Reading Standards

English Standard


2. Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development
over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another
to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

         The story I'm currently reading is called," In Cold Blood." The book talks about a mystery going on about a family of four who were murdered. The book tells a side of the victims life and the side of the murders. The story takes place in Holcomb which is located in Kansas. Herb Clutter is a successful farmer in Holcomb, and he owns River Valley Farm. Herb as a wife named Bonnie, and two children living at home, Nancy that is sixteen, and Kenyon who is fifteen. They have other three children who live away.
        On the other hand, Dick and Perry are two mates who celled together at the Kansas State Penitentiary. Dick and Perry are on parole, and they are going on a long journey for there "score." They talk about the things they are getting before going on their journey, for example, stockings, a type of rope. This gives the reader an idea of what they are up to. They also mention that nobody will live to bear witness.
        Going back to the Clutters, Nancy likes this boy named Bobby and he goes one night to the Clutter's to spend time with Nancy, and its late at night and they are watching television. Bobby gets up to leave and in the story he describes every single thing he is doing. At last, when he is leaving the Clutters in his truck he notices someone waiting in the tree's waiting for him to leave.
              Dick and Perry arrive to Holcomb and they are trying to find the Clutter's residence, and they do.

             The next day, Sunday, Nancy Ewalt , a neighbor goes to the Clutter's to go to church. When she arrives she finds it unusual that none of the Clutter's are responding to her knocks, and she know there in their house because the cars are parked. She goes to Susan's house, Nancy's best friend and tells her about it, and so they both decide to go to the Clutter's again and go inside the house. Inside the house the two see Nancy's purse on the ground so they know she is in the house. The go up to her room and that's when they find Nancy dead. They run out screaming, and later on they find the whole family murdered.

Speaking and Listening Standards

English Standards

1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
(one-on- one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12
topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own
clearly and persuasively.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under
study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts
and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful,
well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
c. Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe
reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a
topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and
promote divergent and creative perspectives.


               On Monday, October 20th, six out of the ten students in My Life Project got the opportunity to go to Fresno State. Our goal was to pitch our ideas to a class of entrepreneurs. The first time they had mentioned us going to Fresno State and pitching our ideas I thought it would be a great opportunity to get some help and get feedback. Dr. Audet was our driver, when we arrived to the recreation building, we met up with a professor whom we were going to pitch our ideas as well. The professor gave us a tour of the building and introduced us to some of his students who had their own businesses. We also met the main business director, he was very professional, and such a nice person. Then it came to the hour of going to the professors classroom to present our project ideas. The were so many students it was nerve raking, David presented first, Irene Julisa and I presented next. Once up there we felt good on what we were going to present. After we all finished presenting we were split into groups and the students in our group started to give us great feedback. They all understood our situation with the snack policy, and they were giving us different ideas to work around that situation. Leaving Fresno State was such a relief, the entrepreneurs gave us such great feedback, and we left with great ideas to work on our student store.
http://youtu.be/yV5KY9weGaM

Updates on Student Store


This past week, we worked on painting the cabinet, we are only painting the edges of it. Also we still have a few adjustments to finish next week. On Thursday we had a meeting with Jeannie, she is in charged of ordering the school food and making sure the nutrition policies are met. She checked in with us and revised our snack survey. There was some restrictions to some of the items we had put down. So she gave us information about the school's policies of sugar and sodium. After a while we came to agreement that she would do more research in the things we could sell at our student store. After we have an idea of the things we could sell , we will seek donations.

English Standard 6-12

English Standard
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective
selection, organization, and analysis of content.
a. Introduce a topic or thesis statement; organize complex ideas, concepts,
and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes
it to create a unified whole; include formatting


This week we worked on finishing our donation cover letter, and some of us finished working on a survey for the student store to see what kind of merchandise students like the most. On Thursday we headed to the district office to talk to Belinda, so that she could inform us of the things we are able to sell, or can't sell in the student store. Mathew will be finishing the student store next week, and soon we will add other changes such as painting it and adding a sign. Our fundraising request form will go through the board next Wednesday, and if they approve it we will start seeking donations Thursday.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/17vSDAnS57-DE9q2p1Z_Bor_ybzYb3qLT8HrHqrU-XOI/edit