One Big Family

Everyday at 1:45, the whole class comes together like one big family. We don't look like eachother, but we are a family noneoftheless.
Mrs. Benson is like the mom. She's in charge and she protects us.
Kennedi is like the wild child. She's always dancing and smiling.
Marrico is the joke brother. He always has something funny to say.
George is the debating brother. He always goes against something that someone says.
Lawerence is the quiet and sneaky brother. He's so quiet when Mrs. Benson is looking but behind her back hes wild.
Jermani is the quiet one. He's always quiet even when the teacher isn't looking.
Chelsea is the sister that can rap. She can always "spit" at the top of her head.
Rachel is the caring sister. She always wants to know whats wrong and always knows how to help.
Eimmi is the quiet writer one. She never wants anyone to know what shes writing.
Toni is the secretly caring sister. She always acts like she doesn't care but she really does deep down.
Mykel is the baby brother. He came late but hes still part of our family.
Jordan is the Crazy unique brother. He's crazy but different from other crazy people.
Maxcine is the quiet sister. She doesnt talk but you know shes always there.
Lyric is the sister with style. She always match when she dress. (Sunsearai added this part)
Brittnay is the secretive sister. She's super good at sneaking around.
Sunsearai is the nice sister. She passes up your papers and shes always polite.
Mark is the religious one. He's always preaching and giving guidince.
Damarea is the music sister. She always has some song in her head.
We all dont always get along but we always love eachother. Even when we do stupid things we always forgive one another. No matter where life takes us I know we will always remember room 216, our big family.

Resolution

Tainted Eyes

Left Alone Not understood
Hurt in my heart
Hunger in my body
Dagger in my hand
Cool metal glistening in
Dull Light
Knife pinching my skin
Inbetween bones
Pain overbearing
Have to release it
Cut 1
line of blood
cut 2
stream of red
staining my skin
loosing track
blood pulling on the counter
gathering on the floor
seeing a bag
pulled tightly over twigs
covered in red paint
a skeleton...
a nothing...
a piercing scream
wide eyes
innocent like a fawns
tainted by a horrific sight
seeing a river of blood
falling into
a ocean of onyx

A Promise

bound by the mixing of blood
a droplet of red
in crystal white snow
fate decided by a promise
a promise I'll keep
even if shes dead
a promise
to be as thin as a
withering flower petal
to weigh next to
nothing at all
to be a
Wintergirl

Skinny Not Enough

100 is weak
pouches of fat yellowing my skin
stupid/ugly/stupid/bitch/stupid/fat/stupid/baby/stupid/loser/stupid/lost
The thought of eating scares me
standing in the mirror
90 not skinny
seeing a pus-filled whale
people laughing when fat jiggles
never happy
80 will want to be 70
10 will want to be 5
only happy at 0
0 pounds=0 existence

The Han Dynasty: Was it a Civilization?

Was the Han dynasty a civilization? The Han dynasty helped advanced the ancient world in many ways. But, did the Han dynasty have the seven traits to be a civilization? Every civilization needs government, food supply, arts, religion, technology, social structure, and writing.          

  The Hans dynasty government was very simple. At the head of the government was the emperor. He lived in the capitol and ran the government with the help of two officials; high and low. High officials gave advice to the emperor. The low officials lived throughout empire. Their jobs were to check roads and canals and to make sure enough grain was stored in case of famine. The government helped the Han dynasty run smoothly and efficiently.

Food in the Han dynasty was for good health. In now northern china, one of the first crops was grown, Millet. Other foods grown in this area were wheat, steamed buns, noodles or pancakes with vegetables soybean products ,pickles, and sometimes meat, eggs, or fish. In now southern china, the most common crop is grown, rice. Other crops grown in this area were cabbage, beans, peas, and bamboo shoots. No matter what you ate, every ancient Chinese meal had fan and Cai. Fan means cooked grain. Cai means vegetables and side dishes. Food was very important to the Han people.

Craftspeople made many artistic things.  They were best known for using bronze. Craftspeople made vessels with geometric designs and pictures of mystical creatures; the most common picture was a taotie, an animal mask. Craftspeople also worked with jade. Jade is a very hard stones so the make objects they had so saw, file, and sand the stone. Some forms of art were believed to represent superior people so they were valued and very important.

Religion was very important in the Han dynasty. Han people believed in many things. Some were the Great unity, god of Millet, Houji, 3 Augusts and 5 Empires.  They also believed in ancestors. They were said the affect living relatives. Another was Buddhism. Buddhism was native to India. It arrived in Ancient China long before it was accepted as a religion. Religion influenced every part of daily life.

During the Han dynasty technology and inventions thrived. Some of the inventions were the watermill, chain pump, and kite. One of the most famous inventions was silk. Silk was so popular that the trading route in Asia was named after it, the Silk Road. Another large invention was the seismometer. The seismometer predicted forthcoming earthquakes. Other inventions included the wheel and paper. Though some were more important than others, each invention helped advance Han’s technology.

The Han dynasty could be divided into six social classes. The emperor and his family were at the top. They lived in the palace and got the best treatment. Next were nobles who fought in the king’s army. Craftspeople were after the nobles and worked with jade, bronze and other materials. Traders were next and they traded with neighboring regions. Farmers were the second to last class and the largest. They grew millet, wheat, barley, rice, fruit, vegetables and nuts. The lowest class was slaves. Most were captured during war and had to spend life building tombs and palaces. Each class had an important tribute to Han’s society.

The Han writing system was very complex. Instead of a few dozen letters, it had thousands of characters that represent morphemes and words. Pictographic were first seen on pottery. The symbols were said to be family or identifying ownership.  The ancient Chinese writing became more complex over the years as civilizations started making changes. Even though it was a complex writing system, it helped the Han people communicate and record history.

The Han dynasty was very important in the ancient world. They grew crops like rice and millet. And, they made vessels out of bronze. They invented paper and the seismometer. Also they believed in many things. And, they had an efficient writing system, government, and social structure. The Han dynasty had government, food supply, arts, religion, technology, social structure, and writing. So, the Han dynasty really was a civilization. 

Misleading aMericans

in virgina a fourth grade parent found a mistake in a history textbook saying thousands of african americans fought in the confederacy. i think that this is a mistake that could have been  avoided by reading and rewiewing your information. if other people are relying on the information it should be reliable. its important to review your work because people can get affended and you could get into alot of trouble.