~ENGLISH STANDARDS~

(RL) 3. Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or a drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters/archetypes are introduced and developed).

              In the story Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley, the author sets the mood as very suspenseful and mysterious. In the beginning of the story, it talks about a young girl who had been missing for years and out of no where finds her way back home. The way the author introduces the characters is very smart because it's in order by the character's importance. The first characters introduced were the young girl and her kidnapper. The way the author makes the mood suspenseful is she doesn't tell us who the kidnapper is or where he is from. Another way, the author makes the mood suspenseful is she says the girl had lost her memory, so she doesn't remember anything that happened after being kidnapped. The author makes the story relate able because the young girl is a teenager close to the same age as me. This helps me understand how the girl feels. Overall, the author's way of developing the story makes me really intrigued and interested to continue reading.

~UPDATES~
           These past weeks we've been really busy with writing essays and working on our finals. We didn't get a chance to open the student store because of the rainy weather, but we will open it this Tuesday after school. The inventory sheets are really helpful for us, since they help us keep record of how many items we have sold. Hopefully, many students stop by the student store.

~STUDENT STORE UPDATES~
                     The student store was opened on Wednesday, Dec. 3. It went pretty well, the only bad thing was many students wanted to buy snacks but weren't able to because we had to wait 30 minutes after school before we could sell any snacks. A lot of the students were already gone by the time we had opened the student store. We sold, in my opinion, a fair amount to start off with. We used the inventory sheets to collect all the data we sold and what were the most popular items. Now we have to choose what days we want to open the student store and find out if maybe there's a way we can open the student store sooner.

~UPDATES~
          We were planning to open the student store on the Friday beforebreak, but the thing was that we didn't have locks on the fridge and everyone was already gone afterschool. People pretty much left home so early because Thanksgiving break had begun. Now we have the locks for the fridge and the student store cabinet. We got the key from Silvia and we are planning on opening the student store afterschool on Wednesday, December 3rd. Currently, I am working on having my blog updated and also working on connecting English Standards to our project. I still have a quantity of English Standards to write about, so I am going to work on that this week.

~STUDENT STORE UPDATES~
                  The student store is ready to be opened, we are planning on opening it today. We made posters and hung them around the school. Patty went to Smart & Final and on Tuesday she gave us all of the merchandise. This week we pretty much calculated how much we want to sell each item and how much profit we will get. Also, we made an inventory sheet so we can be able to keep track of how much merchandise we have and which items are the most popular. The inventory sheets help us know how much money we have earned that day. Another thing we did this week was clean up the fridge Mr. K gave us and made sure the wooden cabinet/student store looked nice and presentable. Also, I did two of my Civics standards and turned them in to Mrs. Cervantes.

~UPDATES~
               Right now we are planning on opening the student store by Friday, November 21 after school. Currently, we are working on making posters to let the students know when the student store will be open and what time it will be open. Also, we have made a list of snacks we want to sell at the student store. We gave the list to Patty so she can buy the snacks at Smart & Final. Now we have to decide how much we are going to sell each item. Hopefully, everything works out as planned and we open the student store by Friday.

~STUDENT STORE UPDATES~
            Right now we are working on getting donations for the student store snacks. Mr. K told us that we are allowed to sell the snacks of our choosing as long as it is 30 minutes after school. We have started the donation request to Smart & Final. We have not finished it so we will continue to work on it. Also, we looked online for DIY silkscreens and have decided we are going to try to make our own silkscreen. We will need to buy nylons, frame, mosh glue, index cards, and ink paint to make the build the silkscreen. If the DIY silkscreen doesn't work out we can look for foundations that can donate money to buy a silkscreen.