School year reflection

The school year has been really fun so far. One of the activities that I have really enjoyed is basketball because in my last school (Alice Smith) I used to play netball , which is similar to basketball except that the court is split into thirds and you can't bounce the ball you have to pass it. But since ISKL isn't an Australian or British school they don't play it here, but as an alternative I play basketball. In humanities I especially enjoyed doing the secret santa because when everyone opens their gift they always like it but they don't know who it's from so it's kinda of a mystery. I just really like seeing people surprised when they find out who was their secret santa. I got a shock when Angelika told me that she was my secret santa. In the end everyone was happy with a gift and just in the christmas spirit even if they don't usually celebrate it!

#1. Since I am new this year I think I have made an incredible achievement as I have a number of friends already. E.g. Kat, Erin, Irene, Safa, Cindy etc. It was difficult at first but everyone seemed really nice and openly friendly so it became easy to talk to people even though they were complete strangers to me. As well as that my grades are pretty good and hopefully they'll stay that way. One of the things that I'm most proud of is doing my monochromatic shoe drawing in art as it was loads of fun but challenging as well because we had to remove our shoes and then place it on the table and sketch it then we later went on to colour it-with difficulty mind you.

#2. Recently my math teacher showed us how to calculate the day of the week that we were born but all mathematically-even if we already knew. The reason that she did this was because we watched a video of this mathematician that can calculate problems incredibly fast and one of his acts was calculating the day of the week that someone was born using their date of birth. Before Mrs. Smith showed us how to do it I already knew my day of birth so using her method I was able to work out if the method worked or not. In the end it was me who made the mistake because I messed up my division so Hyo Jin corrected me.

#3 One of the skills that I have seen performed but that I don't know is to juggle. It sounds really random but on the first or second P.E. lesson we did a rotation of activities and one of them was juggling. Even though there was a variation of different materials that you can use I still couldn't manage. Even to this day I can't juggle, it's quite a shame actually, why can't I posses the skill of juggling? why?

#4 My main goal for the rest of the school year is to be more outgoing during lessons because most teachers think I'm really quiet but normally I'm not. If you asked all of my friends if I was quiet they'd probably say I was definitely not quiet just in class because during lunch and breaks between class I'm very talkative and loud- not the type of child you would want to teach in your class. It just really bugs me how all of my tears think I'm quiet. I just don't talk much during class because I try to concentrate on the lesson.

Hatchet blog #5

Hatchet has been a really good book and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I think the the book is really descriptive but also has some fast paced and intense moments so as to keep the reader intersted through-out the whole book. The only part that I disliked is the part where Brian keep thinking back to the "secret" as well as when the author (Gary Paulsen) repeates some words and phares. E.g. He has repeated the words 'mistakes' numerous times.

Even though most of the book has been great my absolute favourite part of the book is the epilogue because it really sums up the book well but still keeps the reader thinking about it after they put the book down. I even have some unanswered questions ,which isn't a bad thing, but at least it makes me looking forward to a sequel.

I think that the moral/messege of the book is "what ever you set your mind to you can achieve it". I think this messege applies even in everyday life. However, in the book sometimes Brian still got a bit discouraged especially when the search plane missed him. But even though he was discouraged he still persued on surviving.

I dodn't actually enjoy the literature circles project but I enjoyed the book so it was a forced 2 in 1. However, I think I did quite well as I didn't pass any of my discussion sheets late. But I think I could have improved it by increasing the length of my passage description but ither than that I tried my hardest and hope it's enough to get a good grade.

After glancing at other people's liturature circle's I think that I would have enjoyed Charlotte Doyle because it seems like the kind of book that I would read for pleasure reading because it involves and severe problem of some sort. It actually happened to be one of the top 3 books that I wanted to read.

After the literature circles have come and gone i'm glad we did because i'm actually surprised that I could've done so much writing about such a thin book!

Hatchet Discussion blog #4

During this discussion everyone participated activly in the discussion becaue most of the time at least one person is unable or forgets to bring in his/her discussion sheet. Out of the 3 passages that everyone shared I admit that Anne's and Angelika's were the best as they both selected the part of the book when the skunk sprays Brian violently and steals his turtle eggs. However, when it came to looking up the vocabulary that we were unsure of or just was really interesting I was a bit surprised when Kaelen forgot to do it. Coincidentally Angelika and I chose the samew word- Flailing.
I thought this week in particular the whole group participated activ;y and i'm looking forward to the last discussion!

Discussion reflection - Hatchet #2

During this discussion, Kaelen, Dylan, Anne and I participated. Evryone shared their 3 passages that they selected. My favourite one that was shared was Angelika's on page 63, paragragh 4, because she commented it as" I really enjoy how the author used nature as a sign of help and the paragragh is very discriptive and visual." When it came to vocabulary, most of us found some pretty challenging words except that Kaelen got one of his definitions wrong. However, throughout the discussion everyone (even the ones who don't usually concentrate) seemed to be trying to put in 100% effort in sharing their thoughts and ideas.

Discussion reflection- Hatchet #1

In my group(that participated in the discussion) were Anne and Dylan, they each described Hatchet very well. To start off Dylan said that his favourite part of the book was when the pilot had a heart attack. "Even though it was unpleasent, it gave me a sense of adrenaline and it was very exciting." Said Dylan. I enjoyed that part for the same reason, it was exciting and thriling.
On the other hand Anne's most enjoyed part was when Brain tried to get in contact with the control people but failed. You would automatically assum that the radio would work and He would be saved but giving that twist made it intersting. During the whole conversation all of us semmed to be enjoying the book- even though it was a school book!

Blog post #2

Hi, its Sonja, again!
Out of the 5 social scientists I have learned about in class this week,
I would like to be a historian. The reason being is that I have a keen intrest in history and culture through the ages and would like to expand my knowledge in history.
I am easily bored in classes that restrict creative learning so being a historian would enable me to think creatively and discover new things.

Blog Entry No. 1

My name is Sonja English and i'm new to ISKL.
Reading is one of my many hobbies and I read A LOT of books,
one of my favorite series is the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyer.

The last three books I have read are Framed by Frank Conttrell Boyce, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire and Harry Potter and the prizoner of azkaban.(Both by J.K. Rowling)

I have lived in Malaysia for all my life as my mom if from this region. However, my dad is from America-he grew up in Alaska.

The last movie i have seen is the dark night, I found it kinda creepy, especially the part where the joker says "Why so serious?"

During this year at ISKL I hope to improve my atrocious spelling!(I've been using an internet dictionary for this blog!)
My social goal for this year is to make more friends and get to know them well-it's quite a challenge for me as i'm new!

My favorite holiday destination(that i've been to) is Switzerland as it has AWESOME skiing mountains and slopes.

Here are a few words to decribe myself: Hyper, determined, clumsy, goofy, intelligent.