Wednesday - AHW

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Athletic
Nice
Intelligent
Amazing

Tuesday AHW - ice

…As I cautiously tip-toed across the frozen ice, blanketing the lake. My sister and father were farther back while I dared to go ahead. I walked to a spot where the ice looked unsteady, " It's better if I go first, I know how to handle dangerous situations.", I quietly reassured myself. Indeed I was the most sure-footed in our family. I continued on my way in the center of the lake, I crept up to the unsteady ice, and glanced back, my sister and father were catching up to me.
   I took the first small step on to the wet and unsafe ice, whack seemed like a whole leap of faith. I hit solid ice, then I calmly set my full weight onto that spot. CRACK! SNAP! My vision blurred; the ice was splitting beneath me! Would I die? Was I going to drown? What should I do!
   The reaction I had was to scream for help, "Dad! Help! Help! The ice is cracking!" Without thinking my dad rushed forward to my aid, with my sister close behind. He grabbed me by the collar and was trying to haul me aside. Unfortunately, I slipped on the ice and my leg almost landed on that ice. At last, our brief struggle got us onto safer ice.
  My heart was pounding like a bass drum inside my chest, just the thought of drowning gave me the chills. I could tell that this moment also knocked the breath out of father and sister. My father laughed, "We should not tell your mother about this." Then we all smiled, even me. But, that will not be the last time I go on the ice.

Monday AHW

Holiday Song

It's the holiday season,
and its common' for a reason

Its the season when families get together,
despite the weather

This time of the year,
truly brings the most cheer

Ohhhh, don't regret this part,
it is all about heart

Laaa, spread the love to those who are near to you, and dear to you

Have those sugar plums ready for thumbs, 
ohhh, and candy canes, decoration' the lanes,
ginger bread, lying on your bed

Little boys that have winter joys,
and the little girls, just as lovely as pearls

Ohhhhhhhhh, and that is this season for you,
everyone having the holiday spirit!!

AHW make-up for the weekend

Over the weekend I went skiing. I can ski every hill - you name it.
   On our way home we got caught in a blizzard (literally), which was why I was unable to post.
   Anyway I have really improved my skiing, I hope to do it again!!

Year-Round Schooling Research

   (updated version of argumentative year-round paragraph)
Note: the underlined words I copied and pasted it with credits to 'Opposing Viewpoints' , I read 3 articles having to do with this theory

   I think year-round schooling is better because it helps prepare kids for college.  Over the summer sometimes I forget the things I've learned in the school year before. A lot of the beginning of the year is spent on review when we could be working on new concepts to help our academic achievement. "The widespread breaks keep kids comfortable while their brains don't get 'drained'," says principle of a Detroit public school, "it helps prepare kids for college and the 'real world'".  Students can excel in schooling because of the time spent on work and breaks where kids study while relaxing.
  Many students are struggling with academics, in traditional schooling calendars. But with a year-round schedule, it's different, to help prepare kids for their future. "We have many students who struggle to achieve academic success in school," says Superintendent David Markward. "We need to take advantage of every opportunity that we think is logical for them to be successful." A modified calendar, he says, has provided "educators [with] a time to step back—a time for teachers to make mid-course corrections before learning problems become achievement gaps." 
  Critics say that year-round schooling isn't well brought up because children don't get to spend their summer time relaxing, studying and having their own time. But will that help support kids' learning journey; not at all! And for for a fact, do you really think a 7-15 year olds will spend their time learning? In my own experience (not including me!!!) people have been just goofing of the whole summer. Though on the other hand year-round schooling will help kids with the constant education flow, but with minor intersessions (breaks) in between. Year-round schooling is better with college preparations.

Thursday's At Home Writing

The Periodic Table

Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Sodium
Potassium
Rubidium
Caesium
Francium
Beryllium
Magnesium
Calcium
Strontium
Barium
Radium
Baron
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Aluminum
Silicon
Phosphorus
Sulfur
Chlorine
Argon
Gallium
Germanium
Arsenic
Selenium
Bromine
Krypton
Indium
Tin
Antimony
Tellurium
Iodine
Xenon
Thallium
Lead
Bismuth
Polonium
Astatine
Radon
Ununtrium
Flerovium

5 minute writing on Wednesday

The Element of Ania

"Lit., Sut., Pottas., Rubis., Ces," I repeated after my grandpa. "This is the rhyme you need to know to remember the first elements of the periodic table," he lectured. "Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium," I guessed, "Correct," he affirmed and gave me an approving nod, "And remember, study those and I will tell you the rest later." I stared at him in disbelief, of course I want to learn the periodic table... before I get to seventh grade, I thought to myself.

     That is the story of how I learned the periodic table. :-) 

Year round schooling is better. Argumentive

I think year-round schooling is better because it helps prepare kids for college.  Over the summer sometimes I forget the things I've learned in the school year before. A lot of the beginning of the year is spent on review when we could be working on new concepts to help our academic achievement. "The widespread breaks keep kids comfortable while their brains don't get 'drained'," says principle of a Detroit public school, "it helps prepare kids for college and the 'real world'".  Students can excel in schooling because of the time spent on work and breaks where kids study while relaxing.

Tuesday night AHW

Winter Haiku

Snowflakes falling down
An icy, white land to see
Frosts and Holidays

5 minute AHW, make-up for monday

Poetry Haiku

Words that can move you
Music coming from your pen
The memories stay
 
   -Ania U

What do I think about year-round schooling.

I think year-round schooling is better. Sometimes with the regular school-year kids in my class and I forget things, so a lot of the year is spent doing review. In tests…

Today we read most of the time and I focused and listened as we were supposed to.

Tuesday

Today on our wiki pages we added a list of books to read and other lists and before as a class we read the funny book Battle Bunny.

Translate that poem

Here is the German translation of my Thanksgiving poem,

Ich bin dankbar für mein Herz

hält, dass meine Gefühle und ist

Ich bin dankbar für meine Haare

das gibt mir die Schönheit und verlängert meine Eigenschaften

I wil finish this later

Today

Today we learned about how to write an argument
 Go blue

Thanksgiving Poem Video

LA Today

Today during LA we read a story called "Thank You Ma'm" and answered questions referring to the plot and characteristics of the characters, it was by Langston Hughes

Thanksgiving Poem

What I am Grateful for…

I am grateful for my heart

That holds my emotions and the is the center of us all

I am thankful for my hair

That gives me the beauty I carry on my head and lengthens the characteristics of myself 

I am grateful for the blood that pulses through my veins

That carries my life and will pass on my talent

I am thankful for my eyes

That let me see the world and the people I love

I am grateful for my mouth, with a gift

That lets me speak my truths, lies, my thoughts and eat the food that creates life

I am thankful for my ears

That let me listen to the good others say and hear the wild heartbeat that nature has in store

I am grateful for my nose

That allows me to smell the fragrant Earth beneath my feet and give pleasant and sweet smelling dreams

I am thankful for my feet

That grant me the ability to run from foes and dance to friends

I am grateful for my hands

That let me reach for others but touch their hearts and harvest the food that fuels these greatnesses

I am thankful for my bones

That strengthen my body and hold me up to new heights

I am grateful for my lungs

That let me breath in the air that Mother Nature breathes out

I am thankful for my life
That promised these gifts and cradles my soul

I am grateful for friends and family
That nurture my life, provide me with essentials, shelter me, and give the luck and thanks that I have always had

What would you say??????

Today our substitute teacher read us a book…
 At one point to characters had a disagreement.

The first character snarled, "I don't appreciate you!",  but, the other character calmly said "You don't have any heart…", then she ignored them.

Our assignment:
We had to say something to the victims side,
What would we do if  someone said they don't appreciate us.

I would cooly say, "But, I will appreciate you for your honesty.", or if they are physically hurting me then I would push them away, so neither of us get injured, last I'd purposely walk the same direction they are then take a detour and carry on with my business.

My Published Final Pice

WIND

This is where my final piece of "Wind" will go...

This is in my imagination, I am climbing a mountain. You can look at it in your imagination, too!

Wind Revisions

WONDERS OF THE WIND

   I struggled to hold on, while the falling rocks tried to release my grip. The wind was tugging at me, and threatening to pull me into the depths below. My goal was to get to the peak - where Earth touches the sky, very few climbers attempted to do so. 

   As I climbed my throat was parched with thirst, arms ached, but kept going to achieve my goal. The icy gusts of wind buffeted my golden hair up to a lion's mane. But, with the sight of clouds the hope rose. The ever darkening skies seemed only an inch away; I must persist! Every muscle in my body burned with pain! "Left arm, right arm, left arm, right arm, left foot, right foot..." I chanted in a beat inside my head. I grappled myself so high I could see the top. "Almost there," I breathed. 

   A new spark spread in my heart. A final heave and I hauled myself to the top of the bar. With mighty effort I had achieved my goal. I looked through the tangle of climbing ropes and spotted Grandma standing on the wood chips she waved, I smiled back. I had just climbed to the highest point of the play structure! 

   A feeling lingered in my heart - I remembered when I was younger and not as strong I tried to climb up but couldn't. Though, today I knew that I would succeed, determined I was able to climb to new hights.

   Up that high I cherished the wind, I could feel the Autumn sun warm my skin. I was free! I could see the dust particles that tried to release my grip, too. Glanced down then up again, at the top of my lungs, I screamed "HELLLLOOOOOOOO!", I hoped to make an echo, and it did. I scanned the horizon looking at the houses, cars, and trees which all seemed like tiny ants. I wonder if I will ever get to climb a real mountain someday or name a mountain summit "Sky Peak". Well, I should better enjoy climbing play structures while young. 

   I sat there and watched the clouds roll over the Earth. In the sky, in the wind, in my imagination
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EDIT turkey turkey

Today I edited WIND

Fun stuff
Turkey turkey rap rap
do the tha-ankgivin' song Ya\

this is a song idea (above)

12:52

I updated my writing today.
This is for everyone -
Anybody that views my writing please comment or suggest things, so I can improve my writing pieces.
(:

Plan for final Video

On Tuesday Nov. 19, my class in going to have an Author's Celebration! 

I am making a visual reproduction (video) of my story - Wind, that will be my performance piece.

   PLAN

Where to film the Video?

By the River - on that cliff near the woods, and on any play structure

How to do it?

My mom will film at the top of the cliff my dad will film at the bottom - my sister will be special effects

What to do (script)?

(need to work on the script at home)

Friday FUN

Today I edited my writing pieces,
So now they are better then ever!!!!

Ice Skating

MONOLOGUE
I am an ice skater I've been doing it for about 2 years, though I don't have a lot of experience, boy, am I good at it. I am at level "free skate 2", I learned that a "fail is the key to success" - meaning when I was still learning I fell down a lot, so, know I know 100 ways how not to do a spin.

POEM
Getting dizzy, getting dizzy
Inside I have a feeling, that really gets me fizzy

The more I fall the less I miss
I think I'm getting the hang of this

If I keep on trying, but without lying,
Then soon, I can tell, others will be crying (with envy)

The more I practice this skill
Then I can improve, I will

A couple tries later
I am a better skater

Trick-or-Treat, Give me something good to Eat

Trick-or-Treat

Treat-or-Trick

               "Trick-or-treat!", kids called out; that was the regular thing you'd hear on the night of October 21, Halloween. 

                     Mia (my friend), Maja (my sister), my dad and I strolled the sodden streets, for one reason: candy! Mia was a bumble-bee, my sister was Queen Cleopatra, and I was Arachne (the goddess of spiders). This was the "perfect" night to trick-or-treat, while rain pelted down on us we trudged through puddles of murky water, and while others moaned and groaned about the devil's weather.

                   Chilled to the bone we walked up to our second house, clearly over decorated. That house adorned with a  ghoul draping on the walk-way, dead gamblers (skeletons playing poker), miner 49'er, ghost of their "relatives", and... well you get the idea. "Huh...?", Mia questioned. As we walked up we noticed a sign on the front door that read GO TO THE GARAGE. It's...  

Today - Halloween!

Today is halloween -while at school I was just editing writing so This is here.
I am being Arachne for Halloween she is the goddess of spiders

Hawaii Trip Last Week (AWESOME)

Hawai'i Diaries

2013

Sunday, Oct. 20

We just back from a 13 hour long plane trip and landed in Kona Airport, Big Island Hawai'i.

We also still had a little bit of time to swim in the pool.

(My sister and I in the pool)

Monday, Oct. 21

This was our first full day in Hawai'i! Excitement level - High!!!

My sister and I spent hours in the pool's 4 sections - each having a different depth; equipped with a water slide, waterfalls, 3 Jacuzzis, bridges looming over and providing shade from the smoldering sun, and being fresh water - not salted. Including a 5th section that is a kids pool with a pool bottom lined with soft sand. We spent most of the time in the 2nd section, the one by the kids area (because of my younger sister). The lagoon was the best part of the day! There are: wild sea turtles, manta rays, coral, an assortment of tropical fish, minnows, barnacles, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and well - lets start from the beginning. This is a natural lagoon in the center there is the coral and hundreds of fish such as parrot fish or angel fish; by the waterfall are the sea turtles we I got to see or feel (not hurt) 9 sea turtles!!!!!!

Sea turtles are endangered.

(Areal view of the pool)

(This is the lagoon, the sign warns us about "...DANGEROUS SUBMERGED ROCKS..."

Tuesday, Oct. 22

Tuesday was busy. We attended a Dolphin Quest dolphin encounter and a "Legends of Hawai'i" Luau. The Luau was right after swimming with dolphins.

(I am kissing "Kona" the dolphin)

(The dolphin pool)

(Luaus are all about food and festivity)

(A show was put on about Hawaiian legends)

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Today we went to the Lava tubes.  The area we went to was wiped out by Mauna Loa's (a volcano) lava flows in the 1980's, you might not think this is true but big Island Hawai'i is mainly a black desert - a desert of dried lava flows, some up to hundreds of years old. Not many people know of the lava tubes because it is literally in the middle of no where.

(The desert)

(Standing in the Lava Tube entrances)

(Lava "cave")

Thursday, Oct. 24

Today we had a once in a life time experience - we got to fly in a helicopter above Hawaiian waterfalls and active lava flows from Kilauea Volcano. It was amazing I still remember the feeling of lifting off the ground in a helicopter, we saw active lava in a fiery red-orange color metaphorically I would call it a "waking tiger". The pools of water, formed by the river, looked like bubbles as roaring water thundered down into the depths below.
 (view of Kilauea)

Friday, Oct. 25

Friday we were leaving Hawai'i, but we had some time until our plane departure. During those brief hours I met a 5th grade girl from Australia whom I'd call a friend, saw a lizard, and took a colorful moment with the hotels parrots.

(what we saw from our balcony, we had to soak that view up or we might never see it again)

(A lizard)

(A parrot paparazzi - these and other parrots danced around on their perches and squawked as if they were on stage center)

Saturday, Oct. 26

At home again! :-(

Joey Nowak MLB Writer Interview: Question & Answer (Ania)

You don't have to be a MLB reporter to be a Genius Writer

Today during Language Arts at school we had FaceTime with Joey Nowak my teacher's nephew.

Question:

What is the most important message you heard from Joey Nowak during our video call?

Answer:

Just be yourself and follow your passion - get a job that inspires you and that you enjoy.

The Hunt: LA 10.9.13

The Hunt

A true Story

     It was early morning in Yellowstone Park, and its inhabitants were active, the animals. We had driven  to Lamar Valley - a popular place for spotting animals. Our car drove us through loops, gullies, and hills to get to our destination. Finally we arrived at our intended spot, on  a rise in the clearest spot of the Lamar Valley. We scanned the view using our binoculars. Bison thundered across dirtied roads and in the distance they dotted the vista. Most of the people that stopped were hoping for bears. Suddenly I spotted an elderly couple pointing their fingers to a point and excitedly whispering. My curiosity grew. I walked up to them and asked, "Excuse me, but, what are you looking at now." The woman replied, "You see there, there is a grizzly out there ya see it." "Yes, oh my gosh, it is a bear, a wild one." I chimed. I dashed to my mom to get my handy binoculars, I showed her it and soon all the tourists at that pullover had spotted the grizzly. Timed ticked on, the grizzly bear kept doing whatever it was doing. Its shaggy brown pelt only a speck in the distance to a human's naked eye. "Time to get into the car," my mom called out, I left and buckled my seatbelt. My sister and I exchanged a glance both thinking the same, "But I wanted to watch the grizzly bear". 
       
   Once ready we drowsily drove over the hill and the grizzly was no longer seen in my sight. Our car parked on a rise, my sister and I in no good mood, at 6 o'clock in the morning. I looked down at the ants scavenging for food and awkwardly thought what it would have been like to stay in the cabin. All of a sudden I jolted out of my daydreams, the whole crew (my family) was loading into our car. We went back on the road we came.
     
   I noticed that others were doing the same. Of course! Those two people said there are wolves; just up the road!
     
   I no longer felt like a drowsy "six o'clock in the morning 10 year old", in fact, I felt wide awake. "How cool is that, we are going to see wolves," I squealed, "Yes!" my mom agreed.
    
   Five minutes later our car parked rolled to a stop, everybody wanted to spot the wolves! It was crowded; kids of all ages, 80 year olds and you name it.
   
   Our car doors swished open, I ran to the railing overlooking a clear valley with a trickling stream, pine forests, bison, and elk - a wolf's favorite food.
  
   Maja and I struggled to get a view of the  vista, with all of the much taller tourists also trying to get a glimpse of Yellowstone's wild heart.
  
    "Over here!" my mom called over the quiet roar of the wind. We bounded toward her and the clear spot she reserved. "Look over there...", I said. Effortlessly I spotted a ghostly white shape moving towards a herd of elk. I used my binoculars and then spotted 2 more rugged grey pelts.
   

10 - 4 -13 Small Moment Writing "Wind"

Wind

   I struggled to hold on, while the falling rocks tried to release my grip. The wind was tugging at me, and threatening to pull me into the depths below. My goal was to get to the peak - where Earth touches the sky, very few climbers attempted to do so. 

   As I climbed my throat was parched with thirst, arms ached, but kept going to achieve my goal. The icy gusts of wind buffeted my golden hair up to a lion's mane. But, with the sight of clouds the hope rose. The ever darkening skies seemed only an inch away; I must persist! Every muscle in my body burned with pain! "Left arm, right arm, left arm, right arm, left foot, right foot..." I chanted in a beat inside my head. I grappled myself so high I could see the top. "Almost there," I breathed. 

   A new spark spread in my heart. A final heave and I hauled myself to the top of the bar. With mighty effort I had achieved my goal. I looked through the tangle of climbing ropes and spotted Grandma standing on the wood chips she waved, I smiled back. I had just climbed to the highest point of the play structure! 

   Up that high I cherished the wind, I could feel the Autumn sun warm my skin. I was free! I could see the dust particles that tried to release my grip, too. Glanced down then up again, at the top of my lungs, I screamed "HELLLLOOOOOOOO!", I hoped to make an echo, and it did. I scanned the horizon looking at the houses, cars, and trees which all seemed like tiny ants. I wonder if I will ever get to climb a real mountain someday or name a mountain summit "Sky Peak". Well, I should better enjoy climbing play structures while young. 

   I sat there and watched the clouds roll over the Earth. In the sky, in the wind, in my imagination.

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