My querencia are my pets Niko, Nakia, Brutus, Kirby, and Derby. Niko, Nakia, and Brutus are my dogs; Kirby and Derby are my Guinea pigs. Niko is a brown and white Jack Russell; Nakia is a brown Pomeranian; Brutus is a brown and black Rottweiler; Kirby is a brown guinea pig with a brown-orange patch on her head; and Derby is brown, white, and brown-orange. They’re my querencia because I feel comfortable and safe when I’m with them. When I pick up my guinea pigs, it feels like picking up a small stuffed animal that weight 5 pounds and is scratching me as I lift it up. I remember one time when I was in my room, I had the window open. Niko was running up and down the yard because he was trying to chase the neighbor’s dog, which was behind the fence. I was relaxing until I heard a loud yelp. I looked out the window and saw Niko limping. I ran into the living room yelling “Niko is hurt.” I opened the back door to let him in. He limped in and blood was dripping from his pad. Niko was dripping blood in the dining area, outside, and in the pantry. Niko left a trail of blood, like if he was making sure we knew where he was. He was sent to the vet. When he came back, his pad was stitched up. It turns out that something cut his pad open. I went out side to see what cut his pad, but I didn’t see anything. I still wonder what cut his pad open. I look out for all of my pets and in a way they look after me. Publishing Project
Title: Trapeze
Author: Kadija Grant
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Pages: 4 1/2
Mentor Texts:
I got my idea from the movie jumanji. The movie has to do about a board game coming to life. My story is similar to the movie but for the movie you have to finish the game to making everything back to normal. In my story you have to collect all 300 pages, put the book back together, and close it. I remember seeing Jumanji last summer so when it came to this project, Jumanji came to mind.Audience: I wanted 6th and 7th (even 8th) grades in High Tech Middle to read this because I (if I can) i want to hear what they like about the book. I also want people who likes the movie Jumanji to read too so they can see how similar it is to the movie. I also want to people to come up to me and ask "What was the thing that the pet buried?"
Writing Process: I think it took me 2-3 rough drafts until I could get it right. At first I was confused on what I had to do. Then when I started to work on it more it got easy and fun.
Publishing Process:
My story is put into a book with other people in my classes that has fantasy/adventure
stories. 7th and 6th grader will come and read our stories.
Feature Cast from the Past
Project Purpose:
To understand the difference between Cause/Effect Relationships and Correlations. To understand how and why major events in history are connected and intertwined (think yarn activity!). To research a major event from U.S. history in order to understand why it is significant and how it relates to other major events. To understand features of a feature article and podcast and to be able to create a feature article or podcast about your major event in history.
Project Requirements:
To present the 5Ws of your major event to the class. To write/peer edit/revise a feature article or podcast. To have at least three drafts in your Writing Portfolio. To present a polished version of your feature article or podcast on Media Night, as well as posting it online to our Team Featurecast from the Past web page (made by James).
Specific Concepts Learned:
One thing I learned from this was that Ponce De Leon was the first Spanish explorer who discovered Florida and he was also looking for the Fountain of Youth. He heard stories about the fountain and he wanted to find it. He went to America with Columbus when Columbus went on his second voyage and when Columbus went back, Ponce stayed a little longer. I also learned how Ponce found Florida. He found Florida when he went sailing again, but he went north and he went through the Bahama. Ponce went back to Florida in 1521 to build a colony. When he went back again, he took his crew and landed on the west coast of Florida and met a large group of Native Americans. They shot arrows at his crew and Ponce got hit. He died from his wounds in 1521.
Challenges:
A challenged that I faced in this project was that I didn't get what I was suppose to search for because I thought that I had to look up pirates, but I had to look up something different instead of pirates. We also had to do Podcast research which was hard to me because it was hard to find info about my character. How I over came it was that my partner and I found out what we were suppose to research on and I finished the podcast research paper.
Real-World Significance:
This will help me in the real world is when I get to collage (or high school), I wil know alot about history and what happened during thoses times and why they were importanted. Knowing all of this history can help me better on tests or projects that has to do about knowing histroy.
