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By the time ** I broke the surface, I had almost given up hope, but I found myself in the air and took a huge, gulping gasp. ** I splashed around, happy just to be alive. That's when the hand reached down and grabbed me. Before I had a chance to think, I had been hauled into a small boat ** and dumped there like a load of fish. ** "You made it," he said. I nodded. "Did you get the map?" he asked. I sat up, outraged. "Is that all you can think about?" I demanded. "No. Of course not. But did you get it?" I pulled the map, now waterlogged, from the folds of my shirt and tossed it to the floor of the boat. ** Jeremy looked visibly relieved. ** "Are you all right?" he asked. "I--I think so," I said. "What happened to...uh, to Diablo?" I shrugged. "I don't know. I didn't see him." There was a pause.
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Hello, I'm Maya, and I turned 12 on April 9th. Here's a little about myself. I live in Dhaka, Bangladesh and I go to the American International School-Dhaka, 6th grade. I live here with my Dad, Mom and my sister, who is in 7th grade, Laura. The rest of my family lives in Switzerland, my home country. We always try to stay in touch to see how things are going there. I have many friends all around the world, that have been very close. My best friends live in Switzerland and we always have each others backs, just all of my other friends. Through out my life I have developed many different believes that I still believe now. Here are a few examples of my believes.

Everybody makes mistakes, and you should be honest in owing them up or confessing that you have done them. I have made many different mistakes in life, and sometimes I wasn't honest about them. But as i grew up and I learned that being honest is a good value in life for many different people, even myself. Now that has become one of my believes, in order to get forgiveness you need to be honest with one another and speak the truth. I think that everyone should be honest with each other because it will make the world a better place. Sometimes in life you give little white lies away, and i think that's alright. But it is always better to speak the truth and be honest, especially to the ones you are close and you trust. I think that forgiveness is a great gift given to one another, but in order that you are able to forgive its always better to be honest and speak the truth.

On the TV, in the newspapers, online, everywhere are updates on wars going on. I believe war should end and we should all live in peace. Peace makes life a lot easier and it should make everyone happier. But war is going to make the world worse, its going to kill so many people and bring tears in peoples faces. That is why people should not fight eachother and decide to live in peace and happiness. When I was young i didnt know about War and people diying. Many times I have seen war on news and seeing innocent people being killed and their families crying. This upsets me because I think that life is supposed to be happy, not terrible moments. I am very privileged to be in such a secure family and country, but there are so many people out in different countries that have to fight for their lives. Peace is much better then war, and that is what I believe in, war should stop and we should all live in peace.

Lastly, I also believe that we should all care for each other. We should all care for each other and be helpful in anyway we can. I think that people should have each others backs and always be caring. This believe has influenced me because many people have showed me that it is very important to be caring to one another. My family has always been there for each other and we care for each other a lot. We have always had each others back. Also all of my friends that i have and met around the whole world have been very caring and helpful, in tough times. People should always care for each other because it will make both feel better and good. And you know that you will have someone who will care for you in any time or situation you have. (Now) I always try to be caring and helpful to friends and family, because of this believe that I have, Care for each other.

These were some of my stronger believes. Everybody has different belives, and i am who i am because of my family, friends, the people who care for me and the believes that i follow. I could list several other believes in this list, but as you can maybe see from my previous believes; my family and friends are close to me and we should care for others, just like people should care for you. Doesn't matter if we help them in school or in terrible wars that should end. And even though they might make a mistake, or you might make a mistake, its always good to be honest and forgive each other. Those examples will make the world a better place for me.

The Little Things
"I believe it’s the little things that make life worth living."


 * By: Joshua Yuchasz with Asperger's Syndrome. **

I chose this because when i saw the title i thought to myself and thought that this is a strong and great belief!

Well Joshua is a lot like his classmates, plays football and plays clarinet. But in other ways he is very different from the others. He believes its important to accept people for who they are. "Differences are important and they should be respected."

He has this believe because of his past. He got teased a lot because he had big interests in other subjects then other students. But he thinks even though he has different subject interests they have no right to be mean and tease him about it, because we are all different in our own ways.

Pre-Unit Reflection:
I have many beliefs that I follow. For example I believe that love is very important in life. Money is important for life as well, but money cannot buy love, that is one thing that i believe in. I also believe that everybody can help make a good difference or change. Doesn't matter how little or how big, doesn't matter at what age. I believe everybody can make a good difference or change. Also I believe people should stop war and live in peace. Wont that be better for everyone? It would make life a lot easier and happier. I have listed a few of my believes, these are not all of them but they give some of my stronger beliefs.

Unit Review:

changes both cultures. ||  || When two or more cultures interact and change, this could happen between war or trading. The Keoko book helped me understand this better because the Koreans were interacting with the Japanese (under occupation) and that changed both cultures. ||  || Koreans were under the Japanese occupation, and they got some cultural characteristics from them. For example they have similar food. || cultures come into contact. ||  || Trading is very important for people. To meet new people, get to know more places, cultures and things. The Silk Road activity helped me see that trading was important for communication and learning about new things. War was another way the came into contact. But mostly during war they were fighting, but thats still a way to come into contact with each other. The Keoko book just helped me understand that during war two cultures can come into contact, but the war can later on also include more cultures or countries. ||  || We still trade ideas to find out about new objects or places. For example these days people dont trade clothes from each other but they can trade a shop that they like (and then they can buy clothes from there). || cultures? ||  || By celebrating their festivals, keep up with their customs, wear their cultural clothes etc. Seeing different culture posters I saw and learned about different peoples cultures, and people learned about mine. The culture poster was very fun and helpful to see into different peoples culture. ||  || I have different celebrations that maybe other family's don't do. Or I wear different clothes then other people. Thats all part of my culture. || take place? ||  || When a cultural traditions, foods, believes or things are transferred to another culture or place. Like the Indians came to China and told them about Buddhism, so now Chinese have Buddhism as one of their religions. ||  || Families or shops buy different things from different places and sell them in a different country. The Australian bucher sells Australian meat here in Bangladesh. || of diffusion? ||  || Romans started wearing silk from China. The silk road was a great example of cultural diffusion (in history). Many different cultures traded many different things from their country/culture along the silk road. The romans traded their wonderful glassware for a roll of Chinese silk. And there were many smaller cultures in between that traded great objects or ideas. I learned this from the HA textbook, chapter 24. ||  || We went to a Korean restaurant and we got served a Japanese soup, or similar type of soup. || interact in positive, neutral, and negative ways? ||  || The Heelot/Hokie activity showed that people from different cultures may have difficult time communicating and interacting. It could end up negative way, good way or neutral (hissing, walking away, not talking, talking, different cultures). ||  || I knew this couple that got married, they were from different cultures. This made it difficult sometimes, because both of them wanted to keep their culture but also blend in with each other. ||
 * **Big Understanding/**
 * Essential Question** ||  || **What have I learned about this?**
 * What from the unit helped me to**
 * understand this?** ||  || **Connections to today or to self** ||
 * Interaction between cultures
 * Trade and War are the main ways
 * What is culture? ||  || Culture are different characteristics of a groups for example: believe, religion, food, clothes, customs etc. I dont think a specific activity helped me understand this better. Mostly the note taking and the packet "A World Full Of People" was very helpful for me. ||   || In my country (and my culture) people dress, eat, celebrate differently. For example on our National Day girls wear a specific dress and dance with each other, in other cultures they would celebrate it differently. ||
 * How do people identify with their
 * How does cultural diffusion
 * What are some historical examples
 * How do people from different cultures

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Rise of Civilization Unit Reflection Making Connections The Greeks, early modern humans and sumerians changed our lives greatly. For example the greeks helped us invent different things that we still use today in our lives. Somethings the Ancient Greeks invented we still try to make them better in the modern world. They invented things like vowels in the alphabet, medicine- we would be no where with out medicine. I use the alphabet to read things everyday, and medicine helps me get better and survive sicknesses (doctors try to make medicines better). The greeks also help create a different government, if its democracy, monarchy and tyranny. Ancient Greece were the 1st people to have democracy. Even these days we use it. Its connected to me because i will do things connected to government later on. Also it has kept our country under control. The early humans invented different things too but they also helped make our lives easier by creating farming. Farming is very helpful today. When people started farming they decided to make jobs. Now a days people get money from the jobs they do, and the farming helped keep a stable food supply. Having a stable food supply helps us survive and have things to eat. Sumerians invented many things to help them survive. Some of these inventions helped us survive today. The main invention im talking about is the irrigation system. The irrigation used to help them get water. Today we have the same idea but more develpoed, we use fosits. Fosits have the same use. We need water to have access to water, Sumerians helped us get it in a quicker and more eficiant way. Many people in the past have helped our modern world, i thank them :)

= = =Boy of the Painted Cave = __**Chapter Summaries**__ ||<  ||= __**Vocab Word(s),**__ __**Page #**__ __**& Meaning**__ ||<  ||= __**A Descriptive Phrase**__ __**You Liked, Page #, and Why**__ __**You Liked it**__ ||<  ||= __**My Reaction/Comments/**__ __**Connections to this Chapter (Maximum of two sentences)**__ || a large tree of the pine family. ||  || **"Yellow tongues of flame licked high into the darkness"** pg. 25: this is a metaphor or a similie comparing the yellow flames and the yellow tongues. ||  || Question: Woudnt the village Tao was in expet him back even though he coudnt find a rabitt? || Also I have this feeling that Graybeard will die and Tao will become the new Shaman. || Strange and frightening. ||<  ||< **"Except for occasional sound of driping water, there was a cold stillness, like death."** pg. 135: Even though this isnt very detailed you can still have this clear picture. ||<  ||< Did Graybeard or will he even make it to the clan? ||
 * = __**Chapters**__ ||<  ||= __**One or Two Sentence**__
 * = **1** ||<  ||< Tao forgot the rabbit and had to hunt for another one. ||<   ||< **taboo,** page 15: something in a culture that is not allowed or unacceptable ||<   ||< **"lumbering shapes of the mountains-that-walk, the mammoths"**, page 16: This phrase gives me a very clear image in my mind of the true size of the mammoths. ||<   ||< This was a good introduction to Tao and his desire to be a cave painter and how he is questioning the taboo. ||
 * = **2** ||  || Was alone outside, helped the young wolf. Then he went hunting for food. ||   || **Cedar**, pg. 34:
 * = **3 & 4** ||<  ||< He was in the woods and was fighting a owl with Ram. After he goes hunting with Ram and finds a lot of rabbits to take to his clan.Then Kala told him about this mother, Vedra. ||<   ||< **Slough**, pg. 38: swamp-like region. Soft and muddy area. ||<   ||< "**Old woman's whose eyes were still young and green like willow leaves."** pg. 46.: This as well makes this sentence more interesting and imaginative with having a smilie. This helps me imagine how green Kalas eyes were. ||<   ||< Would Volt let Tao keep Ram if he knew that he could help them hunt (and find more food like he did with Tao)? ||
 * = **5 & 6** ||<  ||< Tao went to find a cave for himself. Then he found 1 and started drawing. Then Tao and Ram went hunting and saw a Giant Deer and meet Graybeard a cave painter. ||<   ||< **Peevishly,** pg. 57: Showing annoyance, irritation or bad mood. ||<   ||< **"Volt scratched his head with his big hairy hand."** pg 62. I really think that sentences with metaphors and similes are very descriptive. This sentence is a metaphor. You can really visualize how hes hand looks. ||<   ||< I was nervous when it said //footsteps of the stranger.// Because what if there was an evil spirit, or what if it was Volt? ||
 * = **7 & 8** ||<  ||< Graybeard came into Taos cave and got mad at him for painting on the walls. But later he gave Tao tipps about how to improve his drawings. ||<   || **Staggered**, pg. 71: to walk,move,or stand unsteadily. ||<   ||< **"He blew on the live embers from the old fire and soon had the flames dancing."** pg 79: This is called a personification. Flames dont dance (humans do) but it makes the sentence more interesting. ||<   ||< I got really shocked when Graybeard got so mad at Tao beacause he seemed so calm and relaxed, and suddenly he gets really mad. But i understand why... ||
 * = **9 & 10** ||<  ||< Graybeard told Tao he would help him learn how to paint and draw. Also Tao and Ram saw Saxon & a herd of mamoths. ||<   ||< **Plateau**, pg. 83: part of land that is raised. ||<   ||< **"The days were growing warmer as the sun climbed high into the heavens."** pg 82: You can just imagine how the sun his high up in the sky. ||<   ||< I was nervous when Ram suddenly went running into the heard of mamoths. For a while i thought "thats the end for Ram.." ||
 * = **11 & 12** ||<  ||< Tao (and Ram) met Graybeard again, and Graybeard started to teach Tao how to paint and draw. ||<   ||< **Crevices**, pg 101: A narrow opening, especially in a rock or wall. ||<   ||< **"He looked up to see a rainbow of colors ripling across the white cliffs."** I think this is very detailed with words so you can imagine the colors of the rainbow on the white cliffs. ||<   ||< I had this feeling that when Graybeard left, I thought that he would never return. Luckily he did! ||
 * = **13 & 14** ||<  ||< Tao and Ram met Volt and the hunters hunting a deer, Tao wanted to proof that Ram wasn't bad and a good hunter. But it didn't work out, Ram didn't kill the deer. So Ram and Tao had to flee from Volt and the hunters. When Tao and Ram crossed the river to the mountain people, Tao met Graybeard who was very sick. ||<   ||< **Fiber,** pg. 126: A fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton. ||<   ||< **"The bushes and trees became a blur of green, the ground sped away beneath him."** This sentence isn't a Simile or Metaphor but you can imagine how fast Tao is running because the trees became a blur (he was passing them really fast) ||<   ||< When Volt and the hunters chased Tao and Ram I though that they would get caught and killed.
 * = **15 & 16** ||<  ||< Graybeard told Tao to go to the Secret Cavern. But just as Tao arrives Volt and his clan come. Theey take Tao with him because they do not belive that Graybeard wanted this. ||<   ||< **Eerie**, pg. 134:
 * = **17 & 18** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **End** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||

<span style="color: #6bc91d; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;">Assignment 1-Flight Reflection

*Sick for most of the time* //Did you feel like you were in a race? Why or why not?//

-Somehow it felt like a race but it also didnt. It only felt like we had to do our best to get the best destination so we could land first. But it wasnt that big feeling that it was all about racing.

//Did you and other team members agree on what to do? Why or why not? Give an example of one agreement or disagreement.//

We didnt have big disagreements, we only though that one destinaiton would be better then the other destination. But once someone had prooven that, that specific destination was better we all agreed and carried on.

//What parts of the flight activity were the most challenging? Why?// -The diary. Because we had to get really creative with our thinking. And sometimes when you dont have a lot of information to work with, being creative and the typing it down is difficult to manage.

//If you were going to do a similar team activity again, what would you change?// -The group, to see how other people do things and how well we work together. The name of the group, i would probably want to change our name (not that i didnt like our name).

//Name two life skills (e.g. teamwork, problem solving, time management, independence, organization, communication, etc.) you worked on during this flight simulation. For each life skill you chose, give an example of how you worked on it during your flight simulation experience.// -Communication. Even though i was sick, i used communication to help myself be ready for the diary entry i had to do, and to see where my team was in the flight. I sent my team mates emails to see how it went. And after school i went to get my homework for the flight, plus i checked on the flight map to see where we were and i got good information from Sam and Tyler to complete a diary entry.

-Teamwork. I had one full day to be there for my team, in person. But even though it was the only day, and the first day it was a big YES for teamwork. We had to figure things out together, think about good ideas and work together. An example was when we had to find our first destination to go to. We all had different ideas, but we sort of took turns and said our opinions. And we then all explained why our destination was the best. Usually then we got a good answer and i got persuaded for an answer.

<span style="color: #6bc91d; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Welcome to Middle School Assignment 2

//1. What did you enjoy most about making the cube?//
I the part that i think was most enjoyable form me was showing and expressing my creativity. So basically the way we laid our sides out, getting our own color on, pictures etc.

//2. What was the most difficult part about making the cube?//
I think the most difficult part about making the cube is actually making the cube outline, folding, cutting. Then putting on the colored paper and making it fit properly.

//3. What would you do differently if you were to do a similar project again?//
I would change all of my colors I put, and just doing all of my creativity different.

// **Explain** how you practiced it. //
I think the skill that i practiced the best was independence because I had to make my cube by myself and i had to to all of my writing, pictures by myself and i think it turned out good! Then usually when i did ask a friend for help I would fix it by myself.