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Article posted May 20, 2012 at 04:59 PM GMT •
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I think I was successful in most of my grades during the year. I think I could have gotten better grades in language arts.Academicaly, I learned a lot. Personally, I learned not to chew gum. Ha ha! There really isn't anything I would change in eighth grade. The advice I would give the future 7th graders is to keep up with your work and don't chew gum!
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Article posted May 8, 2012 at 11:28 PM GMT •
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I think International Town was fun and really tiring. I learned that selling a bunch of slushies and sodas are a lot more tiring than it seems! I would make more time for the breaks because I had no time to get any activities done,(time goes by really fast!)I think getting to eat cookies and drinking sodas were the best part.
Article posted May 8, 2012 at 11:28 PM GMT •
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Article posted May 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM GMT •
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World history influences our lives by carving a path for our future. My guiding question was "How did Cleopatra live the last years of her life?" I learned that she was the last female Egyptian Pharaoh. The most interesting part for me was decorating my board. I found out that Cleopatra lived a more complicated life than I had originally thought before my research.
I learned about Greek culture, Japanese culture and a great deal of info about other places around the world. I thought it was really cool how some people brought food. I learned what type of food different places had.
Article posted May 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM GMT •
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM GMT •
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I think that Seedfolks "big idea" is that anyone from anywhere can come together and grow a garden with each other. I really don’t like or dislike any characters right now. I planted tomatoes in Ms.Kosters’s class, painted rocks in Ms.Lubich's class, and made coke can flowers and butterflies in Mr.Howard's class. I liked painting rocks and making coke can flowers and butterflies the best, even though my flower ended up looking like it just came out of World War II—Ha Ha!
Article posted May 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM GMT •
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Article posted April 17, 2012 at 10:00 PM GMT •
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My topic is: How did Cleopatra live the last years of her life?I found out a little more about her than I knew before.I really didn't learn much more about her because I already knew a lot about her.I am really interested in Ancient Egypt history and leaders and all that other stuff,so that is how I knew a lot about her already.I think that my final project is going really well,it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I finished my board a long time ago, and my research paper. I still have a little way to go,but I think I'm going to be fine.
Article posted April 17, 2012 at 10:00 PM GMT •
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Article posted April 11, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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More random facts about me:
I am terrified of the dark,
I have always tried to do the splits my whole life but have always failed,
I am not very flexible,
I am only really flexible in the back area,
I have a really annoying sister,
I hate peanut butter chocolate candies,
I love chocolate,
My great great great grandparents on my mom's side of the family was royalty(Indian royalty)haha!,
I get dizzy easily,
I yawn a LOT!!!,
I use to have a baby bunny that I dessed up in tutus and bows all the time(she hated it)haha,
I LOVE PINK!!!and ZEBRA!!!
I also have a heart shaped birthmark and snowman shaped birthmark,
I have one strand of bright red hair:)
Article posted April 11, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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Article posted April 8, 2012 at 01:11 AM GMT •
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In the bamboo filled forest
against the trees on the damp soil
below the big leaves
around the corner near the berry bushes
around all the happy animals
in the cold pond
below the tall trees
with bamboo in its mouth
along the graveled path
in the great big China
without making a sound
with all the other pandas.
Article posted April 8, 2012 at 01:11 AM GMT •
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Article posted April 3, 2012 at 02:44 PM GMT •
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I thought that dissecting the chicken wing was fun even though I was the only one who did it in my group,and I thought it was fun pulling on the muscles to make the chicken wing move:)I think that it was worth while and it taught me how the muscles worked and that the chicken wing has much more detail to it than I thought.
Article posted April 3, 2012 at 02:44 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:57 PM GMT •
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A quote I really like is "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend"
There was a girl
whose heart was as cold as ice
and there was a girl
who was super nice,
this super nice girl
went up to say hello
but all she got was
"buzz off"
and the girl was deterimined
to make her heart soft,
day after day
she kept showing her love
until one day
when the girl had no choice
but to give back the love.
Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:57 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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I thought the movie was really sad.I feel that it is very wrong to treat people by their skin color.I would have probably chickened out and started crying like a little baby.Thankfully things have changed and dark people have the same amount of rights as we do.Some people are still like the people in the movie but we can't do anything about it, it is just how they are raised and their mindset.
Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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Article posted February 22, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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I truthfully really don't like learning about cells at all but I think it is better doing labs instead of just reading out of our books.I have learned mostly all of the parts of the cell and what they do.I think the best part of learning about cells is looking at them through the microscopes but the worst would be just reading out of our books sometimes.These labs have tought me a lot more than I knew before.
Article posted February 22, 2012 at 10:36 PM GMT •
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Article posted February 8, 2012 at 11:13 PM GMT •
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I have not read any books lately because I just don't like them.But I have to read a book for Mrs.Kosters enrichment class so I am reading "Blue is for Nightmares".It is about a girl in highschool or college that shares a dorme with Drea, a girl from her school, that she gets along with but I'm not sure if their really friends because I have not gotten far in the book.So the girl has nightmares about herself and makes potions or something to stop having bad dreams.Then she did a card reading for Drea and it said that her ex-boyfriend would ask her out then cancel last minute then it read that something really bad would happen to her but it does not say yet in the book,so anyway she has become really protective of her and that is all I have read:)
Article posted February 8, 2012 at 11:13 PM GMT •
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Article posted February 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM GMT •
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I'm not so sure to write about so I am going to just write about what are my favorite things to do are. I love to play volleyball,hang out with my friends,watch T.V.,eat at Subway,eat food that are healthy but taste good at the same time,go swimming,do my hair,decorate things in zebra,laugh,E-Mail,draw things all over my notebooks,go to the Bahamas and go on the Lazy River,irritate my little sis,go shopping at the mall,and finally doing my nails:)
Article posted February 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM GMT •
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Article posted January 20, 2012 at 02:37 AM GMT •
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I'm choosing #5- "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."by: Martin Luther King, Jr. First, I think that this quote means that basicly you can't fight fire with fire. The only way to turn your enemy into your friend is with love and kindness, not with hate and anger. Then,how I can apply it to my own life is if I meet anyone that I strongly dislike and they strongly dislike me then don't be mean and hateful towards them but be kind and treat them with the same respect that I have for my friends. Also, how it can be used to make a positive change in someone's attitude is it could change the way that someone feels about someone they don't like and give them more patients and tolerance. Finally,how it can make an impact on the world is it can change the meaness that people have towards each other and can make the worst enemys the best of friends.I think that this was a great quote and I can apply it to my own life:)
Article posted January 20, 2012 at 02:37 AM GMT •
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Article posted January 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM GMT •
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My goals of 2012 is to get even better grades than I have now.How it involves change is I need to study even harder and try harder on my in-class work. another one of my goals is to go walking or running around my whole neighborhood every weekend.How it involves change is I need to get up in the morning and get a lot of energy.
Article posted January 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM GMT •
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Article posted December 16, 2011 at 09:47 PM GMT •
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The group went well for the most part.It was sort of fun working in a group this way.The communication in our group was mostly effective.Pretty much everything went well.I think that the deciding on the poem could have gon better though.
Article posted December 16, 2011 at 09:47 PM GMT •
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Article posted December 8, 2011 at 01:55 AM GMT •
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I love food,neon colors,and zebra!Food is so meaningful to my life because it's yummy and of course important to life!!!:)neon colors are so amazing because they are bright and all happy looking.They just pop out to you and go bang!!!:)Finally zebra is just the best pattern in this world besides polka-dots!!!I love anything zebra,especially if there is a bright pink to go with it!!!But I absolutly hate it when they put zebra patterns on old granny chairs!!!:( What an insult! BYE :P
Article posted December 8, 2011 at 01:55 AM GMT •
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Article posted November 8, 2011 at 02:33 AM GMT •
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Since I have not read a lot of mystery books(or any books in general),I would have to say that "The Black Cat"by Edgar A.Poe is the best mystery book I have read.The reason I think this is the best story is because he makes it scary and makes it to where you think,"what's going to happen next!?"Plus he puts in a few sudden surprises in there that completly turns the story around.
A great mystery story starter I made is.....
One day a 17 year old girl named Sally asked her parents if a boy she knew could take her somewhere.Her parents said no because they do not know who he was, but she did not care and decided to go anyway.Her parents were going out on a date so they told her to stay home while they were out.The boy came and picked her up and they went around to some places.He started forcing her to kiss him while he was driving and they got in a wreck with another car.They were both injured and found out they killed both of the people in the other car.Sally told the nurse that she wanted her parents.The nurse said that they can't get a hold of them so she went and talked to the people at the hospital.The nurse came back and told her that the people that got killed in the other car was her parents.
Article posted November 8, 2011 at 02:33 AM GMT •
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Article posted November 8, 2011 at 02:19 AM GMT •
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I think that most of the blogging that we have been doing is fun and a good way to tell what we think about what is going on.I have had a good experience with most of the blogging,but just a few of them I didn't like so much.Mostly the blogging has gone smoothly for me.I think blogging as writing assignments would not be the most fun thing to do but I think it is much better than having to write on paper.:)
Article posted November 8, 2011 at 02:19 AM GMT •
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Article posted November 1, 2011 at 06:02 PM GMT •
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I am reading "Winter of Candycanes" right now.I an enjoying everyting about it right now especially scince I'm not that far in it right now.I don't know who yhe author is because I don't have the book with me right now.But I think that this will turn out to be a great book!!!:)
Article posted November 1, 2011 at 06:02 PM GMT •
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Article posted October 12, 2011 at 12:55 AM GMT •
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THINGS I LOVE:
bunnies,dogs,anything with suger,,my family,anything ZEBRA,neon colors,hair bows,swimming,bowling,tennis,my friends,and last but not least,VOLLEYBALL!!!:)
THINGS I HATE:
cats,veggies,running,doing chores,mowing the lawn(but that does not matter to anyone(mom and dad),seafood,scary movies and stories,cake,the dark,and mostly HOMEWORK:(
SORT OF FUNNY JOKES I LEARNED:
Q:Why don't the animals at the zoo take tests?
A:Because there's too many cheetahs.
Q:What does a tree drink at parties?
A:rootbeer. THE END:)
Article posted October 12, 2011 at 12:55 AM GMT •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 11:34 PM GMT •
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I feel like that books should not be banned but, I think people should give their opinions about books as well.Where the freedom of speech falls into this is letting people speak freely about their opinions.I think we all have the choice to choose.Even though I don't agree with some of the books,they should not be banned because other people might want to read it and that is their choice.:)
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 11:34 PM GMT •
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Article posted October 4, 2011 at 11:19 PM GMT •
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What happened in the video is that the baker made 28 donuts and he is saying that each of the 7 officers can have 13 donuts, but the other guy argues against that. Each officer should have 4 donuts. How I figured that out is I saw how many times 7 go into 28 and it goes into there 4 times, so that means that each officer gets 28 donuts.:)
Article posted October 4, 2011 at 11:19 PM GMT •
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Article posted October 2, 2011 at 01:08 AM GMT •
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I think the best part about Fox Run Park is when we got together in groups and played games because I thought it was fun and a good way to get together and have fun with other people. The activities I enjoyed the most was the ''Oh Deer'' game and all the games that we played to get us to work together.What I learned was that if you are sitting on a rock that is in the water, don't tell someone to toss your notebook to you or you might drop your foot in the water. (sadly I had to learn the hard way:( .)
Article posted October 2, 2011 at 01:08 AM GMT •
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Article posted September 13, 2011 at 05:53 PM GMT •
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One funny thing that happened to me was when I was 3 is I pulled the lights on the Christmas tree and so it fell on top of me.I got tangled in the lights and it took my parents a while to figure out what happened.:)
One scary thing that happened to me is one day when I thought my dad was not in the house(he was really upstairs)I asked my mom where he was and she said he went somewhere,(of course she was lying.)Then I heard someone coming down and my mom was pretending to act really scared so that freaked my out really bad.In the end I found out that it was my dad!:)
Article posted September 13, 2011 at 05:53 PM GMT •
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Article posted September 13, 2011 at 05:38 PM GMT •
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I think the Rachel's Challenge was great!I think it was worthwhile and needed.It was a great presentation but was sad.What I took away from Rachel's Challenge is that you should always be respectful and kind.I thing that they should show it again next year.Mostly if there are any new people who have not seen this before.:)
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Article posted August 31, 2011 at 05:50 PM GMT •
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1.I love to play vollyball and tennis:)
2.I used to have a dwarf baby bunny but I had to sell her.:(
3.I used to live in Colorado before I moved to Alabama.
4.I love to eat!!!
5.I love neon colors!
6.Since my dad is in the Air Force we have got to go to Italy and Rome before.:)
7.I love the word pickle!ha ha:)
Article posted August 31, 2011 at 05:50 PM GMT •
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