Category Archives: Language Arts

My ‘Stocks’

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My Language arts class read The Westing Game. One of the characters is named Turtle. She keeps track of stocks. We also ‘bought’ stocks and kept track of them throughout the month. I invested in Starbucks, Petco, Lululemon, Apple, and Costco. The most I’ve earned is over four hundred dollars. But when I checked my stocks on May 31, I was down nearly three hundred dollars! This experience was really fun, even though stocks seem like something only adults understand. I really enjoyed this project.

My TED Talk: Red Wolves

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In our Language Arts class, each student had to create a TED like Talk about something they love. I, naturally, chose the Red Wolves.

Choosing a topic was challenging for some classmates, but for me, it was really an easy choice! The next step was to research. That fact part was not to hard, I used two to three sources, but the photo part was very challenging. We had to use copyright free photos, and it took a while to find photos that were one, copyright free, and two, of actually a Red Wolf, and not of some random wolf.

After that, it was creating a slideshow. That went smooth, and my slideshow looked awesome! One of my favorite slides was a slide that asked you to find the difference between a Red Wolf and a coyote.

The actual presentation part was the most scary. I had to stand up in front of all my classmates and speak my TED like Talk. Sometimes, this can be very nerve wracking, since I don’t know what my classmates are think. But after I got started, that feeling slowly dissolved.

After I presented, I felt really good! My classmates liked my talk, and I loved talking in front of people. I had so much fun!

Reflections

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In my Language Arts class, we read a book called The Last Cuentista. It was basically about keeping stories alive. It’s really important to keep precious stories alive because they might be lost forever!

In class, we also made Ideal World Stories! They are basically what we think is the ideal world. Mine is Planet Canis Dragon. Based off my love of wolves, horses, and dragons. The only animals in my ideal world are wolves, dragons, horses, cats, and hybrids between any two of these species. It’s really a beautiful planet, though I am the only human allowed to visit it. Hunting is strictly forbidden on my planet. Anyone who hunts or kills another animal is automatically killed themselves. I had such a great time creating my ideal world!

For a few classes, we made handmade books with the artist Peg Gignoux. We used pieces of nature make Akua ink printing, then we collaged the artworks into scenes. I made mine about my ideal world. I even created little collage animals!

I had so much fun making this book! I really think the ideal world for me is just me and my animals.

My Ideal World

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Planet Canis Dragon

By Jennifer

This is Planet Canis Dragon. The animals that live here are wolves, dragons, cats, and horses. The plant life on this planet is futuristic. There are plants that respond to sound, touch, smell. How to get to Planet Canis Dragon? Well, just go through the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way. There is a way out of the black hole, but humans haven’t figured it out yet by your tiny ape brains. I am the only human that can access the planet. Therefore, I am a genius. Any other human, creature, or object who tries to enter the black hole will die.

 On Canis Dragon, every creature is immortal, but in a different way than you might first imagine. Creatures can choose when to die and when to age. The law of the planet is, if someone kills another living thing, including plants, on purpose without good reason, the person, or creature, will die. Watch out, evil hunters! There is a plant called the Cornucopia that grants whatever food you want, so there is no need to kill. Any object or creature that manages to get through the black hole will disintegrate or get stretched into nothing when entering the planet. 

 The air on Canis Dragon is toxic to humans, except for me and the animals and the plants that are native, so humans will die even if they breathe one tiny gasp of the air. The reason I survive is because the animals choose who lives and who dies. The bad days on this planet are when acid rain falls and everything has to find shelter until the rain stops. All the plants have an acid rain shield built into them that they can activate when acid rain falls. Planet Canis Dragon is a beautiful planet that you may not want to choose as your next vacation spot.