Title of article/video clip: Man survives for 4 month Andes ordeal

Link to article or video clip:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24013081

Who/What is the article about?  (1-2 sentences)

This article is about a 58 year old man who got lost in the Andes mountains while traveling from Chile to Argentina. The man survived and lived there for 4 months.

When and where did this story take place? (1-2 sentences)

This story took place in the Andes between Chile and Argentina . The man was found very recently.He went missing for 4 months.

What happened that makes this important?  (3-4 sentences)

This story is important because it’s amazing how this guy could survive in the mountains for all that time. The man’s name was Raul and when his motorcycle  broke down he had to go to a stone shelter that they have in the Andes. They found Raul suffering of dehydration and he couldn’t walk.

What is your opinion or viewpoint about this story?  How does this story make you feel? (3-4 sentences)

In my opinion I think this story is very interesting because it is not everyday a man gets found in a mountain shelter in the middle of the Andes . I loved seeing the video and was amazed. This story makes me feel concerned about other people going there  without  good transport.

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Two Questions:

1.Why did he get stuck in the Andes?

2.What would you do if you were him?

What was my first in impression of the novel?

My first impression of the novel was that I thought it was going to be scary because ok the cover and the title of the book wringer made me look and feel like it was about wringing things and a boys problems and that sort of stuff. When I read the back it told me that it was about wringing pigeons. At first I tought it was going to be a bit boring, but after I read a little I decided that it was a good book.

Did the main character make choices that you would have made why or why not?

I think that the characters choices were a bit scared and timid when he found the bird.I also think that he should be braver and expressed his feelings much more by saying and declaring to save the pigeons. I also think that he is trying to hang with the gang to much and he is doing bad thinks because of it.

Why do we need to know more than one way to solve a problem?

We need more than one way to solve a problem to make sure if your answer is correct and to see if you have understood the problem.

Plant cell

How did Humans end up in the Americas.

         I think that the early humans passed threw the land bridge and went down the coast of South and North america. On some parts of North America they had to use rafts because of the ice pack blocking the way. The artifacts and objects found date to around 1300 years ago in North America and South America. My mind changed when I learned about the artifacts under the river in Canada and that pollen that was dated at about the time that the early people passed the land bridge and traveled by foot and sometimes boat.

Tiete

No projeto Tiete a gente feiz uma investigacao do nascimento do rio e a gente feis algums projetos com tubos. Eu achei intersante porque a gente aprendeu de onde as aguas  fluem.

TKF reflection Map

In the house Kee- sup and Young- sup have the idea to make the pottery pieces on the line of the dragon kite, which helps them win the Kite Fighting competition. They also study with their tutor there and Kee- sup tells Young- sup about the virtues of Confucius. The father also says that Kee- sup has to flythe kite for the Kite Fighting competition. Kee- sup then persuades his father to let Young- sup fly in the Kite Fighting competition. Young- sup flies the dragon kite, wins and makes his family proud. I think that they interacted a lot in the different settings.

I think the most difficult thing to do in my TKF project was to plan and to organize the writing and the drawings. I think it was difficult because I only had one piece of paper and I had to write five paragraphs and I had to write neatly but my hand writing is a bit messy. In the end I organized it and the project looked very good.

The theme in The Kite Fighters

In my opinion the theme of the Kite Fighters is friendship and problem solving. I think it's friendship and problem solving because at the beginning of the story Young sup and Kee sup are kind of having  rough start and aren't being so kind to each other because Kee sup is jealous of Young sups kite flying and Young sup has to wait a week for Kee sups kite. Then further in the book they are really nice nice to each other. For example Kee sup went and supported and helped Young sup in the competition. They also problem solve how to win the competition.