Lazaria’s English Blog

 Today we learned about the seven elements that make up a culture. Which includes: language, government, social structure, and the economic system. We also progressed into more of the play, Fences.

 What I know about Latino culture is a good portion of their music, dancing, the multiple ethnic groups, and their food. I would like to know more of the things I know about the culture.

 Today we took a pop quiz on direct and indirect characterization as well as doing a characterization chart on the character rose. We also read some more of the play fences to end the day off.

 I got checked out early.

 Today we finish the introduction of fences. After we finished, we asked questions that pertained to the play and the real world.

 

 Today we asked questions about metaphorical and physical fences. Metaphorical fences are basically setting boundaries for yourself from other. However it can also be bad because of missed opportunities due to cutting people off from these fences and trust issues. Later on we got started on a play called fences and read for a small period of time.

 Today we did a pop quiz on the story Rockpile. I was somewhat annoyed but I soon later got questions right. 

 Today we did a multiple choice review on the story rock pile. We also received more work about it. Its called a pager and it consists of images, quotes, vocabulary, and connections that pertain to us and the story.

 My neighborhood tends to be very calm. Sometimes people would have parties and other times I’d hear gunshots nearby my house. Across my neighborhood there’s an abandoned house next to this citgo gas station. My mother doesn’t mind that I go outside to hoop with some friends in my drive way or coda sack. But overall, I have good neighbors and it’s a very good neighborhood.

 Today in class we’ve read a story called ambush. It was about a father telling his daughter a war story due to her being extremely curious about weather her dad had killed someone. In the story, he had to kill someone during the war despite he didn’t want to. But if he didn’t, he would’ve wounded up dead. This makes me realize that even when one doesn’t want to handle the responsibility, it still has to get done and it could benefit you. But if you don’t, it could result into a bad consequence or worse.

 Being a former soldier of a war could affect them greatly.One effect could be hearing sounds that remind you of that event. For example, one could hear a popping sound from a balloon and could trigger many things like ptsd. Another effect is having a certain demeanor/personality. Their mannerisms could ruin a friendship or relationship with someone or a loved one.

 I took the same benchmark test from yesterday.

 I took another test from the school district.

 I took a test on Emily Dickinson quotes