Lesson 2, Spanish Review

Tomorrow, in eighth grade Spanish Honors, we have an oral test. We have had many tests, but this test is a little bit different. An oral test is when she asks you question,in spanish, for a certain amount of time. The whole class sits outside and waits for her to call us one by one inside to take it. They are usually pretty mild but I am nervous for tomorrow.  Lesson 2 of the first chapter is all about past-tense verbs. So when writing, (of course for tomorrow it's speaking), the sentences you have to write the correct conjugation(form) and you have to have add a past tense adjective. Also, of course, it does have to make sense.  I am nervous for tomorrow because tonight is Halloween. This means I am going to have to cut my trick-or-treating in half to study for the test. However I still don't think it will be enough, but I have been preparing all week for it. Let's just hope I do good on it!  

Cinderella Stories

           Our homework for L.A. was to fill out a chart. First we had to read three stories. Each of them were twists off of the original Cinderella. My favorite story was the first one which was called "Aschenputtel". I really liked it because it was the most like the original.  The second story is called "Yeh Shen". There was a girl named Yeh Shen and her best friend was a fish. Her evil step-mother  found out about her secret best friend and put an end to her happiness. Then a man told Yeh Shen that the fishes bones were magical and to make a wish. So she wished she would go to a festival and it worked. She met the prince fell in love and got married.
          The last book we had to read was called "Interview". It was in the step-mothers point of view. She kept talking about how Cinderella was disrespectful to her family. Apparently Cinderella was spreading rumors. Just like the other stories Cinderella ended up with the prince and lived happily ever after.

The House On Mango Street Foldable Book

In class we have been working on a foldable book. It was for a book we read throughout the past week. This particular foldable has many different elements. Some of them are literary elements, characters, theme, and setting. For characters we had to draw our four favorite characters and write a paragraph about each one. For literary elements we made a little foldable to go inside the foldable. For setting we made a little foldable and drew our favorite setting in it and write descriptive words about the whole book.

For theme we made another little foldable and we listed all the themes. We had at least eight parts to our mini foldable. This foldable was so much better than having a test because it was more fun and a lot easier to do. I like doing foldables and when we were assigned  to do them for homework we didn't have to a lot. It was just one foldable a night and I don't think it is that hard. When you make a foldable you have to know a lot about the book and this book was a very good book to read.

               Every year we have a student government. We elect who we think should be President, and our grade representatives. It is really fun! We just elected our President and our representatives. Our President, this year, is Annabelle. Also, our representatives are Lindsey, and Claire. I think our student government is going to be really good this year.

                There are many activities that you can do when you are in student government. They plan all the mixers, and they are very good at it. I haven't been in student government yet, but i might try to be president next year. Last year, our President was Jacqueline. I am almost positive that our student government is going to be the best this year. 

Word Study Foldable
By: Sydney Ahlquist

In class we had to do a word study foldable. It has envelopes in it for the note cards we make.  We have only done 4 units, but that's how many envelopes are in the foldable. I personally think it comes in handy because it can hold my notecards from all of the sections, and when mid-terms come, I will have them ready to go. It is an easy thing to have for any class. All you have to do is grab a folder, fold it about an inch from the bottom crease and about an inch and a half on the other side closest to the top. You get 4 envelopes and you take the first envelope, glue it on the side with the flap closest to the top. You glue all of the others like that but in a row. Then you can slide your notecards in it whenever you want. I think this is the most helpful foldable I have made all year.

Who Moved My Cheese?

As middle school students, adjusting to changes in our lives can be extremely difficult. Right now, the new LCC Life Center is being built and we have to make sacrifices to experience the ending product of months of work. Also, the eighth graders are getting ready to leave LCC and enter high school. These major changes may be extremely hard to adjust to, but after reading the book, Who Moved My Cheese?, my peers and I have realized that we should be open to new changes.

            The main characters in the book, Hem, Haw, Sniff and Scurry all love to eat cheese in Cheese Station C. Overtime; the amount of cheese in their cheese station begins to diminish. Sniff and Scurry have observed this change and are able to quickly adapt to their surroundings by searching for new cheese in the maze. On the other hand, Hem and Haw are comfortable in their cheese station and are surprised when the cheese disappears. After reading the book, I have learned that being like Hem and Haw will not help you achieve anything in life, but being open to change like Sniff and Scurry will help me move forward in life.

 

Pepsi and Mentos

    
     Recently in Science, we did a lab about the physical change that takes place when you drop mentos in a bottle of soda. The first part of our lab was designing a way our group could drop a whole pack of mentos, that's about 14 mentos, into a 2 liter bottle of Diet Pepsi. My group used three pieces of paper and rolled them up so they were just a little bigger than the circumference of the mentos. Then, we used an index card to create a barrier between the mentos and the bottle. After practicing many times during class, we finally learned how to slowly pull the index card away so that the mentos would all drop in the bottle at the same time.
     The next day during class, all of the groups walked over to the point so we could test our contraptions and see which group could make the highest gyser of Pepsi. My group went second to last, and our gyser was the highest! The only bad part was
we got sprayed with Pepsi!

Science Tuning Fork Lab!

For the first time for seventh grade science we created our own labs! We were given a group and a tuning fork and were told to create an experiment that anyone could understand. Some of the results were shocking and I think the whole class was shocked on what a wave could do. It was fun and the entire class enjoyed doing it while we learned what a wave effects.
We learned things such as: how a wave effects a liquid and why it does what it does. My team had five liquids and we stuck the tuning fork into the liquid. Some of the liquids like the baking soda + water and the carbonated water splashed everywhere! But when we stuck it in thicker liquids it hardly reacted. My group determined that when a wave interacted with a thicker liquid the energy of the wave would be absorbed the liquid, but when the wave interacted with a thinner liquid the energy of the wave would be transmitted to the liquid.

LA extra credit- new gym

Right now in school the new gym is almost finished. They started around April I think and now it's finally done! All of us have been waiting for the day where we can have our own lockers, and no portables. When I drive by the gym at carline in the morning I always try and see as much of the inside as possible.

The thing I'm most excited about is having new classrooms and lockers. It gets too crowded with all the seventh and eights graders walking around an elementary campus. Plus we FINALLY get our own gym!! It kinda stinks I misted it for volleyball season, but we'll still have lots of other sports too. It's just gunna be good that we get more space, and all new stuff


I don't think I'm the only one who's excited about the new gym. All of the teachers are saying how cool it is when the go and see it. To be honest I'm a little jealous they get to see it and we don't. Sr. Bosco showed our class pictures of her room, and it's so much nicer than what's in the portable. Also Mrs. Mishall was raving about how all the carpets are in and that the bathrooms are so much nicer. The whole school is really excited.

There is only one thing that I'm disappointed about. We don't get to have our own lunch room. I mean they built this ginormous gym/classrooms, but they can't fit even one spot for lunch tables. We have to eat outside in either the cold or the really hot. Not to mention we can't do Funchie Lunchie anymore! I'm really gunna miss that. I just don't want to sit on the ground for lunch.

Mary Coleman Coats

In Science the 8th grade class is doing a Mentos lab. We had to get into groups and come up with a creative way to get all the Mentos into the Pepsi bottle at one time. Lauren Wittstruck, Kaitlin Carmichael and I are going to use string to do our experiment. We are tying all the Mentos to different pieces of string, and putting it in the Pepsi bottle at the same time and then drop them to make a huge eruption! We are presenting our lab in front of the entire class tomorrow.

Osmosis Lab

      We recently finished a lab about osmosis in science class.  Osmosis is the diffusion of water. The purpose of this lab was to see the exchange of water in and out of a gummy bear and to see how vascular plants obtain water. We gathered three cups, water, salt, and three gummy bears. In the first cup, there was no water or salt, just a plain gummy bear. The second cup was filled half-way with water and had one gummy bear. The third cup consisted of four tablespoons of salt, and half a cup of water and one gummy bear.

     My group chose to use red gummy bears. We placed the gummy bears in their cups over the weekend, and when we came back on Monday, there were some major changes. The first gummy bear stayed the same size, the second gummy bear grew a lot in size and volume, and the third gummy bear grew a little bit, but because of all the salt the gummy bear was unable to absorb a lot of water.  It was very interesting, to see the large gummy bears. The only downside of this lab was that the gummy bears were so fragile, that when we tried to scoop them out of the cup, they broke apart, and dissolved in the water.
   
                                         
                                                          


-Emma V.

Chemistry Review

In Science Class we have been doing a Chemistry review.  We have learned how to balance equations and we have learned all about atoms.  We learned about the cool water molecule that is a polar molecule.  We drew the process of ionic and covalent boding as well.  Last year, we started chemistry but this year we are going way farther in chemistry.  This section is just a warm up for what is coming ahead.  On Monday we have a test on our chemistry review.  The electron dot diagram was also another part of our review as well as reviewing what an element looks like on the periodic table.  I like chemistry a lot so I will be enjoying what we learn.  The labs we do in science with chemistry is also a lot more fun than our biology labs.  Science this year has ben very fun and I hope it gets even better!  Here is what our element symbol review looks like:

Math Foldable

I am doing a math foldable for extra credit. I'm doing mine to pull my grade up and I think you should to. Mrs. Rogers has offered 10 points of extra credit for doing this. You can do it on anything whe have learned so far. I'm doing mine on x and y intercept. It has to be something that we learned in 8th grade. Make sure to make it look good. The more effort you give the more points you get. It is due this Friday so hurry up and get it done. 8th grade math can be hard so if your looking for some fun and a little more points then I would try this.

Hispanic Heritage Month Project

In technology class the eighth grade has to make a power point presentation on our own devices.  Everyone had to pick a different person in each class.  I chose Selena Gomez and I have alread started working.  We are allowed to use any kind of power point app as long as we make a power point.  We have to have a title slide, a life timeline, personal achievements, why I like that person, and a multi media slide included in the presentation.  We had to choose a person who had hispanic background because it is hispanic heritage month.  We also have to present our power point and talk while viewing the slides.  We have a grade sheet to know what to put on the presentation and how many points we get for each slide.  This project will be counted on our edline grade.  This is a fun little project to wrap up quater 1 and start quarter 2.

Spanish Heritage Week

The best week out of the year in Spanish class is among us! That is Spanish Heritage Week. This week is filled with dancing, arts and crafts, plus lots and lots of food! The entire month of October is Hispanic Heritage Month, but this is the one week dedicated to learning about the fascinating Hispanic culture. On Tuesday the fifth and sixth grade are having a Spanish feast at lunch time and on Friday the seventh and eighth grade are have their own feast. On Friday morning every student will bring in a different Spanish food which will collectively result in an array of different cuisine choices for the students to eat at lunch time. Kids are allowed to bring in foods ranging from tacos to paella, a Spanish rice dish. Last year, there was lots of guacamole! I brought in an array of Spanish sodas for last years feast and this year I will be supplying everyone with a popular Spanish drink called Jarritos. Not only does this exciting week include lots of fun experiences with fellow classmates, it is also a good learning opportunity. We get to discover a lot about Hispanic culture which will allow us to respect members of Hispanic ethnicity more now that we know some of their interesting traditions. Last week, the eighth graders began learning about Costa Rican culture which was a good introduction to the upcoming week of educational joy! This year we have been assigned to bring in a toilet paper roll for arts and crafts, I wonder what we are doing! This is going to be a great five days! Adios!

Anna Schecht
Mrs. Hartley
LA 7A
4, October 2013

Race for the Cure

       LCC did a coin/dollar drive for Breast Cancer and to make it interesting, we used Florida collages. Each collage (FSU, UF and USF), had a giant bottle with the collage logo to collect coins. Then at the end of about two weeks, all of the money was counted and which ever collage won, those school colors had to be worn on the Friday of that week. FSU has won for the past 3 years and this year... The Gators of UF. However, the money did go to a good cause. It went to breast cancer research and this Saturday my school is doing Race for the Cure. I won't be able to go but what my school is doing is very good. I happen to know someone who had breast cancer and I think she would be very proud of me and my school for doing something like this. Hey, maybe FSU will step it up and win next year.