Bloglist

Is your blog listed here? If it's not, you aren't getting credit for your work! Please email me your URL today. ~ Mr. Roberts

http://lili-rojas.blogspot.com/
http://veronicaflores123.blogspot.com/
http://laliznenas.blogspot.com/
http://eastsideoakland.blogspot.com/
http://510eastsideoakland.blogspot.com/
http://minilocura10.blogspot.com/
http://brothers2700.blogspot.com/
http://abundisgarcia88.blogspot.com/
http://dirty30s.blogspot.com/

http://aboutgoal.blogspot.com/
http://siupeli-simote.blogspot.com/
http://chivas-is-the-best.blogspot.com/
http://luis-gallegos.blogspot.com/
http://tanvuo.blogspot.com/
http://el-pecas.blogspot.com/
http://burciaga.blogspot.com/

March 28th reading, assignments, reminders

In ELD B today we learned the new vocabulary on page 310 in the textbook. Then we read about the Everglades on page 311. We discussed why people originally thought the Everglades were worthless, and how they are valued today. The Everglades help reduce pollution, mitigate storms, flooding, and are a sanctuary for endangered animals and plants. Later on today we'll discuss the author's purpose & point of view. Page 148 in the workbook is the homework for today.

ELD C finished reading about the Dust Bowl and Depression era migration to California. We discussed how that migration was different, and similar to migrations today in our blogs. Similes and metaphors were explored, and will be the subject of our homework on page 141. Compound and complex sentences will also be discussed this afternoon, and we'll complete page 139 in the workbook.

March 28th reading, assignments, reminders

In ELD B today we learned the new vocabulary on page 310 in the textbook. Then we read about the Everglades on page 311. We discussed why people originally thought the Everglades were worthless, and how they are valued today. The Everglades help reduce pollution, mitigate storms, flooding, and are a sanctuary for endangered animals and plants. Later on today we'll discuss the author's purpose & point of view. Page 148 in the workbook is the homework for today.

ELD C finished reading about the Dust Bowl and Depression era migration to California. We discussed how that migration was different, and similar to migrations today in our blogs. Similes and metaphors were explored, and will be the subject of our homework on page 141. Compound and complex sentences will also be discussed this afternoon, and we'll complete page 139 in the workbook.

Read any good blogs lately?

This afternoon, we'll be working on catching up on old work. First, I'd like you to take a look at a news story by Sonia Nazario about children left behind when their mothers come to the U.S. to work.

ELD B blogs are coming along nicely. One young woman had some good suggestions about how we can help the environment. Another teen is prepared to save my cat's life. That's one way to make a teacher happy. Finally, I think one classmate forgot to sign out of their blog, and someone else began writing in it.

There are some good entries on ELD C blogs, but today's subject, what would you do to get ready for a disaster, hasn't been really well covered today. One post included the two of the most important things you need for survival.

Family issues seem to be much more popular. Luis wrote a nice introductory piece about himself on his blog. One classmate has told about what's going on in his family, and how it's affected his life. Another young woman wrote an interesting post about alcohol. Take a look and see if you agree with her. Finally, this post will wake up those who think having a baby is lots of fun.

Some of you have sent me some good posts via email that need to be posted to your blogs. I should have a URL from each person listing their blogs.

Jumping Over Barriers

From someone else's perspective, it may look like I've never had to overcome any challenges, other than exercising enough to keep in shape (round is a shape, right?). But there have been many significant challenges in my life.

My parents were divorced, and unfortunately, my brothers and sisters and I wound up going to live with our mother. She did everything she could to keep us away from our father and his side of the family, including moving us to another country. We moved to Malaysia, and lived there for years while our father frantically searched for us.

One day I mailed a letter myself, and he found out where we were. A torrent of letters and gifts arrived in the mail, three years worth. My mother was furious. She had been throwing our letters to our father and grandparents in the garbage so they wouldn't find out where we were living. We wound up going back to the United States before our father had a chance to go to Malaysia to see us.

Growing up in a family with a mother and step-father who were violent drug and alcohol abusers was one of the first and one of the most lasting challenges in my life. My siblings and I never knew what was going to happen from one day to the next, it all depended on our parents' moods at that moment. One day I'd walk in the door and be greeted with a fist, the next day my mom might decide that we were all going on a spur of the moment car trip whether it was a school day or not. My youngest brother was later taken away from my parents by the courts for child abuse.

School wasn't a challenge, I just didn't go. No one cared if I went or not, so by the time I was 16, I decided not to go anymore and dropped out of high school. My job at a motorcycle shop was considered a "cool" job by my friends, but it didn't pay too well. When I was 17, I joined the military.

When you join the military, you are sent to basic training. When I arrived for basic training, almost everyone I met there was from the South. I'd never encountered southerners before, and had never encountered their brand of racism before. I walked up to a group of African-Americans and they asked me why I was talking to them. I then walked over to the group of white guys, and they asked me why I'd been talking to the black guys.

Through ignorance of the racial barriers between southern whites and blacks, I nearly got beaten up my first day. The only reason I wash't beaten to a pulp was because the friend that I'd arrived at Basic Training from California with was this huge guy named Johnson. Johnson had originally been on the Raiders' team, but had washed out. He gently explained to the other guys that I didn't know what was going on, and that he'd pulp them if they hurt his ignorant friend.

I had to overcome many other more difficult barriers, but these were a few of those I'd encountered by the time I was 17 years old.

Get your pictures to me by Friday for scanning.

Ms. Solimon's daughter.,
originally uploaded by WestBerkeley.

I'll be scanning pictures this weekend. So if you have any images you'd like to incorporate into your blogs or in support of your web pages, get them to me by Friday, March 25th.

Architecture Teachers at March 8th Protest

Architecture Teachers at March 8th Protest,
originally uploaded by WestBerkeley.

Here's some of the teachers from College Prep & Architecture Academy at the March 8th protest rally in front of the school board.

Assignment for March 17th

Objectives: Create, review, and edit content on your assigned web pages.

1. Review the comments on your blogs.
2. Ensure that you've commented on all of your classmates' blogs.
3. Edit the posts on your blogs if you've detected errors or gotten good suggestions.
4. Write the first draft for your assigned web page's content.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Editing your blogs.

Notice the comments I've created on some of the blogs. Some contain suggestions and corrections. If you haven't corrected your blogs, please go in and edit your post today.

Some of the class blogs are listed below. Please comment on each other's blogs. Please give helpful, constructive suggestions like this example:

"Jorge, your post on video cameras for school websites was excellent. How about adding a link to an actual camera used at a school? Also, you mis-spelled interactive." ~ Alma

If your blog isn't listed, it means that you still haven't sent me the URL of your blog. You must submit your URL to get credit for this assignment.
~ Mr. Roberts

http://510eastsideoakland.blogspot.com

http://eulalia-troublemaker.blogspot.com

http://minilocura10.blogspot.com/

http://chivas-is-the-best.blogspot.com/

http://lilianaschools.blogspot.com/

http://aboutgoal.blogspot.com/

http://eastsideoakland.blogspot.com/

Class blogging assignment

1. Go to the web page: www.blogger.com/start
      o Click on the orange arrow “Create your blog now”.
2. You should be on the “Create an account” page
      o Choose a user name, i.e. “mr_roberts_eld”
      o Enter a password: _____________________
      o Enter your password again.
      o Enter your name
      o Enter your email address.
      o Read the “terms of service”…we’ll discuss it.
      o Click the check box “Acceptance of Terms”.
      o Click the red arrow “continue”
3. You should be on the “Name your blog” page.
      o Enter your blog’s title, i.e. Mr. Roberts’ ELD
      o Enter your blog’s address, i.e. mrroberts
      o Click “check availability” to see it that blog name is taken.
      o Enter the characters you see above the box into the box.
      o Click the red arrow “continue”.
4. You should be on the “Choose a template” page
      o Look at the templates, then click on one to choose it.
      o Click on the red arrow “continue”
5. The next page should say “Your blog has been created!”
      o Click on the orange arrow “start posting”
6. On the next page, give your post a title and write your post.
7. When you’re done, either click “Save as Draft” or “Publish Post”.
8. Email the URL of your blog from step 3 to roberts_eld@yahoo.com