Kimora's English Blog

  Prompt Response:  A conversation that has changed me is that its okay to not have friends. When I was growing up I thought I had to be everyone friend even if they were being mean to me. But when my mom had that conversation with me it changed my perspective of people. I stopped trying to please people and started to hang around people I felt enjoyed my company, listened to me when I talked, and invited me to things as soon as they thought of the plan. I don't have a lot of friends because of that change but i'm just fine with that.  Summary: Today in class we talked about the s type of ways you can site evidence  Reflection:  Today in class I learned about the benefits of social media 

Prompt Response:  Something I believed in as a child was if you slept with gum in your mouth the gum would end up in your hair when you woke up. I don't know why I believed this but my auntie told me this after I went to sleep in the car with it in my mouth. I guess she wanted to dumb it down for me since I was a kid. Later on as I grew up she told me the real reason why you shouldn't, it's to prevent choking while asleep.  Summary: Today in class we watched ads and campaigned videos to identify Logos,Pathos, and Ethos.  Reflection:  Today in class I learned new vocabulary words. 

Prompt Response:  A fear I have overcome is talking. When I was a kid I didn't really talk unless someone was talking to me or I had a question. Since I am in JROTC & cheering it has really gotten out of my shell and I am not as afraid to talk In front of people. I still am a little nervous but eventually I will get over it.  Summary: Today in class we worked in groups to identify the claim in an article. Reflection:  Today in class I found types of claims in an article for my text.

Prompt Response:  A topic that I will have to stand up and debate most often is not to normalize kids/teenagers doing adult things. I feel like kids should be kids and teenagers should be doing what teenagers should be doing. In this generation the teen pregnancy has gone up because parents allow their kids to do things they are not supposed to do. Teenagers have made smoking weed a trend and it has caused a lot of people to die because of it.  Summary: Today in class we learned about the claim.   Reflection:  Today in class I learned about the 3 types of claim. 

Prompt Response:  A truth I was afraid to accept was everyone isn't going to be your friend. When I was little I had friends but they weren't real because they would bully me and stop being my friend out of nowhere and use me for the things I had. And since I was little I didn't understand what was going on until I met a girl in 5th grade who is still my best friend till this day. She showed me that they really weren't my friend.  Summary: Today in class we did notes on Argument.  Reflection:  Today in class I learned how to identify Logos,Pathos,and Ethos from a picture or ad. 

Prompt Response:  A time I was judge unfairly is when everyone though I was mean. Their was a time where everyone thought I mean and didn't want to speak to me or was scared to because they assumed I was mean. I feel like they thought I was mean because of my resting face it looks like I am mad and don't want to talk to people. But when someone actually talked to me their image was removed because I am actually a nice and bubbly person.  Summary: Today in class we did a common lit.  Reflection:  Today in class I read a new story on common lit. 

Prompt Response:  Something I would be curious about if I were learning about Hispanic/Latino heritage is why the food be spicy. Another thing I would be curious about is why the language is so hard to learn. I was trying to learn how to speak Spanish but learning a new language is harder than I thought and its very confusing to see words that sound like a word in English but doesn't have the same meaning.  Summary: today in class we learned about thesis statements.  Reflection:  today in class I learned about clustering.