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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.

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.

"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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=Believe Paragraphs= People have a fast range of beliefs and I will be telling you about myself and my beliefs. My name is Sam Bachmann. I am from the Netherlands and Switzrland and I'm 12 years old. I am an athiest and I like to play soccer along with basketball, track and field, and swimming. I have lived in Tanzania, Africa, Switzrland and now Dhaka these places greatly influenced my beliefs and values.I like to interact with other people and some people even helped me enhance my believes, for example my family, some teachers and some of my friends. In the next few paragraphs I will be telling you more about my believes and values. = = = =

Do you ever think about your beliefs? Well my believe is that communication is one of theforemost things in the world. I believe that communication is the foundation to peace and that it brings the world together. It is one of the reasons that we can accept each other for who we are and tha

t we have fun together. I came to this believe because I once heard someone say, "Communication is one of the most important things in the world". I never really thought about why communication is important. When I heard this for the first time I started thinking about it and it made sense to me that without communication we would be nowhere. The more I thought about it the more it made sense so it became one of my beliefs. Every day I talk to my friends and family, I talk in school and everywhere I go, it is a part of me. Communication can be used in bad ways or in good ways, to make peace or to make war, and I think it shouldbe used in a friendly manner. Communication has been used for thousands of years and it is one of my main beliefs.

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What are some of your believes? I believe that sports bring us together. Looking back in the times, sports has brought many people together. For example when a club wins the championship all the fans of that soccer club are celebrating together no matter if they know each other or not. I acqui

red this believe from going to a soccer match in Lucerne, when y home team won all the fans were cheering and giving each other high-fives no matter if they knew each other or not. After I saw this I thought about it and concluded that sports bring people together in many different ways. I value this believe because I like playing sports and I always like to talk to people of the opposite team after the game. I also value it because if my opponent hates me and I hate him/her it would not make the game fun. I show that it really is one of my believes by being kind to others in sports even if I don't like this particular person. It makes the game fun. Sports brings us together in many different ways, you can see plenty of examples of how sports bring people together.



A belief is something you value. One of my believes is that we should appreciate what we have. For example some people in the world get something but then the newer version of it comes out and they will want that and it will go on and on and on. I came to this believe because my teacher in Switzerland mentioned that when people for example get a new iPhone they will stick to it for about a year and then they will buy the newer version of the iPhone. It started to make me realize that when some people get something new they will want a newer version. I value this believe because some of us want more and more while others have only one toy to play with. To me it does not seem fair that if you put a lot of food on your plate and in the end you don't eat all of it and throw it away, while other people in the world are starving and would gladly accept a full meal. I once heard that poor people ar often the happiest people because they appreciate what they have instead of longing for what they don't have which privileged people like us often do. I appreciate the things I get and I try not to long too much for what I don't have. More appreciation and less longing would make the world a happier place.

I hope you learned a lot about me and that my believes greatly influence my life. These beliefs were influenced by many people and might be influenced even more over the years. All these beliefs came from me seeing something or hearing it and that is why I will keep my eyes and ears open and who knows I might obtain a new belief. Communication, sports bringing us together and appreciation are my three main believes and they might change over the years but for now these are my believes.

Belief Essay

=**We're All Different in Our Own Ways**=

Joshua Yuchasz wrote an essay about one of his believes, this believe was that we're all different in our own ways. Joshua is a teenager who gets teased because he is different than other teenagers, he thinks that our differences should earn respect. I chose this believe essay because he himself is different and he does not try to change or fit in with the other people which some people try to do. I also chose it because it really shows that being different isn't always bad. Joshua has this believe because he himself is different than others, and he is inspired by great people who were different from the rest like Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Edison. These men thought different from others and so they were considered weird. Joshua sometimes wishes he was like every one else but that thought is mostly short lived but he then thinks that being different isn't that bad and he is proud of who he is. Joshua is an example of how being yourself will make your life a lot happier and better.

My Beliefs

I have a lot of beliefs but in this paragraph I am writing about my four main beliefs. I am an atheist so I believe in science because I think that science can explain every thing of how life started to how it could end. I acquired this believe mainly because of my parents thought. I also believe that every one is equal. I believe in this because to me it just makes sense because you might look different on the outside but in the end we are all just the same. Another one of my believes is that war is useless, I once read a quote that siad, "Through war comes peace" but sometimes war's last, so I believe that with acceptance comes peace. Another one of my beliefs is that there should

be no early mornings. I believe this because I myself have trouble waking up and it stresses people out, it should be stopped. SAY NO TO EARLY MORNINGS! Those are my beliefs for now they might change when I grow up and mature but for now are my four main beliefs.

Unit Review changes both cultures. ||  || I learned that in almost every interaction between cultures both cultures change. For example Korea's culture was influenced by Japan during the occupation. The whole part about the Japanese occupation helped me understand that even in war between cultures both can change. ||  || McDonalds is an American fast food chain and it is all over the world and in China they did not eat burgers till McDonald's came. || cultures come into contact. ||  || I learned that cultures can interact in two main ways, trading and war. When trading people trade goods and ideas and when there is war one culture might force the other culture to change their own costumes or what they eat. I learned this in the book When My Name Was Keoko. ||  || In school someone might trade their juice for someone else's chocolate milk or business partners might trade ideas. In todays life countries still fight and interact in that way. || cultures? ||  || I have learned that people identify themselves and their culture with how they dress, how they act, how the speak, how they eat, what activities they do etc. I understood this when we started talking about how cultures are different. ||  || I for example I eat with a fork and knife but in India and other countries they eat with their hands or in Japan, China, Korea etc. they eat with chop sticks. || ltural diffusion take place? ||  || I have learned that when people from one culture bring their costumes and other parts of their culture to another country it might affect the culture of the other country. For example when the Spaniards went to Mexico to take over they brou ght many parts of their own culture like cattle sheep and other animals. ||  || Sometimes when there are less jobs in one country and more in another people might move to another country to get a job and they might influence the culture in that country. || of diffusion? ||  || Romans traded gold or shaped glass for silk from China. Other goods were also traded along the silk road. For example carpets, rubies, and perfumes. I learned this from Chp. 24 in the textbook. ||  || The Korean restaurant served Japanese soup. The Korean culture was influenced by the Japanese during the occupation. Some of the Japanese culture was inherited by the Koreans and some of those ideas still survive till today. || interact in positive, neutral, and negative ways? ||  || When people trade they help each other out by exchanging a goo d that someone does not have for another good that someone else doesn't have. When people start talking they exchange ideas from each other's culture which might benefit the other person or not. When two cultures start having a war they will interact with each other in a very negative way. I learned this during the whole unit. ||  || People still trade many goods all around the world but not by horses and camels but by buses and planes. People share ideas in the same ways as in the olden times just by talking in a café or tea house.People still fight with each other the only difference is they have more advanced weapons. ||
 * **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 have learned that culture is the ideas, values, behavior, and costumes that people in a society share. I learned this at the beginning of the unit when we were asked to tell the meaning of culture. ||   || All countries in the world have their own culture and this culture is affected all the time. ||
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 * What are some historical examples
 * How do people from different cultures

Culture Poster __

__ Rise of Civilization Unit Reflection __
The modern world has been affected by the old word greatly in many ways. In the older days the hominids and the earlier civilisations struggled to get through everyday challenges. In the modern day world we still struggle with some challenges like global warming and school. The Sumerian City States had to work together to keep their irrigation system working. We in the modern world have to work together to do a lot of things like projects and chores at home. The Ancient Greeks for example started painting and now art is something we learn in school. The mesopotamians started farming a long time ago. And now most of our food comes from farming in the modern world. Our lives have been affected greatly by the struggles of the people before us and even to this day we can learn and benefit from the people before us.

= = =__Welcome to Middle School Assignment 2__=

= = 1. What did you enjoy most about making the cube? = = Making the goals side because I haven't used wordle in a long time. = =

= = 2. What was the most difficult part about making the cube? Taping the whole cube together. = =

= = 3. What would you do differently if you were to do a similar project again? = = I would make a family tree and make it more neater. = =

= = 4. Which life skill (time management, independence, organization, etc.) do you think you practiced while you made this cube? **Explain** how you practiced it. Organization because we had to organize all the sides and then glue them on. = __Boy of the Painted Cave Table__ =

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__**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)**__ || pg. 25 any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent ||  || "the yellow tongues of flame licked high into the darkness" I like this phrase cause it really describes the fire and i can already get an image of it. ||  || I was happy when Tao took the bone out of the wolf dogs jaw because i knew that the wolf dog would live. I was scared when the shriek came because I was reading it at night. || pg. 40 an opening in the forest ||<  ||< "Tao looked at the old woman who's eyes were still young and green like the willow leaves" pg. 46 The phrase really describes Kala's eyes. ||<  ||< I was glad to see Tao hunting with Ram because then the clan would have not as much food. It was surprising that Kala found out that Tao was hunting in the slough. || pg. 64 close-set, stiff, and spiky ||<  ||< "It was an old man, thin and gaunt, with squint creases at the corners of his deep-blue eyes" pg. 64 It really describes how Greybeard looks like and it basically says that Greybeard is really wise. ||<  ||< I was kind of shocked when i was reading the part were he sees Greybeard for the first time. It was nice when Tao saw the Giant Deer in the slough. || pg. 75 indelibly in the mind ||<  ||< "See how his heavy muscles ripple beneath his shoulders" pg. 74 I think this phrase really shows how strong the Saxon is. ||<  ||< I was worried that Tao would not be allowed to paint anymore because Greybeard was so angry. It was nice when Greybeard told Tao that he will teach Tao. || pg. 84 experience of an inward shiver of embarrassment and disgust ||<  ||< "The camp would become deathly still" pg. 79 It gives me a really clear image of the camp. ||<  ||< I was happy for Tao that he got to learn from Greybeard. I was shocked when he ran into the mammoths and he almost died but luckily Ram saved him. || pg. 114 a persons manner of walking ||<  ||< **"He made larger brushes by tying feathers and boar bristles around long sticks with strings of vegetable fibre"** pg. 111 It really describes what the brushes look like and how it would feel. ||<  ||< I am happy that Tao can learn from Graybeard but I was worried what if they both were caugh || pg.115 a northern grouse of mountains and arctic regions, with feathered legs and feet ||<  ||< **"They grunted and shouted and pointed toward the river"** pg.122 It really describes how angry the hunters were. ||<  ||< I was scared that the hunters would find Tao and maybe even kill him. I was thinking what would happen to Ram if the mountain people would take him or kill him. || pg. 131 a hard fatty substance made from animal fat ||<  ||< **"He drew the great square head with it's long, curving horns"** pg. 140 It really describes how the long horns head looks like. ||<  ||< I was shocked when the hunters said "let him face the saxon". I was also shocked because Greybeard wasn't with the hunters. || pg.157 ||<  ||< **"Tao could see the host of** pg. 152 I really liked this phrase because it really describes what the whole herd looked like. ||<   ||< It was a shock to me that Greybeard had died before he could even tell the hunters that Tao was painting in the caves. I was happy when Tao found out that Volt was his father. ||
 * = __**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** ||  || He took the bone out of the wolf dogs jaw and is searching the rabbit. ||   || **Marmot**
 * = **3 & 4** ||<  ||< He started hunting in the slough with Ram and he thought he saw an evil spirit. ||<   ||< **G****lade**
 * = **5 & 6** ||<  ||< Greybeard caught him looking at the big deer in the slough. ||<   ||< **Bristling**
 * = **7 & 8** ||<  ||< Greybeard came to Tao's cave and ate some food there. He got mad at Tao for painting the cave painting on the cave walls. ||<   ||< **Graven**
 * = **9 & 10** ||<  ||< Greybeard went to the camp for the hunting ceremony. Greybeard told Tao about magic. ||<   ||< **Cringed**
 * = **11 & 12** ||<  ||< Tao was almost killed by a mammoth but Ram saved him. ||<   ||< **Gait**
 * = **13 & 14** ||<  ||< Tao sent Ram over the river and climbed up a tree because he was being hunted by the hunters. ||<   ||< **Ptarmigan**
 * = **15 & 16** ||<  ||< He went to the land of the mountain people to find Ram but then he found Greybeard very sick. Greybeard told him to draw longhorns in the secret cavern. ||<   ||< **Tallow**
 * = **17 & 18** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< **Verdant**
 * panic-stricken animals rushing toward them, heads bobbing up and down, rows of long curved horns flashing in the sunlight"**
 * = **End** ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||