Tomorrowland

Today we went to see the movie Tomorrowland. I was looking to see what movies were playing online and I saw Pitch Perfect 2 and Tomorrowland was both playing in the movie theaters. I had to make a decision whether to watch Pitch Perfect 2 or Tomorrowland. I decided that I would watch Tomorrowland because my dad told me that the Tomorrowland trailer looked like the better movie, and that Pitch Perfect 2 would be out on DVDs faster than Tomorrowland would be. We went to the 1:20 movie and while we were in line I asked my dad to promise me to buy the DVD for Pitch Perfect 2 when it comes out. I won't spoil the movie for you but I will tell you I loved it and my favorite character was either the girl who gets the pin or the old guy. I recommend the movie to anyone who likes action movies. It also touched on the fact that there are many problems in the world and everyone needs to try and fix them, not just one person. So that's why I'm recommending this movie to you.

Shaky Solo?

Today during my choice hour I was in the orchestra room getting ready to work on my solo with an 8th grader in band who plays the piano. She's going to be my accompanist playing Bourée. She had to teach herself today while I was practicing. At first we were really off, but we slowly got better. We're also going to play together next Monday but I don't think its going to be shaky, its going to be amazing!

AHW

Today we were helping the 5th graders plan a field trip to collect gift cards for the jewelry group. The people who already went on a field trip, Ania, Vivian and me couldn't go unless we found a driver and if everyone else already had a driver. Megan's babysitter can drive Megan, Aria and Jane. While Ellie's mom can drive Ellie, Nia, Collette,  and Alex B. My dad can drive Me, Ania, Vivian and Jordyn. I'm really excited for this trip. Our group gets to go to Claire's, Bath and Body Works and Ivivva. Ellie's group gets Starbucks North, Forever 21, and Pink. Megan's group gets Victoria's Secret, Starbucks- South. I can't wait because this is my first field trip to the mall to collect gift cards. Its also kind of special that its in the last few days of school!

Inspiration

Today I was thinking about inspiration and motivation when I got home when I was thinking about what to write about for AHW. Inspiration is something that moves you or makes you think of something especially creative or something you never thought of before. Or , I got this from the dictionary: the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.


Here are some inspirational quotes that I found online:

 

 

It shows that don't live in the past, live in the now.

It shows that you shouldn't judge other people about their lives and their choices if you haven't lived their life.

When people cry that means they've been strong for too long.

 

 

 

That means you can't accomplish anything until you try.

 

Are you looking forward to summer break?

I'm thinking about this more and more as it gets closer and closer to summer break. I have made a pro's and con's list about looking forward to summer break or not.


Pro's

• You get to relax
• You don't have to get up as early
• You get to go to interesting places and you get to go to camp (if you want to)
• You don't always have to worry about getting your homework done on time
• You get to spend more time with family and friends

Con's

• If you're an only child that means spending almost 3 months with only your parents, and if you don't have any pets you get really lonely because you have nobody to play with so you have to play by yourself for 3 months.
• You don't always go anywhere so you have to stay at home.
• You don't get to go to school
• Sometimes you forget things you learned last year
• You don't get to always see you're friends

For me I'm looking forward to this summer because I'm going to 3 camps, one is to help my writing skills, another is to have fun and I'm going to Blue Lake to work on my musical skills! I'm also going up to Higgins Lake with one of my friends to celebrate my birthday. So I'm very excited for this summer! I won't be forgetting almost anything I learned last year because I practice and study even over the summer with my mom.

Orcherstra

I walked down the steps to the orchestra room when I saw Mr. Joe standing in the Ensemble room.
"I'm your substitute today for orchestra. He said.  Jordyn, violins and violas are in the ensemble room. Shin Be, what do you play?" He asked.
"Cello." I responded.
"OK, your playing with your section in the main room." He told me. I walked in and all the cello players turned their heads to look at me.
"Hello everybody." I said. After that we played for about 25 minutes by ourselves then the whole orchestra got together and played Cannon Power and Dark Visions. I think we did really good without Mrs. Gillespie. I can't wait until we have our concert! I'm playing a solo during the concert and I'm really excited.

AHW

Today I was looking at the choice hour form for the 1st quarter next year. I turned over the crisp white paper and looked at the science Olympiad form for middle school. I didn't sign up for it this year and I knew I made a big mistake not signing up because I missed out on a lot. But next year I'm going to do Science Olympiad and Forensics, if I make the team! For one of my events in science Olympiad I want to do Meteorology because I'm pretty good at weather and stuff related to weather.

Audition

I have a forensics audition to determine whether I'm going to be on the team or not. I'm going to do 2 pieces and both are short stories. Both of them are humorous and fun. Vivian and Megan gave me some advice about how I should emphasize the characters more. I really want to be on the team because I want to get better at public speaking and I want to be on more school teams. I can't wait until I have my audition on Thursday!

Track

'Come on I'm almost done.' I told myself as I ran the last stretch of the 1 mile. I just passed Azaria; I was running right next to her the whole time because she runs at my pace. There was one of the Berkshire girls right in front of me so I sprinted a little harder and passed her. Now I was about 100 meters away from the finish line and I turned up all the way and sprinted as hard as I could towards that finish line. I passed it feeling happy but also not knowing where exactly the finish line was.
"8:33." The woman called out.
"8:33, great job!" Coach Giesler yelled out. Wow- 8:33, I dropped a whole minute and 20 seconds off of my school mile! I was so happy because before this year I couldn't get faster than a 11 minute mile, I've improved so much over the track and cross country season, so I'm really happy.

WOSO

"If they don't call Don't Bug Me then I'm going to scream." I yelled over the noise at Zoe.
We were at the Wayne Oakland Science Olympiad competition and they were announcing the winners. It was 3rd through 5th and even though there were 4th graders and 6th graders on out team, we still qualified as 5th graders. They just called out Charged Up and we all hoped they would call Don't Bug Me next.
"Ok, next is Don't Bug Me for 3rd graders." The man yelled into the microphone.
"Yay!" Zoe and I squealed. Finally he got to 5th grade and me and Zoe squeezed each others hand so tightly we both had to say:
"Ow, you're holding too tight!"
"5th place is... Birmingham Covington School-team 36!" The man called out.
I was slightly disappointed but Zoe and I went up and received our medals. Then we went back and sat down and waited for him to call up Weather or Not. After about 30 minutes he finally called 3rd grade Weather or Not. We patiently waited for him to call 5th grade. He did and I was crossing my fingers to not get 5th place. He called a school that was not us (thankfully) but when he got to 3rd place and didn't call out name we were starting to get worried.
"2nd place is...Birmingham Covington School-team 36!" He called out.
I was really proud of us and we walked up there and received our medals. On the way back we high fived each other and sat down. I was proud that I did that well and even though last year I won 1st and 2nd place, my 2nd and 5th place medals form this year are worth more than a 1st place and 2nd place medal in that other competition because this year there were 39 schools and 41 teams. Last year there were only about 10 schools and 10 teams.
I think Zoe and I make a good team!

MTY

"I have a secret to tell you, do you like secrets?" Said the superintendent of Michigan schools.
"YES!" We all hollered in unison.
"Well, the Michigan Teacher of the Year is standing right in this room!" He said.
"AHH, YAY, MR. JOE!" The whole school was screaming. I saw Mr. Joe hug Mrs. Roberts who was sitting right next to him. We all knew it was him because he was the only person that got nominated from BCS for Michigan Teacher of the Year. He got up and then his whole family and his Facebook family got up there was congratulating him. He said that he couldn't have done it without the help of the whole school. I really happy that he won MTY.

Loose Bracket

"Do you want some chocolate?" My dad asked.
"Sure." I replied taking one piece of chocolate.
"Are you sure you only want one?" He asked.
"Yes." I answered.
I bit into the frozen chocolate piece really hard at the back of my mouth. It wasn't breaking off so I bit at the front of my mouth. Then I felt the bracket come loose the bracket that was loose was the one at the very end on the right side. Uh oh. I thought.
"My bracket came off." I told my dad "Call my orthodontist." I said.
"Okay." He said.
"I'm going to try to take it out." I yelled from the bathroom.
I have to wait until my orthodontist calls back and says I can visit her so she can fix it.

AHW

Tomorrow we have another track meet at Groves against Cranbrook. They're really fast and great at the long jump and the high jump. I want to run the 4 by 4 relay, the 800 and the high jump. I know I never tried the 400 before but I'm pretty good at the 800 so I think I can do the 400 even better because its only 1 lap instead of 2. I know I'm not a sprinter but I can always get better at my sprinting. I can't wait for my events because I like running and I run for personal improvement.

AHW

I briskly walked into to room 504 for Social Studies without my stuff because I heard that we didn't need it. I wondered what we would be doing. Then as soon as I walked into the classroom I remembered what we were doing. The mock trial! It was organized just like a court room would be like. Finally Mr. J called out "Ok I'm going to call out the names of what character you're going to be playing." The Bailiff is Shin Be." Then everyone started to clap.
 Everyone stop clapping!" He yelled.
He continued calling out names until everyone got their role. The judge was Ellie. We ran through the trial and I learned my lines. I supposed to say: All rise, the honorable Ellie Deigan presiding. Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you? And something else about swearing on the jury. I'm glad I got picked to be the Bailiff even though that was my 2 choice.

Fire Drill-Not

I could feel the heat wave rush onto my face as soon as I walked outside. The sun was burning, I was instantly washed over with a giant wave of heat. I could hear the alarm blaring "Mah, Mah, Mah!" The alarm screamed. We walked over to the lines and lined up-really quiet. "Ok, there was an electrical that was cut and its not turning off." Mr. M (The principal) said. After about 30 minutes they let us get up and walk around. We started to play red rover but then we found out we weren't allowed to. Then we had to stay in a circle and play silent ball. Then me and Ania went up and asked Mrs. Roberts about our field trip to the mall. She said that we couldn't go into the building until the alarms stopped so it had to be canceled. We were all disappointed, including my dad who was waiting there to drive us. Finally after an hour we got to go inside and drink some water.

Track

Today I had a track meet where I ran the 800 m, 100m, and did the high jump. I didn't make it over the pole but the guy in charge said that with a little of practice I could be a really good high jumper. That was my first try and I didn't even do it in practice! After that I ran the 800 m and I started out in the middle and Anna C. was right behind me. (Its 2 laps long) After I finished the first lap Anna passed me for a couple seconds and then I sprinted past her. About 100 m till the finish I was 1 foot behind Ania and then I sprinted a little harder and I was running beside her. Then she started sprinting a little harder then I went to full speed and zoomed past her then I ran as fast as I could and I probably looked really funny with my arms really high but that's how you're supposed to run-and it helped me. I finished 23 out of I think 29 or 30. Ania got 24. But Ania's way better at longer distances like the 1 mile and the 2 mile. My time was 3:37:49. I was really happy but for the 100 m I got last and a 18:47. Ania beat me in that with a 17:35. I think with a little practice and some training I could be pretty good at the 100 m.

Audition

Tomorrow I have my OYO audition and I'm really excited and kind of nervous because I might not be accepted. I'm going to play a song called Bourèè. My dad emailed them to ask them if it was ok that I would show up wearing track clothes. They emailed back saying 'oh, its fine we get kids wearing muddy everything or wearing fancy clothes. We don't even care about how your dressed; just if you can play. I practiced so much I can't wait to finally do it.

Busy as a Bee!

This Wednesday I will be as busy as a bee! Well I'm more busy in the afternoon because I might have a math test but I'm not a hundred percent sure. We also have a track meet and I have to leave early to go to my OYO audition. (Oakland Youth Orchestra) In between my track meet and going to OYO I have to eat because it will be too late after the audition. Then we have to drive home and we'll get home at around 9:00. When I get home I still have homework to and by the time I'm done with my homework and my shower it'll be really late like 10:00. I still have to get up early the next morning for track practice! I'm happy though because we get to practice at Groves and I'm going to work on my sprints!

DIA

I went to the DIA with Ania and we looked at modern art and old art. I really think that most of the modern art didn't take that much effort. One was a bunch of paint splatters on a canvas and another was 3 squares. I think that anyone could make that with almost no effort at all. I don't know why some pieces got to be so famous because all that it is, is just a blob of color. All of the old art tell a story or show a meaningful place or people. I saw this picture of death and it was a meaningful piece and it taught a lesson about how everyone dies but if you live it well, one life is all you need. I really enjoyed my visit and I am excited to return!