3 of my favorite Journals

 

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My Thanksgiving Break

 My Thanksgiving break was alright, I didn't really do much besides stay home and help my mom clean around the house. I wanted to go to Oakland to visit my cousins because it's been a while since we have gone, but my dad had too much work and so did my mom that we didn't end up going, also due to Covid-19. I was mainly working on late assignments for school and hanged out with my friend through out the break.

literature Analysis

 1. What drew me to the book, but precisely to the Harry Potter series was actually my 6th grade teacher Mrs.Carmona. She recommended me to start reading the series because she saw that I was struggling to find something good to read. I just hoped to experience some type of enjoyment while reading the book and I wanted feel like I'm actually in the book in some way, but mainly I wanted the books to keep me thinking about "what's going to happen next", which will make me actually want to finish the book.

2. What kept me reading after the first ten pages of the Harry Potter series, was the fact that I kept wondering what was going to happen next further in the book for example I wanted to know what was  going to happen to Harry when they had discovered about his magical powers. I actually felt that I was in the book in a way, I ended up stopping during the 3rd book of the series, but watched the movies that went along with them.

3. When reading I like to be in a quiet place to better comprehend what's going on in the book. Also when reading I like reading out loud because the story sticks better to me that way, but during school I read in my head. I don't mind where I could be reading as long as it's a quiet place and either I'm sitting down or laying down.

2020 Presidential Election

    Just today it was announced that Joe Bidden won the 2020 presidential election, I personally was voting for Joe Bidden to win though I'am underage to be able to vote. I think that Joe Bidden will actually make good changes for a change to make America a better place, there is a lot of riots going around because of Donald Trump losing. 

Journal #2

 

WHY I CHOOSE WHAT I CHOOSE

 I choose "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling as a fun book to read because I already read the 1st two books of the series and I loved the series, so I want to keep reading the series till I finish it.

HOW WE READ!!

 Reading is supposed to be fun, but sometimes reading for school is a challenge. Here are four ways we can have more fun reading and do it better at the same time.

1. I feel that a way for reading to be fun for school and do better at the same time, would be by us students not having a certain date to finish the book by, which will allow us students to not have a lot of pressure on us while reading.

2. Another reason to make reading fun and better for school would be by letting us choose our own books when time to choose books.

3. By us not having a lot of homework assignments, we actually might like to read and do it better without pressure, wondering if we have time to complete all assignments.

4. The last way I think that reading can become fun and much better at school would be by teachers allowing us to choose any book we want. At times, teachers only allow us students to pick a certain type of book and certain Lexile the book has to have in order for us to read the book, which can make us not want to read the book as much.

MSS PART 2

 1. The difference between a symbol and a sign, is that a symbol can convey a deeper and more complex meaning than a sign. A sign is just a indicator or marker for something very specific.

2. The three elements of the symbolic relationship are the actual symbol, Referent which is the idea of the symbol, and us, we interpret the actual meaning of the symbol to give it meaning to the world.

3. A word is an idea but until we interpret it and give it a meaning its becomes a symbol.

4. One natural sign that I've seen in the world would be a "Stop" sign.

5.  One symbol that I've seen in the world, would be a Stop sign, its referent stands for cars to come to a stop. I knew what it meant because of the word stop and also from seeing cars stopping before it, from my parents as well.

PAGES FROM MY JOURNAL

 1. I don't see a difference between learning and being taught because either way you still are learning. Though it is true being taught can be easier to comprehend the questions your being asked, learning independently can increase ones motivation and confidence, as well as students getting aware of their limitations of their ability's and how to manage them. Learning independently can be way more different than if you were being taught because you have no one to count on but yourself on each assignment, which at times can cause you to get stressed and unable to answer he problem or question. In my opinion being taught is much better but learning independently has its perks.

2. Many people that are older want to be young because not only do they probably miss their youth memories but could do things quicker and easier back then, then they could now. People that are young such as myself want to be older because we want to be able to make our own decisions, as well as being able to drive and work to make my own money while being responsible. I've always wanted to drive because then I would be able to drive my brothers anywhere they want, as well as working to help my family out with bills and rent. I sometimes wish to own a Camero ZL1 1LE 2018 when I grow up and buy my parents a beautiful home.

3. I like to go shopping, but I think other people find it boring because at times they don't find anything they like, and wasted time going in the first place. I don't think other people like it because they find it boring, depending with the person there with. For example, I go shopping with my mom at times but I hate it, it's boring because when she's in a store looking for cloths ,she takes like 40 minutes just looking around. Then when it's time to cash out she then starts deciding which cloths that she brought to buy, I don't mind going shopping and not buying anything or finding anything because I enjoy just going out and looking around stores with either friends or family.

A WORD ABOUT THE MISERABLES

 My Translation of Victor Hugo's Preface to Les Misérables would be as long as their patriarchy between people, homeless people, people with money that are selfless, in the world, the world won't be as peaceful as it should be and problems would keep on rising.

THE MEANING OF A NATIVE AMERICAN STORY

 After reading "The Earth on Turtles Back", I can say that the moral of the story is to never give up on your determination and always have an open heart to the animals as they were to our ancestors.

It's Symbolic

 1. 3 examples of symbols I encounter in my life would be the symbols on my math school textbook, the newspapers my dad reads at times, and ad banners on the internet.

2. Two possible meanings of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock in the The Great Gatsby would be the color of money like "green with envy". Also it could probably mean, green light means go, which Gatsby should take a chance and make a move on the love of his life.

3. Some ways that people are similar to animals are that we both are born, eat, sleep, relieve our selfs, mate, die, and have our own unique language.

4. One major way that humans are different to animals it that we humans started inventing ideas which later on became us sharing meaning.

5. By us telling stories and inventing symbols everything can people possible in far larger numbers.

Hack to School night video

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Hack to School Night

   1. The hardest part of starting school during the pandemic is not being able to socialize as much with my friends, and having to stare at a screen for about 7 hours, sometimes I get headaches here and there. Sometimes it's hard to do the work since you can't really get help right away like if you were at school, also because I have duties to do around the house, like cleaning, and sometimes babysitting my little brothers.

2. What I enjoy the most about starting school during the pandemic is just being able to be home all day without having to go out and walk to campus. I can finally have my mom's cooking all day while doing online school, unlike being at school and eating cafeteria food. I could also enjoy more time being with family, like my dad, 3 brothers, and my mom.

3.  My goals for this year, is to be able to pass every class and pass sophomore year with at least a 3.7 or higher. I want to be able to improve in writing essays, and in my spanish writing, and reading, also I would like to get in better shape then I'm already in. Something I want to better improve in is in swimming because I barley know how to, I like to go to the pools and most of my friends already know how to swim, but due to Covid-19 were not allowed to.

4.  One habit that I need to stop doing to better succeed in school is procrastinating, because sometimes I leave all my work till the very end and it's nearly impossible to finish it all. I need to become more responsible on doing and turning my work early and knowing which assignments to do first based on their due dates.

5.   On the semester report card I want to be able to get at least an A or a A-, but I do see myself getting either a B+ or an A.

PANDEMIC PEDAGOGY!!

 My first week of school was great, I enjoyed being home and still being able to have school. It is different to learning on campus for example, we can't meet in person if we need help, also its easier to understand the work given if we were at school. I do like being home because now I don't have to wake up really early to get ready, and walk to school which took like 12 minutes. I also get to enjoy more time being home with my family, and eating whatever delicious food my mom makes instead of cafeteria food which at most I don't like. All in all, my first week was good except the fact that I can't socialize with my friends at school anymore, there is a lot of pros and cons about online schooling.

My Opinion is that I'm not entitled!!

 I'm not entitled to my opinion because I don't discredit any one's else opinion, I believe in what others have to say. I think that any opinion is valuable because you never know if that person has a good idea or is actually correct instead of yourself. Though every person can have their own idea, I belief that hearing others can benefit you in ways you didn't know. That's why I'm not entitled to my opinion even if it's mine, it's interesting having someone explain how they see things differently, it may cause an argument but its just the search for the truth of the situation.

Narciso's blog adventure

 Hello, my name is Narciso Baez, I'm 14 years old, from Santa Maria in California. I was first introduced to Blogs back in summer school with Dr.Preston, it was fun getting to type your idea's and stories down, and guess what all the work you do is yours and stays saved. One of my favorite blogs I've made in the past was getting to create a story with my own characters and surroundings. Thus it helped me improve my writing, tying, and just overall knowledge on literature, I welcome you all to my new blog adventure.