by Marina in March 16, 2012 · Filed under English
In English class, we worked on a podcast about a Sakura Medal book. I chose the book Struts and Frets. We wrote a script for our podcast and had to include either Character, Theme, or Setting for our main focus, and I chose Character. When we finished our script, we got into partners and made an intro [...]
by Marina in March 13, 2012 · Filed under Art
During Art class, we drew a portrait of ourselves again, but this time we painted our self portrait which should describe what kind of person I am. Here is my finished self portrait: In this portrait, the things that describe me are the sweets and the ribbon because I like them. I like the taste of [...]
by Marina in March 7, 2012 · Filed under Humanities
During Humanities class, we looked at the ancient Greece, China and Egypt civilizations. We also looked at one of the characteristics which are Writing, Government/Laws, Economy, Division of Labour, Religion, Art/Architecture, and Class System by yourself or with a partner. I looked at it with Keina. The Greece Civilizations did not have the same idea [...]
by Marina in March 6, 2012 · Filed under Science
In Science class, we made an origami boat out of aluminum foil. I made a canoe out of aluminum foil. We investigated how may atoms would hold in the aluminum boat. We paired up into a group of two, and I was with Maya. My boat held 32 atoms. It was good because I made [...]
by Marina in March 5, 2012 · Filed under Drama
In Drama, we watched Singing in the Rain and looked at how Gene Kelly used props, rhythm, expression and moving through space in his dance. Gene Kelly’s dance was good and very entertaining to me. He used lots of space in the street like the pole, the stairs, and the edge of the sidewalks. He JUMPED on [...]
by Marina in March 3, 2012 · Filed under Exciting Days
Today, March 3rd is Hinamatsuri which is Doll Festival!! It is a Girl’s Day as it is a day to wish for young girl’s growth and happiness. Most families with girls display “hina-ningyo” (special dolls for hina matsuri). My hina-ningyo is a set of a Heian emperor and empress, but many of hina-ningyo usually includes [...]