Spring EN066-01 Reading Workshop: April 12

Thursday, April 12, 2012

April 12

Today was just a crazy day for me, getting everything ready to present my Speech and poem I was so nervous and just as it was almost time I was wondering were going to met at I called Mrs. Q and was told that we weren't going to be presenting today due to the wrong timing and we didn't even have any time at all.
I was just like OK but kinda of upset because I know we all worked hard even if we were nervous we were still gonna do are presentation and give it all we got. But at the end of it all we enjoyed are class time by taking pictures of all are Projects and are T-shirts that we've bought and we also got to hear Dolores Brown give her Speech and I think it was just Awesome! anyways thank god it's back to silent reading about to start my new book.

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Sabrina BautistaApril 12, 2012 at 6:28 PM
Just received a text message from Mrs. Q, we will be presenting our table in class to the English Department Chair Dr. Baza Cruz. Please wear your "I [♥] Reading" t-shirts and have your speech and poems in hard copy form and ready for presentation on Tuesday (04.17.2012). Please pass the word to the other ladies.
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