Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Historia de Infancia

Once upon a time, an armadillo who liked to sing. Every day, he went to a river that had frogs and frogs sang.

"I want to sing," spoke the armadillo.

"Armadillos can not sing!" Frogs responded

One day, a group of crickets was next to his house. The crickets sang and armadillo was very jealous.

"I want to sing," said the armadillo.

"Armadillos can not sing!" crickets spoke.

One day, a man carrying a cage with many canaries. Canaries sang very loud and armadillo was sad.

"I want to sing," said the armadillo.

"Armadillos can not sing!" Canaries spoke.

One day, the armadillo was for a sorcerer and wept.

"I want to sing!" Armadillo shouted.

"Yeah. But if I have a good voice for you, I have to kill you." The sorcerer said.

"I do not care! I do all the things you want"

After killing the armadillo, armadillo sorcerer turned into a beautiful instrument and gave it to the best musician. Finally, the armadillo can sing forever.



About the Author -

My name is Dana Zamat. I'm American and I'm 13 years old. I live in Brazil for 3 years. I like to play soccer and read. I was born in the United States.


Monday, May 12, 2014

Taylor Mali poem reflection



Taylor Mali recently visited our school and spoke about the importance of speaking confidently. It was amazing that he had come to our school and it was truly a once in a lifetime experience. Honestly, I learned more from his mini lesson about speaking than I have in my life. Mr. Mali spread the message of speaking assuredly. He told us not to speak softly, to articulate, and to not lean on anything. I believe this is great advice that public speakers should follow. It is something that is essential because otherwise you will look unprofessional. For this video I used the following images for multiple reasons. First I used them to create an image in one's mind when watching this video. Also I used some of these images to exaggerate the message I was trying to send throughout the poem; the importance of laughing at yourself.