Sunday, October 16, 2011
Perseus in 50 words
Danae is locked up and gives birth. when the king finds out Danae was cast into the sea in a coffin with Perseus. They float ashore and live in Seriphos. The king there sends Perseus to kill Medusa. He does, and returning kills a serpent and saves Danae from the king.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Ten things I remember
I remember when I lived in Sri Lanka in a huge house when my dad went outside with an axe to cut a snake in half and it's body stayed there for weeks.
I remember when I first went swimming, I jumped and did doggy paddle around the perimeter of the pool.
I remember when I was 3 and lost my favorite teddy bear, I went to sleep with it and in the morning it was gone. I was so sad.
I remember when I ate sushi for the first time and gagged because it was raw eel!
I remember when I went for an Easter egg hunt in the jungle and found the most eggs.
I remember when I fell of my mums lap when I was in and airplane and rolled down the Aisle.
I remember when I got stung by a centipede when I was having a sleep over with my best friend. The pain was excruciating.
I remember moving to my new house in Kuala Lumpur, I had to do so much work at home involving moving in that I preferred to be at school.
I remember driving a quad bike around the fields of England a couple months ago when my cousin almost made me fall of.
I remember when I got wacked in the hand with a cricket bat and almost broke it.
I remember when I first went swimming, I jumped and did doggy paddle around the perimeter of the pool.
I remember when I was 3 and lost my favorite teddy bear, I went to sleep with it and in the morning it was gone. I was so sad.
I remember when I ate sushi for the first time and gagged because it was raw eel!
I remember when I went for an Easter egg hunt in the jungle and found the most eggs.
I remember when I fell of my mums lap when I was in and airplane and rolled down the Aisle.
I remember when I got stung by a centipede when I was having a sleep over with my best friend. The pain was excruciating.
I remember moving to my new house in Kuala Lumpur, I had to do so much work at home involving moving in that I preferred to be at school.
I remember driving a quad bike around the fields of England a couple months ago when my cousin almost made me fall of.
I remember when I got wacked in the hand with a cricket bat and almost broke it.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Greek Myths
On your blog, reflect on the Greek myths seen today in class. Which story did you enjoy the most? Why? Was it the characters or the story that you enjoyed? In thinking of the themes in these stories, what do they have in common?
Personally I enjoyed the second story because of the suspense leading up to the moment when Theseus came face to face with the Minotaur. The characteristics were very effective, portraying many hidden thoughts and emotions. For example when Theseus came to Athens, the king's "evil" wife felt spite, doubt and other dreadful emotions and thoughts towards Perseus because she knew who he was and why he was there. What I'm trying to say is that her, having evil characteristics gave her evil, thoughts, emotions etc.... I also quite liked the characters in the story, especially the Minotaur. It was a monstrosity having the head of a bull and body of a man, I personally took pleasure from it's form and it's story. The other story was also very interesting but not as intense. A lot of mournful events took place in the story causing Daedalus to make the choices and do things that he wouldn't necessarily do, such as make figurines of a flying boy. In my opinion he felt so much guilt and remorse for the death of his son that he built sculptures to try and sooth his pain.
The similarities that myth's share are suspense, emotion, heroes, journeys, pain (emotional or physical), a plot, conflict and resolution.
Personally I enjoyed the second story because of the suspense leading up to the moment when Theseus came face to face with the Minotaur. The characteristics were very effective, portraying many hidden thoughts and emotions. For example when Theseus came to Athens, the king's "evil" wife felt spite, doubt and other dreadful emotions and thoughts towards Perseus because she knew who he was and why he was there. What I'm trying to say is that her, having evil characteristics gave her evil, thoughts, emotions etc.... I also quite liked the characters in the story, especially the Minotaur. It was a monstrosity having the head of a bull and body of a man, I personally took pleasure from it's form and it's story. The other story was also very interesting but not as intense. A lot of mournful events took place in the story causing Daedalus to make the choices and do things that he wouldn't necessarily do, such as make figurines of a flying boy. In my opinion he felt so much guilt and remorse for the death of his son that he built sculptures to try and sooth his pain.
The similarities that myth's share are suspense, emotion, heroes, journeys, pain (emotional or physical), a plot, conflict and resolution.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Bio poem
My name is Jake and I am no fake
I am cheerful, responsible, optimistic, emotional, respectful and artistic
My sister is Jessie, whose in 12th grade, I feel she needs a tutor or some real serious aid
I love food, friends and money and things that are funny
I feel that the economy is failing, and there is to little jailing for some of the crimes being committed these days and I also feel like most of the people around the world should be getting a pay raise (this is one of the many reasons the riots started in England.)
I fear bugs, monkeys and forgetting home work
I would like to see a blue whale, the experience would make me pale
I share my thoughts on anything and sometimes I share secrets with regret
I am 12 years old and am always embarrassed of past situations
I am a resident of Punchak Ukay in Ukay heights, I live in an apartment that views the city and compared to it I am extremely bitty
One last thing before the end my last name is Fuller and I have no fashion trend
I am cheerful, responsible, optimistic, emotional, respectful and artistic
My sister is Jessie, whose in 12th grade, I feel she needs a tutor or some real serious aid
I love food, friends and money and things that are funny
I feel that the economy is failing, and there is to little jailing for some of the crimes being committed these days and I also feel like most of the people around the world should be getting a pay raise (this is one of the many reasons the riots started in England.)
I fear bugs, monkeys and forgetting home work
I would like to see a blue whale, the experience would make me pale
I share my thoughts on anything and sometimes I share secrets with regret
I am 12 years old and am always embarrassed of past situations
I am a resident of Punchak Ukay in Ukay heights, I live in an apartment that views the city and compared to it I am extremely bitty
One last thing before the end my last name is Fuller and I have no fashion trend
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
The End is Near!
1. What piece of work and learning are you most proud? Explain.
During 6th grade I have done many pieces of work that i'm proud of as well as received lots of knowledge through my learning experience in 6th grade. The following paragraph will cover both the piece of work I am proudest of and the learning I'm most proud of. To start of I need to state that I have many examples of work that I'm proud of for different reasons, not only because I got a good grade for a few pieces of work I'm proud of but because personally I enjoy reading some of my work, it makes me very proud sometimes to imagine that I was able to construct such work. The work I'm most proud of in 6th grade is as a big topic my blog posts. I say this because through the year on each of my blog posts I have seen growth in my work and through growth I have seen improvement. It's pretty much like looking through someones work from the start of the year to the end. I'm most proud of some of my latest blog posts. They include "Jonese's letter" and a few of my literature circle blog posts. Over most of the other work I do blog posts are some of my favorites. I enjoy them so much because when doing blog posts you are basically allowed to free write. The process of a blog post is get a subject, topic or question then write everything you want about it. It's very straight forward and to a degree fun writing. Moving on the learning I'm most proud of is definitely when our class was focusing on Ancient Egypt. Firstly I find the Ancient Egyptians fascinating and very fun to learn about and secondly all the sources I learnt from were all very appealing to me. I was able to put my knowledge on Ancient Egypt to some good use because about midway through the unit we had to do a big assignment on Ancient Egypt. To be specific we had to make a diary from the point of view of an Egyptian. Because of all the learning I had gone through I was well prepared and the end result reflected on my the effort I put into it.
2. What were your greatest challenges? Explain.
During 6th grade I have had many challenges. They all came in different forms but in the end they were faults in the road. To start it off I thought one of my greatest challenges was working collaboratively. I say this because the majority of the time my partner or group members were not people that I could rely on. But Sometimes the case was that I couldn't be relied on. Although I enjoy collaborative group work it never ends out very well from this. When I am in a good group with good hard workers I try my best to contribute just as much as everyone else but when I am working with a bad partner or group I feel lots of the work is piled onto me, from this I have learned to always work with a good group you can depend on and work with. Another challenge I found during my year in 6th grade has been Lit circles. Lit circles to me were just very time consuming and irritating assignments. No matter how hard I tried I was never able to get full marks on 1, and for some reason I could never think of a really good question. Lit circles were probably my biggest challenges in the year but they are now over. One of the social challenges I had in 6th grade was trying to make friends. Although I already had several awesome friends from my former year at ISKL in grade 5 finding friends in 6th grade was a whole other story. People in 6th grade were a lot more aggressive therefore harder to make friends with. After a while I was able to fit in and make a lot of new friends. Especially in my new class (6a). I am very happy to now have expanded my number of friends and my friendships.
3. Reflecting on your growth this year, what did you learn about yourself as a learner?
Reflecting on my growth this year I have learned a lot about my self as a learner. One of the things I have done at school that told me the most about myself was the learning profile test we took, for information on it check out my site, It's viral. Through learning profiles I was able to learn what styles of learning suited me and a few of the things that suited my learning. It also told me whether I was gestalt or logic. Although my Learning profile told me a bit about myself my my growth during through the year told me what I needed to know. I work well collaboratively if I'm with a good group, I have a short attention span, I'm very efficient when I am putting effort into my work, I get distracted easily, I'm very social, I cannot work if there is anything else going on around me and I am very good when it comes to creative and opinionative writing.
a) Behavior
Could be improved
Satisfactory
Perfect - the model student
Explanation: In class when I have no friends around me I am on task and don't have bad behavior. Also whenever the teacher is closely monitoring my actions I'm on task and don't cause any trouble. When I am with my friends I can rarely stay on task. My behavior gets bad and I act unnecessarily. Like I said I'm very social therefore I get easily distracted, when I get distracted I cannot focus and zone off and behave unlike a student should.
b) Participation
None
Satisfactory
Actively participate in class
Explanation: I believe that I actively participate in class reason being that the majority of the time I'm focused and on task when group discussions are taking place. I enjoy talking about topics and subjects in class especially when it's on daily events. I feel that I always take part in conversations the class are having and contribute my ideas and thought commonly. I am also always participating in collaborative group work contributing the write amount and sometimes more then required.
c) Organization
Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I'm super organized
Explanation: I feel that I am organized to a degree but I could improve. Generally I don't have all the supplies that I need to or have my mail neatly set up but I am organized enough to have not go under a lot of pressure and stress. Basically I am not badly organized but I need to improve.
d) Effort
Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I always go above and beyond what is required.
Explanation: I feel that when I am focused and on task I put a lot of effort in to my work but sometimes when I am near my friends I don't try as hard as I could, and sometimes after doing a hw for a long period of time I loose focus I don't try as hard as I should.
Goal 1 - In Grade 7, I plan to stay on task more often and not be as social during class. It will benefit me for two reasons, firstly I'll be able to get more done and secondly I'll be able to produce better work.
Goal 2 - In Grade 7, I plan to make better decisions when working collaboratively, working with friends is not what's important, working with someone you work well with and trust to a degree is more important.
6.Is there any more information about yourself that you would like the teachers to know?
I feel that the earlier content of the blog says enough about me.
During 6th grade I have done many pieces of work that i'm proud of as well as received lots of knowledge through my learning experience in 6th grade. The following paragraph will cover both the piece of work I am proudest of and the learning I'm most proud of. To start of I need to state that I have many examples of work that I'm proud of for different reasons, not only because I got a good grade for a few pieces of work I'm proud of but because personally I enjoy reading some of my work, it makes me very proud sometimes to imagine that I was able to construct such work. The work I'm most proud of in 6th grade is as a big topic my blog posts. I say this because through the year on each of my blog posts I have seen growth in my work and through growth I have seen improvement. It's pretty much like looking through someones work from the start of the year to the end. I'm most proud of some of my latest blog posts. They include "Jonese's letter" and a few of my literature circle blog posts. Over most of the other work I do blog posts are some of my favorites. I enjoy them so much because when doing blog posts you are basically allowed to free write. The process of a blog post is get a subject, topic or question then write everything you want about it. It's very straight forward and to a degree fun writing. Moving on the learning I'm most proud of is definitely when our class was focusing on Ancient Egypt. Firstly I find the Ancient Egyptians fascinating and very fun to learn about and secondly all the sources I learnt from were all very appealing to me. I was able to put my knowledge on Ancient Egypt to some good use because about midway through the unit we had to do a big assignment on Ancient Egypt. To be specific we had to make a diary from the point of view of an Egyptian. Because of all the learning I had gone through I was well prepared and the end result reflected on my the effort I put into it.
2. What were your greatest challenges? Explain.
During 6th grade I have had many challenges. They all came in different forms but in the end they were faults in the road. To start it off I thought one of my greatest challenges was working collaboratively. I say this because the majority of the time my partner or group members were not people that I could rely on. But Sometimes the case was that I couldn't be relied on. Although I enjoy collaborative group work it never ends out very well from this. When I am in a good group with good hard workers I try my best to contribute just as much as everyone else but when I am working with a bad partner or group I feel lots of the work is piled onto me, from this I have learned to always work with a good group you can depend on and work with. Another challenge I found during my year in 6th grade has been Lit circles. Lit circles to me were just very time consuming and irritating assignments. No matter how hard I tried I was never able to get full marks on 1, and for some reason I could never think of a really good question. Lit circles were probably my biggest challenges in the year but they are now over. One of the social challenges I had in 6th grade was trying to make friends. Although I already had several awesome friends from my former year at ISKL in grade 5 finding friends in 6th grade was a whole other story. People in 6th grade were a lot more aggressive therefore harder to make friends with. After a while I was able to fit in and make a lot of new friends. Especially in my new class (6a). I am very happy to now have expanded my number of friends and my friendships.
3. Reflecting on your growth this year, what did you learn about yourself as a learner?
Reflecting on my growth this year I have learned a lot about my self as a learner. One of the things I have done at school that told me the most about myself was the learning profile test we took, for information on it check out my site, It's viral. Through learning profiles I was able to learn what styles of learning suited me and a few of the things that suited my learning. It also told me whether I was gestalt or logic. Although my Learning profile told me a bit about myself my my growth during through the year told me what I needed to know. I work well collaboratively if I'm with a good group, I have a short attention span, I'm very efficient when I am putting effort into my work, I get distracted easily, I'm very social, I cannot work if there is anything else going on around me and I am very good when it comes to creative and opinionative writing.
a) Behavior
Could be improved
Satisfactory
Perfect - the model student
Explanation: In class when I have no friends around me I am on task and don't have bad behavior. Also whenever the teacher is closely monitoring my actions I'm on task and don't cause any trouble. When I am with my friends I can rarely stay on task. My behavior gets bad and I act unnecessarily. Like I said I'm very social therefore I get easily distracted, when I get distracted I cannot focus and zone off and behave unlike a student should.
b) Participation
None
Satisfactory
Actively participate in class
Explanation: I believe that I actively participate in class reason being that the majority of the time I'm focused and on task when group discussions are taking place. I enjoy talking about topics and subjects in class especially when it's on daily events. I feel that I always take part in conversations the class are having and contribute my ideas and thought commonly. I am also always participating in collaborative group work contributing the write amount and sometimes more then required.
c) Organization
Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I'm super organized
Explanation: I feel that I am organized to a degree but I could improve. Generally I don't have all the supplies that I need to or have my mail neatly set up but I am organized enough to have not go under a lot of pressure and stress. Basically I am not badly organized but I need to improve.
d) Effort
Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I always go above and beyond what is required.
Explanation: I feel that when I am focused and on task I put a lot of effort in to my work but sometimes when I am near my friends I don't try as hard as I could, and sometimes after doing a hw for a long period of time I loose focus I don't try as hard as I should.
Goal 1 - In Grade 7, I plan to stay on task more often and not be as social during class. It will benefit me for two reasons, firstly I'll be able to get more done and secondly I'll be able to produce better work.
Goal 2 - In Grade 7, I plan to make better decisions when working collaboratively, working with friends is not what's important, working with someone you work well with and trust to a degree is more important.
6.Is there any more information about yourself that you would like the teachers to know?
I feel that the earlier content of the blog says enough about me.
7. Finally, cast your minds back to the first few months of middle school (when you arrived in Grade 6 ) what "Words of Wisdom" or "Advice" could you pass on to the Class of 2018?
Where do I start? Well a very academic thing that you should know and take in is that you should also get your work done earlier then later. Take it from me, when you have lots of work to do on a Sunday night you will regret not listening to me. Another very important thing you should know is that working with friends unless you work well together is not the right decision to make, with with someone who you can rely on but make sure you contribute just as much when it comes to collaborative work. Lastly a have some social advice to give to you, never apear aggressive to others because it will not end well and always benice and friendly, you'll get it right back. That's pretty much the important stuff you need to know about 6th grade but always follow instructions, it will get you far young padawans!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Joneses letter
Dear Asher,
You will be very surprised and shocked to receive this letter but you need to understand that everything is fine with me. In the following paragraphs I will explain everything to you about why I left, where I am now and much more about everything that has happened in the last couple of weeks.
To start this letter of I need to explain why I left the community. As receiver of memory I had to go through hundreds of both amazing and horrible experiences. I had to take on a big role in the community and make a variety of sacrifices to achieve my goal of being the receiver of memory. The sacrifices I had to make included receiving memories and following my guidelines that were required for my job. Doing these things ruined the relationships I had with all my friends and family including you. Its very hard to explain the experiences I faced because you would have no idea what I would be talking about. Lets just say that theres more to life then the community. Although you may not think so the community is a place that has ruined proper lifestyles and taken away most of the good aspects in life. I can't say what they are because clearly you would have no clue on what I was talking about. Overall I left the community because all my relationships I had with my friends were ruined and I came to realize that my lifestyle in the community was full of lies. I also left because I could have been living a better life in another place where everything wasn't toggled with. My final reason for leaving the community was Gabriel. This may come as quite a shock but you must promise not to tell anyone the following information. When people are released they are actually being killed. Gabriel was sentenced to be released the morning after I left so I had to make haste and take him with me on my journey. Those are my reasons for leaving.
Right now I am living in a wonderful community where everything is like it was a long time ago. Nothing has been changed like it has in the community although there are a few downsides, there is pain, sorrow and a variety of other bad emotions and feelings. I will explain all about emotion and feeling in the following paragraphs. I have to tell that i'm living a pretty hard life where I am now. I have to work pretty hard in school and at home. Chores are killing me! The place Im living is made up of huge towers and buildings. Residents here call the place New York. I wonder if my old community even has a name. If you find out please tell me.
Now comes the most important part of this letter. What I received and experienced in my training. Once I tell you about it you will have a way better understanding on everything. To start this of i'll explain a few of the most important memories I have received. firstly you need to know that your community once used to be just like the one i'm staying in now but the elders wanted to make sure everything was in order and perfect. They also had a few things they changed for the sake of themselves. I received hundreds of memories in my time as the receiver of memory and they changed me in a tremendous way. Maybe the'll change you as well. You are free to tell whoever you want. If your community changes it changes for the best. It's too much for me to right in this letter so I put a voice recording on the back of this letter. It covers every memory I have ever experienced. Another thing that was very important in my training was color. Is is an amazing thing that everything in world has. The elders took it out of the community maybe because it influenced things that were not seen as good things in the receivers eyes. I don't know how to explain it to you when i'm writing by card but i'll try my best. Firstly the only colours that you can see are grey, white and black. Colours are things everyone and everything around you has. Its just in your community they are only a few colours.
I hope this letter has been clear to you
From Jonas
You will be very surprised and shocked to receive this letter but you need to understand that everything is fine with me. In the following paragraphs I will explain everything to you about why I left, where I am now and much more about everything that has happened in the last couple of weeks.
To start this letter of I need to explain why I left the community. As receiver of memory I had to go through hundreds of both amazing and horrible experiences. I had to take on a big role in the community and make a variety of sacrifices to achieve my goal of being the receiver of memory. The sacrifices I had to make included receiving memories and following my guidelines that were required for my job. Doing these things ruined the relationships I had with all my friends and family including you. Its very hard to explain the experiences I faced because you would have no idea what I would be talking about. Lets just say that theres more to life then the community. Although you may not think so the community is a place that has ruined proper lifestyles and taken away most of the good aspects in life. I can't say what they are because clearly you would have no clue on what I was talking about. Overall I left the community because all my relationships I had with my friends were ruined and I came to realize that my lifestyle in the community was full of lies. I also left because I could have been living a better life in another place where everything wasn't toggled with. My final reason for leaving the community was Gabriel. This may come as quite a shock but you must promise not to tell anyone the following information. When people are released they are actually being killed. Gabriel was sentenced to be released the morning after I left so I had to make haste and take him with me on my journey. Those are my reasons for leaving.
Right now I am living in a wonderful community where everything is like it was a long time ago. Nothing has been changed like it has in the community although there are a few downsides, there is pain, sorrow and a variety of other bad emotions and feelings. I will explain all about emotion and feeling in the following paragraphs. I have to tell that i'm living a pretty hard life where I am now. I have to work pretty hard in school and at home. Chores are killing me! The place Im living is made up of huge towers and buildings. Residents here call the place New York. I wonder if my old community even has a name. If you find out please tell me.
Now comes the most important part of this letter. What I received and experienced in my training. Once I tell you about it you will have a way better understanding on everything. To start this of i'll explain a few of the most important memories I have received. firstly you need to know that your community once used to be just like the one i'm staying in now but the elders wanted to make sure everything was in order and perfect. They also had a few things they changed for the sake of themselves. I received hundreds of memories in my time as the receiver of memory and they changed me in a tremendous way. Maybe the'll change you as well. You are free to tell whoever you want. If your community changes it changes for the best. It's too much for me to right in this letter so I put a voice recording on the back of this letter. It covers every memory I have ever experienced. Another thing that was very important in my training was color. Is is an amazing thing that everything in world has. The elders took it out of the community maybe because it influenced things that were not seen as good things in the receivers eyes. I don't know how to explain it to you when i'm writing by card but i'll try my best. Firstly the only colours that you can see are grey, white and black. Colours are things everyone and everything around you has. Its just in your community they are only a few colours.
I hope this letter has been clear to you
From Jonas
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