Scribe Examples

Hey guys, here’s an overview of what took place in third period today.
As the tardy bell rang and the last few students hurried into class, Ms. Lahaise asked everyone to settle down. She informed us that her short-term memory “is zonked out” and she forgot that the juniors were scheduled to attend a UC Personal Statement Workshop in Glen Hall. This announcement sparked questions and complaints from many students. Ms. Lahaise explained that Ms. Young advised everyone to attend, including those students who aren’t planning on applying to UCs.
Ms. Lahaise went on to explain that some students didn’t understand that the year end reflections were due last night by 11:59 p.m. For those of you who forgot to post your reflection in your blog, you have until 11:59 p.m. tonight (this is your last chance to avoid being penalized). After taking roll, Ms. Lahaise dismissed the juniors. The seniors remained in class and watched two TED talks (one by J.J. Abrams and the other by Adam Savage) and played Taboo.
Here are the links to the TED talks:

http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_a…..y_box.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_…..sions.html

Remember, Ms. Lahaise will be collecting all journals on Monday.

For the juniors that were unable to attend the UC Personal Statement Workshop or simply zoned out, here are some key points to keep in mind:
The personal statement is like your “signature” that will help you stand out from the pool of applicants; unlike your grades and test scores, it can’t be replicated.
Purpose of the personal statement in UC admissions:
It adds clarity, depth, and meaning to information collected in other parts of the UC application.
It highlights your achievements in the context of what opportunities are available to you.
It offers an understanding of you as a unique individual.
It explains how outside factors enhanced or impeded your performance.
Respond to both questions, using a maximum of 1,000 words total.
Prompt 1: Describe the world you come from – for example, your family, community or school – and tell us how this world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
Make sure you give an explanation, not just a description.
Make sure you write about experiences that are relevant to where you are in your life.
Don’t write about what you want to do. Write about what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.
Prompt 2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it reflect who you are?
Show what you can bring and contribute to a UC campus.
Describe challenges you’ve had to overcome.
Relate to experiences that are unique to you.
Writing strategies:
Gather information/brainstorm
Review information critically
Develop a topic and thesis
Draft, get feedback, revise
Thoughtfully describe not only what you’ve done, but also the choices you have made and what you have gained as a result
Write about special circumstances that have influenced your educational experience
Write your own personal statement; it needs to reflect your original thoughts
Share your personal statement
Dos
Start on your personal statement early
Be clear, be focused, be organized
Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas
Give yourself plenty of time for revisions
Compose your personal statement in a word-processing program
Don’ts
Don’t be repetitive
Don’t manufacture hardship
Be careful with humor – don’t try to be hilariously funny or wildly creative
Avoid clichés and generalizations
Don’t experiment with varied fonts and formats – keep your personal statement easy to read
Don’t mistake a list of accomplishments for an essay
When and how to apply
Freshman applicants can apply for the fall quarter only
UC application is available at http://www.universityofcalifor……edu/apply
Must be submitted between November 1 and November 30
One application for all UC campuses
UC application fee is $60.00 per campus
It is recommended that students apply broadly within the UC system
If you have any additional questions, you can contact admissions officers
Christian Tanja at ctanja@saonet.ucla.edu
and
Meghan Grandolfo at mgrandolfo@saonet.ucla.edu

The next scribe will be Stacey.

Upon entering room 503, we were greeted by an announcement
on the smart board.
It read:
Seniors
Your autobiographies are not done.
I’m sorry.
Relax. I’ll get them back
ASAP.

Apparently when you are a senior all good sense goes away
from your head.

We were informed that scribe posts help learning to take
notes for college. They are also useful if you do not remember something, or
zoned out during class. But please
try to reframe from zoning out. The scribe is only to benefit you.

Time for a TED
Ms. Lahaise shared that not every TED is expected to inspire
or entertain. They are used to
enlighten and to teach.
The TED was about the Suicide Bombers of Pakistan.
We cut the lights.
The speaker
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy talked about being inside a school for suicide bombers.
The Taliban use 5 steps to brainwash its citizens and children.
1)
Propaganda
2)
Prey on large poor families. They offer money and food in
exchange to be able to obtain the children.
3)
Promote ignorance. They use the Koran in Arabic, an unknown language
to their students. That way they can pick and chose what is learned from the
holy book. The children are
forbidden from reading any other texts.
4)
Promote hate. They teach the children to hate the world they
currently live in. They accomplish this by beating them, giving them less then
satisfactory meals twice a day, and forcing them to pray for 8 hours straight.
5)
Teach the glory of Martyrdom.

We sat quietly writing our journal and read silently.

During the discussion, Maddy shared about the Invisible Children
of the Uganda. William thought that religion is too powerful.
Wendi shared how she thought the children looked dead pan.
Their eyes looked lifeless. They seemed empty.
When the class began asking the question of how a person
could teach a child to kill themselves by such demeaning manners, Ms. Lahaise
stated that the abused child becomes the abuser.
Kyle clarified that religion is not the problem, in
tolerances.
Jelani shared how the Taliban killed their own people once
they consorted with the enemy/United States.
Ms. Lahaise interrupted by stating she didn’t want to get
into the topic of religion. The next comment she made was, “Speaking of
religion. We don’t have enough Dante’s Inferno books.” I don’t know what that
had to do with religion. But we are short 6 books.
Dante’s Inferno was either written in Latin or Italian. We
are not sure at this juncture. There are many different translations of this
text.
Between the 2 options of buying books or reading them only
in class, no one wanted to read in class.
Ms. Lahaise would still like to read the prologue for the
Canterbury Tales. Unfortunately, Ms. Gold’s reign led to the disappearance of
several grey literature books. This did not discourage Ms. Lahaise. Apparently the
story is very funny. Chaucer was the comedian of the day. He was famous in his
own time, which is unusual for an author. He’s a real jokester.

For those of you who have read the prologue, but had trouble
understanding it, here are a few notes of what we have read so far:

Random people met at a tavern. To make the trip more
interesting the members of the group are each going to tell 2 stories there and
2 stories back. Everyone will buy the winner’s dinner. The journey is 55 miles
on horseback and would take days.

Chaucer’s opinions on the characters:
Knight– Respects the knight and says that he is not
conceited.
Squire– the Squire really likes girls.
Yeoman– doesn’t really have an opinion about him.
Nun– She’s fat. She is not supposed to wear jewelry, but she
does anyway.
Monk– (a little background on monks– they are supposed to
give up everything) this monk has everything. He has fine jewels and the
fastest of greyhounds along with the finest of furs. He is a hunter and they
are considered far from holy. “He’s a rebel monk”
Friar– He drinks and sleeps around. He is full of himself, and takes almost
anything to give absolution.
At this time the Catholic Church was very corrupt. If you
paid you were pretty much set.

There is a Character Map of Chaucer’s Storytellers on page
93 that explains their rank in society.

Celebrity Tales Assignment
You are permitted to get into a group of 3.
You must describe at least 8 people, 4 lines for each of
them. You need to be clever like Chaucer. Do not simply insult actors and
actresses.
YOU MUST NOT USE ANY PERSON THAT YOU KNOW!!!!
Fictional characters are fine from TV shows or movies.
You can choose to say or not say their names but it is
really fun when the class gets to guess. We are going to be reading them in
front of the class.

Example: Evil dictators, Hitler, Stalin, and Lucifer were
some of the characters.

The scribe for Thrusday will be Gayane!

Hola fellow students I, Laura, shall be your scribe for today because, well, Gayane didnt feel like taking up some responsibilities. Just kidding.
NOTE: If your not going to read the whole post scroll down to the bottom for the REMINDERS, at least.
So as usual we had our daily TED video. Continuing our theme for this week, Ms.Lahaise presented us with a very intense TED today. Many of us have seen it but for those who missed out or want to see it again, I present you the link:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/…..india.html

VIEWERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED, GRAPHIC IMAGES !!!
No joke, even after the second time of watching this, it still gives me the willies. It’s ridiculous what our world has come to and I’m hoping, as well as Ms.Lahaise, that this video be passed on to the public to bring awareness to the world about the horrible things that India’s children are going through.
After TED we did our journal entry and Ms.Lahaise wanted us, in addition to our thoughts, to also write a compare and contrast with the video we watched on Monday about the children suicide bombers.
Silent reading after journals. After twenty minutes or so we began our discussion about the TED and there were many students who had to say something about the TED.
Highlighting a couple statements from some students: Alex said something that really hit home base from both videos. He said that in both videos the children , as well as the dults, rationalize their situation and at some point normalize (if that even made sense). So basically these kids are brainwashed or left to think that whatever they are doing, it’s normal. Blowing up people is normal, selling yourself is normal. They don’t know anything else but what they have. Lysette (sorry if I spelled your name wrong ><) mentioned that the reason people don’t want to deal with victims of prostitution or rape is because the people don’t want to deal with the victim’s problems and would rather just not get involved with them. Both Taylor and William added that their whole horrible experience with being raped, sold into prostitution, has led them to become stronger and have given them a new sense of view, including the speaker, Sunitha. Ashot compared both videos asking which situation would be worse. Being trained to be a child suicide bomber or being sold in to sex slavery? William again added that althuogh the Suicide bomber were solely pointed to the poor people, Slavery is everywhere and everyone.
Ms.Lahaise asks to all of us to spread this message and like a famous saying says, “Pay It Forward”
After our INTENSE discussion, we were told to split up into our groups that we had formed on Moday for our Celebrity Tales project inorder to write down our final list of celebrities to turn into Ms.Lahaise. I think all of us did that so, no problem there.
Next we open our oh so horrible Literature books to the oh so infamous Canterbury Tales that I’m trying not to despise.
Small notes I made for each character we went through today for those who left class.
Merchant: Chaucer describes him as clever
Oxford Cleric, or Student: Chaucer gives a more friendly tone with this guy, so we assume he likes the character. This student is a real hardcore Bookworm. He borrows money from his friends just to go buy books while leaving himself and his poor horse unfed. Someone call Animal Rescue on this guy!
Sergeant at the Law, or Man of Law: Obvious with the name, the guy knows the law real well. Although Chaucer awknowledges that the guy is smart, he is rather of a boring fellow.
Franklin, or Wealthy Land Owner: Enjoys finer things in life. Although Chaucer gives an indifferent sort of tone.
Haberdasher, a Dyer, a Carpenter, a Wearver and a Carpet-maker: Ms.Lahaise says that they are probably a Mob of some sort, since it does say they have the “best knives”. I just think they’re a whole bunch weirdos hanging out.
The Cook: ….He’s a good cook!
Skipper, or Pirate: Chaucer describes him in a way that led us to believe he might be a Pirate. Jelani was convinced that he was and with a couple a read facts in the end that is what we think he is. PIRATE!
Doctor: So a lot was said about this character. We think he is more of some sort of Shaman then an actually Doctor, because he gots all these weird magic tricks and what not. He likes gols and his money. Not very religious. Has a good diet and we assume he is respected by Chaucer by the way he writes about him
Woman: Traveling prostitute? Hoe? Red undies? Fancy Gold Digger? Five husbands? uhhhmm, yeah.
Parson: Holy-minded man. Unlike the other religious figures we have read about, this man actually lives out what he teaches, which is why Chaucer respects this man. Like Ms.Lahaise mentioned before, Chaucer never liked the church because of how corrupt it was becoming but this Parson guy was different. ” The true example that a priest should give is one of cleanness, how the sheep should live.”
We shall continue the rest of the reading on monday I suppose so be there!

REMINDERS
We are to pressent our first Celebrity Tales person NEXT THURSDAY!! I know, how lame. Remember that each description should at least be four lines long, which apparently is not hard.
It should also rhyme like how the Canerbury tales does.
We will have time to work on it on Monday so don’t sweat it.
Apparently we have a bi-weekly reader due today. Yeah….
Vocab quiz tuesday
Next scribe will be Lesslie, I think. Yeah, Lesslie.
And that is all for now folks :]