Classes

What I’ve Learned in Mandarin So Far…

by Olivia

This is the Quizlet set that we’ve been studying this quarter. One is about the different countries and languages in the world and sentences related to the subject and the other one is my personal quizlet set:

 

unnamedThis is a script that Zoe and I wrote for one of our skits.

 

Here is a video that Io, Zoe, and I made for another one of our skits:

 

 

Here is another video that Io and I made with Emma D., Emma H., Meadow, and Grace:

 

I have learned so many words and sentences in this quarter! I can’t wait to study sports for our next unit!

Ashokan Trip 2015!

by Olivia

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This was our last year at Ashokan and I am so sad! This year was very fun! Something that I did that was interesting was blacksmithing because I had never done anything like that before! Something that I learned was that a beaver house is called a beaver lodge. This year was different than last year because we did different activities. It’s sad that we aren’t going back next year but I can’t wait for Williamsburg!

Humanities Reflection!

by Olivia

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Something I’m really proud of is my Grendel poster. There were eight groups of 2-3 students and we were all assigned characters from the book Beowulf. I am really proud of this project because I drew with great detail and paid attention to the internal and external characteristics.

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One thing that I found challenging was the creative writing pieces because some of the prompts were really hard to relate to and that was hard for me to write about something that I can’t relate to.

Before and After!

by Olivia

IMG_1634This is my math notebook at the beginning of the year.

IMG_1635This is my math notebook now.

In the beginning of the year, my problems were very squished together and I couldn’t tell which problem was which. Now I have made the problems more spread out and put more boxes in between each problem. I think it’s important to have my notebook this organized because if I need to come back to a problem or strategy I can find the exact one I need.

My Summer Reflection

by Olivia

This summer has gone by so fast! Most of the time I was swimming in a lake, pool, ocean, or natural water source. 75% of the time I was with my friends which was great. I probably only slept in my own bed for 5 days this summer. I went to camp for a month and then stayed in the city for one week and then went to the hamptons for two weeks. So I was always on my feet doing something. The list of activities is pretty much endless. I’m excited to go back to school because I won’t have to organize my activities. Unknown. I am sad that summer is ending but I can’t wait for the first day of school tomorrow!

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

by Olivia

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE HUNGER GAMES OR CATCHING FIRE

 

 

UnknownMockingjay by Suzanne Collins is the third book in The Hunger Games Series. Now that the rebellion has started in Panem, Katniss Everdeen is taken to the rebel base, District 13. District 12 was blown to bits by President Snow because of Katniss’s rebellious actions in the arena but Gale saved as many people as he could and brought them to 13. Johanna, Finnick, Beetee, Haymitch, Effie, Gale, Prim, and Katniss’s Mother were all saved and brought to 13. But Peeta was taken by the Capitol. Katniss is overwhelmed and has a lot of decisions to make. How will she overthrow the Capitol? Read the book if you want to find out!

 

My favorite part of the book was when Finnick and Annie got married because everyone was having a good time and not stressing about the capitol or the rebellion.


I would recommend this book to people who like action because there are a lot of battles. I would also recommend this book to people who like sci-fi because this isn’t necessarily realistic fiction. Lastly I would recommend this book to people who like The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Hiking Mt. Washington!

by Olivia

This is part of my cabin who hiked Mt. Washington with me because the rest were not able to since they were injured. It took us 13 hours to hike up and down the mountain. We got up at 3:00am! We got back to the campsite at 4:00pm. The hike up was so hard! There was a lot of bouldering and false peaks. At the top of the mountain, it was 55 degrees! So cold! HIking down was just as hard as hiking up. The last hour and a half were brutal! I thought my calves were going to explode! When we got back to the campsite we were all exhausted. We had hamburgers for dinner and went to bed super early.

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

by Olivia

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan is a book about Willow Chance. She is a twelve-year-old genius, who is obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions. Her favorite number is 7. She comforts herself by counting by 7s. She doesn’t have any friends. It’s hard for her to find people like her. She is an only child and was adopted by James and Roberta Chance. She has lived a happy life with them until now… One day James and Roberta Chance get into a car accident and die. This rocks Willow’s world. It is no longer comforting to count by 7s. How will she recover? You will find out when you read the book!

 

My favorite part of the book is when Dell Duke and Quang-ha are watching TV and Willow doesn’t understand what is going on, “Dell and Quang-ha appear to be hunting for two things: Mostly they are looking for acts of violence. (They watch with great amusement as a man in a cartoon gets stabbed in the eye socket with an ice pick.) The rest of the time they seem to be stalking the airwaves for appealing females. When they find either thing, they stop to enjoy the visual stimuli. They call girls “hot.” The girls are not untouchable, like truly high-temperature objects. No. They mean attractive. Dell even yells out “Super-hot.” And I hear Quang-ha say “Smoking!” It all seems very inappropriate. There is a whole language to be learned here. This is an education.” That is my favorite part because I thought it was very funny.

 

I would recommend this book to people who like books that make you cry because Willow loses a lot but her new friends help her and are like a family. I would also recommend this book to people who like books that they can relate to because even though Willow has a completely different life than I do I can still relate to her loss. Lastly, I would like to recommend this book to people who don’t stop reading if it doesn’t seem interesting at first because it is a little slow in the beginning but then it gets really good. I rate this book 41/2 stars!

My Hero Essay!

by Olivia

A hero is kind to everyone, hopeful when there is no light at the end of the tunnel, brave when times are hard, and persevering when everyone has given up. They help people get stronger. Ulysses was a hero in many ways, but he was never as kind as my grandfather, John Charles Fredell. Ulysses was remembered as a hero because of his bravery. My grandfather was remembered as a hero because he was always positive when he knew there was no cure to his disease. Ulysses fought thousands of battles and killed thousands of men. My grandfather fought along with his family in the battle for his life.

While Ulysses won battles and killed enemies, ultimately, he was not a hero. Ulysses promised all of his men that they would all get home, yet they didn’t. Ulysses was not kind to Polyphemus. Ulysses barged into Polyphemus’s cave, ate all of his food, made him drunk, blinded him, and then taunted him. Ulysses also acted as Circe’s husband for four years when his wife and son were waiting for him in Ithaca. Throughout Ulysses’s journey, he has shown many examples of him not being a hero.

My grandfather is a hero because he faced death without making his family suffer as much as he did. He knew that there was no cure to his disease yet he lived his life as a happy man. He was not able to swallow his own spit without it going into his lungs towards the end. He was selfless whenever I was with him, we would play so that I didn’t know that he was sick. We would do everything that we did when he wasn’t sick. John Charles Fredell was a man who put his family first when he was slowly dying of starvation.

Malala Yousafzai is a hero because she has made a difference in the world. Malala is standing up for what she believes in and inspiring young women. They don’t give Nobel Peace Prizes to just anyone. Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize. She has given millions of girls the chance to go to school. That is what a hero does. Malala has given other girls the voice to speak up. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” -Malala Yousafzai.

Why are heroes important? What do they do anyway? I can tell you one thing, they make the world a better place. They inspire people to make a difference. Malala inspired women and girls to stand up for what they believe in. Those women and girls may become heroes. Heroes inspire each other. If the world didn’t have heroes, all of the world’s problems would be going on at the same time. No one would light the spark in other people’s minds. That is why heroes are important.