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Males and females have different points of views but also some same points of views. Males usually like metal, rap, and rock, but females usually like pop, dancing hall, and rock. It is pretty unusual if girls like metal because nobody else does and it is also unusual if males like pop or classical because people might think they are weird. On the other hand, sometimes gender doesn’t matter on what music you like because in some situation, girls might like metal and rap and guys might like pop and dancing hall. There are bands with males only and females only in the world recently and guys usually listen to male bands and girls usually listen to female bands because most male bands are made for guys and most female bands are made for girls. I don’t really get the perception of why gender matters in music and everything. We are all same human-beings and we are just separated by physical appearance. But one of my guess why gender matters is just how they are made and that’s why we like different genres of music or songs.

             People with different ages have their own fashion and interests as well as music styles. Old people mostly like classical songs and they don’t really like fast-typed songs because they don’t really get what they are saying. Young people or teenagers usually like fast songs which are rock, pop, dancing hall, rap, and metal. Young people don’t enjoy classical songs because they are too slow and not interesting at all. They enjoy fast and noisy songs because they want to get excited and get rid of stress with loud songs. Sometimes even young people listen to classical or quiet songs to clean your mind or to get rid of depression and sadness and some people just enjoy the classical music. Personality somewhat matters at what kind of music you listen to. For example, quiet and inactive people like classical music and active people like rock and loud music.

             I don’t think the race affects the people about music but I have some guesses of the difference of the music. People in Europe like rap, people in Middle East have their own fashion of music; also people in some part of Asia have their own fashion of music. But I think everyone likes their own style of music no matter what race you are. African Americans like rap and they are very skillful at rap. Most of the teenagers no matter what race you are, like the same kinds of music. Latinos like Latin music which is danceable and exciting. Even though every country has their own traditional music that they listen to, people have their own interests in music.

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In 3^rd quarter of English class, we studied poetry which was challenge for me. This unit was a quiet easy unit for me so far because all you had to do to get an outstanding grade is just to complete your assignments and the poetry book. It was difficult to write poems and make the actual poetry book. At first I was not that sure what exactly poetry is and it was not that fascinating to me because it was boring and monotonous. On the other hand, at the end of this quarter my opinions about the poetry were with a complete difference. Poetry made me think of myself again and has redressed me with improvements. I started thinking more carefully and thoughtfully even if it was just a simple thing.

In our school, there are some things called ESLRs (Expected School-wide Learning Results). There are critical thinkers, effective communicators, involved citizens, academic achievers, and self-directed learners. Self-directed learners are basically people who have responsibilities for their own learning. They take creative risks in developing untried ideas which means that they challenge on new problems. Academic achievers are practically people who demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. They demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively which means that you have an ability to work alone and to work with other teammates. Involved citizens are people who demonstrate care for environment, responsibilities and respects for others. They demonstrate awareness and respect for the rights of others which means that you care about other people with respects. Effective communicators are people who listen respectfully and ask questions to achieve goals and insight. They listen respectfully and ask questions to facilitate understanding and achieve insight which means that they respect other people’s opinions and ask what exactly they need. Critical thinkers are who solve incidents using a variety of strategies. They solve problems using a variety of strategies which means that you use many solutions to solve incidents.

The poetry book took me mountain of hours to complete. When I was creating this book, I was a self-directed learner and an academic achiever. I took creative risks in developing untried ideas because I wanted to be extraordinary and unique from my classmates. I bought empty lined book, I covered the covers with the images I chose, for each page, I glued different colors of paper and I glued my poems in different fonts with edited images. I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project. We, the students in 8^th grade, used Photoshop to compose and edit images for the book. After I completed my book, I examined over it and I was very satisfied myself with most of my work.

The poetry night was great because we had all the modern technology we could get in our school. We had all varieties of food, and our impressive and intensive poetry books. The poetry night made me nervous and I thought that was the time when we all had to show how much we learned about poetry. I was very nervous while I was presenting my poem but I was very satisfied because everyone cheered me up very loudly. While participating in Poetry Night, I was an academic achiever and an involved citizen. I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project with all my classmates and my teacher. We set up all the technological equipments like sounds and videos. I demonstrated awareness and respect for the rights of others because meanwhile I was giving a speech, I was thinking about what I can do to show my respect to other audience and I performed my best.

In the Teen life project, it was very confusing at the beginning because I honestly had no idea what this project was about. However, I started to be familiar with the teen life project and I put some introduction of myself, a poem for my topic and a picture I made. While I was involving in this teenlife project, I was an effective communicator and a self-directed learner. I collaborated with others in appropriate learning situations to achieve group goals which mean that I worked with other people to complete a project or to achieve my or their goals. For this project, I had a partner and we communicated about it and performed our best. I took creative risks in developing untried ideas because this project was all new to us and we found the key to solve the incidents.

While writing my book, participating in Poetry Night, and completing the Teenlife Project, I flash back myself what I could have done better if I had an opportunity to do them again. For my poetry book, I regret that I didn’t start it early so I didn’t have much time to decorate and actually visualize of a perfect book. I could also have thought of some more creative ideas that people haven’t given a shot yet. For the Poetry Night, I should have planned about my poetry presentation because mine was too simple. I was amazed at people who actually planned this in a short amount of time. I regret that I didn’t use the time wisely because every single second was gold. For the Teenlife project, I keep thinking myself that I should have spent more time on it and be an involved in it more and be more active. I also didn’t really talk much with my teammates except my partner in my school. I should have done some extra work on this to impress myself and others and should have been more responsible for this project.

Overall this Poetry Unit will be my favorite unit out of all my units I had in my whole school life. In my opinion, poems have affected everything in the universe. Everything is related to poems and writing poems is a magnificent way to express your emotions. Everyday I had to write poems which I enjoyed and that was one of my joys I could have during 8^th grade. I’m appreciative to my English teacher, Mr. Raisdana, for teaching us such an intelligent unit that has affected my life. It was somewhat hard for me to match my work with ESLRs but they make me reflect myself. I would give myself a B+ or an A-. I think academic achievers assisted me the most to complete my duties because I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project. I also demonstrated the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

 In 3^rd quarter of English class, we studied poetry which was challenge for me. This unit was a quiet easy unit for me so far because all you had to do to get an outstanding grade is just to complete your assignments and the poetry book. It was difficult to write poems and make the actual poetry book. At first I was not that sure what exactly poetry is and it was not that fascinating to me because it was boring and monotonous. On the other hand, at the end of this quarter my opinions about the poetry were with a complete difference. Poetry made me think of myself again and has redressed me with improvements. I started thinking more carefully and thoughtfully even if it was just a simple thing.

In our school, there are some things called ESLRs (Expected School-wide Learning Results). There are critical thinkers, effective communicators, involved citizens, academic achievers, and self-directed learners. Self-directed learners are basically people who have responsibilities for their own learning. They take creative risks in developing untried ideas which means that they challenge on new problems. Academic achievers are practically people who demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. They demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively which means that you have an ability to work alone and to work with other teammates. Involved citizens are people who demonstrate care for environment, responsibilities and respects for others. They demonstrate awareness and respect for the rights of others which means that you care about other people with respects. Effective communicators are people who listen respectfully and ask questions to achieve goals and insight. They listen respectfully and ask questions to facilitate understanding and achieve insight which means that they respect other people’s opinions and ask what exactly they need. Critical thinkers are who solve incidents using a variety of strategies. They solve problems using a variety of strategies which means that you use many solutions to solve incidents.

The poetry book took me mountain of hours to complete. When I was creating this book, I was a self-directed learner and an academic achiever. I took creative risks in developing untried ideas because I wanted to be extraordinary and unique from my classmates. I bought empty lined book, I covered the covers with the images I chose, for each page, I glued different colors of paper and I glued my poems in different fonts with edited images. I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project. We, the students in 8^th grade, used Photoshop to compose and edit images for the book. After I completed my book, I examined over it and I was very satisfied myself with most of my work.

The poetry night was great because we had all the modern technology we could get in our school. We had all varieties of food, and our impressive and intensive poetry books. The poetry night made me nervous and I thought that was the time when we all had to show how much we learned about poetry. I was very nervous while I was presenting my poem but I was very satisfied because everyone cheered me up very loudly. While participating in Poetry Night, I was an academic achiever and an involved citizen. I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project with all my classmates and my teacher. We set up all the technological equipments like sounds and videos. I demonstrated awareness and respect for the rights of others because meanwhile I was giving a speech, I was thinking about what I can do to show my respect to other audience and I performed my best.

In the Teen life project, it was very confusing at the beginning because I honestly had no idea what this project was about. However, I started to be familiar with the teen life project and I put some introduction of myself, a poem for my topic and a picture I made. While I was involving in this teenlife project, I was an effective communicator and a self-directed learner. I collaborated with others in appropriate learning situations to achieve group goals which mean that I worked with other people to complete a project or to achieve my or their goals. For this project, I had a partner and we communicated about it and performed our best. I took creative risks in developing untried ideas because this project was all new to us and we found the key to solve the incidents.

While writing my book, participating in Poetry Night, and completing the Teenlife Project, I flash back myself what I could have done better if I had an opportunity to do them again. For my poetry book, I regret that I didn’t start it early so I didn’t have much time to decorate and actually visualize of a perfect book. I could also have thought of some more creative ideas that people haven’t given a shot yet. For the Poetry Night, I should have planned about my poetry presentation because mine was too simple. I was amazed at people who actually planned this in a short amount of time. I regret that I didn’t use the time wisely because every single second was gold. For the Teenlife project, I keep thinking myself that I should have spent more time on it and be an involved in it more and be more active. I also didn’t really talk much with my teammates except my partner in my school. I should have done some extra work on this to impress myself and others and should have been more responsible for this project.

Overall this Poetry Unit will be my favorite unit out of all my units I had in my whole school life. In my opinion, poems have affected everything in the universe. Everything is related to poems and writing poems is a magnificent way to express your emotions. Everyday I had to write poems which I enjoyed and that was one of my joys I could have during 8^th grade. I’m appreciative to my English teacher, Mr. Raisdana, for teaching us such an intelligent unit that has affected my life. It was somewhat hard for me to match my work with ESLRs but they make me reflect myself. I would give myself a B+ or an A-. I think academic achievers assisted me the most to complete my duties because I demonstrated technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project. I also demonstrated the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

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Two examples I could or did understand
- To think but nobly of my grandmother.
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
Meaning: To think about my grandmother
She has given births to one great son and one terrible son.

- I will be corresspondent to command
And do my spriting gently.
Meaning: I will do what you told me to?
With my best.

Two examples I couldn’t or didn’t understand
- The fringed curtains of thine eye advance
And say what thou seest yond.

- The nerves are in their infancy again
And have no vigor in them.

Two discussion questions:
1) Do you think Prospero will forgive his brother, Antonio and Alonso?
2) What are the roles of Prospero, Miranda, Caliban, and Antonio?

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Nowadays, many people around the world suffer from insect born diseases and they die from them. Many people already know that insects are very responsive to carbon dioxide in exhaled breath. A group of scientists in new york led by rockefeller university has discovered mosquitoes sense the gas using protein receptors in the stucture extending from their jaws. They found two protein receptors, Gr21a and Gr63a which allow the flys to feel carbon dioxide with their antennae. They studied about fly nerve cells that didnt usually react to carbon dioxide. So this can help to fight against the insect born diseases like malaria.

“The identification of the carbon dioxide receptor provides a potential target for the design of inhibitors that would act as an insect repellent.” Professor Leslie Vosshall, Rockefeller University

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Biography

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis till he was eighteen and went to Harvard University. He earned both undergraduate and masters degrees and gave several poems to the Harvard Advocate. He lived in Paris for a year and came back to Harvard to practice a doctorate in philosophy, but he returned to English. He married Vivienne Haigh-Wood and started to work in London as a teacher first then for Lloyds Bank. In London, he came under the influence of his contemporary Ezra Pound, who recognized his skills for poems at once and helped out in the publication of his work in a number of magazines. His first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917. With the publication of The Waste Land, Eliots standing began to grow to nearly mythic size. For the next thirty years, he was the most governing form in poetry and literary analysis in the English-speaking world.

His poems cleared the disappointment of a younger post-World-War-I generation with the values and rules. He had an enormous force on modern literary taste were increasingly based in social and religious conservatism. His major poems are; Ash Wednesday, Four Quartets, The Sacred Wood, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism, After Strange Gods, Notes Towards, the Definition of Culture, Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, and The Cocktail Party.

He published many younger poets and became director of the firm. He got divorced with his first wife and married to Valerie Fletcher. He received the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1948 and died in London in 1965.

His Poem

Sweeney among the Nightingales

APENECK SWEENEY spreads his knees
Letting his arms hang down to laugh,
The zebra stripes along his jaw
Swelling to maculate giraffe. 

The circles of the stormy moon 
Slide westward toward the River Plate,
Death and the Raven drift above
And Sweeney guards the hornd gate.

Gloomy Orion and the Dog
Are veiled; and hushed the shrunken seas;
The person in the Spanish cape
Tries to sit on Sweeneys knees

Slips and pulls the table cloth
Overturns a coffee-cup,
Reorganised upon the floor
She yawns and draws a stocking up;

The silent man in mocha brown
Sprawls at the window-sill and gapes;
The waiter brings in oranges
Bananas figs and hothouse grapes;  

The silent vertebrate in brown
Contracts and concentrates, withdraws;
Rachel ne Rabinovitch
Tears at the grapes with murderous paws;

She and the lady in the cape
Are suspect, thought to be in league;
Therefore the man with heavy eyes
Declines the gambit, shows fatigue,

 Leaves the room and reappears
Outside the window, leaning in,
Branches of wistaria
Circumscribe a golden grin; 

The host with someone indistinct
Converses at the door apart,
The nightingales are singing near
The Convent of the Sacred Heart,  

And sang within the bloody wood
When Agamemnon cried aloud,
And let their liquid siftings fall
To stain the stiff dishonoured shroud.

Analysis
I chose T. S. Eliot because his poems seem much more interesting than other poets’ poems. I don’t really get his poems even though i read them over and over again but they seem very interesting, special and unique. i think he has pretty ordinary life than other poets because poets usually have weird or unnormal life. The poem i chose is called “Sweeney among the Nightingales”. This poem has 10 stanzas with 4 lines for each stanza. And there are some examples of personification. And there isnt really a pattern of rhyming but some of the sentences rhyme. like this stanza,

“The host with someone indistinct
Converses at the door apart,
The nightingales are singing near
The Convent of the Sacred Heart,”

all of them rhyme except for the third line. Actaully, there is a pattern like for every stanza, first sentence and third sentence rhyme. This sentence is an example of personification ”Bananas figs and hothouse grapes; ” This sentence is another example of personificatoin of this poem “Gloomy Orion and the Dog, Are veiled; and hushed the shrunken seas;” This is also another example of personification “The circles of the stormy moon, Slide westward toward the River Plate,” I cant find any examples of metaphor because there is no line with Like or As.

Picture of T. S. Eliot

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Hello everyone! I’m Steve and I am 14. I am in grade 8. I am from South Korea but I live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an international community which is very pleasant for me. I get to meet people from other countries and I can learn their cultures. I don’t like going to school but I like hanging out with my friends in school during the breaks and lunch time. I like playing and watching tennis and soccer. I like music too, I like rock and death metal. My favorite bands are Greenday, System of A Down, and so on. I like playing video games, chatting on computer with my friends, watching movies, and watching TV. I also like relaxing on my cozy bed and listening music when I have a complicating problem because it makes me feel much better.

I’m interested in some of the issues that you guys have written in the wiki place. The questions look great and all of them make me exciting. My school is an international school where all people from different countries get along. I think it is nice that I get to meet people from different countries. Well my favorite part of our school is that i can make friends. I have about 6 best friends and they are such good friends. I think friends or friendship are really important for you because they are the ones who care about me when I don’t feel good or when I have some conflicts that I can’t solve, and I can trust them. Also I can help them when they are in the situations that I mentioned. In my opinion, friendship goes forever and it will never stop. Like my dad and mom, they still meet their friends from their school and talk to them and stuff. Also, I like the after school activities in my school. We have soccer, baseball, basketball, rugby, volleyball, tennis, touch rugby and so on. After school sports are not only for sports, you can also learn languages and other stuff. You can kill two birds with one stone with this after school activities because you can have FUN and you can learn them.

I feel that our school has too much homework for students because everyday I spend most of my time doing homework. I think teenagers should have fun during the school days. I am not saying we shouldn’t have homework; we should only have a little bit of homework. Other than that, my school is really awesome. They have a good system of classes and enough time of learning the subjects. My school is very unique from other school because we, middle and high school, have four classes a day with 3 breaks and lunch time. Each class is one and a half hour so for example, PE, we can get into it because we have enough time for PE. Like my old school, all the classes was 40-50 minutes each, so whenever I had PE, we didn’t have enough time for it so its like, I was going to have fun then the class finishes. Students have 8 classes each; four main subjects, one exploratory class and two electives. For electives, you choose two subjects that you want to learn like music, art, newspaper, drama, languages(French, Mandarin and Spanish) and alot more. First, we have our first class, 15 minutes of break, 2nd class, lunch for 35 minutes, 3rd class, 5 minutes of break and last class. When the last class finishes, it’s 3pm and people go home.

Since I have talked about our school a lot, I will now talk about the place where I live. I live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Many people live here mainly from China, India, and of course Malaysia. People mainly speak Bahasa Malay, Chinese and Indian and some people can speak English. Well I can communicate with people in Malaysia with English because they know the basic of English. The weather in this country is always hot because Malaysia is a tropical country. People might think that Malaysia is a country where there is no technology, jungles everywhere and native people everywhere. However, you are thinking absolutely different thing. Malaysia is a developed country with high quality technology and there are tall and shiny buildings but in countryside, there are some jungles and native people. Here, they have gigantic shopping malls! Well it’s good for girls or people who like shopping but I hate shopping. But bad thing about those shopping malls are the parking place because every weekend, the parking place is full of cars and it takes forever to park the car. They are really massive and I think it will take more than a day to look around the whole shopping mall. Malaysia has one of the best airports in Asia and I can see too that this airport is amazingly awesome. For transportation, most people have their own cars but some people have motorcycles as for fun and for their transportation. People also take taxis to go to places but there is no subway in Malaysia.

This is all I can say about the issues of teenager in 2007. I hope you know some parts of me now and I hope it was interesting enough and Bye!

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Anne Frank Commercial- Blooms Taxonomy

For the project I used symbols and images like Anne Frank and her family, Miep, 9/11 bombing, holocaust, World War II, racism, yellow tulips with blood, and world suffering. The images time and were divided between black and white and colour. The black and white images represented images of World War II and the colour images represented the images of the time now. The music used was a song, sang by Sarah Brightman called Ave Maria. It is a slow and peaceful song.

The image like Anne Frank show the audience the good in her and the type of person she is. Her familys guidance and influence and she is also the whole reason for the commercial. Miep is a symbol of courage and hope that she risked her life to help those in hiding for the years. She also gave them hope that they had someone who was still good during the war. The 9/11 bombing showed that there is still destruction and chaos in the world today but people should also look at the good that happened that day not only the bad. Holocaust represented the people that suffered because of the people that didnt like their religion. World War II showed the destruction and cruelty of the people but also showed the good that happen like soldiers helping people. Racism to me showed similarity to the anti-religion at the time of the war. Why should people suffer because they believe in their religion at the same goes for peoples race? Yellow tulips with dripping blood showed the blood shed caused in Holland but showing Anne in the same picture was a symbol of goodness and hope that would come out. World suffering was also another way of showing people that what was happening years ago is still happening now. The music gave a clam and sorrowful vibe. Towards the end of the song the sorrowful vibe was slowly changing to a hopeful and heavenly.

Each symbol has a different meaning and different powers, but if I had to choose one image I would choose the racism image because I think that racism has been around for a long time and no one is stopping it. I also feel that it might be the next biggest thing since the holocaust if no one stops it, Genocide. If I used a rock song I feel that commercial would have a whole different effect and people but yet again no effect because I feel it doesnt flow together properly.

Making this film really help me understand more about World War II and also made me realize that the holocaust is happening now but starting from racism and genocide. It also helped me realize the good in people when the times are worst. Everybody thinks that 9/11 was a bad day but we should also think of the people that helped to find every person that day. They helped make those peoples day a hopeful day. If I had to grade myself on this project I would give myself an 85% out of 100%. I just feel that the commercial would have not been good enough for her. I feel that not only her but other survivors deserve more than a video made by a few 8 graders.

Knowledge

We used the Nazi symbol to represent the World War II and the background of living life of Anne Frank. We also used the symbol of Jew because Anne Frank was Jew and the killing Jew and the holocaust was one of the important incidents of World War II and it is also related to the whole Anne Franks diary. We used the symbol of train because the train can represent many different varieties of meanings. The train can be categorized in the sound and the image. We can use the sound of train moving because trains were the main transportation during the World War II. We can also observe for the images of trains to represent the main transportation during those days. We used the image of yellow tulip with blood and the yellow tulip represents Holland and the blood represents that the Holland has destroyed and the country is with full of blood. Our group also used an image of skulls because many people had died. And also an image of an almost dead young kid because during the World War II, many kid especially who are related to or are Jews had died because of typhus, food conflicts and etc. We used powerful songs instead of soft songs, which can describe the sadness of this event because we believe that the powerful songs can show the anger, panic, fear, horror, death and wars. We also made a Nazi symbol with blood on so it describes that the Nazis were terrible and were crazy about killing people especially people who are Jews.

Comprehension

In our short film, all the pictures, symbols, and sounds are related. The whole idea of this short film is Anne Frank but we are getting more into it and we are looking and researching stuff about World War II, holocaust, Jew, and the Nazi. The sound will be related to the images and symbols. For example, if we put a picture of Hitler in the movie, we will use the marching sound, so it makes more sense and it can help the audience understand better and more precisely. Besides marching sound, you can also use bombing sound, shooting sound, and Hitlers speeches because those sounds are related to Hitler and they can describe him very well and they also show what kind of person Hitler is. We also used a picture of a child who is starving to death because in Anne Franks days, there were many children who were starving to death.

Application

For the sound, we used powerful music to represent the anger, fear and darkness, so it might make the audience scary and it will make the short film stronger and more sensational. Also the music can help the images for representing the anger, fear and the darkness. The symbols can teach audience what my group is trying to tell them or what we want to teach them. For example, if we show the Jew symbol to the audience, they will know that the short film would be related to the Jew. For pictures, they will be more specific than symbols and they will describe the symbol and what happened during the Anne Franks days. And the sound or music will be the back-up for the symbols and pictures.

Analysis

I think the most powerful symbol is the Jew symbol because this is what separated the Jews and Christians and this is what caused the war. For music, we are using the powerful music, so I think all the songs are as powerful as others. For images, the most powerful one will be the picture of Anne Frank because she is related to the Jew, the Nazi and all other symbols and pictures. She is a Jew and she was in the holocaust which was run by the Nazi. She helped us to understand more about the World War II and holocaust and she made us to get excited about the World War II and made us to get more into this historical event.

Synthesis

We made a short film that spreads Annes hopeful message of peace. We made a short film about important events or pictures that can describe the days during the World War II and Anne Franks days. We defeated or accomplished this aspect of Blooms Taxonomy by creating a short film.

Evaluation

Overall, we think that we did an excellent or a great job even though we only very little time to complete this gigantic project. We used the best of the best images, sounds, and symbols to describe the Anne Franks days and the events that were happening in her days. I think using powerful songs instead of soft songs is very creative because no one would think of using powerful songs in this sad event. And the yellow tulip with blood on it is also creative because it can represent the death of Holland but it can also describe Holland by yellow tulip and blood/death with the blood on tulip. I also think that its creative by making a Nazi symbol with the blood on it so it represents how Nazis were. If we can give a grade ourselves, we would give A- ourselves because we put a lot of efforts in, tried our best and the short film we made is excellent.

ESLRs

We chose Effective Communicator, Involved Citizens, and Academic Achiever because we thought we hit most of the points.

Effective communicator means to listen respectfully and ask questions to facilitate understanding and achieve insight, collaborate with others in appropriate learning situations to achieve group goals. In our own words, we listen to each other respectfully, ask questions, and disagreed respectfully to some of the ideas we didnt like. We all worked quiet ok to complete this assignment together as a group. Examples that we were an effective communicator, is when we all had to choose something to do. One is to do the movie, another one is to do the ESLRs and the last one is to do the Blooms Taxonomy. One wanted to do the same things as the other. Instead of shouting at each other, we listen to what we all have to say and compromise.

We were also an involved citizens. Involved citizens means to demonstrate responsibility in active decision-making, interact respectfully with people of diverse cultures, and demonstrate awareness and respect for the rights of others. In our own words, we all are from different culture and religion. Not only are we from different cultures, Anne is a Jew, and thats different from all of us. We had to interact with her from her books, and we all did it respectfully. When someone from our group has something to say, we listen and discuss, not just dont care, because all our team members have the rights to speak out their opinion and ideas. Examples that we were an involved citizens is when we were discussing about the whole project, what we wanted to do, what symbols we wanted, because believe it or not, some religion have different meanings for different symbols. Like the Nazis symbol, their symbols may symbolize war, death, but for the Hindu and Buddhist it means piece. So we had to choose what would be appropriate for everyone.

Academic Achiever means to demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, Access information from a variety of sources, and Demonstrate technological literacy and the use of technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion of a project. In our own words, we worked together as a group and by ourselves. We work collaboratively during class times, and when we arrange time after school to do work together, and we work independently at home. We use a variety of sources, such as books, and internet. Our project is a movie, so were using technology as a tool for the efficient and creative completion for our project.

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Step 1:
Where did the Aztecs originally live? What prompted them to relocate? Where did they end up and why? Chose an artifact, which you feel best, represents this event. Support your choice

The Aztecs originally lived in Atzlan somewhere in North West Mexico. They came to the Valley named Anahuac in Mexico. Tenoch had visualization that Huitzilopochtli told him to lead his people to a marshy island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs ended up in the middle of the lake because he was told to look for an eagle hanging on a cactus, growing from a rock or cave surrounded by water. He told them to build their city there and show gratitude to Huitzilopochtli for his bright idea with human sacrifices. The city that they built was called Tenochtitlán, the city of Tenoch in around
1325.
I think this artifact represents this event the best because this artifact shows that Tenoch is trying to move to the new city or an island where Huizilopochtli told him to in his vision. He is leading his people to a swampy island in the middle of the lake and this artifact fits this event.

Step 2:
The Aztecs ended up in the middle of a lake and built their new capital Tenochtitlan. What were the pros and cons of settling in the middle of a lake? Describe the lay of the land and chose an image for your exhibit.

The pros of ending up in the middle of the lake and building their new capital Tenochtitlan are that the crops grew really well and canals shaping part of the defense system.
The cons of ending up in the middle of the lake and building their new capital Tenochtitlan are that snakes polluted lands and that they had to fight against the native tribes to get taxes from them and to expand widely from their taxes and natural resources.

Step 3:
Which gods were worshiped? The pyramids were built for what purpose?

Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Xipe - Totec and Chalchiuhtlicue were worshiped.  The pyramids were built for sacrificing the people to make the Gods happy, in other words, for sacrificial ceremonys.

Step 4:
Who are the different members of Aztec society? What are their roles? Choose an artifact that represents the social order of Aztec society.

The different members of Aztec society are slaves, commoners, and nobility.
Slave: The children of poor parents could be sold, usually for only a certain time period. Slaves could buy their freedom back. The slaves that run away and achieved the royal palace without being trapped were given their freedom straight away.

Commoners: The most various social group was known as the Macehualtin; these people were occupied in agriculture and the common trades. Although they worked the land in family units and were allowed to keep their produce, the inhabitants of the neighborhood or calpulli jointly owned the land. Commoners were specified lifetime ownership of an area of land. The lowest groups of commoners were not allowed to own their property. The lower social orders were prepared by peasants were emotionally involved to the lands owned by the nobility and were thankful to grow them in exchange for part of the harvest.

Nobility: The nobilities were the people who were born by the nobles, priests, and those who earned their status. A minority of families known as the Pipiltin occupied the very highest social sphere. These people were members of the hereditary nobility and taken the top positions in the government, the army and the priesthood.

Step 5:
The Aztecs have a spoken language. What was it called? Did they use any other forms of communication? Include an example of either written or visual language of the Aztecs.

The language they spoke was called Nahuatl. They used pictographs to communicate. Likewise it is not written in an alphabetic script but uses pictures and symbols to convey information. The Aztecs used painted screen fold books and they carved and painted glyphs on walls and monuments, and carved stelae.

Step 6:
How did the Aztecs grow food and what was their main crop? Did they trade and with whom? Did they have a currency (money)? Find an image for your exhibit about making a living Aztec style.

The Aztecs grew food by farming and they used the slash and burn method to farm. Chinampas were used for farming crops. Their main crop was corn. Other than that, they also grew chili peppers, squash, tomatoes, and beans. They traded natural resources and also exported natural resources from other parts of empires of Aztec. For currency, the Aztecs used evident luxury goods such as cotton cloaks, gold dust covered in quills, and most notably, cacao beans themselves.

Step 7:
Discuss the Impact of Spanish Contact 1519 from both the Aztec point of view and the Spanish point of view. Find an image depicting this event.

Step 8:
Discuss La Malinche or Dona Marina. Debate her positive/negative impact on Mexico past and present. What does the term Mestizo refer to? What influences remain today from Aztec culture of the past?

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