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 20, 2012 at 09:55 PM GMT •
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I definitely enjoyed my 7th grade experience more than my 6th grade experience. I enjoyed this years because we did not have books reports, we had more hands on activities, and I was in the same classes as my friends. However I did not enjoy the frog dissection, the chicken wing lab and speaking in front of the class. I did not enjoy speaking in front of the class because I am a very shy person and I do not enjoy speaking in front of people even if they are my piers or friends. And I did not like the dissections because that is just gross. I learned this year about african rock art, Williams words worth, and how technology. I wouldn't change anything that happened this year except maybe the amount of time that we had to work on the world history fair because I don't like how now we have to squeeze in all these new lessons. Over all I enjoyed this year and I look forward to the 8th grade
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Article posted May 14, 2012 at 04:42 AM GMT •
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Overall I really enjoyed my experience at International Town. My job was currency exchange specialist in Singapore. At times my job was a little stressful because I ran out of a certain currency and nobody else had it, therefore, I could not meet the needs of the customers. I also felt a little rushed at the beginning because in order for anyone to shop in different countries, they had to come to the Singapore to get their money exchanged. There was a long line of customers and I felt like I did not get caught up until the end of the break. Then the rush of customers began all over again. This experience was nice because it showed us the importance of trade and what it is like to have a job. The only thing I would change is the length of the brake times because I felt a little overwhelmed, but overall it was a good experience and I would do it again.
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Article posted May 6, 2012 at 11:01 PM GMT •
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World history has made up the building blocks of our modern day lives. This has effected how we think or why we have changed our behaviors, practices, and beliefs over time. For the world history project my topic was Bushman rock art. Bushman rock art is basically cave paintings made by the first inhabitants to South Africa, the Bushman people. My guiding question was, how has Bushman rock art effected modern day art? The most interesting part of the project for me was doing the research because I enjoyed learning about this important part of the African history that I did not know ever existed. I found it interesting to see the many different animals, landscapes, and actions the Bushman people drew. I also found it interesting that although the entire Bushman culture was eliminated, it was revived through the Bushman rock.
I learned several things during the World History Fair. I learned about the Roman lifestyle, the compass, slavery, and about the importance of cats in Egypt. I also saw a lot of cool 2D and 3D displays. I saw a replica of Medusa's head, and it was really cool. One of my favorite displays was a colosseum made of cake. I also liked my friends display of a paper mâché cat it was so fluffy and cute. Overall I really enjoyed this years World History Fair.
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Article posted May 1, 2012 at 03:32 AM GMT •
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So far I think that Seedfolks is an okay book. It definitely is not something I would read because it is not something that interests me. I usually don't like books that bounce around from one character to another constantly. It's difficult to follow. I think that all the characters are unique. I say this because it sounds like they have all been through hardships in life and just want to make things right, and don't like how things are now. For example, at the beginning of the story the older woman immediately thought that the little girl was up to trouble, but that is just because they live in a gang neighborhood that has a history of drug activity. So far I have enjoyed the activities that we have done in our class. My favorite activity was the one we did in Mr. Howard's class room, which was making flowers out of aluminum cans. I enjoyed making the flowers and allowing myself to be creative. Over all I have enjoyed the activities and the book and I can't wait to read more of the book!
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Article posted April 20, 2012 at 12:51 AM GMT •
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For my World History project my topic is Bushman rock art. African heritage has always been of interest to me. The colors and designs have always drawn my attention, but the subject was too modern for the project’s needs. My searches led me to Bushman rock art. It is said that the Bushman people were the first to inhabit Africa. The Bushman rock art is basically paintings on rock, and some might be carvings as well. Normally the paintings are pictures or scenes of men hunting, animals, landscapes, and children and women. The painting are believed to have been a way for the Bushman people to keep count of days and time, or even keep track of accomplishments. The Bushman paintings have inspired modern day paintings and sculptures. For my project I am planning on creating a diorama of where the bushman people lived. I am also going to make a replica of some Bushman art, made out of plaster. I am definitely looking forward to seeing my friends projects and being able to present mine!!!
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Article posted April 11, 2012 at 12:16 AM GMT •
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I know we have all had strange out of this world dreams. I recently had one of those dreams so it started off like this. I was in my house and my mom was downstairs singing about bunny rabbits and my dad was at work. Of course my mom normally doesn’t sing so went down stairs to find two of my friends lying on the floor sleeping. They woke up and then we left to walk to the playground at my old school. All of a sudden all these dogs appeared and both of my friends were talking gibber. Then everything started to blend and I ended up in this big swirl then a face appeared it was singing, “Be with the baby” over and over again. When everything went back to normal I was in my back yard there was all these random people dancing. I found my two friends and we walked into my house and went into the garage. We got our bikes and went off into the neighborhood to ride. All of a sudden started to fly higher and I higher, and I couldn’t get down I started to scream yell and I almost fell off my bike. I slowly went down but realized that my friends were way behind me and that I had passed them up. I was about to get on my bike when I realized it had disappeared. I had a strange feeling like I was being watched and I turned around there was a man in a blue car chasing me, so I ran. Then I woke up just as he was about to catch me. I looked at my clock it was 2 forty something, then realized that I was crying I wiped my tears away thinking thank goodness it was only a dream.
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Article posted April 9, 2012 at 09:17 PM GMT •
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When we dissected the chicken I was completely grossed out. I was so happy that I didn’t have to touch as much as I was expecting to. It got worse when we took off the skin and then I my group was pulling it and squishing the chicken wing. Then I saw blood, or something red and I was about to get up and leave. But I did learn that when you push on the muscle the chicken wing straightened out. I also learned that getting the skin off is very frustrating and hard. Sure it was worthwhile but I could have done without, just because I was so grossed out.
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