Slow Loris

This is my paragraphs all about Slow Lorises. You will find all about how cool they are. I had a lot of fun writing this and looking for the pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Harriet Tubman

Have you ever heard of Harriet Tubman? Well, if you haven’t you are going to be learning a lot about her. Some things I will be talking about is how she made a difference and effected change, her struggles and how she overcame them and how I empathized with Harriet. You should learn a lot about her.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was an amazing person who helped make a HUGE difference in history. This paragraph will tell you about what she did and how she did it. Harriet Tubman was a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a trail that ran through the Choptank River, in Maryland, and ended in Pennsylvania. Along the way, there was homes of Quakers and Abolitionists. Quakers and Abolitionists did not believe in Slavery and wanted it to end. The first slaves that Harriet had helped had been her sister,Mary, and Mary’s family. That wasn’t the last time Harriet had been conductor on the Underground Railroad. She risked her life every time she helped someone on the Underground Railroad. Harriet even helped in the Civil War! She was also the first woman to lead a military expedition. She helped the Union Army because she wanted freedom for everyone. Harriet was a spy for the Union Army. Harriet helped Colonel James Montgomery plan a raid to free slaves from some plantations that were along the Combahee River in South Carolina. On June 1,1863, three gunboats set out to help free the slaves that were in the plantations along the Combahee River. Several hundred male soldiers and Harriet Tubman were on those three gunboats. Harriet knew where the Confederate Army soldiers were hiding along the shore and were they had placed torpedoes in the water. The Union Army set fire to buildings and destroyed bridges, so that the Confederate Army couldn’t use them. Harriet and the Union freed about 750 slaves and did not lose one soldier in the attack. When Harriet was in the Union Army she was also a nurse who helped save the soldiers lives. So now you know all about why Harriet Tubman was a great leader and an amazing person.

So, everyone has struggles and challenges that we have to come over. Harriet Tubman had some really hard challenges that she had to come over. One of those struggles was being a slave. She had to overcome this to become a great person in history. When she was a slave, she had to overcome some HUGE tragedies. Some of those tragedies were when she was sold away from her family and when both of her husbands died. (She was not a cheater, her first husband died and she remarried two years later.) For more than half of her life, Harriet was treated horribly. This really helped her get angry at the Confederate Army. Another challenge she faced was being a conductor in the Underground Railroad. It was very risky to be a conductor because she could get caught and she could be killed. It was very brave of her and she had a very big heart to take all of these people from slavery into freedom.  One of the last challenges we found she faced was being hunted down by the southerners. They wanted to catch her because she had a $40,000 bounty on her back and people really wanted that money. They also did not want Harriet to take their slaves and free them. She disguised herself when she went through towns and she also hid from the southerners. Harriet was a hero for slaves and for the Union but it was not easy to be a hero for all of these people. But, Harriet overcame these challenges and was a hero for all.              

I think by now you know all about Harriet Tubman’s amazingness. But, do you ever wonder what is would be like to be Harriet Tubman? Well, it would be very tough work when she was being forced to be a slave. I imagine that she didn’t enjoy being a slave and it got her very angry. It probably didn’t help that she was sold as a child to a man she had never seen before. When she was helping slaves, she was probably really nervous. I don’t think I could make a huge journey and free slaves at the same time. It was really dangerous stuff Harriet was getting into and Harriet preferred to help rather than free herself and leave the others in slavery. Now you know what I think it would be like to be Harriet Tubman.

You have now read my paragraph on Harriet Tubman. I know you have learned a lot and you should go tell your friends about this amazing person. You got to learn about how she made a difference and effected change, her struggles and how she overcame them and how I empathized with Harriet. Now, you know about Harriet Tubman and how great she was!

        

The Story Of the Majestic Island

Hello! Today I will be telling you the story of this island.

The Story Of the Majestic Island

By Meaghan

Hello! My name is Yura Stinker. Do you see that little person up on that bridge? That's me! Do you want to hear the story of how I got up on that bride? Well of course you do!

On this day in 1964, I was born. I was born on right on this island here! But, my parents didn't want to share the island with anyone else! So, they threw me off of the island. Turns out they did that with like 48 other kids too. I turned out to be the lucky baby because I feel right down into a boat! The other kids landed in the water and were eaten by the killer mermaids. 

Yep, that is one thing my parents got to protect the island, KILLER MERMAIDS! Pretty awesome but if you are getting eaten by one, not so much. 

So, back to the story. I landed into a boat! But, the bad part about that was that it had two thieves in it, who had stolen some magic. There is one good thing about me falling into the boat, I fell right into a pot of magic! It granted me some magical powers that you will learn about later. Just as I fell into the pot and I was swimming around, doing whatever babies do in pots of magic, A thief noticed me and pulled me out of the pot.

"Hey, Gus look at this! I found a baby in the pot of magic!" The big dude bellowed as he held me by my foot.

"What are we gonna do with it, Rambo?" A small guy, Gus, Asked 

"I don't know! It's a baby. Maybe we could teach it how to be a thief." The Rambo said again

"Good idea!"Gus said

Five Years Later

Gus and Rambo, My family, had taught me to be an amazing thief. No one suspected a five year old to be robbing a bank or pick pocketing you. We were stealing from banks every day and no one had caught us. This life is AWESOME!

Fast Forward 24 years later

I can't believe Gus AND Rambo are both dead now! Well, at least now I can go back to the island and find my real parents. I always thought that Gus and Rambo were my parents but today, when Rambo died, he told me the truth. Today, I will go search for my REAL parents!

Two Years Later

I can't believe how far away this island is! I don't think these directions are correct! I hope I get to my parents soon and I hope they are happy to see me. Wait, how did Gus and Rambo end up bei-CHOMP.

"WHAT IS THAT?!" I shouted as I heard 6 more chomps. I looked over the side and I saw 4 mermaids chomping on the side of my boat. "Hey! What are you 4 DOING?!" I shouted

"Oh! Hi. We are just eating boat so that you will fall in the water and then we will eat you." One of the four shouted up and began to eat my boat again.

"SAY WHAT!?!!?!" I shouted down. Oh no oh no! I don't want to be eaten! I shouted in my head and clamped my eyes shut. I wished I was anywhere else but here. Anywhere else! And then suddenly my feet were on dry land!

"Wait, what?" I opened my eyes and looked around. I took a sharp breath in and held it. I remembered this place. It was were my parents had dropped me off a cliff. I remembered everything now. My mom bringing me to the ledge and then dropping me off. I looked around and saw a straw hut. I started to run towards it and I picked up speed. When I reached the huts I burst in the room. All that was in there was an old man. I walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. It was all bone. His skeleton fell off of the chair and looked at me with it's dark sockets. "Ahh!" I screamed as he fell over. I bent over and picked him up. I walked to the side of the island and screamed "HEY YOU, KILLER MERMAIDS! I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU!" as I threw my father over the side of the cliff. I went around looking for my mom but all I found was a small grave marker with what I thought her name might have been.

5 years later

So, now you know how I got to be the owner of this island! It was very fun telling you my story and I hope to see you again soon!

Lilly and Sammy save the world!

I really enjoyed writing this story because I felt like I could do anything with it. I had a lot of fun doing the pictures and the actual writing for this. I am really happy with the finished product of this story and I hope you guys are too! Make sure you read the whole book to see what happens with Lord Bottom Tickler and Lilly!

In one of my first pictures, Lilly has 2 arms. In the story she DOES NOT have 2 arms! Don't let this picture mislead you!

Immigration to the USA

Immigration to Singapore

My Journey to Singapore

Christalite Methodist Home part 2

Today we went to the Christalite Methodist Home again. But, this time instead of doing santa hats,we did heart decorating and necklace/bracelet making.

I think I had a much better time this time than last time. I say this because I felt more engaged in what we were doing with the old folks. The woman I was working with asked me to do stuff until she got the hang of it. Her friend that she had brought along could speak both english and chinese. She helped me understand what my lady wanted and I was very happy that she was willing to do that.

I got two valentines from the two lady's! I didn't really help her friend but she still gave me her valentine that she made. My lady gave me her valentine too! She took a fancy to the sparkly sequence and let me tell that if you shined it in the sun and into someone's eyes you could very well blind them!

I think this was a bunch of fun and I hope we can go back soon! I know I had the best time ever because that hour seemed like 10 minutes!

P.E. Fitness Assessment

For my P.E. Fitness Assessment I was not happy with some of my scores and I really need to work on some.

For my pushups I did not reach the healthy range. I think I need to start doing pushups once or twice a week for 10 minutes. I am really sad that I did not do as many as I should have done and I really want to reach the healthy range. I hope I can do better by our second fitness assessment!


For my Pacer test I was almost at the healthy range with a score of 16 paces. I am running pretty much every day so I hope that my running will improve! I mostly run for 1hr and 30 min or more almost every day so I think that will improve my pacer score.

For my curl-ups I was not in the healthy range. Along with doing pushups for 10 minutes,I will do curl-ups for 10 minutes also.

For my sit and reach I was in the healthy range with a score of 25. I am very proud of myself.

Flight and why I would choose it

I would choose to have the ability to be able to fly! I would choose to fly because if you are about to get into a fight or something like that you could just fly away. You could also leave school early if you just grabbed your bag and floated away secretly. What if you needed an extra boost to catch something? Just fly up and catch it. Long line? Just float over it secretly. Legs get tired when walking? Just fly for the time being.

I would probably just use this power to help me make some shots in basketball. Also I would use it if my legs got tired when I was walking. I really like the feeling of flying and being up high when I am at the amusement park. So this power would be good for me! 

One thing that would be very bad would be if you were just flying up really high, just flying around, and then suddenly your powers stop working!! But at the last moment before impact they switch back on and you fall as gracefully as a piece of wood.

It would also be really cool to be invisible AND be flying! Just image how many lines you could skip!

What power would you guys choose and why?

Tibetan Bowls

This was very cool to get the chance to do this.

I'm in the very back. I moved to the dark corner.

The first time Bill played the bowls, I saw bright lights. This was really weird because I was in the darkest corner of the room. It also felt like someone was pushing my shoulders,like they were trying to move me. I felt tingling all over my body. My shoulder blades felt like someone was pushing then together.

The second time he played I felt like someone was pushing my pressure point. Then it felt like they moved down to my wrist. Like the first time, I got tingles. But, this time I got it on my leg. It felt like someone was blowing on it. When my eyes were closed I saw all different colors. At one time a bunch of yellow lights came down from what felt like my forehead. They looked like they were stroking my face and grabbing it. The colors were all muddled together but at different times they became their own colors. The colors had turn a dark green then a light green. They got streaked with blue. It felt like the tingles went into me. The blowing on my leg got really hard at one point. It was like someone had put a leaf blower on my leg and refused to take it off. I felt like I could just sit up and leave my body and everything else behind. At one point, I felt like I was being pulled up by my wrists,like someone was trying to get me up and play with them. My wrists still feel a bit tingley.

When Bill had told us to sit up and he was showing us all of the different things to do with the bowls, my back got a little case of the tingles. When he told us to close our eyes and sit up while he was riveting (I think he said that was what it was called) my head felt like it was being pushed down and the colors came back. The yellow lights seemed angry (As angry Yellow lights can be) this time and my back felt like someone was slowing massaging my back and then like they were stabbing it.

This was really weird to do but I liked it. It never really hurt but when I felt like someone was stabbing my back it was weird. I want to do this again. I liked it.

Images of Singapore: Our field trip

Today our class went to the Images Of Singapore Museum. This was a very fun one,but not as fun as the water park!

We got to see a lot of things,like wax figures and props. The wax figures were very lifelike. My group all got scared of the wax figures at one time or another. Me,Amber,Alexa and Jade all posed as wax figures. I even scared someone who thought I was a wax figure selling fruit.

At the end of our wonderful field trip, we got to look through the gift and eat lunch. The gift shop had a bunch of cool things in it like rubber band shooting guns and funky glasses. I didn't buy anything.

Me,Alexa,Amber,Jade,Julia,Anushka,Noemi and Beatrice all played Duck Duck Goose. I stuck stickers on a bunch of people including myself. I stuck a HUGE dragon "tattoo" on my cheek. Then we went on the bus. Everyone was very tired from the field trip. I'm really surprised that I didn't fall asleep!

That concludes my adventure! I hope everyone had a really fun time because I know I did.

How to choose the right dog

I learned that there are a lot of different dog breeds. Dogs were first tamed over 15,000 years ago! I had never knew that. The internet helped me a lot as well as books did (Maybe even better!). I got to learn about my favorite animal EVER so that made this writing the best one yet.We had to do tons of research for this awesome informal piece so I hope you enjoy mine!