You, They or Me?
The point of view in my book Habibi is from the third person/ narrator. The point of view effects the main characters because if the book was told by Liyana the main character if she talks about her...
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In my book Habibi the story starts off in St. Louis, Missouri in modern time. Liyana’s Family (the main characters) lives in a two story house that was white with light green shutters. In their front...
View ArticleWhat If You Were The Only One Who Could Speak Your Language?
I lived in Guatemala and I was the oldest man in my pueblo, then we moved here in Cleveland, OH. My son, he learned how to speak their language, but the only one who understood me was my niece. I...
View ArticleWendelling
Being Wendell My Grandpa had a problem with his heart in 2010 and he was in the hospital for a few weeks having procedures done on his heart. That week at my school the fundraiser jump rope for...
View ArticleTrimester 2 Reflection
In the first trimester my first goal was to extend my vocabulary and use that vocabulary in everyday situations; in the second trimester we worked on two more chapters in our vocabulary book which...
View ArticleThe Finished Story about Kim
The next day I came to water my plants and they were bent over and dried up unlike my mom and sisters tears. With plants in the condition they were now my father would look down on me. I thought...
View ArticleThe Darkness in The Light
Grandmother Sweeping From Grandma’s Perspective These past few days have been the worst times ever. There has been too much to think about especially for an old tired lady like me. All these events...
View ArticleSuper Natural Sidekicks
In all three stories they had a character of some sort that can give them outstanding dresses and shoes and grant them wishes, these characters are most commonly known as super natural elements. In...
View ArticleRethink Your Drink
I think that making a tax or rising the price on sugary drinks is a good idea because having the price be at higher amount the people who consume it will not buy as much because of the expense. The...
View ArticleRainy Days are The Book Ways
This trimester I have read 3 books: The Name of this Book is Secret, Chains, and The Tomorrow Code. When I read I usually read at my house before I go to bed, on rainy days, on my couch, on IR days at...
View ArticleQuestion 4:Why were the pyramids built? Why were they important to the...
[image.] <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html>Aug. 28,2013 Web. The pyramids were built to hold the King’s body. Egyptians believed that the pyramids would hold the king’s...
View ArticleMesoamerican Ball Game
The objective of the game was to get the ball through the ring on the top of the walls of the court. But it was harder than you could imagine; they could not use their hands or feet to hit the...
View ArticleMayan Math
Prompt: Do you find it easier or more difficult to compute in the Mayan system and why? I find it more difficult because we are so familiar to our system it is hard for us to compute numbers without...
View ArticleLexi”s Culture-verse
Meet Me in My Culture-verse Cultural Universals are a way of life and every family has their own cultural universal that they think is important. The 7 Cultural Universals are Basic Needs,...
View ArticleIt has Passed so Fast
What went great for me in language arts this trimester was creating interesting titles that grabbed the reader’s attention also using context clues to figure out words that I did not understand was a...
View ArticleIt Has Gone So Fast
End of Year Reflection In Language Arts class, throughout my 6th grade year I used all my resources and my time wisely and effectively. When doing the Seedfolks extended chapter I used my time wisely...
View ArticleI Wonder
When RJ Palacio wrote the book Wonder she had a reason to write it. One reason I believe she wrote it is because this was a similar situation to what she had to deal with. Maybe she was more like Via...
View ArticleI Am a Reader but Not Just Any Reader
When I was little I wrote a story for first grade about when I was 4 and I lost my first tooth and it turns out it talked. It turned out to be a hit with my family and my mom knew that I would write...
View ArticleEndless Possibilities
The poem I evaluated was called Dreams. This poem was about not letting your dreams go because if you do it’s like a broken winged bird that can no longer fly. The speaker of this poem is also trying...
View ArticleDaily Life in Ancient Egypt
Warfare September 6, 2013 The army played important role in Egyptian society during war Egypt had a separate army of full-time soldiers that were stationed throughout the empire Some of Egypt’s...
View ArticleCollege Inerview
Who: Allison McCoppin When: Tuesday September 9, 2014 2:45 What: Marine Biologist
View ArticleCape Cod Morning
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1986/1986.6.92_1a.jpg Cape Cod Morning A wife, Looking out the window patiently; She is waiting for her children to arrive soon from school. The children arrive from...
View ArticleAugust’s Amazing Story
Wonder R.J. Palacio is the creative author of her newest book Wonder. I would give this book a 4.5 star rating because the author uses descriptive detailing in her choice of words which makes the...
View ArticleAmount of Minutes 6th Graders Spend in The Shower/ Bath
In this survey I discovered that boys took much shorter showers/ baths than girls did. My computer would not let me search on the internet for the graphing website and when it did I could not find the...
View ArticleA Picture and Words is All it Takes
The book I chose was Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye. The reason I picked this book is because the cover was very intriguing and two teachers recommended it. This book is what gave the idea to do a Middle...
View ArticleA Life Without Lessons
I think that the moral of the story is don’t judge a book by its cover because in the short story The Smuggler it says that a smuggler was bringing a donkey across the border with bundles of straw and...
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