How do I think BeanPole will help Henry and Will?

Well I think that he will help Henry and Will just because well he is actually really smart. Well the reason why I think that he will help Will and Henry on their journey is because well he is a really smart person and he seems to know his way around everywhere and he knows things that well the boys wouldn't have thought of. I think that he will help them when they are going through hard times just because he is very intelligent and gets really cool ideas. I think that is what they would need because whenever they are stuck they have somebody who is smart to come up with a good plan instead of them coming up with a bad idea. I'm not saying that they are not smart I am just saying that it would be better for them to have someone who knows what they are doing with them. Also he seems to know his way around and all of the short cuts to get places. So I think that will help them get to the White Mountains easier with a lot less trouble.

Since he knows short cuts and easier ways to get there I think that, that will make the journey a lot easier for Will and Henry. Just because he knows like people and he knows like transportation devices like when he got the horses and that was a lot easier than them having to walk and run. They would have taken a lot longer. Also that gave them a chance to rest. So that definitely makes their journey easier for them. He might even know things about the White Mountain that might help them. I think that he has a really nice personality and if Will and Henry get into a fight he will help them get back together and focus on what they are trying to do. Also he seems to have quite a determined personality which I think is what they need to keep them on track.

Belfast Presentation

1) What you believe you did well on the project?

I think that I did quite well with my eye - contact because I didn't just look in one area the whole time I would look at people and not just one person. I would look around the room at different people. Also if I needed a little help I would look at my script or up at my presentation but not for a long time only if I had totally forgotten where I was. But other than that I would look at everyone to make sure that they got attention from me. I also think that I did quite well on my information. Well I wasn't here so i'm not quite sure if I had the correct information needed but I did have some quite good information. I think that I did quite a good job finding it on all of the different sites and putting them down. I made sure that I didn't put down information that was not needed because that would just have been a waste. On every page I made sure that I had a bullet point with information just in a short sentence and when I was explaining it I would give a little more detail than what I had written down. Those are the two things that I personally think that I did well at but i'm not sure if everyone else appreciated it.

2) What you would improve for future presentations/projects?

I think that I could have been a little more prepared because on one of the slides I had no images at all. These images were indeed needed and there where none on it. This slide gave information about the Titanic and where it was built. I think that if I had a picture it would have helped the audience see where the location was and how close to the sea Belfast was. Also I was acting a bit silly but I do that when I am nervous but next time I think that I should act a bit more serious about what I am talking about. Because I can distract people sometimes. I do this when I am nervous to tell myself that I am ok talking in-front of the class but next time I definitely think that I should be more prepared and focused.

3) What did you learn from your preparation (for your presentation) in addition to the presentations of others?

Well I noticed that most slides had an image on at least every page I did not. Also they talked really loud and where more serious than I was. They would just stand up there and talk about their topic wheres I would stand up there and say things that were not needed such as " Well I don't think I did this correctly." I think that was not needed and should have just got on with my presentation like the rest of them did. I also noticed that many of them had fancy features and pictures in which I did not. I think it would have been nice for me to have decorated my slide a bit. I also think that it would have been nicer for the audience to see it decorated.

4) What is your analysis of your performance?

I think that I did ok in my performance. It wasn't the best I have done in my life but I think it didn't go bad. I think that I could definitely have done better but for next time there is always room for improvement. I think that my eye contact was definitely one of my strong points in the presentation and then my presentation on the slides was my low bit. I think that when I spoke my voice wasn't loud and wasn't too soft it was loud enough to be heard so I do think that people could hear me ok. But yes I definitely think that this was not one of my strong presentations and I think that I definitely could have done much better but like I said there is always a next time and from learning from this presentation I definitely have to do better in my next one :)

https://docs.google.com/a/iskl.edu.my/present/edit?id=0AYER2mbzGPBBZGc0NHAzM21fNDFnNW1nMzdmdw&hl=en

Working with a Partner

Well working with a partner was yet diffecelt and easy at the same time. One definit benefit was that you did not have to do as much work as you would useually have to! That also made it a whole lot easier! Plus it also helped me with my team work skills because useually I don't normally work with other people that are not my friends! So I think it was a good experience for me to work with new people who had different learning abilities than me. Like Isaid we didn't have to do that much work which was a big plus for me! Sometimes I took it as an advantage! But I also found it good because we could both help each other with what we needed help with and what we didn't understand.

   One of the down sides was that we needed to communicate with each other more often and also we had to work a bit harder to make sure that it was good. Because we were sharing our grades and it would no be fair to get there grade lower because you did not try your best. Another down side to this was that we had to make sure that the other people had done their work. So it made me come online more often to check on what Nick had done. Also we also got a bit worried if the other person did not finish there work or wasn't as good. Because we were both worried about our grades.

   Well some understnadings I gained from the novel were diffinitely that Charlotte is very determined. Also in Nicks passage it made me learn a whole new side of Charlotte that she is a very sweet loving girl but yet very courageous at the same time. I think I learned that because Nick had brought up a whole new side in his passage that I did not see or ever think of. So I definitely think that this has helped me learn a whole new side of the book.

Literature Circles Reflection #1 Charlotte Doyle

Well from my title you know I have been reading the book True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. We also had to do a lit circle on it. In our lit circles we have a sheet that we have to complete. We also have a dead line when we have to be done with it and bring it into class. When we bring it into class finished and completed we are supposed to share with our group what we wrote. We have to have a disccusion on it and ask questions and share our ideas. So this is mainly what these paragraphs are going to be about.

     The disscusion helped me understand the novel because we get to hear other peoples ideas on the book. Any parts I am confused on when other people share their ideas it helps me understand more because they put it into simpilar words and then I have a better time understanding. Also it makes me see some interesting parts that I had not even realized in the book and some very important parts too. Sometimes I miss some parts that are really important to the book and whenever it comes to the interesting parts I never really understand. Also some questions that I have had other people have had too so then we can see some of their answers and compare and find new answers that might just be the right one. It is also quite fun because some answers that we have are actually completly wrong and it is really funny because they are not even close. But it is alright because we all have great fun!

   Some connections I have made during the discussion is that sometimes we have the same passage that we find interesting. It is really cool because it shows that our minds think alike. Another connection is that we sometimes have the same questions and it is cool because then you don't feel like you are the only one who doesn't understand and have a question. We sometimes have the same answers to question and ideas.

   Some predictions I have are that Charlotte might have a longer journey than she expected. Also maybe she might not even make it to see her father in America she might be put into prison because she was accused of murder. I think this only because of the infomation on the back of the book. Also I  think the knife Zacharia gave to her might just have something to do with the murder. Maybe he gave it to her for a reason. Maybe he is trying to get her accused of murder. Why else would he give her a knife? Well maybe that could be a question for my lit circles. But I definitely predict that something bad is going to happen to her. These were a couple of ideas I had for the book and the questions on Mr. T's blog.

 

Why is Papa New Guinea not as advanced as Australia and New Zealand?

Why is Papa New Guinea not as wealthy and as advanced as Australia and New Zealand? Is it because its a different country? Well that is kind of a dumb answer. Well here is what I think. I think that Papa New Guinea is not as advanced because not many people are there and there is not as much cargo as Australia and New Zealand. Also Australia has a large population same as New Zealand but Papa New Guinea not to much well not as much as Australia and New Zealand. These two countries and busy with people working and living there this means it will have more cargo because there are more people there to bring it there. But in Papa New Guinea there is not a large population so they will not have as much cargo and as much money to get such advanced things. Like for example here in Kuala Lumpur there are tons of people but in the Kampungs there are not as much people. So there is not that much money and they are far away from everyone else so since they don't have money they will not be able to get that type of transport to transport them to work.

  So is this another reason? Is it because they are far away from everybody? That is another good inference that I can make. I think this is a good inference because. When we are far aways from where it is most populated people will lack on what is modern. Also when we went to Kuala Selangor  it was no where near as modern as it is here in KL! The toilets are filled with ants the hostel was basically a room with a bed. But this brings us to another reason. Maybe because they might not have enough money. Where are they supposed to get the money from anyways? When they are so far away from modern areas? Maybe there is no money at all! Without money you cannot buy anything or get anything new.

  I think we have found our point here. Because they are so far away from everybody the will lack of knowing what is happening in the world. They will have no money they will not be able to get any money because nobody will be able to send it to them. If they could send it to them then how would they be able to find out where they are. Because they don't have any technology. I think if people could help they would but they can't. I think these people have been forgotten about and people have not thought of them. People might not even know about them because they have no evidence that they are there. Other than food and stuff like that. Sure they are there, but people wouldn't know that because well they have not thought of them or ever seen them or know where they are. I think its because these people are far away and they do not have any money. Think of us. We are modern because we live in the city and have tons of money well not tons but we do have money. I think that is a good inference to this question!

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Daily Mud Skipper Report

     Hello my fellow Mud Skippers! How are you today? This is again the Daily Mud Skipper News Report! We have been getting calls in from millions of Mud Skippers I mean from all over Malaysia! They have been having these strange humongous beings coming through their homes and crushing them! This is no joke I have witnessed this myself! One youngster said " They are like so big and I mean like so big!" Another Mud Skipper said " We were sitting down cleaning our selves when these huge beings come through! Why are they doing this to us?" Well that is a very good Question Why are they doing this to us?

    There has been a big talk. On Why they are doing this to us? Somebody said that they saw them planting a sapling. Was this the reason or are they just coming in to destroy our homes for fun? Or are they trying to destroy our old homes and make new ones? Was this it? Was this why they are here? Thats what we don't know and our trying our best to find out. Just a day after this incedint some more strange beings came in this time we had a plan. We would run and try and stay as far away as possible but of course something bad happened. After all of our effort to try and escape, the beings stayed at the side and went no where near our homes. What a bummer that was.

   That night when I went to bed I lay awake thinking. " All the beings who have came here have all planted sapling may be this is why they are here." I got up the next day and headed to work I was dying to tell my friends at work and to type it up so people can hear my ideas. Well this is it. I think that these people are coming to our habitat because they want to plant these saplings. They weren't trying to harm us they were only trying to make Mother Nature happy! Well no wonder I think this is the solution to the problem! They did not want to harm us they only wanted to plant the saplings. Well that did do the earth good but not us. Even the crabs were harmed and scared and that is very unusual.

  Well once again this is the Daily Mud Skipper news. We would like to hear your story's and opinions on this situation. If you have any don't come to Sapling nine since it was destroyed come to sapling 21. Hope you have a great day and be careful you never know when those beings will strike again! This article was typed and written by Slimy Stuff. Once again thank you and keep safe!