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 Today in class we had to present our menu projects I thought to be scared because when I saw the other kids projects it wanted me to go home and do over my project.Then when I went to present it didn't come out so bad.So the true thing I warried a bout was that my peice was diffrent then the others but when I presented I felt like my peice was like there peices. I thought this our minds were put to the true testand I think Everone did a great job.

Joshua Rivera 5/4/09 La p3 found poem They bowed us in the burning As all must be I said in my heart Whether they work together or apart I saw strange positions hands Who share the place with me As he said just it My breathing the blue like breeze and do everything For the grapes sake along the way The headless aftermath toward heaven still Or just some human sleep A note as from a single place He saw all spoiled don’t let them cut my handoff He said it from himself I see him there

From Robert Frost by Joshua Rivera

= WHAT THIS PUTS IN MY MIND = What this puts in my mind is that this is how the courageous strong soldiers got ready for battle. What this shows is how people looked for going in to battle the expression on their face explain it all. Some sad, some board some even scared and tired ready to say their good bys to this world. People in this caption probable lost their lives that day they knew the consequents so why did they do that? The reason they probable did that so people like slaves can be free. If you think about it how must it be like to be those people in this picture? What their home lives must have been like, was it a good life these men had or a bad one, did they have kids that they loved did they have a wife. That is what this civil war picture puts in my mind.

Star Lab Today 4/2/09 I went to a program called star lab. What I did was go into a big chamber that was standing up by air. Then a man told us some of his rules. Next he hit a switch and me and my colleagues were shocked and amazed. What we saw was the entire earth around us. The man told us stories then somehow changed the earth and made it into stars he showed us a whole bunch of things by how people around the world connected the stars for fun. Then he showed us how other people looked at the stars, it was so cool! The Star Lab was great but I wish he could have continued. grammar guide A **noun** is a person place or thing EX Joshua can run as fast as the fastest runner in school. Joshua is the noun showing a person . A **proper noun takes the place of a nounEX FLORIDA is a very populer spot because of it has a actractive climate climate. It is the proper noun.**

**A adjective is a word that describes something. EX He ran around the playground. He and ran are the adjective.**
A adverb uses a word that modifies a verb,an adjective orb another adverb. EX he is a great runner.Great is the adverb. A preposition is a noun or proper noun in the sentences. EX He is about to cross the bridge. To is the preposition.

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**TI think the way he drew and the words he said for his drawings were different but the way he worked over came that opion and the way he pictured his drawings were dramatic. That is were I found the most power in his drawings. His drawings were** reltaebl**.He was sending a message some times of hurt some times of joy but,all the time sending messages with drawings.** ======




Now **  that you have seen history in the making what are your thoughts about this topic? 
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Now that I have seen  history in the the making it tells me any one can make the dream they dream come to pass even if it's hard. Look at our person in the white house he has worked hard and it payed off.He also is our first black president in the past they blacks used to be slaves to whites. Seeing history in the making is cool! This has been a very fantastic moment of history.

=// Joshua R. December 6, 2008 //= = // LA //// Nature’s Classroom // =

==// From November 3rd to November 8th I was at Nature’s Classroom. We did many things during the day like classes, transition, and night activities. For me, the night activities were the best part of Nature’s classroom. The night activities included: a science fair, a night experience, Underground Railroad, and Thursday night live. I’ll tell you about this experience. //== ==// One night at Nature’s Classroom we had a science indoor /outdoor fair. This fair had some cool and fantastic things like fire. The fire was part of a flour experiment. We learned that particles more packed together do not light on fire but things less packed together do. We saw Blare Claw put food coloring in milk. She then put soap on a toothpick and put it in the food colored milk and the toothpick repulsed the paint. We also heard explosion noises where Alka Seltzer was put into a small bottle. The Alka Seltzer was stuck and popped sky high. It was awesome. This was one of my favorite night activities. //== ==// At the night experience, we went with our field group leaders and we found out a lot about Science. One thing we learned was that if you stare at someone in the dark and turn on the light you see the person go away in your head. //== ==// Another thing we did was walked over a bridge in the dark. The last experiment we did was taking a white life saver and seeing what happens when we chewed it. When the bond between the sugars broke it looked like lightening in our mouth. //== ==// Another activity was re-enacting the Underground Railroad. This was a very sad activity. Just to think this really happened and that slavery is still going on today. A girl named Ashley told us a story that we were black slaves. In the story our father died because of a gunshot, and the Nature’s classroom teachers made a gun noise. After the story, they started yelling at us and put our heads down, they told us we were not equal to them. Next we were taken into a boat (rock climbing room), they pretended to be torturing us and made us feel cramped. We were told stories in the room that the slaves tried to escape and they were punished. Later we were taken out of the room and had to pick up little pieces of cotton (wood chips). We would throw the wood chips behind us and repeated it. Then an abolitionist came and set us free. We started to walk quickly so that no one saw us. After that we saw a person come and give us information and money. After that, we pretended to go to sleep in the woods. Next thing I know, a man comes next to me, picks me up and tries to get information out of me. I say nothing. After that he took us as a slave and sold us to an abolitionist but didn’t know she was an abolitionist. Then we went with our first abolitionist who let us keep walking. Once we hid behind a mini truck and sent someone to say “friend of a friend”. The person said back, “I am a friend of a friend”. He said, “we were in Canada” and we talked about what we would do in Canada. That’s what we did Wednesday night. //== ==// On the last night, we were at Centennial and we did Thursday night live. This was a play from each field group. We had to have everyone in the play. My field group was first to go, two girls went on stage, one was holding a box and asked, “can you hold my box”? The other girl replied, “sure”. The girl that was first holding the box got off stage. I went on stage next. I said “hi”, she replied “hi” back. Then I asked her “what’s in the box?” She says, “I don’t know”. Then I said, “It is leaking”. She says, “I know”. I asked, “Can I lick it?” She says, “sure!” I said, “It tastes like strawberries”. I walked away but I was still on stage. Next thing, everyone copies me, but says the flavor is different. Then the girl that gave her the box came back on stage and said, “Thank you for holding my puppy.” And then we all faked barf it was a cruel joke. I hated it. That was my last night at Nature’s classroom. //== // This was my experience at Nature’s Classroom. This was the best field trip I have been to. I wish I could go again. //

== //If I could travel to any Christmas any time,when,and where it would be now. It would be the time I spend with my family and hey I am still just a kid. I mean sitting with my family singing and laughing with joy thats is my favorite part of Christmas. What is the point of travleing to a time of Christmas with none of your family members or with to many to count I am perfectly fine were I stand. The reason is this is my family and when I have kids I can wait to spend Christmas with them then.If you think about how more Christmas might you have left with this person like I always say make the good time last.This is the time I would spend Christmas and why.// ==

== //What makes a man a man is it how strong they are?Or how they defend them self or how they defend others.Is it the power they have or what they stand for? I once heard it was how brave they where and there looks.One time I wast thinking it was true but,that is wrong to me.I think it is the heart and once you have it no one, not anyone can take it away from you because it is you found it so do not let anyone take that power that you found away from you.So being a man means that you have a strong heart and once you found it no one can rob you from it.What do you think is a man?I know what a true man is.Now do you?// ==