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~☆~ Language Arts [Portfolio] ~☆~

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『Language Arts|Core Subject|Portfolio Post』

Hello, and welcome to my Core Subject Portfolio post!

This is a post about what my classmates and I do in Language Arts overall.

Language arts is one of my preferred subjects! Overall, I think Language Arts is the most essential core class.

It is necessary to be able to effectively and efficiently communicate ideas. Without proper communication, it would be impossible to teach, socialize, or anything that requires another person.

In Language Arts, we do a vast variety of subjects, including:

  • Reading literature (Examples: A Wrinkle in Time, Wonder, and The Westing Game)
  • Reviewing and learning certain topics (Examples: modifiers, tenses, parallel structure)
  • Exercise our blogging skills
  • Practice our writing skills (Examples: Essays, constructed responses, “freewrites”)

We also have “mixed” projects, where our teachers give us projects that have other subjects mixed into it. For example, Language Arts and Math.

What We Do

Wonder by R.J Palacio

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Wonder by R.J. Palacio is a book that we are reading in Language Arts currently. Wonder is a book about a boy with Treacher Collins Syndrome. Treacher Collins is a syndrome that alters your facial features. Some of our assignments associated with Wonder include Comprehension Quizzes.

SBC (Student Blogging Challenge)

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SBC is an Edublogs related challenge. Every week, we get a challenge from Ms. W, the woman who runs the SBC. These challenges can range from commenting on other students’ posts to polls and more. We are currently not doing the SBC.

Scholastic Scope Magazine

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The Scholastic Scope magazine is an LA magazine. Some of Scholastic Scope‘s articles include Current Events, Narrative Nonfiction, and Essays. Scholastic Scope is a great magazine because it incorporates a broad range of topics.

I hope you now have a peek inside our classroom! Have a great morning or evening! Goodbye!

A koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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~☆~ Weekly Post 9: Pet Rocks ~☆~

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This is a re-do of one of my old posts! Enjoy! Wanna read the old post? Click here!

Also, this post is going to be a tiny bit weird, since I want to add a little “skit”… enjoy!

*NEW YORK, JANUARY 6, 2020*

AND HE SOARS THROUGH THE SKY! HE’S GOING OFFENSE… AND HE DID IT!”

NOW WE’LL CUT TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK, FOLKS! TOON BACK NEXT TIME FOR THE…

ULTIMATE HERO-MAN 2.0!!!

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Are you lonely?

Do you want some friends?

Are dogs or pets too tiresome for you?

THEN GET THE PET ROCK STARTER KIT TODAY!!!

STARTING AT THE AMAZING PRICE OF $90000000000.99!

IF YOU ORDER NOW, YOU’LL GET—

*bleep*

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*PET ROCK GUIDE CUZ WE DIDN’T ACTUALLY MAIL YOU ANYTHING BESIDES A LONG GUIDE MADE OUT OF TOILET PAPER*

  1. FIND A ROCK!

Okay, this is really obvious. How are you supposed to make a pet rock without a rock?

Smooth rocks work the best. You can attach googly eyes on them. Best things invented EVER.

You can find smooth rocks on riverbeds and beaches. You’ll mostly find jagged rocks, but once in a while, you’ll find a smooth rock. If you’re lazy, then you can buy painting rocks or rocks from the garden store, but then you’ll have a whole lot of rocks on your hand. But hey, just think of it this way: You’re buying your pet rock a whole family!

2.  Your Rock Supplies

You can’t have a lonely pet rock with googly eyes sitting around your room and calling it a “pet”. That’s just sad! We’ll give you some tips on how to craft some rock pet supplies! *ahem* Because we totally didn’t just mail you a manual for $90000000000.99.

First, you’ll need a bed. Even rocks deserve beds, pal.

Taking inspiration from the *original* pet rock toy, (We’re the most original toy you’ll ever come across!) You can make a straw bed. I don’t know where you’re gonna get straw, but putting together a straw nest is fairly easy. I’m not even gonna comment if you can’t make a straw bed. Oops, I already did.

Try cardboard. Depending on the size of your rock, cut out 5 pieces of cardboard in order to glue/tape them together to make a box. Then, find some washcloths, cotton, old towels, or even yarn if you don’t have any of that stuff listed. Cut them accordingly to fit your “box”, and now you have some bedding!

Pillow? No problem. Just clump together a whole bunch of cotton or use a doll pillow.

Blanket? Also no problem. Cut an old washcloth or towel to make a blanket. Or use a doll blanket. Thinking of it, you could use doll EVERYTHING as pet rock supplies. *dun, dun, dunnnnnn!!”

Here are some other quick pet rock craft ideas:

Brush

Find a doll brush or try and make a cardboard comb. Cut out a shape of a mini comb and punch a few holes in it. Tie some string into the holes.

Carrier

Just get a normal box and punch holes in it.

Food

Mini fake foods work.

Overall Generic Supplies

Cardboard works best. If you want to make your items 3D or don’t want to use glue and want to make your items look professional, use clay!

3.  Care and Tricks

A pet rock needs virtually no attention. However, what’s the fun in that?! You already can figure out for yourself how to feed and “water” it… nevermind that weird wording, but here’s some guides for other aspects of pet rock care!

Bathing

Prepare a small dish with lukewarm water. Use your brush to scrub your rock. Occasionally run some water onto the rock. Dry it off with a towel afterward.

Education

Start with the ABCs, numbers, and manners. Here are a few “worksheets” I’ve made for your pet rock.

Name:___________      Date:______

ABCs

Directions: Have your pet rock trace over

the letters. Some assistance may be needed.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm

Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy

Zz

Name:___________      Date:______

Numbers

Directions: Have your pet rock trace over

the letters. Some assistance may be needed.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Name:___________      Date:______

Manners: Sorry, Thank you, It’s okay, and You’re welcome

Directions: Read the manners with your

rock. Practice with them. Some assistance

may be needed.

“Sorry”, “Thank you”, “It’s okay” and “You’re welcome”

Sorry is when you do something somebody

doesn’t like.

Thank you is when someone does something

for you.

It’s okay is when the person you’re saying “Sorry” to

accepts your apology.

You’re welcome is when you do something nice for someone

and the person thanks you.

Cody: Sorry that I took your toy.

Alissa: It’s okay.

Bob: Thank you for giving me a present.

Joe: You’re welcome.

Scolding

When your pet rock is acting up, send them to the Zen Garden.

Zen Garden DIY:

You’ll need: Dish, sand, toothpick/mini rake, rocks (optional), nature decorations (optional)

Pour the sand into the dish. Arrange your rocks and nature decorations (optional). Play with the zen garden using your toothpick/mini rake.

The rock can play with the zen garden to calm down.

Tricks

Start with the basic tricks. You should start with “Sit”, “Stand”, and “Rollover”. You may need to assist the rock.

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That’s all, folks! A guide on how to care for your pet rock. Enjoy, and please don’t sue us.

Author’s note: I had way to much fun on this! My favorite part was the worksheets. Don’t judge.

Baiiiii! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

~A Koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

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Check this out: Pet Rock Decoration Ideas!

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~☆~ Weekly Post 7: To the Moon ~☆~

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Hello!

Today I’m going to be talking about one of my all-time favorite games. The name is…

“To the Moon”.

Okay, okay, sounds lame right? Trust me though, it’s a very emotional game that’ll probably make you cry. (Plus, the best soundtrack ever!)

*Now, there’s gonna be a whole minefield of spoilers ahead. Below I’ll attach a spoiler-proof summary.😀*

Basically, “To the Moon” is a game about an elderly man named Johnny. (Don’t worry, haha, there’s a reason for this. Read on to know why folks!占~~~) He hires a company named Sigmund Corp. This company has technology that can alter your memories, but because this would mess up your memories in real life, it’s only done to people on their deathbeds, and for one reason: To fulfill what couldn’t be done while they were alive. Basically, grant their wishes. Two of their scientists, Dr. Neil Watts and Dr. Eva Rosalene are the main characters (plus Johnny and another character I’ll tell you about soon!).

They start up the machine and go into his memories. They meet Johnny on the cliff. He says he wants to go to the moon, but he doesn’t know why. They leave the memory. The first memory is Johnny playing an unknown song on a piano. Paper rabbits surround the whole area. He suddenly stops playing. Then, you can explore. You have to click on different things. One of the items in the house is a “memento”, where it appears in another memory. You have to go all the way back to his childhood to influence him so the wish will be granted. Once you collect all of the “memory links”, you can pop ’em into the memento, and a small little sliding puzzle will appear.

(I’ll just toss the events one by one here. You have to play the game to really feel touched! It’s not like some chunk of text will start making you think ‘who’s chopping onions here?!’) The game goes on like this for some time. Johnny’s wife is named River. They decide to build a house near the place where they got married. (They get married near a lighthouse. The lighthouse got closed down, so that’s why. The lighthouse’s name is Anya. Just go with it!)

Johnny confesses later on that the only reason why he approached her in school is that she was “special” and “unique”. This then triggers something in River, which is why she starts folding a whole bunch of paper rabbits.

Later River is diagnosed with a late-stage terminal illness and Asperger Syndrome. There’s a cure for it, but they don’t have enough money for the house construction and the medical bills. River decides to not sign the bill and says to continue the construction. River’s last paper rabbit was blue and had a yellow belly. Later, River dies. (She dies before the events of the game.)

They jump back even further. (I’ll skip the school part, because it doesn’t have any significance, really.) They jump back further, but they’re stuck in a cutscene. They realize a memory is detached. They manage to go back and pick up a roadkill scent to link the memories back together. (Stay with me here!)

He meets River at a carnival. They make rabbit a constellation out of the moon. (The reason for the blue-and-yellow paper rabbit, and why she started folding rabbits. People with Aspergers have a hard time expressing feelings.) Johnny says “If we ever get separated, we’ll meet up on the moon!” This is his motive for wanting to go to the moon.

Shortly after, Johnny’s little brother, Joey dies in a car crash after his mom accidentally runs him over. He was then administered a form of beta-blockers, which erased his memory, including his meeting with River.

Dr. Eva Rosalene then realizes the only reason why he didn’t go to the moon was because of River. She then removes River from all of Johnny’s memories. Dr. Neil Watts protests and chases after her, but he doesn’t get there in time.

Later, Johnny appears in NASA. Dr. Neil Watts reluctantly follows Dr. Eva, but to see that Johnny and River meet up again in NASA.

The end shows Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene on a suspension bridge watching the spaceship. Inside, River offers her hand to Johnny, which Johnny takes before he passes away in real life.

That’s the story of To the Moon! Yes, it is sort of jumbled, but a story that goes backwards is hard to tell.

Spoiler-free summary:

Two doctors from Sigmund Corp. are hired to grant an elderly man’s wish. The man’s name is Johnny. Sigmund Corp. has special technology that can alter people’s memories. However, this is only done to people on their deathbeds because the memories would conflict with the ones that they’ve made in real life. They go back to discover why Johnny’s wish was to go to the moon.

I’ll attach some videos of the amazing soundtrack after I say goodbye!

Okay, that’s it for this post! Goodbye, everyone! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

~A Koi Named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

Credit: Wikipedia via Bing Free Images

Music (None of these are mine!):

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~☆~ Weekly Themed Post 6: Daydreaming ~☆~

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Hello everyone!

Today I’m going to talk about something I do very often *ahem*… Daydreaming!

I’m going to be talking about why daydreaming is good for you!

Now you may be thinking:

“WeLL kOi iF you AREn’T PayIng aTtenTioN, DeN ThAt’s BaD, RiGhT???”

*Err!* Wrong! Well, not most of the time. I’m not advertising for you to go poking your head in the clouds for hours and hours. You should daydream on your own time.

Let’s begin!

  1. a🎉 Creativity! 🎉

Daydreaming boosts your creativity! If you’re out of ideas, then try daydreaming. Thoughts pop up in there a lot of times. Sure, there’s gonna be a LOT of ridiculous ones in there, and if you force yourself, then no, ahem, it’s not gonna work, but it’s worth it! Just grab a pad of paper and a pen and get scribbling! Or writing. Whatever you fancy.

2. 🍃 Relaxation 🍃

Have you ever been in the middle of a chaotic day and thought: “I really need a vacation! AAHHH!” Okay, probably not the screaming part, but have you? Daydreaming can make you relax. Besides, what’s not to love when you’re riding a fluffy rainbow unicorn with a cute puppy on your lap?

3. 🤔 Memory Boost 🤔

Oh no! What was I writing about again? Sushi! Joking. Daydreaming can boost your memory! It may seem like the OPPOSITE because you’re probably gonna forget something while daydreaming. Hey! Remember what I said back up there?

Daydreaming, according to a scientific study, found that people who got easy tasks while daydreaming remembered information on a tougher task later. Wow! 😮

 

So, that’s my post on daydreaming! Thank you for reading! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

~A Koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

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~☆~ SBC Week 9: Warrior Cats ~☆~

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Hello!

Today on this SBC I’ll be talking about one of my all-time top favorite everything book series. ｡◕‿‿◕｡

“Warrior Cats“.

H-hey! Don’t leave! I know you all are dog people (I like dogs too) but wait! >.<

Warrior Cats is a fantasy novel series with five to six arcs with six (or five?) books.

Ok, bear with me here, it’s gonna sound crazy, but don’t worry! It’s a really interesting book!

Four Clans of cats live in a forest, each with its own hierarchy and culture.

Here’s how the clans work:

Kits get born with a prefix, such as Robin, Sparrow, Willow, Dust, Frost, Wolf, etc. with the suffix -kit at the end. At six moons, (one month=one moon) they get apprenticed to a mentor, a full grown warrior (I’ll elaborate on that later-) and they get the suffix -paw (to represent the path their paws are on). When their mentor sees that they are ready to become a warrior, they take assessments. If they pass, they have their warrior ceremony, and they get their warrior suffix, which can be -heart, -fur, -pelt,  flower, -swift, -step, etc. (Some names might be Robinfur Duststep, Wolfheart, Frostflower, Willowswift, Sparrowpelt).

The leader, which their prefix ends with -star, organizes their respective clan, makes decisions for the clan, etc.

The medicine cat is in charge of healing and nursing their clan. They connect with StarClan (a place where cats who have passed on look at their clan from above–Silverpelt; and send omens and prophecies to the clans).

The clans have a “warrior code”–how the cats are supposed to act, but you can look it up because it doesn’t really have anything to do with this post.

Ok, onto the storyline!

The saga’s first book is called “Into the Wild”.

Rusty, a kittypet (clan cat terms for a domestic housepet cat) is out hunting when he is tackled by Greypaw, another cat. After a bit of conversing, Rusty joins ThunderClan, one of the four Clans. (The other clans are RiverClan, ShadowClan, and WindClan.)

Later, he learns that a treacherous cat named Tigerclaw is planning to kill ThunderClan’s leader, Bluestar, while she is on her last life. (Leaders get nine lives to protect their clan. The meaning of the lives given vary. Some reasons might be: To protect your clan, to lead your clan well and to honor your clan with pride.)

I won’t spoil how the book ends, though!

You can see more Warrior Cat things here: Warrior Cats Official Websitec

I really hope you enjoyed this SBC post! Good-bye! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

~A Koi named Skoi  ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

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~☆~ SBC Week 8: Comment Starters ~☆~

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Hello!

In this SBC I’m going to talk about some nice comment starters.

In my opinion, just saying:

“hi this is a really great post come check out my blog insertblognamehere.edublogs.org'” Is really rude. You don’t say anything except their blog is just “great” or “good” and you don’t talk about anything else.

So let’s change that up and strike up a nice conversation! ^-^

If they’re talking about something such as “New Video Game Out!” or “Cool New Amusement Park Opening! (which sounds REALLY COOL (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞) then these comment starters are nice:

  • “Wow! I didn’t know that_____”
  • “Cool! I didn’t know_____”
  • “I’d like to______ (play/do/go/visit/ there/video game/etc.”

If it’s a guide or something along those lines:

  • “Wow, thanks for helping me! I had trouble on______, but your guide really helped me! <continue conversation>”
  • “That’s a cool trick! I didn’t know you could do that with________(party planning/club making/etc.)”
  • “Thank you so much for helping! Your_______(origami/gaming/etc.) guide was really helpful! <continue conversation>”

Miscellaneous:

  • “Another thought of mine is______.”
  • “I’m really surprised that_______(happened/etc.)”
  • “I didn’t think that would______.”
  • “This reminds me of_________.”
  • “I wonder______.”
  • “I realized________.”
  • “I noticed________.”

Those are my comment starters! Here are a few comment examples. ◕‿↼

Example 1:

Hello!

Cool! I didn’t know that you could pass that level through another passageway. Your blog is really cool! You’re a really talented gamer. Please visit my blog! “insertblognamehere.edublogs.org”

From,

Calvin

Example 2:

Wow! I didn’t know that there’s a new park opening! I’d really like to visit sometime. Thanks for telling me! Also, please visit my blog. It would mean a lot to me. “insertblognamehere.edublogs.org”

Example 3;

This reminds me of when I went to Disneyland! I had a lot of fun there, too. I hope you had a great time when you went there! Can you visit my blog? Thanks! “insertblognamehere.edublogs.org”

Well, thank you for visiting my blog post! I hope you enjoy these comment starters! Goodbye!

~A koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

Credit: David Yerle

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~☆~ SBC Week 7: Poverty ~☆~

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Hello!

Today I’m talking about a global topic. Poverty.

When you hear “Poverty is a serious subject” You don’t think much, right? It’s not a long, overly complicated sentence, right? It actually has a lot more depth to it.

The cruel and sad reality of poverty is that some people are living with 3-4 people with less than $1.90 a day, a bit less than $2.00. That means that family will go hungry plenty of nights, excluding possible rent and other costs.

Poverty also branches out into various topics, such as:

  • Hunger
  • Lack of clean or no water
  • Sickness (Unable to pay for healthcare)
  • Insufficient education

In a whole, 4.3 billion people are living in poverty, 1.3 living in extreme poverty. This means little food, poor or no water, possible sickness, and no education. We’re not even talking about extreme poverty.

If you think that’s worse, then many people are on the brink of slipping into poverty.

Many sources of poverty are caused by:

  • Corruption
  • Tax
  • Debt

Facts:

  • 1 billion children are living in poverty, and 22,000 children die each day from poverty.
  • 805 people around the world don’t have anything or enough to eat.
  • 750 people don’t have access to clean or have any water. Many problems can stem from this, from diarrhea to cholera. Inadequate hand hygiene kills 2,300 people a day.
  • 165 million children’s growth is stunted due to lack of food/water.

One way you can help a problem branching out from poverty is Freerice. With every problem, you earn (with a choice of subject from language arts, math, etc.!) 10 grains of rice to go out to hungry people.

I hope you learned some things about poverty!

Bai!

~A Koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

Credit: Economic Students

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~☆~ SBC Week 5: School Uniforms ~☆~

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Hello!

I’m starting a debate… about school uniforms!

*yaaaaaay*

Ok, it’s not going to be that boring. I promise. (._.)

Some schools make students wear uniforms. There’s a lot of cons to making students wear uniforms.

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I think one reason why I think some schools have uniforms is because of bullying. What I say to that is, if you’re so scared about bullying, then you should do something about bullying. Some kids can’t afford more than one uniform, (which can cost up to $249 dollars for each uniform) and you’ll have to wear it throughout the week. Also, if you’re thinking, “Don’t send your kids to private school if you don’t have enough money to buy more than one uniform!” it happens in public schools too.

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Uniforms can be uncomfortable! If you look at pictures of school uniforms, they have full on ties, sleeves that can reach all the way to their wrists, and jeans. Would you want to wear that in the hot sun? I think not.

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Relating to the first point: School uniforms attract bullies! Though schools think making everyone look the same will decrease bullying, it will not. In fact, some studies show that bullying will go up to as much as 12%. Even if you make everyone the same, personalities will still stick out.

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Uniforms have no personality or creativity! Sure, if you’re afraid someone’s gonna show up in their Superman costume to school armed with small water guns, you can just make a dress code. People need to find happiness somehow in school, and that can be easily achieved by letting students wear what they are happy and comfortable with. (oi. no jeans. please. so uncomfortable. ⊜_⊜)

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Finally: Uniforms violate the US Constitution! Yes. Yessiree. One amendment of the US Constitution is The Right to Freely Express your Beliefs. By making students wear uniforms, you’re voiding them of the right to express who they are. Don’t you want to wear that unicorn shirt to school to show all of your friends? Do you want to wear that jacket of your favorite football team you got for Christmas? You can’t wear it. That’s expressing what you like, and uniforms exactly prohibit that.

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In conclusion, uniforms are just making school less enjoyable, way more expensive, violates the US Constitution, and more. I’m glad Hongwanji lets us freely express ourselves. ^-^ What do you think? Should school uniforms be allowed?

Bai~! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

~A Koi named Skoi ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

Credits:

Listland

Photo Credit: Listland