ART IS OVER! :(

I can't believe art is over! I am going to miss Ms. Bammi, and Art class! It was so much fun! Thank you Ms. Bammi, for a great semester of Art.
It was my favorite class, and I am going to miss it sooooo much! I loved art class, it was the most fun, of all my classes. Band, Spanish, Cores and PE. I don't want it to be over! The semester has gone so fast! I MISS ART!

Word Art

This is my wordart

In art class we are working on Word art. Word art is when you make a picture, of a noun and make the noun's name, fit in the picture. The name of the noun isn't supposed to be very obvious, in the picture. You have to guess what the noun is, just by looking at what it is, and not by finding the name.

My noun is numbers and we don't draw our word art, but we make it a collage. I made a big calculator, out of paper, and then I cut out the numbers/letters of the word, from different colored papers. I put the numbers on top of the calculator to make it look like the numbers are flying out, of the calculator.

These are some examples of word art:

iPods, iPads and Laptop Skins

In class we are working on a project, where we design skins and screen savers for iPod touch, iPad, iPod classic or a laptop. I did an iPod touch, because I want to get an iPod touch, but I can't.

For my iPod touch design I picked one of the elements, nature with a bit of Personal Design. First I drew trees circling the paper, then I divided the papers in lines and colored normal colors, then red colors. It was red, normal, red, normal, red, then normal.

My iSkin is repetition and simplify, because my trees are very simple and cartoonish and I repeat the trees in my design. I used HURBE by making the colors the same, and having the same amount of red and normal colors. I also made the middle of my art the emphasis.

JINGLE......
It's green, We're clean,
It's red, We're dead,
It's blue, We're new,
It's brown, Don't frown

FINISHED!

Happy Birthday Google!

Woohoo! Google is 12 years old!

Art

My new Art Blog! Didn't want to make a new blog, so I used my 6th grade blog. I hope this year my blog will actually be nice. No more English, but Art!

Lie vs. Asking Questions

If I had a choice to pick between lying or asking questions and getting true answers I would choose to ask any questions because I like to know things, and if I lie it makes me feel kind of guilty. I would know things that a lot of other people might not know. It also gets annoying when people answer your questions with, "Ask me later," or, "Not now," or even, "I don't want to talk about it." I like to know the truth about a lot of questions I have.

Video Ads

Maya Peterson's Ad
Purpose: To tell people not to smoke.
Target Audience: Adults and young adults.
How it's effective: The Ad tells us the bad things you get for smoking, and that smoking can kill you. The Ad has a very catchy and funny song.

The Giver Journal Entry

The ceremony of Twelve is over now, and I feel nervous and confused about my new selection. What is The Receiver of Memory, and why hasn't anybody ever mention this to me? I'm looking through my list of instructions and I don't get it, I'm allowed to lie? The pain, of The Receiver of Memory doesn't sound that good, but it is a very important job in the community. I wonder why I was given the position as The Receiver of Memory, and what I will learn from this experience.

7 elements of Advertisng

Clio picked this Ad because it gives a good message in a simple way.
This Ad is showing us that we should plant more trees.

Elements of this Ad:

1. Symbolism- The nests are on the billboard, because there are not enough trees to build nests in.

2. Body Language- This is the what models would show in Ads. There is no models in this Ad.

3. Camera Angle- They make the camera look up to let you look at the nests better.

4. Special Effects- This is when they fix the Ad, to make the message more clear. There are no special effects added to this Ad.

5. Lighting and Color- The Ad is taken when the sky is blue and bright, so the nests stand out more.

6. Beauty and Social Standing- This is the way models stand or sit in Ads. There are no models in the Ad.

7. Layout and Graphics- The layout is showing that there are not enough trees, to make nests in so they are made on the billboards.

Advertising

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The Giver Summary- in 20 words

Jonas feels apprehensive about the ceremony of twelves. In Jonas' community language is important and there are many different rules.

Psych

On Friday we watched an episode of Psych in class. The name of the episode was Pilot.
The crime was that there was a kidnapping but it turned out to be fake. Then there was murder.
The detectives were Sean and Gus.
The villain was Mr. McCallen.
The victims were Kamden McCallen and his friend Malcom Orso.
The suspects were Mr. McCallen and Katerina McCallen.
The sense of danger, suspense or tension was when Sean explained the crime in front of everybody.
The red herring was the bag with the ransom money when it turned out to be a bag of clothes for a thrift shop and the gun in Malcom's hand.
The witness was Kamden McCallen's dog.
The evidence was Kamden and Malcom's bodies, the gun, the coffee mug, the blood on the corner of the table, the dog bite medication and the cut on Mr. McCallen's wrist.
The clue was the blood on the dog's whisker.
The investigation was the police investigation with Gus and Sean.
The surprise ending was when the dad was the killer of his own son and Malcom.

Elements of a Mystery

There is always a detective or inspector in a mystery story.
A detective is the person who solves the crime.
Detectives use evidence or clues to solve the crime.


A clue is something that leads you to solving the mystery.
It is different than evidence because evidence is something you can see,
and a clues is something that you have to think about to put together.

There is always a criminal in a mystery story.
The criminal or villain in a mystery story
is the person who commits the crime, usually for money.

There is always a crime in a mystery story.
A crime is a problem that needs to be solved.
Most crimes are illegal or against the laws.

There is always evidence that is at the crime scene.
The evidence leads you closer to solving the crime and is different than a clue.

An investigation is where the detective investigates the crime scene.
The detective might find clues or evidence at the crime scene.

Monk Conclusion

Today in class we watched a TV series called Monk. The episode we saw was the voodoo mystery. In every mystery there is a crime and the crime in Monk is when Angeline dills her uncle. She kills her uncle for the money because her uncle is very wealthy. The detective who investigates the crime is Monk. The bad guy in the episode is Angeline and her alibi was that she was upstairs when the crime happened. The victim is the uncle of Angeline. One of the suspects is Reverend Jorgenson, the shop keeper of the store that sells the voodoo dolls. The part where there was a sense of danger was when Monk was chasing the bad guy. The red herring was the other victims of the voodoo dolls. There were no witnesses of the crime. The evidence was the horse shoe and pills. One clue is the newspaper picture that Angeline was in. Monk was there when the police was investigating the crime, so he was at the police investigation. The surprise was when Angeline was the murderer.

Plastiki

Plastiki is a boat made out of twelve thousand five hundred recycled plastic bottles. Plastiki is also made of new technology that hasn't been tested at sea yet. Inside the cabin of Plastiki there is technology for modern sailing. There are also many other things that make Plastiki more complicated. The person who thought of the idea about plastiki is David de Rothschild. It took more than 3 years to finish making plastiki from a drawing board to the boat that it is now. The bottom part of Plastiki is very primitive but he upper part is modern.

David wants to show the world that this boat really works so he and his crew will sail across the Pacific Ocean. Starting from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia. He made Plastiki to show other people about plastic waste. David doesn't really care if they make it to Sydney or not because he has already shown awareness about plastic waste. There are 6 crew members including David. They will cross the Pacific Ocean hoping that Plastiki will keep them afloat.

Vocabulary List 10

Primitive

Godsend

Melancholy

Ambivalent

Impeccable

Probation

Despicable

Beckoning

Melodramatic

Vocabulary Words 7

1. cask- A wooden barrel shaped container that holds drinks.

2. cynical- A negative attitude where you complain or whine.

3. provisions- Are foods or drinks for meals.

4. subvert- to make things not work out.

5. accumulate- Getting more of something.

6. congregate- When everybody comes together.

7. ominous- A signal that something bad is coming.

8. contradict- To disagree or talk back in a negative way.

9. adversary- The enemy or the person on the other side.

10. flabbergast-You would say this when you are shocked or surprised.

Haiti History

1. As Haiti has grown the forests have been cut down to make way for farmland and to for firewood for the people.

2. In 1915 the Americans invaded Haiti and left Haiti 19 years later.

3. The spanish people on Haiti killed most of the native people and imported african slaves to work for them.

4. When Duvalier ruled the country, the goverment killed the people who didn't agree with Duvalier.

5. While Duvalier ruled the country a lot of Haitians left the country for safety.

6. Only 30% of adults in Haiti are employed.

7. Haiti was ruled by bad people, for decades.

8. The french and americans hold a grudge for Haiti because of their loss and will not help the country.

9. When columbus and the europeans went to Haiti they brought disease, death and misery.

10. The people who ruled Haiti stole money from the people and left the people very poor.

Haiti Earthquake Update

In Haiti they had a 7.0 earthquake. It was so big that around 100,000-150,000 people died. Search teams from Miami, Turkey, Florida have come to Haiti to help. The search teams rescued around 60 people on Sunday. A lot of people in Haiti are scared but when 60 people got rescued the people who were scared had a little bit more hope. The people in Haiti are given food, water and health care.

Haiti Earthquake

On January 12, 2010 there was a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. More than one hundred people died. During the earthquake a lot of people got injured. A lot of them got big cuts and bruises. Some people got squashed by buildings. There are some people that didn't get hurt that much. That is what happened on January 12, 2010.

Family

Over the break I spent a lot of time with my family. In my family from my mom's side there was my grandmother, my 6 uncles, 4 aunts and 6 cousins. I had a lot of parties with my family. It was so much fun!

We always had a very good meal in every party we had. The food that we usually have in the parties are Lechon, Lecheflan and a lot more foods. These foods are Filipino foods because my family lives in the Philippines.

After we ate some of the adults just talked until everybody left but sometimes they played the guitar and sang a few songs. They did not sound good at all. My mom was the one who was playing the guitar and she was also singing. She played the guitar really well but she didn't sound to good. I liked to play cards with my some of my uncles and my cousins while the adults talked and sang. I really enjoyed the food! I also enjoyed talking and playing cards with my family because I haven't seen them since August! I had the best time with my family, this is one of the things I like best about the Christmas Break!

Christmas Presents

On December 19 my mom got back home I was inside playing cards with my uncles. I was so happy to see my brother, Rommel again. I haven’t seen him since August. When he went in the house he told me to open his suitcase and put the presents under the Christmas tree. When I saw the outside of the card of one of the presents it said Maria. Then I read the other cards and they said Rachel, Noelle and Rachel, Maria and Noelle. I didn’t know that he would get presents for me and my sisters.
When I helped him bring his bag to his room he started playing a game on his computer. It was called Plants vs. Zombies. He let me add a new user and it was so much fun! I got really addicted to it. I played it non-stop. It was one of the most fun games I have ever played on the computer.

Home At Last- December 16

After the trip I had a long peaceful sleep. The next morning my mom woke me up to tell me that she was going back to Manila. I didn’t really care at that time because I was really sleepy. When I went down for breakfast I felt sick. For breakfast we had pancakes from McDonalds. I was just about to eat when I felt really sick. I felt like puking. My mom would have known what to do to help me but she was gone.

I felt sick the whole day and I thought I was going to be sick until my mom came back but at the end of the day I didn’t feel sick anymore. I hope this is the only day that I would be sick. I can’t wait to tell my mom about the day I got sick.