Where The Lilies Bloom! 12/14/12

In reading groups we have been reading “ Where The Lilies Bloom”. A lot of things happened in the book. Mary Call who is the main character made some promises to her sick father before he got, so weak he couldn’t talk. His name was Roy Luther said promise to not let Devola get married to Kiser, don’t tell anyone about my death when I die, be the head of the house hold, and act like he is I am still alive. Devola is Mary Call’s sister and she has a brother and another sister named Romey and Ima Dean. Devola isn’t the smartest girl in the book. This story is about how Mary Call tries to live a normal life and try to keep her promises to her father who has died and provide for her family with all their needs. The themes of the book are Mary Calls problems with trying to provide, her siblings giving her a hard time, and family sticking together. I think this book is kind of sad and funny because Roy Luther dies so Mary Call has to take care of her family and the things they say or do is funny. There might be more on the book soon and please leave a comment and read my poem.

Snow Flake!

I am just like a snowflake

I am different then all of you

You see me and then you see my character

People are just like snowflakes

You all know who you are, but some are afraid to show it

I think we all should show our differences because they are who we are as people

They make us different and more special then the rest

We will fall like them and make mistakes

We all can try hard to make thing better

People want to be cool in a worried way

Be yourself and show how special you are to the world

Snow flakes we all are snowflakes

Be proud of who you are

Be yourself

- Teresa Dominguez  

           

            

Community Service

Last week we went to two different shelters. The first one was the Georgia Justice Project. We learned how they help homeless people who need a lawyer and they don’t have to pay a dime. Although the homeless people have to want to make their life better and they have to do the work too. When we were there we got to draw and color a T-shirt on paper. After that we went to the Genesis Shelter. We got to see how they help homeless families with a newborn under 6 months. They can only stay for 6 months and then they have to move on. They help the parents or grandparents get a job and learn how to live in our city. I think that community service is important because you help the community and for those who are in need. I hope you look at my wordle and leave a comment.

Appalachian Mountains

This week we started learning about the Appalachian Mountains and the people’s way of life. Up there they have to make everything like clothes, quilts, baskets, toys, tools, and instruments. Back in the olden days they had to do this too. There music is around the church and they sing their troubles away. They dance with the rhythm of the music that plays. They tell stories of the olden days and things that happened to them. How it all started was that people from different places came to the Appalachian Mountains because they wanted to be free and to not use things they needed from the outside world. They saw that they could make a path up the little one that was already made, but the only thing was is that the Cherokee lived there. The Cherokee taught them how to farm and hunt in on the land they were on, but a fight for the land broke out. The Cherokee had to move up north until in a few years they would have to move to the west. It was a hard life up there. Everyone was poor and working on farms and other places. When the country needed coal they didn’t give them really any coal. They were very out dated. Now they still live like the ones before them and sing songs. I think that is the way that their history is found. Please read my poem and leave a comment.

Appalachian Mountains!

I have seen it all

How you hunt, farm, play instruments, and mine

I love my home up here

I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE IT

It was hard growing up here

I had to work everyday

So did my family

I work in a coal mine for many years

Never went to school

I would play my troubles a way and get back to work

My friends all died in the mine from the coal

It was cold and dark

I will never forget working with them and in that mine

I missed them then and now

I hope my grand kids will not do the dirty job

I love my home hope I stay here until I am lade here to rest

- Teresa Dominguez    

                         

The Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears is a path the Cherokee Indians had to go on. How did it begin you ask? Well it all started with the whites and the Indians trying to compromise with each other. The whites said that you will have to be like us if you want any money, land, and if you what protection from us. The Indians agreed to be like the whites. Some of the Indians did not want to be like the whites. They learned how to write, read, farm, they went to school, they went to church, and they had jobs. They wore white mans clothes and lived in homes. A man named Sequoyah made the Cherokee alphabet even though he didn’t know how to read or write. They even had their own government system and used the whites way of government when they made their own, but all these changes were not enough for the whites for the Indians to be just like them. So they started to make a treaty to remove them once and for all. The whites wanted their land for good farming and when gold was discovered there they also wanted gold. This act was called “The Indian Removal Act”. They said you have two years to move or we will force you out.  The Indians didn’t want to move, so they came with a plan of their own. They sent John Ross to speak to the president about it. Well he did get to speak with president Andrew Jackson, but the only thing he said was “ It’s the GA’s and counsels problem not mine.” So they sent many treaties of their own, but they only looked at two of them. After a while of fighting the government John Ross and other people who were trying to help the Indians had to sign the removal. On the day of 1838 three days after the deadline the Indians were forced out of their homes carrying only what they had on them. Then they started their trip up west to Oklahoma. 12,000 out of 16,000 Indians died of coldness or diseases. Only a few made it, but others were not so lucky. That is the story of the Trail of Tears. I hope you see how wrong this removal act was. Maybe today we will treat the Indians of today better then we did  hundreds of years ago.                     

The Trail of Tears!

I have seen death

I have seen war

I have heard many guns

I have to learn the ways of the whites

Read

Eat

Farm

Write

Cloth

Life

Church

School

A Government

I want to be me again

Now we have to leave the land I love

Some people have be tread use

Andrew Jackson too

We sacrificed our life for him

Be tread by our own people

Solders everywhere

They poled me a way from my room

I had a big heavy soft blanket on me

Caring my baby brother in my arms

My mother is holding my hand

Walked for many a mile

My feet ace

Body aces

We travel with out stopping

I cry while my mother holds me and baby brother close

Travel for 7 months

We are cold and people are dying

Hard to survive

We make it to Oklahoma

- Teresa Dominguez            

Dahlonega

This week we went to Dahlonega. We went to a museum and the gold mine. The museum was cool and it had a lot of artifacts. I learned so much at the museum. We learned how they used a machine to crush the rocks to get the gold out and make coins. It was called a stamp mill. We learned how the used a method called Hydraulic mining to chip a way at the easy rocks. I loved the safe full of gold. There were gold coins, gold pieces, and gold dust. The coins were beautiful. We learned how they found how much the gold weighed. The used a scale and weights to see how much it is. Then we went to the gold mine. It was cold and damp. There were bats it the gold mine. They are the Georgia Brown bats and if you wake them up before April then they will die. They would be hungry and in shock from their hibernation mode. They were small, but full grown. Their wings go to about 1 feet long. We learned how the mining carts moved. The mine was like a big battery the iron holder was to hold the wire that was positive. Then the train tracks were the negative and that was not good for the brain. The gold mine was cool with the train tracks and the other tools that were left there. They used a hammer, pick axes, and shovels in the mine. Our guide at the mine is a world champion gold pannier and he can do it blind folded too. He is in the hall of fame. I think that was cool about him. He has 6 kids and he drinks to big jugs of coffee everyday. We panned for gold and I got 3 pieces of gold that is worth 3 dollars. I think this trip was great trip and I think we will have even more fun the next trip. Please leave a comment.                                      

Cloudland Canyon!

On Tuesday we went to Cloudland Canyon. It was so beautiful there and it had so many colors like red and yellow. We looked at the view and it was so breathtaking and we were up so high. The waterfalls were pretty too. Ms. Whitt spotted a baby lizard and I took pictures of it. After the trip and before we got back we went to Dairy Queen. It was so much fun and it was good after climbing up all those stairs. While we were there we made movies with a partner and it had to have vocabulary words in it. I am in three movies. First is me and Anna’s movie. Second, I was in Amanda’s because Morgan was not there. Third, Ajani and Chris put me in their movie, but I didn’t want to do it. We learned about how Cloudland formed. The water carved into the canyon walls. An upper waterfall there is 50 ft. tall.  Also, a lower waterfall is 90 ft. Overall, I think it was a great trip. I hope our next trip we get something else good and not have to climb up about 4,000 something stairs. Please leave a comment. 

Canyon Wall!

The canyon wall

Big

Strong

Stands up

Colors

Waterfall

Persists to stay like it is

Like me

Strong

Stays persistent

Stands up for me and others

The canyon wall is as strong as I am when I have to be

Big, tall, strong, and proud for making it this far

I’m proud of me and how I do every day

I am proud to sing the ‘’National Anthem’’ anywhere  I can

Proud of me and proud to live in the U.S.A

Proud

- Teresa Dominguez 

   

                    

Arabia Mountain

Last week we went to Arabia Mountain.  It was so much fun getting  to lead the class with my friends. When we were there we did lots of things like poetry, took lots of pictures, hiking, and measured a weathering pit. We first went on a hike on a trail were Ms. Whitt got us a little lost at the end with me and their girls. We saw quarry marks, an old jail building, salamander pond, and frog ponds. We got to go inside of the jail too. We also went to a lake which none of the other class couldn’t find. On the mountain I got to explore a little in a forest on the side of the mountain. We took lots of picture of things like the mountain, plants, and ponds. We wrote some poetry there too at the trail and the mountain. On the mountain we measured a weathering pit on the last part of the trip. It was a beautiful sight to see when we got to the top. The trees were changing colors.  The view was a little like Stone Mountain when we got to the top. Overall, it was a great trip. I hope we have even more fun at Cloudland Canyon next week on Tuesday.

                                         The side of Arabia Mountain.

                                 The little forest at Arabia Mountain.    

Arabia Mtn. and Stone Mtn. are both beautiful with nature. Arabia and Stone both have rock pools and weathering pits. They both have quarry marks. Stone Mtn. has a carving, but Arabia doesn’t. Arabia is older then Stone Mtn. Stone is much taller then Arabia. Arabia has swirls in the rock. They both have many things that are different and similar, but I think they were both beautiful. I hope you leave a comment on my blog.                                    

Path Poem

Oakland Poem

At Oakland Cemetery we had to think of a word that we thought represented Oakland. We pictures of letters on grave stones and made it in to a word. When we got back we made a poem about our word and my word is details.   

Oakland has so many details around the corner

An angel’s face is life like as if to show she or he is happy now

The lamb sits with exquisite beauty and innocence on its face

The lion is in peace with the Confederate flag with him, but needs someone to be with him He needs someone to remember him and what he stands for As he lays there with his back in pain

The Nichols have had a long good life and if I miss them

The detail of theirs life made my mom who she is today

The little boy sleeps in a shell He is as tired as a bear going to sleep for the winter

The dove in the glass

HOW IT FLIES TO THE HEAVENS WITH GRACE

The man sits and wants you to say hello whenever you come

Don’t expected him to ware a tie when you see him

SAY HI FOR ME WHEN YOU GO

The kids in the water never get wet from the rain

The kids are as dry as the white clouds in the sky

You can see for your self the beauty and detail of Oakland

And it’s just around the corner

- Teresa Dominguez        

  

The things I learned for this week is how to edit somethings in iPhoto. I learned about thirds in music. I also learned the history of Atl. I learned that the Native Americans had Atl. for 12,000 years. Also after the Civil War they had to rebuild all the railroads. In 1865 they had 5 railroads back in action. Hope you have some complements for me.          

Oakland Cemetery

Today at Oakland Cemetery we learned that there are different grave stones like bed and mausoleums. We learned who is buried there like Margaret Mitchell who wrote ‘’Gone With The Wind’’, Joe Jacobs owned a drug store that sold the first Coca – Cola, and Jasper Newton Smith who didn’t like to ware a tie and he wanted to greet people who came in. That is just a few of the many people that are buried there. We learned about what the Confederate Lion of Atlanta and that it was the stone for the unknown solders. And about Bobby Jones the golf player. He won the grand slam golf when he was about 14. That the most of what we learned.

I thought the first time before the trip I thought it was sad to see all the people there and my family members. But after a little ways when I was there I felt a little better. It was cool with all the graves and how the graves were made. The angles, the art on the them, and the how they put the plants. Sometimes to was loud noises, but it was fine. One of my BFF’s was there with me so we had some good times there. I hope to see my family members again tomorrow. I think I will. My class can visit them too. Over all it a ok trip and hope everybody enjoyed it.               

Weekly Reflection 9/7/12

This week I learned about watersheds in GA. A watershed is smaller more specific then a river basin. There are 52 watersheds in GA and 14 river basins. I also learned about all the rules of photography and about different music artists that came form GA. I think the week went okay, but next week I think it will be great. My  goal  for next week is to try not to stay up till 11:45 at night or even later.             

Weekly Reflection 9/4/12

Hi! My name is Teresa. You probably know me from singing the ‘’National Anthem’’ at the Howard basketball games. I love to sing because I’m so good at it. I love to doodle pictures I create in my head. My favorite type of music is country like for example Taylor Swift and other country singers. One of my favorite singers is Josh Graven. He isn’t a country singer. I am a tomboy and I love to go outside. If the buggies are not so bad outside. My favorite sport is basketball. I think school is going great this year. Hope you look at my blog.