Category Archives: Core Learning Strands

The 8 Old Town Academy Core Learning Strands.

Spring Harvest

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Going to the open land                                                                                                          My family and I go camping                                                                                                We all have great adventures                                                                                             But the one thing that I love about camping                                                                           Is sitting around the fire                                                                                               Toasting marshmallows                                                                                               Enjoying smokes with my family                                                                                          The way we laugh around the fire                                                                                  Tasting the gooey, crunchy sweetness is more than a treat

Everyone laughs as we chew on our delectable s’mores                                                  Dad likes his toasted brown and classic in style with graham and chocolate                  Mom doesn’t eat it much but likes to add m&m’s or nuts                                             Brother likes to burn it and add all the unique sweets                                                              I like to go with the flow and try all sorts of new things

Although these s’mores may look like a dessert                                                              There is much more behind it                                                                                               It’s all the memories we have had                                                                                         It’s all the campfires to come                                                                                              And it’s all the campfires to come                                                                                           It reminds me that the s’mores are just as sweet as the times to come                             And those that have become my past

Woodrow Wilson: The Hard Worker

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The presidency of the United States is one of the toughest jobs there can be. On any day, the president may have to deal with anything from an economic crisis to an ultimate war of destruction between countries. The president may find that the fate of the U.S. rests on his shoulders, sometimes it may even be the fate of the world on the president’s shoulders. That’s why the United States was lucky when it elected President Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Wilson was a very hardworking and effective president.

To be elected for his first term, Wilson battled extreme odds in his early life and kept working towards his goals. For starters, as a young boy, he had difficult problems. It took him ten years to read, and it’s not because he was a slow learner; it was because he had dyslexia. Despite this learning disability, Wilson was able to work hard and earn a Ph.D. from Princeton University. Another obstacle Wilson faced was when he ran for president, he had to go up against Republican Teddy Roosevelt and Republican William Howard Taft. This was especially difficult because both Roosevelt and Taft had been the president before. Just about everybody thought that Wilson was going to lose, but he took most people by surprise when he won the title of president. Continue reading →

Static eletricity

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The Laden jar †hat I experimented with use static electricity. The jar made a shock that was an imbalance of electrons. A static charge was created when a rag was rubbed on a record, and the rag was rubbed over the Laden Jar and I heard a crackling .The crackling that I heard was the static electricity balancing out between the record and the Laden jar. †hen l put my thumb on the tinfoil and my index finger on the paper clip that got charged up by the record.

The alchemist

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The alchemist reading was about where he meets an old man who told him about his personal legend. The meaning of a personal legend is that your big goal in life and how you will do it. The story told that if you don’t give up you can do it. And you are never don’t have someone or something supporting you and or helping you.

My personal legend is to find something that will change the world into a better place. I have a few ways of achieving this personal legend. As I get older I will decide these between these ideas. I know that there will be obstacles in the way but I won’t give up easily. One way is to figure out a way to use electricity to make powerful magnets that will allow you to fly. I think that the obstacles in this corse is my lack of supplies and how to harness enough electricity. Another way to do my main legend is to make a Greek mythology theme park. The force that holds me back is the fact that I would need to get the land and all of the people and supplies to do it. The last way is to take the knowledge from someone who’s dead and put it into a person that’s living. The obstacles to do that is that it would cost a lot and I don’t know to much about the brain.  I plan on overcoming these obstacles with zest,grit,optimism, and curiosity.

Spain

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Did you know that Spanish is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world? Spain’s location has shaped their culture. The lush valleys of Spain allow them to thrive in a dish called paella. Every celebration has a great history. The history of Spain could not have happened if Spain’s government had been any different.

Spain is located next to France and Portugal . Spain inhabits most of the Iberian Peninsula. It is able to inhabit this land  because it’s made up of 195,363 square miles, including the Billerica islands (Boastland 9). The islands are located east in the Mediterranean Sea. The south and east coast  are hit by Sierra winds, also known as the Sirocco winds. There is good farmland due to the rivers running to the sea and the winds. There are mountains that surround and crisscross the high dry inner plateau.The northwest is a great place for plants and trees. Continue reading →

letter to queen Liliuokalani

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Dear Queen Liliuokalani,

My name is Broy McClure and I’m an American. I’m writing this letter inviting you to Old Town Academy. We learned about the annexation of Hawaii. We learned how you revolted two times and that you were overthrown both times. We would like to hear about the annexation of Hawaii from your point of view.

If I had it my way, the Americans should have been given some land and you get some to rule over. I think that it would be a win win for the Americans and the Hawaiians if we shared the land. I learned that American businessmen were the ones who overthrew you and all of your people. They did that so that they could grow some sugar cane. The business men wanted to annex Hawaii so that there was no tax on the sugar cane.

I would like it if you could answer these questions. Will you ever forgive those who overthrew you? What’s one of your biggest accomplishments? If you were given a choice, would you sell your land?

Thank you for reading this,

 Broy McClure

Short story setting (sequel to the box)

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I have been prepared for the attack that Evoy has been planning to take over the multi-universe. This is a lot like what Roby told me but it has a lot more information to prepare me for the close battle. I was contacted in my dreams (again). This dream was the one where I win the lottery (at least this is not so childish) when everything went into dream contact mode. I was back in the white room with no top or bottom. At first I thought it was Roby again trying to get me to join the hunt for the boxes when the voice said, “Hello, I’m Cloyde, Cloyde McClonet” the voice explained.”You probably got Roby’s message about Evoy. Well,I was a bit late getting that message. I should probably show you where it all began in my hunt.” Suddenly the world was a whirlpool and the world changed.

I was a standing in a snow covered village. Continue reading →