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Wisdom tales is something I have been learning about in Language Arts. Wisdom tales are different kinds of stories including Fables, Parables, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Legends, Myths and Sagas. My class got to do a project on this where we picked a story and drew a comic on it. To help with that, an artist came to our school and showed us how to use basic shapes to create good drawings. It was very helpful.

For my story, I chose Empty Cup Mind. This story is about a student who went to an old man’s temple to gain knowledge. When he got there the man invited him in and asked if he wanted some tea. The student replied yes, but when the cup overflowed the student got super upset. The wise man told him to come back with an empty cup mind. For me, I think that the moral is to try to go into things with a clear mind.

To draw my comic I used an app called Sketchbook. Personally, I prefer Paperby 53 (the app) if I am sketching something out. In all, I had a really fun time learning about wisdom tales and how to draw with basic shapes. For me though, the comic was the BEST!

 

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“Everyone drop down and stay down.” It was a dark and stormy day. I was in my Language Arts classroom. Being forced to do a plank for an endless amount of time.  Thunder hit the walls as people struggled to stay in good form. Oh no! I was going down. first my knees, then my belly. Then my head. My head hurt for the rest of the day, but that was only because too much knowledge was being stuffed in me at school. That was what I thought was happening, but what was really happening was this.

It was a sunny day. My Language Arts teacher introduced us to daily habits. Her habit was planking. So our class decided to give it a try. We all took a book of some sort or maybe some padding to keep from falling. Then we started planking . It was only for 30 seconds. Not bad. When we all finished, we came back to our seats and went on with the lesson. It was just like my next Language Arts class, but there was something about it (🎶mysterious music in the background🎶) something was different. Ah that’s it! We added 30 more seconds. 

By then I was struggling to even stay off the ground. So while everyone else was doing great, I was in the corner of the room struggling. It was worth it though. And it was like this for all my Language Arts classes. Until one day (🎶Dramatic music in the background 🎶) It was time for the plank challenge.  Sadly for me, I was sick on that day. I did hear a lot of cool things about it though. Someone even said that there was a person who planked for seven minutes!

He never underestimates

 

Slowly turn back

 

Yes

 

I whisper

 

I am

 

The

 

Fire

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I have about 300 books in my house, way too many books for me to read. Most of them aren’t even mine, you see my mom’s a doctor so most of the books in our house are about medical stuff. To me that seems sort of boring. Though 300  may seem like a lot of books, it’s not! I mean I have books, I just don’t read them. None of them are really good. They’re just about girls who meet each other and then become sisters. That’s cool I guess.

But there was this one time when I read this really good book by Erin Hunter. It’s called Warrior Cats. You may have heard about it. It’s pretty good. There’s about thirty books in the series. If you like fantasy, then this book is for you. Although it does have a lot of suspense, the plot and story line are both fantastic! You do need a quiet space to read this book. It also requires advanced reading skills but you should stick with it. 

You know how sometimes you want to do something, like you really want to do something, but you don’t know what. That’s why I’m thankful  books are a thing. The only annoying thing is finding a book, especially for me. I will take hours just to find a book. When I find a book I usually don’t like it, so that’s fun. I guess it’s good to have a bunch of books, even though I usually read online. I’m glad that I have all the reading supplies that I need. It makes it so much easier to read.

 

HEADS UP THIS BOOK IS SAD!

Today I will be talking about a book called Dear Rosie and telling if it’s a window or a mirror. First we have to know what a window is. A window is something that doesn’t relate to you. A mirror is something that does relate to you. This book is about a girl named Millie and her friends. They are trying to navigate losing a very special person.

So while this girl named Millie is working in her family’s shop, someone comes in and leaves a mysterious book on the counter. When the shop closes she decides to look through it. Then she remembers that this could be someone’s personal information. The next day when she goes to school her and her friends decide to celebrate their past friends birthday. And when she goes home to work at the store that her family owns the notebook is still there so she decides to go through it. When she’s done she finds out that it’s her friend’s old notebook. So the next day she shows it to her friends. They are all determined to find out where it came from and what it means. So that night they follow a map in the notebook and find an abandoned mine. They decide to go back home because it’s a school night. Millie just can’t wait to find out this whole mystery so she sets back off to the mine alone. There she finds something amazing. Inside the mine there is a wall that says ROSIE in bold pink bubble letters. Surely Rosie wrote this before she died. When she goes back to school she takes her friends to this place. They are all sure that Rosie did this. This book is a window for me. First of all I don’t have a friend that died. Second of all, my family does not own a store, but I think this book is very good.