blog refelction

In completing all aspects of my capstone project I used a lot of critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. I used a lot of critical thinking because my topic was not a basic topic I had to memorize, understand, and learn a language, there was lots of memorizing because Arabic grammar is one of the hardest grammar to learn, and you have to memorize many different kinds of effects and grammar. I used communication by discussing many topics and challenges I faced during the course. Creativity played a big role because in order to make sense in Arabic you have to be creative with your writing and how you use words on sentences. For my essay and physical project  I had to use collaboration to make them connect in some way.

This project taught me a lot, it taught me how to be responsible, learned how to write and read in Arabic, showed me what college is going to be like, and I learned that nothing is impossible if you try. This project helped me socially by making me talk to people In a language I'm not fluent in, talk to my parents in Arabic at all time, and to read a speech in Arabic at my church. 

There was many ups and down during the year, but the main thing that I had a difficulty in was reading the word when there's effects used, it was hard to pronounce it and to read it, but I challenged my self to learn it and I did.  In the middle of the semester I started to practice more and more until I learned how to read words with the effects. Another challenge I faced was keeping up with the homework, every week we would get 7 pages of homework and only a week to do it, on top of that I had senior project stuff to work on, but I told my self that I have to do it if I want to graduate and go to college like all the seniors. I did the homework, and even did some extra credit. 

week 11

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
23 April, 2013

This week we started to by going over the homework and ask questions for the things you had difficulties with. For The first hour of the day we practiced standard Arabic sentences and how to use words in a sentence. Most people can read and write pretty decent now. For the last two hours we did book work on how to read Arabic with accent marks and how to say them. Finally we did some more practicing on reading sentences and called it a day. In total now  I have 33 hours for my physical project blogged in.

week 10

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
19 March, 2013
This week we didn't have any homework to turn in, but we have a test. its a test about the lesson we learned last week. I studied a bit before class but not enough, it had many tricky questions, many of the question where from the book and the homework he assigned. If i would have studied more i would of got an A but sadly I only got a B-, but now i know that next time i have to study harder and more so i can get an A+. Now I have 30 hours for physical project.

week 9

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
12 March 3013

Arabic 2

This week was very productive for me, I choose to move from the back and sit in the front to focus more. I sat next to this man that know the Arabic language very well, and he helped me understand the lesson better. Im starting to improve on my reading and writing, and im getting better at knowing when to use the Arabic effects. Every week the professor assigns homework, but this week he gave us triple the amount and made it due in two weeks in stread of one. now i have 27 hours in total for my physical project

Week 8

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
5 March 3013

Arabic 2

This week we worked on a new lesson. we have to conjugate verbs and also write about our parents. The hard part is figuring out what to write and using the right grammatical words. In class we read a paragraph and also practiced talking again to each other in Arabic. Homework is the kinda the same, I have to translate a paragraph and write sentences using verbs. I want to focus on writing because i really lack the skills to communicate with my cousins back home on Facebook. Now I have 24 hours fo my physical protect

week 7

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
26 February 2013

Arabic 2 class

Today was the easiest day so far. first he took roll and made sure everyone was there, then he started passing out graded papers to the class and I helped him pass them. The test was very hard for everyone there was 6 parts and i think it was two hard for the first test. The first part we had to finish a sentence that he started, then for the second part we had to write the parts of the sentence and diffine the words. But the hardest part was the end, we had to translate from english to Arabic, but he said that it was extra credit, I tried doing it, but I only got half way and went home. Intotal now I have 21 hours for my physical project.

Universal

    Living in a country that's been occupied for more than 50 years is like being in jail. The Jews made rules, and everyone had to folllow them, you can't walk on the streets after 11, if you talk back to a jewish soldier and he gets angry he can kill you or throw you in jail, if your gay and show it you get killed, you have to do everything that the Jewish Soldiers tell you to do.
   In the year 2000 my dad got put into jail for cursing out a jewish soldier, the soldier kept on touching my dads truck and making fun of him, so my dad got really pissed and cursed at him, the soldier tackled my dad to the floor and put him in hand cuffs and took him to jail. After a month my dad got out of jail and went back to working and trying to support my family, but making 500 dollars a month with three children wasn't working out, we use to eat bread and cheese for lunch sometimes, and sometimes eat nothing until my dad got off work and brought us food.
  When i turned 6, my dad started thinking about moving to the United States, he went and got him self a visa, but me my mom and my two sisters got diclined, but my dad still didnt change his mind. He left us living with our grandparents for a year and moved to the United States to work and support us. Every night my little sister and mom would cry and cry for hours while looking at pictures of my father. It was a really tuff at the time. But after another year passed we applied again for visa, and they accepted us, we left the next week to the Untied States, it was a 20 hour ride, we took three plains to get there.
    After a long flight we arrived and my dad was waiting for us, it was the best feeling when i seen my dad, its been more than two years that i haven't seen him. He had a surprise party for us with a bunch of his new friends. He took us back to his apartment and showed us his car that he uses for work.
    When i got put into school i made some freinds and started hanging out with them on weekend, i can finally walk around the streets with no one bothering me or telling me what to do, if you want to be straight, gay, or lesbian, you are free to do what you wan to do. Freedom is the best thing you can have in life. The Untied States is my favorite country only because its a free country and you can do what you want as long as your not bothering anyone around you.

week 6

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
19 February 2013

WEEK 6

For week 6 we had a tough time understanding the lesson that was taught to us, because it was all about grammar and how to use words in sentences. But we had a couple of worksheets that helped us understand it. After we did the worksheets we moved on to practicing reading paragraphs in arabic. That took a whole hour of the class, so we were left with one final hour and we took the time to talk about some events that were coming up and practicing some more sentences. So far i have 18 hours for my physical project.

week 5

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
12 February 2013

Arabic 2

On the fifth week of Arabic class at skyline college, we started the class by practicing sentences, and translating them to arabic. That took us about an hour, then we got in to groups of three's and started taking turns on reading in the arabic textbooks. for the last hour of the class we talked about the homework, and about the things coming up in the next couple of weeks. So far i have 15 hours in total for my physical project.

Week 4

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
5 February 2013

Arabic 2

For this week we practice answering the proffersors question like we do every week, then we did some book work, and i noticed that chapter two is a bit harder that chapter one. after the first hour we got into partners and practiced talking to each other in Arabic, and for the final hour we had a small quiz on how to tanslate arabic to english, I was one of the last people to finish because i took my time and got all the answers corect. In total now I have 12 hours for my Physical project.

Third week

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
29, January 2013

Arabic 2 

The third class everyone started to get use to each other, and we started to get homework. The first hour of the day we practiced standard arabic sentences and how to use words in a sentence. Then for the last two hours we did book work on how to read Arabic with accent marks and how to say them. Finally we did some more practicing on reading sentences and called it a day. In total now i have 9 hours for my physical project.

Second week

Laith Aljada
Mrs. Sutter
English 4CP
22, January 2013

Arabic (Skyline)

Thsis week we had to partner up with someone that doesn't speak or write english very well and read a paragraph thats written in arabic, and read another paragraph thats written in English and translate it to Arabic. It was easy to translate but to writing it was the hard part. For the last two hours of the day the teacher asked us question and we had to answer them in complete sentences. so far I have 6 hours in total.

First day

Laith Aljada
English-4CP
Mrs. Sutter
15,  January 2013

Arabic 2 at skyline

In the first week of my physical project, i got to know peoples name in the class, we talked about some rules and how things are every week. We also talked about how many days we can miss in the semester. Every week we meet for three hours from 7-10 on Tuesdays only. So far its going great, the class is very challenging but fun at the same time.