> Looking through the cave
Out onto the reflection
Of sun on the water
> Tall trees with long leaves
The sun peering through the leaves
Creating sunlight
> The smell of pine wood
Fills forests room with its scent
Burning in the fire
Category Archives: Announcements
Where I’m from
I am from late nights
from cries down the hall
and from little foot stomps
I am from the calming sounds at night
and the soothing ones in the morning
I am from long family dinners on Sundays
and from short meaningful talks with aunts and uncles
I am from cooking with grandma
and from the sweet smells of cookies
I am from cold winter nights
and hot summer days
I am from fire works
and from frightening pumpkins in October
I am from knowing what family is
and from learning to love everybody
I am from making mistakes
and from being forgiven
from growing up
The Dark Side of Disney
Fluffy, kind but daring
the happiest place on earth
isn’t always the happiest,
but is always magic kingdom
This land of fairies and
the fairest of them all
has a dark side of evil
that no one will ever see
No one can see past your glitter and ears,
they put on a show for all to see
and a fake smile
but when the light go out
so will you
endless love?
We were kids
We sat on the old stone wall everyday
We watched the sun set
Onto the water
We were young
We thought we knew was love was
We fought late at night
Until we could fight anymore
But we didn’t know how great it actually was
We didn’t know that we could make it work
after all the nights of fighting
We didn’t know that we’d be sitting here today
Holding each other as tight as were are
We didn’t know that this would be endless love
Lay Down to Rest
I lay down to rest
For good?
I don’t know
If I will never wake
It will be okay,
Looking down from above
I can become something more
Than I could ever be,
Here
Here I lay
Not knowing whats next
Hoping that it will be good
And here I lay
I know
For good.
Current event #3
News ELA
1/20/15
Kids from poor families in Chicago get free violin lessons from MUSIC Inc.
I read about how some kids in Chicago can not afford to take violin lesson or buy a violin while other kids can. They had fake ones made out of cardboard boxes, and used those for a while. A local maker donated 25 new violins to them. After more people donated some new violins as well.
I think this is really cool that people would donate expensive things, like violins to people that cant afford them. The author was unbiased.
Current event #4
News ELA
1/21/15
Ape gets people’s rights from court
Today I read about how an ape named Sandra is soon to be freed. She is basically in prison. They are going to check her to make sure she is healthy enough to be moved to a safer environment. They held a case against it because she is “just an animal”. Apes are a lot like humans if you really think about it. Sandra lives in Argentina, at the Argentina Zoo.
I personally think she should have rights, I mean I get that shes an animal but she’s still living. She needs to be safe where ever she ends up. The author was unbiased.
Current Event #1, Q2: Taylor Swift’s upbeat view of music
News ELA
11/17/14
The article “Taylor Swift’s upbeat view of music” tells about how Taylor pulled all of her music from Spotify because she thought it would benefit her career. By having her music on Spotify she wasn’t getting any money like she was with iTunes. She said, “Music should not be free,”. Like all artists want money for their music, she does too. Creating music is her profession, her career, and she’d like to benefit from it. “Music is art, art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for,” she said in an article
I think that all music artists should be paid for their music. If they’re producing it, they should be paid for it. The author was unbiased. My classmate Autumn thinks, “I think that its good that she takes her career seriously, but it sucks for me cause I can’t listen to it on Spotify.”
History Time Capsule
Paragraph 1: Architecture
William Levit was “The father of Modern Suburbia Homes”. He could produce 36 houses a day using Henry Ford’s assembly line process. There was a big demand for houses after WWII when soldiers came home and chanted to start a family. He decided to create the “Suburban Areas.”Each house was almost exactly alike. He used the assembly line so it went faster. They were called Levittowns. There is one in New York and one in Pennsylvania.
Paragraph 2: Family
The typical family was called the Nuclear Family. The family was usually mom, dad, and 2 kids, maybe 3. Mom would stay home and dad would work. Kids went to school or stayed home with mom if they weren’t ready. It was also kind of unfair because women weren’t treated exactly the same as men. Some people had an unhappy marriages because of their financial situations.
Paragraph 3: S.T.E.M Inventions
One of the biggest new invention/buy was the TV. Every family had a TV. It became a big thing. Some other things that are still famous today are the Barbie Doll and Mr. Potato Head. Mr. Potato Head was invented in 1952 by, George Lerner. Barbie was invented in 1959 by, Ruth Handler and the company Mattel. Ruth was inspired to create Barbie because she said she loved her daughter so she made a doll.
JFK’s Assassination and How it Affected America
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the U.S. As his years of presidency continued on, he saw the people were growing to love his ideas. He was “optimistic, funny, intelligent and forceful.” JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963 while touring down town Texas. Kennedy’s assassination had a huge impact on the United States socially.
The effect of JFK’s death on society is still part of U.S. conversation, particularly among Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers are all the people born between 1946 and 1965, when it happened. The teens of the 1960’s called it a “haunting recollection”. Kennedy was the first TV president and we all still remember seeing him with his family. The pictures are still alive in our minds and hearts.
In popular culture, people are still making movies and hypothesizing who killed Kennedy. A quick google search reveals over 42 movies about JFK, the most famous of which is Oliver Stone’s JFK, made in 1991. There have recently been countless books published about JFK, such as James Watson’s End of Days published in 2013. The 50th anniversary of JFKs death spawned national dialogue about Kennedy, his presidency and his legacy. Even today in 2014, almost every American school child is taught his famous words: “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.”
Another social impact his assassination had was a loss of innocence for the U.S and the beginning of public mistrust for the government. Prior to his assassination the American public had a strong trust in the government due to our healthy economy resulting from WWII. We thought we had the most perfect country and when his assassination happened we didn’t know why or even how this could happen. Even though we had another president hours later, it was a huge shock because we couldn’t believe he was dead and we didn’t know who killed him. Even though Oswald killed him, there were and still are too many unanswered questions. Before, we really thought our country was a very peaceful, perfect nation. Every family tried to live that “perfect life” that didn’t exist. No flaws, no secrets, just perfection. Everyone really thought everybody liked Kennedy but obviously not. Who helped Oswald kill Kennedy? Will we ever know the truth?
JFK’s death divided the nation socially, from all of the images we have of him, from all of the dialogue in popular culture, and to our loss of innocence as a nation. Kennedy’s death changed the way everyone looked and thought about America. One thing is clear: John F. Kennedy will be remembered now and forever.