November 26

The Salinas Estate

In English class we were assigned a group project where we needed to create a website for a Ranch in Salinas Valley, California. It needs to be based in Salinas Valley because that is where the story we are reading in English class is located.  The story is called “Of Mice And Men”. In our group we thought of the name “The Salinas Estate“. Our website is a modern take on an old ranch. We wrote about the food they eat, what they can do, their work, and lots of information specific to our ranch. I would love for you to check out our website using the link above.

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October 6

The 5373 Kilometer Legend

How different would the Marathon of Hope be if Terry could advertise his run? This week in English class we were assigned a social media campaign project about Terry Fox. Me and Superstar 31 created a slides presentation that shows different ways Terry could have advertised his run. We used many different tricks to try and capture the audiences attention like comedy and facts. One example of what we did is funny Tiktok posts about Terry Fox. Hopefully people learned from our posts and remembered the greatest Canadian legend who ran 5373 kilometers.

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September 20

My S.M.A.R.T Goals

S.M.A.R.T Goals are goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. S.M.A.R.T goals are great because you can achieve what you want to achieve realistically. Once you set goals they are easy to achieve because you know what you want to complete. I tried to make my goals as realistic as possible, so here they are:

My S.M.A.R.T. goal is… Two practical steps I can take to achieve this goal are…
Get over 92% on my next three French tests.
  • Study day by day without procrastinating.
  • Practice speaking French out loud with my parents to practice my verb conjugation
  • Doing Duolingo for 10 minutes a day
Making 50% of my shots in the next three games I play for basketball
  • Practicing my shooting at home from close up and far
  • Playing basketball during recess and whenever I have the chance
  • Playing 1v1s against friends and family to practice my shooting mid game.
Being able to bench press 10 pounds more by the end of October.
  • Working out twice a week
  • Focusing on chest exercises 
  • Eating lots of healthy food and protein
Finish 2 books by the end of October
  • Read my book every night
  • Watch less television to save space for reading
  • Read interesting books so I can read quicker
Make in into the gifted program
  • Practice puzzles and patterns
  • Read more books to practice my comprehension skills
  • Learn trivia to help with memory
I want to improve my typing in Hebrew
  • I can memorize where each letter is on the keyboard
  • Practicing Weekly
I want to improve my Hebrew reading
  • By practicing 3 times a week
  • Reading more books in Hebrew
I want to speak Hebrew at home to practice my Hebrew speaking.
  • Speaking Hebrew with my siblings
  • Convincing my parents to let us speak Hebrew at home.