Food Drive

On the 24th I, along with a couple of other classmates, are going to be collecting food bank donations door to door. Already, Patrick and I have made a poster for the food drive and we may possibly be going to help hang them up. Hopefully, this experience will be enlightening to the needs of those who go hungry in our town.

Battle of the Books

This past Tuesday a fellow classmate and i competed in battle of the books. Our book was called "Before I Die" and even though we didn't win; i think  we had some very good arguments and perhaps if we hadn't been up against the always loved "Paper Bag Princess" we might have won. To prepare we researched the question what is a classic? because the topic of the debate was what book would become a classic in 100 years. So, we started with that and then using the guidelines we found (stuff about the ability to relate and timeless themes) we connected it to our book. We also made a video about our book so that the audience would know vaguely what our book was about. I'll post it at the bottom of this post. During the actual debate we took my laptop up and typed our game plan and discussed our defense arguments  which worked really well because the other team had to whisper (which of course allowed everyone to hear their arguments . Even though we ultimately lost, i think my debating skills have improved from this experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vz6TVLLRzE

Retraction

So, i previously stated that i am a plant expert. However, this is not the case. So, i would like to do a retraction and clarify that i am not a plant expert, but merely a plant enthusiast. The reason why i am retracting the aforementioned comment is because i over watered a few of my plants and therefore can not be considered one. In other news my forget-me-nots came up!!!!

Jessica: Plant Expert

So, over the long weekend instead of studying i decided to make up a plant book with all the info we need about the plants we are and will be taking care of. I completely filled out the first 8 pages which are my own plants and then i left the rest blank (with just a page title) so that the others can fill out some pages too! This way we can keep straight how often the plants need to be watered or pruned and when they're supposed to sprout etc. I think this will be a great way to not only record our progress throughout CAS, but also a way to record what we've learned about each plant and what works better which we can either keep for the rest of our lives or pass on to the next generation of IB growers. Here are a few pictures of it. Please ignore the bad lighting, poor quality and the creepy face i'm making.

Also, my mom gave me a pinot gris grape vine and i love it. Here's a picture