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Monkeys & Maps- Chloe Lloveras- Blog 1 T3- AEP 10

The finals are finished. Term 3 has now started.

To put it plainly, the finals weren’t too bad. We received 2 essays each to write: the first about brick-making (which we were informed about beforehand) and the second about how liquid chocolate is produced (a surprise). I’ll admit that I was quite nervous at first, but, when I started writing, the words just flew right out! I’m happy to report that I got a 95% as my overall score! Hooray! 

Now, back to business. Our first day back to AEP was a relaxing one. We played an abundant number of word games like “Squardle” and “Connections” as our reward for our hard work from the finals. We got to play a new game called “Tiles,” which is like a matching game of different art components. 

I even got to tie my first money fist knot after following a tutorial on “YouTube” for an hour. The last step was the trickiest because it required the string to be tightened in all of the nooks and crannies surrounding what we called “the baby in the cradle.” Mine turned out a bit wonky because it had an extra tail, but we all had fun in the end and that’s what truly mattered anyway! 

Voila! My finished monkey fist knot.

The next week started off with “Squardle” yet again. For the entire period on Monday we found all 72 words. While Monday was surprisingly easier to get through, Tuesday was unfortunately not as kind. 

Upon completing a short “Wordle” game with the word “hunch” guessed on the sixth try, we were met with essay writing, but this time, it was about maps! I’ll admit that looking at our first example was a bit intimidating- all of the specific terms we needed to use, the multiple twists and curves! 

But the more we talked about them and broke them down, the more I realized how similar map essays are to those “spot the difference” games. I learned that they’re mainly written in the future tense, but there are some situations which call for them to be written in the past or present. Another thing we briefly touched on was the importance of using specific terms like jungle, forests, groves, etc. To familiarize ourselves even further, we were separated into 2 groups. I worked with Victoria, Julia, Shasmeen, and Meral to make lists of the nouns, verbs, and tenses we could identify on the given map example.

It wasn’t long before it was time to share with the class what we found. We then swiftly ended the lesson with “Padlet.” 

Overall, these past few weeks really flew by. But that’s also partially due to the musical preparations as well. Now that the musical is finally over, we can now focus more on recovering and hopefully get adapted to writing about maps fast. Cheers to the new term!

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  1. Ms DisaMarch 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM

    Thanks for a good comprehensive reminder if what we have done!

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