The Play

Boom! Flash! The lights were back on. The Seussical play had begun. What behold the dear audience was a colorful well-crafted set. The birds from the jungle of Nool, wore sparkly and colorful costumes and sashes. Meanwhile the monkeys wore dark and sinister get up. And the little Who's were as cheery as ever. I recognized almost all of the faces behind their costumed disguise. The whole Suessical was a big hit with everyone! And I liked it to! A shout out to those people that acted in the school play, "Great job, you guys! It was amazing! Fabu!"

Wonder Literary Essay 1/30

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.” Marianne Williamson helps us understand that we are poweful, and we are able to overcome our own challenges. Auggie is constantly being judged and discriminated my his physical difference. An important idea is the support he gets from his friends and overcoming obstacles in life. In "Wonder" by RJ Palacio, Auggie keeps asking himself the question, "How will I get through school?" I can't imagine what it is like to be Auggie! So, Auggie was always homeschooled, and now he has to go to school. People will judge him and worse, in the end he makes a lot of friends. This story tells us the challenge Auggie has to face. But mostly, "Wonder" is about overcoming obstacles in life to grow. (7)

Throughout the story, Auggie faces many obstacles in school. He is like a captive zebra, in a herd of wild horses. Like the zebra, he was babied, and different, but still heading in the same direction and with the same roots. At first Auggie struggled to accommodate to his new life. I guess he just didn't know what to expect! For example, on page 37 in the second paragraph the Palacio writes, "I still kept my head way down… no one sat down next to me." This excerpt shows that Auggie didn't know how to handle getting through his normal school day, yet. And what made it even worse was that no one would sit next to him! Can you even comprehend how that must have been for Auggie?  (7)

Also in the story, Auggie gets constant support from his few friends and family, they help him grow while he overcomes obstacles. He is like a newborn eagle stranded in his nest. Like the eagle, Auggie doesn't know how to metaphorically "fly", he is stuck in his own world, and overcomes his own difficulties. For example, on page 267 the first and second paragraph the author writes, "Yo, dude… and we started walking over to Amos." This shows that people do really care about Auggie, because in this excerpt the most unlikely people- Henry, Miles and Amos- come and help out Auggie when the other kids were bullying him. But Henry, Miles and Amos also bullied him at one point. Why did they help him? Because they cared. They used their strong "wings" to help him fly. That proves that Auggie gets support from his friends. So he grew to become stronger. (11)

By the end of the story Auggie has gotten through school and all of the challenges it had for him. Not only has he overcome obstacles but he has met them head on. These challenges are other kids and classmates, and he has grown to become great friends with them. For example: on page 307-308, Palacio writes, "And the next thing I knew… everyone wanted to get close to me." This shows that all of the people in his class and school have disregarded his differences and now became great friends. Because it is not enough to be friendly, you have to be a friend. Even the"popular" kids came over to him, they wanted Auggie to be in their memories of picture. Like Augie says in the excerpt, "… Everyone wanted to get close to me." (8)

This essay has proven, that overcoming challenges and obstacles makes you grow. And indeed Auggie has grown to a more confident. No more will he fret a school of kids discriminating him. He made it through school! If Auggie decided to continue being homeschooled do you think he would have grown so much? This connects to the real world because we all have to overcome challenges, but sometimes we will need some support doing so. In my life, when I go out on on my own in the "real" world (past college) myself and others will run into problems and obstacles with running our lives. Most of the time those challenges will prepare us for the next one, failure leads to success. But sometimes friends and family will have to help us. Now, as I think of the power of overcoming challenges, I realize that much of what we accomplish in life comes from that and the growth. (10)

ABC, 123

When you think of the word school… what is the fist thing that you picture in your mind (besides homework)? For me I picture the classic Math and LA 123, ABC. It is on many abbreviations for school related things.

Poem

1 thing is important: education
2 days in the weekend
3 times 6 is 18

Always do your homework
Before bedtime, read
Class

Roly-Poly, Pell-Mell, Tumble-Bumble

I was just looking through my childhood story books. Books from when I was 3 years old. One of my favorite stories back then was called "The Poky Little Puppy". It is about a nosy, young, and curious puppy that always seems to sniff out trouble in the adventures he has beyond his back yard. This particular tale is about Poky and his 4 other brothers and sister digging a hole in their fence to explore beyond. And what they find is a big green hill filled with puppy size terrors like: snakes and spiders. But, the Poky little puppy strays down the hill to the grassy meadow where he picks up wiffs of the deserts that he are going to have. Read the rest of this children's book yourself to find out what happens next. Then maybe you could tell your 3 year old cousin or sibling about this fabulous story.

IR Book Literary Essay - The Kill Order

If the world was pretty close to ending, then I think the will to survive would be one of my number one priorities. Living- let alone surviving, in a world of devastation can be hard. In the book "The Kill Order" written by James Dashner, it seems that Mark and Trina are on the verge of sanity- literally, and are trying to keep them and their friends alive. Imagine taking sacrifices just to save your friends. One of the important ideas from this book is to be grateful for what you have. Since Mark and Trina might be catching a deadly virus at any moment or getting killed by insane people who have already caught the virus, they are still grateful for each other and the blessing of food they get every once in a while. So, The Kill Order is really about the power of perseverance.

In the story there is evidence of the power of perseverance. Mark and Trina and their friends rely on each other in order to survive. In case you didn't know perseverance is the steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving a goal. For example, on page 14, top of the page the author wrote, "We'd better get back down… Or the world will end!" This excerpt proves that with so little in their burnt world, Mark and Trina have each other. And they still manage to have some fun. This shows the power of perseverance because in order to live, they will have to work for it. Like a smart one once said, "eat to live don't live to eat." Mark and Trina are eating to live, if they can even find any food

Also in the story they care for each other so much. Mark and his friends are like puzzles pieces. That work well when they are together, but are useless when the puzzle pieces are alone… and are likely to get lost. Along the way they meet a helpless five year old named Deedee. Her parents were killed and Trina and Lana cared for her when they found her. Even though she was just a mother mouth to feed they took her to their arms. Like when...

By the end of the story
For example

What do fish do?

What do fish do?

When they are out of water…

they hop,

and the top,

and they flop, flop, flop.

What do fish do?

When they are in the ocean…

they prim,

and they limb, 

and they swim, swim, swim.

What to fish eat?

When they are hungry…

they eat sea bass,

they eat lass,

and grass, grass, grass.

Who do fish like?

If they're happy then they like…

their school,

their pool,

and they like you, you, you, too!

A Glance at Tarantulas

What do you think of when you hear the word tarantula. With many people words like: creepy, crawly scary and deadly appear. But, with tarantula's that is not the case. So, it is my job to prove and disprove common misconceptions of these amazing arachnids.

The first words was creepy. I have no clue why people think tarantula's are creepy. Many are used as Halloween icons. But why? In many cultures, scary stories were often associated with spiders. Have you heard of the greek goddess Arachne. I was Arachne for Halloween last year, I knew people would find her creepy. So the creepy aspect comes from stories.

Crawly! Well, duh. Tarantulas crawl. How else are they supposed to move around!? Have you actually ever held a tarantula? It doesn't feel at all like needles scraping across your skin. It feel like little flower petals brushing across your palm. My pet tarantula is very mellow. She rarely moves fast, when she does that is when she is about to eat her cricket. That brings us to scary.

Scary, are you afraid of tarantulas? I am not. Many people are arachnaphobic, which is the fear of spiders. This fear is mental. If you actually get to know these cool creatures then they are the exact opposite of scary. This mentality comes from rumors. Like "A spider in your house is bad luck" or "a spider's venom will kill you." Both of those statements are not true. Because no one has ever died of a tarantula bite. Hmmm… Deadly?

Now deadly. One truth though, is their venom. All spiders are venomous, that is how they hunt. They mean no harm to us. They are more afraid of you then you are of them. Tarantula's are not deadly. But, only a few species in the world, out of thousands, have venom strong enough to kill you. You are actually more likely to be killed by a dog, then by a tarantula.