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!
Article posted May 16, 2012 at 04:34 AM GMT •
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Seventh grade was a little challenging, but I had a lot of enjoyment throughout the year. I still can’t believe how close I am to high school! The only small problem for me was procrastination, which I still continue to do. I would like to get everything done nice and early starting in eighth grade. For the new seventh graders next year, I advise you to get your homework done ON TIME, and not late because if your homework is late all the time, it can really hurt your grade!
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Article posted May 10, 2012 at 03:12 AM GMT •
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International Towne was a great experience. I liked how each country was unique. I learned what each country's culture is like. I would somehow have us get to stay longer so that we could have longer breaks. The best part was getting to buy the souvenirs!
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Article posted May 3, 2012 at 09:53 PM GMT •
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World history influences our lives today by helping us advance in technologies and help us know how much we've grown as a world. My guiding question: How did Genghis Khan affect ancient China in battle? I learned how smart Genghis Khan and the Mongols were. The most interesting part for me was how Genghis Khan outsmarted all of his enemies with strategies that no one else would think of.
The thing I learned from another seventh grader was cool. I learned about how the Romans used a different kind of catapult that looked like a crossbow. He said that the Romans noticed other catapults and got their idea from that. I had never seen anything like it!
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 03:02 AM GMT •
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Our all school read is a good book so far. I think it's really about bunch of people who join together to create a garden to help the look of their town. The activities that we did were fun. My favorite was when we painted rocks because we could make it our own.
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Article posted April 2, 2012 at 11:33 PM GMT •
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The chicken wing dissection in science was a fascinating thing to do. We did this because it helps us learn the location of each part of the chicken wing. We got to find the cartilage, muscles, and much more. I definitely thought it was worthwhile because we got to see all of those parts. I even cut through the top part of the bone, and I think I found bone marrow! It was a pretty fun experience overall.
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Article posted March 21, 2012 at 03:18 AM GMT •
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Purple.
Purple is the main color of the Minnesota Vikings.
Purple is the smell of a lilac bush.
Purple is one of the colors in a Columbine Flower.
Purple is the sound of a thunderstorm.
Purple is the feeling of a light breeze.
Purple is the taste of chips and dip.
Purple is the sound of a violin.
Purple is the color of Pikes Peak.
Purple is the feeling of melting snow.
Purple is the smell of curtains.
Purple is the taste of cranberry sauce.
Purple is the color of blinds on a window.
Purple is the sound of people walking on wet grass.
Purple is the feeling of warm water.
Purple is the taste of a pear.
Purple is the sound of bugs at night.
And purple is a color that’s smooth and smells fresh.
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Article posted March 19, 2012 at 03:10 AM GMT •
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The movie that we watched was a sad and cruel thing to happen at a school. I would be so angry at people if I was in the middle of seeing all of the mean things that the people said and did to the Little Rock Nine. I don't think that that was even close to being fair for them. It would probably take me a long time to figure out the steps that I would have to take to resolve a problem like that. If I had the choice to stay home instead of being yelled at and teased, I would honestly just stay home. I wouldn't be as brave as them in that situation. The Reason I don't think that that was fair for the Little Rock Nine was because they deserved the right to get a very good education and the ability to go to college just as much as any of the other white students. In the world that we live in today, most things have changed, but some things haven't. We've had our first black president (Barack Obama), so that's definitely a change from the past. But one thing that hasn't exactly changed is racism. There are still people today who are racist. Although some things haven’t yet changed, they have to sometime.
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Article posted March 4, 2012 at 02:45 AM GMT •
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My Favorite Inspirational Quote: "It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
-Mark Twain
No matter how big you are,
No matter how small you are,
That doesn't matter.
If you have enough confidence inside you,
If you have the power to not give up,
That's a much higher achievement.
When you put enough hard work in,
You will be more powerful inside yourself.
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 11:41 PM GMT •
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The cell unit in science has been very cool. We learned about plant cells, bacteria cells, and animal cells. Each of the cells has their own unique feature. We learned about all of the parts of each cell that help it grow and live. We also learned the functions of each part and what would happen if that particular cell doesn’t have that part. The best part of the unit has been getting to use the microscopes. In my opinion, I can’t think of a part that I didn’t like in this unit. This upcoming test is going to take a lot of studying!
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Article posted February 17, 2012 at 03:24 AM GMT •
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On the court,
Inside the gym,
Behind the free-throw line.
Through the gym doors,
Past the large crowd,
Toward the bench.
At the half-court line,
Under the Roof-Top,
Down you Ready for the game,
Then the crowd sounding,
Up with their commotion.
Into the night,
On the wood floor,
Against one another,
Beyond competitiveness.
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Article posted February 10, 2012 at 05:10 AM GMT •
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I have read a couple of books recently, but the one that I’m reading right now is Iqbal by Francesco D’ADAMO. This book is a novel that takes place in Pakistan. The narrator is a young girl named Fatima. She is one of the many carpet making slaves around there. Each slave has to make carpets to pay off their family’s debt. I think that this book is very sad. The slaves are not treated very well. But this book is great so far. Another young boy named Iqbal Masih joins them too and is not shy to say anything. Overall, this is a fantastic book!
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Article posted February 3, 2012 at 04:53 AM GMT •
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College basketball is very competitive right now. But my favorite team is still really hard to beat. Kentucky is 23rd in points per game, 15th in rebounds per game, and 18th in field goal percentage. But one stat that is currently holding them back. They are 149th in assists per game, averaging only 13.2! That's just terrible. But I still think that they're an amazing team because of the numbers (other than assists) that they put up each game.
Article posted January 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM GMT •
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There are many ideas of tools that poets use to their advantage in a poem. Sometimes I think that poets make poems that make you feel like your watching what happened in the poem. It's almost like you were there and saw everything in front of your own eyes. Another tool that I think poets have is putting so much emotion into it that it makes you feel a lot different. For example, if a poem is used with very sad words, it can maybe sometimes make tears come out of your eyes. But if a poem is very happy, then you feel like you have to tell everyone in the world how great of a poem it is and how happy it makes you feel. I think that these are some of the traits of a couple of the tools that poets use in their poems.
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Article posted January 20, 2012 at 04:08 AM GMT •
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The quote that I enjoy the most of the five quotes was the one by Theodore Roosevelt. I think that it means that believing in yourself or other things, is one of the most important factors when your trying to succeed in something. I could apply this quote to my own life by having more confidence in myself, in sports, and in school. It could be used to make a positive change in a person's attitude because if they get more confident and believe in themselves more, they feel like they are a stronger person inside. It could make an impact on the world by everyone believing that they can reach their goals a little easier by having confidence in themselves, especially in school. If these things are all added together, a person can make more of an impact in our country. Those are the key reasons why I like this quote.
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Article posted January 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM GMT •
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I have a couple of new goals for myself this year. One of them is to read more. I usually only read when I have assignments, but I believe that I need to read more for fun. I want to become a better reader overall. My other goal is to eventually learn how to snowboard. I heard that it's hard. I hope to achieve both of these goals.
Article posted January 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM GMT •
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Article posted December 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM GMT •
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Overall, I think me and my group's wiki went very well. At first I thought that things were moving a little slow but we finished our tasks on time with good quality. Working in a group this way was easy most of the time, but barely hard at some points. Mainly the hard part was communicating with each other to which part of the poem we were doing. With all the hard work we had, we did very well in completing our task. I don't think that there was anything that we could have done differently or anything that could be changed for the future of students that are assigned to this task.
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Article posted December 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM GMT •
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Greece is a smaller country in southern Europe. It is well known for the thousands of islands in the seas around it. The largest city is also the capital, Athens. The highest mountain in Greece is Mt. Olympus at 9,754ft. Many tourists visit Greece to sight-see the ancient ruins.
In class, we're doing many fun activities. There are a few different city-states, and my group is Corinth. Our job the first day was to create our own handshake, our own chant, and a logo. At the end of each class, we roll two dice which determines our city-state's fate. Some are bad, and some are good. We have to earn points by each roll and the points get combined with each class to make one city-state's amount of points together. But if you get a bad roll, you get points subtracted from the total score of your city-state. This is probably my favorite activity in humanities so far this year.
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Article posted December 2, 2011 at 03:09 AM GMT •
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My favorite college basketball team is the Kentucky Wildcats. They're my favorite team because I like their coach, and I like how good they are at recruiting players. Year by year, they have really good freshmen. One of those freshmen is Anthony Davis. In high-school he was a point guard, but then grew taller to become a power forward. Since it's so early in the season, it's hard to say who's the star player of the team. But in my mind, Davis will probably end-up being my favorite player. I believe that the Wildcats will be a good team for years to come!
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Article posted November 18, 2011 at 04:06 AM GMT •
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I'm thankful for many things in life, but some things are a lot more important than others. One thing I'm thankful for is my family. I have a great mom, dad, and brother. My mom and dad have helped me learn all of the fantastic things in life! They've raise me well and I'm proud to be their son. I'm also thankful for the things that my family has that other families don't have. The third thing that I'm thankful for is school because it helps me be prepared for the open world and become well suited for jobs.
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Article posted November 13, 2011 at 11:46 PM GMT •
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The greatest mystery story that I've ever read is probably Sherlock Holmes and the "Speckled Band" because I can't think of many mystery stories that I've read. What the author did well was making the spot of the crime seem like there was no possible way for the outcome of a person that just dies in a secured room.
The whistling through the trees seemed harmless, but very dangerous. All of the wildlife had gone mad on a killing spree. Nothing could be explained to why these things were happening. But Dan, a hunter was going to change that. He knew the forests very well, and was looking for any evidence to what was going on. He then finds a mysterious plant that he'd never seen growing in that certain forest in Colorado. Could this plant be the secret to why the wildlife in the area have lost their minds?
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Article posted November 4, 2011 at 04:01 AM GMT •
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I think that everyone's blogging has helped them learn what to improve on, and just plain be a better writer. My experience in blogging is that it helps me think more about things that I recently do, because the blog subjects are mostly on current things that are happening. The blogs that I've done have been running steady. A few blogs have made me think about what to write, but in the end, my mind is set on what I write. The past blogging assignments that we've had I believe have been fairly understandable to write about. I can only think of one writing assignment that we could do. Everyone could talk about one of their hobbies, how they affect their lives, and why they enjoy that certain hobby out of all the different things possible to do for fun.
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Article posted October 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM GMT •
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Our veterans need to be remembered. They are the heroes of our country, a thick line of defense. Without them, we would be part of England, or even part of Japan. Those two examples are just a fraction of reasons why we need to always remember our veterans.
The feedback I'm looking for is my wording in the sentences. If it makes sense and is understandable.
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Article posted October 20, 2011 at 12:35 AM GMT •
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The article that I read was about an athletics brand in Kenya called Kourage. It's about a running company that wants people and native people all over the world to wear shoes with their brand on them. In my opinion, this can be kind of cool because this company might eventually be good competition for Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and more. I also think once their shoes are really advanced, the professionals could help design shoes and be good customers for the company, and also have Kourage Athletics maybe as their sponsors.
Article posted October 16, 2011 at 06:54 PM GMT •
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The book that I'm currently reading is Holes by Louis Sachar. I'm reading this book a second time because of how interesting it is to me. A boy is convicted for steeling a pair of shoes that were famous and to be auctioned off. The money raised was to be brought to a homeless shelter. The main character's name is Stanley Yelnats, from a poor family. After committing the crime he gets the choice to either go to jail, or dig holes at a place called Camp Green Lake. He chooses to go to the camp. I like this book because all of the characters at the camp have silly nicknames and act really cocky, but funny. So overall, this is my favorite book.
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Article posted October 10, 2011 at 02:17 AM GMT •
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As you know from most of my blogs and the about me part, I'm a big sports fan.My favorite college football team is the Nebraska Cornhuskers. After watching the team year after year, I began to like them more and more. This year they've been playing pretty good. They've only lost one game and that was against one of the hardest teams, Wisconsin. On Saturday, they played against Ohio State and weren't doing very well in the first half, but surprisingly enough, they fought for the biggest comeback in the school's history. They scored 28 points just in the second half to win the game. Out of all the teams in college football, I believe that Nebraska is among one of the most fun teams to watch.
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Article posted September 29, 2011 at 03:18 AM GMT •
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Fox Run Park was an exciting field trip. My favorite activity was being in a group and trying to get from one island to another, while not touching the ground unless we used our "magic" stones in-between the islands. I think it helped to learn to work together and communicate with each other. I also liked the activity where we used pipes to get a marble into a can. It was fun because my team brought the marble to the can without going through everyone's pipes twice. All of the other teams took much longer because they kept trying to make new lines of pipes. The key rule was that the marble only had to go through everyone's pipe once. I learned to communicate more and to listen carefully to the rules of the activities.
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Article posted September 28, 2011 at 03:40 AM GMT •
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First of all, I believe that banning a book is a little bit harsh. I think that everyone enjoys different things. That same idea also fits into the category of different genres of books. So if not every book isn't the same, shouldn't each reader have their own choice of what to read? Freedom of speech fits into this subject by it also meaning that it is your choice of what you choose to do whether it's to read books with mystery's,comedy, or action. We all have the choice to choose because it would be weird if we saw everybody in the school reading the same books, and after awhile, you would probably want to read something new. In my opinion, some books should not be banned. But I do think that the appropriateness of some books are different from others. I think that instead of banning books, we should keep them only for certain ages.
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Article posted September 22, 2011 at 03:32 AM GMT •
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In the video, the guy had a different way of doing division, and than proved his method by adding in a weird way. When he divided seven into twenty-eight, seven couldn't go into two but it did go into eight one time so he wrote down one and then placed the two in front of the one to make it twenty-one, and seven went into that three times, so the answer was thirteen. Then he checked his answer by writing thirteen seven times and adding each column of numbers and he put down the overall total which was twenty-eight. Another problem that I figured out is that four goes into thirty-six eighteen times. I just tried out different even numbers until one worked. The guy was wrong because he didn't carry his numbers to the other column when he was adding, and when he did the long division, he put that seven goes into eight once, instead of seven into twenty-eight.
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Article posted September 16, 2011 at 02:31 AM GMT •
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About two years ago I used to play around on a big exercise ball. One day, I was watching a circus commercial and I got the idea of jumping over the ball while pushing off with my hands. And of course when I tried it, it didn't work out too well.I jumped over the ball perfectly, but my mistake was that I pushed off too hard. After I pushed off, the ball was no longer under me. I landed straight on my tailbone and got the wind knocked out of me. I couldn't breath for about thirty seconds. After I got my breath back, my dad helped me up. He was about to bring me up our stairs when I started to feel sick. I laid down on our sofa until I felt better. So then as my dad started to carry me up the stairs, I once again felt sick and threw up all over my dad. After that I felt much better. I remember that day because it was the first time I got the wind knocked out of me, and I also learned never to have so much fun that I act stupid.
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Article posted September 7, 2011 at 03:45 AM GMT •
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In my opinion, the Rachel's Challenge assembly affected everyone emotionally. It helped us to think about other people's feelings and the times when they are in need of support from their friends. I learned to think about others before I think about myself.
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Article posted August 30, 2011 at 04:30 PM GMT •
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1. I play 4 sports. 2. My favorite food is donuts. 3. I like to play the guitar. 4. I always sleep in on weekends. 5. I wear contacts. 6. I have a Shetland Sheepdog. 7. I like to listen to music.
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