In 6th grade so far we have worked on our poetry skill. Before poetry was introduced this year, I had already taken a liking to it. It really is an art and I can express a lot of my thoughts through this writing. I worked really hard on my memory poem and I have chosen that one to share in front of all the parents. We have explored many different styles of poetry and all of them are so different from one another. I hope that I continue this subject further in school.
Our group chose Travel to talk about. Our perspective is from a newscaster that has been to the Sibi Fair. We talked about the great assets that come with the Sibi fair. Then we did an interview with Wardak about how he liked the fair. It was a great experience and I learned a lot about the Sibi fair while reading the book.
This is the link to our interview:
https://drive.google.com/a/lrei.org/file/d/0Bx447Aoz9qMLVURnZ2ljRXhMMXM/view
Do You want to have the best time of your life? Come to the Sibi Fair!
The Sibi fair is the best place to go if you want to have some fun in Pakistan. It has wonderful games and rides. It also has a great selection of camels for trading. The Sibi fair has amazing musician and they will serenade you into the night. And a good trade means good fortune.
The weather at the Sibi fair is humid and lovely. It rains periodically for the camels to get healthy and for us to refill our jars. The sand surrounding the fair is just enough heat to toast your toes. When the sun rises up above your head it shines over everybody’s beautiful faces. The Sibi fair is welcoming to the 2nd pillar of Islam, Salah, for the five moments in the day. There are amazing spots outside in the sand for camping and festivals. There is also a lot amazing food. On the fairgrounds there are many stands lining the streets. You can get many different foods for low prices. The food is all made right there in front of you and is very fresh. There is also water and other drinks to for you, whenever you need them. “The Chapatis are simply wonderful!” Said Murad.
On top of that there are mysterious wonders in this fair. Like the magnetic man. He can place metal objects on his body and they won’t fall off. They also have the balancing brunet. She can take anything and balance in on her head. The Sibi fair has many more like the jumping jack russel, the morphing man, the cackling camel etc… These attractions are so powerful that it pulls in crazy people like the scary Man Woman. It has been to the Sibi fair multiple times, but don’t fear so far it hasn’t attacked anyone. We also have the notorious Wonder Wheel! You can ride it while eating a piping hot pan or your freshly cooked chapati. When you are up there it is amazing with the wind in your face and the sun gently beaming down at you. You can go there with your best friend or with your loved one. The trading at the Sibi Fair is great and you will not be disappointed. You can get the best camels in the eastern region. You can spend your time walking around, browsing for anything you want. It’s a great bargain. You can spend your time walking around the Sibi Fair. There are many booths to go to and many items to choose from. As you can see, the Sibi fair is the best place to go in Pakistan.
How did you like the Sibi fair?
What was your favorite part?
What do you trade?
What did you trade?
With who?
Would you go back?
Why?
If you are ever giving birth and you are in a bad place, this is what to do. First you call out for help. A good tip for that is to wale. It brings more attention to you. If that doesn’t work try to push really hard, like really hard. Yell if it helps. And if that does not work then give up. It is probably already dead so just give up because you have tried everything. After someone comes they will help you and get the baby out. It is probably dead, but if it is not dead then you are lucky! Birth is a hard thing and I might not show it but I do care when my baby dies. (sigh)
muslimmatters.org “‘It was another boy,’ mama whispers.”p.173
“My wedding’s… ruined!”P.162 What if Dadi’s dead? What if Hamir’s dead? Can I ever go back to my new house? Oh, please Allah, what have I done to deserve this? Guide my father back to me. Shabanu doesn’t even worry about it. I wish I was more like her. She is so brave and wild. I try to let go, but there is to many things in my way. I must be a proper lady and do as Mama and Auntie say. Ahh, what if my life is ruined? I could die, that is so scary.
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In humanities right now we are learning about poetry.This is a poem I wrote all by myself. I wrote it in a style called Cinquain. The first line must be 2 syllables, the second 4, the third 6, the fourth is 8 and the final line is 2 again. This is one out of three ways to write a Cinquain poem. I missed out on a humanities class the taught us this, so I had to write this poem at my house. I do take a real liking in this subject. I think it is most enjoyable. Over all poetry is quite hard to write. You have to put your mind in a different head space. I think I am progressing in coming up with better words to describe myself. Something that I found challenging was making my writing fit the rubric of the poem. Dave has taught our class a lot more skills about writing poetry and annotating it too. We have looked at Rumi poems. Rumi was a man in the medieval times that was one of the first people to write poetry. He wrote it in such a way that it spoke to people through there hearts. We took some of his poems and annotated them because it is an important skill to not only be able to write poetry but to understand poetry. I am looking forward to writing more and more every class I take.
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ght think that bones are glued or sewn together but in reality bones are held together by magical holders called joints. Right now take a look at your shoulder or your finger or you elbow. These are some parts of the body that help you out a lot, but you don’t really know how they work, so we’re going to explain it. One thing that all these parts of your body have in common is that they are mostly just a joint. These joints are all different from each other. There are actually five main types of joints. The ball and socket, Condyloid joint, Saddle joint, hinge joint, pivot joint. The ball and socket joint is made to almost move on a 360 degree angle. There are a lot of ligaments because of how much movement it can do but since there are so many ligaments a lot of things can go on. The ball and socket joint structure is good because when protecting or blocking yourself human instincts are to cover yourself with your arms using your ball and socket joint. You have to move your arms in many directions so the ball and socket joint is very useful.A good example of the condolid is the wrist bone. The condyloid is what gives the wrist bone flexibility to move in different ways. But it doesn’t get all of the flexibility that the ball and socket gets. Saddle joint, You can find this joint in your thumb. The thumb sits on a kind of bone that sits on another bone. The saddle joint is also what gives your thumb to move in different ways, like how you can touch all your fingers on your hand with only your thumb. Hinge joint, You will find this joint in your fingers. This joint only moves one way. It is just like door. It only moves forward. Our human body has adapted to picking up things so now our hands only need to one way, but who know what we would be capable of if we could move our joints backward. Where would your nails be. Our life would be very different if our fingers were more like the ball and socket joint. The animals before were digging so this joint was an advantage. It would make your joints stronger.he pivot joint you find in your elbow and that makes you rotate your elbow in different ways. This joint looks like a pole that has a semi circle wrapped around the top. Now that you know more about your joints, hopefully you will be more careful about cracking your knuckles or popping out a joint.
My mom is the drama teacher at our school and I chose to interview her because I already knew a lot about her, but I found out that there is a whole other side to her. I love my mom and I love learning about her. This was a really fun experience because I jumped into my mom’s childhood and upbringing. My mom has always been an amazing person in my eyes, but when I heard her stories I really thought about my mom’s entire life. I have always been interested in my mom’s life because she turned out to be such a kind and loving human being that I wanted to learn more about how she came to be. My interview happened in my house and I was on the couch. My mom and I had a nice interview and I learned a lot about my mom’s history and her career.
We wrote letters to the people we wanted to interview for our project. The letter asked about things that I would want to learn more about. I really loved this project and I felt like I did a lot of thoughtful writing. It was all handwritten, but luckily for me I have great handwriting. I gave it to my mom and when she read it and agree I was quite happy. I kind of knew that she wasn’t going to say no because she’s my mom and this is a school project. I had a lot of fun writing it and the entire time was fun too.
I thought about what I wanted to ask my mom and I had to really dig deep because I know her well. I had to think of questions that were thoughtful and still had a lot of ways to go. I think that I did good questions because I got a lot of good responses.These are the questions I came up with:
What is your favorite part about your job and why?
What was your childhood like?
What’s a moment in your life that made you change as a person?
If you could re-do your life what would you change and why?
What was the biggest difference between England and America?
What do you miss about England?
Where have you been and where do you want to go and why?
What was the hardest challenge in life?
Who helped you through the hardest moment of your life?
We wrote our step that we took in a document. Here are mine:My step 2 doc
I feel really good on how it turned out. I put a lot of time and effort into it and I think it payed off. I am proud to present My interview.
This is my Parzival essay and I loved writing this because I feel like I am really good at debate and I think it is fun. I love showing my evidence for things to prove that I am right. The essay had guide lines, the guide lines are called T.E.E.A.C., that stands for Topic sentence, Evidence, Explanation, Analysis, Conclusion. It really helped when I was stuck and didn’t know what to do and I will now use it for future times. This is my T.E.E.A.C. essay format and then the finished essay.
My thesis statement: Parzival became king by free will because He pushed through his troubles, He made a promise to himself to not kill and had to do the right thing even if it wasn’t what they told him to do.
Intro: Where would humanity be without free will? In a ditch, we would all be in a ditch and no one would ever be anything better than a peasant. Free will built our country, our world. In the book, Parzival by Katherine Paterson, a boy sets off on a journey to learn about the world he lives in and to become a knight. On the way many things happen to this boy and he finds out his name is Parzival and then he ends up becoming king. Parzival became king by free will because he pushed through his troubles, he made a promise to himself to not kill ever again and he did the right thing even if it wasn’t what other people told him to do.
T.E.E.A.C.
BP1
Topic Sentence: Parzival became king by pushing through his problems.
Evidence: On page 56, “You fool! You wretched fool! Why didn’t you ask the question?”
Explanation: Everyone wouldn’t tell him what he did wrong and what the question was, but he persevered through that.
Analysis: This is a big part about the story because it was very easy to turn back and go home but he didn’t do that. Free will made him continued his journey.
Conclusion (Transition):Not only was parzival dedicated to making it to his decination, but he was also loyal.
BP2
Topic Sentence: Parzival continued his journey by keep promises to himself and others.
Evidence:On page 32 a man told Parzival, “If you have defeated a man in battle, you do not need to kill him.”
Explanation: Parzival never killed again and he stayed true to himself.
Analysis: This is a big part to learn about parzival, he keeps his promises and that is free will.
Conclusion (Transition): Parzival is loyal but he is also clever.
BP3
Topic Sentence: Parzival came into royalty because he will do the right thing no matter what other people tell him.
Evidence: On page 17 Parzival said, “I will take my javelin and avenge these wrongs!”
Explanation: He then spent the rest of his journey trying to do just that even though his cousin didn’t want him to go.
Analysis: Parzival is selfless and that is a choice that he made.
Conclusion (Transition): Now you have seen that Parzival is dedicated, loyal and selfless. His journey to becoming a king is truly because of free will.
Conclusion: Parzival decided his path in life. He could have taken other roots down the road, but he chose wisdom. Everyone has made their own story, their own journey. How do you think Obama got to become president or how Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak came together to make Apple. These people all thought outside the box and that is Free will.
Finished version:
Where would humanity be without free will? In a ditch, we would all be in a ditch and no one would ever be anything better than a peasant. Free will built our country, our world. In the book, Parzival by Katherine Paterson, a boy sets off on a journey to learn about the world he lives in and to become a knight. On the way many things happen to this boy and he finds out his name is Parzival and then he ends up becoming king. Parzival became king by free will because he pushed through his troubles, he made a promise to himself to not kill ever again and he did the right thing even if it wasn’t what other people told him to do.
Parzival became king by pushing through his problems. On page 56, “You fool! You wretched fool! Why didn’t you ask the question?” Everyone wouldn’t tell him what he did wrong and what the question was, but he persevered through that. This is a big part about the story because it was very easy to turn back and go home but he didn’t do that. Free will made him continued his journey. Not only was Parzival dedicated to making it to his decination, but he was also loyal.
Parzival continued his journey by keep promises to himself and others. On page 32 a man told Parzival, “If you have defeated a man in battle, you do not need to kill him.” Parzival never killed again and he stayed true to himself. This is a big part to learn about Parzival, he keeps his promises and that is free will. Parzival is loyal but he is also sensible.
Parzival came into royalty because he will do the right thing no matter what other people tell him. On page 17 Parzival said, “I will take my javelin and avenge these wrongs!” He then spent the rest of his journey trying to do just that even though his cousin didn’t want him to go. Parzival is selfless and that is a choice that he made. Now it has been shown that Parzival is dedicated, loyal and selfless. His journey to becoming a king is truly because of free will.
Parzival decided his path in life. He could have taken other roots down the road, but he chose wisdom. Everyone has made their own story, their own journey. How do you think Obama got to become president or how Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak came together to make Apple. These people all thought outside the box and that is Free will.
This is my soundtrap song. I am not finished with it yet so it is not perfect. Soundtrap is a software that we use in music to make compositions. I personally like it because you can get a bunch of other people playing on your piece. I think it is a lot of fun to use and make it the exact way you want them.
