their life story, and we were told to write a creative piece about their life. I was given John Russworm, a man who lived when slavery was abolished in New York. When I first learned about this piece, I was scared because creative writing isn’t a strong point for me, but in this piece we could use facts and fiction to create our story. On the contrary, that meant we needed to use perfect grammar, which is also a weaker point for me. I think I learned a lot about myself as a writer from this piece. I learned that when we are doing a piece with facts, I always have to do extra research, even if it isn’t necessary. I also learned that grammar is something, with work, I can excel in, because in this piece grammar was a strong point for me. I am really proud of my grammar in this piece because grammar is a weak point for me, and I showed improvement in this piece.
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Recently in class, we have written an essay about The Crucible, and we connected it to the McCarthy Era and even the present day. We chose a theme, I chose Sexism/Purity, and we connected it all three Eras. I learned so much from this essay, including a lot about sexism through purity that I had never learned before. For my essay, I had to do an immense amount of extra research, and I learned a lot about ideals for women during that time. I also made a lot of connections to modern day, and some connections I wish I could not have made. It has made me think differently about what is going on in the news.
After we received our comments and grades about our essay, I was really proud of the work I did. The thing I needed to fix was I used lead a few times instead of led, and I wanted to add more to a few concluding sentences. I am really proud of the research I did for this essay, and how I used the research to prove my point. I think my analysis were my strongest parts of the paper.
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We were asked to think about the different types of comparison statements we’ve been writing and our work with rates and unit rates. In this video I’ve addressed 2 questions: 1) how have I have found these ideas helpful. 2) Make up an example comparing two items using unit rates.
I would like to name this work of art Tilda’s Eye. I created this work of art by using different drawing techniques. We started with lighter pencils, and then we worked our way up to darker pencils. We took pictures of our eye and then drew it with those pencils. Some on the things I learned while creating it was I learned how to create depth and make the eye look realistic and stand out. My favorite part of it was the top of my pupil. I had a lot of trouble trying to make it darker, and I think I did it well. If I could change anything, it would be my veins. I have a lot of veins in my eye, but I only included some of them, making them stand out and look unnatural. I wish I included all of them so it looked more normal. While making it I was surprised how hard it was for there to be depth.
Figures are mathematically similar when…
There are very few requirements shapes have to meet for them to be similar. The first is all corresponding angles must be congruent. If they are not, the shapes are not similar. Second, the corresponding sides of both shapes must have a scale factor from one shape to the second. If we are doing problems like we did earlier in the year with Wumps, the new coordinates must have the same coefficient. Finally, they must have the same general shape. A triangle cannot be similar to a trapezoid because they do not have the same general shape. But, for triangles they only need to have corresponding angles be congruent for the two triangles to be similar. Scale factors do not matter with triangles.
Any Two Rectangles are Similar
False
To see if any two rectangles are similar, lets see if they meet the rules
Are the general shapes the same?
Yes. They two rectangles are both rectangles.
Are the corresponding angles congruent?
Yes. For a shape to be considered a rectangle, all angles must be 90 degrees. So all angles are congruent between the two shapes.
Is there a scale factor?
No. Not all rectangles have scale factors. If you take one pair of corresponding sides and find the scale factor, the scale factor isn’t always the same for the other pair of corresponding sides. This makes them not similar. Below is an example of two rectangles (u and t) that are not similar on a worksheet we did in class.
Below is the blog post where I explained it.
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Any two equilateral triangles are similar
True
To see if any two equilateral triangles are similar, lets see if they meet the rules.
Are the general shapes the same?
Yes. They two triangles are both equilateral triangles.
Are the corresponding angles congruent?
Yes. For a shape to be considered a equilateral triangles, all angles must be 60 degrees. So all angles are congruent between the two shapes.
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Is there a scale factor?
Yes. Because all side lengths are the same, they would all change the same way to become another equilateral triangle.
Recently in Drama class we have been acting our melodrama pieces. We read a story and chose scenes. Melodrama is over-the-top acting, and this is a picture of me and Meadow acting in our scene. I play Alida, a rich girl who is using her money to buy her a husband and Meadow is the girl who loves who Alida is going to marry.
One of my favorite projects was creating my Personal Muir Web. In this project, we created a web of the things we use in daily life. I included what I usually eat, I included things I use daily like soap and others. I think this is important to me because I realized how much I consume. I wasn’t aware of how much I consume, and my web was just a very small part of what I actually consume in a day. I am very proud of how this web turned out, and I learned a lot from it.
These are my favorite answers to the M13 Colonies Chapter Homework. Even though it was the first and I hadn’t had any practice, It is my favorite because I think the material interested me the most. I learned a lot about change and Christianity from that short chapter, and that makes it my favorite. I also learned about Galileo and how he protested England’s hierarchy with science.
Early in the year in science class we created Muir Webs for random objects in our classroom. My group was Ben, Oliver and Olivia B and the object we chose was an IPad. I really enjoyed getting to look into every aspect of an IPad because I wasn’t aware of everything that went into it. Like for example I learned how even something like coal goes into an IPad. I think so far this is my favorite project we have done this year.
