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
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.
December
3
My Thanksgiving Piece
I’m proud that I got to share my Thanksgiving piece at the Thanksgiving assembly. I’m proud because it was a really good piece and only some of the best pieces were shared. I learned that to do your best work you have to give yourself breaks to let your mind think about it. I can continue to do my best work by doing that.
My piece:
Every Thanksgiving I go to my grandparent’s farm in Millbrook, NY. When I went there last year it was snowing. My cousin (Daniel) and I were watching Thanksgiving football along with my dad and two of my uncles. We were sitting by the fireplace with the smell of the wood burning and the sound of the crackle of the embers were like music to my ears. I could also smell the turkey, mashed potatoes, the stuffing and all the satisfying food we would usually have. I turned around and saw that my brother and my cousin Lexi were sledding in the backyard. It looked like fun! I turned and tapped Daniel. I pointed to the sleds and I said, “Want to go sledding?” I knew his response.
We both bolted through the door and flew up the stairs. We threw on our snow pants, jacket, and snow boots, and then we shot down the stairs to get our hats and gloves. We raced towards the track and my brother and cousin left. We had it all to ourselves, I had never had anything to myself before (at least not since my brother was born.) It gave me this pleasant feeling, thinking of when my brother wasn’t around. He has always been annoying, he always started hitting me randomly for no reason. It was nice to have some peace and quiet for once. Daniel started standing on the sled so he could get on but I pushed the sled forwards. He went flying face first into the snow. I started laughing hysterically and ran over to roll him down towards the frozen lake. I threw a snowball at him and he jumped up and threw snow at me. Eventually my grandma put her head out the back door and yelled, “Dinner time!” We both looked at each other while we dropped our snowballs on the ground. We both bolted through the door and flew up the stairs again so we wouldn’t be late for dinner. We wanted the good stuff! We arrived there right on time for our food and devoured it all while sitting at the table next to each other. It was the best Thanksgiving ever!
October
13
Beowulf Project
For humanities we got into groups and we were assigned a character from a book we are reading, called Beowulf. I was in a group with Wyatt and Liam. We got the character Unferth. We had to draw him and put put characteristics and quotes.
At first it was a little challenging because some of the people in my group were not very focused, but when we started making the final draft it got more interesting and people got more into it.
When we finished, it looked great! My whole group was proud of it, from the little boil on his neck to the charcoal. It was really fun in the end. I learned that you can get through something even if it’s hard to stay focused.
Our Project