March 30 2017

The Zookeeper’s Wife

 

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By Diane Ackerman, this book tells us the story of the invasion of Poland in the viewpoint of a woman, mother, and wife, Antonita Żabiński. She makes a journal of the German invasion and the life at a zoo. That zoo was used to hide, feed, and help Jews and people who wanted to be out of the SS and the Gestapo’s radar. Jan, her husband, was an atheist who thought of making a difference in saving his country, Poland. He hid explosives, grenades, people and ammunition in the zoo cages. In the end of the war, we see that Antonita goes back to the zoo in Warsaw with two children, Ry’s and Teresa, and when Jan came back, they started rebuilding everything that the Germans had bombed and destroyed in the zoo

 

 

 

 

March 23 2017

The Giver

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is classified as a utopian and dystopian fiction book. In starts by telling us about Jonas, a pale eyed kid, and the community he lives in. He is given a very high role in that community, a role that will change his world. He will experience pain, emotions, and feelings that he never had. Colors will change his view. True love will change his life.

This picture is a Hidden Reflection. If you have read the book, you will notice that there are some details in the picture that recount events in the book. Try to find at least 5 aspects of this society and story that are pictured in this image. Comment bellow what you can find. Good luck!

This was a partnership project with Joao, one of my classmates.

Hint: Click in the picture so you can see the little details.

March 10 2017

Lord of the Flies – book review

Lord of the flies is a book written by William Golding. We could classify it as a dystopian fiction book. The main plot of the book is a group of British boys who were stuck on an island because of an airplane crash. The book is about their fight for survival and the problems that came with that. With this book, I developed perspective writing, by the story of Ralph, the main character of this book. I used Fakebook to post my view point. In the following book commercial, you will see that the images don’t fit with the audio. That was a mistake of the program. Also, I would recommend not to use free WONDERSHARE FILMORA, for it leaves a huuuge watermark on the videos.

Fakebook site: https://www.classtools.net/FB/1925-2vUuzq

Book commercial on this book:

January 15 2016

SLEEP…LEARN…WORK…FORGET…MIND BLOW

BEFORE                                                              AFTER

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To learn I like to work alone or with one partner. I like to use Keynote to work alone. I like it because I read the stuff and memorize it better. In the beginning I didn’t know much about American History. Now, I know to much.

January 6 2016

Ways to learn… and to remind

HELO PEEPS!

I like to use the timeline to uderstand the topic we are talking about. I like it becouse I memorize the topics I write about. The images and the colors help my brain to memorize the things the pictures represent. Working with other people to do the timeline helps me to know my part better so I can explain it. Thanks for the attention!

January 4 2016

Christmas Time And Traditions

HELLO!

Christmas to me is the time to celebrate Christ’s birth. In Christmas eve we have codfish (or octopus), potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and wine. After dinner, when I was young, my grandfather would dress up as Santa and put the presents under the Christmas tree. When midnight came, we would go down stairs and open the presents. On Christmas day we would eat lamb and rice.

December 17 2015

First Perspective Writing

A gun’s view of the Boston Massacre:

It was a provocation. The colonists were throwing snow balls and pieces of ice to the British. The British, in the beginning, ignored them, but after that more people came and started to get a big crowd. The British, frightened, shot one shot, with me, obviously, the shot heard in the hole world. I killed two colonists, and I’m sorry for that, but I couldn’t do anything. This was my version of the shot that started the Revolutionary War. Sorry.

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December 3 2015

Final Phase of the Revolutionary War

HI ma friends

This time I was talking about the Final Phase of the Revolutionary War. This topic was chosen because of a picture that I had seen. In the beggining I talk about the American “Army”. In the section about the American Army there was no information about the British. I made a mistake in the middle of this presentation, so I hope you will forgive it. At the end I have some funny jokes about the things that happened during this timeframe.
Hope you enjoy it,
BY

November 20 2015

Chapter 4 timeline

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HOLA PEEPS!

Today I’m writing to show you a fun, educative and colorful way to learn and review for a test, the timeline. With three other people I worked in a timeline about Chapter’s 4 subjects, doing my part most around the 1700s. The timeline worked for me to study because of the images, the colors and the short and resumed sentences. Thanks for the attention! By!