Great Day

What a glorious way to end 2018 in Room 853.

Wow.

Period 5 brought it.

Have a beautiful holiday break.

READ A BOOK.

Love and Light,
Beltran

So Close

One.
More.
Awesome.
Day.

Thanks for another good round of CS 1.0 and thanks for putting up with my fawning over former Lovelies.

Love and Light,
Beltran

The Raffle Happened!!!!

Too much fun today. And congrats to period 1 raffle winner A.O.  So happy for you!!!

Two. More. Days!

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today’s Song: “Fantasy” Mariah Carey

CS 1.0

Today’s highlights? I think we have some budding entrepreneurs. I can’t wait to see what becomes of you!

The creativity continues...See y’all tomorrow.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today’s Song: “I Would Walk 500 Miles”

A Good Day

Thanks for a fantastic day of presentations - from animation to coding to cooking to art to meditation to music. Can’t wait for tomorrow.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today’s Song: “Opposites Attract” Paula Abdul

Ooh ooh ooh

Some of y’all might know I love baseball but what you might not know is that one of the reasons is its similarity to life. Don’t get me started but as I watched presenters today, literally stepping up to bat, I saw homeruns, near misses and straight up strikeouts. And that’s why I love Create Something. No rubric to hide behind, no teacher expectations just capital F freedom to show everyone whether or not you have those intangibles every quality coach looks for: effort, grit, character, imagination.

Thank you for every single lesson I learned today.

The fun continues next week. Be ready.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Q2 Rhetorical Analysis In Class Timed Writing

Thank you for your work today.  I am reading each of your essays and will be returning them after Winter Break with comments and a score between 0-9 (per the College Board rubric).  If any of you have questions or need extra help beyond what I will provide in class, you are welcome to set up a time with me during Advisory or lunch.

For now, our focus shifts to Create Something 1.0.  All of you should have your projects tomorrow and BE READY TO PRESENT.  You are not excused from presenting just because you signed up for a different day. And if you didn't sign up, I will assign you a slot.

The next 6 school days will be all about you showcasing your projects.  I expect you to follow the same SAS protocol (Greeting, Visual, Explaining WHY you chose to create what you created, opening up for questions and a closing - Thank You, Have a Nice Day, etc.)

Can't wait to see who's who.

Enjoy the rest of the day and again, thanks for the work.  I appreciate it.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Model Essays - College Board

2018 Released Essay Questions

1.  Access and read the 2018 Q2 prompt from Madeline Albright.
2.  Access and read the 2018 Q2 Scoring Guidelines.
3.  Access and read the 2018 Student Samples and see what College Board is seeking.

TED Talk Tuesday

Rewatch the TED Talk here and consider for yourself the privilege of an education.  Tomorrow in class we will be working with the Faulkner piece again.  So be ready.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today's Song: "Celebrate" Pitbull

Create Something Is Almost Due

Cannot wait for Friday!  It's when we start presenting CS 1.0 so hope hope hope you're ready.  See me with questions. 

Thanks for working on MC reflections today.  If you were absent, you can ask me about it tomorrow.

See y'all for a "TED Talk Tuesday" and another...wait for it...book recommendation.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today's Song:  "Ooh Child"

SAS

Gentle reminder that you’re expected to have an SAS at the ready since everyone’s presented at least once. Don’t arrive in class unprepared or underprepared. It reflects poorly.

Have a great weekend.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today’s Song: “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley

Rhetorical Triangle and Chunking

Thanks for working on the rhetorical triangle and paragraph chunking today.  If you were absent, either ask a classmate or me about what you missed.  Make sure your work is done for class next Wednesday.  (That's when we'll return to dear ol' William.)

Be ready for SAS tomorrow.  Anyone can present so step into your space and call deep on your courage (love you, Brene Brown).

Enjoy the early out.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Wednesday Faulkner Stuff

Thanks for the listening and work today, Lovelies.

For tomorrow, we will be working on truly reading the Faulkner piece again.  So please make sure you have it, can discuss it, and are ready to work.

Sign up for your CS 1.0 presentation please. 

See y'all tomorrow and enjoy the rain.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today's Song: "Stronger" Kelly Clarkson

Cleo Wade

Thanks for considering the ideas in Cleo Wade's TED Talk.  All I ask is that you consider it.  For tomorrow in class, make sure you know who wrote the MC excerpt..."The vacant ice..."  Just google it and have the rhetor's name.  We will be working with some Rhetorical Analysis tomorrow and TH and a bit next week.

Don't forget to sign up for Create Something.  If you're not signed up by next week, I will assign you a slot.

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today's Song: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Frankie Valli

Sorry

Lovelies,

Not going to be in today. Don’t worry because all is well. I’ll see y’all tomorrow and thanks in advance for being kind to the substitute and doing a good job on the Multiple Choice.

Love and Light,
Beltran

HELP!!! (Here's An Act of Kindness for Ya)

There are some Lovelies who didn't submit a grade request to me...If you have their number or ability to DM any of the following kiddos, please do so...Spread the word!

Period 1:
Sarah
John
Angel
Fernando
Marcus H.
Marcus L.
Justin
Nico

Period 2:
Cody C
Brenda
Rachel
Stephan
Daniel L.
Mariani
Jessica
Iman
Ebony
Efren

Period 4:
Matt
Virginia
Gianna
Cody R