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Only One You – Book Response

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After our class read “Only One You” by Linda Kranz I thought that the book was talking about you do not always have to conform and sometimes you should be a non-conformist. This means that if your friend group is being mean to another kid you can defend that kid or play with him/her even if that is not what your friends are doing. I think that one of the ideas of this book about how you do not have to follow the crowd is kind of like Wonder where Summer went over to eat with Auggie when no one else would. She was being a non-conformist.

 

Another key point was sustainability and how you should leave the world better than how it was before you came to it. Kind of like how the   Native Americans used every single part of the animals they killed, they did not even waste the guts of the kill. This ties in with the book because it was talking about how you should appreciate the stars and find beauty everywhere.

 

Another thing I noticed in the book that on the last page of the book it says make it a better place and that is what it says in Michael Jackson’s song “Heal The World”.

 

The last thing I noticed is that the Quote  “Don’t fit in if you were born to stand out”, I think this kind of ties in with the whole non-conformity idea. It also ties in with the book because it says at one part  “Stand out when you have the chance”.

Research Projects

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In reading, we have been studying how to research using the research process. My animal study group researched coyotes. Our subtopics were Pups, What is a Coyote, Hunting and howling/communication. We organized our books from easiest to hardest, then we found the topics that appeared in most of the books and those became our subtopics. The most important thing that I learned about the research process was how to put facts you found into your own words.

 

After this project, we took everything we learned about research and used that in our country research project. I chose to study China with my partner. We used the Heathcote databases, our own knowledge and a book called “China” by Ted Park to study the different cultural universals of China. The cultural universals are: Politics, Social Aspects, Economics, Beliefs, and Cultural Arts. Once we finished researching and putting it in whichever category it fit into. We put all of our research in a Comic Tour Guide Book titled “The Cultural Universals of China.” My favorite part of the project was coming up with lines that my character would say. The most challenging part of the project was finding the right images to fit my project.

World War II Magic Tree House Fact Tracker

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The book I recommend is “World War II Magic Tree House Fact Tracker” by Mary Pope Osborne.

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This story is a nonfiction book about world war II it takes place in 1939-1945 in Europe and Asia. Japan and Germany want more land. United States wants to beat Japan because they bombed Pearl Harbor. Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and starts the war. Japan bombed pearl Harbor. Because of the attack on U.S soil, the United States declares war on Japan and Germany. After that America joins the Allies. At Midnight the Allies launch the biggest sea attack in history. Will Germany and Japan surrender? Read the book to find out. I think this is a good book if you like learning in a fun way, this is a great book you will enjoy.