Assignment #18 My Grades

To complete this final assignment blog post you do the following:

1) title the post "My Grades"
2) Number each assignment 1-17 followed by a period (.).
3) Log in to schoolloop and click on the progress report for this class.
4) type the number grade for each assignment 0-10.

If you have unfinished assignments or grades that are less than 7, then you can not complete this assignment.

This final assignment is graded as a pass (10)/fail (0).

Example-

1.  10
2.  10
3.  10
4.  9
5.  10
6.  8
7.  10
8.  10
9.  10
10.  10
11.  9
12.  10
13.  10
14.  10
15.  10
16.  10
17.  7

CONGRATULATIONS TO 
Joceylyn, Marbella, Jake and Leslie for finishing on time.

If you do not complete all 18 assignments with a 7 or higher you will get zero (0) credits for this part of the wheel.   If you are not finished with all 18 assignments by end of class today, then you will have one additional week to complete any missing work.  If you haven't completed every assignment by 2 pm on Friday, May 27th you will forfeit (lose) the 5 credits for this class. 
The following students are currently earning zero credits.

Javier                    missing 14 assignments
Jonathan               missing 7 assignments
Kevin                    missing 4 assignments
Michael                missing 9 assignments
Saloman               missing 6 assignments
Edwin                  missing 11 assignments
David                   missing 10 assignments
Margarita             missing 9 assignments
Ernesto                 missing 10 assignments

Assignment #17 Perseverance Blog Post

In order to complete today's assignment you must first read all of this post.  Then, you must follow the directions at the bottom.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed is 

always to try just one more time. 

 Thomas A. Edison

Have you ever heard of the noun perseverance or the verb persevere (to persevere)?

Life is not easy for any of us.  But what of 

that?  We must have perseverance and 

above all confidence in ourselves.  We must 

believe that we are gifted for something and 

that this thing must be attained.

Marie Curie

Successful people persevere when attempting to accomplish something (milk).  Graduating college, running a marathon, earning money to buy a car, losing weight, these are examples of accomplishments that require perseverance.  These (apples) things take work and dedication to accomplish.  Once you decide on a long term goal there are endless instant gratification activities that can derail your (bread) plans.  Should I study for the test or play Xbox (chips)?  Should I go to the gym and workout or lounge on the couch and watch television (juice)?  Should I save my money or spend it on random junk?

Most if not all significant accomplishments in life involve some form of delayed (mustard) gratification.  Built in to the process of succeeding is hard work and failure.  Everyone fails from time to time, sometimes repeatedly.  Someone is considered a failure if they quit (candy) and stop trying before succeeding. The question is "Are you OK with failure?  Or are you going to keep trying (persevere) until you succeed?"  As a sophomore in high school Michael Jordan was left off of the varsity basketball team (he played on the junior varsity team) before he became the greatest basketball player on the planet. That (butter) let down fueled his drive and desire to succeed.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Not everyone is going to be a professional athlete (actor, singer, model, etc.), but whatever your chosen goal (bananas) you must persevere to accomplish it.  Once you realize that meaningful things often times require hard work and dedication, you will begin to prioritize your life (pasta) around your goals.

"If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail."  Benjamin Franklin

Some of you might already know what you want to do with your life.  Others of you might still be trying to figure it out.  The first steps to success are choosing a goal and creating a plan.  

Do you have any long term goals for your life?  What are your goals and have you created plans to achieve these goals.  Write about your goal(s) in life and detail the steps you need to do to achieve those goals.

Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.
 
David Blaine 

This is a blog assignment.  Title it "Perseverance."

Answer the questions in red.  The post must be at least 

3 paragraphs of at least 150 words.
Also randomly throughout this blog post there are additional words added (grocery list).  You must list these additional words at the end of assignment #17

If you are at a complete loss (you have no goals and can't think of any, you can choose one of the videos below and write 150 words describing the video.  You still must do the grocery list at the end. 

David Blaine

Angela Lee Duckworth

Rodney Mullen

Assignment #16 Color Link Picture

This blog assignment is very simple.  If you can read and follow directions, you can do this assignment in less than 5 minutes.


1.  type your favorite color in all capital letters.
2.  link the color that you just typed to a google image search for that color.
3.  insert your favorite picture from that google search of the color.
4.  publish.

If you fail to do any of those steps, this assignment will be incomplete.

Example-


PURPLE

Assignment #15 More Typing

Go here and explore the lessons they have on typing.  Spend a few minutes with at least 5 different lessons.  You must fully complete at least 1 lesson.  Make sure you are keeping your fingers on the home keys, so you can develop good typing form.  This is a blog assignment.

Title the assignment "#15 More Typing."

Do a screen capture (apple/shift/4) of each lesson you have worked on before you exit out.

Lesson 1.  Make sure you are spending at least 2 minutes on each lesson.  The time is shown at the top.

The finished blog post will have screen captures from five (5) different lessons.

Assignment #14 My Top Three

This is a blog post.  Title it "My Top Three Yourcategory"

You get to choose the category (sports, video games, candy, soda, movies, television shows, foods, etc.)  You must choose one (1) specific category and list three (3) things for that category.  You must choose the category and title the post with that category (for example- "My Top Three Favorite Bands").  If you write about sports make sure you specify either sports that you watch or sports that you play.

List your choices from 1 to 3.  Write at least 3 sentences about why you made each choice.

Include at least 1 picture for each choice.

My Top Three Sports That I Play

1.  Beach Volleyball

I have been playing beach volleyball for about 25 years.  I love it for many reasons.  It is great exercise, and I love competing.  I have played in many tournaments over the years.  When I was younger, I would play for 8 hours a day on the weekends.

2. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

I have wanted to do jiu jitsu for years.  I got both of my children started in jiu jitsu about 2 years ago.  I began training when last school year finished (late June).  I train as often as I can usually 3/4 times per week.  I will be competing in my second tournament on Saturday.

By © John Lamonica, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9111428

3.  Curling

The newest team sport that I participate in is Curling (the Olympic sport played on ice).  I have been curling for about 2 years.   In my first league, my team won the championship!  In my second league, my team got dead last!  Overall, my teams have won the championship twice, placed second, placed third, and some lower finishes.  My current team will be playing for third place this Thursday.

Assignment #13- Google Drive #7 Drawing

Today's assignment is the last of the "technology proficiency" assignments and the final Google Drive Assignment (#7).  Log in to your Google account and go to Drive.

You are going to explore the drawing program in Google Drive.  You will spend time creating a masterpiece.

You final drawing must contain 

at least 10 different lines of different colors, 

at least 5 different shapes of different colors, 

and text (your name at the very least).

Your final art must be school appropriate. 

You must spend at least 20 minutes creating this assignment.

Assignment #12 Typing

This is a blog assignment titled "#12- Typing."

Go here and complete some typing tests.

1)  You will take at least one of each of the 5 timed tests (1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, and 5 min). 

Choose  lesson #26- 1 minute test
             lesson #27- 2 minute test
             lesson #28- 3 minute test
             lesson #29- 4 minute test
             lesson #30- 5 minute test

2)  You will take a screen shot (On a Mac- shift/apple/4-then drag a rectangle over the area you want copied) of the best result for each test.  The picture is sent to the desktop.  Right click the picture, click "get info" and rename as "I minute" or "2 minute" depending on which test it was.

3)  You will post all 5 pictures on your blog titled, "#12- Typing."   Caption each picture with the type of test it was (1 minute, 2 minute, etc.).
You will insert the 5 results pictures in your blog.  Make sure that you caption each photo with the type of test it was (1 min, 2 min, etc.).

4)  This site also has typing games that will increase your typing speed.  Try out at least 3 games. List the 3 games,  type which one is your favorite, and why.

1 minute

2 minutes

3 minutes

I tried Desert Typing Racer, Meteor Typing Blast, and Spacebar Invaders.  My favorite game was Spacebar Invaders.  Everyone try Spacebar Invaders at least once.