Blog #1 Term 2 - Aleena Imran - Grade 8

 Welcome to Aleena’s first blog of the second term! 

Even though the term has just started, these past two weeks have been quite exhausting. The final examinations we did last month had caused us to be stressed and fatigued. Though we didn’t get the best scores, I’m confident that I can do better and manage my time more wisely. So, this term, I'll do it to the best of my ability.

Nov 6 2023 - The unexpected Vocab Quiz 

Since the other grades had already done most of the Squardle, we were left with the difficult words. I was already tired due to the fact that it’s the 5th period of the day, and I felt like doing absolutely nothing. Basically, I gave up on this game but the others were super determined to get it. The more words we got, the harder it was. Despite having a whole period to do it, we still didn’t manage to get all the words. In fact, we got less than ten words. It was actually surprising as we are experts at the game. 

As the second period started, Miss Disa surprised us with a Vocab quiz. If you know me, I usually study extra hard for these quizzes because I don’t want to get anything incorrect. Regardless of the time we had to study, I was able to get two of the few words I knew. I had never felt more relieved and grateful in my life.

Nov 7, 2023 - A Frazzling Warmup -

 Normally, when we do contexto as a warm up it would take us around fifty guesses. But this time, it was more than one hundred guesses. Though the word was simple, I’m still surprised how we used that many words. After a long time of guessing, Mysha had given up and looked up the answer. Since she looked it up, we were desperately asking her for hints. Besides the first few hints she gave, the last one gave it away. She had told us “ Australia” and we all immediately guessed Kangaroo, which was correct.

Nov 7, 2023 - Reviewing Exam Questions -

Since we didn't get the best scores in the finals, Miss decided to discuss how to answer the questions. I found this very engaging and informative because I'm not the best in English. Despite my skills in English, I got a pretty good score which is pretty surprising. 

Nov 13, 2023 - An Chaotic Warmup -

Before doing the seatwork, we did contexto as a warmup. 

This game of contexto wasn’t the easiest to say the least, I would say it took us almost a hundred guesses. The first word we got the closest was life, so we tried words that related to that but it ended up not working. After many tries, I asked Summer for her phone. She was suspicious of me but she gave it anyway. Since I felt like giving up, I looked up the answer, which was “mind”. I felt more relaxed since I knew the word. Right after I looked it up, my classmates started staring at me and were giving me looks. I decided to help them out with the word “thought”, this word was incredibly close so they started guessing words similar to that. A few minutes later, Mysha asked me for another hint. I said that it starts with the letter “M” and they immediately guessed Mind. I found this warmup quite long, stressful and chaotic but it was still entertaining.

Nov 13, 2023 - An Easy Seatwork -

Shortly after the warmup, we did some seatwork. It was about matching the word to its definition, and the topic was Water. It was quite fun to do actually since I learned about new bodies of water. After that, it was underlining words related to Water, aced that part. Lastly, we matched words again but it was a bit hard, but I got the hang of it. I found this seatwork informative and relaxing.

Nov 13, 2023 - Reading Articles -

As usual, we started off with a warmup but this time it was Quordle. We were able to do it in six minutes since it was easy. Around five minutes later, we started to read Dogonews. The first one was about galaxies which was quite enlightening, the second one was about the world's oldest chicken named “Peanut” which we all got hyped up about. It’s been a while since we read Dogonews, so I was really delighted reading it again.

“When learning, it’s not about getting good scores, it’s about improving and understanding.”

Thank you,