The book “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand talks about the life of Louis Zamperini. “An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway Captive”. Early in his life, he discovered a passion for running, he trained extremely hard to compete in the 1936 Olympics. As his running career was exceeding during college at USC, the second world war begun. He was brought to war training where he met his survival partner Phil; Phil became a WW2 pilot, and Louie took the role of a bombardier. After they were selected to go to war, the plane Phil was flying unfortunately crashed because of a mechanical failure, the survivors of the plane crash Phil Louie and Mac started their 40 days survival journey on the raft. From ripping off head of birds, to fighting sharks, the boys did everything to stay alive. Later, with Mac dead, Louie and Phil were brought to the execution Island and multiple POW camps. Being treated brutally and under the extreme condition they wanted nothing but to reunite with their family. With people being starved to death and parasites crawling on the body everything became a challenge. Will anyone ever walk out of this alive and healthy?
Alyssa
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious" - Albert Einstein
A philosophy was introduced during the Renaissance called Humanism; it focused on education, individual rights, spiritual focus, the exploration of classical ideas, and many other things like art. I feel like a humanist because I believe you can change your destiny and be acknowledged by working hard; you don’t have to be born into a wealthy family to do well in society. Another critical element of Humanism that applies to me is that I like to think about what I am taught and elaborate on that with my thinking instead of strictly following the teachings as people did in the Middle Ages. It was considered sinful for people to question the teachings because it would be regarded as breaking a law made by God. In addition, I am eager to learn about a wide variety of things, including classical ideas; I like working in groups and sharing my thoughts to create or generate ideas, just like humanists did.
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/humanism/274981
file:///Users/alyssa.dong/Downloads/Ch%2028%20Humanism.pdf
#Humanities#Humanism#humanist#8-5#Renaissance
This Found Poem based on the story “Tuesday of the Other June” explores the internal conflict within the text where the main character struggled to stand up for herself when she was getting bullied. One example was when June T asked, “Can we move right away? Today?” Instead of standing up against being bullied, she wanted to run away from it, hoping that she would never have to face the other June again. Another example of this struggle showing in the story was when she said she dreamed of “kicking her, punching, biting, pinching.” She does not dare to stand against the other June, yet she dreams of revenge. The graphics I included in the poem further emphasize the internal conflict in the story, focusing on how the main character feels as she battles her choices. For instance, the cage shows her trapped, hiding the truth from everyone and holding all the pressure by herself. I chose ‘Under the Water’ for the title of this Found Poem because this story gave me feelings of hopelessness deep underwater. #Humanities#conflict#G8#Tuesday of the OtherJune#Found Poem
In this project I’m going to make a Cardboard Arcade for the Grade 4 and LCE student at ISB
When you blog you create posts and posts are categorised according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you. If you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts have the following:
- An engaging title – this should not include the name of the subject since this is referenced in the category.
- Body – this is where you share your learning. This can include text, images, embedded videos from Dragons’ Tube or elsewhere. You should always consider how your post looks to your audience. Is it engaging? Do they want to keep reading?
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