This is an example of good note taking. Although I would like to improve my handwriting, this page is still neat and clear. There is good spacing between lines and it is well organized.
This is an example of bad note taking. I used multiple pens for no reason, wrote big notes that were not important, and hastily wrote this page of notes. I must have been bored in class, because colors and the sizes of words are all over the place.
Ender’s Game
By Orson Scott Card
Alive
By Piers Paul Read
I do not like poetry. Just like how I do not like Jacob Statorius. But here are a few of my poems.
Not Afraid:
Left for dead
You’ll die anyway,
they said
Here I am
I’m not dead
I’m not thriving
Barely surviving
But yet again,
I’m not dead
This is a poem I wrote inspired by the Revenant. It has repetition, line breaks and rhythm. This is my best and favorite poem. I thought of it really quickly and then edited it.
Sam Saslow:
Samsas
Young god, french fry
Always ballin’, unless
YAI YAI YAI YAI LING CHING
J Crew
This is a poem about Sam. It is a haiku. It has syllable count and it is funny. It is a silly poem, which can be good or bad.
五七五持：
今天我学了
我最喜欢的饮料
可乐和橙汁
Today I learned
My favorite drinks are
Coke and orange juice
(Jīn tiān wǒ xué le
wǒ zuì xǐhuan de yin liao
kě lè he cheng zhi)
This is a 5-7-5 poem in Mandarin. It is not a haiku because it is not about nature. It has character== count. It was hard to get the grammar right.
Preparing a Dowry
My beautiful daughter, Phulan is getting married this Ramadan. Her fiance is my nephew Hamir. I cannot wait for the wedding! I am praying for sons every day! But with only a few months left until the wedding, I still need to get the dowry finished! I do not even have half of the money, jewelry or clothes yet. That is why I have brought 15 of my finest camels to the Sibi fair. I have promised my youngest daughter, Shabanu that we will not sell our most exceptional camel, Gulaband, but the offers are tempting. The highest offers are from governments, but I will not sell Gulaband, only for him to die in war. Nevertheless, there are still good offers from people who actually care for their animals. I am leaning towards an offer from a herder who from Zhob. The deal on the table is 30,000 rupees for a bunch of females, a few calves. That is a good deal, I think as I accept. Right after, a man wants to buy Tipu for 18,000! Of course, that is a deal! I can only accept the highest deals, or else I will lose potential money. But those deals need to come fast because it costs 20 rupees a day just to feed them! You need every rupee for a good dowry! I am still very short of my goal, and my best camels are gone. I think I need to sell Gulaband, even against Shabanu’s will. I have my head in the clouds thinking of the offers I will get! I am so joyful, and Shabanu has done so well selling the saddles, I send her off to get food for a feast tonight! with my belly full, I drift off into sleep, only to be awakened by Wardak, and Afghan who wants the males, screaming. I go out, and after a lot more screaming and bargaining, the deal is done. For all the males, even Gulaband, I get 150,000 rupees! Shabanu comes out screaming, but I stop her before any harm is done. I am very pleased, as now I have almost completed the dowry!
How To Survive Life in the Desert
Life in the desert is very, very tough. From sandstorms to monsoon rains, here is a step by step guide on how to survive life in the desert:
Shelter: Mud huts are the best option. You do not want something too permanent, as you are constantly moving.
Food/Water: The toba dictates whether you are staying or moving. If your toba runs out of water, you must move. You need lots of water because that is where your whole herd drinks from. As far as food goes, you eat whatever is suitable. You eat chapatis for nearly every meal.
Monsoon Rains: The holy grail of desert life! You life off of the monsoons, as that is where you get your water.
Sandstorms: A very, very dangerous part of life in the desert. You must secure everything as fast as possible, and make sure everyone is with you. Tend to the herd if you can, but people are more important. If you get lost, tie you turban or chadr to the top of a tree and make a fetal position until you are found. Do not move.
Diary
Today was a rough day. My daughters escaped a bad situation, but my oldest daughter’s groom was killed. We had set up camp near Hamir’s settlement, and it was the afternoon. I sent Shabanu and Phulan to fetch some water, but the landlord, Nazir Mohammad saw them. He was going to rape them! Thinking on her feet, Shabanu threw her jar at him and ran, grabbing Phulan on the way. Mithoo ran back to camp, so we had to move! I told them to go back to Derawar, and I had Sher Dil take the animals. They had to get away, and I needed to settle this. I grabbed a gun from the tent and ran to find Hamir. Nazir Mohammad has already killed a few men, and he would kill each of them without a thought. Still, my family needed to live. Nazir Mohammad was the only one mad, but he has all the power. After a lot of screaming, he killed Hamir, saying, “That is your price.” I quickly got on a camels back and had him run all the way to the camp. When I broke the news, Phulan was devastated. I am grateful to still be alive.
For fourth quarter writing, we are learning about poetry. So far we have learned a lot about different types of poems like cinquains and haiku’s, and how to write them. In Mandarin for Poem in Your Pocket day, we wrote a 五七五持. That means 5-7-5 poem. It is not a haiku because it is not about nature. A challenge doing the 五七五持 was that syllables do no mean anything in Chinese. Each character has pinyin, but it is only one syllable each, so instead of 5-7-5 syllables, we did 5-7-5 characters.
My 五七五持：
今天我学了
我最喜欢的饮料
可乐和橙汁
That means
Today I learned
My favorite drinks are
Coke and orange juice
Cinquain
Yeezus:
Yeezys
Comfortable, Hype
Not for running, only for walking and talking
On my feet in my dreams
Expensive
Haiku
Willie Mays:
All time great… there he goes!
Like a fly escaping the swatter
Running, running, gone
Do you you think your lungs are just two big balloons? Well, you are wrong! This is what the inside of your lungs look like:
Your lungs have 300 million alveoli surrounding them, and many bronchioles connected. The diagram above shows something that could resemble a family tree. The trachea splits into two bronchi, and the bronchi split into countless bronchioles.
Here are a few reasons why having alveoli, a tracia, two bronchi and many bronchioles is better than two “balloon” lungs:
For the alveoli, they have a more surface area to volume ratio
More surface area means a better exchange of oxygen and Co2
The trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles transport oxygen to the alveoli, that then transport oxygen all over your body
So next time someone tells you otherwise, tell them the truth!
I did not like this project. It was not fun, and I got cut with an X-Acto knife.
This is my favorite piece of work in art ever. I love the materials that we work with, and my idea has been executed nicely.
We did tai chi for the lunar new year festival.It was hard but really fun.
This is my test from the 3rd quarter. We had to describe someone that the whole class knew and then they had to guess who it was. I did Dan. Here is the translation for the charters below: This person is male. He is American. His favorite sport is basketball. He likes apples. His favorite color is blue. He is not fat or thin. His favorite animal is gerbils. He is 26 years old. He has blonde hair.
这人是男人。他是美国人。他最喜欢的运动是打篮球。
他最喜欢苹果。他最喜欢的颜色是蓝色。不胖不瘦。他最喜欢的动物是沙鼠。他二十六岁。他有金色的头发。
We also learned about colors and sports. For our color project, we made a poster and on the back were things of the color we picked.
For the past few classes, we studied the best lunch that you can have. We started by guessing what it could be and then we saw the real thing. You should have 27.5% of your meal be vegetables and grains, fruit and protein should be 16.25% and 12.5% should be dairy. We realized that I have way to much dairy from chocolate milk. 80% of my diet was chocolate milk but I narrowed it down to 70% this week.