For virtual grandparents day this year, we interviewed our grandparents about sustainability! We asked a few questions about what it was like back then, how the environment changed, and what they do to make sure our environment is staying clean and healthy. I made a Google Slides to share some of their answers, so here it is:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UtvxYSqwTxP-zd8n8BNmqizNT0qHrw8WuNQhMWaF190/edit
I chose to write about this topic because as you can probably tell in my memoir, my Dyeda is one of the most important people in my life. All my hard work on my memoir was very beneficial when I read it to my grandfather because he couldn’t stop smiling. He even kept telling me how he didn’t deserve it, I told him he deserves more than just this.
My grandfather has made the most enormous changes to myself as a person because there are many differences between him and I, so he has so much to teach me. He has also made me a much more grateful person because from his past experiences he had to cherish everything, and since I am a pretty lucky girl it is easy for me to get greedy but he keeps in my place!
So the lesson a reader can learn from my memoir is to never take the most important people in your life for granted. Also how important it is to have someone to lean on while going through tough times. If you have that person that is there with you during the hardest times, I promise they will be a part of your life forever.
In this assignment we had to draw a picture of our ultimate vacation and write about it using sensory language. Sensory language means incorporating the 5 senses in your writing which is key because it immerses the reader into the scene, experience, and/or scenario! I really like this project because I learned more about this subject and never before thought to include sensory language. Although if I could do this whole assignment again I would try to use higher level vocabulary and go into more detail.
Now here is the little poem I wrote and the picture I drew:
The sand and water splashing on my feet, the wind blowing through my hair, my surfboard in my hand, laughing with my family. The best feelings in the world.
I can see the birds flying around and catch a glimpse of two purple birds. I hollered in surprise but my family didn’t believe me since the birds were flying past so rapidly. I can also see lots of fog covering the high, green mountains in the distance. The best sights in the world.
Everything sounded silent while I was underwater except the bubbles from the fish and my flutter kicking. The second I put my head over the water it felt deafening. The best (and worst) sounds in the world.
After the fun few hours of surfing and playing in the water we walked to a lunch place very close to the beach. On the walk I could smell the salty water and the beautiful flowers that appear all over Hawaii. The best smells in the world.
Once we got to the restaurant I had some of my favourite foods and I shared everything with the people around me. I could still taste the salty water that I accidentally swallowed before though. The best taste in the world. 
Here is a little rhyming poem I wrote about how my winter vacation/COVIDcation went. How was your winter vacation?
I read the book “Egghead” for school a few weeks ago and I really enjoyed it! I had a choice of a few types of projects to do and I chose a trailer! I chose a trailer because I thought that it could represent the book very well. It connects to the book because it shows some of the main parts in action. I put quotes in my video that I think signify the characters personalities and position. If I could do this whole project again I would use a different website to create my trailer because I had some dilemmas with “Powtoon”. I learned that I have to do a ton of research and really think my whole project through before I even start. Even though there were a few problems, I still really like how it turned out and I hope you do too!
My post today is about an idiom. This is the idiom I picked to write about:
This idiom is “I’m as cool as a cucumber”. This idiom means that someone is calm and feels like he or she has no worries. The literal meaning of “I’m as cool as a cucumber” is a cucumber that is cold. I picked this idiom because it is very popular and I thought it would be kind of fun to draw.