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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. I opened my eyes and was surprised--and happy--to see Jeremy staring down at me. **
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 * The one good thing I could see was that the water was so shallow where the Narwhal went down that, once I broke clear of the ship, I didn't have far to go to reach the surface. It was long enough, though. **
 * "You made it," he said. I nodded. **


 * "Did you get the map?" he asked. I sat up, outraged.**

** "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. **
 * "Is that all you can think about?" I demanded. **

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__**Introduction**__

Hello, my name is Sanskar, I am 12 years old. I am from New Delhi, India. I believe in many things such as religion, nature, to Help the poor, that war should stop, love, integrity, peace, to believe in myself etc. The top three believes for me are, to believe in myself, peace and Hinduism. These are my top three because I think they help me with my life the most. These three paragraphs will tell you how I got these believes and how it influences my life.

__**Draft #1**__ I believe in my self. I think believeing in your self is important because it helps you achieve the unexpected. This is one of the strongest beliefs that came from me. I do this in my daily life so that I can overcome difficult tasks. For example, in tests and games. When I was playing kickball, a ball came dashing towards me. Everyone shouting " Catch it". I tried my best, but still I failed. Some people got a bit angry and put me in a place where the ball didn't come a lot. Then it was time for one of the best kickers to kick. " Uh, oh" I whispered. "You got this, I can catch it, it will be easy". Boom! The ball was unleashed. It came right at me. "Catch it, catch it, catch it" I chanted. I cuped my hands so that the ball could land and not bounce off. I caught it. It was secure in my hands, and had nowhere to go. I raised the ball in pride. "Out!" I shouted. I couldn't believe it. I had actually caught the ball. Believing in myself helps me a lot. This is why I believe in myself.

__**Draft**__ **#2** Peace is something that I believe in. I think peace brings good in people's life. A great example of this would be when my sister asked me to pick up the markers on the table, but I was too lazy to do it. Then my sister came to me and started arguing, and I kept peaceful. My sister was arguing so much and was shouting so loud that she ended up with a headache. If I had argued, I would have also been tired and been in a bad mood. This believe came from observing my dad. The same story happened except it was between my mother and father. Also after my mom and dad were done, my dad came up to me and said that you should have peace. Because of that, its a habit for me to talk less in an argument. Though if I had always argued, I wouldn't be such a good person today. Peace helps me stay calm and cool. This is why you I have peace.

__**Draft** #3__ Hinduism is a religion that I follow. Since my parents were Hindus, I became Hindu. Hinduism includes, Karma, reincarnation, vedas, avatars, samsara etc. Hinduism determines our thoughts and actions. For example you should respect your elders. I do this in my life. When my sister wanted me to make her a drink, I had to make it. Another thing that Hinduism says is to not eat meat on tuesday's. That is because one of our god, Hanuman was born on that day. So to show respect, we don't eat meat on tuesday's. For example, if I want to take school lunch on a tuesday, I must take the vegetarian meal. Hinduism includes many other things that I should follow. Hinduism teaches me the art of life. These examples show that I am a Hindu.

These were the top three beliefs for me. I chose Believing in your self, peace and Hinduism mainly because they influence me and help me overcome challenging tasks. This I hope that now you understand the reasons and how they help me with life. This I belief.
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=__**Find a Good Frog**__=
 * This basically talks about being more realistic. There is no prince charming, if there was he would not snore and would be able to cook. So what do you do. You find a good frog. A little bit about the person is that when she was little, she thought her dad was a prince and her mom was the princess. Until one day it was raining and her mom said that she had an argument with her dad. Saying if her dad was a prince, he would not argue. So that is why he is a good frog.**

=3 Things I believe in= I believe in Hinduism. Hinduism in me came from my parents. I believe that children should respect elders. This came from my parents. I believe in myself. This came from me.

changes both cultures. ||  || When two cultures interact, both cultures change. Like when Korea and Japan interacted, both cultures changed. I learned this from __When My Name__ __ Was Keoko. __ ||  || Because India was under the occupation of the British, India started learning the british way of writing. Indians spell color, "colour". || cultures come into contact. ||  || What this means to me is that when two cultures trade or have war, they both change. Like when Japan had war with America, Japanese started chewing gum and ate chocolate. I learned this from __When My Name Was Keoko.__ ||  || When I go to the Korean Mart. I find korean and american chocolate and gum. || their own way of life. They have their own art, writing, technology etc. I learned this from Ch 24 and the culture unit. ||  || When I went to Holland, I saw queens day where everyone had to were orange because it was their national color. || cultures? ||  || Cultures have many different thing that identify them such as their clothing, art, language etc. I learned this from the culture unit ||   || When I went to Punjab, lots of people were doing their traditional dance. || take place? ||  || Cultural diffusion usually takes place through trade or war. For example Japan interacted with America through war. I learned this from __When My Name Was Keoko.__ ||  || Whenever I go to the market, I trade to get the goods || of diffusion? ||  || Romans started wearing silk from China. I learned this from Ch 24. ||  || The Korean restaurant served Japanese soup. || interact in positive, neutral, and negative ways? ||  || An example of a positive way to interact is when the spaniards gave the native americans horses. A neutral way of interacting is through trading. An example of negative interaction is when Japan and America had the war. ||  ||   ||
 * **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? ||  || I think culture is a group of people that have
 * How do people identify with their
 * How does cultural diffusion
 * What are some historical examples
 * How do people from different cultures

CULTURE POSTER

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= __Assignment 2- Reflection__ =

Rise of Civilization Unit Reflection

Making Connections

Thinking about everything you have learned in this unit (the development of hominids to modern man, struggle/adaptation, change from hunter/gatherer to farming/permanent settlements, development of city-states, and the characteristics of civilizations) how is your life affected by the past? Write a paragraph making at least 4 connections in your life today to the past.


 * Your connections should include different areas of the unit with at least one connection to the civilization you researched (for example, two from hominids/early man, one from characteristics of Sumer/city-states, one from your civilization).
 * Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
 * Your paragraph should include a topic sentence and closing sentence.
 * All sentences should be complete sentences using proper sentence punctuation.

Connection Example (a very basic example)

Early man developed the use of tools and these helped them to survive better. Today, man is still developing tools to help us survive better such as ….

Man made better tools and used them more as we developed. Even today, we are developing tools to help us in the modern world such as the cellphone, water fountains and cement. The cellphone helps us because if we ever get lost, we can always contact someone to find us. Water fountains help us to get to pure water without going miles and miles and then boiling the water. Cement is very important to our lives because we are able to make shelters and walls that are so strong that they can protect us from natural diseasters. This is how important early humans are to us.

= __Boy of the Painted Cave Table__ =

Copy the heading above and following table on to your own wiki page and fill in the information for all the chapters.

__**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)**__ || Any bushy tailed rodent ||  || "When he awoke, the sun was corning up over the horizon, the fire was a grey heap of smoldering embers, and the shrill kee-kee-kee of a kestral came from the branches of the dead willow tree **" pg** 31. This phrase puts a very clear image and sound of when he woke up. ||  || I was very scared because he had entered the evil spirits side. Then he heard noise and to me it sounded like it was the evil spirits. || I like this because it did not just say there was a valley, and it gave me a very peacfull image. ||<  ||< I think that Tao is makng a good-living in his cave because there he can draw, eat, cook etc and store his food here. Whenever Graybeard come, he always welcome him and make him tea and muzzles. || = __Assignment 1- Flight Reflection__ =
 * = __**Chapters**__ ||<  ||= __**One or Two Sentence**__
 * = **1** ||<  ||< Tao had to bring back mouse and rabbit but he forgot the rabbit in the meadow. Zolt (the clan leader) says to come back until you find a rabbit. ||<   ||< **taboo,** page 15: something in a culture that is not allowed or unacceptable.
 * Hobbled**, page 13: not able to walk properly ||<  ||< **"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** ||  || He goes to find a rabbit and meets a wolf an helps him. Then he enters a place where it is taboo to go to. ||   || **Marmots: page 25:**
 * = **3 & 4** ||<  ||< He goes to the Slough and he loves it there, he also hunts with ram. Then he brings back the clan lots of food ||<   ||< **Bracken: pg 36**: A tall fern.
 * Swerving: pg**
 * 39:** changing directions quickly. ||<  ||< **"** Tao looked at this old women whose eyes were still young and green like the willow trees **"** It is a very descriptive phrase because despite her old age, her eyes were young and green. ||<   ||< I was grossed out because he always brings rabbits and muzzles etc and they all eat it. ||
 * = **5 & 6** ||<  ||< Ram comes to the clan and everyone is shouting "wolf! wolf!". Tao fools the clan people and finds himself in the slough. ||<   ||< **bobbling pg 51:** moving around
 * Peevishly pg 57:** showing annoyance, irritation or bad mood ||<  ||< **** Stumbling, lurching through the forest, Tao heard their pounding feet as the hunters picked up the trail **** This is written so well that it makes me frightened and all I think is Tao will be caught. ||<   ||< I think that Tao is very smart because he came up with that plan so quickly. ||
 * = **7 & 8** ||<  ||< He meets Graybeard who is a cave painter and tells him alot about all of the clans. He also gives a few tip to Tao about cave painting and also tells him to erase his drwings after he is done. ||<   ||< **Hearth pg 79:** ​The floor of a fire place ||<   ||< ** With sharp flint knives they pried open the blue-black shells and picked out the soft flesh within ** It is very descriptive giving me every single detail of the scene. ||<   ||< I was amazed about how Graybeard new so much about Tao. I think he is nice because he gives Tao a few tips about drawing. ||
 * = **9 & 10** ||<  ||< Lots of animals return including the Mammoth. Tao does not want to miss this chance to see them and Ram and Tao get into a fight with the Mammoth ||<   ||< **Saiga pg 91:** a goat like antelope ||<   ||< **** The open valley was a sea of waving grass, with scattered clumps of birch and willow trees, thick with new green and yellow leaves ****
 * = **11 & 12** ||<  ||< Graybeard teaches Tao a very important things and Tao becomes very good at painting. ||<   ||< **Jutting pg 101:** something that sticks out ||<   ||< "He made larger brushes by tying feathers and boar bristles around the ends of long sticks with strings of vegetable fibre **''** This is very detailed and I can picture strong of exactly how he made it and how it would look like ||<   ||< I think that Graybeard is really very skilled with his so called 'magic'. I wonder who trained him to be such a great cave painter and having all the clans except him was really interesting. ||
 * = **13 & 14** ||<  ||< Volt saw Tao hunting with the wolf dog and chases him. Then he tells Ram to cross the lake and Tao climbs up a tree to hide from him. ||<   ||< **Ptarmigan pg 115:** fancy pigeon with ruffled feathered wings on the back ||<   ||< **With great bounding leaps, he raced between the spruce trees and passed through the ring of hunters, closing on his prey pg 116.** It showed how fast and scared he was and what things he had passed by and what he needed to do. ||<   ||< I was puzzled, scared and excited because Volt was angry and was looking for Tao and finally made eye-contact with him, but then just ignored him. I was scared because Grey beard was about to die and excited because Tao might become an official cave painter. ||
 * = **15 & 16** ||<  ||< Tao has to face Saxon and Graybeard is about to die. He has to take Graybeard from the mountain people ||<   ||< **High- doomed pg 140:** something put high. ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **17 & 18** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **End** ||
 * Directions: ** Now that we are finished our flight simulation, I would like you to reflect on what we did. ** On your wiki page **, please answer the following questions in ** complete ** and ** detailed ** sentences.
 * 1) Did you feel like you were in a race? Why or why not? __It did not feel like a race because we were so focused on the work that all that mattered was to get to the next location.__
 * 2) Did you and other team members agree on what to do? Why or why not? Give an example of one agreement or disagreement. __We did come across agreement. It was about our next location when Georgie had another idea and I had a different idea and solved it by explaining it to each other.__
 * 3) What parts of the flight activity were the most challenging? Why? __The most challenging part was the flight plan because during the flight simulation training, all that we learned apllied mostly in the flight plan.__
 * 4) If you were going to do a similar team activity again, what would you change? __What I would change is working faster because we were a day behind.__
 * 5) 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. __I expereinced communication and independence. Communication because we all had to talk together and agree on one thing by discussing. Independence because we had to write th diary entry on our own and think your about your own ideas.__

= ?? = = Welcome to Middle School Assignment 2 =

1. What did you enjoy most about making the cube?

The thing I enjoyed most was choosing the color for the sides and making the favorites and hobbies sides because you could share most of the interesting things about you.

2. What was the most difficult part about making the cube?

The most difficult part about making the cube, was making the cube because it had lots of cutting and when you assembled it, it had to look like a cube.

3. What would you do differently if you were to do a similar project again?

I would cut out the cube differently (not together) and I would try to fill up the sides more.

4. Which life skill (time management, independence, organization, etc.) do you think you practiced while you made this cube? **Explain** how you practiced it.

I practiced independence because you had to do it on your own and, it was your own.

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