We are a group of 7th graders from Colorado who want to practice our writing and communication skills. We are excited to expand the walls of our classroom and collaborate with other classes! Please leave us comments and your blog URL, so we can respond back to you!
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7th grade was enjoyable. I would say it was relatively easy until the end of the year when we had several big projects going on at once. So what did I learn? a) Never, ever say "like" in Language Arts class. b) You get a better grade when you do the blog correctly. c) Fail the first math scantron to get more Starbursts at the end of the year. I learned through experience that I don't like making wikis especially when my group members live in Louisiana. When I'm in 8th grade I would like to do more than minimum work. I made it through this year on the minimum. If I could leave a piece of advice to the incoming 7th graders, it would be this: Turn in your work and you shall survive. And now I bid adieu to all of you who probably never cared about my blog in the first place. Adios.
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The first thing I noticed about International Towne was how small it is. I didn't expect it to be huge, but I thought it would be bigger. We could barely fit everyone in the center circle. The second thing I noticed was how short our visit was. We spent over a month planning for it, then we spent a couple hours there and left. The time we spent there was fun, though. My country, Greece, ended up with +67 EuRussia dollars. It now occurs to me that I never actually visited the entire section of AmeriLat. Oops. The thing I would have done differently would be to have started the cultural activities sooner. I barely had time to finish them. But then again, no one has time to finish anything at International Towne.
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We comtinue to study world history because humans are fascinated about our origins. Everything is the result of something in the past, so we have reason to know. For example, modern american government is based significantly on the Roman republic. My guiding question pertains to Rome: "How did the Punic Wars shape the distribution of power in the Mediterranean?" I learned that because Rome won the wars, we can still see Roman architecture today. Nothing, however, remains of its adversary, Carthage. We continue to study our history because we would go nowhere if we were unaware of our past.
The World History Fair was a huge display of information. I learned that aqueducts actually have a very shallow slope and that human loss was much less significant in the ancient era. I could tell that many hours went into these projects, and I was happy with the result.
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My class started Seedfolks today. The first thing I noticed is the odd way the author switches viewpoints. It is a very interesting style. When our enrichment class read the book the only activity we did was discuss thougts on the story. I like the way we did that. Outside of enrichment we created flowers out of old cans (reusing), painted rocks (also reusing) and planted tomatoes (growing?).I like the first character, who started the whole garden. I believe that the big idea of this book is that a few people doing a few small things together can have a huge positive impact.
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My topic changed the entire Mediterranean. It led the world's greatest empire to rise to power. It is the reason that everyone has heard of Rome but few have heard of Carthage. Carthage lost the Punic Wars, which are the foundations of my topic. The whole project has been very interesting, and I look forward to the World History Fair.
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Tonight is our jazz concert. If we can pull it off, I think it will be great. I just hope we're ready. Only having weekly rehearsals leaves a lot of time for forgetting music. Several people will be soloing as well. I hope our solos turn out well. The concert will also be the resolution for the "best soloist" rivalry that has always existed between Ryan and me. I fully intend to out-solo him two hours from now.
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Dissecting a chicken wing is not actually that bad. The worst part for me was just cutting through the skin with dull scissors. It was really interesting to see the layers of skin, muscle, and bone. I learned just how complex the mechanisms are that allow us to do simple tasks. I think we should cut open frogs next; I haven't yet seen the classic subject of dissection.
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White is…
Nothing.
It is not even a color.
White is…
The color of clouds.
But they are just air and water.
White is…
The color of this paper.
But no one cares about the paper.
Just the words.
White is…
The color of the door
Which is just there to keep you from something better.
So white is…
The color that means absolutely nothing and is not even a real color.
Alec 2/26/12
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First of all, what those nine students did was amazing. I guarantee that I would not have been able to walk into a new school where everyone hated me by default. I believe that it was a big step toward the end of racism. However, there is still a long way to go. Although it's signficantly less obvious, racism still goes on throughout the United States and the world. Nevertheless, their accomplishments were highly influential.
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About the Blogger
My name is Alec. I always build stuff, from rockets to various treehouses to just about anything else. I'm working on my latest project now: an advanced treehouse that can support the weight of several people.
