Resolutions for 2010

The resolutions for this year is different than the 2009's resolution. I only have three main resolutions. The first one is to exercise and become a better runner than before. The second resolution is to read many varieties of books. The third resolution is to study harder and get straight A's. Here are the reasons to these three resolutions.

The first resolution is becoming an athletic person or a better runner. When I was young, I used to exercise a lot and run a lot but I started to not exercise that much. I could run short distances but I couldn't run distances that fast because my stamina was weak. I took activities like track and field and it helped me become a good runner. The reason why I chose this resolution is because I want to become a better runner. I hope I can reach my goal! My goal is to make 400, and 800 meters an easy run.

My second resolution was reading varieties of books. When I was young, I really hated to read books and thought books were boring. I hardly read any books when I was young. Slowly, I began to read books but I only read fantasy books. So I was often scolded from my mom that I should read other varieties of books. I started off with mystery books. My top favorite types of books were fantasy, mystery, and a personal life story. It was only three types of books that I liked. So I think I should read more books and different types of them. Also, reading many types of books should help me with my writing, and reading comprehension skills. :D

My third resolution was to study hard and get straight A's. Normally, I make really careless mistakes and always regret about it. Especially in math tests, I make a REALLY HUGE careless mistake. Out of 100 points, I get some points off for that. Careless mistakes just lower my grades. I regret it a lot. This time, I think I should really concentrate on tests so that I can get good grades. My goal is to get higher than an A-! I hope that I can reach this goal, so that I can have new resolutions for the next year.

This was the main three resolutions and why I got these resolutions. These resolutions are really important for me to achieve it. I think writing out these resolutions was a good idea because it helps us to achieve it, and think deeply about it. So I think I would be able to achieve these goals until the end of 2010!

FREE CHOICE
I didn' really do much this winter vacation but here's the list of what I did.
1 Watched 2012
2 Met my brother who came back from University
3. Met my big cousin
4. Watched TV
5. Went to Penang with my cousin, brother, father, and of course mother
6. All the sad stuff. my brother, cousin, father leaving

This is partly what I did for winter vacation. SADLY, no one gave me presents. It wasn't that fun for me. I hope the next years vacation can be fun!

Blog post 5 - 6th grade

I was inspired being a 6th grader. For about 4 and a 1/2 years, I have been in Melawati. When I came here, my goals were to get A- to A+ grades. So I was hoping to get good grades then getting B+ and below. I have achieved it by doing my homeworks on time, and studying for tests. Overall, my goals came out better than I thought. Also, I got along with a lot of different people and talk to them which was what I wanted. It was fun meeting new people and collaborating with other people.

The new skills I have learned was studying on my own and studying for tests. At first I didn't do things on my own but got help from my family. This skill was important because doing things on our own makes us do challenging work and solve them out. In High School, everyone does their work on their own rather than getting help from their family. That is what I have wished a long time ago. I've finally learned it.

The skills I like to learn is to achieve good grades in literatures. I don't really read books and I don't really read challenging books. All I love to read is adventures and fantasy but I can't really afford to read realistic books. Like books which tells about a poor person or a rich person, I can't afford reading that. It feels really boring than exciting. I think that is one skill I have to work on because later we have to read varieties of books.

My next goals for 6 months are to read books and stop making careless mistakes in test. As I said, I would like to read varieties of books. Another goal is to stop making careless mistakes in tests because every math test or any test, I keep on making mistakes on the easy questions which lower my grades. I think I should really get focused on my tests. That is my goal for the next 6 months. I think this is one way to get good grades. I hope after the holidays, I still do a good job.

Blog Post 5 - 6th grade

I was inspired being a 6th grader. For about 4 and a 1/2 years, I have been in Melawati. When I came here, my goals were to get A- to A+ grades. So I was hoping to get good grades then getting B+ and below. I have achieved it by doing my homeworks on time, and studying for tests. Overall, my goals came out better than I thought. Also, I got along with a lot of different people and talk to them which was what I wanted. It was fun meeting new people and collaborating with other people.

The new skills I have learned was studying on my own and studying for tests. At first I didn't do things on my own but got help from my family. This skill was important because doing things on our own makes us do challenging work and solve them out. In High School, everyone does their work on their own rather than getting help from their family. That is what I have wished a long time ago. I've finally learned it.

The skills I like to learn is to achieve good grades in literatures. I don't really read books and I don't really read challenging books. All I love to read is adventures and fantasy but I can't really afford to read realistic books. Like books which tells about a poor person or a rich person, I can't afford reading that. It feels really boring than exciting. I think that is one skill I have to work on because later we have to read varieties of books.

My next goals for 6 months are to read books and stop making careless mistakes in test. As I said, I would like to read varieties of books. Another goal is to stop making careless mistakes in tests because every math test or any test, I keep on making mistakes on the easy questions which lower my grades. I think I should really get focused on my tests. That is my goal for the next 6 months. I think this is one way to get good grades. I hope after the holidays, I still do a good job.

Literature circle 4

1. I liked the book very much because it was really a very well described book. It had every detail for its part. The story is actually a short one but since it had lot of details, it was fun. I liked the story how a normal city boy got lost in the woods and tried to survive with one tool. I like stories when people go in an adventure and get lost and try to survive.

2. My favorite part was when Brian found the survival pack and found food, equipments, and a transmitter which saved him. That part felt relaxing to me because it felt like as if a big problem has been solved. It was like the resolution of the story since Brian had finally found things that can help him in the forest to live on. Also, I liked the part when Brian got to eat the food from the survival pack since it was really enjoying to see Brian finally eat some good food for a long time.

3. I think the message of the story was to be positive and never lose hope because if Brian hadn't thought of Perpich's words, he might have died. At the end of the book, the pilot who came said to Brian that people quitted looking for him 2 months ago. That was a long time. If he had lost his hope to live, he might have never been found. So, I think this is what the book is telling us.

4. I liked the literature assignment because it made you read the book clearly and understand it. If we had read it once and never think about it, we will forget what that book was about. The literature circles had made us read clearly than before and talk about the story to not forget it. I would improve it by not making the discussion too long because sometimes if you take too long, people will start to get bored and not present it properly. I think we should spend some minutes for each one and at the end, we do the blog post assignment.

5. It's hard to say because between the novels, we have to pick something that attracts your mind. I think I would rather read something that is kind of calm like maybe the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. That book attracts me because the title looks interesting and it is one of the books I haven't read yet. (Hatchet was the one I read before) This is what I want to read next. I'll look forward to it!
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Literature circles 3

The first time I read hatchet, the boy called Brian was really a frightened boy. He was very unpleasant and didn't really think about good things. All he thought about was his parents divorcing. I really didn't like him because he was always negative. He didn't even think about things that were positive. This is how he reacted at the first chapters. Later, he remembered about what Perpich had said to him. "Always be positive." That one sentence made Brian stand up and gather food in order to survive. He slowly began to erase the thought about his father and mother. He concetrated on survivng and living. He began to think deeply. When animals came in his shelter, first he attacked one of them, but then he thought that he shouldn't hurt animals without reasons. So he just calmly waited for the animal to go or nod and smile to not let them suspect him. Also, a long time ago, when he arrived the island, he just thought that it wasn't a pleasant site. Later in the chapters, he sat down and also said he watched the beautiful scenery. His thoughts had changed. Before, he was a negative boy but now he was a positive thinking boy. That was how he change through out the chapters like how Mafatu did. Once he was a boy who was afraid of the sea, but now, he was a brave, courageous boy. That is how Brian changed like Mafatu.

Literature circles 2

My group was probably the one who loved to talk. We did a little chat about the Hatchet and mostly everyone's answer was that their favortie part was when Brian found raspberries and their least favorite part was when Brian ate turtle eggs, or their mother kissing another man. I hated the part when when he vomited and had bad diarrhea, and also when Brian's mother was with another man. I loved the part when Brian found out how to make fire. The discussion questions were great but it was kind of hard to hear :P Also, it went great. I liked Jane's question because it did challenge us to answer. I think everyone is doing a very good job in the discussion. We did talk about our opinions towards the book but since I've already read the book I could really say my opinions. We talked about everything we needed to do like the pages we chose, the questions, the vocabulary,and opinions! :D


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The literature circles!!!

I had a group with Jane, Lennox, Sara and Devashish. We were all reading Hatchet which was about a boy called Brian whose parents were divorced. He was boarding on a bush-plane but suddenly the pilot had a heart attack and Brian was alone. Lennox talked about the part he liked and that part was when the pilot had an heart attack. We asked him why and he answered "It was the best part of this chapter because the others were boring!" That did make sense. The pages before were only about Brian thinking about the word divorce. All of us agreed that their favorite part was that part too and also their least favorite was when Brian was thinking about the word divorce. Later, we asked questions. I liked Sara's question which was What would have happened if the radio worked? I answered that he would have been saved by the people and since that was his only hope, he would have been not alone. Rest of the questions were the same as the others. I liked my question which was What would have happened if Brian landed in the ocean instead of an island? Everyone answered that he would have died there being alone. I thought differently. I answered that he could have survived eating some food in his bag and if he had found a fishing pole, he would have been able to fish. After the questions, we shared each other's words that we didn't know. Overall the discussion was fine. if we hadn't laughed toomuch we would have finished it faster. :D