Jessica's Fourth Blog

 Agenda:

- take a minute

- blog corrections

- reader's workshop

- week 9: Q.Q.S.L.

- lit. circles

HW: RJ 9.1 read or IXL/ iReady for 20-30 minutes & record

Today started off normal. I walked into English expecting nothing special to happen. We wrote down our Agenda and set up our Reading Journals for the week before Ms. Nakada called Riley up to read the blog. It was then that I remembered that Riley was going to pick me. My stomach sank, a growing dread filling me as Riley read her blog. Finally, she finished reading it with Declan reading some of it (I don't really know why). Then, I was called.

I packed up my things and came to start. Everyone was silent as I started the blog. The class was reading, everyone deep in the world of their books. Maybe I don't really know.  After silent reading we started Week 9: Q.Q.S.L.

The Quote of the week was by Malala Yousafzai, "We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back." We talked about how in Pakistan Malala was shot by people who didn't think she should go to school. This quote is talking about girls and women shouldn't be held back. She is saying that it's important to have educated women. Then we moved onto the question of the week.

The Question of the week was: How does media/ social media reinforce gender stereotypes? The class agreed that social media is different for everyone. Based on the types of video you watch you get similar videos to what you want to hear, reinforcing whatever you personally already believe only intensifying your preexisting beliefs. We talked about how the media can reinforce stereotypes with beauty standards and stay at home moms. It also shows men going into the wilderness and hunting reinforcing gender stereotypes also. We talked about how there were different mindsets everywhere and everyone has different opinions that can affect how others think. Then, Lucas told us that apparently he works at a skincare company! Who knew? 

Next, we started literature circles. There was buzz in the room as everyone started discussing their various books with their groups. 

Riley has a possum named Sandwich that she's babysitting for apparently, and she wanted me to say that, so yeah.

Everyone started to wrap up literature circles as Ms. Nakada told us to pack up. Then, the bell rang and it was off to fourth period.