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Stocks

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In The Westing Game a character named Turtle invested in the Stock Market. So our class decided to invest $20,000 in up to six companies.  We first made formulas with Mr.s Sprague so we can calculate the amount of money we have made or lost really quickly. I decided to invest in Oracle, Apple, Starbucks and Microsoft. I saw most of these companies did not see much downfall and most were climbing up. I ended up very lucky and earned $1764.75. Overall, I had a really fun time doing this activity.

Last Cuentista/Ideal World

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In The Last Cuentista a girl named Petra has leave earth because of a comet that is coming. Earlier in her childhood she learned many cuentos from her grandmother Lita. When she arrives on the planet of Sagan she still has her memory. During the time she was very lonely, but she was able to make friends with her cuentos.  This book is teaching us that passing down stories can let us connect with others and make friends.

In my Ideal World I created a planet with AI. In my planet, people are half human and half robot. They are programmed to be peaceful and can ask for things they need. There is also no killing in planet AI as people aren’t programmed to hurt and there are the main biomes of earth except top control. Top control is where Planet AI operates.

After we wrote are ideal world, we started on our handmade books. I thought I would really struggle and hate it because art is my worst nightmare. But it ended up being fun. On the first day we used ink on plants and made beautiful plant artwork on paper. When we got to the actual book we went through a full  folding process. Then we cut out our plant artwork and glued it onto our book. Then I cut out a window that looked like a skyline. Overall, I had a great time designing my book.

Overall, through this experience I had a great time. I really liked the book and design process. Overall, this is a great thing to keep going for future 6th graders.

 

 

Window or Mirror Book

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The book I am reading is called The Hate U Give. It is written by Angie Thomas and is about a girl who lives in a poor neighborhood but goes to a fancy school called Williamson Prep. This book is a big window for me because the main character Starr Carter has lost two of her best friends to shootings. One when she was young and one in the current day. Also, Starr has to tell the police what happened because she was the only witness. These are situations I have never been in and I would be terrified if any of these things happened to me.

 

A window is a book where you can not relate to anything and it is completely new to you. A mirror is a book where you can relate to and have connections with. That is the difference between a window and mirror.

Finding Someplace Backpack

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In the book “Finding Someplace” the main character Reesie has to pack a backpack because there is a hurricane in her hometown New Orleans. There is no power and she has a backpack. She packed things like her notebook, hair oil and lip stick but she also packed birth certificates. This is what Reesie packed. Since Reesie packed some stuff for what she thinks is good for a hurricane I will show you what I would pack if I was in a hurricane.

There are many essential things to bring in an emergency. But I have to be able to fit my stuff in a backpack so that would be my only restriction to what I could bring. So finally this is what I would think would be important. I would first pack a bar because it has protein and it is not unhealthy. Also the most important thing would definitely be water. If I don’t have water I would be extremely dehydrated and have a greater chance of dying. I would definitely need two blankets because I would put one blanket on the floor and one over me so I don’t touch the floor and I can be warm at night.  I would also pack a wet suit so I wouldn’t be too cold if I got in the water. Then if I had a wet suit I would need something that will keep me afloat so I would need a life jacket. Another thing that would be useful in the dark I would need a flashlight because I don’t want to run into things and not be able to see anything. And if you had a flashlight you need batteries so you can charge it. That is what I would pack if I were in a hurricane. Hopefully, I would survive with all the materials I had.