Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Scrolls and quills!

How can practicing cursive be interesting? When it's for illuminated manuscripts, on parchment paper, and with a quill! 
We collected chicken feathers from around school, soaked them over night in  water with a little bleach, then baked cat food cans full of sand at 350 for thirty minutes, then stood the ends of the feathers up in the hot sand until it cools. This hardens the feather tips enough to hold a point and retain ink. Then we sliced the tip of each feather at an angle. 
Typed Poems
  The blue prints of the Boston tea party.
  The t-chart of papa holo.
  The domain of ka’amaai.
  The alphabetizing of haupia.
  The specis of how to make a scroll.

                                                        Ho’ouka


I seem to be yellow but really
i am blue.
I seem to be kappa but really 
i am the ocean.
I seem to be an alien but really
i am a human.                            


                    :kahiau



Whatever she needs is given.
Whatever the world throw at her, she can take. 
What ever is stored is needed.
 Whatever she has laid out will be accomplished.
Whatever she doesn’t have, she shall have.
Whatever her soul craves she shall have.
Everything thats hard she will overcome.
Everything that has been a war will be won.

               :Lei’ohu 


:Mo-Z

I seem to be (blue)
But really I am (Purple)
I seem to be at school
But really I am in class
I seem to be calm 
But really I am an animal 
I seem to be a slow runner 
But really I am a fast runner
I am like a turtle
I wish for the strength to survive the next day.

:Keanu

I seem to be red but really I’m green.
I seem to be at home but I’m really at school.
I seem to be an animal but really I’m a human.
I seem to be  playing soccer but really I’m playing football.
I am like a tall mountain.
I wish i could go to disney land.







:Jaslenn

Lets not go to Paris , 
Don’t talk to me of romance ,
Talk to me of something embarrassing ,Don’t  mess with our hostage,
Lets not be resentful ,
Lets get angry , Lets be quiet ,
Lets not get a hotel room ,
Dont mess with the morass I’ve been through , Lets walk through a dark ally ,
Don’t be so tearful , 
Lets walk in the dark ,
Lets not avoid the street fighters ,Lets go to the south so we can avoid staring ,
                        Like I said, Lets be embarrassing.



Ke’alohilani ( SMAKLE )

Whatever she needs was always with her
Whenever the world denies her pushes her down
Whatever she has laid down to go forth in life
Whenever her life isn’t right, she is strong enough to push throng
Everything thats been bad has a reason
Everything that is broken is now restord,
Everything is now fine with friends by her side 

Nai’a:

My 
I seem to be white but really I’m brown
I seem to be the river but really I’m the mountain
I seem to be a cute cat but I am a mean big dog. Quiet.


Kiaura: Goodbye

This life I have lived is now gone,
All of the choices all along,
Has lead me to this day.
That one day when you have to walk away

My gray hair and pale eyes 
My life that no longer has a life,
as I look back on this broken road,
The one that fun and joy use to hold

Through my life of ups and downs,
I did my best to never frown.
To always say smile throughout he tears,
And learned to conquer all my fears.

When having to chose between two things;
Life and death.
I would honestly say to die
For I have lived my life to the fullest.
Goodbye.









   

Academic Conference 12/2014

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Q2 Book Report Assignment

Q2: Grade 7+8: Book Reports
Book Club Day:________________________


COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.
On book club day, bring:
a healthy snack to share
a handout about your book with
the title
your rating
author
genre
brief summary
central image
a typed essay from one of the choices below.
NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED


2nd Quarter: Craft and Structure
How did the author use words and phrases? Find examples of really excellent or interesting words and phrases and describe how they affect the meaning of the story, the feeling of the story. Pay special attention to analogies (“like” or “as”) and allusions (shout-outs to other stories, books, movies etc.)
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Choose TWO books to compare to each other. How are they structured? Are the chapters short or long? Does the story follow a nice linear timeline or does it jump around in time? Does the conflict come at the beginning or the end? How does the structure of these two books change the meaning and style of the books?


Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.


What are the points of view in your story? Who is the narrator? What kind of narrator are they? Do you trust their point of view? What does the point of view in your story accomplish?  Does the point of view lead to suspense or humor?
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.



Q2: Grade 9+10: Book Reports
Book Club Date: Thursday October 2, 2014
COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.
On book club day, bring:
a healthy snack to share
a handout about your book with
the title
your rating
author
genre
brief summary
central image
a typed essay from one of the choices below.
NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
Choose your book report essay from this list:
(Based on Common Core Standards for Literature for grade 9-10)
Q2: Craft and Structure
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g. how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
5. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g. pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
6. Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

Q2: Grade 11+12: Book Reports
Book Club Date: October 2, 2014
Each month, you should COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.
On book club day, bring:
a healthy snack to share
a handout about your book with
the title
your rating
author
genre
brief summary
central image
a typed essay from one of the choices below.
NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED


Q2: Craft and Structure
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)


5. Analyze how an authorʻs choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g. the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

6. Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).