"Think, Then Think Again…"

In humanities class, we are studying about ancient egypt.  Our homework, is to find out information about the god/goddess we chose during class.   Here’s mine:

Name of god:

Nut

Goddess/ God 0f: 

Goddess of the Sky 

Responsibilities include:

Everyday her body created a vault or canopy over the earth.

Symbols:

Stars and the night sky

Describe appearance:

A woman whose body arches across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with stars.

Related Mythology: 

Nut was married to the King of the Gods, Ra, but she was in love with Geb. When Ra found out, he was angry and said that Nut could not give birth to any children during the 360 days of the year. Nut was unhappy and asked the God of Wisdom, Thoth to help. At this time, the Moon was as bright as the Sun. Thoth got some light from the Moon, so now the Moon gets bigger and smaller each month. With this light, Thoth made five new days, so now the year is 365 days long. Nut gave birth to her five children, on these five days.

Reading Reflection

In the beginning of 6th grade, my independent reading consisted of only realistic fiction and fantasy books.

I see I have grown as a reader because I am noticing that I’m reading more books and getting more 100%s in AR lately.

Some challenges I face as a reader are reading different genres.

As a reader, I know I really need to read more (at least one) nonfiction book per month.

My AR goal for the fourth quarter is to get more than 100 points.

Writing Reflection:

In the beginning of 6th grade, my biggest challenge in writing was using less garbage words.  I used to get the two letters GW (Garbage Word)  all over my paper.

In writing, I’ve made the most progress in sentence fluency.  In fifth grade, most of my sentences use to always be all the same.  Now, I can write better and more meaningful sentences.

Some challenges that still remain are getting 100% in conventions when writing.  I always put an unnecessary comma, semicolon, period…  but I’m working on it, and I think I’m getting better.

As a writer, I know I still need a lot of practice to be the best I can be.  I still lack experience in many areas of writing, but feel I’m getting better anyhow.

Social Studies Reflection

My understanding of social studies has expanded, because now I feel like an expert about Mesopotamia.

Some skills that I have made improvements on are working with the application “Pages” on the Mac and making bibliographies on the website “Noodletools”.

Some skills that I still need work on are my note taking skills.  I tend to write down everything when taking notes.

My best work in social studies is the Dar essay I wrote because I got a 40/40.

At school, we are studying the differences between the Neolithic era and the Paleolithic era.  Here are two acrostic poems that I wrote about the two different time periods:

Paleolithic Era

Painted caves for religious purposes

Already walking on two feet

Lived in skin tents and caves

Everyone was busy to keep themselves alive

Only gathered plants, not grow them

Traveled from place to place

Hunter and gatherer were their jobs

Ill people normally weren’t properly treated

Clans of about 60 people were formed

Evolved from astralopithecus afarensis

Raising animals was not done yet

Always moving from place to place

Neolithic Era

Needed the help of domesticated animals

Educational systems were started by them

Ore was a valuable resource, wanted by all

Lots of people were farmers

Involved in the business of agriculture

Trading in far out places

Houses made out of mud bricks with tools

Interested in finding ways to make life easier

Communities were as large as 30,000 people

Everyone in the community had a specific job to perform

Resourceful in many ways

A huge part of our history

At school, we had to write an encyclopedic entry about archaeology.   Here it is:

Archaeology

Archaeology is basically the study of our history.  Through it, the world slowly uncovers  more about the past and learn more about us and our surroundings.  Archaeologists are the experts on this subject,   however, there are also others who are specialists in other fields that help, when trying to find out more about our ancestors.  Say in the middle of an excavation an archaeologist finds an unusually big crack on the ground.  Who would he/ she turn to for advice?  Definitely a geologist would be his/ her first choice for the best results.  Another example is if an archaeology team was digging and he/ she found an artifact with weird writing on it.  Who would they contact?  No doubt a linguist would be their first and best choice.  Otherwise, a linguist is not really much help; they can’t contribute much when it comes to finding out more about our prehistory.  What a bummer for those linguists.  Another scenario is: suppose, on a site a team spots a mysterious flower poking out from the ground, who would they contact?  Ordinarily, a botanist would be their first pick.  If by any chance, the same, very fortunate team found fossils and artifacts in a sarcophagus, they would surely contact a paleoanthropologist to help them out; then maybe a chemist to help them conserve the fossil.  Besides a specialist, another source that might help out when searching for information would be a secondary and primary source.

Top ten reasons why you should go to the mall Anika, Kate and I designed.

10.  Has a gift shop with many souvenirs

9.  World class speaking employees

8.  We care about the world, we are globally minded

7.  World class facilities

6.  Has an amazing ocean view

5. Has the world’s biggest ball pit

4.  A spectacular architectural design

3.  There is an  outdoor stage to come and watch concerts

2.  Is open from 8 a.m.- 10 p.m.

1.  Is a family oriented mall

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) also known as North Korea has a totalitarian/dictatorship type of government. The leader of North Korea built a gate blocking people to get out of the country. Yes, they do have an airport but it’s only for the leader and the more important people. Lots have tried but most have failed and if you do succeed chances are you’ll never see your loved ones ever again. This type of government is very secretive. For example, no one knows for sure if the current leader Kim Jong IL is alive or dead. Some people say that he died five years ago because of diabetes and the people they say are him are really just his fakes. They do have a couple of clues that that is true like, he isn’t coming out as often, he used to drink and smoke a lot and he has already missed several important public affairs. But it still might be true that he is alive because the North Korean government hasn’t made any official announcements yet. Not much is known about this government but they spend a ton of money on nuclear weapons instead of helping the people. That’s why most of the people in this country are very poor. It’s very difficult for countries to develop when the power is all controlled by one person especially when that person is very evil. I don’ t really understand why they include a democratic in their government’s name when they’re not democratic at all. I hope reading this has increased your knowledge about North Korea.