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For the summer break, I would like to set a goal for myself.  I would like to read more than 4 books and try to finish it less than two weeks. I want to read 2 hours (or more). And I will always updating my goodreads. Here's a list of all books I wanted to read/finish: - Wings of Fire series, Tui T. Sutherland - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer - Trials of Apollo, Rick Riordan - Chronicles series, Rick Riordan - American Born chinses, Gene Luen Yang - I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

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What part was the hardest?  For me, the hardest part would be when we have to make the face. Because it has to have some details on the face (which was hard). The details like, eyes, ears and the fur. What part of the process did you not like? Why? I don't like when we have to glaze the jug. Because we'll have to glaze it 1-3 times and in a different way. We also, have to wait for the glaze to dry, some dry very fast but some were slow.  What part of the process did you enjoy the most? Why? I enjoy the part when we have to make the clay smooth. Because it made me stay calm and practice my participation on something.  What was frustrating for you? Why? The most frustrating part for me would be when we are working with clay to make the jug. Because I'm worried that I will do it the wrong wake and it wouldn't turn out good.  What would you add? Why would you add this?  Next time, I would like to make the shape of the jug thinner. Because it was a bit...

Items: lightest to heaviest 1. Ping Pong ball  2. Soda lid 3. Plastic beads 4. Popcorn kernel 5. Cherry tomato 6. Bolt  7.  Rubbing Alcohol 8. Milk 9. Pure maple syrup 10. Vegetable oil 11. Lamp oil 12. Corn Syrup  13. Honey  14. Water WHY? PingPong ball - the ball is the lightest of all item we had because when you hold it, you can feel that it doesn't have any weight (but it does). Soda lid - the soda lid didn't make from plastic, it was made from metal but it's a very thin piece of metal so it might float. Plastic beads - plastic will always float and these plastic beads are made plastic so it will float. Popcorn kernel - because the popcorn kernel is so small and light so it will float. Cherry tomato - because normal tomato can float so the cherry tomato will float for sure. Bolt - this bolt will be on top of the honey because  Honey - because it's syrupy and sticky so it won't mix with the wa...

Homework is good and helpful to you in many ways. ChingChing What if I told you that homework is good and helpful for you. Would you believe me?Some might argue that homework isn’t good and helpful for you. Many adults say it’s true, but the ones who doesn’t believe that homework is good, are mostly students. Because they’re too lazy to do their homework and turning it in before it's due. There are some very good reasons you should think twice why homework is good and helpful to you. “If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand it well enough,” Albert Einstein quoted. The majority of educators say that homework can help students practice and get better at what they’re learning. Because homework helps them prepare for a big test. According to the scientists, homework helps students prepare for the test. A poll conducted for the Associated Press in January 2006 found out that 75% of parents feel that teachers assigned the right amount of homework for their k...

My name is Iriva, I’m 14 years old. If you are wondering what my name means, it means rainbow in Greek. But don’t force me to tell you how I got this name because, well…. my parents gave me this name. I’ve been living with my mom since I was born. We lived in Los Angeles, her name was Katherine. She was nice and kind. She always helps me when I need help. But I don’t know who my dad is, I’ve never met him and never saw a picture of him. And my mom always tells me that I’m not NORMAL. I don’t know how I’m not normal, I got ears, nose, mouth, and eyes like everyone do. I had no friends at school. They excluded me because everytime I’m sad, scared or angry, there will be a storm. That must be the reason why I’m not normal like my mom said. My friends like to bully me, they don’t like me and they’re scared of me. At school, I have problems learning. I’m also diagnosed with dyslexia. It was Friday evening, I was walking back from home when I found out my mom….. had died in  a car ...

My favourite topic and activity from last quarter is the Responsibility story. Because I get to draw and create my own story. I LOVE writing a story, even in L.A. , when we get to write our hero story. For my Responsibility story I made a story about two hedgehogs fighting in the mall. One hedgehog named Coaco and the other was called Chocolatechip. Coaco wants to go shopping but on the other hand, Chocolatechip wants to go to Toy R Us. They cannot stop fighting until Coaco told Chocolatechip that they had to go shopping because they need food, drinks and clothes for themselves. The new informations I got is from learning about the cliques. Here are some informations I learned: Cliques are groups people that exclude people from their group. They mostly focused on their status and their popularity. They think they are cool. People joined them because they wanted to have more friends and some might want to be popular. If they leave cliques, they won’t have any friends...

- - I am so excited when we get to make our own ecosys tem. We have to get the materials near the PAC (Performing Art Center) which is very exciting for me because we got to met the geese and a turtle. The best things about Science this Quarter are: - when Ms.Jenny give us a chance to go to the lab because mostly when we go there the room will be in chaos. With many people talking and not listening to Ms.Jenny. - when Ms.Jenny started to give out The Big Foot, umm.....I'll call it The Big Foot Certificate! If we got our big foot certificate, at the last day of the week,                               we will get the candies from Ms.Jenny The Worst Things about Science this Quarter are: - when Ms.Jenny yelled at the boys in class because they were naughty and that did scared me. - when Ms.Jenny was planning us an activity but we talked too much and didn't listen to her, which make her ...

Nobody really knows when and where the frist one was made but they predicted that it could be way back to Ancient Egypt.  Slaves in the south made them in the 1800s and they had been found on the underground railroad. Artist in the mountains in the north of Carolina, south of Carolina and Georgia began making Face Jugs in the 1940s and they still make them today. People made face jugs to ward off evil spirits so they have to be ugly and scary. They can also be silly, gross, sad, funny and realistic look. This is my Face Jug, that I made:  My face jug is a sheep. You might not think that it's a sheep but after I colored it you'll know. :D Many people said my Face Jug is cute I got my inspiration from my friend, Namphueng. She gave me the idea of making a sheep. At first, I was thinking to make a giraffe with long neck but Namphueng said we can only make the cylinder shape so I can't do the giraffe anymore.  I think making this face jug is very challenging ...

Trouble Sleeping (ETK Khao Yai) It was quiet, dark and windy tonight. My friends were all asleep, but I am the only one who still had trouble sleeping. I tried to pray, close my eyes and try to sleep, but that didn't seem to work very well, even though I am sleepy. "Why can't I sleep?!?! Come on ChingChing sleep!" I thought to myself and then I started to pray and close my eyes. The reason I couldn't sleep is because I got homesick. I'm worried about my dad and my dogs. Then, I started to turn left, turn right and sit up, I did that many times until... "ChingChing! Are you awake?" Ink whispered. "NO, Not yet." I answered back. "Oh! Do you know what I'm doing?" I asked. "No," I said "Well, right now I am listening to the music and I am chatting with Anish. The boys are not even sleeping yet!" She added "Oh, they should be asleep right now." "I know righ...

What did I understand about decimal? I think I did well on multiplying decimal because when we have to multiply decimal I only get 2 or 3 wrong. But for dividing decimal, I don't think I did very well on that because on the test when we have to  What I needed to work on? But for dividing decimal, I don't think I did very well on that because on the test when we have to divide decimals and it said to round to the nearest hundredth or tenths, I didn't know what to answer because I'm not sure if it is right or wrong. Well, I got that one wrong of course! At least, I got M and E though. :P Here is my tests results: 2nd test (redo-test, everyone had to do it) 1st test (everyone had to do it)