Done, done, and done! We've been checking off a lot of things on our to-do lists lately. So much productivity! But since this is the last AEP blog for term 1, let's give it a proper send off, shall we?
On Monday, we played "Squardle," which we were surprised to find had a total of 73 words. Someone had already had a go at it and managed to find 15 words, meaning we only had to figure out the remaining 58. We spent about 10-20 minutes on this. Everyone was so enraptured to figure out more words that we just couldn't stop! And to be honest, I loved every second of it. "Squardle" is this fun class game that brings everyone together and gets us to let loose.
But after the fun, of course, we moved on to the real agenda for the day: "DOGONews" articles. We hadn't read one in so long that we all figured it was high time to do one. This article in particular captured our interest as it was about Tigist Assefa winning a marathon supposedly thanks to her $500 shoes! I know, outrageous price, right? It's crazy to think that someone would pay that much for one-time-use shoes, but I guess there's a big market for them in the sports industry. There was a whole argument about how it can give a person an advantage (because of how light and efficient they are). Some people say that the marathons should be based on skill more, especially when most participants don't lead opulent lives. See what I did there? #VocabSkills! Haha! Meanwhile, others say that if you do have then money, then the shoes are only highlighting the players' skills a tad more. I can see why some people would be mad, but I honestly think that they're just too expensive for tons of people to actually buy them.
The next day, we started off with "Squardle" again, but this time it only had 22 words. Afterwards, we decided to study vocabulary that would be in the upcoming test. It seemed to help a lot of us last time so we figured that we'd do it again. I absolutely agree with this! Not only is it easier to do it together, it also saves time! Whenever I'd forget a word, I'd look at the person who said it and then remember the definition all of a sudden. Weird, but it works!
This time, I got the words, "assent," meaning to show agreement or approval and "altruistic," which means to show disinterested or selfless concerns for the well-being of others. I'm most likely going to study the remaining 18 words after I finish this blog as the quiz is on Monday. Wish me luck!
Anyways, continuing after the vocabulary review, we went over a new essay prompt. I can't say that it went extremely well because it was much harder than the last one we had (the one about sea animals). It showed us the number of hours teenagers spent doing specific activities between 2002-2007 in Chester.
There were just so many different lines and colors that it took my brain to process it all for a few minutes. Nonetheless, I did analyze it in the same way Miss Disa said to right after I'd finished writing, so I guess that's good. Other than that though, based on the feedback I received, some of my wordings were a bit confusing, but then again, so was the graph. Haha!
Still, doing these essay writing prompts have proved to help. For example, just a few days ago we had a biology quiz and 2 of the questions were literally asking us how to describe 2 line graphs! It was so nice to finally use these skills in action! And I can proudly say that I got full marks for that part too! 😎
Overall though, this week was great! We got to finish a lot of stuff and ticked off many boxes on our checklist. I just hope the AEP Finals won't be too hard to complete. That pretty wraps up this week. Advance farewell, term 1!
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