What new skills did you learn?

In the fall mentor trip, I learned how to make fresh water out of salty or dirty water. I also learned how to make fire, and create different things out of bamboo. I also learned how to get along with my tribemates because we all had different ideas, but our leader quieted us and let us share our idea one by one, then we added all our ideas together to build our civilization.

What did you learn about other classmates?

I learned that my classmates seem really quiet and weak in front of teachers, and most of the quiet ones are really loud and outgoing while we were building and coming up with ideas. Also, I found out that everyone has one thing that they are really good at.

What was the most challenging part of the trip?

The most challenging part of the trip was to try and not care when i get dirty. I don’t like getting dirty, but the trip changed me and now i don’t really care if i get dirty or not.

What did you enjoy most about the trip?

The part i liked the most about the trip was at night. At night theres a gentle breeze and the tempature is low. It feels really comfortable and we have a certain amount of time to socalize with our classmates, It feels really nice to be able to laugh and watch other people have fun because i always find it fun to see other people have fun. The party at the last night. It was really fun watching people have fun, dancing and singing. The tempature was a little bit lower than warm, and thats where i like it. There was also a gentle breeze and I really like music, so that might be part of the reason that I really liked that thirty minutes.

What advice would you give to the next group?

Well, I would tell them to cherish the time that they are in camp. I felt really sad after the dance party after the last night because I really regretting not cherishing the time that i was in camp.

This week in humanities, we worked on a project involving the history of Mayan civilization. We made a skit, news-themed in iMovie, filmed with a green screen. Then, we edited it, uploaded on Dragons tube, then here.

This project was challenging because people kept getting off task or people not cooperating. But we also have a lot of fun making this because if was a fun project,  and we get to work as a group doing something i like to do. I had a really good tim ein this unit and am looking forward for more fun units!

In humanities, we created a ThingLink on early human communities. It includes a timeline, two paragraphs, two infographics, two pages of citations, and four primary sources. First, we studied early humans, then we were introduced to ThingLink, and Noodletools which we used for our citation, along with other cited sources. We first started researching and taking notes, then we wrote our paragraphs, then our timeline, after that, we started our Primary sources, then finally, we did our infographics.

This is my Where I’m From poem, we started by Ms.Shannon showing us a few examples, then we started making lists of people that is important to us, liked foods, etc. After that, we started writing our poem drafts, making it longer and better. Finally, we typed it up on Story Bird, then we screen shotted it, making it into a iMovie. We had to add music, remove the Ken Burns effect, and edit our voice overs. Last but not least, we uploaded it onto Dragon’s tube, then, of course, we uploaded it here!

I really liked creating my poem, and it made me see so many more important things in my life, recalling good and bad memories, and i found out that i am really good with personification, similies, and metaphors.

So far, i feel really happy and relieved about middle school. We didn’t have a lot of homework at the start of the school year, and we have more choice and freedom. We can choose our enrichments, not like elementary school where we had the go to all the classes with the same people. I feel excited about taking our laptops home during October, and i’m also looking forward to the many more months we have ahead of us.

https://www.lifealth.com/mind-body-and-soul/happiness/promises-must-make-happy-sd/67774/