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Mr. Maps Miraculous Map Moment

Hello kids! My name is Mr. Cartographer but you guys can call me Mr. Map, ok? Great! Let’s get started shall we?

First let’s go over the basics. The lines of longitude and latitude, what are they? Longitude and latitude are lines people like me draw on maps so it is easier to find places. The longitude lines go from north to south and the latitude lines go from east to west. They make a grid over the whole map. When you want to find something on a map you can look at the lines of longitude and latitude and locate the place you are looking for. Each line of longitude and latitude has a number which is called a degree. Let’s say you are looking up longitude 53 degrees and latitude 74degrees. All you have to do is go to the longitude 53 line and the latitude 74 line and follow them till they intersect. And then you have it! You have found a spot on the map by using longitude and latitude.

Now that you know all about longitude and latitude you will be able to quickly understand the idea of hemispheres. Hemispheres mean half spheres. Imagine that you take a ball and cut it in half. Then you have two parts to the ball. Well, if you take the earth and put an imaginary line running from top to bottom you get two sides which are called the west and east hemispheres. This line is called the central meridian. If you put an imaginary line around the middle of the earth, as if it was wearing a belt you get the north and south hemispheres. This middle line is called the equator.

On every map you find a compass. The compass shows you which way is north, south, east and west. You need this compass because it helps you understand how to look at the map. Then you can tell your friend, “Hey look, Vancouver is north of Seattle.” And your friend can say, “No way, Seattle is south of Vancouver” and you can laugh at your funny geography humor. Geography is just so much fun!

If you really want to have fun then you need to know about time zones. There are twenty four time zones just like there are 24 hours in a day. If you travel east you are traveling into the future and you have to turn your clock ahead. If you are traveling west you are going back in time and you need to turn your clock back. Have you ever gone on a plane and traveled west and ended up in your final destination even before you left on your trip? Ha! That’s when time zones are really fun. Try it sometime!

When you talk about scales and maps you are not trying to talk about how much the map weighs. You are really talking about how many centimeters equal how many meters. Let’s say you took a life size photo of yourself and you shrunk it 1000 times so that your picture would fit on a map with everything else that was shrunk 1000 times too. If you looked at that map you would see something that looked like 1:1000 and that would explain how many times you were shrunk. That is how scale works. It shrinks everything and then tells you the ratio.

A map legend is not a story all about how the map comes to exist. It is actually a fun code at the bottom of a map. You can be a detective like Nancy Drew or Sherlock Holmes and figure out what every little dot and squiggle means on a map. Let’s say that you are home alone on a Saturday night and you have nothing to do, what can you think of that could be better than grabbing your old maps and figuring out all the legends.

Bayle

Mr. Lee's Website

The Website is: http://www.webspawner.com/users/ericleevtt6/index.html

(this was a response to Marc's post)

Hey All,

I know Mr. Lee would be very, VERY upset with me that I'm asking this question, but can anyone tell me the website? I would always just go on it from the school website, but now that it's down I can't. :(

Marc L.
P.S. Don't tell Mr. Lee!

Creative Advertising

Hey guys I thought you might find these pictures cool!

Matt

Benny tries synchronized swimming!

Most of the time synchronized swimming is absolutely killer, but last
week my crew and I had a practice that was completely appalling.
First our couch, who is always admirable, was in an utterly
horrendous mood. as soon as practice started he had anger etched all
over his face.
Taking all his anger out on us he made the whole squad do five more
underwater pirouette spins than usual, I was so dizzy and almost
puking didn't help and we thought we had seen the worst of it!
Then we had to do our whole routine ten times. we didn't even get to
step on dry land for the longest grueling half an hour of my life.
and when we complained coach made us hold our breath under water for
as long as we could, I almost drowned. It was a close call, to close
of a close call for me to do synchronized swimming again.

-Benny

Homework

6B:
-Use today's notes on mapping skills to write a paragraph that contains the most important points. Purpose: 1. To learn note-taking skills. 2. To be able to write a clear summary from notes (think concentrated orange juice).

6A:

-You will have 45 minutes for your responses tomorrow. You may prepare at home, but do not finish it, or get a lot of help from parents. Feel free to use the blog to discuss poems with your classmates.

If you have time, both Janine and Aleesha are looking for some guidance on poems that they are writing.

-Mr. G.

????

hi guys i was wondering if you could help with this poem because im kind of stuck. Also i was wondering if tou could say if theres anything wrong with it and whats a good title for it.

here it is.


what happens when you have a scary dream,
as real as they might seem.

what happens when you have a scary drem,
so scary you want to scream.

what happens when you have a scary nightmare,
and they take you to there lair.

what happens when you have a scary nightmare,
and what they do is not compelety fair.

thankyou guys

Geography 101 by Sam

Maps of the earth are divided into a whole bunch of lines called longitude and latitude. Longitude is the lines going sideways around the globe. The main line of longitude around the globe is called the equator, also known as the world’s belt. The equator is like a big line that divides the world in half, running west to east. Latitude is the exact opposite of longitude. The main line of latitude around the world is called the prime meridian. The prime meridian is also like a big line that goes around the world, but this one goes north to south not west to east.

Mapmakers measure distance in degrees. The equator is zero degrees longitude, and the prime meridian is zero degrees latitude. On a map there are numbers, just like on a graph, and there is actually a point on the world which is 0,0 degrees. The spot is just under an island called Sao Tome and Principe in Africa. The equator and the prime meridian divide the world into four hemispheres Northern hemisphere, Western hemisphere, Southern hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere.

On a map, the cardinal points show directions. When drawing a compos on a map, north is always up, south is always down, east is always to the right and west is always to the left. Scale shows distance on a map. The scale could be one centimetre equals one kilometre. On a map scales are usually shown using centimetres or inches.

The earth is divided into twenty four different time zones. On some maps there are lines showing the ranges of each time zone. A very good example of this is, two places in Mexico. One is called Puerto Vallarta and right next to it is a newer city called Nuevo Vallarta. They are right next to each other, but and Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta are one hour apart.

A map legend tells you what the symbols on a map mean. For example, a red line might mean symbolize a highway and a yellow line might symbolize a side road.

Mapping paragraph

On almost every map there is a grid made up of latitude and longitude lines, which measure distance in degrees. Latitude lines run from east to west and longitude lines run from north to south. The equator is 0 degrees latitude and the prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. The equator and the prime meridian divide the world into four different parts: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.

On a map the compass rose shows north, east, south and west,(they sometimes show more directions, it depends on the map your using.) The scale on a map shows the distance of how far things are from each other. The earth is divided into 24 time zones for 24 hours of the day. Each time zone always has a different time than the other ones.

Danny G.

Danny's Bad paragraph

I always have such a blast at soccer practice, but last week our practice was rotten! To start off, our Mr. Cheerful coach turned into the devil himself, and as soon as we got on to the field, it started to pour rain everywhere. Our coach even made us complete five more exhausting laps then regular. My legs felt like jello and it was only twelve minutes into the practice. Just when I thought we would get a water break he made us do sprints and suicides for a ten-minute span I thought would never end. Now I know how it feels like to die!

Poetry Responce On "Execution"

Hey everyone heres my response on execution:

This poem really blew me away with all it's poetic devices. There were smilies like: "He had cancer stenciled into his face like pencil marks from the sun". There were metaphors like: "He had cancer stenciled into his face" and "The board was a spiderweb of options and counters, Blasts and sweeps, a constellation of players shining under his favorite word, execution". I also thought that in the ending when Edward Hirch was writing about how the other team pummeled their team, is a metaphor of how cancer beats you up and has a machine like fury that kills you.

This poem was free verse and had only one stanza. I could not really find cadence in this poem because there were a lot of ideas (but that does not mean it was a bad poem) . I noticed that every line started with a capital letter, at first I thought it was because Edward Hirsh tried to make every line powerful. Then afterwards I asked my teacher why it was like that and he said that most poems start with a capital letter in every line and it does not mean trying to emphasize.

I could not really relate to this poem because no one i know had had cancer. Even though I could not relate to this poem, I can still understand what cancer can do to you. This coach was an amazing coach who taught his team everything he knew. He gave his life to football and despised losing. And then it happened, he was shot by cancer, there was nothing he could do. He would never be the same again because that's what cancer does to you, it has power, with deadly, impersonal authority, machine-like fury, perfect execution.

- ari

Sam's New and Improved Bad Paragraph

Soccer is usually a blast, but last week we had a practice that made us all miserable, depressed zombies! From the start of the practice everyone could see that our coach, who is almost as nice as Mr. G., was in a fowl mood (so bad that if he had a mood ring on it would explode). The second practice started he put on the most fake smile I have ever seen. We had to run FIVE MORE LAPS THAN USUAL! My legs felt like rubber strings tied to 70 pound weights. The worst part of it all was that was just the beginning of the work out. The second we were done with our laps he had us start on our sprints otherwise known as “suicides”. After the longest ten minutes of my life, he let us stop. I think I get why they call them suicides. After dry heaving four times during my coach’s explanation of a drill, my coach screamed at me to sit down. When I was finally allowed back onto the field, we did some more drills that should have been called “suicides plus”. After half an hour more of those drills, the coach was about to give us the a soccer ball so we could finally play, but our practice time was over. I hobbled home thinking maybe I’d switch to chess.

by Sam

Bad Paragraph didn't know what hit it!

So far so good everyone! You've turned the "bad" into great, and you've done it in your own style. Keep them coming!
6A: Thanks to those of you who have brought in your hardcover books for the display. I need five more, so if you don't mind parting with them for a couple of weeks, please bring them in!


-Mr. G.

Fixed bad paragraph

Typically basketball is extremely pleasurable, sadly at last week’s practice the case was not as usual this left me gnashing my teeth with anger. First, Our Coach, who generally is tremendously pleasant, was in a horrific mood. The very minute basketball practice started coach had this glare where his smile often hung. We had to do triple the amount of laps around the court than regular the team’s legs were throbbing in intense pain this was just the beginning of the excessive training. We had to do left handed layups for thirty solid minutes. I could feel the vomit coming into my mouth and back into my stomach. We didn’t even get to do passing. I don’t have to tell you how many fumes were sizzling out from my body.

By: Arieh Leon Dales 6A

Homework

6A:
-POEM ANALYZER
-FIX "BAD" PARAGRAPH
-SPELLING

6B:
-FIX "BAD" PARAGRAPH

Fix this "bad" paragraph (Due Wed)

Most of the time soccer is really fun, but last week we had a practice that totally made me upset. First, our coach, who is usually super nice, was in a totally bad mood. As soon as practice started he had this, like, really big scowl on his face. We had to run five more laps around the field than usual My legs were completely tired, and the work had just started! We then had to do sprints for ten whole minutes. I thought I was was going to puke! We didn't even get to touch the ball for another half an hour.
I don't have to tell you how completely mad I was.

Coming Next Week- Debate 1:"Battle of the Sources!!"

Dear Students,

Next week we will be embarking on our preparations for our first formal debate. Things are sure to get heated as we battle it out in search of the "best" research source.

Get ready to rumble!

Response from Benny

Love That Cat
Response By Benny Freedman

I can’t directly connect to this poem because I don’t have a cat or other pet. I can relate to the speaker because I share the same kind of passion but for different things such as baseball, basketball, and music.
The depth, to which Stoltz loves the way his cat looks and interacts with him, is the same depth to which I experience a deep emotional connection with sports and music. I love the fast pacing of basketball both in the speed of the sport and the way the points climb up quickly. The sound of the ball bouncing on the gleaming hardwood floors keeps me connected to the game. Baseballs strategic plays keep my attention. For example stealing bases and double plays are very exciting. With music, too, I experience a deep connection on many levels for example the intelligence of the solos and how the riffs and verses are so well thought of.

-Benny F.

6B Homework!

Extra: Write poems, respond with helpful responses to other people's work, book reviews, etc....

6A: Books for display

Hi 6A,

Yael in the office would like to make a display of your hardcover books. They will be locked in the glass cabinet at the front of the school. Please bring them to school tomorrow if you are interested.

-Mr. G.

Response on Love That Cat/Man and Dog

I once had a cat, her name was Sasha. She was a Persian cat, with long hair. Only I can't really connect because she was our cat when I was 3 years old, so I don't remember her very well. We had to give her away because she scratched and peed on everybody.
This poem had a lot of sensory images, here I list some:"velvet-black fur," "creamy couch," "white tipped paws," "glowing eyes," "I stroke his soft coat." However there wasn't a lot of similies/metaphors. The only alliteration was:"creamy couch."
There was no rhyme scheme in Love That Cat. The poem was free verse, and had 1 long stanza.
I can imagine the love between Stoltz and his cat because of the ending.
Now about Man and Dog. Man and Dog is when a man and his dog are sitting in the park, and Sasoon writes how it's only him and his dog.
I can't connect at all to this poem because I have never been alone in a deserted park with anything.
There was very few poetic devices, however one good sensory image is:"alone with stone and grass and tree," I can imagine myself in a park alone with a dog.
There is a rhyme scheme, line 1 and 2 rhyme, and line 3 and 4 rhyme. This poem is free verse, and has 3 stanzas. The lines were mid-sized. There is excellent cadence.
The cat poem and the dog poem were similar because they were about their love for their pets. They were also different because one was about a cat, the other about a dog.
The cat poem is a 4.5/5, the dog poem is a 4.95/5.

-Bram 6B

p.s. Please comment on this response.

From Vanessa

hey guys, I found something interesting in the last stanza of
"Dog In Bed" this might me helpful for extra notes!

" This is how it is with love.
once invited,
it steps in gently,
circles twice,
and takes up as much space
as you will give it."
(last stanza)
recaps the whole meaning of why Joyce Sidman wrote this poem.
Not only can this relate to dogs, it can relate to humans too, in many ways.
I like this last stanza because you can read it and make your own interpretation of it and it will always be right.

-Vanessa

6A Homework

Hey 6A
I was just wondering what the homework was.
Thanks
Isabelle

Dog in Bed

hey guys I just found something very interesting in "Dog in Bed". I noticed that sometime the author referred to the dog as "You" as if she was talking to him. In the second stanza i also thought that the dog was an old friend because old people always shift and groan. So I thought that she was comparing a dog to her father or her grandpa. To me the second stanza is like one whole hidden metaphor.

I hope this gave more ideas.

Fanny :)

Matt's Pesonal conection

Hey everyone!

When I was reading this poem, it really showed me how one can love a dog so much.  

In this poem Joyce Sidman expressed all her feelings not just saying them but putting them into metaphors and sensory images.  Marc l. pointed out a very nice metaphor that described some

thing that was special about the dog.  I think most of you guys have a dog, cat or any type of pet that you love at home.  Well, I have a dog so I can really relate to this poem well.  Because every night my dog is my room and its  a nice feeling.   You might have different traditions you do with your pet but, I think Joyce Sidman wasn't just basing it on a dog, she was  trying to express the feeling of having a pet that you love.

Matty :)

Dog in bed Aliteration

Hi guys,
I one example of alliteration in Dog in bed

-Slim Space

Aviva

Fix this "bad" paragraph...

Let's see if any of you can fix this paragraph using what we learned in our lesson on "bad" words.


My four cousins visited us from out of town last weekend. We had an amazing time together! It was really nice to have them here because I haven't seen them for a while. We went to a really big water park on Saturday, and went down the really fast slides. We had a really good barbecue for lunch and I ate five hot dogs. I was so full! I didn't care though, and I barely even waited five minutes before running really fast back to the pool. By the end of the day we were all so tired that the five of us slept very deeply all the way home.

Way to go, Marc L., Micah and Aviva!

Thanks to you three for starting us off on the right foot for this poem analysis. You've not only found some interesting elements in the poem, but you've also expressed yourselves very well. Way to go!

-Mr. G.

What was once, and never became

Hey guys,

I'm writing a poem about a horse describing his life as a horse. But I only have the first stanza, and I need help to make the second one. Please comment and leave suggestions.

When I was free,

I used to run like the wind.

Galloping through the tall green grass.

Letting the wind go through my tail,

And rustle between the hairs of my

Mane.

Simile From Dog in bed

Hi Guys,
I found a simile in Dog in Bed. When she says "Why should your black silky ears feel like happiness" it is obvious that a dogs ear can not feel like happiness. This is a great way to express her feelings on how she feel about her dog and how it feels like.
It is a great simile because within it you can see a sensory image by saying its black silk ears feel... it almost seems like you can feel the silky ear of your dog or any other pet you have.

Hope that helps!

Aviva

Sensory images

Hi everybody:
If you need some sensory images, here they are

• You shift, groan, drape your chin on my lap
• Nose tucked under tail
• Why should your black silk ears fell like happiness
• All night i orbit, tangle-limbed
• O, that langiud, movie star drape!

Micah

"Dog in Bed" Metaphor

Hey All,

I found an interesting metaphor in "Dog in Bed". "You are my warm, furred planet centered in my bed." Obviously a dog is not a planet, but maybe in this line Joyce Sidman is referring to the dog as a planet in the solar system of the bed. Planets are very big and powerful things and maybe this calling a dog a planet was expressing strong feelings for the dog that the owner had. Dogs are on other planets than us while still being there for warmth.

Hope you can relate,

Marc L.

Cool Pics.

Hey guys,
There hasnt been anything really cool on the site so I decided to add some cool pictures I just found. these are really cool pictures of a guy named Julian Beever and he's famous for his 3-D drawings that are actually just on flat ground. so here are some of them:


Top left:A man "playing with a sail boat

Top right:Batman and robin

Middle right:Person feeding sea otter

Middle left:Girl on a beach mat

Bottom right: A fake hole and people actually avoiding it

Bottom left: Firemen picture upside down




Hope you enjoyed,

~Nini~

6B Homework!

Humanities: Finish puzzle piece for tomorrow!

where im from

I'm from warm cozy place,
where there is no such thing as race.

swimming, swimming in the thing,
so big its shaped as a ring.

stop i see this light,
shining sight so bright.

i see my mother,
standing next to my brothers

holding me,
loving me,
caring for me.

they take me away,
there i lay.

I'm sad, mad
I'm not with my dad

but somehow i know,
everything is going to be okay.

6B Homework!

Math: do double sided ratio sheet for tomorrow.

Don't forget to study the first coloumn on the French word search for tomorrow!

Response on David Greenberg

This one's for you Mr.G

Response on Author David Greenberg’s performance

When Mr. G told us that we would hear a writer talk to us, I was actually quite happy because I enjoy listening to writers give little pointers to aspiring authors like me. I think that anyone at the assembly who was paying attention could have taken a lot out of David’s presentation because he spoke in easy kid language and he made sense. I think his poems are amazing in two ways, one, he used great rhyming words but still maintained the flow that he wanted to and two, he cared about what he wrote.

I understood when he said it took him one month to write his poems because I know from experience that everything doesn’t just come to you at once and even if it does you can always make what your thinking more interesting on paper. Anyways, when I write my short stories it also takes me one to two months to write it because sometimes I have to edit more than four copies to get one amazing piece of literature.

My favorite thing that David spoke about was the three components of writing because I really agree with them. I also liked when David spoke about how cool and crazy things happen to all people. I never really think of what’s happening in my own family yet when David mentioned it and gave examples, a lot of crazy things have happened to me and my friends and those crazy amazing things would make a great poem. David writes great poems/short stories and hopefully I will too some day. Even now when I read back at what I write, my writing skills are maturing just like me. Most of the things that David said I agree with and his comments sparked a part of my brain that holds my writing.

For me writing solves all my issues, good and bad. When I’m angry I write in a darker tone usually thinking of black; when I’m happy I write jumpy little poems with bright colors; and when I’m sad I write about gloomy things like wars with the color grey in mind. Literature is everywhere; you just have to look for it.

Arieh Leon Dales 6A

Spelling??

Hi Guys,

Is there spelling for this weekend??

Aviva

1001 Notebooks

Hey All,

Could anyone give me the website for the 1001 Notebook thing? The one we were talking about with Ms. Leison.

Thanks,
Marc L.

6B homework!

Math: Do the percentage sheet for Tues.
Humanities: Good copy of what I think of myself and what other people think of me sheet in a drawing of your hand.
Due Mon.

Homework? 6B

What's yesterday's homework?

Have a good Wednesday!!!!

~Nini~

6A bookbinding tomorrow

Bookbinding tomorrow is only for 6A class. As mentioned, 6B will build their books on February 4th. 6A students: please remember to bring all of the pages that you want bound to class tomorrow. Also, please make sure that you've checked your work for spelling and grammar.

Looking forward to building books with you!

-Mr. G.

Poem by Emma

Heaven


Where is it
Is it really true or
Do they just say it
because they don’t want us to feel bad


Are you able to communicate
Are you able to think
Can you do everything you can do here
Or is it just your inside that leaves

Is it up in the clouds
Is it in the air or
Is it nothing but a black hole

Do you come back down or
Is it just
The end

extra inside bookbinding sheets

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if Mr.G. or anyone had 2 extra inside bookbinding sheets because I accidentally messed up again.

P.S.

Mr. G. maybe you could tell me the size of the paper if you don't have any extras and I will try to get it.

Thanks so much

Isabelle

Poem from Adam Sanders

Where I’m From

I am from
Where there is never ending rain
Where the beaver lives on the nickel
From where there is a crunchy soft white blanket
That covers the ground

I am from
Where the caribou roam
From where their thick fur shines in the rays of sun
I am from where dew trickles off the grass in the morning
Like a leaky faucet

From where the eagles rule the sky
Where there are forests that stretch beyond your imagination

I am from
Where totem poles reach beyond clouds
Where bears lumber beside streams
From where salmon make their vast journey
Across oceans and streams

I am from this place that I call
Home

Adam Sanders

Hey Everyone,

I'm just going to ask a question about Mr. Lee.( Sorry Mr G. that it's not about our class). Okay, do we have to do both sides of Problem Solving?


Thanks a million,
Marc L.

New Bookbinding dates

Hi Gang,

The Bookbinding Lady has asked that we postpone the dates. New dates are: 6A-Jan 21 and 6B Feb 4.

-Mr. G.

6A

Hey 6A,
Mr. G changed the date for book binding, but when is it??
Thanks,

~nini~

Thanks

Thanks to Harry for posting the homework!

-Mr. G.

Emma starts the year off right!

Heaven

Where is it

Is it really true or

Do they just say it because they don’t want us to feel bad

Are you able to communicate

Are you able to think

Can you do everything you can do here

Or is it just your inside that leaves

Is it up in the clouds

Is it in the air or

Is it nothing but a black hole

Do you come back down or

Is it just

the end

by: Emma K. 6A

6B homework!

Mr G: make the inside cover for the book binding by decorating it with colours. ( Fold in half ( if you fold wrong, you won't get another one! I suggest you plan out what you're going to make the inside cover like, instead of just colouring it any way you feel like, and when you come up with a new idea, you cannot use it!))

Due Mon

6B homework!

Mr G: (Math) dividing decimals. Due tomorrow. ( Not market pricing side)

coil notebook

Hi everybody i lost a red 120 page notebook it has all my poems in it if anyone finds it can you please give it to sharon thanx

Homework

1. Have all term 2 materials ready by Friday (notebooks, binder, paper, spelling notebook ready)

2. "Your" spelling test (Monday)

3. In-class poetry response (Monday)

Homework?

What was tody's and yesterday's homework?

Harry

Where I'm From

Where I'm From by Micah


I'm from love
Joy
Happiness
Glee
Cheer

I'm from despair
Grief
Mourning
Tears
Misery

I'm from ice
Snow
Rain
Heat
Warmth

I'm from Yoga
Karate
Hockey
Football
Swimming

I'm from Vancouver
Costa Rica
Hawaii
California
San Francisco

I'm from Stir Fries
Burgers
Steak
Pizza
Fish

I'm from love
Joy
Happiness
Glee
Cheer

Book Binding

Hi guys,

I just got back from my trip ans i am really confused about the book
binding.
Do we have to everything ready for tomorrow??

I f some one could tell me that would be great!

AVIVA

Book binding

Hey guys,
I just got back from Miami last night and I cant find my agenda.
I forgot a few things about the book binding...
1) How many pages are the minimum and the maximum?
2) When are we doing it?

Thanks

-Nini

Harry,

were where you in florida i was in Boca and west palm beach

-mikaela

I will not be at school on Monday.

Sincerly, Harry

PS: Has it been snowing? I've been in Florida the whole winter break

guys i forgot for the book thing. how many pages are the limit????. is it 28?????

MY BROTHERS

Awesome in every way

The best ever

The cutest kids

Dreadfully cool

The evil carnivals

Fun to be with

So good to me

Hero’s for me

Sometimes idiots

Best jokers around

Kind when I’m feeling down

Very loving to me

That is why I love you
You are my brothers

SNOW

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HEY GUYS,
DID YOU SEE THE SNOW OUTSIDE.

Hey everyone!!!
Just hope you have a happy holiday:)

~Nini~

6B homework!

Math: Do the math crossword sheet that is double sided for tomorrow
Humanities: Finish Where I'm from poem for tomorrow

if all work is finished, Ms Hubbard will let us have free time for 1 or 2 periods

A girl is a princess

Each girl is a princess
when she takes her throne
To be a proper one, She
needs her crown with
elegant dress.
With her HUGE castle
to make a feast
inside her dining room
with her beautiful room decor
and wall paper that
is gold...Beautiful gold.
and her bed with a warm
cover painted with dolphins
and her huge closet to
keep all her clothes inside
If you want to be a
princess, all you have
to do is believe in
the
magic

Where Im from Draft1

Please comment!!!!:) Its my first draft:]

I am from a sandy shore
Where I can swim alone
where there are no doors
and where you cant make a clone
It is a tropical place
Its also underwater
Where nothing can be erased
And you can swim with otters.

Note:Im not done But I need comments!!!

Mr G,

how was your 2nd day in Israel? I hope it was fantastic!

Good Bye!!!

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to say that i hope everybody has a great break and hope everybody has fun!
I also wanted to say good bye because i'm off to Palm Springs tomarrow and i have to wake up really early because my flight leaves at 8:00 in the MORNING! AHHHHHH!

Will someone also let me know when the bird beak project is due and give me updates on Homework because i'll be checking the blog everyday>

Thx Bye
*Fanny*

Thank You poem - Sliding down the Slides

Hi everyone this is my thank you poem for my mom. It isn't excactly a "thank you" poem it's more like something that is important to me. Please comment!

Sliding Down the Slides

When I was
1 and a ½
years old

you used to take me to the playground

I
of course
don’t remember these
memories

but from you telling me

I can even
picture
the stuff that we did there
at the playground
in my head

we had so much fun
together

you chasing me
me running away
and laughing

sliding down slides
me
first afraid


but after getting used to them
sliding down all the time
with a smile on my face

in the sandbox
according to me
I “wasn’t allowed” to
get dirty

and if I would
get dirty
I would get out and rub off
every single grain of sand or dirt
that was on my foot


sometimes
I remember
all of these things
that we did
at the park

they always put a smile on my face

just wanted to tell you
that when these things come to my head
I remember

that you were there
at the park
with me

every time

6B homework!

Mr G. (Mrs Hubbard)'s Math: adding and subtracting decimals and frame game. Both are due tomorrow

Thanks and more...

Dear students and parents of grade six,

Thank you for all of the cards, gifts and good-wishes for term one and for our upcoming trip to Israel. Thank you also for an outstanding first term. Your dedication, work and growth is inspirational, and I look forward to continuing our journey together in January.

Over the break:

1. Keep reading and writing
2. Prepare your chosen work for our book binding in January
3. Start thinking about and preparing for the "Kids Write" program (ask Marc Levin if you have any questions about this), and for the JCC speech competition. These are both optional, but very worthy activities that I strongly encourage you to participate in.


Please keep in touch with each other and with me through this Blog. Your words of encouragement on each others' writing has been wonderful.

You can also check out what Mr. Cohen and I are up to through our P2K Blog which I've linked on the right hand side of the page. We will be updating our activities with the students of Alei Givah (our sister school in Israel) on a daily basis, and would love to hear from you.

I'll make sure to place each of your notes in the Western Wall when I get to Jerusalem.

Looking forward to seeing you in 2008!

-Mr. G.

Morning, Agust 8th, 2007 (final draft)

Hey guys this is miy final draft of my thank-you poem so i hope you like it!


At 9:07 you call my name
Because you know I’ll want pancakes
For an early morning start
Even though I’m still in bed

At 9:32 you’ve taken out the trash
Fed Freddy put in a load of laundry
And I’m still in bed
Too tired to get up

By 9:45 you’ve got me out of bed and dressed
So we can have some bonding time
While we make pancakes together
You are always so thoughtful

At 10:26 you go to the garden
To pick some fruit and veggies
You ask me to help
I say yes immediately and bring the baskets

At 11:00 we’ve picked four baskets of fruits and veggies
I start wrapping them up to go
Down to the fridge for the winter to come
Even though I’m working I’m still glad to be with you

By 11:19 I’ve made some lemonade
For the two of us
I asked you if I could go sell it
But you said Sam and I should sell jam instead

At 11:33 you’ve helped us pack up
And now we’re off
But I want to stay
And help you instead

At 12:00 it’s time for a grilled cheese please with extra cheese
We sit down together and look at each other
Then we burst out in laughter
For no good reason

By 3:30 our hard work is done
And it’s time to have some fun
You start getting mancala while I get some drinks
After we finish setting up
I realize there’s something missing
So I lean over the board
And give you a great big hug
And whisper “thanks”

Thx Fanny (feel free to give advice)

Grandpa...

Hey guys

I put my (secret) poem up so if you have any thing to say about it please comment.
P.S. my grandpa always made me jump for the amount of years old I was.


Grandpa... By Micah Berlow

A Jump for wit
which he had a lot of

A Jump for joy
which he had more of

A Jump for love
which he had the most of

A Jump for the hospitals
which took care of him

A Jump for the man in the moon
that says hello once in a while

A Jump for China
his birth place

A Jump for Vancouver
his death bed

A Jump for books
one of which he wrote

A Jump for the Italian La Scala Opera
which he went to

A Jump for chess
which he played a lot of

A Jump for creatures
great and small

A Jump for tears
which I shed

A Jump for hope
that he is doing well

A Jump for change
from having a grandpa to not

A Jump for a small jade tie clip
from a will

A Jump for angels
which I know he joined

A Jump for death


A Jump for him

Bye Mr. G

Bye Mr. G. You are an awesome teacher. See you after the break.

p.s.:I will pay close attention to your blog while you're in Israel.

6B HOMEWORK

The homework for 6B is: 1. Have all pictures/poems/stories typed up and ready to go for book bindings on January 7th and 14th.

p.s.: Sorry Harry, I was already logged on.

Thank You poem

I am sharing my thank you poem with you. It is an elegy to my Grammy.

Those Friday Afternoons

Those Friday afternoons
After school
Every week
I miss you

I miss the Granville island trips to the market to buy some fresh wild salmon for dinner
I miss the buttery smell of eggies on toast
I miss you

I miss the sweet aroma of when you bake a honey cake for desert
I miss the long seaside walks
I miss you

I remember
That night
That dew on the window type of February night
I saw you in your room

For the last time

I miss the Granville island trips,
And the eggies on toast,
And the sweet aroma of when you bake a honey cake,
And the long seaside walks but
More than anything else

I miss you

-Bram

p.s.: You may not see any line breaks, but there was some. I think it has something to do with the computer.

Pay it Forward Poem Response

Pay it Forward Poem Response


I decided to write my Pay it Forward poem on my Mom. I chose my Mom because as I said in my poem, she always tries her hardest to please me, and to make me happy.

I find this is one of the best qualities a person can have. Doing things for other people even if it means sacrificing your time from your day.

In my poem, I have one vignette. It is a memory from when me and my mom were on tour. It was 12:30 in the morning and we were kept up by the people in the next motel room. My mom phoned up the guy at the front desk, and asked him if we could switch rooms. The reason she told the man, was that her son needed sleep for the next day. I felt special when she said, “My son” rather than I need sleep. She could have stayed up for another few hours but she changed rooms for me. This is another example of why I chose my Mom to do this poem on. She loves me and I love her.

I also write, “You are my guardian angel.” this is a metaphor I use to show what I think about her, and that I compare her to an angel.

In some of my stanza’s I use the words you, and I. When I do, I put each one on a different line to express the poem is about her and from me, also to show the importance of her and I.

I describe her skin as being worm, soft, loving and when my skin touches hers my heart lights up. This is how I really feel. I get a special feeling when I get close to her that I only experience around her. A feeling of comfort and safety.

Later I explain that I love riding with her and car ride with her are fun. If we are in a long car ride I can see that she tries her hardest to make it fun and enjoyable. From games to simply talking.

Near the end of my poem I used a very famous expression to explain why I wrote the poem, “ What goes around, comes around, you have given me my whole life, and now I think it’s my turn to give to you.” It is true. She has always given me clothes, there is always food on the table, and she has always protected me. So this poem was like payback (in a good way). She now deserves to be given. This is my main reason for writing this poem.

I feel honored to be able to give her something for a change.

Thanks,
Marc L.
6A

homework

hey guys whats 6B's homework


thanx sharon

Zaida

Hey guys heres my poem for my granfather(zaida) plz tell me if u like it.

You are always a treat when you come to visit

the smell of your porridge in the morning makes my mouth water

You are always always giving me things like 6 dollars every Sunday

You teach me important life lessons that I'll never forget

You teach me so many words like hygienic and cooper

You educate me with your facsinating stories on the Holocaust

You make sure I'm doing my job of putting away the cutlery

You praise me and make me feel confident

You support me in my passion of playing soccer

You might sometimes thing i take you for granted

But i want you to know that I'll always aprreciate what you've done for me

it just is not for me

hey guys this is my first draft if you can comment that would be great thanks hope you like it


how do they do it
how can this be
writing a poem
just is not for me

as i look at the wall
and stare at the page
all i can think about
is my enoumouse rage

do they look straight ahead
do they get it from a chart
it seems that some people
can write poetry in the dark

but i have come to a conclution
it stings me like a bee
that writing poerty
just is not for me

-mikaela

All Heart

Memories. Memories
that can make you laugh. like when
dad completly gasses Eddie out. Dreams.
Dreams that you want to come true. From it
snowing on my birthday, or getting me that
new video game system that everyone else
has. Actions. Actions that can let you
change the world around you.
Memories, dreams, actions.
But especially care. Care
about everyone you
love. Especially
you own
family
!


Please post comments!

Nomi from Lord Bing,

Nomi,
Thank you so much for all of your comments that were in a poems form.
Heres just a little thanks of a poem that I'm writing to you.
I hope you like it:)

Your an ever growing seed,
what does that mean?
I seem to be stumped
and I maybe a chump
I'm not so assured
It seems to be blurred
I know this seems weird
of me being so cheered
and thanking you for your writing
as I came out from hiding
I am now trying
to keep up with your writing
but your words are so strong
and I always seem to be wrong
I hope you've realized
that I'm just trying to rise
while I thank you for this.

-Janine--Nini-

Thanks to Lord Byng Students

Dear Lord Byng students,

Thanks you so much for your thoughtful comments and responses on our students' work. I appreciate you taking the time to mentor our young writers, and look forward to hearing from you on a regular basis. If any of you would like to contribute any of your poems, please e-mail them to me (adamgelmon@yahoo.ca). Our students would greatly benefit from seeing works from other students in higher grades.

My best,

Adam Gelmon

adam and eli show 2

adam and eli show Hanukkah episode

Skoon Pa




You come in
on your frigid flight
then you take
me out each night

No matter what mom say’s
we go out
with out a doubt

We play, laugh
and have fun
we are always on the run
day in and day out, rain or shine

I wait for the next day
over and over again
without saying a word
for that day

I wait for more
though,
just to go to the store


I dread that odious day
the day that you leave
and when you are gone
I know I have done wrong

Then I look back
and react
because now I know that
you love me

And that one word I forgot
to say
hits me
so hear me today
all I want to say
is......................... Thank You




plaese comment on the poem


p.s. Skoon Pa means grandpa in africkans

explenations for Rena Ikeda

copious-plentiful
debonair-charming
swarthy-dark
cuff-African American
pluck-courage
athwart-across
brine-sea water
vaunting-bragging
plied-used
dolefully-sadly
gaudy-showy
fain-gladly
dower-gift
avowed-admitted
durst-dared
flout-scorn
chide-scold
guerdon-reward
Arch Fear-death
arrears-overdue debt
rapture-joy
-Arieh

Ren Ikeda

Please give feedback

Ren Ikeda had copious amounts of money
Ren Ikeda was a debonair swarthy cuff
Ren Ikeda had great amounts of pluck
Ren Ikeda lived athwart the brine
Ren Ikeda enjoyed vaunting about the money he plied
Ren Ikeda was dolefully gaudy and rarely fain gave a dower
Ren Ikeda avowed that what he did was not right
People never durst flout or chide Ren Ikeda
Ren Ikeda never dreamed of getting a guerdon
Dolefully when Ren Ikeda met Arch Fear
People realized Ren Ikeda had arrears
With rapture they fain through Ren Ikeda’s body into the brine

-Arieh

Each different little sprinkle-Draft 1

Hey guys,
This is my first draft of each little sprinkle. I wrote it for my uncle who just got married 2 months ago. I really need your opinion on it!(comments)
Thanks alot

Janine

Each litle diifferent sprinkle
on a cupcake symbolizes
somthing we all should
know

Blue, The time of
sadness for when
you need
comforting

Red, the feeling of
anger when you
need to
explode

Grey , the time when
you need help
because your
sick

Yellow, feeling happy
and excited, jumping
around a lot
too

White, the time to
relax in your
own quiet and peaceful
room

Pink, The feeling of
love from when you
very first
met

-Janine-

6A homework

Secret poem final draft due Friday and explanation

BRING COMIC BOOKS FOR FREAD.

Secret Poem

Everyone,
here is my secret poem, I really want as many comments as possible because I want to make my poem the best it can be for my Mom. It's a snowball effect, if you give to me, I can give to my Mom:)

Thanks,
Marc L.
P.S. To any parents who read this, PLEASE don't say anything about it to my MOM :) Thanks

Endless Love

Where does
it
come from?

It surely
never leaves

the
endless
love
that you give to
me

You may think I
don’t notice
how
hard
you work to
please me

I focus on
some I
love
you for

I know I can
always
count on
you
to be there for
me

Like the time when we
switched motel rooms at
the crack of dawn
you told the man
at the front desk,
“My son needs sleep,
can we please switch room?”

I felt
good inside
when you said My son,
rather then saying I
because It was
then I knew
that you that you were doing
it for me.

I can’t begin
to think how life would be
without you

I would be
lost,
not knowing the
difference between
right,
or wrong
left,
or right

you are
my
guardian
angel

I ask
you come

you do what you
can
to make me
happy
I
appreciate that with
all my
heart

when your
worm
soft
loving
skin, touches
mine
my heart lights up, an
instant
reaction





I say “Thanks”

from school,
play dates,
to simply
a drive around town

You
take
me
everywhere I need to go

even if it means
sacrificing
your time
from
your day

No matter how
far
or short

any ride with
you
is a
different
adventure
each time

who knows where
you will
take me next

I do know though,
that I will be
happy
all the way through

Because
I
will be with
You
“Mommy”

What
goes around,
come around

you have given me,
my whole life.

Now,
I think it’s
my turn to
give to you

I love you

Marc L.

6B homework!

Math: Both double sided sheets on multiples and factrs. Due tomorrow

Good Job in the hanukah concert!!!
And remember we have to go to school
at 10am!!!

-Nini-

Blaring through
the sides of my face

sweet
rough
hard
electronic

molds my moods
and inspires my soul

distracted from the outside world
in a melodic coma

I am heaven
I am on clouds

flying high into blue
or deep down to red
depends,

allows me to survive
keeps me off the streets

my energy drink
my jolt of life

teaches my brain
about the opposites

I am addicted
it’s so sweet

relaxation hits my body
therapy for my mind

grooving
crying
laughing
smiling
dancing

Blaring Through
the sides of my face,

Music

Marc L.

P.S. You know the drill! (Comments Please) :)

Hanukah concert

Hey guys,
I just remembered that we are having 2 hanukah concerts, 1 during school and 1 at night. Are we going to have classes during that time??? And are we supposed to bring something to do?

Thnks,
-Nini-