In Language Arts, we read the book, The Last Cuentista. Then local artist Peg Gignoux came and helped us make our own books that had our ideal world in it. My story is attached below: Phycologia Incarnation This world was discovered and colonized in the year 3054, even though the founder was born in 2011. In the … Continue reading My Ideal World
On March 5th, 2024, the entire Durham Academy 6th grade went on a field trip to plant trees with Keep Durham Beautiful. We rode a bus for about 20 minutes to get to the place that Keep Durham Beautiful was renovating so that there would be low-cost homes in Durham. The 6th grade went there … Continue reading Keep Durham Beautiful
To learn about the history of stories and the types of stories that there are in the world, my Language Arts class started reading short stories called Wisdom Tales. The short stories are all about 2-3 pages long. They have an enjoyable story with a moral hidden in them. None of the morals are … Continue reading Wisdom Tales Comic
On October tenth, 2023, my Language Arts class, E period, started doing a plank challenge. The challenge was to do a thirty second plank daily, then add fifteen seconds a week. To keep track of our planking, we had a habit tracker to fill out that would say when we did the planking and when … Continue reading Plank Post
English gulf too the Coast Aye Me house in the summer There’d be a thrush on a stone ‘Twas one of his fiery nostrils Aye Surroundings those are clear as dew strange apparitions nature and blue eyes never me staring strange picture ‘Twould unawares Know me Homo Sapiens shattered nature aye thoughts’re a picture … Continue reading Blackout Poem
Some people read because they need to for a class at school or for a reward. Well, not me. I read because I can get pulled into different universes and sometimes find multiple in one book! When I read, I like to feel like I am there. I want to be in the moment, at … Continue reading Books
The book that I am currently reading is a Theodore Booone book. It is the 4th book in the series, Theodore Boone: The Activist. This book was written by John Grisham and is in the mystery genre. I chose this book because I had read the first three Theodore Boone books. I thought that they … Continue reading Window or Mirror?
One thing that I like to do is learn how things work. So Mr. Robbins, a science teacher, helped me learn about an engine called the Stirling Engine. The Stirling engine has three main parts: the wheel, the top piston and the bottom piston. One of the things that help this work is the fact … Continue reading The Stirling Engine
Camp Kirkwood On the day we went to Camp Kirkwood, I was nervous that I wouldn’t get on the right bus. But after my advisor, Mrs. Williams, told me that we were getting on bus 1, I was much less nervous. I also heard that there was a hurricane coming our way, hurricane … Continue reading Camp Kirkwood