Fourth Quarter Goals

My greatest accomplishment of last quarter was to get the grades to get off two- hour. Getting off two-hour was my greatest goal because I didn’t want to do two hours of studying every night and I wanted to stay out late with my friends on weekends. To achieve my goal I had to pay more attention in all my classes and turn in all my work because in the beginning of the year I didn’t care and I never turned in all my work until someone told me I needed to turn in my work and get off two-hour so I listened and now I thank that person for telling that because now I’m off thanks to her .

My goal for this quarter is to get good grades so I can go to prom and pass the ninth grade. Three things I will need to do to achieve this goal is 1) Pay attention in all my classes and turn in every piece of work I get. 2) Not hang out with people I know will make it harder for me to achieve this goal or hang out with people that are holding me back. 3) The last thing I will do to achieve this goal is focus on my school work before anything because I want to achieve this goal.

Third Quarter Portfolio Blog Jog

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Historical Approach Paragaph

Understanding history can help readers because it can fill them in on why people were arguing or why there is conflict between two sides or people. For example when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated it was because he was fighting for equal rights and to end racism. So in addition when president Kennedy was shot the killer was sentenced to go to jail but before he could reach trial he was assassinated. This shows that some people think that Kennedy was doing something good and some think he was doing something bad. Now that I understand this I will do more research on the things I should know because it might help me in the future.

Historical Approach to “American History” Graphic Organizer

What I learned in the Third Quarter of English 9

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What I learned in Third Quarter of English 9

"American History" from elana's point of view.

When preseident Kennedy was assaainated I was at a school called Private school 13 on a cold day and all the ninth grades got to go out for free exercise time, the girls got to play jump rope on one side of the yard, and the boys got to shoot a basketball in a hoop on the other side. As I was playing jump rope I would be made fun of by the black girls because I was skinny or I wasnt playing jump rope the right way. I hate the city especially in thr winter, and I especially hate my public school. There was a new kid that moved into town and I could see his house from my window and from the fire escape where I liked to read books sometimes. He was picked on and made fun of just like me and I started to like him because him and I were the kids getting picked on. I could tell he liked me because when I asked if he was Eugene after school that day he started to blush a little bit.  So weeks after that we would walk home together we would linger at the corner for a few minutes then walk to his house. So the next day we were let out early because president Kennedy was shot when I got home I was getting ready to leave when my mom said she wanted me to stay home and pay respect to him but i couldnt stay for that. So I left to Eugenes house and when I got there his mom answered and told me to leave so I went back home and started to cry.

JFK Assasination

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“American History” Experience with Discrimination

When I was first discriminated against I was in the sixth grade. It all happened after the first day of school when a kid in the eighth grade came up to me and said I don’t belong there because I was in a lower grade. When the kid told me that I told him I didn’t care because it was just a school and when I told him that he got mad because he didn’t want to hear that he wanted to fight me. After the kid heard what I said he said he is not going to let me leave until he fights me but I told him I’m not going to fight over a stupid reason so I left and as I walked past the kid he bumped into  my shoulder because he was mad that he didn’t get to fight me. The experience made me feel sort of mad because I didn’t do anything to the kid and out of nowhere he wants to fight me but I didn’t fight that kid because it was the first day of school.

“American History” Memorable Day Paragraph

One memorable day I could remember was when I was little and I was living in Los Angeles with my brother and grandma and my two sisters and three cousins called and said that they were coming to visit us because they lived in San Diego and they wanted to spend time with us. I could remember waiting in my living room taking quick looks at the clock every second because I couldn’t wait to see my cousins and my sisters I haven’t seen in a long time. So as I was waiting my grandma told me to stop looking at the clock because it will only make time go slower so to take my mind off the time I started watching television when I turned on the TV I changed the channel to cartoon network and “Courage the Cowardly Dog” was on. So after a episode there was a bang at the door and I hoped out of my seat as fast as I could because I thought it was them but when I heard the  door I wasn’t paying attention to who the person was and gave them a hug and I ended up giving the mail man a hug instead. So after that little embarrassing moment I went inside to watch TV so I was watching TV so long that I lost track of time and when I went to look at the time it was night time. I asked my grandma where they were and she said they will be here when she was done saying that the phone rang my grandma answered it and when she hung up she told me that they won’t be coming because they have no car to get here. So when I heard that I started crying because I was supper excited to see family members I haven’t seen in a long time and to here that I can’t see them I really hurt because I got supper happy and joyful for nothing. And that is why I will remember this day forever.

My Reaction to JFK’s Death

 When I found out about President Kennedys death I was kind of sad because I was imagining what the presidents family was going through and how they felt when they witnessed him die in the seat next to them. Besides feeling sad I felt worried for his family because when his brothers were presidents they were assassinated as well and to have more than one family member killed it must be a tragedy. When I was wondering what the family felt the thought came to me, why would someone assassinate the president? What did he do to you or who did he harm? When those thoughts ran through my head it final came to me “what if they assassinated the president because of politics or government issues?” So that is how I felt about the president’s assassination.