Lens of Film

During this unit we analyzed multiple pieces of film for their uses of visual techniques and how they impact the audience as well as what they are in general. We compared their uses and discussed the question of whether the techniques are even deliberate, or are we just over-complicating their uses. This unit was definitely … Continue reading Lens of Film

To HeLa or Not To Cancer, that is a question.

During this fragmented unit, we completed a discussion, several TIEAs, annotations, as well as a verbal analysis. Discussion TIEA In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot uses juxtaposition to demonstrate the economic and educational gap between the majority group and the Lacks family, which was worsened when the Lacks family was taken advantage … Continue reading To HeLa or Not To Cancer, that is a question.

Written Voices

During this unit, we completed many assignments that could mainly be categorized into TIEAs, discussions, poetry writing as well as annotations. Personally I used book snaps, many others used other methods to complete their annotations. I think I’ve written two of my better poems during this unit, with one having one of my best metaphors … Continue reading Written Voices

Grinding the Crucible Work

There were many assignments that we completed during this lengthy unit, including many TIEAs, A few blog posts, many different types of notes, as well as a lot of comments. We also practiced reading dramatically, watched some interesting scenes from the crucible movie, as well as generally doing a lot of analysis. Dramatic Reading   … Continue reading Grinding the Crucible Work

Consequences of the Envied Love

In Salem, women weren’t treated the best, they were considered inferior when compared to their husbands and men in general. And they never had much power in the whole political or even just domestic society of Salem. So when Abigail finally received the taste of that power, even just a little taste as she made … Continue reading Consequences of the Envied Love

Relationships and Identity Unit Finale

TIEA 1 In the story Sunny Side Up, Jennifer Holm transforms a happy, caring child into a scared, constantly stressed girl after a horrifying event. After seeing her grandfather start to smoke again, she recalls her incident during the fourth of July with her brother and blames it on herself after suppressing these emotions for … Continue reading Relationships and Identity Unit Finale

Science Unit 4 Reflection: Energy

1.) Risk taking, for only using a little bit of time to finish the summative as well as doing things that I have never tried before. Also, there are some other easier ones but I think that is stupid, like thinkers, of course we have to think in this summative what kind of goofy question … Continue reading Science Unit 4 Reflection: Energy

Bias in Media: All in One Edition

Explanation My product is basically a horizontal poster on what looks to be an A3 paper. With no apparent title, it is the kind of poster where you have to take time to read it if you find it interesting to actually understand what it means. Starting with the person in the middle and his … Continue reading Bias in Media: All in One Edition

Bias and Media Unit Reflection

Guiding Questions: What Skills Did You Use to Help You Learn? Well, this is interesting because I don’t think I used any specific skills, I mostly just went with the flow and did what I thought would be right. For the annotations, I used a lot of analysis and observing but then again I’m pretty … Continue reading Bias and Media Unit Reflection

Science Unit 3 Reflection

How much did you know about Work and Machines before we started? This requires at least 3 sentences–complete sentences. I didn’t know much about simple machines before we started, I don’t even know much about it now. I knew that they existed and how most of them work but I didn’t know about mechanical advantage … Continue reading Science Unit 3 Reflection

G.R.A.S.P.S Project Reflection

Grade 8 GRASP Project Reflection Questions   Please answer these questions honestly and objectively.     What were your contributions to the success of your group’s lesson presentation?  Be specific.   What parts did you research, what parts of the experiment did you have responsibility for, what were your responsibilities for the lesson preparation and presentation? … Continue reading G.R.A.S.P.S Project Reflection

Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter: Booknsnaps

Booksnaps are pictures of the book with bitmojis or stickers and things we think about what we took a picture of. Week one #booksnaps @ms_marcum #KAStw pic.twitter.com/SmxfuESOrh — Brian Hung (@OPKAST1Brian) October 31, 2017 Week two #booksnaps #KAStw @ms_marcum pic.twitter.com/TMlJxNqQNX — Brian Hung (@OPKAST1Brian) October 31, 2017 @ms_marcum #BookSnaps Feel like I should tag @cyanpentagon … Continue reading Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter: Booknsnaps

L&L Newsletter Summative

In this unit we learned about journalism, we annotated a lot of news articles, studied professionals and wrote our own Newsletter. It was quite an unit, many sleepless nights as well as a lot of stressful days. Compare & Contrast 2 Similar News Stories Similarities: The similarities between these two articles, first of all, and … Continue reading L&L Newsletter Summative

News Article: Volleyball Team, Failed Team

Volleyball Teams. Failed Teams Because even if you think your team is good enough, both of you, are not. Brian Hung 9/5/2017   It was a Saturday morning of August 26 when 6 students from KAS, class of 2022, gathered together to practice volleyball. It was said that the students’ skills have all deteriorated throughout … Continue reading News Article: Volleyball Team, Failed Team

Unit 1 Summative: The Spartan Military

In this unit we studied everything from the greek government to the roman republic which includes everything from the battle of Thermopylae to how the Roman Republic became one of the mightiest empires in all of history. I learned a lot of things like how the greeks won a impossible battle by scoring an upset agains … Continue reading Unit 1 Summative: The Spartan Military