I am poems, quarter two!!

I am poem

I am 11 years old

I am a basketball player

I am a student

I am a cat lover

I am a brother

I am a democrat

I am a percussionist

I am a baseball player

I am a Celtics fan

I am a Red Sox fan

I am a son

I am a kid

I am a gamer

I am love sports

I am a guinea pig lover

I am a Trump hater

I am a Hillary supporter

I am poem

I am athletic and intelligent
I wonder what the world will be like in one million years

I hear the leaves rustle

I see the river flow by as I watch the leaves fall

I want a clean world for all the animals

I am athletic and intelligent

I pretend to find life on Mars

I feel powerful and strong

I touch the fallen leaves blanketing the ground

I worry about what our new president will do

I cry when death approaches

I am athletic and intelligent

I understand the new president but do not support him

I say save the animals

I dream to one day have a family of my own

I try to make the world a better place

I hope to live to 100

I am athletic and intelligent

And in case you needed the Exemplar..by ME

I Am

I am a grandmother

I am a mother

I am a runner

I am a knitter

I am a classical singer

I am a piano player

I am a teacher

I am a sensitive person

I am thoughtful, wise, kind

I am a fiancee

I am a daughter

I am a sister

I am a mother-in-law

I am a motherless woman

I am a stylish dresser

I am a lover of bright colors

I am bilingual

I am a hard worker

I am a thinker

I am a believer

I am a facilitator of music

I am helpless sometimes to change the world.

I am someone you can count on

I am flexible

I am a graduate of Smith College

I am a graduate of Northwestern University

I am a passionate reader

I am a choral singer

I am a soloist

I am an opera lover

I am a moviegoer

I am an aunt

I am a cousin

I am someone who does at least one thing

I am fair

I am an art appreciator

I am lover of naps

I am a pop music lover

I am a concert-goer

I am a friend

I am a confidante

I am a listener

I am a walker

I am a laugher

a giggler

I am a giver of light

I am a perfectionist, a risk taker, a leader

I am an ocean lover, an island lover, a dog lover.

I am lover of the songs of birds

I am a sunrise and sunset worshipper

I am a list maker

I am well-educated, an intellectual, a lifelong learner

I am sensitive to the moods and emotions of others

I am a dancer

I am a food lover

I am a baker

I am critical of mistakes of my own and others

I am compassionate

I am a composer of songs

I am a writer of poetry

Short Blog on what is going on lately..

I have not written in a while because I have had to handle some situations which have made it impossible to keep up with everything here.  I am back and strong, however, and will be finding some wonderful topics to discuss very soon.  This past week was the first week of putting out grades on our new Powerteacher program.  It was complicated, because we are trying to tailor it to our needs, to our use of proficiency based learning, and grading, and it was not originally built for this purpose.  I believe it has potential, and I appreciate being able to write comments on every project or habit of work and learning that my students are working on, but I am also wishing that it would show what it is we are trying to show, and it would calculate only what we need to have it calculate.  Let us hope that quarter two is better for this and that we are in good shape to work with students on making their standards work for them and for us in Quarter 2!! Have a great day!

More Monologues

Monologue Statement:

It’s Good To Practice

If you never practiced. You wouldn’t get all the things you want. If you didn’t practice, and another person did, they might get better things, and might do better. For example, if you had a math assessment, and you never did your homework, and someone else did extra homework and was ahead of the class, they would probably get all the answers right. If you played an instrument in band, such as trumpet, and you never practiced, you would probably be making a lot of mistakes. If you were riding a bike for the first time, you would need a lot of practice riding it. Practicing will usually  help you understand things and learn better. If you practice, it will help you. So everyone should practice the things you like to do, plant to do, and want to do.

I disagree with the statement: I prefer Winter over Summer. I think Summer is better because during winter when I have to play football it gets cold and the ball is hard to throw. Also the weather deflates the footballs. You see this is why summer is the better choice. When it’s warmer and, ok there’s bugs but really who scared of a caterpillar, Sure Winter can be great with skiing and stuff. But come on, make the obvious choice SUMMER. You could chose Winter but what happens when you open your door and 5ft of snow falls on you. 3 hours later someone finds you passed out covered in 20 pounds of snow. Or you might be taking a nice walk. When someone throws a snowball at you and knocks you out. Then you wake up in the hospital. With the guy who threw the snowball at you sitting there. Those are some reasons why I think Summer is better than Winter. But if you still like winter I hope you also like getting white washed.

Monologue: What do I Stand For: I prefer Fall Over Summer

I prefer Fall over Summer

I prefer fall over summer because, during fall you start drinking pumpkin spice lattes and wear over sized sweatshirts. During summer you have to always have the air conditioner on and get millions of bug bites. During the fall you can watch binge watch 5 seasons of a show on netflix. You can't do that in the summer. You can wear uggs and make leaf piles. During the summer if you try to do something you always are late to sport practices. During fall harvest cup starts, you pretty much play soccer until you die. During the summer you can swim in oceans and go to lakes but even though it's summer the water still manages to be cold. Fall has perfect weather because you can go outside and not freeze to death. During the summer you get so hot you want to jump into a bowl of ice. Fall is fun because there are a lot of events that happen. Apple picking, cider donut eating, having intense netflix sessions. In summer you sometimes run out of ideas of what to do. In fall you don't.  Say you go bridge jumping and accidently slap you arms on the water do a painful belly flop off of 103 because you feel daring that day. I prefer fall over summer because you don't have to belly flop off of 103!  

More Monologues: Being yourself is better than fitting in with the crowd. ...

I agree with the statement, being yourself is better than fitting in with the crowd. That’s because you don’t want to laugh and cry in the same way everyone else does, when you can have an original laugh like this… or a cry like this… Why not? Join the club and be unique, with me. Being yourself helps you to develop self confidence because you have to be brave enough to do what you think is right, rather than just going along with what the crowd thinks.

Plus, it's easier and better to just be yourself, than to let others tell you what to do and what to be. People who don’t just go along with crowd, are more likely to believe in themselves. Also, not being in the crowd, you are more likely to be an upstander and not a bystander to bullying.That’s because if you feel like you have to be like everyone else, then you probably won’t get help or be help to people who are getting bullied because you either think the bullies will just start bullying you too or you think that everyone will be like that kid is weird because he is standing up for different kids. So, following the crowd is not always the right thing to do because say everyone jumped off a cliff. Would you? In addition, if everyone and everything was the same, than if someone said guess my favorite number. They would say 4 because everyone is the same so, everyone’s favorite number would be 4. Or, Heah guess what I have for lunch! What. A sandwich! Oh, yeah, Bill, Tom and I had that too, and so did everyone else in the world. But, if everyone is different… Dude, guess my favorite color! What. Green. Nice bro, mines Turquoise. Radicle. That’s why I think being yourself is better than fitting in with the crowd.

Monologues on What do I stand For?

I agree with the statement, being yourself is better than fitting in with the crowd. That’s because you don’t want to laugh and cry in the same way everyone else does, when you can have an original laugh like this… or a cry like this… Why not? Join the club and be unique, with me. Being yourself helps you to develop self confidence because you have to be brave enough to do what you think is right, rather than just going along with what the crowd thinks. Plus, it easier and better to just be yourself, than to let others tell you what to do and what to be. People who don’t just go along with crowd, are more likely to believe in themselves. Also, not being in the crowd, you are more likely to be an upstander and not a bystander to bullying.That’s because if you feel like you have to be like everyone else, then you probably won’t get help or be help to people who are getting bullied because you either think the bullies will just start bullying you too or you think that everyone will be like that kid is weird because he is standing up for different kids. So, following the crowd is not always the right thing to do because say everyone jumped off a cliff. Would you? In addition, if everyone and everything was the same, than if someone said guess my favorite number. They would say 4 because everyone is the same so, everyone’s favorite number would be 4. Or, Heah guess what I have for lunch! What. A sandwich! Oh, yeah, Bill, Tom and I had that too, and so did everyone else in the world. But, if everyone is different… Dude, guess my favorite color! What. Green. Nice bro, mines Turquoise. Radicle. That’s why I think being yourself is better than fitting in with the crowd.

Monologue

By Sabrina Wiseman

Which is easier to take care of? Hamsters or cats

Most people would think hamsters are easier

But I think cats are. Here's why.

With hamsters you have to clean their cage once every two weeks. And you take everything apart and wash the whole cage including the tunnels, replacing the bedding, and cleaning the food dish! But with cats all you have to do is scoop their poop out of a box, feed them a can of food everyday, and replace the water. And what fun is it to watch a hamster run around in a loop all day? Instead you could be playing with your cat, who is so cute when he chases those feather toys. Have you changed your mind yet?

Hamsters are so hard to hug because they're so small, but cats are just the right size to be hugged, especially a big fluffy cat. If you let a hamster roam around the house like a cat does, he would chew on everything and be very easy to step on.

So, if you want to do a lot of work but get no furry hugs in return, then get a hamster. But I prefer a cat!

The First Opera Story of the 2016-2017 School Year, by a 6th grader at YMS

An Unexpected Kind of Luck

An Opera by Lucy Kocev

Setting: Lily’s apartment in San Francisco, California. Modern time.

Characters: Lily, (10 year old girl) Skye, (Lily’s 8 year old sister) Max, (Animal King) Philip, (Lily’s partner), The dumpster animals (give Lily the news she is magical), business man (a man who is walking to work.)

Exposition: Lily lives in California, where she thinks nothing interesting happens. She stares out the same window all the time and nothing happens. (Lily sings “Nothing good happens here!) One day, a drop of rain splatters on the window. The raindrop turns into a downpour.

Inciting Incident: After the rainstorm, Lily heads outside and she finds a crystal the rain formed. When she holds it, her hand glows. She asks a businessman if he likes her crystal. (Businessman sings: “I cannot see the crystal, what are you talking about!”) She brings the crystal to the safety of her house, but Skye gets in the way. Lily knows the crystal is not safe at her house, so she brings it with her as she takes a walk around the city. Later, she steps on a mirror in the road and breaks it and sees a black cat on the sidewalk and gets good luck. Then, she finds a four-leaf clover at the park and gets bad luck. Her life is mixed up.

Rising action: Lily is walking in the rain with the crystal in her pocket. She hears faint voices, but the wet sidewalks are empty. As she walks towards an alleyway, the voices grow louder. Lily realizes some animals on the dumpster are talking. She can hear them! They tell Lily she is magical, she can summon rain and talk to animals. The critters on the dumpster told her this. They said they always knew Lily was magical, but never told her. She realizes her magical powers can help her get out of this confusion. The animals tell her that Max, the animal king can help her.

Climax: The animal king is the black cat she saw on the road. His name is Max. Max tells Lily that she can use her magic powers to get out of this mess. (solo: black cat: Find a partner to help you!) Lily leaves and tests her animal talking powers on a lonely squirrel and asks him if he would like to be her partner. The squirrel has looks of suspicion, but nods his head. Lily assures the squirrel that she can understand him. The squirrel jumps on her shoulder and stands proudly.

Falling Action: Lily and the squirrel (now named Phillip) are puzzled. Philip sings, “Maybe you can use your powers to fix this mess!” Lily thinks and remembers she can summon rain, so she makes a thunderstorm occur right before her eyes. A raindrop falls on the tip of her nose and a burst of light comes into Lily and Philip’s view. Her pocket bursts open, and the crystal flies away into the sky. Lily feels a mix of many feelings and she is blinded by the light that has filled the sky. Time stops and starts a moment later. Lily does not know what has happened, but she knows her luck is changed by instinct. She can feel herself piece back together Chorus sings “It’s a miracle”

Resolution: Lily still wants to keep Philip. Philip is Lily’s companion, and she can’t leave him. Philip agrees that he has to stay and they both live at Lily’s apartment. It will stay that way forever and ever. Lily realizes then she was being superstitious and that the crystal mixed up her life. Now that it is gone, her life isn’t a jumble. Lily now knows that she not only changed because the crystal is gone, but because her life isn’t boring anymore. She has a squirrel to look after, and maybe the rest of the world too...

 

  

Music:

It’s a miracle (Chorus)

Nothing good happens here! (Lily)

Phillip’s Solo

Businessman’s solo

Max’s solo