May
12
May
6
Dadi Point of View Blog Post
How To Survive a Sandstorm by Yourself
Hello, my name is Dalil Abassi. My family knows me by Dadi, though. I am a Chalistani Nomad. I live with my wife, two daughters (one named Shabanu, and the other Phulan), my father (who is a Jindwadda Ali Abassi troop), my sister in law, and her two sons. It is a full house and I haven’t even mentioned the camels yet. We earn our money by breeding and selling our fine camels. We had to sell even our best recently to pay for my daughter’s dowry’s and weddings. Phulan is getting wed this summer, and Shabanu, the summer after that. We have recently experienced an extremely bad sandstorm and my father got lost in it. We eventually found him very ill, and barely alive.
Part 1: How to know when a sandstorm is coming.
If there isa sandstorm, you will see a big cloud of fog that looks like it’s been covered with dust. The atmosphere will be hazy and it will be hard to see.
Part 2: What to do if there is a sandstorm.
Step 1: Get everything to safety.
If you see a sandstorm coming and you are alone, you need to get everything that can’t get dirty inside your mud hut. If you don’t, valued stuff might get buried under mounds of dirt and sand. They will be hard to find, and if you need them, you will be in big trouble. That’s why I suggest doing it fast.
Step 2: Close everything off.
Get a big tarp that can cover your entrance and secure it so the sand and dust will not get in.
Step 3: Wait it out.
Even if you have a family member out in the storm, it would be best if you didn’t chase after them. If you do, your face and skin will be very dehydrated and will start cracking and you will have to heal it. Also, dust will fill your lungs and throat and you will not be able to breathe which will cause you to suffocate. Stay calm and the storm will be over soon enough.
Step 4: When the storm’s over.
When the storms over, don’t start to unpack right away. Put a piece of cloth over your head and one over your nose and mouth, and peek your head outside your hut. If the storm is clear within 15 miles, it is safe to go outside. Once it is approximately 30 miles away, you can unpack, but you have to be careful still.
May
1
Yanks Fans by, Marlo
In humanities yesterday, we learned about two different types of poems. First we learned about haiku’s. Haiku’s are three lined poems. On the first line there are five syllables. On the second, eight, and on the third, five. Haiku’s are usually about nature, but they don’t have to be. Then, we learned about cinquain poems. There are three formats for cinquain poems.
Cinquain Type 1:
Line 1: 1 word
Line 2: 2 words
Line 3: 3 words
Line 4: 4 words
Line 5: 1 word
Cinquain Type 2:
Line1: 1 noun
Line 2: 2 adjectives
Line 3: 3 -ing words
Line 4: 1 phrase
Line 5: Another word for the noun
Cinquain Type 3:
Line1: 2 syllables
Line2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables
After leaning about cinquians and haikus, we wrote our own poems. The one I wrote was a cinquain type 3.
Really?
Are you a Yank?
You Yanks fans are nasty
How can you stand it? Met’s for life
Always
April
18
Structure Fits Function… Muscular System-Tendons
In Science, Konrad, Oni and I have been studying the muscular system. Part of the muscular system is tendons. We learned everything from Wikipedia and BioDigital.
There are many parts to the Muscular system but tendons are probably some of the most important parts. Tendons are like gum. It can move with the muscle and the bones. Tendons bind the muscle to a bone, just like a piece of gum can bind two things together. If you have ever heard of a muscle being torn or tearing basically what is happening is there are multiple tears (mostly smaller tears but sometimes the tears can be bigger) in the tendon. You will know when this happens because you will feel pains in the tendon along with the area becoming swollen and stiff. You will also not be able to move the area because the tendon helps the bone move, and if it’s not working, you can’t move the bone.
April
7
Josh Vanton Piece
March
10
Before
After
In Science Class, we have been learning about good diets. The first thing we did was go to Choose My Plate. We found out what a good diet was. We’ve been trying to eat better for the past days and I’ve done a lot better.
Before
After
March
8
Who The Heck Are YOU? (In Progress)
In humanities we are working on a project called ” Who The Heck Are You?” We interview somebody and then write a article about them.
The first thing we did was come up with five people we wanted to interview. I chose Rachel Platten, but I could not get in touch with her on time. I went with my back-up, and did my cousin, Daniel. I have not interviewed him yet, I’m doing it tonight. After that I will write about him.
March
4
Khadijah Presentation
For humanities this week everyone got a packet on a medieval women. My group got Khadijah, but since her packet was short, we got two other people too. One’s name was Rabi’a al-Adawiya, and the other one’s was named Zubayda. After reading the packets and learning about the women, we had to make a presentation. In our presentation, we had to have a slide about something that we researched. We researched Sufism. This project helped me as a learner because I got to experience making a presentation about something I learned.
February
18
Art Geometric Pattern Project
January
27
Arabian Nights Story Revision Reflection
Revision means making changes in the story, like in the story arc, character, description, or the theme of the story. Mechanical editing is grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
After my first draft, Julia left a comment saying to tell a story instead of summarizing it(the horse tells a story in the story). It also wasn’t so clear and descriptive so I had to make it more descriptive so it was clearer.