Dolphins at sea

I lay on the beach,
looking at the sea,
hot sun beating down at me

I peer up from my sunbrella and see a dolphin
"Its Beautiful" I speak, watching him
swim away, but he comes back as fast as a
racecar and jumps blocking the sun from my tearing eyes

The dolphins flesh wobbles from
his stomach s I look away in disgust
Not wanting to look at it again.

But my head whipped itself looking
back, I looked back at the sea
and I dropped my eyes and glared at the dolphins missing fin

I lay on the beach
looking at the sea,
hot sun beating down at me,

I look at the sea,
as calm as it could be,
waiting for me to peer again

Janine

6B'S Homework

poem response if you did not hand it in yet due (Tues)

MY ROOM

MY palace
MY SANCTUARY
MY home pith
MY room

Messy for some
clean for me
too loud for some
quiet for me
too cold for some
warm for me

where I'm happy
where I'm sad

A place too work
A place to play
A place to hangout
A place...

where I dream
where I'm warm and cozy
safe

but who is really safe
in this crazy mixed up world

MY palace
MY sanctuary
MY home pitch
MY room

Homework 6A

Poetry Response due on Tuesday if not handed in today.

Book Review Podcasts!!

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Hana's Suitcase

Grade 6 went to the J.C.C. for Hana's suitcase last Tuesday.
Hana's suitcase is about Japanese students who have the suitcase of Hana Brady, a young girl who died in the Holocaust. In an effort to find out more about Hana, they sends letters to many different museums but none of them have any information on Hana Brady. Eventually they find out
Hana's brother, George is still alive, and send him a letter, and get a reply a few weeks later. The students are shocked at how bad the Holocaust was, and they commit themselves to telling Hana's story so others will understand, and to help make sure the horrors of the past are not repeated again . I thought it was a great production.

by: Bram

Zallion's Story

Zallion’s story

“The Saxons are coming, Odin all father protect me now!” said Bjorn the great warrior. “Father, what’s wrong?” questioned Zallion, son of Bjorn. “The Saxons will shed blood and burn our city. You must run to the west to Oslo where the silver moon sets and there a man named Thorak will train you.” replied Bjorn. “But father what will become of you?” said Zallion. “I believe that I shall die in war; I am sorry son.” declared Bjorn. “I will avenge your death father and will come back with an army in ten years and a day and no longer. I shall be twenty one years young I vow to you father that I will not rest until the devil himself takes me away. That is my oath - that is my destiny!” exclaimed Zallion.

“May Thor protect you son.” And with that Bjorn handed him an ax, food and water. “With haste son,” cried Bjorn as he went into battle and was slaughtered gruesomely. “DEVIL TAKE ME WITH SPEED!” Bjorn was dead. The Devil was lingering around the battle ground and the victorious Saxons could feel it. They knew he was watching blood fly out of the Norwegians heads and knew he was watching when their leader Arak took a bite out of Bjorn’s heart and said, “I AM ARAK - NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE ME!”

Meanwhile Zallion was running towards Oslo. He was crying because he knew his father was dead. Zallion traveled for 3 months and finally arrived in Oslo. Once there, he immediately sought out Thorak, who wasn't easy to find. Everyone that he asked about Thorak just went on and on about him and how fearless he is and how he’d fought in many wars. Finally, he came across a shed and went in and said, “Do you know were Thorak is?” The person who replied to him had a rough voice. It was the voice of a man who had escaped death more than once. It was the voice of Thorak.

Zallion’s training was incredibly difficult. His training was hard in different skills like bows and arrows, throwing knives, swords, axes and using his shield. Zallion didn't enjoy his training but Bjorn was always in his mind. Everyday Zallion prayed to Odin just like his father did, “Odin all father protect me now.” He would chant those words every night and morning. Years of training passed Zallion was strong in his mind and body. It was two years until his training was done. Zallion met a man named Rokal he was knowledgeable in the ways of dark magic. Zallion became his apprentice. The ways of dark magic were difficult. It was all done by using runes, but to use a rune your soul must be at a certain level. You must be close to the devil. Zallion did get close to the devil he did it by killing himself.

Zallion went down to hell he watched the devil using his dark magic for the slaughtering of people who deserved to be slaughtered for the second time in their life. The underworld was covered with blood and guts of people killed. It was worse than the battle grounds after a war. The devil was a dark magician. He was a better sorcerer than Rokal his name was Alknaz, he was feared by all. Except Zallion. Zallion connected with the devil so well that he became more powerful than Rokal. Alknaz told Zallion to go back to earth and slay Rokal. Zallion did go up to earth and he executed Rokal by using the rune of death which would exterminate Rokal in the goriest way possible. Zallion soon realized that he also knew how to heal which made him more powerful than Alknaz. Zallion took life a way from the devil himself.

Ten years and a day came and passed. Zallion’s army was very powerful. Zallion decided to conquer Rome. Zallion and his vast army traveled far. In Rome Zallion told Cesar “Hand over your land and you and your people will be spared, if you don’t do as I say your empire will crumble.” “I do not care about you, my armies will destroy you.” said Cesar “very well my army and I shall strike at midnight. The Roman Empire shall fall by the hands of Zallion!” exclaimed Zallion “We will see about that Zallion.” Whispered Cesar. That midnight Zallion conquered Rome. Zallion grabbed Cesar and with Zallion’s nails he ripped out Cesar’s heart and bit it then Zallion said “I AM ZALLION – NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE ME!”

Zallion grew so powerful he didn't realize that his nature was becoming just like Arak. Zallion stopped praying to Thor and Odin. Zallion went to Britannia where the Saxons ruled, he went to conquer their land but not for his father. Zallion was doing it for his ego he wanted everyone to fear him and his armies more than they feared Arak and the Saxons. Zallion didn't know that the Saxons ruled Lugdunensis in Gallia. When Zallion and his legions crossed Lugdunensis to board a boat going to Britannia, he got attacked by the Saxons. Both fought hard, but in the end the only men standing were men of Zallion’s. SEE ARIEH FOR THE REST OF THE STORY

long weekend

hope everyone is having a great long weekend
just a reminder do your homework
it is hook conclusion and outline (due Monday)


sharon

Homework For The Weekend (6A)

Hook, conclusion, and outline due on Monday

Sam's Character Sketch

Little Red Riding Hood

She started as a nice little girl

Then she had a freak accident

The back of her head got burned really badly

All the kids made fun of her

She decided to wear something to cover her head

She tried a couple of things till she settled on a red hoody

She got popular for a couple of months

Then she got picked on again and this time kids stole her chocolate from her lunch every day

She started to go a bit crazy and started to plot an evil plan to get back at the kids that were mean to her

She decided to give them a taste of their own medicine, and she started stealing all the chocolate in the town

So she wouldn’t get caught, she took the chocolate to her granny’s house and kept it there because no one would suspect a nice old lady to smuggle candy


The Wolf

He’s from another town

He’s an honest good guy whose dad was a crook

He was raised by his mom

He has his dad’s suspicious looks

He looks like his brother who is a wanted criminal

His mom taught him always to do the right thing

His mom loved him with all her heart

He decided to be detective because his father ruined his life and he wanted to save other people from suffering like he did

He was always curious as a kid

His dad didn’t care about him at all and always told him that he was an accident

He loves chocolate

He is good at marshal arts

The Granny

She was orphaned at the age of 3

Her husband died from being beaten up by a mob

Her daughter was Little Red’s mother

Her daughter and Little Red’s dad were killed in the fire that burned Little Red’s head

The Granny had to raise Little Red

She never recovered from losing her parents and her daughter and was very overprotective of Little Red

When the kids at school picked on Little Red, the granny snapped

She encouraged Little Red to seek revenge and helped her come up with the plan to steel all the chocolate in the town

She looks like an innocent old lady

She’s sweet to everybody and every body loves her

She is shy, so she doesn’t go out much

She doesn’t get angry often, but when she does get angry, she can’t control herself she is very good at marshal arts

Elegy

Dear Safta Rabba Ruchammah,
I have never really met you,
but some how I feel really close to you
I love you,
even though you're not there

I know you passed away when I was only 3 months old
but I heard some really great things about you
you were nice, smart, giving, and beautiful inside and out

I was your first and only great grand-child
and I was and am proud to have this job
and the thing that I most care about,
is that I caused you this happiness.

jonah and the whale

By Jonah and Noah

Once there was a man named Jonah. He was a messenger for G-d and he didn’t like his job. One day G-d gave an order to Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the people of Nineveh to stop being bad. Jonah didn’t want to help the people of Nineveh instead he wanted them to get punished. G-d wanted to see if the people of Nineveh would listen to Jonah and if not G-d would destroy all of Nineveh.

So instead of listening to G-d Jonah tried to run away from Nineveh and not do what G-d asked him? He ran to the sea where he found a ship that was going to another city. He paid the captain and hid in the bottom of the ship and went to sleep.

That night a big storm occurred, all the men were scared and started to toss all their belongings overboard and prayed that they wouldn’t drown.

The captain went to find Jonah who was still asleep.
He said to Jonah “how can you sleep? Get up and pray to your G-d maybe he can help us!”

Meanwhile the other sailors decided that it was Jonah’s fault. He must have done something wrong to make his G-d so mad. So they asked Jonah “what have you done to make your G-d so angry?”

“I am running away from something that G-d asked me to do. It is my fault this is happening. If you throw me into the sea the storm will stop.”

The men didn’t want to throw Jonah into the sea so they tried to row the best they could but the storm kept getting worse. So they threw Jonah off the ship. The storm slowly calmed down. The men on the boat realized that Jonah was monotheistic (which means believes in one G-d).

Then the captain and the crew looked out to the sea as a huge fish came and swallowed Jonah. G-d actually sent the fish to keep Jonah from drowning. Jonah stayed in the fish for three day and three nights.

Just think for a second what it would be like to be inside a fish. There are no windows and lots of strange things floating around that you can’t see because it’s so dark. Other than that I’m not sure what it would be like, but Jonah probably didn’t know if he would ever see daylight again.

While Jonah was inside the fish he prayed to g-d all the time. He asked G-d to forgive him for running away and also thanked G-d for not allowing him to drown.

After the third day G-d forgave Jonah and told the fish spit him out on dry land. Jonah was happy to be out of the fish, but boy, he needed a shower.

The G-d told Jonah again to go to Nineveh and tell the people to stop being bad. This time Jonah obeyed G-d and left for Nineveh.

When Jonah got to Nineveh he told the people what had happened to him and told them the order from G-d and in 40 days the city and everything in it would be destroyed. Jonah was surprised that the people of Nineveh listened to him and that they apologized to G-d.

Soon the king of Nineveh heard what was going on and ordered that everyone must listen to G-d and stop doing bad things. When G-d saw that they were trying to be good he felt love for them and did not destroy there city.

As Jonah left the city he was made that G-d did not punish them. He knew that G-d was a loving and that he didn’t want to destroy there land.

So Jonah went on a hill and sat. G-d saw Jonah and knew how he was feeling so he explained to Jonah that he loves everyone. He does not like to destroy people who are doing bad things. G-d would rather see us turn from our bad ways and do well again.

Noah's speech 07

PICTURE THIS: You are a 10 year old child walking into the house after a day of school and smelling a home made Challah fresh out of the oven. See yourself sitting at a dining room table covered with a table cloth and dishes that were passed down 3 generations. Imagine yourself holding a Kiddush cup that belonged to your great grandfather and watching your mother lighting Shabbat candles with candlesticks belonging to your great-great grandmother. See yourself looking at pictures on your dining room wall with faces of 4 generations of your family. Even your parents as children.


Hello parents, children, judges and friends. My name is Noah Bogdonov and this is my second year in the speech contest. I’m in grade 5 at Vancouver Talmud Torah and I’m here to talk about why Shabbat evening is important to me.
You have just experienced a PART of my Shabbat evenings. Now let me tell you MORE about why Shabbat evening is so special to me.

For as long as I can remember, I have been sitting at Friday night dinners like the one I just described, sometimes with friends, sometimes with family. I have been told stories about people I love, people I live far away from and even people that I have never met in my family.

Friday nights are special to me because we sing the Shabbat prayers and THAT makes me feel closer to G-d. It helps to make Friday night just a little bit different than our every day meals and evenings together. It makes me feel safe and happy no matter what my week was like.
For our meals, we eat delicious food that my family makes. Special treats like honey cake. This recipe has been made by my great-great-great grandmother and has been passed down to me. I am getting hungry just thinking about it, so let me continue.
I enjoy the privilege of getting to stay up later than usual. I love having my family come over, especially when I get to play with my baby cousin. We like to tell jokes and stories about our day, talk about the good and bad parts of our week and talk about the ancestors on the wall. We play games at the end of the meal. We even dance, sometimes sing and play our instruments. All of this helps to bring us closer and closer together. Shabbat evening is also special because it creates a lot of memories that I KNOW I will share with my children some day. I think that if ALL children in the world had a night like Shabbat, maybe there would be more happy people around.


You have just heard why I love Shabbat and I’m sure some of you feel the same. I hope that now you understand why I chose to talk about Shabbat evenings and if you STILL don’t get it, maybe my mom will invite you over for a Shabbat dinner with us soon.

Book : Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

Genre: Fiction, Adventure

Summary: Its about this boy who has grown up in a zoo(parents-owners.) And he sails away with all these animals. Then they start eating each other because all the humans are dead except for Pi. So I don't want to give to much away so I'll leave you hanging.

Rating: 4/5

Public Speaking Contest of 2007

Why Sandy Koufax Is My Favorite Jewish Hero

By: Jonah Morris

It was the bottom of the 9^th. The Los Angeles Dodgers are leading by one run. They need one more out to win. Sandy Koufax is pitching. Strike one, strike 2 strike 3 and your out!

Good evening honorable judges and friends.

My name is Jonah Morris. I am in grade 5 at Vancouver Talmud Torah. My topic is why Sandy Koufax is my favorite Jewish hero.

The dictionary defines a hero as a person of distinguished courage, someone admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities, a person who performed a heroic act. There are a lot of people in the world who do great things; however, Sandy Koufax was a true hero.

He was an American left handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 until 1966. In 1963, he was named the most valuable player in the National League. He led both leagues in wins and strikeouts and was the first major league player to pitch more than 3 no hitters! Sandy Koufax was also the youngest player ever elected to the baseball hall of fame. While all this is very impressive, it is not the reason he is my favorite Jewish hero.

Picture this: It is game one of the 1965 World Series and all of Los Angeles, all of California and all of North America is looking forward to the game. The fans, the players, the coaches and the owners are all excited about the first game. But what happens? Something nobody expected--Sandy Koufax refused to pitch game one of the 1965 World Series because game day fell on Yom Kipper. This action had great meaning. He told all 47, 797 fans at the game and the whole world that he was a Jewish ball player and not a ball player who was Jewish.

Sandy Koufax is my favorite Jewish hero because he didn’t hide his Jewishness. He stood up for what was important. Every Jewish person in North America was proud of him.

Sandy Koufax was an example to us all. Our Judaism must come before work, sports or any other thing we do. How many of us would be willing to miss a championship game or something you’ve worked your whole life for?

Sandy Koufax is my Jewish hero because he sacrificed something important for his Jewishness. This act was heroic beyond words!

Thank you,

Jonah Morris

Dialogue from Grade 5

Dialogue

Book: Holes

Characters: Stanley Yelnats and Hector Zeroni.

Narrator: “4 months after they got home from Camp Green Lake.”

Hector: “Hey Stanley.”

“Hi Hector. How are you?” Stanley Questioned.

“Good. How are you?” Hector replied.

Stanley: “I’m fine.”

“Can I ask a favor from you?” Hector mumbled.

Stanley: “Sure. What do you need?”

Hector: “I really want to learn how to play basketball.”

“What got you into basketball all of a sudden?” Stanley said puzzle

Hector: “I watched the NBA and I saw the players do slam dunks, free throws, and dribbling. It interested me so much that I asked the kids at school if I could play. They laughed and called me Zero. If I showed them how good I am then maybe they will allow me to play.”

Stanley: “Sure.”

“Thank you so much! You will not regret it.” Hector cried.

Stanley: “You’re welcome Hector. It is great that you are starting to make friends.”

Hector: “I know, I am not that shy anymore.”

“So, what time should I come?” Asked Stanley.

Hector:” 5:45. You can also come over for supper.”

Stanley: “That would be great.”

Hector: “See you tomorrow.”

Stanley: “Ya. See you tomorrow.”

Hector: “Bye.”

Stanley: “Bye.”

Homework Times

The homework will be put up either at 5pm-6pm.

Sorry for it being late so far!!

From Mister Sleeper
( Jonah)

Homework 6A October 18

Hook, conclusion, and outline due on Monday.

6B's Homework

Hook , Outline and Conclusion ( due Monday )

“The Saxons are coming, Odin all father protect me now!” said Bjorn the great warrior. “Father, what’s wrong?” questioned Zallion, son of Bjorn. “The Saxons will shed blood and burn our city. You must run to the west to Oslo where the silver moon sets and there a man named Thorak will train you.” replied Bjorn. “But father what will become of you?” said Zallion. “I believe that I shall die in war; I am sorry son.” declared Bjorn. “I will avenge your death father and will come back with an army in ten years and a day and no longer. I shall be 21 years young and vow to you father that I will not rest until the devil himself takes me away. That is my oath - that is my destiny!” exclaimed Zallion.

“May Thor protect you son.” And with that Bjorn handed him an ax, food and water. “With haste son,” cried Bjorn as a poisoned arrow flew into his head. “DEVIL TAKE ME WITH SPEED!” Bjorn was dead. The Devil was lingering around the battle ground and the victorious Saxons could feel it. They knew he was watching blood fly out of the Norwegians heads and knew he was watching when their leader Arak took a bite out of Bjorn’s heart and said, “I AM ARAK - NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE ME!”