https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf en-us 2018-03-20 20:14:12 UTC 2023-06-13 18:13:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244262361 I added this assignment because of the fact that we simply had to create puns. We really got to be creative with this one.]]> 2018-03-20 20:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244262361 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244264383 This was a more amusing assignment, as we actually wrote to real businesses and some of us even got replies. I personally think the best part of this was getting my own response (even if Nintendo sent a literal massive stack of paper)]]> 2018-03-20 20:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244264383 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244266595 I think I enjoyed this one because we learned some good life lessons from the songs we chose. It was interesting to listen to everyone else's song choices too.]]> 2018-03-20 20:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244266595 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244705039 A Socratic Seminar is a forced debate about two topics, with two groups separated into partners. Each partner talks about a different topic and in the breaks in the rounds, consults with the other. The different topics we talked about included the "Journey of Byron" from The Watsons Go to Birmingham, the reasoning for Charles Dickens writing A Christmas Carol and later on there will be a Socratic Seminar about A Long Walk to Water. Several personal highlights were trying to talk and getting interrupted, actually being able to talk and the round ending. Socratic Seminars are really good practice for talking in front of a large audience, since when you talk, everyone's attention is on you.]]> 2018-03-21 18:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244705039 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244713059 This was a more love-hate project, as we, firstly, had to create a full-on poem. Second, we had to dress "formally". Well, the description was "wear something you would wear for a job interview". Anyway, this assignment was really interesting to read and see everyone else's slides and I felt a mild comfort in wearing nice clothing. ]]> 2018-03-21 19:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244713059 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244716825 This assignment (while an essay) was a sort of liberating step back. It felt neat to write an essay, which was something we already knew how to write, using new concepts.]]> 2018-03-21 19:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244716825 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244726165 I've read some really good books this year, but I think the most important and best thing I read was Stephen King's It. The story, and the pacing, and just everything about it amazes me. This might have been one of the longer ones to introduce me to Stephen King's work, but it was a really good one.]]> 2018-03-21 19:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244726165 3067991 https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244727915 My proudest moment in Language Arts was when we played Literary Baseball. I felt success in this moment mostly because my team won, but also due to everyone having fun with the game and not just being super competitive with each other.]]> 2018-03-21 19:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3067991/s19u8p1blgyf/wish/244727915