THIS I BELEVE:

In this post im going to be talking about a 'This i believe' essay by Aaron. The point of this is to know how this belief is important in daily life and how it realtes to us by experiences we've had in life.

The essay's name is 'Abnormally Normal' by Aaron

Here is a piece of the writing:

"We’re all normal. It’s true. I’m sure there is some existential link involved in the process of finding normality. That’s part of the journey. I am 36 years old and have Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and ADHD tendencies. Sure, normality is an elusive and subjective concept, but after admitting some of my own distinguishing characteristics, I still believe that we’re all normal."

I believe this essay relates to the belief of being free, since Aaron wants to feel normal and do whatever he wants without anyone telling him its wrong.

Aaron is a normal man, with a normal life. But he doesn't feel the same. He feels like his illnesses make him different. He feels like he has no freedom. He also have many reasons to be happy and free, since he's got a wonderful family who accepts him like he is!

This essay connects a little bit to me.. Maybe even to everyone.. Being free gives you the chance to be whatever you want and not being afraid to show it!

DomiKnow Profile

Ok, so last class we had activity to see which learning profile we were. The whole point of this was to se our challenges when learning, and to figure out how to learn in a fun and better way. By the end of the class we figured out these things:

I learn best when.. i am not being distracted. Whenever i hear or see something, i get really get the anxiety to see what it is.

I need to.. try to work in a quiet place with no interruptions.

The strategies that could help me in my learning are.. working in many projects and activities that allow you to move (being active).

I would like my teachers to know about me.. I am a kinesthetic learning which means i like moving around and doing activities.. :D

Summary of the 1st Story of Odysseus

This week, we have been reading this book called Odysseus and I will sum up one of the stories of this book. The story is called 'The Land of the Lotus Eaters'. The challenge here, is to write the summary by using only 50 words!

Here it is:

Odysseus’ troop stop in an island to rest, after sailing all day. Half of them go explore the island. Odysseus went looking for them after many hours. He found them eating a fruit the islanders had. The 'Lotus Fruit' made people forget everything. Odysseus saved them and left the island.

Greek Myths

On Saturday, during Humanities class, Mr Peter's played two small greek movies for us. One was about the Myth of Daedalus, and the second one, about Theseus. In this blog, I will be reflecting on each one of them.

What Myth did you like the most?

I really enjoyed watching the first myth, the one of Daedalus. I thought Icarus' cousin was so able to create new things, and that was the reason that made me like this story also the part where they escape with bird's feathers. But the fact that Icarus died because the wax melted, was very sad to me. But I still like it a lot; well at least more that the second myth.

Was it the characters or the story that you enjoyed?

I actually like both. The storyteller was a great character of the movie because he made you understand better what was happening. Icarus' cousin was very creative and always wanting to help, but on the other hand, Daedalus' son wasn't so good with his hands and he couldn't concentrate which was one of the reasons he died; because he couldn't listen to his dad when he told him not to go so high up the sky.

In thinking on the themes of these stories, what do they have in common?

They both describe the sadness of lossing someone you love. They all show how people get courage to accomplish something. And it also teaches people the importance of , because at some point Deadalus preferred his nephew instead of his son, and Theseus left the woma she loved in an island.

In conclusion, these 2 movies where very helpful to me, as they helped me understand better how important mythology was for the Greeks.

Bio-Poem

Introduce yourself through a Bio-poem. Follow the form of the sample Bio-poem below.

Remember: your Bio-poem can be whatever length you want it to be. It doesn't have to be

thirteen lines long, and you don't have to include exactly three ideas in any of the lines. The

form is a simple guideline. Make sure that you use words that are descriptive, colorful and

lively! It should be YOUR creative expression about YOU.

Line 1: Your first name

Line 2: Who is..(Descriptive words that describe you)

Line 3: Who is brother or sister of...

Line 4: Who loves...(three ideas or people)

Line 5: Who feels...(three ideas )

Line 6: Who needs...(three ideas)

Line 7: Who gives...(three ideas)

Line 8: Who fears...(three ideas)

Line 9: Who would like to see...

Line 10: Who shares...

Line 11: Who is...

Line 12: Who is a resident of...

Line 13: Your last name

Andrea Lisset

Happy, Crazy, Enthusiastic, Honest, Creative,

Sister Of Paola Mishal Handal Marquez

Who loves her family, friends, and hometown

Who gives happiness and loyalty to her loved ones

Who fears of touching small insects, and get attacked by a shark

Who sees herself as a doctor in the future and as a great person

Who is a very happy person

Who is a resident of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Handal Marquez

Thanks For Reading This!

7th Grade Blog Post

Hello,

today I will be talking about my 6th grade experience. I believe that this year has been the best school year I've ever had. From Ms Parties to plays, and from assignments to projects. This year has helped me gain more confidence and feel better about being a new student in an international school.

What piece of work and learning are you most proud? I feel that this year I've improved so much. I've learnt many things I didn't know back in Mexico. From all the work I've done, I believe my two T.T.T. projects. In these projects, I've learnt about different empires, the Ancient Egyptian and the Ancient Rome Empires. I am really proud of these two projects because I think I've done a great job in the collaborating part. Even though we didn't research a LOT in these projects we used what we got and we made the projects really good. I love doing tic tac toes, because you have many different assignments to choose from. I hope we have T.T.T. projects next year too!

What were your greatest challenges? My greatest challenges through all this year, were a few. Firstly, that I wasn't that good with my English. This affected my performance in the beginning of the year because sometimes I couldn't really understand the teacher. Secondly, I was new so I didn't know my classmates which made it easier to get used to being here.

3. Reflecting on your growth this year, what did you learn about yourself as a learner? I learned that I get distracted easily and this can affect me a lot. I also learned that if you really want to be better you can ask teachers to help you out, and you can really improve. I feel proud of myself because I could finish this school year without any trouble and I learnt so many things that will be helpful in the future.

4. To evaluate your work habits, provide explanations about the following topic:

• Behavior: I think I behave well in class. But sometimes, I get distracted with my classmates which makes me talk and not do my work. In the end, it affects my grades and behavior.
  

• Performance: Satisfactory
  

• Explanation: I believe that in the future, I can improve and concentrate more in what I am supposed to do instead of getting distracted with my classmates.

5. Based upon your reflections, write two personal learning goals for Grade 7 next year.

Goal 1 - In Grade 7, I plan to study more for my quizzes or exams, etc, so that I can have better understanding in the topics and to get better grades.

Goal 2 - In Grade 7, I plan to concentrate more in my classes because then I can understand the teacher better and I can learn better for the important projects or tests that we could have in the future.

6. Is there any more information about yourself that you would like the teachers to know? I take time to feel comfortable in classes and that is because I don't know the teacher very well. But don't worry to much, because once I get to know them, I will start behaving how I normally do.

7. What was your favorite activity lesson in Humanities this year? What did you enjoy about it? My favorite lesson in Humanities was Mesopotamia because we had to do an awesome project about Babylonia We had to choose a song and change the lyrics that had to talk about a ruler from there. I really enjoyed it.

8. What activity do you wish we could have spent more time on? I think we should have took more time with the Tic Tac Toes because our dead line was too short. I think the best thing to do was to give us about 3 weeks to work on it because we had to work on three different assignments!

9. Finally, cast your minds back to the first few months of middle school (when you arrived in Grade 6 ) what "Words of Wisdom" or "Advice" could you pass on to the Class of 2018? Have fun, but remember to focus on school too!

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!!!

HI,

Today I am going to be talking about my favorite book. My favorite book is called 'Clubes Rivales' and the author is Javier Malpica. Even though it is in spanish, I love to read it. It is about a group of girls and a group of boys competing to see which group is better. But the exciting thing about this book, is all the challenges they have, for example, once they had to get into a hunted house and stay there all night. I really like this book because I teaches the readers about team collaboration and friendship.

This book made me think about friendship and collaboration, because in the end, they all became really good friends. Everyone worked together to prove which group was better, but in the end that didn't matter anymore because everyone proved loyalty and honesty to each other.

This book challenged me as a reader because this book is more advanced like the the other 6th grade books I've read. It has many vocabulary that I didn't know, and the author wrote many metaphors that were hard to understand. I believe that in the end, I learned so many things Even though I learned in spanish, it will help me with my english too, because I can just change all I learned into English and it will be the same.

If you want to read this book, of course you can, and you will love it! But I will recommend you not to read this book if you don't like reading about friendship and amazing adventures. And don't read it if you don't know spanish otherwise you won't understand it. :D

I hope you enjoyed my reflection, and I hope I gave you enough reasons for you to read this book!