My White Mountains letter

Early winter,

Dear Mom and Dad,

In the past few weeks I have been running away from the tripods. I have gone through the wasteland and many different villages on my way to safety. I dont want to worry you about me. I am okay and in good health. I'm sorry I left and did not tell you where I was going. When I saw what had happened to Jack I became very scared. He became different after being capped and I was afraid the same thing would happen to me. I wasn't planing on bringing Henry but he saw me when I was sneaking out and I couldn't say no. He had just lost his mom so I said yes. If you are wondering is Henry ok, well the anser is yes, he is fit and safe.

Another reason why I left with out telling you was because I knew you were capped and you can't think for yourself. I was just protecting you so the tripods don't come and hurt you. In my journey I have met many different people. When I was in France I met Beanpole. He was the one who helped me and Henry get out of jail. He has gone through the whole journey but around halfway through the journey he got capped and we had to leave him behind. I also met a girl. She was a beautiful girl and I wanted to stay with her but she was also capped and in the end I did not want to end up like that. I want you to know that I want my freedom and to be able to think on my own. I hope one day we can be together again. I also hope to find others like me and bring them to where I currently am staying. There are good people here. I will write again soon. Take care.

Miss you

Will

The white mountains

In hum we have been reading the White Mountains. The main character is Will and he is a lot like me because he and I have had some one stay in our room for a long time. He is also curious just like me. My mom all ways sees that I am way to curious for my age. One time I went in to a left house and a rat peed on me and then I away.

In my school there is a week that is called Malaysia week. It is kind of like Will running of to the White Mountains to get away from the tripods. I like the book because it is interesting and I like the them. It is about tripods taking over the world.

LoveCamila.

King ramses

This video Vicky and I did over king ramses II. Enjoy

Caracas Venezuela

In Hum we had to do a PowerPoint about the civilization of a city. My city was Caracas Venezuela. I think I did a good job,because I did every thing that I was suppose to do and more. I had pics and made it interesting .

If I could improve my work ,I would of made my speech longer and more fun. Maybe even add music to the background. But over all, I think I did good. Some times looking at other peoples I think man why did'ent think of that!!!!! But some times I think wow I did really good. I know the just sounds selfish but what can I say?

I learned so much from other peoples PowerPoint. Some more than others and some were not as good. But that is ok ,because at the end of the day all that really maters to you is what your grade is fore your PowerPoint.

Profile P

I learn best when I can see what we are doing. I am more of a visual learner, so when the teacher is talking and explaining, I won't understand much. But if the teacher talks and draws or acts it out, I would understand much better. Yesterday, in Humanities, we learned which side of the brain we use the most. My profile shows that I am right side dominant which means that I am a gestalt type learner. I learn best through movement and thinking about the whole picture. If it is important to me or in a context that I am familiar with I will also do better. Another important way I learn is when I am actively involved. Sometimes it is hard to explain things verbally and I do better through writing. When I am learning, sometimes it takes me awhile to process the information so that it makes sense to me.

To improve in my classes I need to doodle less because when I doodle I dont pay that much attention to what the teacher is saying.   I also need to sit  on the left hand side because my best ear and best eye is on my right side. I think I need the lesson to be more demonstrative so that I can picture it mentally. It would also be good if the lesson is interactive where I can get involved in it.

The strategies that would help me in my learning is to use activities like drawing. The drawing helps me because I like to draw and when I draw something I can remember it better. It also helps me when I listen to music. When I hear the beat and the teacher is talking I hear the teacher talking with the beat. When I hear the beats I can remember better what the teacher is saying. 

I would like my teacher to know that I am gestalt and my profile is a P.  I think that where I am siting is an ok spot. I think that the closer I am to the white bord the beter. Because when I am to far away and we have to read a PowerPoint I cant see any thing because it is to small. I want my teacher to know that in order to focus better I may need to do more activities and more movement. 

Lots of love Camila 

New year

Wow,What a great Christmas holiday. I don't know about you but I had a great holiday. Fore most of it I staid at home. When Christmas finally came I got the best gift ever!!! When my mom and dad asked me what I wanted fore Christmas I did not know what to say! But my mom and dad knew what I wanted most so the got my best friend a ticket so that she can com and visit me. We have not seen each other in almost 3 years!!! I was so happy that she can finally com. Then New Year Eve came. But the day before my cousin came fore 3 day's to spend New Year Eve with us. Yaay! And fore knew year we all dressed like Indian to mix things up. Then when it was 12 seconds till 2011 we eat 12 grapes. Each grape you eat is one wish. I love when I wake up in the morning and i'm all of a suden in a diferente year! Then a few day before school started I went to Singapur!!! Ges where I went while I was in Singapur, I went to Unevertial studios.

Another part I liked about the holidays is that I got to stay home, relax, chill, sleep late, watch tv and lets not forget NOT DOING HOME WORK!!! When ever i'm on a holiday I always get bord because all your friends are gon and you have nothing to talk about so you want to go to go back to school. But when holidays are almost over you don't want to go back to school and think. Fore what it is worth I think that holidays are GRAET!!!

Now it's a knew year and where I am from you have to get a new goals. My teacher ses that it is a good thing because you get to change your self. How do we change are selfs by making a gole fore knew year? That is exactly what I said when he told us that. Then he said why he thinks that. What he ment by changing our self was that you already know how to do this and that lern how to do something els. It dosent have to be that you lern it can be being a beter friend or some thing. meny things can change you.

My goal for 2011 is to become a good photographer. I think that becoming a beter photographer will help me have a beter chance to become a famos photographer. I always liked to be a photographer ever sens I was 3. I have this connection with the camara.

So that is it. I hope You had a grate knew year and christmas!!!

With lots of love Camila

Camila's Zeitgeist

This is my Zeitgeist assignment for the First Semester of Grade 6. Enjoy