Category: Grade 8

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Chile Earthquake News Report

Out instructor is: Ms. Tori Citation: Citation: research/video: https://www.britannica.com/event/Chile-earthquake-of-2010 https://www.itc.nl/27February2010-Earthquake-in-Chile D. (2010, March 01). CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE AND THE AFTERMATH FEBRUARY 2010. Retrieved June 09, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLOuLKBkEo Aminsayyed. “Chile Earthquake 8.8 Magnitude and Tsunami Hit 2010 CNN Breaking News Is 2012 Doomsday Real_.mp4.” YouTube. YouTube, 01 Mar. 2010. Web. 09 June 2017. http://www.whatcausesearthquakes.com/chile-earthquake-2010.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/5364558-3×2-940×627.jpg  …

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Imitation Poetry

Annotation If I Were a Cloud If I were a cloud, I’ll be way up in the sky. Swirl and twirl like shimmering ribbons, floating up so high.   If I were a cloud, I’d swallow storm and rain. Grow as enormous as a mountain, and take everything in vain.   If I were a…

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Where Do I Belong?

In this unit, We investigated various culture differences by interviewing people from different family backgrounds, to understand their identities and beliefs. In class, we read a graphic novel and analyze how the author shows each character’s culture and personality. With the answer we got from previous generations, we compared their thoughts with our own, to…

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A Little Glimpse of Poetry

The Highwayman — Alfred Noyes In the poem “The Highwayman”, Alfred Noyes used repetition to emphasize specific words. To begin his story, he stated, “The highwayman came riding. Riding-riding… The highwayman came riding to the old inn.” (Noyes, 4-5) By repeating the word “riding”, readers can feel that he came from far away, spent much…

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Perspective City Painting

My project’s theme is New York’s time square. I visited there last summer, and was fascinated by those buildings, brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements. Times Square is sometimes referred to as “The Crossroads of the World”,”The Center of the Universe, and the “heart of the world”. It is one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually. Therefore, time square is a perfect theme to show a variety of cultures and value in perspective.

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Pattern Tile

Before making my clay tile project, I need to draw designs on paper. At first, I was just doodling around, drawing different shapes with patterns. Then, I slowly combine those scatter shapes together and formed a tree. After planning, I started by making a slab. Pushing the clay on canvas, and make sure it’s thicker…