APEnglish–Los Al

Period 4

Well, today was the Monday we returned from our thankful breaks, which, by the way, felt like an eternity to me. I can’t complain about that, but I can complain about my Scarlet Letter score, which was graded WRONG-O! You see, the Scantron Machine said I got a 37 out of 40 but only made two little pink marks. The same type of error happened to Andrea Abaloni, so together, we will prosecute and receive our much deserved higher grades.

Mr. Eldridge informed us not to invent our own outside reading books, as they are often assigned to seventh graders. Unfortunately, this is what I did with a book called The Glass Castle. It’s really really good, and I had done three pages of talking with it, and then I check my email and discover my fate, and read that OH NO I can’t do it. Dangit!

So we were numbering into our groups to get all the Detail worksheets done for the week. Mr. Eldridge pointed and we counted. Simple? Yikes. I started off the count with “four” (you know, trying to be different and stuff, always thinking awesomely), and Brian Krigmont is like “FOUR!” My goodness! You can’t have two fours. I confused the poor fellow.

In my group’s Detail Worksheet, the Apply section said to write an account of something horrifying I witnessed. Tristan suggested that I look at some pictures of genocide to get some ideas, and suggested that I casually ask Mr. Eldridge if I could do so. Right there, I had my horrifying scene to write about, the terrible and gruesome Tristan.

As always, Tricia says hi.
I liked how Keith said Love, Keith at the end of his Scribe. So…

See ya,
Jordan

Period 5

Today started out like any other day…extremely strange. Before I begin, I would like to apologize ahead of time for the LACK of Zach Glasser quotes, merely because this day was boring (everyone must have eaten a lot of turkey over the weekend). Anyways, we first began with a discussion about the difference between the two words kosher and kosher? Both are adjectives, however they possess different meanings. One, kosher, means “all good” as Mr. Eldridge clarified for us, while the other is an adjective used to describe the manner in which they clean the animal before it is packaged and stuffed inside our carnivorous bellies. Sick. We then went off topic again, as we discussed the dangers of water bottles and how different kinds can lead to sicknesses and rare diseases. This world is truly coming to an end…we can’t even drink water without feeling as if we’re going to die. Somehow, we went on topic again, and numbered off, one to four. Whatever number you were assigned, became your group number. We were then instructed to assemble with our corresponding group members at the table that had your corresponding number. Each group was given a different detail sheet from throughout the week and we were expected to discuss, analyze, and agree on answers to all the questions. Upon finishing, we were then instructed to return to our original groups (Gum Drops of Doom are the best!) and collaborate. Although I adore my “original group”, I was sad to depart with my temporary group, as were engaging in various interesting discussions. One included discussing Erica’s secret passion for Steve Carrell, as she quoted, “Steve Carrell is so sexy. I’d get on that in a heartbeat.” Sorry, Erica. I just had to. I reluctantly returned to my group, where I was faced with a sea of confusion due to the myriad of Detail worksheets (including excerpts from John Okada’s, No-No Boy and Toni Morrison’s, The Bluest Eye ) I was expected to finish; and NO copying was allowed, which Eldridge made perfectly clear. Due to pressure for time, there was, “no time to absorb anything,”-a point which Keren elucidated for the class. For those of you who were absent, I sympathize because now you have to do those worksheets all by yourself! I’m truly sorry. Anyways, nothing truly exciting happened today. The highlight of the day had to be Zach Glasser’s sporadic outburst, “Ryan, why are you having dreams about me?!” Yeah, Ryan. Why are you having dreams about Zach, anyways? Do I smell a bromance? And Valentine’s day is just a few months away, FYI. Maybe you could ask Zach to winter formal? That would be cute? Just kidding. Fifth period is definitely feeling the love! The only homework tonight is to read a couple pages of the yellow packet that Eldridge passed out, and perhaps one might want to get an early start on their November From Journal to Essay that is due friday? Maybe, just maybe. Other than that, Have a lovely evening, and I hope you enjoyed this blog.

Love, Rachel!

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