Today is a Memorable Day!

Today, I am going to say the Patrick Henry Speech in front of the Intermediate School! After I won out of the class, for the most voice expression and pace, and body language! Han, Solina, and Elizabeth will also do it.

Semester Post

That right! Semester One finished! Its Christmas! This semester was great with Mr.Buxton!

My past couple of projects.
1. My Persuasive animoto on maids!
2. My Patriot Animoto!
3.My Winner Patrick Henry Speech
Goal Review:
1. Doing good, I am critiquing, and keeping up my book club.
2. I have definitely finished that goal. Now, I never shout out, and make good choices.
3. I have completed my chart, and now I don't get so frustrated.
4. My desk is not completely clean, but clean.
I think I have really thought about these goals, and improved them.
Awards: Student, and blogger of the week.
Homework turn-in. The only thing I failed at turning in before the deadline, was  a persuasive essay. Everything else was turned in at the right time.
Achievements: Winning the Patrick Henry. Student of the week. Blogger of the week. 3rd in the first 
 quarters competition. Math, RLA, and Social Studies tests complete. Good thinking. Good report card. Showing leadership in group projects. Winning three Sammy Snakes. Doing great in book club.
Compassion: I once gave away my weekly plus points. Also, during the Subway party, I gave my Snapple to someone that did not have one. Also, I gave away my only cookie. One remarkable thing that I did was buy a shirt for Scott, and made a speech.
Friendship: Right now, my really good friends are: Zachary, Eric, Zach, Avery, Tuscan, and Ben. I think that I am a good and compassionate friend to others.
Classes: In RLA, we have recently done historical fiction, prepositional phrases, and persuasive writing. In math, we have done fractions.In science, mixtures and solutions. In social studies, slavery.

Have a great Christmas/Hannuka. And a happy New Year!

Science!

Check out My Wordle! This Wordle is a Wordle for Science class with Mrs.Clayton, shows many things that we learned!

"... Give me liberty or give me DEATH!..."

Patrick gave a very famous speech on March 23, 1775. He wanted war against the British. We were set an assignment to memorize certain parts of it. I have already memorized it, and it is due Monday!
Yay!

The Santa Claus Meet

This weekend, was the Santa Claus Meet, and Fighting Fish got second, under Shanghai American School. (SAS) I did well. On almost all my events, I got Personal Bests ( New Best Times) for my races. Although I did not win any races, I got close to first. The meet was two days long. I hung out with my friends in a secret hideout, and no one knows where it is. My dad is the announcer, so I get special stuff.

Todays Meet

RANDOM:
http://todaysmeet.com/RANDOM

The RLA Persuasive Skit:

 http://todaysmeet.com/Persuasiveskit

This Weekend

As you know, Thursday is Thanksgiving. I am going to my friends house, that's where my family goes every year. The food is great there.Also, on Friday, is a Fighting Fish pizza party. My friends that live in Woodlands and I, are going to meet at the pizza party, and go back to their house, and have a sleepover! On Saturday, and Sunday, is the Santa Claus Meet. The biggest meet of the year; that we host.

Weekly Post

This week was only a three day week, but I still decided to make a weekly post. I think I did great this week, I was focused everyday.
In social studies, we had a vocabulary test, and it went fine. The test were vocabulary for the topic: facing slavery. We also did a worksheet on facing slavery.
In science with Mrs.Clayton, we are learning about atoms and molecules, and forming them. We also had home learning for science, which is unusual.
We finished up unit 5 fractions this week, and on Wednesday, we did an open response. I got the REALLY HARD PART CORRECT! I did well on it. I also am working hard on IXL, and I have mastered at least five skills this week. Also, I have done 9 hours, 45 minutes.
In RLA, we started learning about prepositions, and continued on historical fiction. Also, we have a puppet skit project, containing a persuasive speech. Zach, Breann, Riya, and I are doing ours about racism. Another thing that we learned is higher order thinking on characters.
Mr.Buxton is doing an experiment; he isn't going to put h/w on the blog for three weeks.

Weekly Reading

This week I got a pizza slice for realistic fiction, the book was called: The Recruit. I am reading: The Compound, The Graveyard Book, I Am David, JFK, Class A, and Cabin Fever. I am on the second page of my reading log. Also, on Wednesday, i got two plus points, because Mr.Buxton asked me to read a section of our read-aloud book: When My Name Was Keoko.

Thank you.
Alex Danielson, creator of this blog.

Reading Update

Reading has been a good habit for me these past weeks, and i have almost two pizza slices. I just finished a book called: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore. It was a good book. I just started the second book of the series: Class A. So far it has been a good book. I also reading: The Graveyard Book, and: The Compound.
Thank you.

SAS Student News

I will be starting a SAS Student News soon! Have you ever heard of the CNN Student News? Mine will be like that!

This Weekend

This weekend, I have soccer practice again on Saturday. The Brazil F1 is this weekend also! I might have a sleepover with my friends. On Sunday, is the AWA Thanksgiving Potluck, so I am going to that.I am very mad that I was not the blogger of the week. I deserved it.

Weekly Post

This week was a good week for me. I was focused in all subjects. I got moved from Nick, who was sitting next to me before. It was hard to sit next to him, he was not co-operating with me. Now I sit with Zach, Riya, and Breaan. We are a good group, because we don't talk to much. Riya is my new reading, writing, and maths partner.
In maths, we did some turning fractions in to decimals. Some times with calculators, sometimes with our minds. Regular fractions, graphic models, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 are some of the maths things that we did.
In social studies, we started the facing slavery subject. Now I know what the triangular trade route, and that Africa started it. We learned all the things about slavery, and the things that slaves had to do. On Monday, we started a three page worksheet. Also, next week, we have a vocabulary test.
In RLA, we did a persuasive essay, with all the new techniques. e.g. prognosticate, anecdote, rhetorical questions. That was due Friday. Also, we moved onto historical fiction, the books that Mr.Buxton are reading to us are, When My Name Was Keoko, and Freedom Summer. I got my first pizza slice today! Non-fiction. Also, for my reading log, I got a plus point! I think I did good on my essay, because I used many techniques. I completed the whole WILF. I also learned about character debates. (Traits, sayings, actions, relationships,and thinking.)
Thank you.
Post made by Alex Danielson, creator of this blog.
        

KWL- Digital citizenship

WHAT I KNEW:Today in technology I learned, about the dangers of social networking, and that you should never give away personal information. I also learned to only be friends with people on the internet that you know.
WHAT I LEARNED: Never click on weird advertisements, like: YOU ARE THE THOUSANDTH CUSTOMER! Click here to win your prize! Those can be viruses.This time, I did some SPAM missions. Now I know how to tell whether a email is SPAM or not. How to tell if someone is bad by what they say on the internet. If someone is bullying you on the internet, report them or ignore them.

This Weekend

This weekend, I have soccer practice on Saturday, and a tough Game against 3rd place Young Gunners on Sunday. (we are in 1st).
F1 in Abu Dhabi is happening this week, but the race and qualifying are at 9:00 PM.
The rest of the weekend, I intend to chill out at home.

Weekly Post

This week, my week was on and off. Sometimes I was off task, sometimes I was focused. This week we did a lot of persuasive writing techniques. We are going to start an essay. There are a couple new vocab this week. e.g: prognosticate means predict future. I am starting to critique my book soon. If I want to become a connecting reader, I'll have to do that. I read 45 minutes-an hour a day.
Imagine doing a math test, about division as we did this week. I think that I have a fear of tests, because I am fine in class, but I forget to check my answers. This unit, (unit 5) is about fractions. So far, I have learned improper fractions and mixed numbers. I am doing well in IXL, 8 hours 16 minutes. Mr.Buxton suggested me to do hard work on division, so that is what I am doing.
UN Day: UN Day's theme this year is trying to sell an author. We have to do a persuasive presentation o he whole Intermediate School!
On the bus, many issues are taking place. This girl, her name is Hollie, she always gets bullied. She and I are always the last people sitting at the back of the bus. She is in 3rd grade. When everybody is gone, I teach her how to make friends, and change. She changed a lot, because of me, and everyone is still bullying her. Cammile and I are on the same bus, so we are giving her nice gifts, and making her feel comfortable
Thank you.

Power Plan

Here is a powerplan if anyone needs one:

http://embedit.in/Hgwdf8YPbv

Slide 8

“Liberty is worth paying for” Says Jules Verne. His books sure are liberty, and this author is worth paying for. Remember, if you like science fiction, Jules Verne has the perfect stories that even come true someday!

This is my closing statement for the UN author presentation.

Remember that it has to be short.

FOR GROUP 2 UN DAY!

Animoto

Untitled Project

This Weekend

This weekend I am going Oscar's house after soccer practice on Saturday, I also am probably going to watch F1. That is all that is planned so far this weekend.

Weekly Post

Hi everyone, every week I will post a progress/learning/presentation/homework things.

This week I will start with goal progress. I am definitely reading faster, and making more inferences, and the other things. But I need to remember to do the book club. I think I raise my hand more, bet still shout. For my third goal, my chart is being filled, and I am coming up with more techniques. My last goal is going well. I am keeping my stuff organized.
This week my reading pizza is empty, but I am about to go earn one.
Now onto my very recent book club presentation. My group did the best out of all! We were the only group that  was in the skilled category. We had the most teamwork, and our work was equal. Our prezi showed everything that it was supposed to. We did a interview.
We had a test this week, I hope I did well. Also, we had a substitute for two days, Ms.Addicks. She taught us some stuff about vowels. We started the persuasive writing unit in RLA also.
Congrats to Riya, the student of the week, and Jacqueline for the blogger of the week.
What kind of personality, do you have? Put your comment on a post. Also remember to answer the poll!
Thanks! Alex Danielson, creator of this bog.

Book Club Presentation

Script

George:This is George Janke reporting to you live from the ABC News headquarters in New York City! Today we’ve got a live interview with Cassandra Day and Zoe Reisman about their new book, THE SCHOOL STORY. Now here is top reporter Alex Danielson with the scoop.

Alex: Hi everyone, my name is Alex Danielson, bringing you an interview of Natalie, and Zoe. The the two of you ,tell us a little about yourselves.
Breann: Hi, my name’s Natalie. I am twelve years old. I love writing. I live in New york city, and I have to walk all around it. My... Dad...died. But I’m not going to talk about that.
Sabine: I’m Zoe Reisman. i’m 12 too. I’m pretty much the best arguer I know, because I win every single one. My dad is a lawyer. I was Natalie’s agent for this project. My pseudonym is Agent Zee Zee Reisman. I love in-negotiating with people. As I said, I always win.
Alex: Of course you two collected help from other people. Who where they?
Sabine: Mrs. Clayton, of course. She’s the one that got us this far. Without her, we wouldn’t be here right now.
Breann: You forgot, Zoe. Your father! Without his help we wouldn’t be here either. He was the lawyer!
Alex: I heard it took a lot of effort to get this book published. Could you tell us more about that?
Breann: True. It took a load of work and perseverance. Mrs. Clayton, the helping adult, Mr. Reisman, the lawyer. Me, the writer, and of course, Zoe, the agent. She was brave enough to in-nagotiate with my mom’s horribly horrid boss, Letha Springfield. I would rather die than doing that!
Sabine: It’s true.
Breann: And Mrs. Clayton did a ton of stuff. She got us the office for all the work we needed to do. And she payed for it! Second, She helped us in our time of need. When we found out that
Letha, my mom’s boss, was going to edit it, we exploded with fear. But Mrs. Clayton gave us an idea. Thats when Zoe’s agument came in.
Alex: What is the experience of publishing a book? Many people out there want to know.
Sabine: Too complicated. There’s so much work to be done. But with the right help, an agent, you can do it. You just gotta try.
Breann: Ugh, Zoe. Always gotta point yourself out.
Alex: What do you think about when you see this book?
Breann: My dad and cheaters.
Sabine: The masterpiece of a 12 year old magician.
Alex: Zoe, why were you so very intended to get the books published?
Sabine: Well, you see. Just by reading one chapter, I could tell that this story was destined to get published. And would ya just LOOK at us now!

Alex: Lastly, When do you intend to publish another book.
Breann: WHOA there, slick. Don’t even get me STARTED on that!
Alex: (laugh)
Alex: Thank you very much folks, this is Alex Danielson from ABC Network interviewing Natalie Nelson and Zoe Reisman. This interview is finished, but news about this new great book, The School Story, is still to come. Back to you, George.
George: I’m interviewing Letha Springfield, former boss of Hannah Nelson.To start, Letha, could you tell me about yourself?
Rachel: I am an ex-chief editor of shipely Junior books. I’m really nice, from, well from my own perspective. I have a talent of being a writer... really more a editor. Don’t forget yelling at other people.
George: Well, I’m just wondering how you didn’t get the job for being editor of such a great book, The Cheater? You were ranked higher than Hannah Nelson.
Rachel: The Agent, that awful Zee Zee Reisman, said that she wouldn’t let Shipely publish the book unless Hannah was editor.
George: Harsh, why did you agree to that?
Rachel: well obviously this was such a great book and I didn’t want to waste a good opportunity so I had to give Hannah the job.
I sort of have to because she sort used to work for me. She editor and all I just think I’m better.
George: Okay then, Alex do you have anything to say?
Alex: nope, but we’re closing up. See you next time on ABC news.

The Lost History of Roanoke Island

By: Alex, Maria, and Riya

Who Am I?

OJohn White

OGovernor of Roanoke colony

OSpent part of life as a painter

OHas a daughter named Eleanor Dare White

OEleanor Dare White

ODisappeared with the rest of colony

OFarmer

OGrows crops

Why We Moved

OReligious rights

OTo make more gold and money

OTo make a successful English colony in the new world

OMore crops and land

Daily Life

OGrowing crops

OBuilding, carving, and welding

OHuddling indoors on cold days

First Impressions

OWhen arrived: Happy

O Three months later: Getting unhappy and cold

OSix months: Hiding indoors

O9 months: Very weak

The Failure of Roanoke

OJohn White left for two years to England

O Came back, but nothing

OCROATOAN carved on wood post

My Book Letter

Warriors... May not sound interesting to a variety of people, or many think cats aren't interesting. No, this series is not foolish housecat stories.... This, is forest cats, that fight for survival, who hunt everyday. Four clans live side by side in seperate territories. Many skirmishes keep the cats apart.

Erin Hunter, the author, creates a very fantastic mood to her books. My mind can always visualize the the sounds, textures, voices, kind of day, and wind. Erin makes it sound more exiting.

Some people think that this series would be calm, because of the cats. No, this series has lots of action. Erin Hunter doesn't just have one piece of action, but she takes another one and joines them together. In one book,she had a murderous leader, and brought in a fierce cat to ally. Instead, the fierce cat killed the leader. Every chapter, Erin starts with some interesting hook.
The message that I think Erin Hunter is trying to tell, is to never give up, and never lose faith. These cats go through hard winters, and tough battles, but never give up. They see or do bad things, buts never lose faith in eachother. The cats do not have everything, like we do, but have pride in what they have, because it is all that they can live with.
Something to question about Warriors is, why have so much drama. My quick answer to that was: Erin Hunter has a lot of drama because she wants the reader to always be hooked. What kind of genre is this? Well, when Erin Hunter makes the cats speak, at the end of it, she puts a cat speech. (meow, mew, purr) But... cat battles, and clans, would not typicly happen. So, the book might be normal fiction/action. Why cats? Erin Hunter seems to love cats. That name might be a pseudonim. What is the typical life of the clans? Hunting, patrolling borders, skirmishing, eating prey, and sleeping.

Thank you for reading my reading response to: Warriors.
Hoped you enjoyed it.

First day under Mr.Buxton....

Today is the fist day to make a post, which i already have. Mr. Buxton has showed me how to make it safe. GREAT! 

Thanks

Thanks guys for following my blog.

Wu dat chicken?
Blah blah.....
How is it goi g?

As you can see....

As you can see, i have a very proficient blog, and i have two. so feel free to take some of my ideas and put them into your own blog!
BUXTON CLASS ONLY.

Thank you for your support.

Narrative, and book talk.

This is my baseball narrative, the story fell into the "S" category. ENJOY!

Alex Danielson                 Baseball On A Friday Night

Baseball, I don’t like much of it at all.  In America there is a league called Major League Baseball. Thirty teams play in the league, from all around America. Nine players on a team. Stadiums that are usually for baseball cost four million, and can hold up to at least fifty-thousand people. Players can earn up to 2.5 million dollars. Every team has their own name, personality, and song. For me, the sport is too boring. My life just wondered into baseball when my mom suggested going to a Twins game at Target Field, Minnesota. My feelings drained like a drying up river. My mom knew I extremely disliked baseball, but she soothed my feelings by telling me that it will be fine. 

My name is Alex Danielson; I was born somewhere you wouldn’t expect. My blonde hair always stands out more than everyone else’s. By my face, it looks like I am Scandinavian, with my blue eyes. Having a soccer ball in my hands at all times is what I love to do. To have a swimsuit on and be swimming has always been a favorite of mine. Truly, baseball will never be a fan of mine, what’s the point anyway.

What my eyes saw as we arrives at the field where seats and seats, looking like they go on forever, as if they were stairs to the sky. The baseball fans screaming for the ball like babies crying for a toy they want. Barrage colored grass being tread on by players. Halls of concessions crowded with people. A Jumbo Screen up high shows a close up of what is happening on the diamond field.

Baseball can get very slow. People leave if the game isn’t interesting. Baseball ends in the night, so everyone is tired of hearing almost zilch cracks. When the pitcher throws the ball, the bat makes a loud “crack” when it meets the ball. Some guys fall a sleep during games! Why does baseball have to be four hours long, I don't have time for that?

My feet will never step foot in a baseball stadium again! My mom probably read my mind; she started to cheer me up straight away. My opinion about baseball did not change at all. If I had fallen a sleep in front of everybody, I definitely would of gotten in trouble. But my mind fell a sleep 30 minutes after the game started. I don’t get how people watch baseball. It’s not amusing or cool at all.

My mind was full of regrets. But well, in the end of lots of stories a good thing happens, so I guess that the good things is that I got to go and my family had fun.

New blog

Guys I made a new blog= www.justfunforajd.blogspot.com
Hope you like it!

NOTICE TO BUXTONS CLASS

Guys, if you want, follow my blog!

Web 2.0 and other things

WEB 2.0 is great. I just looked at a lot of them that are on Mr.Buxton's blog. The sites are very useful and are very cool.
Personal Narrative:

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The Lightning Readers

Hey guys feel free to post anything to Calp, Geo, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Girl, or Bean. This is for Lightnings only!

Our book is The School Story and we will always read three chapters before another session. Geo is the first leader. You should all know your roles. The pages are in the Readers Notebook. We should figure out a ritual.
Remember spirit hands- ten of them= prize. Whoever has the most at the end of the week will get a prize.

Well done Geo for presenting our annual name and rules!

The chapters are pretty short, so maybe you can read 2 chapters than 1 chapter on the other night.

Summarizer: Bean
Leader: Peanut Butter
Setting:Bean
character: Geo
questioner:Calp

Hello

Hi everyone! thanks for looking at my blog. looking forward to seeing you on MONDAY

soccer star

I am pretty good at soccer by the way.

Tuesday

Today is Tuesday. Happy b-day Aditya! This is me in Muscat, Oman. In 2009

first blog

Yaah! I created a blog. It is so awesome! My blog is going great.