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I still haven't reached my personal goal yet since my reading score dropped this first MAP test. But I would still work hard to reach this goal. For Math and Science, I have reached this goal because whenever we have tests, my grade came out as M and E which is good enough. This means I haven't been off task studying for tests. As for LA and SS, there are no important vocabularies to remember, so I haven't met this goal yet. Lastly, Culinary Arts class, I believed that I have reached this goal since my engagement grade is now E. Here is my prove: Overall, I have two goals to try to reach: My personal goal and LA & SS.

This year's ETK is at Pranburi, near the beach. We stayed at a resort called Sweet Honey Resort. Actually, we have 12 roommates, but the room only has one bathroom, which is not enough. So, we get to stay in a house with four bathrooms. We stayed on the second floor while Mr.Witt and Ms.Vivian stayed downstairs. But I don't really like the house because whenever we walked, the vibration is really hard. I think it's because of how they build the house. Also, the toilet is always wet, it never gets dry and I don't like wet bathrooms. Additionally, the food there is not that good, but not that bad either. I enjoyed the porridge. And because the food is not that good, about 80% of the kids went back to their rooms to eat noodles, but I didn't, I actually enjoyed the food. The last night, we had a barbeque party. My friends were having a hard time grilling meat because they are not getting cooked, but the meat is almost burned. On the other hand, I was having a good time...

The past 2-3 weeks, we've been learning about themes, tone and mood, figurative language such as imagery. Also, we have been reading "The Giver" as a whole class. Themes are secretly said in the novels teaching life lessons for readers. While tone and mood affect the atmosphere and feelings when reading. Additionally, there are many types of figurative language, but we focused on imagery mostly. Imagery appeals to our five senses which are touch, taste, see, hear, and smell. Furthermore, we've been reading "The Giver" and start analyzing the story. Recently, we have finished reading chapter 12 when the main character, Jonas met the Giver .

We made fried rice this time. We start off by boiling rice in the pot. Our group's rice is a bit wet and sticky. While waiting for the rice to be cooked, we prepared and chopped onions, garlic, lime and broccoli for next class. We then put them all in the fridge. Additionally, we also have to make the fish sauce. We added fish sauce, lime, and chili to the sauce. The next class, we took the ingredients out and got tomatoes, cucumber, eggs, and one more lime for the day. Our first step is adding oil to the pan and waited till it's hot. After it's we then added the vegetables. Then, the rice and put in soy sauce, fish sauce, and oyster sauce to give it some flavors. After the veggies and rice are ready, move them to the side of the pan. Then crack the eggs and make sure they are cooked before mixing them with the rice. Place the fried rice on a plate and decorate them. Because our rice is wet and soggy, the fried rice turned out to be sticky and not that yummy.

These are my goals for the year.  Personal --> I wasn't able to start this goal yet since we didn't do the MAP TEST yet.  Math & Science --> I am starting not to be off task in class. I barely get off task right now.  LA & SS --> I am not able to complete this goal yet since we don't have a test for the vocabulary yet.  Electives --> I have completed this goal. I went back to check my engagement grade and it turned to M instead of P.

 We cooked our first main dish, pasta. The pasta sauce is made from tomatoes, onion, and garlic.  First, we have to add about 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil, then fry onion and garlic together. After the onion is turning a bit transparent then add the tomatoes. Also, add some salt, sugar, basil sweet, and parsley leaf so that the sauce won't taste bland. As a result in my group, the sauce came out really well. It's well seasoned and full of flavors from salt, sugar, basil sweet, and parsley leaf. Our group technique is to add a lot of basil sweet and parsley leaf. We found out that it gives the sauce very unique flavors so we add them a lot. Our friends turn out to like our pasta very much too.

The enlightenment was a time period after the Renaissance that focuses on humanism, reasons, and individualism during the 17th-19th century. The era was created by humanism in the Renaissance when people starts to fly away from supernatural beliefs. Another root of the period is the Protestant Reformation when people begin to question the teachings of the church, making both church and the government. Lastly, the scientific revolution that proved the church's teachings wrong with new discoveries.