Wednesday, May 28, 2008

ROMEK POST #3

1-Well I think that through out the beginging it was sad but when he kept describing his brother and how they were hurting him I thought it was kinda sad to like see someone hurting one of youe family memebers without doing anything.So I thought it was sad.{i kinda cried a little during the ending} & so I thought most of the things if I was in his position.

2-I think that Romek was really nice to be helping the Russians Partisans,instead of just going home and tring to hide from them.& So I blelives that most of the Russians are really couragous and brave well because there doing something that not most other Russians are doing.And proud of them because there was a chance for them to die and so thats why there couragoues.

3-Well when we were reading the book the guy who was trying to kill Romek said that David was to young to know much, I thought that because I guess they were kinda right because he was to young to know what was actually happening.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

1-Well I learned that Jewish people needed to die [like suicide]; they were needed to be killed by the Nazis,and when the Nazis had killed then they were to be thrown into the graves.Its really intresting because how can they just killed people for what they belive in or their race.[Its kind of intresting because we dont do that]



2- A)Well its kind of intresting how David's Family is; because its seems that they all have diefferent personalities.For example The Mom is very caring and sensitive to others.The dad is very caring to but he can also be strong like brave.He Can also be scared moslty because of the Nazis and what thier doing.One of David's sister can be nice and a little sensitive.For the rest of her sibilings are good behaving and really nice.And for David he is really brave and I think he can do almost anything.
2-B)I think he remembers all of the things that happened to him because in the 1st part he still young so he can still rememeber some stuff. Although he grew older I still consider that he can still remember that because if you imagine something bad maybe its something that you cant forget until a long time.

3-In my opinion David is really brave because he was the one who had safe his father altough it was really dangrous of him.So he can also make different decions of whats the right thing to do.He is very loyal to his family well because whatever his family tells him to do he still does it no matter what and he also had a strong desire to share this book to other people based on his life.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Project Title: _________Aztec Mural Project
Class: ______________________ Dates: ________________________________
*You may type directly in this document and copy and paste into blog, or simply address each of the following in a post. It should be approx. 2 pages worth of writingJ.
PURPOSE: In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.

Sentence Starters
The purpose of this project was to learn about…
In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…






The purpose of this project was to learn about The Aztec culture; to study the locations ,landforms, and climates of Mexico, and their affects on the Aztecs economies, trade and development of urban societies. Also to study the roles of people in the Aztec societies , including class structures , family life, war-fare, religious believes and practices, and slavery. To be able to describe the artistic tradition and architecture of the Aztecs. To be able to describe how the art (mural) reflects cultural values and Aztec traditions. To explain how the mural reflects the Aztecs society and modern day community murals, particularly those with a Latin American influence. And so we had to be able to create a mural using paint and canvas; to able to paint and draw (we) they needed to figure out which drawings fir good based on the topic.

WHAT I LEARNED
In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.
Sentence Starters
I learned about…
I explored the concepts/topics of …
In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)







For this project I learned about the Aztecs for example for what they do the young boys and girls and what activities, the sacrifices, there religion and things like that. I had also learn how to create a mural and what a mural is, also to learn how to trace and paint much better.1 of the things I learned the most was to work much harder with my team.


REFLECTION
In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?


Sentence Starters
I enjoyed this project because…
I feel like I could have done better on this project because…
Next time, I would…






I enjoyed this project because it was kind of fun for me and it was also kind of cool

because I got to do lots of things lie trace and paint which I sometimes like to do . I felt like I

could of done better in this project because sometimes I would like sometimes whine about a

color of make an excuse of a problem on the mural. Next time I would pay more attention to

my work.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER POST #3

Pages-124-233
Hours read-3
1.Latley I think its been interesting because its great that Young had made it to America and that she didnt have to live through bad stuff she had before. So I felt really happy for Young that she made it and she didnt have to pass through all those bad things she had to go through so Youn must of felt excited when she got there;it must of felt great that she did leave Combodia because she wasnt having a good time most of the time so I feel great for her. :)
2.Well also felt kinda sad during the book because family her family memebers were dying and four died. At the same time i could feel bad and good to be her bad because if I was her I wouldnt want any family members to die and good because she was able to be alive after all those bad things she has gone through.
3.How do you think Young will live her life now that she is in America? Do you think she will have a better life or a bad one?WHy?

Friday, April 11, 2008

FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER POSRT #2

Pages:77
Hours:3

1-The book so far has been preety sad an interesting because why would they do that just kill the parents for like no other reason. Well I think they had to do it any ways because it was already there plan so ya. But its also not fair that they just killed them because they had a a life to live and to take care of the family liek kids and stuff.

2-Well it has been also sad because Keav died and all she wanted to do is see her father'but I guess she wasnt in time.Well I guess if she hadent gotten her that sick she could of had time to see her father.Also what was really sad was that they lost her body somewhere in the clinic and there was no way they could of bury her.[because you cant bury something if the body isnt there]
3-Do you think that Khmer is worring more about the trading more than she neds to be paying attention to the people who needs food and starving?

Friday, April 4, 2008

First They Killed My Father Post #1

Hours:2
Pages: 57[1-57]
1-Well so far I think the book has been sad, and I think that because at the begining the Family had to evacuate and kinda leave the U.S because of a bomb the U.S had to put. It's really sad when a family has to leave a place they kinda had been living for a while. I also think that its really hard to belive that because imagine the U.S or some state u live in putting a bomb and then you have to evacuate when you have no other place to live.So the begining was sad for what they had to do.

2-Well I think that 1 of the main character would be Young because she is kinda like a talkative person and like to me she is very talkative and like kinda whiny too. So this character is new to me because usually there is more other characters that talk alot, but in this book she is more like a talkative and whiny person. Plus this book is a little bit familiar to So Far Away From Bamboo Grove because there is a part were the family has to move because they had to go away from s place they were living in.
3-Where do you think they would go live since they didnt let Khumer know to what place they were staying?

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Website Project Reflection!

Project Reflection:



Project Title: Website Project

Class: Humanities/interlandi


*You may type directly in this document and copy and paste into blog, or simply address each of the following in a post. It should be approx. 2 pages worth of writing.

PURPOSE: In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.


Sentence Starters

  • The purpose of this project was to learn about…

  • In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…









The purpose of The Website Project was to learn to create a website with information that could help and teach other kids about our topic.In order to make this project work fine and easier we first had to get into groups of 4-5 and start researching on Oil Spills[our topic] but before we began to research we had to choose who will do what research like Olivia:Coastal Development, Karen[me] Oil Spills, Rachel:Overfishing and, Trent:Runoffs. When we decided who is gonna research what we started to research. For a couple of weeks and then we were done we started to work a little by little on making the website on dream weaver [making the links outtig in the drawings and entering the information].


WHAT I LEARNED

In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.

Sentence Starters

  • I learned about…

  • I explored the concepts/topics of …

  • In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)









In this project I learned how to paraphrase{putting other words and turning them into your own words}. I learned how to make good research, by not just looking for information but looking for good information that will help u understand what it means.Other things i learned how to work a little bit more with dream weaver. One other thing I also learned how to do is work more with my teamates that are Trent, Rachel,Olivia, and Christian. We were all helping each other as much as posible to get a good website.


REFLECTION

In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?


Sentence Starters

  • I enjoyed this project because…

  • I feel like I could have done better on this project because…

  • Next time, I would…









I had enjoyed this project because i learn hoe to do many things but I could of done better on this project because I wasnt on task all the time.I aslo thought that I needed a little bit on organizing my notes.[and i didnt went to ms i to get help]. So i need help on getting help.I also thought I needed help more on researching alothough I thought it was easy; but I needed help on that because i couldnt actually find any facts about oil spills.


Sunday, March 9, 2008

WINN DIXIE POST# 3

Hours:2 Pages:110-170


1-What character do u like the most in this book and/or what character do you like the least and why? Well one of my least fave character in the story will probably be Miss Frany because she seems to me kind of wierd to people how she acts.
2-What was one of your favorite lines in(or sentences) in what you read today?
'He sat up and sniffed it and wagged his tail and look at the candy from between my fingers real gentle. He tried to chew on it but that didnt work, he just sallowed the wholething into a big gulp. Then he wagged his tail at me and lay back down'- Well it was my favorite little paragraph brcause it seems that the author was being really specific on discribing the dog and what he did. So i thought it was really discribtive.
3-Which character would you like to be? In what way? Why?I would probably would like to be Opal because she seems nice and polite. She is also a good character for helping Winn Dixie from what he did.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE POST #2

Hours:2 Pages:61-110
1-If You could change one thing in the book, what would it be?Why would you change it?
If i were to chage something in the book I would probably change some of the charatcters reactions. I would do that because they seem kinda weird for me because they are sometimes really happy and sometimes kinda sad and its good that they have different moods but they change there moods a-lot.
2- Do you think you would read another book frim the author? Why or why not?
Well I think that the author is reeally specific and good at deatiling and I would like to read another book by the same author.(he is good at writting books)

Sunday, February 24, 2008

BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE POST#1

1-How is the character in your book similar to a character in another book,story or movie?
This character in book is not very similar but kind of similar to others because this person would do the same thing (the girl happened to take a dog that they just found after they were soppost to take groceries home)

2-What does this book remind you of in your own life? Why?
This book would probably remind me of me when I had to go to the store (when my mom sent me) and I saw something that i really liked and I bought it with the money that i was soppost to be buying the groceries with.Wich also was kind of funny because I had to go back to the store again.

3-What does the book make you wonder about? Why?
This book makes me wonder about how would other people react to something that Opal did take the dog home like if nothin happened.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Chapter 26

1- What do you Think Matts Going to do Next after all he has been through.?

2-How do u think Matt will react to if he was the boy who got lost?

3-Sorry I didnt really get this chapter!!

Sorry for not doing the Post

sorry my computer wouldnt post them only save them as a draft sorry! :(

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

What do u think about Matt not visiting Maria any more?

Do u think he will ever see her again sometime?

DO u think Matt is fine that he is no longer vsiting Maria?

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

BAMBBO GROVE#5:FINAL POST

1) I think that the ending was not bad but I think they could of told us about there dad sooner than like at the back of the book .But I think it was good enough to say about themselfs but i think that they could of said something about there dad because it was kind of interesting and like they didnt mention him like alot. But I also think that they wanted to mention the dad at the end of the book to maybe like surprise the people who read it to see like there reaction.

2) So I think that they waned to have this celebration to like forget some of there past and have a little fun by creating that celebration.And for the question if I was to be in there position, I were to see how they acted like their attitude.Also like what they do during there free time and stuff.

3)The character that I would respect the most would be Yoko because; like to see what she accually feels.Although she changed during time in the book for example her attitude were changed.Also that to me she has learned a couple of lessons that things are never going to happen directly how she wants it.

4)Some things that I learned while reading the book was that the traditions that the Koreans and the Japaneses had like for example the Koreans carried a bag on their hips and the Japaneses carried a rucksack on their backs.I had also learned about there life-style form the characters;oh ya and how they act on so many things that happen to them.

5)I think that the theme of this book was to learn about Moral courage.For example how to believe in yourself and help others that are around you.So I mean to help others in your sorroundings and to believe in your-self as much as possible so you'll be able to accomplish things.

Friday, December 14, 2007

BAMBOO GROVE POST #4

1)i think that there really nice to each other and there trying to help each other as much as posibble to stay friends,because Yoko would be lonley if Mr.Naido wasnt her friend.I think that they have a bit stuff in common for example they both dont really have friends there at school and they try to give each other company cuz there aat school they dont really have friends.
2)To me it seems that Ko's idea went pretty well during the New Years Feast because she was trying to help her sister with somethin and it was kinda sad that she had to spend her savings for shoes on somethin to help her sis on.i think that , that was really noce idea. her attitude went kinda bad baceuse she went to a kind person into a whining and man person, but i also think that to her, her family is much more important to her than anything else.And i think that she doesnt really care about what people say to her any more.
3)question:how do u think ko feels about not having her mother with her any more?
answer:i think Ko feels sad but not lonley cuz she has her sister.i think that because its feels sad when u loose someone u really loved and mostly when its someone in your family,but i think she wants to move on on her life(she still has Yoko)

Monday, December 10, 2007

BAMBOO GROVE POST#3

1)a.i think they wanted to leave it was becuase the mom didnt want Yoko to be in a scary and really dangerous place like that because the grils were getting raped.it was scary to be there.

b.Somehow they neede to get out of there because it was getting worse than scary.And so know one can resist anything that scary that is happen.

2)what emotion would u feel when u heard about this that happen?
i feel choked and kinda like scared because if i was in there pocition i will probably start going somewhere else or like go as far as them as i can be; wouldnt like to be raped mostly when its all girls.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

BAMBOO GROVE POST #2

1) My opinion is that Hideo is a very nice person who doesn't just think about himself but tries to help other people.Also think that Hideo is a caring person who likes to to help people all the time. so i think that he is trying to help his famiy as much as he can.I also think that he is kinda smart by what he does.
2)If i were to be in there position and i only had ten minutes to pack every thing i can;i will probably take like 1 or 2 blankets,i will also take like about 2 canteens full of water for if thursty,probably some snacks for when hungry,oh and some emergency things for when i get hurt.
3)One of the most interesting and sad part that i liked duing the book is when when all the army guys suddenly came and started shooting;and hideos best friend got shot and he died.I think that was sad because its really sad when i loose some one you really love as like a friend or a family member and you cant do anything else about it.

Friday, November 30, 2007

BAMBOO GOVE POST#1

1)yoko is a very good girl, she seems to me that she is very strong and sometimes kinda mean. to me Yoko is alot herself and dificult with her mather and her sister.
2) I think that Ko thinks that Yoko is a spoiled girls who thinks about her self and i think she means that because Yoko is the gril who is taking everything under controll. I also think that she calls her ''bossy'' because she the one who takes care of everything abd she kinda is telling people what to do but i think she does it to protect her.
3)To me they seem unlike because they dont have that much in common. i say that because Yoko doesnt have that much in common with every one ; like they all have different choices (to me) oh and i think that Ko is scared and kinda friten. She seem like a caring women who likes to help.

Friday, November 16, 2007

1)One of my cahracters is reallly nice and she is nice because she seems like she likes to help her friends and she seems to me like she cares about her and her family.Its because she is really cretive, nice and careless to me.(for example she helped her friend who could babysitt and she just decided to help her with the kids)

2) In this part of the book it made me fell good because it was kind of nice of her to help one of her best friends do something and plus she has helped other people too wich was kinda nice of her.

3)I liked how the author decided to make the character really nice because i think i havent met some one that seems really nice to other people or people she does know that well so the character semm so nice to other people.it was creative.

Monday, November 12, 2007

1)My least fave character in my book is called JOLLY because she seems to make most of the things that the protaganist should do+ she seems interesting.
2)One of my fave lines in the story is ''when I go there Jolly is there too in the Moms Up counseling area where it screemed off so they could make an office where there were wasnt one before and we use to say HI like we used to know each other like we use to ride the bus'' I liked it because it made a good image in my head.
3)I would want to read another book by the same author because it seems like a interesting and cool book.