Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Welcome, 7th graders to AC2E Middle School!

This year is exceptional in that more gifted teachers have chosen to be your mentors and cheerleaders for your continuing educational journey. Thank God for that!

During the first six weeks, we will be delving into the concepts of parts of speech, sentences, paragraphs and compositions. Two major types of essays will be the focus of our study and application: the personal narrative and the expository compositions. We will write these pieces in a deeper and more advanced level than what you may have learned previously. Grammar will go hand in hand as you compose these essays. There will be also book reports and projects. You will be actively engaged in all our activities with the idea that you drive your own learning. That is the only way you will truly learn, not for a day nor for a year, but for a lifetime.

I will do my best to make our learning fun, but at the same time rigorous. We will take as our class motto: Be nice and work hard.

Again, welcome to an invigorating year of writing!

Mr. H. Patino

 


2 comments:

  1. Book Report
    Everest
    By
    Gordon Korman

    Submitted by:
    Araceli Alaffa
    3rd period
    For
    Mr.H.Patino










    Everest by Gordon Korman
    Protagonist
    Dominic is the protagonist in this book. He is 13 years old, and his goal is to become the youngest person to reach the summit of Everest.
    Antagonist
    Tilt is the antagonist in this novel. Tilt is 14 years old. He’s always been jealous of Dominic to be the youngest to reach Everest.
    Conflict
    The conflict in this story, is when Tilt is writing to The National Daily about how Dominic is almost dying of H.A.P.E. He’s trying to tell the people that the Captain didn’t think of it right, so they would get Dominic off the team.
    Setting
    The story takes place reaching Mountain Everest.
    Plot
    The summary of this book, is 4 teenagers were selected to be the youngest person to reach the top of Everest. Those teenagers were Dominic, Tilt, Samantha , and Perry. The competition is harsh. During their climb, they have struggles. For example in some characters there either falling off a cliff, or facing an avalanche. One night, Dominic hears a call for help, in the radio. It was from Ethan Zaph and Nestor. Dominic, Tilt, Samantha, and Perry go and help them. They arrive, and they take them to safety. They didn’t get to reach their goal, but they saved them.

    Climax
    The climax in this novel is when Dominic, Tilt, Samantha, and Perry go and rescue Ethan Zaph and Nestor, on their own.
    Denouement
    At the end of the story, Nestor and Ethan made it back to safety, and got immediate help. Although, he didn’t reach his goal he saved Ethan and Nestor.
    Theme
    The theme is, “Is always aim for the highest and never give up, or find your Everest.”

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  2. Sir I couldn't find the paper of the flower pats of speech handout u gave us. Can I do it Monday at home ?

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