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The student felt happy, brave, and a little excited while working on a class project to create an Egyptian tomb diorama, which involved ripping the head off a Barbie doll. They enjoyed reading the book Number the Stars and found it inspiring because it taught them to be brave during hard times. The student toured their future middle school and felt nervous but also full of wonder, excitement and nervousness about entering the larger, more crowded environment. They found the memoir Looking Back by Lois Lowry to be sort of sad because it recounted memories of the author's son who had passed away.
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common purpose. They had some specific reason for being inside the same fence. This knowledge
delighted me. I began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs. Our reservation was a small
paragraph within the United States. My family's house was a paragraph, distinct from the other
paragraphs of the LeBrets to the north, the Fords to our south and the Tribal School to the west.
Inside our house, each family member existed as a separate paragraph but still had genetics and
common experiences to link us. Now, using this logic, I can see my changed family as an essay of
seven paragraphs: mother, father, older brother, the deceased sister, my younger twin sisters and
our adopted little brother.
At the same time I was seeing the world in paragraphs, I also picked up that Supe ...
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Sherman Alexie describes how he learned to read from a Superman comic book as a young boy growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. His father filled their home with books from various sources and instilled in him a love of reading. Alexie realized the purpose of paragraphs by observing comic book panels, pretending to read the words and narrate the story. He became an avid reader, often reading late into the night to continue learning. As a smart Indian, Alexie faced resistance from others who wanted him to conform to low expectations. He persisted in reading to save his life and eventually became a writer himself, now visiting schools to teach and inspire Native American students.
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1. The student found using post-it notes to make predictions while reading was most useful. They would note predictions and check accuracy later.
2. April changes throughout the novel. Initially unhappy, she makes friends and becomes happier, calling her grandmother "Grandma" instead of her name.
3. A simile compares April's purse to a suitcase. A metaphor describes April and Marshall freezing in shock. Personification depicts Marshall's toy octopus hanging on his back.
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- 1. The emotions of 5th grade feeling happy bravery a little excitement sort of sad! A little excitement A little excitement
- 2. The day we were creating “ Egypt” Emily , Clark , and I were assigned to make an example of mummies and the afterlife . We had clay to make the tomb out of , a barbie doll as our mummy , an ace bandage to wrap it in , and some paint and we had to make it work …. Well it didn’t turn out that way . We ended up ripping the barbie dolls head off !! We also had to extend the ends of the tomb . That day was wild and crazy and I will cherish it forever feeling happy
- 3. the last book we read was Number The Stars . Everytime I picked up a book and started to read it reminded me of the times I was scared and sad but I was brave in the end . That book was very inspiring to me and taught me to never give up even in the hard times and to always to be brave no matter what . I think that even when I’m older Number The Stars will be one of my favorite books! Bravery
- 4. on march 25 2011 we went to tour the middle school. Everyone was full of excitement and anxiety . All of the fifth graders are ready to be Germantown middle mavericks . When we were at GMS they taught us about what we have to look forward to and what middle school is all about they also told us that there is a lot to expect there and it will be years to remember forever . We got to see all of the classes and hallways. Touring the middle school made me feel kind of nervous because it is really big and crowded . But as a ‘ fixing-to-be” 6th grader I am full of wonder ,excitement, and nervousness. A little excitement
- 5. During the time of Lois Lowry’s book “Looking Back” her son Grey passed away. his daughter, Nadine would always look back to all of her memories of her “ pa-pa” and think of the funny things he would say and always add “ when he wasn’t dead “ . The reason I thought this was sad was because I think if I lost my father I would be very upset and I don’t think I could ever look back to all of the memories I had of him . Nadine was a very brave girl and had a lot of strength to speak of her deceased father . She is and idol and inspiration of mine Sort of sad