Monday, October 23, 2017

Gratitude Goes a Long Way

Happy Monday, lovelies.  Thank you for your presence in class and your effort on today's M/C.  I gave you a couple deadlines and book titles, so make sure you know to read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers by Monday, December 4th and read Strunk & White's The Elements of Style.  I told you how to access that last one online.  Cough cough.

As far as MC goes, Strategy #1 is below:
 Exam Strategy 1
 * Scan the number of questions and divide the number by two. For example, if there are 54 questions, and you have 60 minutes to finish, you should be around question 27 after 30 minutes.
 * Divide the time by the number of passages. For example, if you have four passages to read and one hour to complete the exam, you should allot 15 minutes to each passage.

 * YOU must take responsibility for managing YOUR time on the exam.
I'll see y'all tomorrow for TED Talk Tuesday...
Love and Light,
Beltran
Today's Song: Corrine Bailey's "Put Your Records On"

P.S. - If you made a Spotify playlist for the blackout poetry, would you email me so I can listen to the songs??

27 comments:

  1. Stoked to read Strunk and White's The Elements of Style!!

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  2. The footnotes got me today. Good to know for the AP test. Looking forward to another TED Talk tomorrow!

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  3. Thank you Beltran, for teaching class today! (do I get to stay in the family?)

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  4. Excited for another TED talk tomorrow!

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  5. Can't wait to start reading Outliers!

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  6. Those footnotes really messed me up today! Excited for the TED Talk tomorrow

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  7. The footnotes categorical section of the practice multiple choice test today, most certainly would have been my demise if were truly participate in the actual AP exam. Today definitely was a help in my eyes. You learn new things each and every day. Amazing. I wonder what tomorrow will hold for us in the world of TED.

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  8. Today's song is a BOP. Corrine Bailey Rae is one of my favorite artists. I enjoyed the awkward dancing.

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    1. Oh yeah great song. Coincidentally I actually was listening to that song on repeat for about 3 days last week and some of my friends can even attest to that because I sent silly videos of myself dancing by myself like the goon that I am. It was thoroughly fun and embarrassing. Whoever used that song for their black out poetry, I'd love to see it :)

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  9. Excited for the TED talk today! I always appreciate your enthusiasm to teach us Beltran, I hope Ava and I get to stay in period 3 family (:

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  10. Didn't realize footnotes were such a large part of the test!

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  11. As always I can't wait for tomorrow's TED talk :))

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  12. absolutely love Corrine Bailey Rae

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  13. I'm really excited that we're practicing multiple choice more and more!!!

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  14. and thank you Beltran for the super quick endnote lesson, I think those tips were really all we needed

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  15. I thought that being able to collaborate with our classmates helped me understand the answers and what the questions were asking a lot more than individually.

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  16. I am very grateful for this lesson today :)

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  17. The cover of "Outliers" looks similar to the cover of "This is Water"

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  18. Glad were getting more practice in with multiple choice! Those things are tricky, especially working with footnotes, those definitly got me. Anyhow, I am glad I struggled today, will only help me get better and more prepared for the next challenge to come.

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  19. I just got Outliers I can't wait to read it!

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  20. Glad that we got an additional lesson on endnotes!

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  21. On the multiple choice test I didn’t know anything about the end notes and what u taught us really helped! Thanks

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  22. The footnotes were tough for me today so I’m glad we went over them and I also loved today’s mini lesson. I can’t wait for the TED talk tomorrow!!

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  23. M/C tests are not my strength. I need to stop second guessing myself

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  24. Glad you gave us the heads up on endnotes today. Looking forward to learn more during TED talk Tuesday tomorrow!

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  25. Footnotes for me, definitely need some work! But I personally love these multiple choice practices because it helps a lot knowing what to expect on a real AP test. As all endings to Monday's, I am left wondering what tomorrow's Ted talk will be about. Can't wait!

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