glass field trip

Today we went to visit the very exciting glass factory near our school.
Inside the factory, there was a lot of machinery and was extremely loud. It was really hot inside since they were melting glass at 1500 degrees Celsius. The machinery looked really dangerous but the workers worked very smoothly, hardly anyone has been hurt in the glass factory, since they all know how dangerous it can be.
The two kinds of people that work in the glass factory is the manager and the workers.
The manager chose to open this factory in Hsinchu because Hsinchu produces a lot of silicon and natural gas. The workers are all very professional and know how to do their job.
The steps that we saw them do, was first melting the glass, and using a long metal stick to twirl it around. Then they made their adjustments to the shape, this had to be very quick as the melted glass was constantly drooping down. They would then put it over a blue flame which i think was to harden the glass. The glass sculpture was then given to other works to add the finishing touches.
Overall, I found this trip was fun, and it was really interesting to watch the workers working with glass.

10th November

types of citizens
A native citizen is someone who was born in the country, therefore they are already a citizen of the country. A naturalized citizen is someone who moved to another country, and has to fill out documents to become a citizen of that country.
We are a citizen of our houses, families, communities, countries, and the world. We have certain duties to do when we are a citizen of an organization.

Some of our class rules that we discussed were:
1) No talking out of turn
2) Sit up and pay attention.
3) Have respect and a positive attitude
4) Cooperate with each other, and give help

i am a citizen of

i am a citizen of:
my family
-i need to obey my parents when they tell me to do something
h.i.s
-i need to work hard, and get good grades
country
-i need to be a good citizen, follow the values and the law
the world
-i need to do good and achieve in life.

Smokey Mountain

Smokey Mountain is a huge mountain of garbage. Poverty was found everywhere there, people literally lived in the garbage. The people that lived there, survived on the garbage, selling things they find, and using it to buy rice to support their ever-growing family.
When a huge landslide occurred, the government decided to stop garbage trucks from dumping their garbage there, everything went wrong. All the families were not able to keep themselves standing. Thousands of people died during the landslide, and their houses all were crushed under the garbage. But when the government closed it down, they were not able to find anymore valuables to sell, and because of that, they weren't able to buy food! Each family had many children, and it was very hard to support them.
The film: "God's Children", showed all the troubles that each family had to go with. They had dirty water, lack of food, dirty supplies, and so on. This really showed everyone that they should appreciate what everyone already has, and lot of people are a lot more poor than us!

Why White Fang?

White Fang, the book written by the famous author: Jack London. Personally, I think that this book was excellently written. All words that are used, are very descriptive, and these all put a very good picture of the scene in the reader's head. In simple words, he uses great imagery! I think that it is very descriptive and it really tells the story and the nature of wolves!

I would recommend this book for older readers, and this book would take some time to think about what you've read, because some of it is so well described you have to sit down for a moment, to think it over! Younger readers might not enjoy the book so much, as for it is very full on and takes time to sink in!

Good work Jack London!~

Man's Best Friend!

Why do you think dogs like humans so much?
I think that dogs like humans a lot because, as they say dogs are man's best friend. I think that we are able to connect our feelings with us, and they are loyal and help us in many ways. They use their special abilities to help us. We reward them, and we start to build up a strong relationship with them. We become trustworthy and loyal to each other, and help each other. Dogs help us in disasters, and they help us around the house. They help out people that are disabled and give them a chance to be more normal. They keep people company, and we give them love and attention. A dog was made to be man's best friend, and to help him in the time of need!

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Earth day

Happy Earth day!
Today is Earth Day! Some ways that we can reduce, reuse and recycle are:
-Fast Shower
-Ride Bikes
-Don't use the projector
-No air conditioning
-Read recycled books.
-Turn off lights
-Walk to school
-Recycle your things!

All of these are brilliant example to save the Earth! These aren't so big, but if you start with something small, it could turn out big!