Yoga Shmoga

Michelle Schwab
20% time blog
Yoga
Students can read fluently to comprehend grade-level text.
For the first week, a couple of us did power yoga, seriously. This stuff was fast and advanced. We definitely clicked the wrong video. And for the second week, while listening we did yoga in class while listening to Huck Finn. Let me say this, Mrs. K has got some ADVANCED MOVES. I could hardly do half of them. I learned it is all about balance.
Ever since my 20% time I have been doing yoga moves as stretches to help me get lose over the course of weeks. It’s really improved my flexibility for working out!
I read this article on yoga. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,106356,00.html

And learned some interesting things:
You should feel famous while doing yoga… all the big stars do too! J
I keep spelling yoga as ‘yogo’. GoodNESS.
Yoga has increased 75% in the past five years. Understandably.
It takes the western culture out of its body to inside but yoga see its as a chance to see what’s inside to experience it on the outside as well.
There was a testimony of a woman who had cancer and they did surgery on her arm and how she can stand up on her arms with her feet on her head because she uses breathing and mental techniques to keep her going.
Through this project I have found a new love for yoga stretches. It’s great for the body and gives you a non toxic mind after and during. The stretches are great to cleanse the mind with.

Scholarship Search

This past few week I have been apply for scholarship from thousands to hundreds of dollars. It doesn't matter how much or how little it helps pay your way through college someway. So far I think I have signed up for about 10 to 15 scholarship. Some are easy, like submiting a your name to them or as hard as writing essays that have to meet certain guidelines and regulations that you must follow. All I can do is try and do as many as possible to increase my odds in getting a scholarship.

Helping the Animals

So instead of doing the whole "Shasta-and-Me" thing, I am switching my project to something a little more helpful. I had been doing research these past couple of weeks, and I couldn't help but look at the Sioux Falls Humane Society website. I saw that they had a wish list, including a new building project that is needing money. I thought to myself for a while and knew that I couldn't just straight out and ask for money from people, so instead of getting money for the building project, I am going to try to fulfill the wish list which includes: dog food, cat food, distilled water gallons, latex gloves, cotton balls, pill containers WITHOUT labels, hand sanitizer, Clorox Bleach (because the other types don't have the correct concentration for disease prevention), air fresheners, stamps, Dawn Dish Soap, and of course money for either the building fund or for animal care and medical services.
Now, I myself am an animal lover and it shows because I have four dogs and two cats. To help the poor animals that were abandoned, abused, or just brought in for different purposes means a lot to me. So hopefully I will be able to make some change for everyone at the Humane Society.
For the next couple of weeks I will be making posters to post around the school so that the word will be getting out. With those posters, I may even print pictures of the animals that are at the Humane Society and post them along the walls as well. Hopefully this project will work, and I will be looking forward to keep the people updated with how it is going.

regretable I sunk so low to write poems

I used standards 11.R.1.1 and 11.W.2.2. I wrote poems.

I also read some poems on http://thepoetsgarret.com/2011Challenge/form1.html

I wrote poems to the rhyme scheme of:
A
B
A
B
C
On a day such as this you may feel dismay
But for what? Just don’t lose sleep at night
Don’t let this gloom make your whole day gray
Be confident you’ll chose what’s right
Stay in school and don’t do drugs!

I’m listening to a techno mix
Thinking of the next line
But wishing I had a Twix
Realizing I’m glad moles are benign
700,030 die from cancer in a year

Blue is everywhere
Is it because it’s our school color
Look it’s right there
Blue is just duller
Blue is overused

Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption

This action packed western game brings gun slingers to life in a free roam world. John Marston is out to rescue his brother from one of the most dangerous gangs ever in the wild wild west.

John was found passed out in front of an barricade, he was shot trying to find his brother. A ranch family took him in until he became healthy. Now, John is out to get revenge on the gang and to rescue his brain washed brother.

John must train for his missions, but first he must become familiar with the land and all the people that might stand in his way. He must explore in order to succeed. John has no idea what he is up against and how he will be able to survive.

I my opinion i think this game is amazing. You almost forget that you are actually playing a video game. You can tell the creators spent a lot of time making the graphics and scenory perfect. This game is just like Grand Theft Auto but in the western era which makes a new twist in free roam game. This game is huge, the world is huge and the mission set is huge. The multiplayer is ever perfect. with teamdeath match and co-op campaign. I understand how this game got game of the year and why poeple are still playing it even after a fews years its been out. It always has something new to do.

If i were to give this game a rating out of 10 it would definelty be extremely close to a 10. The characters are perfect and the bad poeple are perfect, they have the perfect amount of villain.

The Help

Okay, I'm about a fourth of the way through the book so I'm going to speed up my reading a bit and hopefully finish it by the end fo the next cycle. Once I finish the book I'm going to find some reading guides/ book club questions and answer some of my favorites. So far, I'm still loving the dialect used in the story and the characters are so believable. Looking forward to reading more! Adieu.

Life As We Know It... 3

Indicator 1: Students can recognize and analyze words. Indicator 2: Students can comprehend and fluently read text. (Analysis) 11.R.2.1 Students can analyze how diction affects the interpretation of text. (Application) 11.R.2.2 Students can read fluently to comprehend grade-level text.

I am doing better on reading on my own outside of class. The book is getting super interesting, which makes it even more hard to blog about it. I don't want to give away any more details on what is happening for anyone who might want to be reading the book. I usually read during 20% time in the library, and then also during study hall and any other extra time I get during class.