Commentary writing - Ethan's first attempt

1. List three emotions you've experienced the past week. What triggered them?

Anger/ Irritated- being warned while working at 12am

Boredom- sitting on stone block during lunch in the cold pretending that I will gain immunity to the cold breeze

Happy- meeting with a good friend that talks to me and my friend.

2. List three things or situations that have given you a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.

Doing corrections and understanding why I got things wrong in math assignment 19

All hw is done

No school

3. List three things you worry about.

Projects

Finishing HW

Math tests

4. List three things that frustrate you.

Math

Preparing to Interview

Tests and Projects

5. List three things you need.

Water

Food

Air

6. List three things you think teachers worry about.

Troublemakers

Sleeping

Teaching class well

7. List three things you think give teachers a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.

People’s grades are 100

Everyone’s listening in class

Failing kid is no more failing

8. List three things you like about your school/community.

Friendly- politeness in people.

Big- easy access to point A to point B

Populous- many people

9. List three things you dislike about your school/community.

Untidy - bathrooms, cafeteria.

Old - P.E lockers, the Bowie website and all of its FAQ's, broken speakers

Disrespect- throwing food and not picking it up in the cafeteria, missing but not picking back up disgustingly wet paper towels in bathroom , not cleaning up messes to aid the clean-up crew.

10. Identify and briefly describe one TREND you have noticed around school, in the media, in pop culture, in your community.

There is sometimes a circle of people talking in the bathroom, which is inconvenient as I have to pass through the circle to get to the urinal.

Also the bathrooms constantly has a wet paper towel either shoved in the urinal or on the sink. Disgusting, and I wish Bowie had a “CleanUp”day where students clean their mess.