AEP BLOG 6 - Summer Rose S. Valdez

         It is time for yet another blog.  Oh, how fast time flies.  I remember writing the fifth blog of the year in a panic, less than an hour before the clock strikes midnight.  Here I am again, yet this time I have plenty more time.  I do enjoy writing these blogs very much, as they feel like a breath of fresh air compared to the other homeworks we are assigned.  This time though, I feel a bit pressured to meet some people's standards for my blogging after the feedback I received from the previous one.  However, seeing how much my blogs have improved feels incredibly inspiring.  It feels great to look back on past blogs and see how far i've come.  Ah, sorry to keep you waiting.  Sometimes, my fingers start typing before my brain could even process what I am doing!  Without further ado, let the chaos begin!

        October 9 - Squaredle Struggles

    As per usual, our first AEP meeting of the week kicks off with a game of Squaredle.  And as per usual, we did struggle quite a bit.  However, we nearly managed to finish it all this time.  Our improvement in this game is impressive, and maybe someday we can fully master this challenging word game.  On top of that, I was proud of myself for solving most of the long words.  I usually am not able to contribute in beating this game much, but I finally managed to do something.  We did not just improve as a class, but I feel that I did as well.

    I found our second meeting relaxing and calming.  Just like in one of the previous meetings, we were each assigned two words that are included in our vocabulary quiz.  We then were required to understand and find the definition of those words, to answer questions later on.  Just like the last time we did this, I felt enlightened and informed learning about these new words.  They also seemed to be very useful.  I do like that we now do this every two weeks or so, as it can help the people who are not as capable in vocabulary quizzes.

    After that, we started doing individual seatworks.  It was not the easiest of seatworks, but it was not that hard either.  I believe that the main problem was that whenever I answered something, I felt a lot of doubt about my answer and did not know what to do.  What got me the most confused was the question where we had to match the type of school to the description, because some answers seemed extremely similar.  Thankfully, the results were alright although they could use a bit of improvement.  Perhaps I overthink too much.

        October 10 -  Scary Seatwork

    We first started our meeting with a game of Quordle!  I very much missed this word game after all the stressful attempts at Squaredle.  As expected, we breezed through it and solved it very quickly.  We spent the rest of our time doing a seatwork in groups.  I did enjoy working with my groupmates in order to come up with answers.  We had to come up with sentences that summarized the purpose of each paragraph in a text.  We found some paragraphs easy to understand, whilst others took us a while to think of answers for.

    It was a bit difficult, but Miss Disa intends for it to be that way.  I think the idea of trying something out first before being taught about it is an interesting and effective way to learn.  Miss Disa's class is full of surprises, but that is what makes AEP even more fun!

    This week of AEP seemed to be more calm than usual, which I have enjoyed.  After a couple eventful weeks of AEP, it felt incredibly refreshing to just sit down and do work.  On top of that, school has recently been a bit more stressful.  Walking into AEP class always immediately feels refreshing, especially for this week.  Eventful moments may be plenty of fun, but sometimes, we forget to appreciate the calm, relaxing, and quiet aspects of life.