Book talk #2- Percy Jackson and the Olympians the lightning thief
Hook- Imagine being a regular normal boy one day and the next you figure out that you are a half blood because your father is the G-D of the sea Poseidon. Then you figured out that Zeus’s master bolt was stolen and you are their main suspect. And it was all up to you and your friends to restore peace within the G-d’s and the world.
My name is Maayan Fadida and the book I am doing is called Percy Jackson and the Olympians the lightning thief by Rick Riordan.
Summary- It all starts out with a boy named Percy Jackson that has been kicked out of too many boarding schools to count. At the moment he is being kicked out of a school but that is not exactly at the top of his list right now. Percy has been experiencing some odd things to him like having mythological creatures walk straight out of your history book and having your teacher turn into an animal at the museum. All of these things were answered to Percy when learned that he is the son of Poseidon and that he is a half-blood.
Zeus the G-d of the sky’s master bolt has been stolen and their main suspect is Percy. Percy and his friends have been sent on a quest to find the bolt and return it to Zeus before the summer solstice in ten days. Percy can’t take a plane to where he needs to go because he cannot go in the sky because the Zeus is up there and he thinks that Percy stole his bolt. So, bad things could happen. Did they return the bolt to Zeus or not you’ll have to read to find out.
I recommend this book to people who like adventure and fantasy. I think this book is suitable for kids the ages of 9- 13.
This book is available in the school library
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
book talk#2
Monday, May 17, 2010
Simple Example of Expository Essay
Here is an example of a five paragraph essay. Pay attention to the colours!
My favorite pet is my dog, Romeo. He is beautiful and easy to care for. Playing with him is lots of fun. He always takes care of me. I have never had a better pet.
Romeo is beautiful and easy to care for. He is a tricolor Sheltie, mostly black with white and a bit of brown. Caring for him is easy because I simply have to make sure he has fresh water and food every day. I exercise him by throwing his toys. Because he is good looking and doesn’t require much care Romeo is a good pet.
Romeo is lots of fun to play with. He loves to play catch. He follows me around the house with a toy and drops it on my foot so I will toss it. He can catch just about anything, but his favorite is chasing a Frisbee. I really have fun playing with Romeo.
Romeo takes care of me. He always follows me when I leave a room. When I am sitting on a couch he plops down right beside me. On sunny days when we are hiking in the woods he always makes sure that I keep up with the rest of the family. He always watches out for me.
As you can see, Romeo is a great pet. I am proud of him and he doesn’t require much care. Playing with him is very pleasurable. I am always safe because he watches over me. Romeo is a wonderful pet.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
What’s an essay?
An essay is a written composition that is combined of three main parts. There are three steps in writing an essay. One you have to work out what you’re writing about. Two you have to go brainstorm ideas and discuss them. Three you should go through all of your ideas and separate the good ones from the bad ones.
There are three main parts of an essay. There’s the introduction the body and then the conclusion. The introduction is the outline of the essay it states what the essay is going to be about. The body are several paragraphs that are on different ideas. The conclusion wraps up not just the essay but it brings all your ideas to a close.
You should make an essay plan before starting to write your essay. That way you know not just what’s needed in it but also what you would like to include. Also a good plan is to make sure you know the rules of writing an essay before you write one. Here are some really important rules you should know always one idea per paragraph, make sure that you link your paragraphs together, you will need a topic sentence witch is usually at the beginning and make sure each of your paragraphs only contain one point.
There are a few types of essays such as opinion discuss, compare, contrast or explain. If your essay is supposed to be on your opinion make sure that you put thought into it. If in your essay you are supposed to discuss make sure that you consider everyone’s voice. If you are supposed to compare and contrast in your essay try to find facts that are on the same subject but slightly different. If you are writing an essay and you are supposed to explain your subject make sure to find good information.
Some tips that I think would be very useful when writing an essay are when doing your plan make sure to organize your essay. Once you are done writing your first draft review it. While writing an essay make sure to be constantly using spell check. If you can read aloud to make sure your essay is not just good in your head but also on the paper. Make sure before you hand in your essay that there is a title and that your essay answers all the questions that were supposed to be answered in your essay.
By: Shane Rozen-Delman
What is and Essay?
What is an essay? Is it a cluster of messy writing looking formal? No. It is a written composition on any subject. There are many parts of an essay that you need to know about. Here I will explain a couple of things. One how to plan an essay, two what are it’s parts and three different types of essays. Let’s start from the top of the list, how to plan an essay.
When ever you write an essay, or any piece of writing, you need to plan. You need to know how your essay will look like. What you want in it, and how you can keep it organized. There are a couple good ways to plan an essay. Before you write your outline or brainstorm, you need to analyze your information and pick out all the information you are going to use. You don’t want to start writing and then have loads of useless information written on your paper. Now you can start an outline or brainstorm. An outline is you writing down what you are going to say in each paragraph and where you will put each paragraph and in what order. Another way is brainstorming. You can brainstorm by writing all your ideas in note form or a mind map or anything really. The purpose is to know exactly what you’re going to write. Next step is learning the parts of an essay.
There are three main parts of an essay. The introduction, which is a separate paragraph at the beginning of an essay introducing the essay’s main points. The body, which has all your new edited paragraphs in a easy to understand order. Then last in your essay you have to have a conclusion. The conclusion wraps up all your ideas and summarizes what you have written in your essay. Remember in each of your paragraphs you have to have a topic sentence. To tell the reader what they will learn about in the paragraph. Now that you know all this information you need to know how you can put it into writing, as an essay, by choosing what type of essay to use.
There are many different types of essays that you can write about. It all depends on the subject. You probably won’t want to write an opinion article about ancient Egypt. In an essay you can discuss, explain, compare/contrast, or give your idea or opinion. Sometimes your teacher will ask you to write your opinion of the matter. Although sometimes they ask you to have the hard core facts, and you just need to explain them. Even sometimes you are asked to compare different things, as I did in this past term about Canadian and Japanese society. Always mention the similarities and differences.
Now you can write an essay! Just remember to plan by using a brainstorm or outline. Make sure there are three parts to your essay the introduction, body and conclusion. And last, make sure you know what type of essay you are writing, is it an opinion? Or should you be explaining a specific topic? Good luck with writing your next essay! Now, all that isn’t to hard to remember is it?
-Isobel :)
what is an essay
What is an essay?
Today I will be writing about what an essay is, what main parts there are, how you can plan and then write one and finally some different types of essays you can choose.
An essay is a written piece of information on any subject. There are three main parts to an essay that are introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction introduces the reader into the story, the body is the middle of the essay and the conclusion is the wrap up of the essay.
When writing an essay, you must analyze the topic and work out exactly what you are doing. You should brainstorm, which means thinking about a variety of smart, good and useful ideas that relate to your topic. After brainstorming, you should begin to select the ideas that are best suited to your topic.
When you begin to organize your essay more, you should have at least one main sentence in a paragraph that describes what you will be talking about. Your first paragraph should have an introduction, your paragraphs in between, should have a body and your last paragraph should have a conclusion. Be sure to write a plan before you start.
When you have your first draft, review it. This means to check your spelling and punctuation and read it aloud. Make sure you have a title that makes sense and relates to what you are talking about. When you have written a first draft of your conclusion, make sure it leads the reader and makes them wanting more!
Writing all essays creates a similar format. However, there are many essay styles. Different types of essays are opinion, discussion, explanation, comparison and contrasting ones. I hope you learned as much about essays as I have. I now feel that since I know what an essay really is, it is much easier to write one!
-Carly Rothman 6a
What is an essay?
An essay is a written composition on any subject. An essay contains of three parts an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion. An essay has lots of information on a certain subject. Writing an essay takes lots of time and consists of many parts, but the finished product is worth it!
An essay has three main parts, an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The introduction introduces the subject that you will discuss in your essay and hooks the reader. A paragraph is a section of the essay containing information on a main point (one idea only) like the body paragraphs. The body paragraphs give general information about the subject and each body paragraph has a topic sentence that that starts the paragraph by explaining the main point. The conclusion ends off the essay by wrapping up all the information that was given in the essay, it also leaves the reader a good feeling about the essay.
To plan and write a good essay you must do many different things. While you are learning about your topic you should brainstorm ideas, analyze your topic and finally choose the ideas that suit your essay the best. Before writing your essay you must make an essay plan, in the essay plan you must list the main ideas that you want to present in your essay. Then you must make a rough draft and make sure you link your ideas and paragraphs so that they flow well. After you finished writing your rough draft you should check punctuation and spelling.
There are many different types of essays. Some of them tell the opinion of the person who wrote the essay. Some essays compare and contrast ideas, some essays discuss ideas to the reader and some explain ideas to the reader. Although there are many different types of essays each has a different purpose and should be used in different situations.
-Leor Elizur 6B
What is an Essay?
What is an essay?
Have you really ever taken the time to think about what an essay is? Well, today you will have a chance to find out. An essay is a written composition on ANY subject. In my essay I am going to explain what an essay is, what are its parts, what does each part do, how you plan/write an essay and what are some different types of essays.
An essay has three parts, there is an introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction is the first paragraph in your essay. This part of the essay basically introduces your topic and explains what your are going to be speaking about. The ‘body’ is the part of the essay where you explain in farther detail about your topic. The very last part of an essay is the conclusion. A conclusion sums up the whole essay and ties it all together.
When planning out an essay think of it as if you were planning out a story. Just like when writing a story, in an essay you don’t jump to the first draft you start at square one. Square one is to ANALYZE: determine what kind of essay you are going to be doing, is it a explanation? Opinion? Comparing/contrasting? Or discussing? (etc). The next step is to BRAINSTORM: Brainstorming is a synonym for thinking of all the clever and witty ideas related to your topic. The final footstep before taking out your pen and paper is to CHOOSE. Choosing is primarily like narrowing down all your ideas and choosing the ones best suited for your topic.
Once you have finished all of those steps, it is time to get started on writing your essay. There are actually a lot of key points to writing an essay. Probably, one of the most important rules when writing an essay is to make sure you are only focusing on one topic per paragraph, otherwise your essay could become very sloppy and confusing. The next item to think about is choosing a topic sentence. A topic sentence is usually the first or second sentence in your essay explaining your main idea in your paragraph. After you have written your topic sentence, finish off the paragraph with other sentences to support or that are related to your topic sentence.
Your probably wondering why I took all this time to make a thought-out essay about essays, well, knowing how to write an essay is a very important skill. When you grow older you will have to write essays for schools, jobs and much, much more. By now I hope you know the basics of writing an essay and can apply these rules into your own life!
thank you,
Hana
Essay about an Essay
What is an essay?- By Maayan Fadida 6B
An essay is a written composition on any subject, usually presenting the personal view of the writer. Today I will be talking about what an essay is, the three parts of an essay and how to plan and essay. These few basic steps that I am going to say later on in my essay are helpful and used for school, jobs and more.
The three parts of essays are introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction is the starting point of the essay. It is supposed to catch the reader and make them want to read more. The body is made up of separate paragraphs and in every paragraph there is a different idea or point. The conclusion is supposed to bring the essay to a nice and complete stop but you’re not really summarizing the whole entire essay inside of it. You are supposed to summarize the essay and restate the thesis.
Before every paragraph you are supposed to have a topic sentence. The topic sentence is for the reader and the writer to know, what is going to be in the paragraph after reading or writing the first line. Before you hand in you essay you should read it out loud or let someone else read it for punctuation and conventions. The different types of essays are opinion- share your opinion, discuss- discuss the topic, explain- explain what it is about, comparing- compare the topic with another and contrasting.
To plan an essay you have to start with analyzing the topic, brainstorming all your crazy ideas and choosing what relate to your topic. You should always plan out your ideas on a piece of paper. So, in your first draft all of your ideas are organized and you know what goes where. The key to writing an essay is 1. Find a subject that interests you (or that is chosen for you) 2. What do you have to say about this subject? 3. Develop your idea or ideas in an organized way.
So all of you that are reading this are probably wondering why I wrote an essay about an essay. It’s because knowing how to write a proper essay is very helpful and useful because when you get older you have to write more essays for school. So, you have to know how to write one properly and correctly. I hope you this essay really summed up to you really what an essay is and I hope you sucked all of those steps that make up a good essay.
What is an Essay?
What is an essay?
By Jacob 6B
An essay is a written composition on any subject. An essay is made up of 400 words. An essay is made up of 3 parts – introduction (at the beginning), body (in the middle) and conclusion (at the end). Each of these parts is made up of paragraphs. A paragraph focuses on one specific topic. The introduction lays out the stage for what you will be talking about. The body is most of your information is and the conclusion wraps up what you have said.
There are also a few other steps to guide you. These are discuss, compare, explain, contrast and give your opinion. Discussing is talking about all of your ideas. Comparing is discussing with other people your ideas. Explaining is telling everyone about your ideas. Contrast is the difference and giving your opinion is telling people what you think.
Usually, each paragraph will start out with a topic sentence. A topic sentence states the main idea of your paragraph. In each paragraph you have to give evidence to support your main points in the paragraph. Linking your paragraphs together is also important; for example, if you are doing an essay on sharks, you should say how sharks hunt and then what they eat – these two topics are related. But you shouldn’t go from where sharks live to how they hunt.
What is an essay
This paper will discuss what an essay is, what are its parts, how to plan/write an essay and the different types of essays.
An essay is a written composition on any given topic or subject. An essay has many important features. These features are paragraphs including an introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and the conclusion paragraph. These paragraphs are the ways that an essay shares information. Essays are useful for sharing information, assignments and expressing ideas. When writing an essay, it is good to organize it. You can organize your essay by using an outline to guide you while you write it. Essays can be written by anyone! Essays can be written by kids and adults but if you are writing one, it is important to know how to write an essay. Essays are also very important to know how to write for future reference. Also if you have a topic that you have to do a project on, writing an essay is a great way to do it.
An essay is three main parts, introduction, body and conclusion. All of these parts are paragraphs and all of them are different from each other in the information they contain. The introduction paragraph is the beginning paragraph that kicks off your essay. The introduction paragraph states what topic the essay will be discussing. The body is not always just one paragraph, it could be many. The body paragraph/s shares the main information that you are discussing. Most essays have body paragraphs because each paragraph should contain one idea or point since an essay may have more than one idea, it often has more than one paragraph. The conclusion paragraph is the ending paragraph that wraps it all up. The conclusion paragraph discusses all the main points from the whole essay and gives an overview of the essay. This paragraph sums up the topic and brings the topic to a closure.
To plan an essay, it is very helpful to use an outline. First, to make an outline, you need to find and organize the information on your topic. After this process is done, brainstorm some ideas and then choose the best ideas for your topic. Next, focus on your main ideas, andthen look for different opinions. After brainstorming, it is time to start writing! When you begin writing, make sure that you have a topic sentence for each paragraph and that is often the first sentence. This is helpful becaue it keeps you on a guideline for the paragraph so you do not wander off into an entire new idea. Also, when you finish a paragraph, try to link the last sentence to the first sentence of the next paragraph because it makes is flow well.
There are many different types of essays. For example, an opinion essay. This essay is very self explanatory. An opinion essay is an essay when you learn about your topic, share the information that you have learned and then give your opinion on the topic. Another type of essay is a compare and contrast essay. This essay looks at two topics and compares the similarities and differences. Also, there is the in-class essay and the at-home essay. An in-class essay is when you must write the essay in class within the time limit your teacher gives you. An at-home essay is when you must write the essay at home and it is to be handed in on a given due date.
In conclusion, essays are very important to learn about and how to write. They are also helpful for various reasons. Essays can be written in different forms and they are many tips for helping to write excellent essays.
By: Seth
What is an essay?
What is an essay?
By: Adi Rosenkrantz 6B
An essay is a written composition on any topic. There are many different kinds of essays which I’m going to tell you about in this essay. I also will be telling you about how you plan and write essay. Also what the parts of an essay are, and what are they used for.
The parts on an essay are the introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction is the opening paragraph. It tells us what the rest on the essay is going to be about, and the main idea. The body part is a bunch of paragraphs that discuss, explain, tell your opinion, and compare. They each have a topic sentence about the sub-subjects the paragraph is about. The conclusion raps up the essay. There is no new information in it, and it is just reviewing what your essay was about.
There are a few simple and useful ways to plan an essay. You can analyze your topic. For example you can do more research about your topic. Also brainstorming is an excellent way to get more ideas. If you run out ideas you should always brainstorm with friends, it will help. When you are done brainstorming and analyzing you need you choose the best ideas.
There are four different kinds of essays. They are discuss, example, opinion, and compare. In a discussion essay, you’d discuss within the essay. In an example essay you’d give examples of the subject. Let’s say my subject was electricity I would give an example of the kids of electricity and in what ways we use them. In an opinion paragraph you’d say yours and others opinion. In a comparison essay you’d compare two subjects. Let’s say you had to write an essay about Japanese and Canadian society, you would use a comparison essay to compare the two subjects.
ESSAY
Writing and essay, you may think it’s hard but if you follow the steps I’m about to give you it will be a piece of cake. An essay is a written composition on any subject with any amount of words. You can write different types of essays, Write about something you discussed, your opinion on something, compare and contrast ideas, and I’m sure there are many more. Now I’m going to show you how to write one.
Preparing you wouldn’t even know what subject to write about if you didn’t prepare. There are three easy steps for preparing an essay, and they are, discuss, compare and contrast, and brainstorm. Think of all the ideas in your head and if you are working in a group share them. Compare and contrast all your crazy and smart ideas, and then brainstorm on what to write about.
When writing an essay the first thing you must remember is the structure. An essay there is a different type of structure than a story. In an essay you have the Introduction which states what you are going to be talking about a few body paragraphs that have different topics you’ve thought of and the conclusion which sums everything up, in a story you have the beginning middle and end, with the hook, rising action, climax, falling action, and the conclusion. In each essay paragraph you should have a topic sentence, it states what your sentence is about mine are all underlined. remember not to go of topic.
Your introduction this is what will make the readers interested in what they will be reading. If you didn’t have an introduction your teacher or whoever is reading you essay would have no idea what is going on. Here are some ideas on how to make sure you have a well led introduction. Make it interesting I know it isn’t a story but you can’t just write facts in the introduction and the essay. Make sure it isn’t cluttered, it’s just a short introduction and make sure it makes sense in and out of you head.
Your conclusion sums up your whole essay. so, it better be good. Be creative with your conclusion, the reader is probably getting tired so don’t put him to sleep at the last minute. You have to sum up every thing reason why you wrote what you wrote and answer any unanswered questions or else you might not have finished your whole essay.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
What is an essay?
An essay is a written composition on any subject. Writing is a way of communicating. We communicate when we feel the need to share an idea with others. Organizing our thoughts and structuring the way we express them will help us to be better understood. So, in my opinion, when we use an essay to communicate an idea we should carefully choose our words and structure the text such that each paragraph contains no more than one idea.
To explain this opinion I would like to give an example. Say, I was writing an essay about going to the beach. But first let me tell you that my neighbor bought a new bicycle today. His sister mentioned that it was cold outside for this time of the year. My mother says she likes grapefruit but I like chocolate: Even though all of these sentences might be true, putting them all together in one paragraph will have you confused in no time, and wondering what all of this has to do with me wanting to go to the beach. I hope you agree by now, that it’s better to limit yourself to one idea per paragraph.
It is safe to assume that by the time you write an essay you have already made up your mind what it is you are going to write about. Even though you already have a conclusion you would still better start the essay with a beginning, continue to the middle and put your conclusion at the and.
We probably agree that for the sake of clarity we start at the beginning and end at the end. This is rather obvious. Therefore, it makes for great effect if we sometimes deliberately turn this around. You could start an essay at the end and then go back to the beginning. Also, you could interrupt the flow of a story with short episodes of the past. This is typically used in movies and is called a “flash-back”.
How do you prepare for writing an essay? Well, first you decide what the topic should be. An essay could be fiction, as in a short story, it could be historical, it could be scientific. Once you’ve chosen the topic you do some research, trying to learn lots of facts and different perspectives on what it is you want to write about. Next, you write a first draft, you read it back, you don’t like it, you throw it away and you start all over again. You repeat these steps until you think you can do no better. At that stage it is usually very helpful to ask somebody else to read your essay. You want to make sure that what is clear to you is actually also clear to the reader.
In conclusion, writing an essay starts long before you put the first sentence on paper. The writing starts only after you really know what it is you want to write about and how you want to write about it. In other words: hard work and lot’s of fun!
Dani's Whats an Essay
In this essay I will write about the subject of an essay. Even though that sentence may sound a tad bit weird it is true. When writing an essay for the first time it can be very confusing. That is if you don't know how to write it. In the following paragraphs of the essay I will write what an essay is, the make up of the essay, how to plan an essay, and the different types of essays.
An essay is a composition on a subject. These subjects can vary in form but they are always written out, well planed, and take time. It has a title. When written out there are three main parts introduction, body, and conclusion.
The make up of an essay has three parts the introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction introduces the subject of the essay and gets the reader hooked. The body is where all the facts, ideas, and paragraphs go, giving the reader the main points. The conclusion is what sums up the essay and makes a closing.
When planning an essay you start by getting the facts. Then after you have done your research you draw the outline. An outline is when you put your main topics from the body of the essay then your closing and opening. You then write the introduction, and conclusion paragraphs. After that you write the of the body from those main topics which you planned out. Then the introduction and conclusion. You put it all together can get an essay.
There are several different types of essays. Opinion essays, discussion essays, comparison essays, contrast essays, and explanation essays. For different topics or subjects you should use different essay types. You will use all of these types of essays in your future and they are all important.
Now that you know how to write an essay it should be easy. Hopefully you learned as much as I did in this essay. On what an essay is, what are the parts of an essay, how to plan an essay, and the diffrent typs of essays.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What is the bounty hunter television show about?
The bounty hunter comes into action when someone bails on showing to court or for other specific reasons. In the show the bounty hunter you see his wife, his family, his dog, all of the people who work for him and of course him. When you watch the bounty hunter you even learn things like suspect’s names, how to use huge pepper spray bottles and how to use many other weapons. The bounty hunter can’t just randomly go and search for suspects and take them to jail he needs permits, he gets permits by going to the police. The show also talks a bit about his past and his family.
My topic sentence paragraph
Out of every fictional character I have ever read about, I would like to meet Harry Potter. I would choose Harry Potter because the first series I ever read was the Harry Potter series so over the years that I have read Harry Potter, I have grown up with him. He is very much alive to me so I feel like I already know him. I also would like to meet him because I would love to hear all the details about Hogwarts that are not in the books.
-Josha R.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Topic Sentence
Every week I watch the best program on television, Grey’s Anatomy, which is about a group of doctors with interesting jobs and even more interesting personalities. Izzie is a cardiothoracic surgeon who is always happy and cheerful until she gets cancer and becomes grumpy and annoyed all the time. Meredith is Izzie’s best friend, who is great except for the fact that she brings Izzie down by constantly telling her how upset she is with life. Christina is a brain surgeon and she doesn’t say much, but when she does it’s always dark and spooky. They’re all friends, but they spend a lot of time making each other upset. Together they make a great show, with great personalities to laugh at.
If I could meet any character in the world it would be Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter series! I would love to meet Luna Lovegood because she has something different in her then anyone in the Harry Potter series. She knows about the craziest creatures like Crumple-Horned Snorkack, Boggarts and Grindylow. Luna has a curious mind and would be a very interesting person to meet.
:) Shayla
Topic Sentence:The day I would like to forget
The first day of kindergarten was different for me (I have just came to Vancouver). My mom took me inside the classroom, and my teacher asked me how old I was, and I said "15" in Hebrew. After that I was so embarrassed, and I ran, and hid behind a door. As a five year old this was, a horrible day.
A day I would like to forget when I accidently went in to the men's bathroom. Right after we got outside we were walking to the parking lot and I said to my dad "I need to go to the washroom!" My dad said "Sure it's right there." So I walked down and I didn't see the men and women sign because I was looking at the clown blowing balloons and making animals. I walked while I watched and I looked at ahead of me and didn't see the signs. I accidently went into the men's bathroom and when I got there I smelled something horrible...! I saw a man and I thought "Where am I?" I realized I was in the men's bathroom. I almost screamed but instead I ran out so I wouldn't see something else. It was the worst time of my life!!
The End!!
-Rina
I enjoy playing baseball
Four times a week I am at the baseball diamond playing ball regardless of rain or shine. Although it may seem like a bit much, but I love playing baseball. Every Tuesday I have a practice after school. I have a game every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Baseball is a very fun sport and gives me exercise! Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. However I still love playing the game and that is why it is fine with me playing baseball four days a week.
Violet Boudelaire
From the moment I opened the first page of the first book of The Series of Unfortunate Events I was hooked. But not hooked on just anything. I was hooked on a girl, just a few years older than me. Her name was Violet Baudelaire. There was another part that got me hooked. It was the way Lemony Snicket captures the sorrow of the three Baudelaire orphans. Which still gives me the chills. I would love to meet Violet some day so that she can share her plans of how to leave the source of her misfortune and find a happier way of living. But of course she is just an imaginary character in Lemony Snicket’s mind.
Camp Hatikvah
Camp Hatikvah is one of my favorite places to be. Every year, I step off the bus, memories flooding back from the past years, and I am ready to make more. I love being with all my friends, having fun, not worrying about a thing, just making it the best summer ever. Camp is my home away from home!
Joelle 6a
Dani's Zip-lining
When you go up to Whistler Mountain you think ski. When I go up to Whistler Mountain I think zip-lining. I love to go zip-lining. You feel the rush of adrenalin right when you step off the ledge. The wind rushing past you as you increase speed on a downhill. When zip-lining you feel as though you are flying and free falling at the same time. Yet going through the trees or open air. You have freedom, it is like nothing you have ever felt before; and I just love it all.
Spongebob Squarepants
Two years ago, I memorized the SpongeBob theme song. Since then, I’ve wanted to meet him in person! Every time I turn on the T.V. I search for SpongeBob on guide. I think I’ve been obsessed with him ever since I realized that his name tells us that he’s a sponge named Bob that wears square pants. I want to meet him because I think we could really be friends! We both have weird laughs, we are kind of spazzy, and both have great friends!
Spending All Summer at Camp
Camp is always the highlight of my summer. I wish I could stay longer. A month at camp Hatikvah is always a blast! Filled with sports, docks and all my friends, you’d think it couldn’t get any better. If only I could stay the whole summer at my favourite camp! Well, I’m not too worried, when I’m a S.I.T I get to stay for the whole summer! Just a couple more years of waiting.
-Isobel
Batman
Ever since was I little I always wanted to meet Batman.
Goku
Every time I go to my locker I get pushed and shoved in the dreaded “old wing”. There’s this hallway in my school that desperately needs to be replaced. There are tons of teachers and students who need to get places on time. Every time your in the hall you get pushed and tripped on because it’s so small and narrow, and there are so many people trying to get through.
Topic sentences
Its never fun playing sports on a gravel field at our school that's why I think we need grass. You always have that urge to be super safe when you are playing sports, so that you won't get rocks or even dust in your eyes. Now you know why we need grass at our school.
The last day of summer!
Yaakov's "What Our School Needs"
Out of all of the things that our school needs, our school needs grass. Grass is necessary because during almost every recess, at least one kid gets hurt because they trip or fall down and get a scratched knee because the field that we have is gravel. Lots of other kids at the school would agree with me because they have probably had the experience. I even have scares from falling down on the field. Even though we don't have a grass field, we still have a field, and we are lucky to have it. Although, or school still needs a grass field.
The best program Television
Full house is the best T.v show ever!. Full house is the best show because the show feels like it is reality. There are 8 seasons and each episode is different for example: D.J`s Birthday party or the family's dog comet finds his true love. That is why I love the show Full House!
A character from fiction I would like to meet
I would like to meet Phineas from the T.V. show ‘Phineas and Ferb’.
I would like to meet him because he is always building cool machines and doing fun stuff like giving a monkey a shower. I would also like to meet Phineas because he is always annoying his sister and he owns a pet platypus. I think that Phineas is very nice and if I met him he would let me ride in his time machine into the future!
What our School Needs the Most
Our narrow school hallways are always crowded with people, we need to enlarge them. Having these very narrow hallways can be very problematic because they tend to get stuffed easily. There are so many people in this school that we should have hallways that are wide enough for them to pass without much difficulty. We can not decrease the number of students, but we can however increase the width of these old hallways. You can almost suffocate in these hallways when they are crammed with students, enlarging these hallways is an absolute necessity.
The best program on television
The best program on television is the Fireplace Channel. I like it because every half an hour a guy pokes his hand into the fireplace to keep it going. If you don't have a fireplace, it makes you feel like you have one right in front of you. I also like the Fireplace Channel because there are no commercials. The Fireplace Channel is the best program on television because of those reasons.
Israel
There are things that I both love and hate about Israel. One of the things I love is sitting under the boiling heat in a nice comfy beach chair and getting a nice sun tan all day long. The thing I hate the most of all is that all the stores are closed on Saturday, so its boring (cause I can't buy chocolate). One of my favourite parts is going to the dead sea because you can float on the water for as long as you want and you won't sink! The down side of the dead sea is that if the salty water gets in your eyes it burns like crazy. Except for those few bad things Israel is pretty awesome!
TOPIC SENTENCE- MY FAVORITE T.V SHOW
By far my favourite show on television is grey’s anatomy. Although I have only seen this television show once, the gory, bloody scenes grab my attention to a great extent. I adore this show because there is so much action going on through out the one hour long episode. Wether it is in the Emergency room, Operating room or in the waiting area of the hospital, you will always be impressed about how interesting grey’s anatomy is.
By: Hana
Homework
1. Post your paragraph and underline your topic sentence. Please spellcheck and proofread! Tag: topic sentences
2. Page 64 Communicating skills
Both due tomorrow.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Homework
-Prepare your attacks for round two of our debates--remember evidence/proof and rehearsal are the keys to succeeding! (Tues)
-Binder checks (Tues)
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Homework
-Complete the debate graphic organizer (both pros and cons) with five solid points in each category (Fri)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Good afternoon everyone,
throughout the past few weeks, we all have been working extremely hard to prove that our own source is the best to find useful and reliable information. We are Primary Sources and Periodicals, and now we are going to prove to you we know the most about Japanese and Canadian Society today. You will learn about, music, clothing, food, government and much more.
Thank You and I hope you enjoy our presentation.
Our opening Statement!
Opening statement
Mr. Gelmon and fellow grade six students,
Google is a search engine that can get you anywhere you want and gives you access to millions on websites. There is no point in having books, encyclopedias, periodicals and primary sources when you can have it all with Google. At Google can you search about anything you want. There is endless information; we were so overwhelmed by having so much information to choose from. There are good quality websites and you can find images, videos and E-Mail, all of them available to you with just a click of a button. It can also save you lots of money and time because of online books, magazines, newspapers etc…
You have to buy books but you don’t have to buy Google. We have Nadav doing economy and food, Maayan doing agriculture, interest’s and language, Jennie doing culture and immigration and Josha doing population, government and laws Look at all of this information we got from one search engine.
by Maayan, Nadav,Jenay and Josha
Introduction: Wikipedia
Mr.Gelmon and fellow students,
Our group is the Wikipedia group and we feel that our source is the best in many aspects. Beating most other groups with our big advantage, there’s no limit to what you can find. There are over 20 mill Wikipedia pages and they come in all languages.
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia. Many people do post to Wikipedia, but, on scientific matters, Wikipedia came close to the accuracy of Encyclopedia Britannica.
In our presentation we will be including: music, languages, population, art, cultural beliefs, technology, traditional clothing, culture, food and sports. We have learnt many interesting facts about Japan and Canada and are looking forward to sharing them with you.
Thank you.
Opening Statement
Good afternoon fellow grade 6 students and Mr.Gelmon,
By dance maniac Noga, music and food.
Two-time speech contest winner Izzy will be talking about government, economy and laws.
Soccer champion Neeve will be discussing immigration laws and language
And last but definitely not least two-time speech contest winner Leor with food and tourism.
opening statment
Opening Statement
Mr. Gelmon and fellow grade six students,
In the future it is going to be important to know how to do research, and there are going to be many sources out there to use. Some sources are superior to others. We are here to show you that Wikipedia is by far the most superior source to use. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is written by people educated in the subject and is checked by experts to make sure the information is correct. It is a great source for information and we will present it in the differences of Japanese and Canadian society. We will be presenting the topics Interests, ethnicity, languages, government, culture, economy, population and tourism.
opening statement
Welcome fellow grade six students and Mr. Gelmon,
We are going to present our short presentation, comparing Japanese society to Canadian society. You will be hearing from 1st place speech contest winner Jacob, 2nd and 3rd place winner Liam, 1st place winner Shayla and 3rd place winner Chloe. Jacob will be talking about agriculture and economy. Liam will be talking about government, population, and religion. Chloe will be presenting on interests and languages. Shayla is speaking about food, culture and environment. Hope you enjoy our presentation! At the end of this presentation you will be sure that books are the best source of information (which they already are).
Thank you
From the Books team
Opening Statement
Mr. Gelmon and our fellow classmates,
Throughout your life you will need to do research for projects, jobs, and other things in your lifetime. To be able to research is one of the many skills you will need to learn in elementary school. This skill will take you on amazing journeys throughout your life. When you choose to research, use Google. Our group, the Googles has found amazing information with this source. Google is accessible; convenient and you can use it on any computer model with Internet access. Google is easy to use and is available in any language. Google has more information than most other sources (Books, Wiki’s, Primary Sources/Chronicles, and Periodicals.) Let me ask you, how many times have you used Google, Google images or even Gmail? Most of your answers, would be everyday. Google offers so many programs that make our source better than the rest.
Thank You,
Barbara, Danielle, Ashley, Yaakov & Gabriel
Monday, April 19, 2010
Homework
Begin preparing your presentation notes for the great debate. You will each receive presentation planning sheets tomorrow to help you with your task.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Son of the mob 2
Written By: Gordan Korman
Vince goes to L.A. to go to film school so he can get as far away from home as he possibly can. Vince is confident that he has left anything to do with his father’s life behind him in New York City. Very quickly Vince figures out he can run but he can not hide from his father’s lifestyle.
This book has a really great beginning, middle and end. At the end of the book, the author, Gordan Korman leaves the reader with unanswered questions begging the reader to think for themselves.
I would recommend this book to boys and girls 12-14. Although, just like in the first book, ‘Son of the Mob 1’ this sequel will probably appeal more to boys because the main character is a boy and the whole story is written from a male point of view.
You can find this book at chapter, Kidsbooks and our own Vancouver Talmud Torah library.
Genre: Mystery, fiction and action.
Son of the mob
Written by: Gordon Korman
Vince’s dad, Anthony Luca, is the king of mobs in New York. Vince is a boy just like you and me, he goes to high school, he has family and friends and most of all he has his own way of thinking. The mob business a.k.a the vending machine business is not Vince’s dad’s job, it’s his life. The only problem is everywhere Vince goes it seems that something from his dads chosen lifestyle keeps on interfering.
I’d recommend this book to boys and girls age 10-14. Although it might appeal to boys more because the main character is a boy. You can find this book at chapters, Kids books and our own library.
Genre: Mystery, fiction and action.
By: Shane R-D 6a
benefits of primary sources
Primary sources are first hand, personal, and written by the original person.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
benefits of primary sources
The benefits of primary sources are you know it's true and it is the original source. It is also good because you get details you might not get if you go to a different source.
benefits of primary sources
The benefits for primary sources, is to know if its original. Also when you find a primary source you have to know how read or tell what it shows. For example it can be in a different language, or written in hand writing. Another benefit is you can't find primary sources sometimes, because their private. But its an excellent source to use in a project.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Benefits of Primary Sources
Primary Sources have many benefits.
Primary Sources are true because they are first hand and not copied or made up.
Sometimes they express personal feelings or thoughts of a person like in a diary or journal.
Primary sources are good for biographies because they have certain details or emotions.
sometimes primary sources are hard to understand or hard to find the exact information that you might be looking for but since primary sources are first hand you are sure that the information is true and reliable.
Primary Sources
Primary sources are good because:
1) It's written first hand.
2) It's personal.
3) It gives you a lot of information.
4) It is true.
5) It's good for biographies
Primary Sources
Primary Soureces are good because:
1) They are written first hand
2) They are personal
3) They can alough you find out much more than the internet can a bout a person
4) They are perfect for biographies
5) Because they are first hand no one has copied them
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Benefits of Primary Sources
Some benefits of primary sources are:
benefits for primary sources
There are many benefits to primary sources being that you know that the information or artifact is real or true because it is the origional.It also can give you important historical information that you know is true. There are also primary sources that could not be put on to the internet there for you could not interpret it wrong even though there are many good and useful things about primary sources there are also many bad things as well.
Primary Sources
I think that some benefits from primary sources are that it gives you information from history that other sources like websites might not have. Also, for example, if your primary source was a diary or journal, it has personal feelings and other important information that another source might not have. Also, if the primary source was a letter, other secondary sources might not have that. Also if it is a birth certificate or collage diploma, it is written on the paper andit is the real information and websites might have the wrong information.
Primary Sources
what are some of the benefits of primary sources? There are many benefits to primary sources and here i will tell you some of them and why; with primary sources there usually right because hey if your reading a diary who can be more right than the actual person? You also get to know the personality of the person by how they write if its a letter and in that same letter or diary you in a way get to experience it first hand. finally with a primary source its the original not a copy!. But remember with all advantages come disadvantages.
What are the benifits about primary sources?
There are tons of benefits about primary sources:
-Original material
-Its direct
-Usually true
-It is primary information
-The information may have been limited
-Even if you do a really good job transferring it onto a different site or something it will probably have errors
- Maybe the primary source has something on it like DNA that could be inspected and used as further information
What are some benefits of Primary Source?
I think primary sources are very good because if you want to know about somebody’s life during a war a text book can’t give you that kind of information. You know it’s real and not made up. You get the information first hand. But it’s very hard to find and some times somebody will make a false document. But over all primary sources are very helpful.
* Shayla
Benefits to using Primary Sources
Some benefits to using primary sources are:
- You get the real information and not something made up.
- You get to know what the person was like, if the primary source is a journal or diary
- You find out what everyone was like to that person.
- You get the originality of it. It's not a copy; it's the real thing.
Benefits for Primary Sources
Primary sources are a very good source because it's first hand information! You can find more personal information about a person and it is also very reliable. The reason why we don't usually hear about primary sources is because they are extremely hard to find. Primary sources can range anywhere between letters and your grandmother!
Benefits of Primary Sources
I think primary sources are good because for example, if you are asking a grandparent about their childhood, they can give you first hand information for, lets say, your project. Primary sources are first hand information, which makes them very reliable. The one thing with primary sources, is that they are often hard to find, if you are looking for a letter, or a journal than looking for other types of information. Primary sources can be anything from a note or letter to a map.
Dani's Primary Sorces
Primary sorces are good because you know the information is true. From a primary sorce you can finde out more than in a book from clues/hints, like there personality. They are first acounts of things that have happended in history, along with preasent day. Primary sorces are good for projects, and reports because you can see into the time, place, peoples lifes. However primary sorces are extreamly hard to finde that is why they are such a tresure.
Benefits of Primary Sources
If you want good, reliable information, you should use a primary source!
The Benifits of Primary Sources
I think Primary Sources have alot of benifits. One, they can show how some ones personality was along time ago through letters and diary's, you can't get that kind of first hand information from secoundary sources. Two, they provide personal information and Primary sources are hand writtin by a person, so you know that you can trust the information that it gives you. I think we should use primary sources more often if they were easier to get.
- Maayan Fadida
Primary Sources
Primary Sources can be very trustworthy and reliable. They are mostly considered to be reliable because they are first-hand written. Primary Sources might be about some one's life or feelings, which you can find in a journal. Or simply about something special they decided to record in either dairy or letter form. Primary Sources are extremely valuable because they are unbelievably hard to find. They can be an immense help in many cases. Salome
Benefits for Primary Sources
There are many ways you can find information. Books, google, wikipedia... Primary sources are first hand information. They are always true and reliable for projects and research. A primary source can show how a person feels (letters), or even a real piece of history (artifacts). There are many benefits for primary sources, everybody should use them more often.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Cupcake Queen Book Talk
The Cupcake Queen
Heather Hepler
By: Isobel Fishman
Moving from the big city of Manhattan to the tiny town of Hog’s Hollow, can be very tough. For Penny leaving her father and her best friend to move, is not exactly what she had in mind when she decided to live with her mom when her parents separated.
Hi, I’m Isobel and my book is called The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler.
When Penny moves to the small town of Hog’s Hollow, Penny doesn’t like it at all. All the girls of the town decide they hate her, and her mom running a cupcake shop does not make matters better. As time goes on Penny has regrets of moving there, but when she meets Tally, she starts to like it. Many thing happen in this book that will make you want to keep reading!
Back of book:
Hook:
I recommend The Cupcake Queen to anyone aged 11-15, I personally think girls might find more interest in it though! If you like realistic fiction you will love this book!
You can find The Cupcake Queen at kids books, amazon.com and chapters.
Homework
-Parents sign "Great Debate" assignment sheet (Thurs)
-Complete "Almost in Grade Seven" goal setting sheet with parents signature (Thurs)
-Multi-genre glossary entry for "society" (Thurs)
Monday, April 12, 2010
Homework
-No assigned homework for Tuesday
-Please make sure you have your individual reading novel ready in class tomorrow
-Book Talks for Term 3 begin this week
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Dani's book talk
Jatta by Jenny Hale
The book is about a princess and her adventures with her brother to escape the evil king, her husbands to be, and the dark lord. While she is escaping them she has to deal with her becoming a wolf and her own battle with her inner dark side. On her adventure she finds the magic orb and is using its powers for good but she knows in the wrong hands it can be horrible. She does have good company though like her brother Arthmael, Dragon girl, her father, Steffed, Norigale, and others. She is on a quest to save her kingdom, save herself, to find her true guardian angel, and realize her own and others potential.
I’d recommend this book to 10-13 year olds and to people who like adventure, fiction, and, fantasy. I recommend the book to older kids because it has some gore in it.
You can find this book in the class library, chapters, and kidsbooks.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
My book talk is on, CHERUB Class A
In this book James is going on what could be his most dangerous mission ever, he has to shut down one of the worlds biggest cocaine dealers. To do that James must befriend his son Keith Jr.. Along the way he makes new friends and gets into some relationships. James' sister Lauren has been recruited to CHERUB and now James and Lauren can see each other. Lauren visits James for a few days on his birthday, after that things start to go out of hand, Nicole gets caught sniffing cocaine and starts to get sick she is rushed of to hospital and is immediately kicked out of CHERUB. Everyone has to get a urine test when james is caught with a metal straw with cocaine traces on it, the urine samples show that Kyle had been smoking marijuana.
I recommend this to anyone, boys or girls ages 11-15, who enjoy a suspenseful,humorous, action.
By:Gabe A. 6a
