Esol is one of my chosen subjects this year. I chose it because I learn a lot from the subject It is interesting and fun when Ms. Briggs is teaching. For this year, there is plenty to accomplish as my senior year starts. Pressure and responsibilities sitting in my shoulders. But I have set my mind that I will rock this year!
These are my goals for ESOL 2019:
Adapt to the new environment as new students are added in the class.
Attain lots of credits
Work on merit or excellence credits
Be confident in sharing my thoughts to the class
Be open to other's opinion when discussing
Accept and acknowledge when I commit to my mistakes
Improve my mistakes and learn from them
Be active in class
Make sure that I really understand the topics we study
Read more novels in ESOL when it's 'Ako Time'
Help my classmates when they need me
Set termly goals
Improve my writing, speaking, reading and listening skills
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Much of Holden’s trek around the city takes place in the Upper West Side—at the Plaza Hotel, the Museum of Natural History and Central Park—and many of his descriptions of New York remain accurate to the way the city looks today.
Photo by Denis Jr. Tangney via Getty Images
From the book: “I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.” My continuation of the story: In every day of my life living there, I frequently tarry near the lagoon. It welcomed me warmly when I first met it. The lively trees, those ducks packed and swim together, the bridge that connects the two surfaces, the buildings behind the view of the lagoon that are feasts to the eyes when the lights shine through the night, all of them creates the simple perfection. People passing by appreciate the beauty of the land and the water that seems to be one. Just like them, that is what I came for. The elegance of the nature that brings comfort to everyone seeing it. Hundreds of steps are worth exchanging for and I'm ready again to meet it.
What are metaphors and similes? Metaphors and similes are figures of speech. They are used to enhance and give more colors to our writing. When we write metaphor, it is the way we compare something but not literal on what is in the text and doesn't use "like" and "as". While similes, we use "like" and "as" to compare one thing to another. 2 songs that have similes and metaphors in it:
Your Love by The Outfield
You're the one that never lets me sleep
Through my mind, down to my soul you touch my lips
You're the one that I can't wait to see
With you here by my side I'm in ecstasy
I am all alone without you
My days are dark without the glimpse of you
But now that you came into my life
I feel complete
The flowers bloom, my morning shines
And I can see
Your love is like the sun
That lights up my whole world
I feel the warmth inside
Your love is like the river
That flows down through my veins
I feel the chill inside
Every time I hear our music play
Reminds me of the things that we've been through
In my mind I can't believe it's true
But in my heart the reality is you
I am all alone without you
My days are dark without the glimpse of you
But now that you came into my life
I feel complete
The flowers bloom, my morning shines
And I can see
Your love is like the sun
That lights up my whole world
I feel the warmth inside
Your love is like the river
That flows down through my veins
I feel the chill inside
Your love is like the sun
That lights up my whole world
I feel the warmth inside
Your love is like the river
That flows down through my veins
I feel the chill inside
Ehu girl by Kolohe Kai
Said it happened last night about ten to eleven
when I first layed eyes on you,
Standing in line, into Club Triple seven
It was just like heaven and a dream come true,
We’re standing at the right place at the right time,
When you, this ehu girl, caused the crime.
You’re my pretty little ehu girl who made me a fool in love,
You got my heart all in a whirl and now it needs cooling off,
You set my heart on fire and now I don’t know what to do,
You set my heart on fire and now I’m so in love with you my ehu girl
Said I’m feeling it now, something I’ve never felt,
My hearts so hot I think I’m gonna melt,
Somehow, I want to see you again
My love, sent from above.
And beautiful girls yes I’ve seen a few,
but out of all the beauty in the world there’s no one quite like you.
My ehu girl
The way your ehu hair flows in the air,
The way your shining eyes reflect the sky,
The way your smile burns up my flame,
But I don’t know your name and I guess I’ll call you my
In our English class today, we are assigned to make our 'soundtrack of my life'. This is to know each other and to also recall some beautiful memories from the past that bring meanings in our life. Below is my slide for a little about me and the soundtrack of my life:
Melamine is a kind of chemical and it is primarily used in the production of plastics. Playing a role in the industry, melamine is utilized in the various makings such as glues, adhesives, molding compounds, coating, and flame retardants. Interestingly, the chemical is also high in nitrogen which is responsible for making protein. China that time was in the midst of mess, whereas adulteration is widespread in the nation. Adulteration refers to the inclusion of milk volume by adding water and caused to lessen the concentration of protein in which melamine was their solution to their problem. While the parents are feeding their children with a mixture of toxic chemical, the consequences affected their children to suffer from kidney stones and kidney failures. There are 1 out of every 5 companies in China were involved in a scandal where they put melamine in their milk infant products. Sanlu Group avowed that they deliberately applied melamine in their products to increase the protein apparent content of the milk powder. The unlawful use of melamine was not approved by the authorities even refused by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius. Aiming for money, the culprits have forsaken the fact that the babies were at stake. If this toxic chemical was used for milk products, it is not impossible that there is a usage of melamine to other products. Prioritizing health safety must intensify. Remarkably, the contamination in milk last 2008, affected nearly 300,000 babies sickened with more than 150 babies were reported as worse cases and unfortunately, 6 infants died. Citizens in China, especially parents, were enraged and frightened in this scandal saying that they didn’t think of milk companies —specifically as Sanlu Group— can market poisonous products. What’s worst in this situation is that after years of this scandal, melamine ruined someone's life again. Enduring the deteriorating pain, a 13-year-old boy primarily had his kidney stone since when he was three and he still has it until 2013. Paying for what they have done, the previous Sanlu’s group chairwoman and 3 others received sentences: life imprisonment for chairwoman and death sentences for the three. The deliberate mistake they did had made many people suffer. Fonterra, a company that is located mainly in Auckland, was involved in the melamine scandal that happened last 2008. There were 22 companies that market poisonous milk powder where Sanlu Group- a prominent company that centered the issue- was owned by Fonterra. Fonterra holds 43% of Sanlu Group which makes it no way not to be related to the problem. On August 2, 2008, Fonterra gave orders to Sanlu Group for them to examine their products as they were malicious articles about their products. Without expectations, the scandal exploded and burst internationally. Sanlu Group had caused $139 million loss and Fonterra mentioned that it cannot help the company. The melamine scandal that occurred last 2008, remains a nightmare for the victims in China. Companies that were involved that time were urged to execute the illegal use of melamine to cover up the crisis they were facing—adulteration. Melamine is a chemical that provides many purposes in our industry but it’s also a toxic substance that causes failures in the kidney and could affect humans for a long term. The scandal became more prominent because it targeted innocent babies. After all of the trouble that melamine has caused- there are other issues relating to melamine prior to the melamine scandal in China- shouldn’t we ban it?. The thing is melamine is not the problem, it is the people who are desperate to gain money and these people don’t care who and what they are affecting.
INTRODUCTION Long time no blog everybody. We've been spending 3 weeks on our passion projects and I think that's 24 hours all in all. If you don't know what's my passion project, I'm going to say it again, it's Maths Craft. The question is... was it worth it to choose?
To have an update and have ideas to what we are doing in our Maths Craft, here's the link to our maths craft website. You are going to see there come students making some amazing crafts and the resources we've used for our project. I could say we have done many things for those three weeks. I've already mentioned Menger Sponge and Mobius Strip as examples. That's not all. There are fun, cool, and interesting activities we completed. Here are some photos (google) of some we did:
Flexagon
Origami
Meanders
String Art
What are they?
Flexagons- these are 2d shapes that are folded or 'flexed' and will show different faces
Here's a video of me flipping a flexagon
String Art- the name says it all guys. Basically, you use string or wool to produce or create amazing shapes or anything,
In this area, you can use the power of parabola. As you can see beneath this texts, there is the diamond shaped and triangle string art where I applied parabola producing these amazing crafts.
Examples of my work on this activity
Origami- this is pretty much the most popular one. The iconic paper folding that will form into something creative like the cube above, cranes, animals, flowers and etc.
Meanders- we discussed that this art is related to many things not only in math but also in our environment and in ancient times. Meanders are patterns just like this:
If you are familiar with transformations in maths like translation, rotation, and reflection, then you got this.
REFLECTION ( of the overall project, not the kind of transformation)
Joining this project was the right decision for me. I am enjoying it. They let me do what I want to do for my final craft in this project. My pursuit for this passion project is really big. The effort I am lending for my passion is worth it. Yes, is the answer to the question in my intro part. It is worth it to be picked. And I am happy selecting maths craft as my passion project.
This Monday and today, we have started the Passion Project. I chose Maths Craft for my passion. And luckily, this project didn't disappoint me. Last time, we did the Mobius strip and Menger sponger which looks like this ( examples):
MOBIUS STRIP
MENGER SPONGE
Today, we did flexagon and origami. Here are some photos:
