Core Classes
Here I will put all of my online classwork on here!
Social Studies!
In social studies we use Seterra to study different parts of the world around us. You can study countries, cities, states, and more on Seterra for free.
MATH!
In math we have been doing many things this year. And earlier this year we reviewed for staar.
SCIENCE!
In science class we made posters on different products of our choice. I chose Head and Shoulders shampoo to make a poster on. We had to look up the 3 main chemicals in our products and explain their health affects, what they help with, and their physical properties. Then we put if we recommend the product to others.
Another project we did in science is make element and chemical "Pokémon Cards". I made some on Bismuth and Rhodium. And they are very pretty.
In the book Hatchet, Brian has lots of struggles, so today we are going to talk about some of them. In the book Gary Paulson shows how Brian is having a hard time with his mental health. Brian is having flashbacks of his parents divorce and the secret of how his mom meets a man and kisses him at the mall.
“And it was not a friendly peck, but a kiss. A kiss where she turned her head over at an angle and put her mouth against the mouth of the blond man who was not his father and kissed, mouth to mouth.”
When this happens he has a lot of self doubt and feels helpless, like he won't be able to survive much longer. I feel like this sometimes because I go through periods of self doubt and have panic attacks. But like Brian, I always get back up again. I won’t give up trying because “When the going gets tough the tough get going”.
Another struggle of Brian’s that Paulson includes in the story is that he has a hard time getting food and is struggling to survive. This reminds me of my brother. He is as skinny as a stick; I just hope that we can get him to gain some weight before it gets worse but at least he is doing well right now.
Lastly, Brian has survived many bad things and natural disasters. He survived a tornado, a porcupine attack, and an encounter with a bear. I myself have gone through some tough situations to include the pandemic, a tornado, and my mental health struggles. In the end, while our situations might be different, Brian and I have both dealt with struggles in our lives.
Here is my Hachet Mini-Essay from the beggining of the school year.
Raspberry’s Life
For a while I had wanted a pet guinea pig. And eventually my parents had agreed to get me one, if I helped them out with the supplies. So I helped them get my future guinea pig toys, food, and cage ideas. But I didn’t want just any piggy, I wanted a red one. They weren’t very common but my dad researched some shelters that offered guinea pigs, and after a few months he found one!
I prepared for my little piggy, whenever I would get one. My dad and I had made the cage ourselves with a dog cage, wood, and his building tools. It had taken us a couple of weeks, but when we finished we felt satisfied with our work. Once the packages arrived I had taken them to his cage to decorate. I put a wooden chewy toy, and a pineapple hideaway. Added fresh fluff for when he came and it was done.
A few days later I came home. I didn’t expect anything exciting to happen, but when my dad got home he also brought a furry little guest with him. I was so excited when I sat in our playroom with my family, and opened up the little pet box he was put in. I named him Raspberry and he was just perfect with his silky red coat, big, bold eyes, and his cute little paws. My mom put Raspberry in his cage that we had created for him, and we left the room. I was and are the rodent nerd in my home so I knew he needed his space to get comfortable and used to his new home.
Sometimes I would peek my head in from time to time to see how Raspberry was and couldn’t wait to come back in after giving him time. At the time I had so many ideas of what I would do with him when he warmed up to us. I thought I would teach him small tricks, and how to stay in my hands when I held him. So I had many things I wanted to try with him.
After giving him lots of space my family and I would start to interact with Raspberry more and try to feed him with our hands. I would get grumpy at my brother though because he would try to scare him and would yell really loud. But I got over it and tried to ignore him. Since guinea pigs make big messes and need to be cleaned often, I also got the chance to hold him in my arms. My mom would wrap him up in a small towel and I thought he looked like a snuggly, little burrito. It was one of my favorite things to do with him, just sitting in the backyard.
Eventually he got moved into my parents room for a few reasons. My parents told me that when they were going to sleep Raspberry would chirp and make cute little sounds at them. I knew that guinea pigs make chirping noises when they are happy, so I was very excited to know how he felt, even though I wanted to hear him chirp. I would go into my parents room often to visit him and he was just perfect. Another thing that had happened with him was quite funny, he had escaped one day in their room. It happened around lunchtime and I ran over there when I heard the noises. We spent like ten minutes chasing Raspberry around the room until we caught him. After catching him, my parents decided to move him to a cage with no holes to escape out of. But since we didn’t have another cage, we moved him to a big plastic bin that had no use. And luckily Raspberry didn’t escape after that.
Around a week later my brother and I went to wash our hands for lunch. We accidentally left the door open when we left and my brother had started making a fuss. I had been distracted with him and washing my hands so I didn’t notice one of my dogs walking in. We left the room to eat and later we realized that we had made a big mistake.
After we were eating, my siblings and I went upstairs to play, when we heard a loud scream. “Ahhhhh!” my mother screamed. All of us rushed downstairs to see what happened. “What’s wrong?”, I asked. My mom replied crying, “Just don’t come in. Shelby hurt Raspberry.” At that moment I started panicking and crying when I realized what we did. Later I went in to see him and he wasn’t moving and was laying down on the cage floor. I was so mad at Shelby, my brother, and myself and felt terrible about it.
A few days later we buried Raspberry. I had used a shoebox for him to rest in and made it nice and special, just for him. My dad grabbed his large shovel and dug a hole. We made the hole next to a new tree my mom had gotten a few years before and I loved it. When my dad was done with the hole, I placed Raspberry’s box inside. We then buried him and went inside.
Today I still feel bad about it and what happened. But I do know that these things happen sometimes and that some of it can’t be prevented. We all will move on and think about their loving memory, even when they’re gone.
Here is my memoir of my pet Raspberry's and his life.
Animals Deserve More!
What if you were brought into this unfamiliar room, with strange people whom you didn’t know, and they started poking and prodding you with tools and products. You probably wouldn’t feel very comfortable or safe in that environment. That is how a lot of animals feel when they are having products tested on them. Even just one test can hurt an animal for life.
Animals are a lot like humans in many ways. One is that we are animals deep down, just more developed than a wild animal. And just like humans animals can develop trauma over time when tested. When an animal is tested on with no choice it can affect them in many ways. Some animals won’t do their normal schedule or habits anymore, and will try to avoid things that remind them of when they were tested on. Some symptoms of their trauma include fleeing things that remind them even the slightest of a traumatic event, freezing in place from trauma, and even just pointed back ears on an animal show the fear in them. If they are let back into the wild this may affect them in the long run. For example, if they are being attacked by something much bigger than them in the wild, they may freeze in terror and not be able to get away because of their trauma. That could get them badly hurt and they could be even more affected.
Testing can also affect them physically. If they’re let back out into the wild physically hurt, it could not only be difficult to do their normal habits, but it can also make their lives much shorter. As we know many animals like to attack weak and easy prey, so they may be attacked more often and could die quicker than an un-tested animal. That may even lead to species extinction, and affect people around the world who rely on those animals.
Another reason why we should stop is because we have become very developed when it comes to technology. So instead of animals, we could use the technology we have now to our advantage. Recently scientists have started making and adjusting DNA, and with that technology we may not even have to test on animals anymore, if we switch to that instead. And when making new products you want the best possible results, and what could give you better results then the DNA of whom you're making the product for?
My last reason is that when testing a new product, many things could go wrong. Look at it like this, in labs scientists use chemicals to figure things out and make new things to show the world. But if the chemicals get on their bare skin, it can do a lot of damage depending on what they’re using. That is what happens with animals when tested with unpredictable and unstable products. Animals may even get sick from those new products. And if and when that happens, and if they’re released into the environment, they could harm other animals. Some species around the world are already endangered, and if a sick animal gets released into the environment those animals could go extinct from it passing from animal to animal. “Each year, it is estimated that more than 50 million dogs, cats, monkeys, rabbits, rats and other animals are forced to endure painful experiments in the U.S. These animals are deliberately sickened with toxic chemicals or infected with diseases, live in barren cages and are typically killed when the experiment ends. But humans and animals are very different, so outdated animal experiments often don’t accurately mimic how the human body will respond to drugs, chemicals or treatments.” -The Humane Society of The USA. So based on this recent research we know that many animals die each year from these tests and projects, over 50 million to be exact.
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.” -William Inge So when it comes to animal testing and projects, we all know that we wouldn’t enjoy it anymore than they do. So let's fight to stop animal testing and improve our world!
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Here is my persuasive essay on animal rights! I enjoyed writing this one because I really like animals :D .
Quotes and Truisms
This is your list of quotes and truisms! If there are some that you don’t think are any good, take them out. Add some of your own favorites. Use this as a resource when you write.
If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.
- Albert Einstein
Better slow going somewhere than fast going nowhere.
Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
- Lao Tzu
Never wrestle with a pig--you both get dirty but the pig likes it.
50% of the solution is to put your hands on the problem.
The man who thinks he knows everything will eventually find he knows nothing.
Stand for something or you will fall for anything!
Anger is one letter short of danger.
Character is easier kept than recovered.
A man who desires revenge should dig two graves.
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak.
--Greek Proverb
It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Dogs don't love people, they love the place where they are fed.
--Burundi Proverb
One grain of sand can tip the scale.
Life is a ladder -- some will climb up it, others down.
--Bulgarian Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks.
--Yiddish Proverb
In order to get where you want to go, you first have to leave where you are.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
If you have planted a tree, you must water it too.
--Tamil Proverb
Success is a journey not a destination.
The teacher has not taught, until the student has learned.
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
--Sicilian Proverb
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Words are like spears: once they leave your lips, they can never come back
--Benin Proverb
Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes.
--Sicilian Proverb
Men learn little from success, but much from failure.
Arabian Proverb
Bad decisions make good stories.
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
--Spanish Proverb
A rising tide lifts all boats.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
--African Proverb
A thief thinks everyone steals.
Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.
Well begun is half done.
A wound inflicted by a friend does not heal.
--African Proverb
Bloom where you are planted.
A broken watch is right two times a day.
When you come back from a trip bring something for the family -- even if it is only a stone.
--Lebanese Proverb
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It takes two to tango.
Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
--Chinese Proverb
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
A bad craftsman blames his tools.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
Fortune favours the brave.
A half truth is a whole lie.
Handsome is what handsome does.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns to you.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
Nothing to be feared in life, but understood.
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death.
Slow and steady wins the race.
There are no small roles, only small actors.
What goes up must come down.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
--attributed to Goethe
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
--Helen Keller
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
--Thomas Sowell
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”
--Thomas Sowell
This is my quote and truism bank I added to in ELAR.
Here is my Narrative Retelling story!
Dictionopolis and Digitopolis’s Princesses Return
Dictionopolis and Digitopolis’s dear princesses return after being banished to the castle in the sky.
After being banished from their home kingdoms, princess Sweet Rhyme and princess Pure Reason return home. The heroes Milo, Tock, and Humbug came to the rescue after learning about what happened to them. King Azaz agreed to let them go on the perilous journey but Mathemagician declined after hearing how King Azaz let them go. But Milo outsmarted Mathemagician and they were free to go save our dear princesses. The three of them were on their way and ran into Kakofonous A. Dischord who gave them the sound of laughter which seemed quite unpleasant to him.
Once receiving the gift they continued on their way. They had to defeat many demons along the way including The Senses Taker, The Everpresent Wordsnatcher, The Terrible Trivium, The Demon of Insincerity, and The Giant. The Senses Taker asked them many meaningless questions while the other demons lurched towards them, The Terrible Trivium made them do meaningless tasks that would take them years over their lifetime, The Demon of Insincerity tricked them into getting trapped in a deep pit, and The Everpresent Wordsnatcher interrupted Milo, Tock, and Humbug many times and told them answers that they didn’t need. Luckily, Milo, Tock, and Humbug received gifts of a pack of words, a magic pencil, and the sound of laughter from The Kings and Dr. Discord. They used the pack of words from King Azaz to create a doorway to escape, Milo used the magic pencil from Mathemagician` to escape The Terrible Trivium, and they used the sound of laughter to defeat The Senses Taker. Those gifts helped them manage to escape the castle in the air and return to the kingdoms. Once they returned, the Kings told them the secret about their mission. The secret was in fact how the mission was impossible to complete.
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.” -King Azaz and Mathemagician
Photo of Tock and Milo comes from Source