I think that my presentation turned out good. (For the most part) I also think that I could have tried harder, for the programing. I struggled a lot with the sound quality, and trying to make the sound stick, and not having me every time to go back and put it there. I’m very proud of the timing of people saying things. I’m also proud of the background that I made myself.
This is my piece. I worked really hard on it, and I’m very happy. I like it because it isn’t one of those piece’s of music where it’s light headed, I like it because it explains the journey of life. And it’s up’s and down’s. I’s right’s and wrong’s. I also like the way it sounds and rings in your head like a real melody. The point is I really like it.
This is what I think atoms look like:
Who I think my atom idea is most like J J Thompsan, 1906 Why J J Thompsan’s idea is like mine is that his idea was that there was tiny bits of super nova floating around in space like a tiny net pushing back stuff and letting stuff through. My idea is that atoms are in us, and that there is bits of super nova floating around in us, too tiny to see, that is like a mini net.
Now that we have studied this in class, I think that Atoms are little pieces of super nova floating around in us, and that there is a cloud of dust around the atoms, and they are little balls of life. I also think that every scientist is correct, and was on the path to knowing the answer, it just took a lot of people to figure out each step.
French Reflection
My favorite activity in this class is Simon says. I really like playing that game because it reminds me of where I went with my french friend Chloe. We played a lot of games and one of the games was that game. (I also like it because It almost has my name in it.)I enjoy it because it is a challenge to lose or win or make the other person lose.I learned this game from my mom because it is a childhood game, except in english.I also enjoy bingo. It’s so satisfying if you get a stamp and if you are so close and you lose!It’s a good way to feel happy for someone.
THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN
By Simone Sokol
The book that I read over the summer is called The World’s Worst Children written by David Walliams. (In the book there are several stories, but I decided to pick “Bertha the Blubberer.”) The main characters are: William, Bertha’s brother; Bertha; and her parents. The setting of the story is their house. The two main problems are: Number one, Bertha would wail. She could make herself have puddles for something little, like a leaf falling to the ground. Number two, Bertha and her lying, because she could make herself cry in a heartbeat. Poor William had to suffer her blubbering: “William pinched me hard on the arm!” or “William kicked me!” Sometimes she would elaborate on the lie by actually pinching herself to show her brother’s “beastliness.” The worst thing is every “crime” William would do, Bertha got triple pudding. Her favorite dessert. (Fun fact about Bertha: She once tried to sell her brother for a piece of chocolate cheesecake.)
The thing that changed Bertha’s lovely world of pudding was one day, to protect her from her brother, her parents were out in the garden; but they were watching Bertha. To get her brother in trouble, Bertha started pulling out her hair—but her parents saw what she was doing and didn’t come. So she kept doing it until she was bald. Her parents scolded her, and from them on they sided with her brother, even when he really did do something wrong. “No pudding for you young lady… ever again!” said her father. That quote helped me understand how Bertha had blubbered one too many blubbers.
I loved The World’s Worst Children to bits because it was fun to find out how far David Walliams would go and what ideas he would come up with. It was also fun to notice how Bertha got treated when her brother was the favorite. One example is at the end when Bertha would get pinched, but nobody believed her. Another example is when her father scolded Bertha and she was so satisfied because she had a stash of chocolate under her bed, until he said the words “ever again.”
A third example is when Bertha and William were mean to each other, to see the difference. (They are related after all. They did the same tricks!) What kind of reader would enjoy this book is one that likes to be silly and who likes a good cliffhanger. Also toilet talk like “To reveal the queen sitting on the toilet!” I would rate this book four and a half stars because there is not another setting other than her house. But a million more stars anyway (if I could). 🙂 In other words, I really liked the book.
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