Summary - Chloe Lloveras- Blog 1 T2 - AEP9

 

 It’s that time of year again! Holidays, Christmas, and winter break is just around the corner and you can feel the excitement in the air. But before that, midterms and quizzes have pounced upon us once more, which means that it’s time for another blog! 

Starting all the way back from October, on a Monday morning, class began with a new warmup activity (that soon became an angsty favorite) called “Hurdle.” It’s similar to “Wordle” because you still have to guess a five-letter word, but you have eight tries and don’t know which letters are correct. The day’s word was “dusky,” which we miraculously guessed on our last try! Afterwards, we worked on our project and blogs.

On the following day, a game called “AntiWordle” was introduced to us. As you may have guessed from the title, our goal is to not guess the word. The amount of tries it takes us to not guess the word is our final score in the end. The trick is that we actually don’t know the word, so we may be heading straight towards it without even noticing, since we've gotten so used to playing the original version of the game.

Our score was five (a pretty average score), since we accidentally blocked ourselves into a “brick” wall. Literally! The word was “brick!” Shortly after, we continued working on our blogs and project. My blog was done for the most part, but still had a few kinks to work out. I fixed those over the weekend. 

Due to the next week being finals week, we only did a short warm-up called “Letters Boxed.” It’s not as hard as the other word games, but definitely holds enough of a challenge to get the gears in your brain turning. I finished it in five minutes. Afterwards, I studied for chemistry. 

With thirty minutes left in the period, Miss Disa decided that we should all play “Scrabble” together, since we needed a break. I got to duel with Leo because I went online (due to a bad cold). We encountered some technical problems, but, overall, it was a good match. Well played! 

The next morning kicked off with “Quordle,” which we finished quickly! The day then ended with us studying for the upcoming exams. 

In the following weeks, after term break, we exercised our brains with “Hurdle” and the word was “sauté.” Since it was the beginning of term two, we got to write our reflection blogs summarizing term one. 

In the first class of term two, we started fresh with “Hurdle” and it was a really tough one Afterwards, Miss Disa gave us a small quiz to test our knowledge on past participle. I didn’t do well the first time, so I guess I was pretty rusty. But my second attempt was much much better! I assume that I’ve just gotten so used to using different words in different tenses that it flows so naturally that I don’t think about it anymore. Haha! 

To pick up our spirits after that mini test, we played “Griddle.” It’s very similar to “Scrabble,” but it’s so weird because some words gain more points than others even though they’re really short or don’t use that many “power-ups.” Anyways, we were told to play in two teams: girls against boys. In the end, the girls scored 501 points, but it still wasn’t enough to beat the boys sadly! 

Next, we did a few grammar exercises, which we decided to check in a future meeting. It was about differentiating the passive and active expressions. Then, the day ended with an exit ticket. 

On the fifteenth of November, we were instructed to play "Quordle," which we figured out faster than usual. The only tricky word was "zebra." Upon completion, we moved on to watching a video about the passive and active tense Miss Disa made for us. They all had examples about delicious-looking cakes! Basically, the main difference between the two is the order. In the active tense, the subject comes first, but in the passive, it's the action. For example, an active tense would be: "Sally ate the cake"; whereas, the passive would be: "The cake was eaten by Sally." 

During the following Monday, we played "Hurdle." Then, due to us only having one period (since there was an honors ceremony the period before that), we proceeded to answer more grammar exercises. I struggled in typing the words on my phone and placing them on the correct line, since, if I wanted to change something in the text box, it wouldn't allow me to for some reason. So, then I'd have to redo the entire text again! It was frustrating, but I managed to get them done.

The next AEP session began with "Quordle," which we surprisingly managed to figure out in ten minutes even though Sayum and Janek were absent. Because of the lack of people present, we completed more passive and active exercises instead of checking our previous worksheets. Then, the period ended with the usual exit ticket.

To kick off the morning with a fresh start, we were encouraged to try at a new word game: "Weaver!" To win, you have to place the least amount of words going from one to another like from "scar" to "face." The only dilemma is that you can only change one letter at a time. In the end, we got to finish it in seven tries (a high score). Afterwards, we were instructed to brainstorm ideas about a poem regarding AEP, which would serve as the term's project. 

Another Tuesday morning began with "Griddle." I'm not much of a fan for this game because I honestly don't feel the same satisfaction as the other word games. I believe this is because the point system seems too random and even if you do happen to find a really good word, the result usually ends up only scoring a few amount of points. In total, I only got five hundred thirty points that day thanks to Janek's and Miss Disa's words. To wrap things up, we further discussed the details of our poem and blog. 

The AEP period began with "Hurdle" and the word was "prune." Then, we moved on to the real work: writing our project (poem), recording it, and typing our blog. Although I managed to finish my poem, which is about the different word games we play in AEP, I chose not to record it at school, since I find it better to do so at home where there'll be no distractions. Then, I started working on my blog. Because midterms is right around the corner, there's definitely been a rush to get all this work done. 

Speaking of which, that also means that Christmas break is coming! Everyone's been buzzing about it recently and it's honestly got me all excited too! I just hope midterms won't be a pain to do. 

Anyways, as you can tell from this blog, the past few months have been pretty chaotic. We were met with challenges, hardships, laughter, blogs, grammar, the active tense, and the passive tense. We even got to write a poem and play tons of word games! I've really enjoyed the past few months and hope that this continuous streak of good luck and fun continues. Wish me luck with exams!