OHHS AP/Pre-AP English Name: Makayla Ortiz Per. 4 Major Works Data Sheet: Fiction (Updated 10/18/2011) Note: Cite references in MLA format, in-text, and parenthetically. Complete a Works Cited page of all references used.
Over the course of that semester we struggled with some of the more challenging concepts
During elementary school, I rarely struggled with the difficulty or workload. When I tested in and attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School for 7th grade, I was soon overwhelmed by the stress and workload. Because of how independent I was in grade school, I struggled with figuring out how to lessen the stress and deal with it. I rarely approached my parents, because of their lack of knowledge about my coursework. Even though my grades began to drop, I continued to believe that I could handle it on my own.
We learned the material in class and was assigned homework everyday. However, when the test came along, the results I obtained were devastating. Test after test, I kept getting C’s, D’s and even E’s. Every time I get a bad test score back, I would shrug it off. “The next test will be better,” I kept telling myself.
Time spent during the day in class whizzed by at lightning speed as they dreaded the final
This lesson showed how I used tiered instruction when creating word problems for 2nd graders. I also adjusted this lesson and applied it to a 3rd grade lesson on word problems. The use of tired instruction used tired instruction and questioning. Students who needed more support received clearer problems and sentences frames, while other students received unclear problem and needed to create their own sentences.
Did you ever think about what state your mind is in, or what causes you to think the way you do? Carol Dweck in her article mindsets, compares a fixed and a growth mindset. It Carol Dweck defines two types of mindsets, her work led her to define a fixed and a growth mindset. A fixed mindset is a belief that your qualities are carved in stone.
Romeo and Juliet-The Modern Title: Blood, loss, love, grief, tragedy. All are subjects that most people will face at least once in their lifetime. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers experience the similar themes of tragedy, love, loss, grief, and other long-term consequential themes. Romeo is a young man under the family name Montague, while his lover Juliet is a Capulet, with these two families being well-known rivals. Due to their families’ ongoing feud, they are forbidden to be together, so they take drastic measures to ensure their love.
Bhatnagar, Tilak. Personal interview. 31 October 2017 This interview with Tilak will provide more information into the original petition that was sent to the John P. Stevens High School administration. Tilak is one of the drafters of this petition and has provided me with a sample block schedule he created so I could get a better understanding of the format he chose.
To begin with, I can remember that having four hours of study hall a week was overwhelming with everything else I had to do. Over time though I became grateful for the requirement that I actually had to sit down and focus for a little while and not multitask on several different projects. I found that I was much more organized because I was setting time aside to plan while putting away all other distractions.
When I was in the third grade at Saint Roberts I was struggling a lot with math, it didn’t make sense to me and I soon fell behind the rest of my peers. I still remember the board they had in my classroom, there was an ice-cream cone for every student in the class, when you passed your multiplication table test you received a ‘scoop’ on your ice-cream cone and got to advance to the next test. When you had finally reached it to 12 you received a root beer float for your hard work. I never got passed 4. During this time my older sister Lauren who is now in College was looking at high schools in the city, so my mother decided that me and my brother should switch schools as well to make it easier for her and my dad who are now divorced.
My new mantra for life became “Train harder and smarter.” My new mindset allowed me to achieve long-term success while not compromising my health and encouraging self-destructive behavior. The perfectionism and diligence I had developed after years of training translated into my schoolwork. My hard work and attention to detail allowed me to maintain high marks throughout high school; however, it made me obsess over results by putting too much pressure on myself and getting frustrated when my grades were short of my expectations. As a result, I found an efficient way to structure my studying so I could get good grades while enjoying the process of learning and not burning myself out.
The first week was relatively easy and I had no worries, but then the second week came along and changed my perspective of the class. The heavy amounts of math were not my favorite. I was sufficient in math, but this was more complex than any other math I had experienced before. I struggled on the first couple of quizzes and tests. I started to become discouraged with my capabilities.
As a high school senior, I've had my fair share of work. After spending the last 12 years of my life doing it, I think I'm an expert. I've never been a fan of worksheets an things of that nature but I've never been opposed to them either because I know that it can be a helpful learning tool. However, it wasn't until I began being loaded with time-consuming yet pointless worksheets, one after another, that I began to dislike it more and more.
At the classes now we were starting to get homework and get lots of information flowing through our brains. So for about three weeks we always had homework and or we had to get more information. Sometimes we would get to have a speaker come in and show us how to skin a deer or trap a mink. But, we always had fun towards the end of the week the instructor told the class the test will be in about a week.
