Monday- In Quest humanities on Monday we were all working on projects. Some people were working on research for our assignment on African American History and Culture. Others were working with there LIT circle groups. “LIT” stands for Literature. In our LIT circle groups, each group has a theme about memory, Language etc. In the groups we had to analysed the first section in the book “Brown Girl Dreaming”. While we analyzed, we also connected the theme to at least four or more different poems to this book.
In Quest science we were learning about the Titanic. We were all working on our Titanic paragraph. We had a question we had to answer. The question was “Why was the sinking of the Titanic such a memorable event?” Ms. Bruvik wanted us to know why the Titanic sank and what were the reasons for it. – Maisah
Tuesday- In Humanities on Tuesday we have been doing two major projects. On Monday we have started to do the middle/beginning part of both projects. On Tuesday we went into more of a revising or editing process through the literature assignment. For the African American History project we have been going over our research. Mr.Greenberg wanted us either to be half way done through the research or basically have the bulk of information done. These two big projects are teaching us how to be organized through all of the hard work we are getting and helping us with our time management skills.- Maisah
Wednesday- Lately in Quest humanities we have been working on two pretty big projects. The first one was having to do with a poem book we have been reading. We have been reading and annotating a poem book called Brown Girl Dreaming in class and out of class. We have just finished the first section in the book about a week ago. We were split up into groups and each of the groups had to make an essay on the topic of the section they were assigned. The topics were Memory, the differences between North and South, Religion and Spirituality, Civil Rights and Racism, and Family. My group was doing Religion and Spirituality. It was a fun challenge but it was very hard because there were not very many examples of Religion and Spirituality in part 1 Wednesday was all dedicated to the group project with Brown Girl Dreaming. In Quest Science on Wednesday, we went over the notes (for the Titanic) we took as a class. The point in this was to have everyone share so everyone could add to their notes and make them complete. – Nick M
Thursday- On Thursday in Humanities, we worked on and completed our Lit Circle Essay. This was the first of many essays that we have to do on the book we are reading, “Brown Girl Dreaming”. In science we have been working on density problems. These density problems help us better understand how to measure how dense an object is. Also, in QUEST science we have been working on our Titanic writing assignment. – Bella
Friday- On Friday in humanities we had a self-directed study session. Theses study sessions usually happen every other day and help us to catch up on some of the work we have for Humanities. Most people worked on their vocab, their grammar, or their United States maps. We have to memorize all 50 states and their capitals.
In science we were working on a wanted poster for three famous scientists. We had to create a paper about our scientists and why we choose them. We also worked on our Titanic project. We had to first fill out a draft and then write a descriptive 1 paragraph essay on why we though the Titanic was important. The last thing we did was work our advanced density problems. -Bella