6th Grade Historian Journal Project by Akith

At the week two mark of Distance Learning, 6th graders started a journal to log in their own life updates and how they respond to COVID-19. They are asked also to record things they see or hear around them. They can also put a social media post they created, a picture or video they created, a picture or video they saw online, a playlist of songs to capture this time, a news report they have read, an artifact or document that shows how the event has affected their family: a grocery receipt, or an email from their teacher.

Students can add to the slideshow presentation once or twice a week. Students are also given some questions to answer if they can’t think of anything. For example, for my journal, I put in a picture of an empty IKEA parking lot because I saw that lot empty one day. I also recorded what my mom, her friends and I did to prepare and how we are keeping up with the news. I also mentioned how the past week and this one has been “crazy.”

^ This is my project ^

I really love this project personally because it is like a diary and I get to jot down my feelings about this virus and how I am dealing with it. Some things that I couldn’t put down on the journal is that I don’t like that we can’t go out and visit our friends or go to gatherings like parties. It is more boring at home now but at least I get to spend more time with my family. One other thing I like is that I can manage my time where I can do more work than needed for one day and I can use the rest of the next day to watch something. All in all staying home has a bunch of Pros and Cons.

Blog Post:Ulysses By: Alexander

Ulysses is a book about a hero that has to save his people and survive the torture of the angry sea god, Poseidon that is mad at him for what he did. It takes Ulysses 10 years to return home, because of 1. Poseidon is making the sea harsh and with all the power the sea has and 2. He has to go to wars, and he gets very tired because of all of the wars he fought. Almost every day, someone has to do a reflection of the chapter that was given to them. Then about every 1 to 2 weeks, we have a quiz about the chapters we have read during that week. Also, there are many chapters in the book, and by the end of the trimester, we hopefully will finish this book that is filled with many adventures and a little romance upon the book.

This book is not the same cover as ours, but it is the same book we are reading. This book is action because from what I’ve read, I’ve seen that this individual is a legend somehow by surviving the terrors of Poseidon with the sea, and encountering a cyclops, so this character is very interesting to look upon and in some way, he has some power because eventually, he returns to his home and away from the sea god, Poseidon. That is what I wanted to post a blog on. Hope you liked how I described this character in an interesting way. One last thing before I end this discussion. Maybe we’ll be able to do activities with this book. :)

Chomp Stomp Dance by Jonathan

There was another Leading Edge dance on the 28th of February. That counts as our 2nd dance this year. The dance was called the Chomp Stomp. The style of the dance was prehistoric. There were paper leaves and dinosaur posters. There was also a dinosaur that was painted, it was huge! There was also a mountain type thingy that was chilling in the corner of the dance. The dance was very very loud. Some people said it was almost like a concert. It was very fun to hang out with your friends at the dance. There was a lot of room to chill at and a lot of room to have fun in. The food was amazing. There were chips, drinks, candies, etc. There were a lot of people there. Possibly everyone in Leading Edge! Some people wore formal stuff and some people just wore something everyday/casual.

The DJ’s at the dance were two 8th graders, Ava and Amanda. They mostly played popular songs on

this app called Tik Tok. They played some popular Hip-Hop songs like, “The Box'' by Roddy Ricch. At the dance there was some love sprinkled on top of the dance as well. Some people danced together with love in their eyes. Some people danced with people jokingly. Some people stayed back and regretted the decision to come to the dance. Some people ate a whole bunch of food. Some people were having lots of fun. There also were people recording others which was kinda sketchy. Or maybe they wanted to expose the people dancing on their social media accounts. Everyone there was very nice. It was basically school but having no rules and you could have as much fun as possible. Some people didn’t like the dance and acted mad. Well overall the dance was very fun. It was an amazing experience for the second dance. I would recommend coming to all the dances if you were able to. You wouldn’t regret it.