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Pros and Cons of L.A.
Pros: Cons: we got to write stories about any topic We had to use the whole writing process

we made found poems We had to edit all of our writing pieces
we shared our writing pieces infront of the class we had to write alot of stories we all had the chance to write aout the same or different thing we had to use writing prompts

The project when we had to make menus was awesome. In class, when we shared them, I was starving. I hope we do another project llike this in seventh grade and in eighth grade.
__Found Poem from Walt Whitman by Javier__

Over the sterile sands and the fields beyond, where the child leaving his bed wander’d alone, bare headed, barefooted Cautiously peering, A reminiscence sing, For more than once dimly down to the beach gliding. Close on its wave soothes the wave behind. Do not be decoy’d elsewhere The love in the heart long pent, now loose, now at last tumultuously bursting, Lisp’d to me the low and delicious word death, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. Forever touching them or close upon them follows beauty, longing, fain, and love-sick. I have felt to soar in freedom and in the fullness of power.

Javier Isham LA P3 4/22/09 Wiki

 Today is the most important day of the year. The North and the South were battling in the Civil War. The North believed that all men should be treated equally. The South believed that they should have slaves for their labor. These two different forces were willing to kill for their beliefs. This war would decide which side, the North or the South, would get what they want. This battle would take place on the flattest land. There would be nothing to hide behind, so these brave soldiers would be walking in to a death trap. * The brave and the courageous soldiers walked on the battle field with their guns and knives. There was a minute of silence where the enemies were just staring at each other. Out of nowhere, a gunshot went roaring in the air, breaking the silence. One of the brave men on the side of the South collapsed to the ground. There was a few seconds of confusion, and then bullets filled the air. Men were falling to the ground one by one. The amazing soldiers that survived the bullets were flinging on top of each other with knives. When the South was gravely outnumbered, they surrendered. The North didn’t want to take any chances, so they took no prisoners. They left the remaining soldiers from the south to suffer on the ground. * A few days after the war, the North made a cemetery over 1,000 square miles. To honor the soldiers who died in the war, they buried their bodies in the cemetery. All of the North veterans of this war visited the gigantic cemetery everyday.

Star Lab The Star Lab I had today was great. I got to see the big dipper and the little dipper. The two stars that are infront of the big dipper are also called th pointing stars. They point into the direction of the North star. The pointing star was used durring the civil war when slaves tried to escape. The north star is one of the seven stars that make up the little dipper. I learned that peole might imagine atars to look like something else because everyone has a different imagination. they might think the big dipper looks like a jaguar. Overall, I think Star lab was great.

GRAMMAR GUIDE nouns= person, place, or thing. Example, dog, cat person, state Common nouns= names any one of a group of people, places or things. Example, scientist, relative, city, state, book, bridge, and holiday Proper nouns= names a specific person, place or thing. Example, Madam Curie, Aunt Carol, Atlanta, Kentucky, //Julie of the wolves,// Golden Gate Bridge, and Colombus Day. Pronouns= takes the place of the noun. Example, Jerry noticed the __dog__ before Maria noticed __it__. (//It// takes place of the //dog//) adjectives= a word that describes something. It modifies nouns or pronouns. adverb= modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adjectives. verb= expresses the action or condition of a person, place, or thing. Examples of ACTION verbs are build, eaxamine, reply, jog, and solve. Examples of Condition verbs are is, seem, appear, taste, ans sound. linking verbs= A linking verb joins a noun or pronounat or near the beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end. The word at the end identifies or describes the noun or pronoun. An example is Laura __is__ the editor. (Editor identifies Laura.) Some linking verbs are appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, and turn. preposition= helps the reader understand the relationship on one word to another. Prepositions can be used a adverbs as well. Action verbs= indicates the action of a person or thing. The action could be visible or mental. Example, visible action verbs = entertain, jump, announce, and throw. Mental action verbs= feel, imagine, love, and dislike.

I can't believe that I witnessed one of the most historical events. Barrack Obama is the first African-American to become president of the United States. Some people thought that this wasn't possible but if you try, you can accomplish anything. I have learned that I can do anything I want.

My La project: I am loving my La project. The book that I have read is __Bucking the Sarge__ by Christopher Paul Curtis. I have read the book and now I am on my way to finishing the project. I have already found the four symbols that I am going to use and now I just have to draw them on the poster board.

I can't wait until I get my grade back on my Science test. I hope that I got a high score because I think I did well and I studied.

Javier Isham La P3 11-24-08  NC

Do you like nature? How about participating in extraordinary classes? Do you like eating scrumptious food? If you like all these subjects, then Nature’s Classroom is the place for you to visit. All the wonderful calls of nature can be heard at Nature’s Classroom. While I was at NC (Nature’s classroom), I learned how to tell what kind of tree a tree is by looking at its leaves and bark. I also built up my knowledge about survival skills while I was at NC. At night while I was out in the woods with my field group, we sat down and took a moment to listen to the phenomenal sounds of nature. I heard the wind strike against the rough bark of the emerald trees. I had a fantastic experience about nature at NC. I played many brain-cramp games with my field group. To solve the puzzles for the games, you would have to work as a team with your field group. I played many phenomenal games with my field group. Most of the games I played with my field group were based on survival. Now you know all the phenomenal activities I did at NC about nature. I took a lot of suspenseful classes while I was at Nature’s Classroom. One of the classes I had was called pig dissection. In this class, we dissected a pig. I learned about all the organs in a pig’s body. I got to hold its slimy liver. I learned how the heart works and how it pumps oxygen into your blood cells. I also learned a lot of things about a pig’s body that I can connect to with a human’s body. Another class I took while I was at NC was ultimate Frisbee. I played this game at school in gym. Since my class already knew how to play ultimate Frisbee, we didn’t have to listen to the boring instructions of how to play. Instead of doing this, we just started playing the game. This class was my favorite class. It was my favorite class because it was the most active class out of all the classes I took. My second favorite class was starting a fire. I was engrossed with this class because I’m interested in fire. In this class, I learned all the basic steps in making a decent fire. Not only did I learn about fire, but I also got to experience the fire constructing. The NC teacher showed the class many different and unique ways of how to make a fire. Each way seemed complex. After the teacher finished explaining each way of making the fire, he preceded the task. After the fire was constructed, my class got toast marshmallows upon the fire. These were all the suspenseful classes I took while I was at Nature’s Classroom. I loved all the food at NC. The tasty and scrumptious food made my mouth water just by looking at it. My favorite meal was dinner because we had phenomenal desserts. When you eat a meal at NC, you can have as many servings as you want. I always got thirds for fruit at breakfast. After each meal, the NC teachers would do the ort report. The ort report is when you weigh all the scraps of leftover food on everyone’s dishes. You want to get the least amount of pounds of ort possible or better yet, get no ort. When it is time for the ort report everyone would have to say “Ort report baby, Shamalamadingdong!” To eat each meal at the dining hall, everyone was assigned to different tables. At my table, there were a lot of kids I didn’t know so I made friends with them. These are some of the interesting things I did at the dining hall. If you like learning about nature, extraordinary classes, and eating the scrumptious food NC provides, then NC should be the place for you to visit.

If I could time travel to any time period I want to have my holidays, I would go to Italy in the future, 3084. There are many wonderful things you can do in Italy, especially during Christmas. Italy is known for the magnificent soccer the Italians play. It is also known for the awesome food like pasta and pizza. If I celebrated Christmas in Italy in 3084, there would be advanced Ferraris that go faster then jets and are fuel efficient. There would be other Italian sports cars but not as nice and fast as an advanced Ferrari. I would buy a Ferrari and drive it to Italian soccer games. For Christmas, I would ask for a soccer ball signed by all the players on the Italian National soccer team. I would ask for this because I’m a huge fan of Italian soccer and my mom would love it because she is half Italian. I would also ask for a gas powered dirt bike that can go as fast as a 01 corvette year 2009. I would ride this ferocious dirt bike everywhere I go. There are a lot of things I would ask for Christmas if I was at Italy 3084. There are a lot of reasons why I would like to go to Italy 3084 for Christmas. The main reason is that I would like to ride the Ferraris Italy is famous for and meet the soccer players on the Italian national soccer team.

M y descriptive sentence and my topic sentence from my pumpkin piece is "You might know Gandolf as the great wizard in the "Lord of the rings" that watches out for Frodo who tends to get into a lot of mischief. My favorite paragraph is "You might know Gandolf as the wizard in the "Lord of the Rings" that watches out for Frodo who tends to get into a lot of mischief. You might know him as the pumpkin that changes into a carriage in "Cinderella" to bring her to her dance with he charming, handsome, young prince. You might know Gandolf as both of these things but I know Gandolf in a special way. I know Gandolf as a legend.

Last night on December 1, 2008, I saw the moon and two planets around it. These planets were Jupiter and Venus. One planet was bigger than the other. The bigger one was 5 o'clock from the moon, and the smaller one was 4 o'clock from the moon. I think the bigger planet was Venus and the smaller planet was Jupiter. I think this because Jupiter is farther away from the Earth than Venus is. These two planets were the brightest in the sky besides the moon.

My Nature's Classroom introduction: Do you like Nature? How about participating in extraordinary classes? Do you like eating scrumptious food? If you like all of these subjects, then Nature's Classroom is the pace for you to visit.

This month is the month of Christmas. I can't wait until the twelve days of Christmas start! On Christmas Eve, I am going to my Grammy's house to be with my family. She makes the best pumpkin bread ever! For Christmas I want Call of Duty: World at war for Wii.