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 04:45 PM GMT •
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In my point of view 7th grade was a roller coaster. I never knew what was going to happen next but all the loose ends were tied. I thought as a team we were very successful. We all knew how to get thing. I really liked the way our team teachers communicated and made sure everything was addressed. I think that some of us got lazy and didn’t get things done although we all knew how. I learned a lot on remembering to do things and writing things done. At the start of this year, I was really good at writing things done and then doing them right away. But, as the year progressed I struggled with writing everything down and doing it right away. Sometimes I lost sleep and I learned a hard lesson, but hopefully next year I won’t have that trouble. I plan to write everything down next year. I also plan to change my binders so that I only have 1-2 because it is hard to have so many different binders and keep track of them all. It is especially hard to take them all home.
For the next year’s seventh graders I encourage you to always write things down and never procrastinate. (Put off) You will find that like me you might lose sleep because you put it off. I also encourage you to have a durable homework folder (not paper) so you do not have to take home each of your binders every day. You will find it is more efficient and light. I wish next year’s seventh graders good luck!
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Article posted May 14, 2012 at 01:58 AM GMT •
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International Towne was the best ever! I thought it was a great experience to keep track of money and a good day to travel the world. I learned how to pay bills and hope to organize your country. I also learned about spending and keeping a budget of what you want to buy. I would change the location so that we had walls. There were a lot of crowds. I would make so there were ticket windows to exchange money for your product. I would also add more work to everyone, and if I could I would make a whole week long so that we could learn to save and spend more rather than just spending it all. The best part was when we were busy and I liked paying the bills and opening ceremonies. I really enjoyed this and hope that maybe we could do it again.
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 03:22 AM GMT •
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So far Seedfolks is okay. I really do not like the format because each time you get to a new character the same thing happens, they plant a garden in the lot. Although I have not finished, I wish that it went back to characters to see what happens after they plant their garden in their point of view. I think it is really about how you can start a poitive influence or chain reaction through a good example. Through a samll girl the whole community can be changed. I really liked the first character, Kim. She was very brave to start it out and believe in herself. Although precatious she kept moving forward.
As far as the various activites they were really fun. I enjoyed each one. For most of them I wished that I could have had more time because I really enhjoyed it and felt presurred to finish. I am glad they decided to do that though because we had more time and got to participate in every activity!
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 03:15 AM GMT •
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My topic, Leonardo Da Vinci has showed me how the world changed through him. Although he created all these things and advanced on to the future, we do not acknowledge hime very well. All of his models and sketches were those that inventions today are based on. I especially liked seeing how his inventions were so close to those today. I also liked seein how he had so many talents. I found out that before he was famous for painting he first sung and played a modern-like violin. Then, later on he created inventions and even later painted. The World History Fair is already over but I thought it went well. I wished I would have started earlier on my 3D project so I could have used water but after many tries it didn't work. It amazes me to see how his worked and mine didn't. I'm proud of my finished product and hope the rest of the year goes well.
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Article posted May 2, 2012 at 03:09 AM GMT •
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I am from bandages, from Band-Aids and love. I am from the family romm fire place (warm and cozy) I am from the raspberry bush, the red and luscious plant. I am from the Candy Bar Game and singing around the campire.
I am from the teasing and kindness, from "time for dinner" and "clean-up time" I am from that sweet sweet place with its tall steeple and green grass. The place with nice people and inspirational lessons,one of the places that holds my memories.
I am from Colorado Springs, juice and Ricolas. From the stapled toungs and sliced leg. I am from those scrapbooks that hold those I love most, and the moments beyond them that took my breath away.
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Article posted April 13, 2012 at 03:13 AM GMT •
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As a band class we have been practicing hard to go to the festival. I cannot wait to be judged as a whole. In period 1 we are playing two songs, The Valley of Fire and Dedication, March and Celebration. I hope it goes okay and we do well. Wish me and the band luck!
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Article posted April 3, 2012 at 03:10 AM GMT •
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We did play with chicken wings and it was very fun. We were practicing for the frogs so we wouldn't mess anything up. I truly enjoyed it, but I also want to become a doctor. It was definitely worth while, and honestly I would do it once a week in Science class. I learned that a muscle can still move a bone even when the animal is dead, all you have to do is push on it. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to another disection.
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 03:16 AM GMT •
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The movie we watched on Friday was powerful, although the whole time it didn't bother me because I knew that it was meant to happen. It was definitely not a mistake. If I were in that situation, I may have not been able to do it, but I would have pushed for it and made sure to pack some band-aids. To me it was amazing the people who were friends with them and what there parents would have thought. I liked the way they reacted and were care free. If the situation was bad like that I cannot imagine why anyone would care because there skin was different. Especially the parents, that was bad. The nerve they must have had. I think for me it would have been harder to be mean to them than be the one being picked on.
The world has changed in some ways as to the point is isn't as bad, but we still have that problem. If every kid would to ask themselves if they have ever been discriminated, I'm sure everyone has discriminated. But, even if they only did it once that is a lot when you add it all together. People really don't understand the difference a simple word does, even if it is sarcasm. The gossip now days is horrible. It is so bad, everyone spends so much time shopping for clothes and worrying about how they look too much. If people didn't discriminate we would have a much better world. You would be able to walk out the door and not even notice your shirt had a big stain and know that people didn't care. But not only that, also how smart you are or how popular. I haven't been accused of not being popular, but I know people who are. I walk through the halls and here names all over. Most times it comes from popular kids who think one girl is ugly or getting in their business.
Finally, texting. This is where it really is now. My mom always says, "don't text something you wouldn't tell to someone in person." People think they can get away with awful language and rude comments. It isn't right. Well, I could go on and on about the discrimination that goes on in this world. I choose to close by saying, the world could be better, it all starts with us. I encourage you to really commit yourself to Rachel's challenge and you'll find yourself "popular" for real.
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Article posted March 1, 2012 at 05:24 PM GMT •
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“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Fun
Remeber everything about you
Inetersted in you
Everywhere you go
Never let go
Don't want to leave you hanging
Special in their own way
Frinds are what everyone needs to be that much better.
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Article posted February 25, 2012 at 07:04 PM GMT •
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In Science, we have been learning about cells. Science has gone so far that we are able to see those cells in our own classroom. We have been learning the functions of a cell and the traits that give a cell it's name. Such things include the nucleus, mitochondria, golgi body, chloroplast, and even the cell wall. We know about anything that has to do with cells. We are doing more interactive things and getting some hands on learning experience. We have been doing many labs that give us a closer look at protists and bacteria. It takes a lot of work but it is interesting to see how they relate to a factory. Every time I walk in to Science know I know it will be fun.
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 01:00 AM GMT •
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In the lonely town of Santa Fe
For the beautiful girl on this very day
At 9 o'clock during the bitter chilly night
Before midnight without any slight sign of light
After sundown despite the awful cold
Until the beautiful blink of sunrise for rolling the dough
Within that bright pink polka-dot party house of my school pal
With a fun-filled awesome gal
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 12:51 AM GMT •
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Recently, I read In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth. Now, I am re-reading a series called The Bee-Theres by Lael Littke. I enjoy the book I am reading now, because it is very realistic and has some catching moments. Although, there aren't any manufctured anymore and it is old fashioned in some ways I really enjoy it. In this series there is a mix of problem and mystery and the plot is not "mushy" which makes it even better!
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Article posted February 3, 2012 at 03:32 AM GMT •
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I think a poet can use alliteration, personification, metaphors, similes, and imagery to paint a picture in your mind. I think when a poetry uses these things you understand the posem better and can see everything in your mind. I think another great thing a poet can do is to just express themselves and let out all the anger in them and it can inspire amazing thoughts and create amazing poems. Using these tools can really make your poetry interesting!
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Article posted February 3, 2012 at 03:30 AM GMT •
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Recently, Felicity and I have starting going to each others houses every Thursday to scrapbook! It has been so much fun and we finally get to relax and do what we like. I cannot wait till' we really get good at scrapbooking and know a little more about it than we do now. Now that I have a job I can use some of my money to buy new tools and make my pages even better!
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Article posted January 20, 2012 at 12:03 AM GMT •
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I think the quote by President Roosevelt, "Believe you can and you're halfway there," is saying that in order to get somewhere you have to believe in yourself and know that you can make it. I think that it also means that believing in yourself takes you halfway and if you don't believe you go nowhere. I could apply it to my own life because a lot of times I doubt myself and don't really believe in myself which is really getting me nowhere. It could change your attitude because you would be more optimistic and have a more positive out look on everything. It could impact the world because we would get more done and not as many people would be sitting at the couch because they are too afraid to do anything.
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Article posted January 12, 2012 at 11:55 PM GMT •
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I am excited for many things this year and have set some goals to help me be ready for them. First, I want to journal at least once a week. Through Rachel's challenge and Mrs. Gagnon's influence I really think it is important to write what you have done and other things for people to read in the future. Next, I want to read a little bit more. Over 2012, I would guess I only read about 3-4 books all the way through. I don't like most books even though they may be "the best book ever." Most of them get too boring in the middle so I skip to the end. I am hoping this year to find things I am interested in. Finally, I want to be more physically fit and stronger. I already play soccer seasonally, but from gym class I cannot so very many push-ups and I want to runs faster mile and get in the national average. Hopefully this will improve my soccer skills and help my gut cramps to go away! I am excited to keep up with these goals!
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Article posted January 6, 2012 at 12:21 AM GMT •
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I think the poetry wiki went well! I really like how our group works together well. It was pretty hard since we had people from Louisiana, but , it went alright. I think our communication was great considering it was over the web. We all got on regularly and were able to regularly answer questions of other people.I think we could have done our video first, then so our page. This would of helped us to finish the video faster and finish it all the way.Overall it went well.
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Article posted December 15, 2011 at 03:47 AM GMT •
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Greek is one of the most interesting things I have learned about in humanities. I think it is amazing how the Spartan women have the most rights of all the city states. It was also cool to learn about how the Trojan War all started because the girl went back to Troy and the Greeks were not happy. Part of what we learned was about the rankings. The top are the leaders. Then come Farmers and other men who work out in farms. Next are the women and children. Later come the people who were not born in the city state. Finally, come the slaves. I like the fact that people who are not born in the city state are lower.
Right now in humanities we are simulating this. We have groups and each group is a different city state. We all earn points for doing good things. At the end of each day we spin for our "fates." These are sayings form the gods that give or take away points. Recently we had to restart our points because someone erased it but it is going great! I love this unit so much!
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Article posted December 5, 2011 at 03:20 AM GMT •
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I am so excited for our poetry project. In fact, I just got the message from out new partner from Luisiana. I don't know her but I am excited for her to join us in our project. I love the way we can use the wiki to talk to people and so I created one of my own with a friend and I love it, even though I accidentally logged into the poetry place and posted something on the wrong user. It is so much fun to work on the computer and create written assignments online! I can't wait for Language Arts now because I know it will be fun.
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Article posted November 15, 2011 at 12:25 AM GMT •
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There are so many things to be thankful for, I don't know what to start with. I am very grateful for my family! Without my family I would definently not be at this school. I would be on my own and wouldn't have as much knowledge as a I have now. I am also very thankful for the school I am able to attend and the many things I havre learned from school. I have learned almost everything from school. Finally, I am thankful for the technology in this day and age. I love to be able to hop on the computer and look up what is going on in the world or type up and essay or even check my email. Long ago, all they had was few materials and if they wanted to send a message, unless they were rich, they had to do it themselves and then it didn't have a purpose. I love this time I live and am very thankful for what I have!
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Article posted November 9, 2011 at 12:07 AM GMT •
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The best mystery I have ever read was Running Out of Time by Magaret Peterson Haddix. I really enjoyed the suspendas that was used to express the story. What made it "the best" was that the author didn't use so many words to write the story, in other words she didn't make the story mushy.
What would make a great mystery would be of you started out, "It was dark and cold and wolves were howling all around, Hadley stood in the darkness with her dead cell phone and her jacket. When finally she decided she would try to get home a hand grabbed her and through a blanket on her and all she could her was a faint beeping noise. Suddenly, the blanet was removed and Hadley found herslelf were she never would have imagined herself before..........
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Article posted November 8, 2011 at 11:57 PM GMT •
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First Quarter has been very busy. I have enjoyed it but I wish we didn't do so much reading of stories and then answering questions about them or filling in the diagram. I have had a hard time remembering to write in my blog by Friday, so it usually ends up being Saturday morning when I remember. I wish we could work more on grammar or writing our own short fiction stories of our choice. I feel like every time I walk into the classroom I know we are going to do vocabulary and reading a story or watching a movie and answering questions about it. It would be much more fun to play games that involve the same concepts or making our own games and sharing them with the class one day and playing them. I feel when we do stuff like that it sticks to more people rather than reading the actual text and doing all the questions. I think it is okay to write as blogs because it is much faster and takes less class time in which we can be doing other things that are fun so your school day doesn't feel so boring. One of the things we could write about is our dream family or house. We could also write about what we want to so in college. I am excited for this next quarter and hope it will be exciting!
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Article posted October 29, 2011 at 06:06 PM GMT •
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Considering their service we must show our awareness. Thank them or show some sort of affection. These people have given up their lives and now it is time for us to give our time to thank them and organize special things for them so we can give somewhat back to them. Former President John F. Kennedy said, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." We must recognize these words and like he said live by them. Living by such words means much more to the veterans and will abide in their hearts much longer.
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Article posted October 18, 2011 at 06:00 PM GMT •
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The article I read was about a football team which was ambushed(attacked unexpectedly) with helmets. The opposing team locked the locker room doors and soon the team found themselfs cornered in the locker room with angry men and helmets. Many of the men were bruised after the brawl. After this incodent the schools will not play eachother in any game this year. My first immpression to the was, wow, how immature. I didn't understand why a team would put up with all the consequences to hurt another team. I didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I just hope they learned some kind of lesson and never do it again.
Article posted October 15, 2011 at 05:01 AM GMT •
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Recently, I read abook called What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney. I really like the suspense that is added to this book. Now I am deciding what I want to read next. I am in between books. I think I will read a book by John Bytheway. I am not sure if I will like it. Wish me luck!
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Article posted October 9, 2011 at 03:38 AM GMT •
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I cannot believe that it snowed! I woke up with an unfortunate bloody nose and it was seven. Then I went to go see why it was so dark outside and everything was white! But too bad it did not get cold enough to stay for very long. I think this winter will be a very white one. I just hope people will be able to travel. Otherwise, I will not be able to see my sister.
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Article posted September 27, 2011 at 01:01 AM GMT •
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I feel that banning books cuts off freedom to other people. Although it may reach your needs it cuts off others rights to read as they choose. Freedom of Speech falls into this because the authors are speaking through the page. If they cannot share their books with others then their freedom of speech is taken away. Sometimes books are to in appropriate and then it may be necessary to ban that book so kids are not reading in appropriate things. I think the banned books week is a good cause and it helps kids to understand the freedoms they are given in this country and how they get to choose everything they read.
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Article posted September 27, 2011 at 12:48 AM GMT •
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The field trip to Fox Run Park was one of the best days of 7th grade! My favorite part was the end where we got to play whatever we wanted. It was a lot of fun to be outdoors with friends and actually do something active. My favorite activity was the Island Game because it was fun to see people getting from side to side. It was also really funny to see the expressions on the first few people who got thier tile taken. I learned a lot about camoflauge. I knew about lakes and plants but it had never occured to me that animals all depend on camoflauge. Looking at the pictures was amazing because you can see that the animals all fit in nature even thought it may not be the most obvious.
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Article posted September 26, 2011 at 02:53 PM GMT •
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The way they solved the problem was very clever! Instead of counting the tens as tens they counted the tens as ones. In both ways they forgot that the ones or twos that they "saved" for later were actually tens. Another one that would work is if you had 6 people to feed and 48 dougnuts and they each got 17. Try it!
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Article posted September 13, 2011 at 12:34 AM GMT •
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It all seemed like a normal day until we came to the hippos. The men were cleaning the cage and I wanted to watch. My mom had not seen that I was lingering and moved on without me. When I turned, expecting to see my mom, I noticed they had forgot about me. I ran out to see if they had just left but could not see anyone. I started to freeze up and was about to ball when a man coming my way caught my attention and I told him I was lost. He called up the main office and soon a golf kart came around the corner. They picked me up and took me to the office. When we got there they asked me if I would like to go in the clubroom and have punch and a granola bar, but I was so scared I jumped to a no before I ever thought about it. Then, the man took me to his workroom and gave some gummy bears and two Madagascar pencils to cheer me up. The phone rang and he said it was my mom on her way to get me. When I returned to the group we journeyed forward and soon after that my brother was so jealous he tried to get lost=http://!!
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Article posted September 7, 2011 at 02:04 AM GMT •
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The assembly we had on September 1st really made me think. Even last year I wondered why everything worked out as Rachel thought. I am always amazed at the fact that she took the time out of her day just to talk to someone she hardly knew or keep someone from being bullied. I definitely think it is worth it to sit on the hard floor to watch that. It effects our whole school and I can tell. After coming out if the assembly some people just keep on living their lives but the majority of people are changed and silent as they walk out of the gym. It effects everyone and is needed to give everyone an understanding of some of the very bad things that go on sometimes so that each kid knows deep down that it will never be them. What I took away from this assembly is to make goals and write in your journal. It is amazing how her personality was so kind. I think it has somewhat to do with her writing in her journal. She put up the effort to write every day. If Rachel had not chosen to do so then we would have not have known her legacy as well. The things Rachel wrote in her journal were priceless and are treasured within her family.
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Article posted August 30, 2011 at 04:11 PM GMT •
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My favorite color is yellow.
I do not have a pet.
I have 5 other siblings.
My sister is in college.
I play soccer.
I absolutely love noodles!
I play percussion.
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