Skylar's+Journal

Skylar's Journal

Art should be allowed in schools.

Art should be allowed in schools reason one; students need more than work to keep them busy. Reason two is that if students finish early, they will not have anything to work on. Reason three is that students will have better grades if they have art class in schools. A reason that art shouldn’t be allowed in schools is that students will focus more on art than actual work, and they may cause trouble and make a mess with the art supplies.

Reason number one is that students will need more than work to keep them busy. If they have work to do, but aren’t interested in doing it, they won't. If students get bored in class, they will just start to doodle in their notebooks anyways. They need something to look forward to, instead of hours of school and work.

Reason number two is that there will be students who finish all of their work early, but they will have nothing else to do. If a student finishes all their classwork and homework, and don’t have anything else to do, and will just sit there, and sometimes be tempted to cause trouble because they are bored.

Reason number three is that students will get better grades if they practice art. According to Reinvesting in Arts Education, students who took art classes had higher math and reading scores. If students practice art, they will have higher grades in important classes, and also have a higher chance of passing.

One reason that art would not be good to have at schools is that students will focus more on art than other important work. If they aren’t interested in the work that they are currently supposed to do, they will work on art instead. If this happens, they most likely wont finish their work, and their grade will drop. Another reason that art shouldn’t be allowed is that students might make a mess with the materials. If they get bored with art, they will try to cause trouble. They will mark the tables with paint or markers, or make a mess with the crayons and paper.

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The book that I am reading right now is //Warrior Cats: Midnight//. So far nothing really important has happened, besides one cat becoming a Warrior, and one of the cats getting a special message.

I have several characters. Here is a list of them.

Sky – Sky is the first character that I made. She is a Green/blue dragon. She has yellow wings, and two rainbow feathered tails. She wears a necklace that has an S carved into it. She also has a scar on the base of her left wing, and a puff of red/brown fuzz on her head.

Mercury – Mercury is the second character that I made. She is a dark blue wolf with lighter blue leopard-like markings on her legs and shoulders. She also has a light blue striped tail. She wears a necklace with a red crystal on it, and has scars from a snakebite on her right back leg. She also has a brother names Sulfur.

Shadow – Shadow is the third character that I made. He is a black wolf/dragon hybrid, and has lighter grey fur around his neck, and down his back and tail. He has two scars on his left shoulder, and a white X on his right back leg. Shadow also has a gold and red ring on his left horn.

Ember – Ember is the fourth character that I made. She is a small orange cat. She wears a light green collar that has an E written on it. She has several gold markings on her body, and light brown paws.

Shade – Shade is the fifth character that I made. She is a dark orange wolf-like creature, with black spots all over her body. She has scars on her right back leg from a fight with her brother, Ace. She also wears a light blue cloth wristband.

I got all of the questions right, and I think that I know these words pretty well.

Dear dad,

I am sorry that I didn’t do my homework last night. I think that the reason that I didn’t do my work is that I am really tired, and I have a lot to do. Also, it is because I forgot what we had to do for homework, and I didn’t know how to check what we had to do. I think that homework is important because it helps you memorize what you’ve learned. It helps you to keep track of what you learn, so that you can easily solve problems or work on your writing skills. Writing is important because it helps you learn how to summarize different things. Again, I am sorry that I didn’t do my work. It will not happen again.

Skylar

I think that the posts are good. Most of them have a good amount of writing and good capitalization. The comments are good as well, and most of them are nicely telling the writer things that they can improve. I think that mine would be different because the posts would be a little bit longer. I don’t know what people will comment about though.

A Day in the Life of a Teacher (play)

(Alarm clock rings, teacher sits up and shuts it off. She gets up and walks downstairs, has breakfast, gets ready to go to school. After driving off, she arrives at school and goes to her classroom)

Student 1 - “Good morning” Teacher – “Good morning.”

(Teacher unlocks the door and lets the students in. bell rings, and several more students walk in.)

Teacher – ‘’Hello class, my name is Ms. Goodman, and I will be your art class teacher.”

(Several students are still talking, and Ms. Goodman picks up the rules paper)

Ms. Goodman – “Ok, let me go over some of the rules of this class. Rule number one is to not waste time. This class is only an hour long, so use your time wisely. Rule number two, do not talk while I am talking. It is very rude to have to keep repeating myself because people do not listen to what I am saying. Rule number three, is to use the art tools appropriately. I don’t want to see paintbrushes being thrown across the room, that is not what they are for. And lastly, rule number 4 is to have fun. This is art class, be creative.”

(Students are now quiet. Ms. Goodman walks to the back of the room and over to two terrariums)

Ms. Goodman – “These are the class pets. Please do not tap on the glass of either cage, and do not try to handle any of the animals.”

(One of the students raises their hand)

Ms. Goodman – “Yes?”

Student 2 – “What type of animals are they, and what are their names?”

Ms. Goodman - “This is Lime, and she is a Day Gecko, and these are Chinese algae eaters, and they currently don’t have names.”

(Ms. Goodman walks to the front of the room and starts passing out papers)

Ms. Goodman - “Ok, the first activity for the day is to draw one of your pets, or one of the class pets if you don’t own any yourself. You may start drawing now”

(Ms. Goodman sees one student knock over a box of crayons and he does not pick them up. Another student picks them up for him Ms. Goodman calls him outside) Ms. Goodman – “What was the meaning of that?”

Student 3 – “what do you mean? I was just drawing!”

Ms. Goodman – “No, you made a mess, and left it for someone else to pick up”

Student 3 “No! it wasn’t my fault! Someone else bumped my arm!”

Ms. Goodman - “I saw what happened, and it was your fault. Now stay outside and think about what you’ve done”

(Ms. Goodman walks back into the classroom, leaving the student outside)

A Day in the Life of a Teacher

My alarm clock went off. I sleepily sat up and shut it off, then got ready to go to work. After I went downstairs, I made some breakfast and got ready to go. I walked out to my car and got in. after driving for ten minutes, I finally arrived at my new job; School. Walking through the gates, I made my way to the classroom that I was supposed to teach in. Several students were already waiting outside the door. “Good morning!” One of them said as I unlocked the door to let them in. “Good morning.” I responded back. A few more students walked over as I unlocked the room. “ //This is going to be interesting.”// I thought, because it was the first day that I would be working here. Several more minutes passed before the bell rang, and another group of students entered the room. Once the starting bell rang, I wrote my name on the board, and walked to the front of the room. “Hello class, my name is Ms. Goodman, and I will be your art class teacher.” Several of the students were still talking, but I figured that I would go over that in the rules. I set down my stuff at my desk, took attendance, and then picked up the rules paper. “Ok, let me go over some of the rules of this class. Rule number one is to not waste time. This class is only an hour long, so use your time wisely. Rule number two, do not talk while I am talking. It is very rude to have to keep repeating myself because people do not listen to what I am saying. Rule number three, is to use the art tools appropriately. I don’t want to see paintbrushes being thrown across the room, that is not what they are for. And lastly, rule number 4 is to have fun. This is art class, be creative.” After I had finished talking, the students had silenced themselves. I walked over to the back of the classroom, where several glass terrariums were located. In one of them was a lizard. In the other, there were several different colored algae eaters. “These are the class pets. Please do not tap on the glass of either cage, and do not try to handle any of the animals.” I said before any of the students could ask me later about them. “Yes?” I asked as I noticed that one of the students was raising their hand. “What type of animals are they, and what are their names?” they asked. “This is Lime, and she is a Day Gecko, and these are Chinese algae eaters, and they currently don’t have names.” I answered. Finishing my interview to the class, I walked to the front of the room and started passing out papers. “Ok, the first activity for the day is to draw one of your pets, or one of the class pets if you don’t own any yourself.” I said as I finished passing out the drawing paper. There were several containers on each table, some containing markers or pencils, and others containing crayons. “Ok, you may start drawing now” almost as soon as I finished talking, one of the students dove for the crayon box, and knocked crayons across the table. Instead of picking them up he took several from the pile and began to draw. One of the other students at their table picked up the crayons and put them neatly back in the box. Walking over to the student I called him outside. “ What was the meaning of that?” I asked when we walked outside. “What do you mean? I was just drawing!” he responded smartly. “No, you made a mess, and left it for someone else to pick up.” I corrected him, but he quickly responded back. “No! It wasn’t my fault! Someone else bumped my arm!” I saw what happened, and it was your fault. Now stay outside to think about what you have done.” I said as I walked back into the classroom. It wasn’t even half way through the school day yet, and already a student was causing trouble. //“I hope this gets easier.”// I thought, and sat down at my desk.

When I get older I want to be an artist. I would like to do this because I like to draw, and I am really good at it. I think that it would be fun to be an artist because I would be able to let people see all the work and art that I have done. I have an ipad with several drawing apps on it, so that I can draw whenever I am bored or need something to do. One of the apps that I have is Art Studio, With it I can draw all sorts of things, use stamps, and all sorts of other fun stuff. I am really good at drawing most animals, like lizards, and dragons too. If I get bored, or think of something that I want to draw, I will go on my ipad, onto Art Studio, and start drawing whatever I want. I have a brother, and I try to make him draw, but he doesn’t like drawing, and he isn’t very good at it. So far, I have drawn over fifty different pictures. I think being an artist would be good for me because I like to see what other people think of my pictures.

The reason that Ponyboy says that Darrel is “hard as a rock and about as human”, is because he thinks that Darrel doesn’t really care about anything, and that he is mean. An example of this is that Darrel often yells at Ponyboy, and at one point actually hits him. Ponyboy says that Darrel always yells at him, but he never gets angry at Soda.

Johnny is different from Dally because he is quiet, and doesn’t usually get very upset at people. An example of this is that when Dally is being rude to girls at the movie theater, Johnny doesn’t join in, and stays quiet. Johnny is also like Dally because he is not afraid to defend himself or his friends.

I think that the foreshadowing for //The Outsiders// is that since Darrel hit Ponyboy, and he ran away with Johnny, that they are going to get in trouble, and since they don’t have anyone else with them, they don’t have anyone that will help them. Socs will most likely find them, and they might get beat up again.

= I think that the Ipledge yesterday was important because of the fact that many people are bullied, and they don’t know what to do about it. I was bullied a lot at my old school, and I know that it isn’t fun to be treated unfairly because people see you as different. My favorite part about the Ipledge was the presentation and movie on bullying, and that it shows how most people feel after being bullied. It also shows what people will do if they are bullied for a long time and nothing is done about it. =

The book //The Outsiders// is a very good book by S.E Hinton. It’s about three brothers named Ponyboy, Darrel, and Sodapop. I think what will happen next is…

If I could go back in time to any place that I wanted to go, I would go to the time of the dinosaurs. I would go back to that time because I really like dinosaurs, and I am curious to see what some of the dinosaurs look like. It would also be fun to go because of the fact that there are so many different types, and that we are not 100 % sure on what most of them look like. I would like it because I would be interested in all the different dinosaurs that are there, and what they are doing. It wouldn't be a very good idea to get too close to some of them, because they might try to eat me, but it would be cool to be able to watch them. It could be a good thing to go because I could find out what some of them look like, and maybe even get a few small dinosaur bones. I would also help if I would be able to bring a camera, so that I could get pictures of the dinosaurs that I saw while there.

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The lizard left no **evidence** of eating the fly I can **infer** that my brother was having fun The **inference** I gave was talking about my pet lizard The tree will **synthesize** if it loses a leaf The pencil is **significant** if you are writing a paper Getting my homework done will **benefit** me

I think that the poem is about a person that had a lot of money, but didn’t have the things that were listed at the end of the poem. I think that the poem is trying to tell us that money isn’t the most important thing.

On Monday at Hidden Valley Park in Arizona, we played baseball against the Los Angeles Chickens. We played better than the last time. We won, so we went to the coaches’ house for pizza.

Roger’s brother, Sam, gave a speech that he had written himself. Mrs. Jones didn’t like it, so she said wait until Thursday, which is two days after Halloween.

My brother Bill and I went to a movie called //The Fast and the Furious//. Then we went to Joe’s house and ate some of his mom’s meatloaf. Finally, he and I played basketball at Balboa Park in San Diego California.

The Dragon

As I approached the deserted house at the end of the road I saw something sitting on the roof, and it definitely wasn’t a bird. I immediately knew that it was a dragon. It looked at me with glowing yellow eyes, and breathed a puff of smoke. I just stared in amazement at it for several seconds, then started to back away. However, it jumped off the roof and landed in front of me. I stared at it, and it stared at me, just sitting there. After several more seconds, I decided it was friendly, since it hadn’t set me on fire yet, so I slowly walked up to it. It just sat there, and stared at me. I suddenly wondered if my parents would let me have a pet dragon. I took another step forward, and the dragon kept looking at me. I took several steps back, holding my hand out and motioning for the dragon to stay. When it didn’t move, I ran all the way back home. I raced into the house and went to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and picked up a piece of meat. When my parents asked me what I was doing, I said I had found a new pet. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to sneak back out of the house. They asked me what type of pet. I said, “you’re not going to believe me, but I found a dragon.” They just laughed at me, and went into the other room. I opened the door and raced back down the street towards where I left the dragon. At first I didn’t see it, but as I got closer, I saw it sitting on the roof again. I walked up to it and held out the meat. As soon as it saw what I was holding, It jumped off the roof and ran full speed towards me, nearly knocking me over. It ate the meat in two bites, and then sat there, begging me for more. “I don’t have any more.” I said, showing it that my hands were empty. It still sat there looking at me. I turned around and started to walk home, and the dragon followed me. “Shoo, go home, dragon!” I said, although I wanted it to stay, but I knew my parents wouldn’t let me. I kept walking, but it was clear that it wouldn’t stop following me. Then I knew that this dragon was destined to be my pet.

3 Wishes

If I had 3 wishes, I would wish for…

For my first wish, I would wish for a pet dragon. It would be my friend and never leave me. It would also protect me from other things that would try to hurt me. My second wish would be for a magical sheet of paper, where whatever I draw comes to life. (In miniature size, of course.) My last wish would be for an Ipad with unlimited battery.