Hero Project Reflection!

A hero to me would be someone who is willing to do anything to help someone else even if that meant putting there needs before your own. The hero in my eyes project was a assignment that we had to pick a person who we thought was heroic, (someone we knew) and about why we found them heroic, or in the heroic moment. We also had to capture a moment where we thought they were being heroic and take a picture.

We wrote about three drafts before we got to our final draft. Peer editing, and teacher editing was really helpful along the way. Keeping up with all the draft deadlines was really hard, sometimes I couldn't always get a draft in on that day.

I learned how to work on one moment, and using sensory detail in my writing. A lot of the time when someone edits your work they give suggestions to improve which they may have a good idea, but that might mean that you will have to change your whole perspective of your paper.

Perspective was really something you had to look for during this project. Everyone had a different perspective of a hero. So you had to make sure you respected other people perspective.

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Orgin Of Zero!

It was interesting to hear the history of the number zero. I never really thought about where the number zero originated from. It came to my attention while reading the article that when something is discovered it will eventually get around to other places. The archaeologists who study that kind of stuff determined which concept was older which I think is very interesting. Well I don't think they really know who first discovered zero, but until they do they're going to continue to going with the civilization they assume discovered it. If one person comes up with a concept, and it's a good one then it will sooner or later get around to everyone .

"I Struggled To Get Here!"

I struggled to get here!

“I struggled to get here.” My mom would always say. I sat in the passenger seat
Horizontal to my mother, the car was filled with the smell of car fresheners, and
the Breeze flowing from the side window made me Shiver. I loved long car rides, especially with my mom it always made me feel so safe, and secure. She sang along with the radio with a cracked voice snapping her fingers with her free hand. “Sarah smile, wont you smile a while for me Sarah smile.” How ironic I thought, my mom’s Name is Sarah, and she just so happens to never smile. “All my friends used to sing this song to me.” She said. I looked over at her “I bet they did.” I could tell that the Song had brought back memories. I never really thought about what my mom sacrificed for me. Not just having to deal with me, but my five other siblings all by herself. Having her first child at 17, I couldn’t even imagine how she did it. Always having to put us first, no matter how bratty or Disrespectful she thought we were, she put up with it and took care of us. She didn’t always have a lot of money but she made the Most of what she had.
She made sure we had everything we needed, and she did it all by herself. Being
selfless is my mother’s Specialty. It’s almost like her world revolved around us. My
mom isn’t going to be around forever, but I know one thing for Sure, I’ll never have
to go through anything Alone as long as I have her. She’s been a Mom, and a dad for
as long as I can remember, she’s been there every single Time, even though we
disagree, and have Pointless arguments there hasn't been a day Yet that she’s let me
down.

Art Electric!

Project Description

The project was to use a box to portray a character trait. You had to use at least five light, a extra flair, and a working button or switch.

Process

My art piece conveyed the character trait "bright." I expressed the trait by putting on each side of the box something that I thought proteins to my trait. Inside my box I have my lights set up in a parallel circuit, three at the top and two at the bottom. I also have a button and a motor. The button activates the lights, and the motor, and only works when held down. The motor spins the sun on one side of the box. The button is located in the left hand bottom corner of the box. I have a triangle cut out on one side so people can see how i set up the circuitry. When I started setting up my circuits i had to strip all the single wires, and the lights wires. I connected the wire that was on the battery holder to the button, and the other wire to the light so that the button would be able to activate all the lights. I then connected the bottom light wire to the top light, and the top light to the light in the middle, and the middle light to the far right light, and that light to the bottom one. I then had to find a way to connect the motor into this circuit. So I stripped the motors wire and connected it to one of the lights wire in the middle.

Recap/Reflection

When I revised my drafts it helped me see where I needed to change things.

When someone peer revised my work and said i should improve something it kind of messed up my flow.

I learned a lot of new things while doing this project. I learned how to set up parallel, and series circuits, strip wire, and a lot more.

Sometime my lights or motor wouldn't come on, but I would just have to wiggle the wire a bit or twist them together more.

I know for sure that if someone every asks me to set up a circuit it'll be able to set it up.

I would pick a different trait to portray, because somethings didn't work out how i planned they would go.

Literary Devices Blog

Catching the signal from one of her friends, Angela brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. He sat on the bench like a bump on a log.
"Hi Michael!" Angela said as she slipped a piece of loose hair behind her ear.
"Whats up?" Michael replied, trying not to look up from his book. The two of them sat in silence.
Angela could tell Michael had a chip on his shoulder. "Are you still mad at me?"
"Why would I be mad?" He pretended not to know.
"I'm sorry Michael, I'm heartbroken too, but there's nothing i can do"
"Whatever!" He got up and trailed along dragging his feet.
"Bye!"