I haven't really done all that much today. I was woken up incredibly early because I had to go take my written driving test. I failed because I missed to many of the signs. I wasn't surprised, but I am so tired and wish I hadn't had to get up so early just for that.
I watched episode 61 of Naruto last night. It was probably my favorite episode in a while! It was amazing! Hinata's my favorite character, so I like episodes that she's in. The whole episode was amazing though.
That's pretty much all I've done today. I tried to upload some more videos to Youtube, but my computer didn't want to cooperate.
Days Until:
Summer Break: 4
Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella: 14
Wizarding World Theme Park: 26
Eclipse: Illustrated Movie Companion: 37
Eclipse Movie: 38
The Last Airbender Movie: 40
Mockingjay Book: 93
Deathly Hallow Part 1 Movie: 180
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie: 418
Breaking Dawn Movie: 544
Haley
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Pocahontas in Space
All of the kids who are taking English 11 Honors next year (including me) had to go to a meeting about the summer reading program this morning. We have to read three books over the summer, and then, when we get back to school, we'll take tests over all three of them.
In world history, we watched a video with We Didn't Start the Fire and kind of went over the historical stuff in the song. We also reviewed for our final that's going to be on Monday.
In art, we reviewed for our final (which is also on Monday), and I worked on my scratch art.
In personal finance, we watched two DVDs. One was about being eco-friendly and the other was about paying for transportation. We also did a word search for extra credit.
In Spanish we started watching Avatar which only about five people in the class (including me) had never seen before. It was pretty good, but not as great as everyone was making it out to be. I'm not sure if we'll even be able to finish it, and I definitely get why everyone was comparing it to Pocahontas. I kept thinking of Pocahantas the whole entire time. It's like Pocahontas in space. Still, it's good though.
We read Act IV of Julius Caesar in English. Also, the state of Indiana chooses certain schools to do this test to try to improve the standardized test. It doesn't affect the students, but helps them figure out what the standardized test (Core 40) needs. Our school got choosen to do that this year. Our school has two English 10 classes this semester. One is taking a multiple choice test (my best friend's class) and one's writing an essay (my class). Our school didn't choose this or anything, some how the state just chose out class. My class is thrilled, I promise you. My teacher's kind of upset because we were already rushing to get done by the end of the year, and now we're going to have to finish Julius Caesar on our own before the test (which is our final).
It was funny though because there was a frog outside the window during English today that kept croaking whenever the teacher was talking. It was pretty hilarious.
Days Until:
Summer Break: 5
Summer Break (School Days): 3
Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella: 15
Wizarding World Theme Park: 27
Eclipse: Illustrated Movie Companion: 38
Eclipse Movie: 39
The Last Airbender Movie: 41
Mockingjay Book: 94
Deathly Hallow Part 1 Movie: 181
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie: 419
Breaking Dawn Movie: 545
Haley
In world history, we watched a video with We Didn't Start the Fire and kind of went over the historical stuff in the song. We also reviewed for our final that's going to be on Monday.
In art, we reviewed for our final (which is also on Monday), and I worked on my scratch art.
In personal finance, we watched two DVDs. One was about being eco-friendly and the other was about paying for transportation. We also did a word search for extra credit.
In Spanish we started watching Avatar which only about five people in the class (including me) had never seen before. It was pretty good, but not as great as everyone was making it out to be. I'm not sure if we'll even be able to finish it, and I definitely get why everyone was comparing it to Pocahontas. I kept thinking of Pocahantas the whole entire time. It's like Pocahontas in space. Still, it's good though.
We read Act IV of Julius Caesar in English. Also, the state of Indiana chooses certain schools to do this test to try to improve the standardized test. It doesn't affect the students, but helps them figure out what the standardized test (Core 40) needs. Our school got choosen to do that this year. Our school has two English 10 classes this semester. One is taking a multiple choice test (my best friend's class) and one's writing an essay (my class). Our school didn't choose this or anything, some how the state just chose out class. My class is thrilled, I promise you. My teacher's kind of upset because we were already rushing to get done by the end of the year, and now we're going to have to finish Julius Caesar on our own before the test (which is our final).
It was funny though because there was a frog outside the window during English today that kept croaking whenever the teacher was talking. It was pretty hilarious.
Days Until:
Summer Break: 5
Summer Break (School Days): 3
Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella: 15
Wizarding World Theme Park: 27
Eclipse: Illustrated Movie Companion: 38
Eclipse Movie: 39
The Last Airbender Movie: 41
Mockingjay Book: 94
Deathly Hallow Part 1 Movie: 181
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie: 419
Breaking Dawn Movie: 545
Haley
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Lots to Look Forward to (If Only Summer Would Hurry)
We finished watching Hotel Rwanda in world history today. That movie was amazing! I think that everyone should watch that movie (if they're older at least). I loved it.
We didn't do much in either art or personal finance. In art, I workd on my scratch drawing, and in personal finance, we watched a video about insurance.
In Spanish, we watched part of the Blind Side. This is about the third time I've seen the movie. It's good though, so I don't really care.
In English, we talked about how to do citations, talked about Julius Caesar, and worked on our research papers. I was actually able to get my research paper done today. I think I'm the only one in the class who's done. They're not due until Monday.
I know there was something else I wanted to mention, but I can't think of it. Maybe I'll remember and then mention it tomorrow.
I've been reading The Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien recently. It's pretty interesting, and I've learned somethings that I didn't know about the presidents.
Days Until
Summer Break: 6
Summer Break (School Days): 4
Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella: 16
Wizarding World Theme Park: 28Eclipse: Illustrated Movie Companion: 39
Eclipse Movie: 40
The Last Airbender Movie: 42
Mockingjay Book: 95
Deathly Hallow Part 1 Movie: 182
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie: 420
Breaking Dawn Movie: 546
(I never realized how much I have to look forward to until I did this. Also, I'm not happy about how close the Eclipse Movie Companion is coming out to the movie. I like to read them before I see the movie.)
Haley
We didn't do much in either art or personal finance. In art, I workd on my scratch drawing, and in personal finance, we watched a video about insurance.
In Spanish, we watched part of the Blind Side. This is about the third time I've seen the movie. It's good though, so I don't really care.
In English, we talked about how to do citations, talked about Julius Caesar, and worked on our research papers. I was actually able to get my research paper done today. I think I'm the only one in the class who's done. They're not due until Monday.
I know there was something else I wanted to mention, but I can't think of it. Maybe I'll remember and then mention it tomorrow.
I've been reading The Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien recently. It's pretty interesting, and I've learned somethings that I didn't know about the presidents.
Days Until
Summer Break: 6
Summer Break (School Days): 4
Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella: 16
Wizarding World Theme Park: 28Eclipse: Illustrated Movie Companion: 39
Eclipse Movie: 40
The Last Airbender Movie: 42
Mockingjay Book: 95
Deathly Hallow Part 1 Movie: 182
Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie: 420
Breaking Dawn Movie: 546
(I never realized how much I have to look forward to until I did this. Also, I'm not happy about how close the Eclipse Movie Companion is coming out to the movie. I like to read them before I see the movie.)
Haley
Monday, May 17, 2010
American History Expert
This weekend was pretty uneventful. All I did was practice driving, go to church, and work.
My learner's permit expires on May 31st. My parents want me to get my liscense, so they've been making me drive. Before this weekend I hadn't driven since August I think. I absolutely hate driving.
We started watching Hotel Rwanda in world history today. We're finished with the text book, so now we're doing this thing on genocides. Hotel Rwanda's a great movie so far. It's horrible to imagine that all of these things actually happened (and are still happening in Darfur).
In art, I began working on my scratch art, and we had a sub in personal finance and just worked on homework the whole class.
We took a vocab quiz in Spanish. It was probably the hardest vocab quiz we've taken this year. We also learned how to conjugate some more irregular verbs in the preterite.
In English, we talked about Act II of Julius Caesar and worked on our research papers. We turned in out note cards, and I started writing my rough draft. We have a lot we need to get done in English and very little time to do it.
Looking back at my blog, it doesn't look like I've mentioned Naruto since April 27th! Maybe I missed it or something. I'm on episode 60 (which means I haven't blogged about four episodes). I love the episodes. I can't wait to see the rest of the fight between Naruto and Neji.
I finished reading The Great American Citizenship Quiz by Solomon M. Skolnick the other day. It was really cool. It has all the questions and answers to every question on the citizenship quiz and also talks about them. I'm happy to note that I knew almost all of them. I didn't know the names of the senators or representatives of my state though... The one I have was published in 2005, so it's a little out of date. A new edition was published in 2009.
Right now I'm reading First Dogs by Roy Rowan and Brooke Janis. It's about all of the dogs that have been owned by presidents. It's pretty interesting so far.
I'm going to be reading a lot of books about American history because I'm finally getting around to reading all of those books I bought back when I went to Washington, D.C. last summer. By the time I get through all of these books, I should be in expert on American history. That's probably a good thing since I'm taking that class next year.
Speaking of summer, I realized this is going to be the first summer break that I've had this blog. Hopefully, I keep up with this blog over the summer. I usually do next to nothing over the summer, so chances are I won't have much to talk about.
7 school days until summer break!
9 days until summer break!
Haley
My learner's permit expires on May 31st. My parents want me to get my liscense, so they've been making me drive. Before this weekend I hadn't driven since August I think. I absolutely hate driving.
We started watching Hotel Rwanda in world history today. We're finished with the text book, so now we're doing this thing on genocides. Hotel Rwanda's a great movie so far. It's horrible to imagine that all of these things actually happened (and are still happening in Darfur).
In art, I began working on my scratch art, and we had a sub in personal finance and just worked on homework the whole class.
We took a vocab quiz in Spanish. It was probably the hardest vocab quiz we've taken this year. We also learned how to conjugate some more irregular verbs in the preterite.
In English, we talked about Act II of Julius Caesar and worked on our research papers. We turned in out note cards, and I started writing my rough draft. We have a lot we need to get done in English and very little time to do it.
Looking back at my blog, it doesn't look like I've mentioned Naruto since April 27th! Maybe I missed it or something. I'm on episode 60 (which means I haven't blogged about four episodes). I love the episodes. I can't wait to see the rest of the fight between Naruto and Neji.
I finished reading The Great American Citizenship Quiz by Solomon M. Skolnick the other day. It was really cool. It has all the questions and answers to every question on the citizenship quiz and also talks about them. I'm happy to note that I knew almost all of them. I didn't know the names of the senators or representatives of my state though... The one I have was published in 2005, so it's a little out of date. A new edition was published in 2009.
Right now I'm reading First Dogs by Roy Rowan and Brooke Janis. It's about all of the dogs that have been owned by presidents. It's pretty interesting so far.
I'm going to be reading a lot of books about American history because I'm finally getting around to reading all of those books I bought back when I went to Washington, D.C. last summer. By the time I get through all of these books, I should be in expert on American history. That's probably a good thing since I'm taking that class next year.
Speaking of summer, I realized this is going to be the first summer break that I've had this blog. Hopefully, I keep up with this blog over the summer. I usually do next to nothing over the summer, so chances are I won't have much to talk about.
7 school days until summer break!
9 days until summer break!
Haley
Friday, May 14, 2010
WHOO Carnival
The AP world history test was a lot better than I expected. It was still hard, but I though it was going to be much harder. I really want to know how well I did on it.
My English teacher asked me today in class if I would join the Spell Bowl team for next year. I agreed for some reason (I hate doing stuff like that in front of people), and she gave me a huge list of words that I have to memorize over the summer. That'll be fun...
It's funny because I've never considered myself that great of a speller. I mean I write and read a lot, so I guess I am pretty good. I was in the spelling bee every year except fifth grade, and the only reason I wasn't in fifth grade was because I got sick. I was always out fairly early on though because I got so nervous that I'd make really stupid mistakes. (I've gotten out on the words castle (3rd grade?), fig (4th grade?), and blizzard (as an eighth grader!)). Hopefully, I can get over that. I also got awards for being the best speller in my class in 7th and 8th grade, so I guess I'm a lot better speller than I think I am.
Anyway, we had the WHOO carnival at school today from 1:15 to when we went home. WHOO stands for We Help Our Own. Basically, different school clubs run boths and students (even the middle-schoolers come over) pay to play games and win stuff. All of the money made (usually about a thousand dollars) goes to help students at the school who need money. Any student can go to a teacher for help buying anything (such as clothes) that they can't afford, and the teacher will then tell the office. Then, the principal, vice principal, a teacher, or someone will go buy the student what they need using the money raised at the carnival. It's a great thing, but in all honesty, the carnival's pretty boring. My friends and I just sat there and talked because none of us had brought money. I kind of wish I had in order to get a drink or snack or something.
I think that's all I really have to write about. School is still really stressful. You'd think, that with school being almost over, the teachers would be giving us less homework, but I think they're giving us more because they're trying to get everything done in time. It's not fun.
Haley
My English teacher asked me today in class if I would join the Spell Bowl team for next year. I agreed for some reason (I hate doing stuff like that in front of people), and she gave me a huge list of words that I have to memorize over the summer. That'll be fun...
It's funny because I've never considered myself that great of a speller. I mean I write and read a lot, so I guess I am pretty good. I was in the spelling bee every year except fifth grade, and the only reason I wasn't in fifth grade was because I got sick. I was always out fairly early on though because I got so nervous that I'd make really stupid mistakes. (I've gotten out on the words castle (3rd grade?), fig (4th grade?), and blizzard (as an eighth grader!)). Hopefully, I can get over that. I also got awards for being the best speller in my class in 7th and 8th grade, so I guess I'm a lot better speller than I think I am.
Anyway, we had the WHOO carnival at school today from 1:15 to when we went home. WHOO stands for We Help Our Own. Basically, different school clubs run boths and students (even the middle-schoolers come over) pay to play games and win stuff. All of the money made (usually about a thousand dollars) goes to help students at the school who need money. Any student can go to a teacher for help buying anything (such as clothes) that they can't afford, and the teacher will then tell the office. Then, the principal, vice principal, a teacher, or someone will go buy the student what they need using the money raised at the carnival. It's a great thing, but in all honesty, the carnival's pretty boring. My friends and I just sat there and talked because none of us had brought money. I kind of wish I had in order to get a drink or snack or something.
I think that's all I really have to write about. School is still really stressful. You'd think, that with school being almost over, the teachers would be giving us less homework, but I think they're giving us more because they're trying to get everything done in time. It's not fun.
Haley
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