We went to the Kenting Aquarium at May to sleepover and learn more things about the ocean and the aquarium.
This is a presentation that our group created by answering questions that Miss Chagaris made us do when we explore the aquarium.
This is a photo of our class playing in the splash pool.
Soft Corals and Hard Corals
Evaluate and Connect Essay
By: Brian Lin
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell was based on a true story about a girl named Karana who survives on an island for 18 years. Karana from Island of the Blue Dolphins knows how to be resourceful.
My definition of resourceful is to know what to do or where to get help in any situations. By knowing this, we can see that Karana shows resourcefulness by hiding from the Aleuts when they came, climbing the cliff when the tsunami came, even knowing her choice about killing Rontu or not when he was hurt by Karana herself. Another definition for resourceful of mine is brave. Karana needs to show bravery about hiding from the Aleuts, climbing the cliff, and making the weapons when it was a law the no woman can make weapons in her village.
I think Karana grows up a lot by knowing what her choice is. Before, Karana has to decide with her father, her sister Ulape, or maybe Ramo. But now Karana can choose wisely, knowing how to decide by estimating the time. For example, when the Tsunami came and if Karana went back to pack her things, Karana might be washed away by the tsunami! Karana is also knowing what is her choice of about trusting Tutok or not. Anyways, Kanana shows confidence by doing these things.
However, Karana had faced many problems in many situations in the island. But Karana solved them all by showing resourcefulness, confidence, and bravery. For example, when the tsunami came, Karana shows resourcefulness by knowing what to do like climbing the cliff. By climbing the cliff, Karana needs confidence to climb it. Another example is when Karana saves Rontu, who was hurted by Karana herself. Karana saves Rontu by showing confidence and bravery to carry him home instead for killing him. Then, Karana shows resourcefulness by knowing what to do to heal Rontu.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell is a survival, story; I like survival stories because it makes the story move and more interesting. I wish I would read more stories by Scott O’ Dell.
In class, we read an AWESOME book called, “Island of the Blue Dolphins.” it was a great book. Especially, it is a survival story. This is the book cover. (Below) Enjoy reading!
I made this video that tells everyone to speak English, and you should too! However, I created this video by Powtoon, it was a great web for education and kids!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NCruLKDf_uZKyoTDbGjmPl3XYyQ_KT6mIjPfY9_sSl4/edit?usp=sharing
This is my book project about A Series of Unfortunate Events. Enjoy!
Please copy the link. And paste it on the web. Thank you.
This is an essay of Chinese New Year. It talks about what is Chinese New Year, and the color of Chinese New Year, and foods of Chinese New Year. Enjoy reading my Essay!
In class we read, Dear Mrs. LaRue, Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague. We were learning about the VOICE trait for writing. This book demonstrates many types of voices. In my project I wrote a news report. I tried to demonstrate Mrs. LaRue speaking in many voices such as happy, angry, sorry, and shocked. You can read my project of the interview below.
Brian Lin + Mrs. LaRue (Interview)
By: Brian Lin (The Interviewer)
Brian L.: I’ve heard that you are going to send your dog, Ike, to Obedience School. WHy would you do that?
Mrs. LaRue: I have done tons of good stuff to my dog, Ike. For example, giving him food, blankets, pillow, anything he had wanted and I couldn’t believe he ate me dinner!
Brian L.: Instead of sending him to obedience school, what else can you do instead of hurting and frightening his feelings?
Mrs. LaRue: I don’t care about his feelings! He doesn’t care about my feelings either. I have been back from 11 hours of hard work, hungry and tired. And the first thing I saw when I opened the front door is seeing that Ike, my dog is eating my chicken pie that I am saving for dinner.
Brian L.: Did he ever do anything good to you? Why would you be so angry? Try to think about the good stuffs Ike had done to you. Try to think about good things Ike had done. Maybe it could make your feeling be better.
Mrs. LaRue: Ike had once saved my life. But today, I think he ate my chicken pie on purpose because he thought it was fun. So I couldn’t handle my temper. I was wrong about that. But I wonder why Ike and I was always hating each other.
Brian L.: You could try to BE NICE to Ike, maybe something good will happen. Maybe he would like you more and listen to you more.
Mrs. LaRue: To make him more good to be a good dog, I would have to be nice to him? Okay. I would try that. Thank you.
Brian L.: Thank you for your participate on the interview! Mrs. LaRue. You can go back home now and watch yourself on TV.
This is a trailer of the movie Cast Away. As below, you can see my assignment of the Compare and Contrast Paragraph of Hatchet VS. Cast Away.
Hatchet Vs. Cast Away
When I compare the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and the movie Cast Away, I find that there are many differences and similarities. Chuck, from Cast Away is a man that survived on a tropical island for 4 years, and Brian, from Hatchet is a thirteen year old boy that survived alone at the Canadian wilderness for 2 months. Even though they are different stories the characters have similar traits. Both characters are from the city and had no wisdom about surviving in nature. Both characters explore a lot. Last, both characters have a strong tie to family.
In both the movie and the book, both characters are very intelligent. They both have knowledge, however, they both start without having wisdom of what it means to survive on your own in nature, both of them don’t have experience of surviving, ALONE. But after they had perseverance, Brian from Hatchet forgives his mother by thinking what she had done for him all these years. After he forgives his mother, his brain feels more free and wanted to survive and see his parents again. Chuck from Cast Away is a very intelligent man with knowledge but no wisdom. After Chuck has perseverance, he is starting to have wisdom and never gives up.
However, both Brian from Hatchet and Chuck from Cast Away both have something that gives them confidence. Brian first was mad at his mother to cause the divorce, and if his mom didn’t kiss the blond man, he wouldn’t be here. Because Brian from the book Hatchet, was on his way visiting his father on his way visiting his father on summer vacation. But he wouldn’t have to visit his father if his parents were living together! As the same thing happened to Chuck from Cast Away, he thinks of Kelly, his fiancée, and knows she is waiting for him. Kelly gave Chuck confidence; Chuck knew he had to keep breathing.
From the book Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen, and the movie Cast Away, starring by Tom Hanks, the both main characters from the book and movie wanted to die at first. Have you ever wanted to die? Brian from the book Hatchet, had perseverance after he missed the plane that had flown by. He had shown perseverance by learning from his mistakes every time. Chuck from the movie Cast Away had perseverance after he missed a ship. He knew that he had hope, he tries to learn from his mistakes when he tried to make fire as same as Brian from Hatchet.
After both characters Brian from Hatchet, and Chuck from the movie Cast Away had wisdom, they are still very different. One is a man that survived in a tropical island for 4 years. One is a kid that survived in the Canadian wilderness for 2 months. They both tried to explore, but in a different ways. Brian from Hatchet explored how to eat things and capture things, Chuck from Cast Away also explored. They’re heart always have wisdom, family, and exploration.
This is my awesome autobiography about myself. I made this THING by Google Drive PRESENTATIONS. Hope you enjoy reading it!
In class, we needed to create projects of my favorite book. I created a project on the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
What Type of Person I Am
By: Brian Lin
Hi, my name is Brian and I am going to tell you what kind of person I am. My sister thinks that I am creative because I can create games that are easy and fun.
My friends thinks that I am friendly because I help new students like, Morgan. An example is, I showed Morgan around the school of his first day of school.
My mom thinks that I am nice and fair to my family. I treat my family nicely and fairly and keep our house a nice, clean place.