Terry's+journal





**Descriptive Essay- Centipede, James and the Giant Peach** In the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. There are lots of scintillating characters such as Earthworm, Centipede, Grasshopper, and more. I picked Centipede as my character. He is the most comical character of whole characters in the book and he is well described in the book. His 40 legs, character, and the posture of walking. All of these things make the reader laugh and relish. Centipede has 40 legs. When he walks, it looks like an army marching. He is arrogant, because he always blusters about his nice slight legs every hour. He is extremely rough, he always argue and struggle with Earthworm everyday. He looks like an orange cottons candy. His body is almost completely hidden by colorful, shaggy, and short hair. When I see the railroad, it reminds me Centipede’s body shape. When I read James and the Giant Peach, all the descriptions of the characters by Roald Dahl impressed me. He described Centipede like a real human. The reason why I picked Centipede as my character was because of the hilarious description. The ways that Centipede talks with Earthworm sound like two businessmen who have different opinions. Which sounds like a debate between two people. I am impressed with this book and the author.

October 25th, 2009 ( ** Jeju Island Assignment: In your journal, write 10 observations about 5 places we visit. ** **)**

Last week, almost all of the 6th graders and advisory teachers had a nice trip to Jeju. We saw a lot of things. We went to Mount Hanla, Submarine Trip, Manjang Cave, Chunjayeon Waterfall, Getting Tangerine Experiment, etc... We climbed Mount Hanla from 600m above sea level to 1700m above sea level. I was exhausted and of course all of us were exhausted. I saw tons of flowers and trees that I could not see on the mainland. I could see a fun thing, a cart that was going up to the summit. I got some blisters under my feet, but it was a nice exercise. We had a submarine trip on the second day. It descended 40m below sea level. I saw all kinds of beautiful creatures and tool a lot of picture of them. I saw starfish, corals and I could even see Korean ver. Titanic! We visited Manjang Cave on the fist day. It was high and extremely long. I saw a fake lava creator in the cave and that was cute. We visited Chunjayeon Waterfall on the second day. It was pretty high waterfall. It was amazing. We could see some fish and ducks on the upper stream andthe waterfall looked like a picture. Latly, We went to the Tangerine Experiment Area. At there, I could not get good looking tangerines. Most of the tangerines that I say were green or green + a bit of orange. There were so many spider webs in that area so it was a bit freaky. I had an amazing time in Jeju and I will visit there with my parents again so that that trip will be my 10th time to visit Jeju.

In the book, __Boy of the Painted Cave,__ I like this quote, "You are like an old boar, said the boy. "You will not give up. I like it because of this one quote did encourage Graybeard. It has a strong feeling and I can see that Tao really wants Graybeard to be fine and take a journey with him. I am impressed with Tao.
 * October 16th, 2009** (Find a quote you liked from __Boy of the Painted Cave.__ Explain why you liked it.)

I have a wonderful program called, Pivot. We can make stick figures that moves. Using a technique, sliding, we can make a lot of wonderful movements for stick figures. I made tons of pivots with my macbook and windows vista. To make about two minutes of scene, we have to spend about 20 minutes.
 * September 23rd, 2009** (Pivot stick figure maker!)


 * September 21st, 2009 (Write the beginning of a story about a class that misbehaves while there is a substitute teacher in class.)

**The substitute teacher came into our class and he was a bit stricter than Mr. Schwagler. All the students were doing there work quickly and quietly, because the time was limited. All the students were not talking at all. The substitute teacher (I forgot his name) was staring at us and looked at all students computer and checked what we were writing. When we finished writing our journal, some students started to say some words but stopped immediately. After finishing all the assignments, the substitute teacher walked with a slow pace and began the day lesson, and we had a fun class.


 * September 17th, 2009(**In your journal, write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If everything is perfect, then you can make something up. Minimum 5 sentences (10 minutes))

In the morning, an alarm clock was ringing with the maximum volume. I was sleeping sweetly and I woke up with a shock because of that alarm clock. I rubbed my eyes and my mom went into my room because I wasn't coming out to eat breakfast. The alarm clock and my mom's shouting made me annoyed. The most annoying thing to me is to wake up in the morning.


 * September 15th, 2009(** Pretend you are Tao writing a letter to his mom (who he has never known).

Dear mom

Hi mom, I wish you can get my letter. I want to see you, everyday. When I hear stories about you from the people in the clan, I am living out of the clan just for while, maybe I may never go back. I am friend with a wolf-dog, Ram. We hunt together and we live together. Almost all the people in my clan think that I am crazy because they believe that hunting with the wolf-dog will bring bad luck. I started to draw on the cave few weeks ago. Only Graybeard knows that I am drawing. I am improving day by day because Graybeard teach my almost everyday. But I feel sad because I have to erase the drawing after I finish. I will sometimes write you letters if I have time, no. I miss you mom a lot. Bye.

Sincerely, Your son, Tao

The setting of my story would be Seoul, Korea and it would be taking place in 2009. The time would be 6:25 A.M.. Outside would be extremely dark and cold. Second paragraph would explain about my bus, filled with extremely noisy students. The third paragraph would explain about my first class, M407, which is my English Class.
 * September 14th, 2009(**The setting of my story)


 * September 10th, 2009** (How is your day going? 5 sentences)

My day is going pretty smoothly. As always I woke up at 6: 25A.M., and ate breakfast at 6:27A.M., then brushed my teeth, wore my cloth and rushed to the bus stop. When I measured my temperature and it was 37.5 Celsius. I studied vocabularies for today's quiz and slept for 25 minutes. I rushed into the social study class and reviewed everything for today's class.


 * September 8th, 2009 ( If you were Tao, how would you feel spending that first night alone in your new cave?)

If I were Tao, I would enjoy the first night alone in my new cave badly. I would make tons of weapons such as a bow and arrows, rock knife, sword,etc. That night would be my favorite time in my life. I would make new animal friends and eat a huge animal for dinner. I really want to live in that cave.

September 4th, 2009 (If you lived in the same clan as Tao, what would a typical day be like for you?)

If I lived in the same clan as Tao, I would hunt, and draw some cave arts in secret. I would play some games for whole day and would study some basic hunt skills and how to use fire. I would wander around with a spear and get some animals and donate those to my clan. Sometimes, I would fight toward our enemies, that are different clans for our clan's safety. I would spend pretty exciting days.

September 3rd, 2009 (**If you could change one thing in MS, what would it be and why)

If I can change some things in Middle School, I would definitely make recess longer so that all the students in Middle school can enjoy and study with bright head and mind in the classes after the recess. Second, I wish the lunch menus will be all free, because these days, all the families have some problems for their money. And our parents pay almost 10 times as much money to school than other Korean schools. And lastly, I wish there will be no detention anymore. If the students are late for the academies or some kind or cannot participate at family discussion, they can be in trouble.
 * August 28th, 2009** (**Would you like to be famous? Why or why not? What would you like to be famous for?)**

Most of my friends and children want to be famous and become billionaires. I wanted to become extremely rich and famous. But when I watched some TV programs and read books about the global climate change, I began to realize that becoming rich is not that important when we think about the Earth getting hotter and hotter by us. When I was 11, I wanted to get a lot money by a plan to save the Earth. But now, I don't think in that way. I just want to save our planet!

I met some of my friends that I wished to be with, so I am so happy in the middle school these days. I also enjoy eating at Deli, when I was in the elementary school, all the students could not use Deli. It is a new experience for all 6th graders. Lastly, I like the system of switching classes, because we can exercise by going up and down with stairs. I like middle school more than the elementary school. **
 * August 25th, 2009 (Something that I am really excited about at KIS this year)**
 * There are some things that are excited in middle school is that I can meet my friends in different classes.


 * August 24th, 2009 (My Daily Life)**

I was in my home and just did my homework after I came back from the school. As usual, after I came back to school, firstly, I played with my Macbook. And then I started my school homework and other academies' homework. Luckily, I had a fun academy so I went there with a bright smile. I came back to my home with a snack on my hand. I finished my school homework and ate dinner and then watched a drama at 10.00 P.M.