Brandon's Blog

Agenda:
Blog, Three Cups...
Review appositives,
organizational structures
HW: RJ 16.1

We came into class as usual and Yesenia read her blog. She was interrupted a few times by people getting up and sneezing into a tissue. Everybody is kind of sniffly because of the rain. Anyway..... I was chosen to do the blog again. Ms. Nakada jumps right into a Three Cups of Tea discusion on chapter 17. Last week we saw a 60 minutes episode on if his story is true or not and everybody is on the fence. Now people are popcorn reading by paragraphs starting with Ms. Nakada followed by Eli. We are at the point in the book where Greg is trying to help the refugees displaced by the Afghanistan war. It is really sad. Karina, Justin, Darian, and Louis read until the end of the chapter. Each person brings a different vibe to the room. Sean and Billie start reading the beginning of chapter 18 and everyone is quiet and listening. Mr. Watson is walking down the hallway and he waved to me. Everyone is disscusing the chapter and writing notes in their Three Cups of Tea section of their notebooks. You can hear the rain plopping against the windows outside. Now we are analyzing and discussing chapter 18. Somehow we got into a conversation about religion and nuns and God. Everybody is asking questions about how nuns live and how their religion works. We go right along to chapter 19 where the big idea is that Al Qeada, a terrorist group, attacked New York bringing down the Twin Towers and killing millions of people. Greg is in Pakistan at the time where he is in danger because he is a foreiger in enemy territory. It is a very serious matter of national security and foreign affairs. Popcorn reading for chapter 19 has resumed once again with Ms. Nakada reading the last two pages. Billie asked if there was a Three Cups of Tea movie but there isn't. Now the class is debating on why they make some books into movies and some not. The Al Qeada schools and the schools Greg built as well as the schools in the US differ greatly. The learning mind set is drastically altered. Chapter 20 reading has begun session. Owen and Eli among others are participating in seemingly interesting conversations. Billie finds a mouse trap in Tishe's backpack and he doesn't know how it got there. Awkward. There are only five minutes left so Ms. Nakada is trying to finish chapter 20 discussion so we don't have to stay in at nutrition. Everyone is packing up and the bell just rang. Bye.