Summer Reading: Little Women
Summer Reading: Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
Trees
Trees
Tall proud
Pitching swinging dancing,
In the wind
Endlessly
I wanted to write a poem about nature, and I looked out the window and saw the trees moving in the win so I wrote a poem about trees. It is a cinquain. That means that it has a noun on the first line, two adjectives on the second, three ¨Ing¨ words on the third. a short phrase on the fourth, and then one word that sums up the noun. I would definitely say that line breaks are a big part of this. There is also a little rhythm. I liked the way this turned out and I think it has a really nice flow. I think that I used good descriptive words and gives it a nice picture. This is one of my favorite poems that I wrote.
The Year Throughout
The Year Throughout
Red leaves, falling leaves,
Raining more leaves, Yellow leaves,
Brown leaves, goodbye leaves.
Snow, Ice, Sleet, Frost, Hail,
Laid out like a huge sno-cone.
“Huh” Here comes the sun.
Rain pummels the ground
The street is paved once again
The flowers will bloom
Summer is ice cream
It’s sprinting out to short-stop
Summer is my life
This was a set of four Haikus and there was one for each season. There are a lot of poems about seasons, but I wanted one for all four in order, to show the flow of the year. A haiku is a poem about nature, that has 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 again on the third. I would say that line breaks are a big part of my poem. There is also rhythm and repetition in the autumn one, repetition in the summer one, and imagery in the spring and winter ones. I really like the way it turned out, and I think it was a good idea for a set of 4 poems. I like how different all my poems are, and I also like the flow that it gives throughout the year.
Favorite Art Piece
This was my favorite art piece this year because I like doing things in 3-D. I loved working with wire and just shoving everything into place, and then being gentle with the small parts. I think that I came into it with an open mind which helped me because I could do a lot more. I loved this project.
Final Map Project
I would like to name this piece of art “The Globe Of NYC”. I created this work of art by blowing up a balloon and then paper mache-ing around it with a map of NYC. Then I popped the balloon and painted over the map with mod-podge. Then I painted NYC on it. One thing I learned while creating it was that you need a thick coat of paper mache so that the shell will stay hard. If I could change something I would try to add more of the actual map, not just words on the map. While making this, I was surprised that heat could pop a balloon and I was halfway done with the paper mache, so I had to insert a new balloon into that shell and that’s why it looks lopsided.
Poetry Breakfast Poems
I am using a set of four haikus； one for each season.
The Year Throughout
Red leaves, falling leaves,
Raining more leaves, Yellow leaves,
Brown leaves, goodbye leaves.
Snow, Ice, Sleet, Frost, Hail,
Laid out like a huge sno-cone.
“Huh” Here comes the sun.
Rain pummels the ground
The street is paved once again
The flowers will bloom
Summer is ice cream
It’s sprinting out to short-stop
Summer is unique
Ｍａｎｄａｒｉｎ Ｐｅｎ Ｐａｌ Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ
Ｉｎ Ｍａｎｄａｒｉｎ， ｔｈｅ ８ｔｈ ｇｒａｄｅｒｓ ｗｒｏｔｅ ｐｅｎ ｐａｌ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｕｓ， ａｎｄ ｗｅ ａｌｌ ｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｏｎｅｓ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｃｈｏｉｃｅ． Ｗｅ
ａｎｓｗｅｒｅｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ， ａｎｄ ａｓｋｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ． Ｔｈｉｓ ｗａｓ ａ ｇｒｅａｔ ｗａｙ ｔｏ ｕｓｅ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ
ｌｅａｒｎｅｄ ｓｏ ｆａｒ． Ｗｅ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅｄ ａｌｍｏｓｔ ａｌｌ ｏｆ ｏｕｒ ｕｎｉｔｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ． I ｔｈｉｎｋ ｔｈｉｓ ｈａｓ ｂｅｅｎ ａ ｇｒｅａｔ ｙｅａｒ ｆｏｒ ｍｅ ｉｎ
ｍａｎｄａｒｉｎ ｃｌａｓｓ． Ｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ｍｙ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ：
你好王力!
我是穆彦。我是男生。 我今年十二岁。我是美国人。我上六年级。我在 Lynne 的班。你在谁的班？ 我喜欢打篮球，踢足球，和打棒球。我不喜欢滑雪。我没有宠物。我的家有四个人。我的家有妈妈，爸爸，姐姐，和我。我的姐姐是以六岁。我最喜欢颜色是粉色。你有最喜欢时的颜色？ 我想吃寿司。你想吃什么？ 我的朋友是很瘦。我的朋友叫武华。
谢谢， 穆彦。
Map Art Update
So far, this piece has been going well. I am almost done. I have only two more steps. I am going to paint NYC, and then cover the whole thing in mod podge. I think this will look really cool when it’s done, and I can’t wait. I am really proud of this piece.
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