Tuesday, June 2, 2015
AHW
One day I was walking around my neighborhood. I was trying not to be lazy and just try to get away from playing my Clarinet all day long. The sun shone brightly in the cerulean sky as I stroll down the street. To spice up such a boring event, I decided to take the path through the forest. Before I could get close to the forest, the sky looked as if there was going to turn into a nasty tempest. Luckily I got an umbrella with me before I left home just in case I was to get caught in the storm. The sky quickly turn twilight black, yet strangely the air remain calm and warm. It was such a rare feeling. At first I thought it was just the clouds blocking the sun. After 20 minutes of walking I finally got to the forest. The somber forest did not seem scary at first. But all the sudden, the forest turned dark right before my eyes. As I kept on walking aimlessly on the path before me. Ahhhhh! All of the sudden, I saw a white cloudy apparition wandering around the trees a football field in length ahead of me. I got so scared that I may have wet my paints. I quickly duck and hid behind a gigantic white pine next to me and use my hand to cover my mouth trying to not make a sound. Right at that moment I realized I made a bad decision. My boots crunched loudly as I step on a thick pile of leaves fallen from the oak trees. The apparition started gliding over to the pine tree where I was hidden behind. Once it got closer I realized that it was the ghost of a child. Her face looked clueless and her torn up dress was flowing behind. I panicked and took out my phone to take a picture of the ghost and ran. To this day I have never gone back. In the corner of the picture you can clearly see the apparition. A lost little ghost girl.
Monday, June 1, 2015
AHW
Fun Science Experiments
1) Oobleck:
You Need:
Cornstarch
Water
Food Coloring (optional)
Steps:
1) Mix the cornstarch and water in a bowl until it reaches a certain consistency that it looks like cake batter with no lumps
2) If you want, add in the food coloring. (Use only 1 color or it will most likely turn brown)
3) Try punching the Oobleck and then let your hand rest on it
2) Soap Souffle:
You Need:
Ivory Soap (Other Soaps Won't Work!!!)
A Bowl of Water
Paper Towel
Microwave Oven
Steps:
1) Put the bar of soap into the bowl of water
2) Cover it with a paper towel and microwave for 2 minutes on high
3) Let it cool before touching. You can see that the soap has grown into a big puffy cloud-like shape.
1) Oobleck:
You Need:
Cornstarch
Water
Food Coloring (optional)
Steps:
1) Mix the cornstarch and water in a bowl until it reaches a certain consistency that it looks like cake batter with no lumps
2) If you want, add in the food coloring. (Use only 1 color or it will most likely turn brown)
3) Try punching the Oobleck and then let your hand rest on it
2) Soap Souffle:
You Need:
Ivory Soap (Other Soaps Won't Work!!!)
A Bowl of Water
Paper Towel
Microwave Oven
Steps:
1) Put the bar of soap into the bowl of water
2) Cover it with a paper towel and microwave for 2 minutes on high
3) Let it cool before touching. You can see that the soap has grown into a big puffy cloud-like shape.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
AHW
You know how people teach you about “Stranger Danger”? Well, I didn’t believe any of that. To me,
everyone was a kind and would never try to harm you. Well, at a young age, that was. All the school
assemblies, I thought, were fake. Until, I was a victim of it. One day I was playing with my dolls in the
front yard. Suddenly, a weird looking ice cream truck came down the street and stopped in front of my
house.
“Hey kid, want some ice cream,” the driver yelled.
I walked up to the truck.
“Sorry sir, I have no money,” I whimpered.
“Don’t worry, you can have one for free. Just come in the back and pick,” he laughed.
Sensing no harm, I hopped on. But something was weird about this ice cream truck. It was just a dark
empty box. Suddenly, I heard a loud bang and the man closed the door. Fear and confusion clouded my
mind. Once the lights turned on, I looked around and saw many other children lying on the floor, all tied
up and gagged. The look of fear in their eyes were sickening. A hand gripped my throat, as I felt the
urge to scream, a gag was stuffed into my mouth. Before I knew it, I was tied up and thrown against the
side of the truck. Once the lights turned off, my mind tumbled into a deep abyss of thought. How could
such a person do such a thing? Why did he need to take me away with other children? What is our
purpose? We made many more stops and at each one, another family was deprived of their child. Once
the ice cream truck came to its last stop, I was hidden under a pile of shivering children.
“Alright kids. Welcome to your new home,” the man laughed.
One by one, we were taken out of the truck and lifelessly tossed into a confined space and untied and
ungagged. The few that were daring enough, screamed. But their cries were unheard, for we were in
the middle of nowhere. 4 men in black suits entered the room.
“They’ll do,” the tallest one remarked, “Zango, do they fit you needs?”
“Yes,” a stockier man replied, “They’ll depart from Maryland in 4 days.”
4 days later, we were stuffed into wooden crates and transported somewhere. Once the boxes were
opened, we realized that we were staring at the FBI.
“I’m Agent Alice Walker,” a female agent informed, “There’s no reason to be scared. We’ll return you to
your families as soon as possible.”
In the back ground, I was the FBI handcuffing the men who had kidnapped us.
“This is absurd,” they yelled, “We have committed no crime. How can you tie the boxes to us?”
We were taken out of the boxes and properly cared for until our parents came to pick us up. When I
saw my family, I rushed to them, hot tears streaming down my face. Then I knew that there are people
out there who want to get you and some people don’t make it home.
everyone was a kind and would never try to harm you. Well, at a young age, that was. All the school
assemblies, I thought, were fake. Until, I was a victim of it. One day I was playing with my dolls in the
front yard. Suddenly, a weird looking ice cream truck came down the street and stopped in front of my
house.
“Hey kid, want some ice cream,” the driver yelled.
I walked up to the truck.
“Sorry sir, I have no money,” I whimpered.
“Don’t worry, you can have one for free. Just come in the back and pick,” he laughed.
Sensing no harm, I hopped on. But something was weird about this ice cream truck. It was just a dark
empty box. Suddenly, I heard a loud bang and the man closed the door. Fear and confusion clouded my
mind. Once the lights turned on, I looked around and saw many other children lying on the floor, all tied
up and gagged. The look of fear in their eyes were sickening. A hand gripped my throat, as I felt the
urge to scream, a gag was stuffed into my mouth. Before I knew it, I was tied up and thrown against the
side of the truck. Once the lights turned off, my mind tumbled into a deep abyss of thought. How could
such a person do such a thing? Why did he need to take me away with other children? What is our
purpose? We made many more stops and at each one, another family was deprived of their child. Once
the ice cream truck came to its last stop, I was hidden under a pile of shivering children.
“Alright kids. Welcome to your new home,” the man laughed.
One by one, we were taken out of the truck and lifelessly tossed into a confined space and untied and
ungagged. The few that were daring enough, screamed. But their cries were unheard, for we were in
the middle of nowhere. 4 men in black suits entered the room.
“They’ll do,” the tallest one remarked, “Zango, do they fit you needs?”
“Yes,” a stockier man replied, “They’ll depart from Maryland in 4 days.”
4 days later, we were stuffed into wooden crates and transported somewhere. Once the boxes were
opened, we realized that we were staring at the FBI.
“I’m Agent Alice Walker,” a female agent informed, “There’s no reason to be scared. We’ll return you to
your families as soon as possible.”
In the back ground, I was the FBI handcuffing the men who had kidnapped us.
“This is absurd,” they yelled, “We have committed no crime. How can you tie the boxes to us?”
We were taken out of the boxes and properly cared for until our parents came to pick us up. When I
saw my family, I rushed to them, hot tears streaming down my face. Then I knew that there are people
out there who want to get you and some people don’t make it home.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
AHW
You know how people teach you about “Stranger Danger”? Well, I didn’t believe any of that. To me, everyone was a kind and would never try to harm you. Well, at a young age, that was. All the school assemblies, I thought, were fake. Until, I was a victim of it. One day I was playing with my dolls in the front yard. Suddenly, a weird looking ice cream truck came down the street and stopped in front of my house.
“Hey kid, want some ice cream,” the driver yelled.
I walked up to the truck.
“Sorry sir, I have no money,” I whimpered.
“Don’t worry, you can have one for free. Just come in the back and pick,” he laughed.
Sensing no harm, I hopped on. But something was weird about this ice cream truck. It was just a dark empty box. Suddenly, I heard a loud bang and the man closed the door. Fear and confusion clouded my mind. Once the lights turned on, I looked around and saw many other children lying on the floor, all tied up and gagged. The look of fear in their eyes were sickening. A hand gripped my throat, as I felt the urge to scream, a gag was stuffed into my mouth. Before I knew it, I was tied up and thrown against the side of the truck. Once the lights turned off, my mind tumbled into a deep abyss of thought. How could such a person do such a thing? Why did he need to take me away with other children? What is our purpose? We made many more stops and at each one, another family was deprived of their child. Once the ice cream truck came to its last stop, I was hidden under a pile of shivering children.
Sunday, May 24, 2015
AHW
Tips to Help Memorization
1) Use a song. You know how songs get stuck in you head, if you create a fun song that has to do with the thing you're memorizing, it'll get stuck too.
2) Read, Cover, Say. If you're memorizing text, you read the text, cover the text up and then say what you remember. Do this over and over and you'll find that you remember more each time.
3) Take your time. Don't rush it. If you rush, you're more likely to forget it.
4)Take Breaks. Don't stress your brain. You can't memorize something in a flash unless you have photographic memory.
5) Do little by little. Don't try to memorize everything at once, try chunking it into smaller parts.
1) Use a song. You know how songs get stuck in you head, if you create a fun song that has to do with the thing you're memorizing, it'll get stuck too.
2) Read, Cover, Say. If you're memorizing text, you read the text, cover the text up and then say what you remember. Do this over and over and you'll find that you remember more each time.
3) Take your time. Don't rush it. If you rush, you're more likely to forget it.
4)Take Breaks. Don't stress your brain. You can't memorize something in a flash unless you have photographic memory.
5) Do little by little. Don't try to memorize everything at once, try chunking it into smaller parts.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
AHW
Tips to Get Things Done
1) Make a list by ranking your tasks from most urgent to least urgent so that you can prioritaze which allows you to get work done in a more organized matter.
2) To help you focus, go onto Youtube and search up, "Study Music Alpha Waves,". The sound of the alpha waves will help you concentrate better.
3) Try to multi-task. If you have the ability to do more than one thing at a time, do it! It helps you get things done 2x faster.
4) Take short breaks. It's hard to work when your brain is exhausted, so take short breaks to clear your mind.
5) Find any time to get things done. If you have a few minutes here and there, use them to do somthing useful.
6) After about a week, review how efficiently you got your work done and look to see how you can improve.
7) Set goals so that you will work harder to break them.
More coming soon....
Monday, May 18, 2015
AHW
I glared at the high jump bar which was set a 3'6". I can do this, I thought. I was about to start my High Jump practice run. I ran with slow yet strong strides in a big C. Once I reached the green part on the red bar, I jumped. All I could think about was, that I could never make it over. Then I realized that I was soaring over the bar. Not crashing into it like I had imagined. I felt a wave of happiness once I fell onto the mat, with the rod untouched. I had made it over the high jump!
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