A learning experience....

Well class,

     We have come to the end of our journey! =) My experience with your class was a great one. I absolutely loved our class 8/9 block! By far you were my favorite class. Without a doubt we had a great class! Thank you all of you for an awesome year! We learned so many things and completed various fun (oh so fun fun activities hahaha =) ) throughout the year. And although at times some of you asked "Ms. why do we have to read this?" or "why do we have to do this?" I am sure that you learned valuable information from the material we covered this year.

      It is a bitter sweet goodbye because although  I am happy that the school year is over, I am really going to miss our class! I am going to miss every one of you. Yes, this even includs you Ramon who spent the whole time SLEEPING! I wish you endless luck in your future endevours and above all, I wish you have a great summer and successful sophomore year.

For this last blog entry, I want you to write me a reflection post. (This is similar to the reflection letter that we have done for each portfolio throughout the marking periods.)


In this blog spot I want you to reflect on what we covered this year.
       - Include your favorite book, poem, short story, and/or other literary work that we have covered.
         - Include your favorite activity and an explanation as to why this was your favorite activity.
                                 (I could almost picture someone like Carlos or Jonathan saying "Ms. what if I didn't have a favorite book or activity?" And altough I am going to really find this HARD TO BELEIVE because we did a lot of fun activities to make the not so interesting material, fun. Well for those of you like Carlos and Jonathan, you would tell about the book and activity that you disliked the most.)
         - Include what you learned.
         - The last part of your blog should be labeled like this:

         A word of advice:     
      The title is self-explanatory. For this part, I want you to give some advice for the in-coming  
     freshmen. 
            - Include what to do in class.
            - Include what not to do.
            - Include what ANNOYS ME for students to do in class.
            - Include any word of advice that you believe if you knew before hand, would have   
              helped you done better in class.
                                - Please be detailed for this part because I am going to show them these posts next year.


One last thing guys. Good luck! I better see ALL OF YOU graduating in 2013! You were my half first class and like I told you all, you are my babies. With this said, I expect to see you all on the field in June 2013. Please don't let me down.

West Side Story

West Side Story Quiz Here is the quiz!

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=west-side-story-chapters-15-quiz&quesnum=1

Call me over to write down your grade.

West Side Story

West Side Story is a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. From the initial chapters we are transformed to a world that is somewhat similar to ours.


                1. Describe the setting of the novel.
                2. Describe the conflict.
                             - Identify the type of conflict
                3. Describe the main characters
                4. How is the beginning of the novel similar/different to Romeo and Juliet. Explain and give examples.




Once you are done with this assignment you are to work on your wedding!! =)


Please post your answers.
        

Night- Reactions

Read pages 66- 76 and write a summary of the section as well as a reaction

The Children of the Holocaust

Due Monday April 26

Many of you have been asking questions about the children that Elie mentions in his narrative. Some of you cannot believe that trucks of infants and children were thrown in the crematorium. For this assignment you are to read the two short stories about two of the 1.5 million children that were murdered. You are to compare and contrast the stories and relate it to Elie's narrative.


Story 1 http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/mjacquel.htm


Story 2
http://www.graceproducts.com/fmnc/bisac.htm


Directions: Read both stories. Compare and contrast the stories to Elie's narrative in at LEAST two paragraphs.


Questions to keep in mind:
- How was this child murdered?
- What happened to the child?
- What camp was he/she in?
- What happened to his/her family?
- How are these children similar and/or diffferent from Elie?
- Keep in mind their experiences. (Hint! Hint! The experiences are very similar.)


Don't forget to answer these questions in a paragraph form. =)

Ms. Benitez's Blog Page

Welcome to our official blog page!

Please join and create your own blogger account. You will need a blog account to post your responses.

This blog will be our online discusion page. Each week there will be a question posted that you will be required to answer.

English I- Animal Farm

Animal Farm Blog Question

Animal Farm is a novella that focuses on the theme of utopia and its effects on society. The animals in the story revolt against the humans to seek a better and "equal" life; they seek to establish a utopian society. As time goes by, terrible things begin to occur, and the animals begin to appreciate the things they took for granted that they no longer have.

Answer the following questions in one to two  paragraphs per question.

1. What freedoms do we take for granted in the United States? Do you think we have too much freedom? EXPLAIN.




2. What freedom(s) would you give up or take away if you were given the  
    opportunity? Why would you take this freedom(s) away? Explain.

To post your answers you need to click on the comments link  (the one below this statement). The comments link has a little pencil next to it.