1.   Before you even take the test you have to meet the requirements in order to take the test, like not have four absence, do all your h.w and etc. The day before the test you have to go over what you have learned in class for example you should memorize the instructions of what they want in an essay. If you want you should also read the CATW practice test that we had in class or write a few essay on your own that would help you remember all the steps you need to have a successful essay. Have a good night sleep as well so you wont be falling asleep during the test. Now on the day of the test the most important thing to do before taking the test is getting something to eat so your hunger wont bother you during the test, also drink allot of coffee so in case you get a boring essay your mind would be sharp.

Now when you get to the test you have to make sure to bring a student I.D, pens, and a dictionary, you should also go to the bathroom and do what you got to do, so like that you have 90 minutes to give full attention to your essay and that's it. When you are taking the test you should already have in your mind that you  have 90 minutes to complete the test so no slacking you should read the essay at most 3 times the first time you should read and the second time you should read and highlight the main idea(the most important part of the essay) and high light the most important ideas(things that relate to the main idea) and you also have to be careful not to highlight the minor details that should take about 20minutes.

Before you write the essay you should write an outline on how you want your essay to be. The essay it's self is very important so when writing it make sure that your pen is visible and that you write in a hand writing that the test grader can understand. In the writing  you should have an intro, two bodies,and a conclusion. The Intro should have the main idea, but paraphrased into your own words about what the author is writing about, it should also have a summary of the story which should include the main idea and the most important details in your own words. Now the last piece that the intro needs is a quote that you agree or disagree with. The first body paragraph is what explains why you agree or disagreed with the quote, and how you do that is with examples you have to make sure that your examples relates to your opinion. Now the second body paragraph is to use a personal experience that you can relate to why you agreed and disagreed, and for the final part of your essay which is the conclusion you should reinstate the main idea and your view points on why you agreed or disagree. In your body paragraph you have to make sure that you are very specific so it can help understand your essay more


 2. I have the tendency to fall asleep or look around and not focus on my essay when the essay its self is boring. It seems from my previous practice test I  have improved allot before i had no idea how to write an essay or it's structure but now i have the idea of how to write one. I'm still slacking in the body paragraphs and grammar, it wasn't as bad as before, before i didn't even know how to start an essay and now i do. My problem with  body paragraph is I'm not that specific or it doesn't go with my other paragraph i would always talk about something else that's some what related but its not and grammar i miss allot of commas and periods so it becomes harder to understand.

3.I definitely need to have like five cups of coffee and eat right in order to stay awake in case they give me a boring essay that's what I'm going to do to stay awake. In order for me to get my body paragraphs right im going to reread my body paragraph multiple times to make sure I'm on task and to see that everything makes sense and I'm also going to do that with my grammar error I'm going to reread everything and see were I'm missing a comma and a period.

Pratice test #3

      Research has proven. The positive effect that music has on the the body and mind. According to the article" Is music a good tool for health"by Elizabeth Scott, there is a growing field of health care known as music therapy which uses  music to heal. Hospitals are also starting to use music therapy to help with pain, depression, to ease muscle tension and other problems. Music with a strong beat can stimulate brain waves to synchronize with the beat, music also prevents the damaging effects of chronic stress thereby helping people relax. Music is also used to bring a positive state of mind helping to keep depression and anxiety under control. I agree with the the quote "Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind,helping to keep depression and anxiety under control."
     I agree with the quote because, music helps people with emotional depression or anxiety. Instruments like the violin, piano, cello, flute, trumpet, help make jazz,orchestras, or any other type of music that help ease the mind. Music has always been used for relaxation or to help with emotional depression that's why it's still popular to this very day. Music will help you stay calm because of the beat and the melody that you would be following.
     In the ninth grade i got into a verbal argument with my math teacher over an unfair grade examine. during that argumentsshe called the dean of the school and made her give me 2 weeks of definition. when i was home I was frustrated and mad of what happen that at first I didn't know what to do, so I locked myself in the room and I started listening to Eminem  Mocking Bird. The song was very relaxing and it made calm, I  was following the beat for 2 minutes until I fell asleep and woke up feeling much better in the morning.
      Therefore music has a very good effect on the body and mind it helps you stay relaxed and calm no matter how depressed or mad you are.

Blog #5

                  When Lionel saw how his sister(Helene) was treating her daughter Amanda he wanted to remove Amanda from Helene's hand's, so detective Remy, The Police Captain and Lionel came up with a plan to free Amanda from the uncaring mother. They kidnapped Amanda and faked her death so no one would care to find her. Patrick the private investigator (hired by Lionel wife) discovered the truth about what they did and soon enough their would be a battle between consequentialism and ethical absolutism.
                  The three man believed in consequentialism. They believed that if they leave Amanda with  Helene there would be a consequence in the end, so they left Amanda in the hands of the Police Captain only for the interest of Amanda. Everything they did, the kidnapping, faking her death was to protect Amanda from her own mother.
                    Now Patrick he believes in ethical absolutism. Patrick knowing that Amanda was better off with the Police Captain he didn't think what the Captain and the two man did wasn't right, he thought he should return Amanda to Helen, hoping that the experience that Helene suffered would make her change and be a better mom to Amanda.
                     The movie portrays both consequentialism and ethical absolutism. The movie shows that in the end Patrick didn't feel bad about what he did, he felt more relief then anything, even though the action of telling the truth had the consequence of the mother not changing at all.