Quote That Describes Me

I think that this quote is a funny, but true quote. It’s basically saying that while your still young, to live life to the fullest. 😇 This is the type of quote that’ll make you laugh but then realize it’s true.

Book blog #3 - Liar & Spy

I just recently finished my 3rd book which was called Liar & Spy. It was written by Rebecca Stead and it is a New York Times bestseller! The book was about a boy named Georges ( the s is silent ) who moves into an apartment in Brooklyn. He meets another boy that is named Safer (who is a “spy”) that loves to always be on the lookout for clues. Georges’s dad lost his job and his mother works long shifts at the hospital. George’s begins to get bullied at school by a boy named Dallas that mostly just makes fun of his name. Georges starts to hang out a lot with Safer and even says he’ll be Safers spy recruit. They both start investigating this mysterious man known as “Mr. X” who lives in the apartment upstairs. Safer begins to get really demanding and Georges starts to think if he is really his friend or if he just wants everything to be about them spying on “Mr. X”. 🔍 Overall this book I would give an 8/10. 💁

My Photo Album 💟

Something that is important to me is my photo album. This album is full of pictures with people in my family in it. I chose this photo album because it has a lot of funny and heart - warming memories. 💗 The photo album makes me happy and it makes me laugh because of all the embarrassing photos of me and my family. Everyone from my moms side is in the book and some of my dads side. I’ve had this photo album for 5 years. I remember when I was little me and my sister would love putting new pictures in it. I hope I can get more memories in my photo album as I get older. :)

Book blog #2 - The Hidden Summer

The novel I read was called “The Hidden Summer” written by Gin Phillips. This novel is about two 13 year - old girls named Nell and Lydia, (the main characters) and how both their moms were mad at each other. This led to their mothers not wanting them to hang out with each other anymore. They had been for friends for many years and they were both scared of losing each other. A solution for that was they decided to spend basically their whole summer hiding in an abandoned golf course. Obviously they didn’t want their parents to catch them so they hid during specific hours where they lied about having camp when really they were just hiding to spend time with each other. In the end they both moms forgave each other and everyone was happy. This book overall I would rate an 8/10.

Book blog : The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu

I read  “The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu” by Wendy Wan - long Shang. The book was about a girl named Lucy Wu which she loved to play basketball. She was thinking about being the 6th grade captain for the basketball team but had many obstacles along the way like Sloane. Sloane also wanted to be captain for the basketball team but didn’t even play basketball. She was very rude to Lucy which was one of the problems for being captain. She also had an older sister and brother. Her sister “Regina” was the oldest and they didn’t get along very well. They had lots of fights but she eventually went to college. She also had an older brother named Kevin. Since he was really smart and good at math he had no problems and Lucy and him rarely got into fights. Another problem was her parents wanted her to go to Chinese school. She was Chinese but wasn’t the best at speaking it. In fact she preferred American food over Chinese food  but yet the rest of her family preferred Chinese food,so she was different from the rest of her family. Not only was Chinese school a problem but she thought she was gonna have her own room when Regina left but her plans were ruined when she found out that she had to share her room with her grandmother”Yi Po” that was coming over for a while. Yi Po was very nice and caring. Lucy really didn’t like that fact that she had to share a room with her grandmother cause she thought it would be awkward but she ended up loving Yi Po and got to be captain of the 6th grade basketball team! My favorite character was Yi Po because she was a nice grandmother to Lucy and always comforted her when she needed it. Overall I would rate this book a 9/10 👌🏽

Quarter 1 - Grades Reflection! 🍉

• How has this quarter been for you? This quarter has been ok though I’ve noticed that I get so much more homework than we get in 7th grade! But overall this quarter has been pretty good.
  • How are your classes? Grades? I love all my classes it’s maybe I can do better in science. I got all 3’s but 2 2’s so I felt like I could do better in taking responsibility for my learning in science.
  • Always room for improvement:  What can you do differently next quarter to be successful? With your grades and your behavior? I can try not to miss even one day because I’ve noticed that even if I miss a single day have so much to catch up on the next.
  • What about outside of the classroom? Did you join any clubs, sports teams, etc…? If not, what do you plan to do next quarter to get more involved? I’ve joined cross country (running team) which was really fun because I found out that I really love not only running but racing too. 🤗 I don’t know if I plan to join everything else though.

Making Connections Blog! (Poem - Novel)

I read the poem On Revenge by Sir Francis Bacon. The poem connected to the novel because first of all the title is called “On Revenge”. For some reason it made me think about how the socs  always wanted revenge or how they always wanted to start fights with the greasers. The poem also talked about in one line that “we are commanded to forgive our friends”. It was kind of like Ponyboy knew that he had to forgive Johnny for what he did, even if  he did it on accident. Ponyboy didn’t really forgive him but he told him it was ok since it was an accident. Another thing the poem talked about was where in one line it said “a man is but even with his enemy”. This made me think of  all the greasers in the movie vs the socs which they thought of as “enemies”. 

The Outsiders - Movie vs Novel

The outsiders in my opinion did stay true to the novel. I felt as if in the movie everything happened pretty quickly since obviously it takes longer to read a book. The only thing that was different that I noticed about the characters was johnny. In the novel it said he was really pale but in the movie he was tan and/or dark skinned. The novel made me picture johnny in another way but when I saw the movie i obviously changed the way I looked and thought of him. I think that the actors did a really good job of not only delivering the novels message but actually being like the characters I read in the novel. I really only noticed small details like for example: In the novel dally robbed a store but when I saw the movie dally robbed the store and held up a gun to the clerk. If you think about it, it really is a small detail but changed the way I pictured it. Also Ponyboy even mentioned the "Nothing Gold Can Stay" poem just like he did in the novel like he did in the movie.

                                                             My Identity 

I am Hispanic and Mexican but also American. I am also 1 out of 5 sisters. I only have 4 sisters plus me and have no brothers. I am part of a dance company which i love to do. 💞  I used to really love gymnastics but I'm sadly not in gymnastics anymore. I used to be really flexible and could do a lot of tricks but now i am sadly less flexible. Now i focus more on dancing then gymnastics. I speak and am fluent in two different languages; English and Spanish. At school i talk in English and at home i talk to mostly in English too but sometimes Spanish. Those are just my main identities. 🐙

In 10 Years From Now...

In 10 years from now I see myself being a chef and possibly having my own restaurant. I have always wanted to be the owner of a restaurant. I would also see myself dancing. At this point right now I cant choose between different careers but these are some of them. I also see myself participating in dances and being in a professional dance class. I have been dancing since I was in fourth grade til now so I think there is a slight chance of me being a dancer. Another career I'm interested in is baking. Almost similar to as chef but different. If I ever do become a baker I would like to open a bakery where people can request whatever they want there. Finally this isn't much of a career but I would like to be an aunt.  Those are most of the things I would like to be when I'm older. :)

Chaos With My Adopted Puppy

  Once came a time where I thought that I was ready for another dog. I had a chihuahua for about 2 years but yet he sadly died from a car accident. So I basically waited around 2 years to get a new dog. My mom one day said there was gonna be an event at a lot of shelters called clear the shelters, which a lot of shelters were participating in so we decided to go to a shelter that was in Chicago ridge.

It was about 25 minutes away from where I lived. The adoption center opened at 11 am but we went at 8:30 am because we wanted to be really early. When we got there, their was around 8 people so we weren't in such a bad spot in line. While we waited my mom was talking to a bunch of ladies there and one lady specifically said she wanted a little puppy and we said we wanted a little one too.

Time passed by and those 2 1/2 hours were finally over. This lady who worked there came outside and said that before anyone can go inside and find a dog, we had to fill out an application before we went in. By now the line had grew and there was at least more than 30 people there. Once everyone handed back their application it was time to go inside. When they opened everyone quickly barged in.

When we walked i immediately noticed that there was so many big dogs. Probably more than 50 big dogs were there. We saw this really cute chihuahua but there was already stranding by it saying she wanted him so we couldn't get him. We looked for around 15 minutes and we couldn't find a little puppy. I then walked to the end of this aisle along with my sisters and there're was the dog that we wanted. It was a boy and his name was Joey. He was a shih tzu Maltese and unit was 1 years old.

We knew that this was the dog we wanted so my mom said yes and she went to go ask this really nice lady that we wanted this dog. This specific lady was really nice and sweet and she went to get a key to open his cage. When she was coming back with the key, behind her there was another lady with another key. She went up to the nice last and said that someone was already taking joey. My little sister immediately burst into tears because we all really wanted him and we couldn't get him.

The lady was very rude but on the other hand the nice lady felt bad and said that we could try looking for more dogs. But we looked for 15 minutes and we still couldn't find a little puppy. My mom said to stay here and see if he was really getting adopted or not. At this point i was about to give up and tell my mom if we could go home, but she said lets wait here a little more. So we did and then something happened. The super nice lady came up to us and asked if we still wanted to take him. My face immediately went from being sad to a big smile. We all got super happy but at the same time i was confused at why she didn't want him. In the end we signed papers and paid for his shots. After 6 hours we finally got to take our dog home which we renamed Cheeto. As we were walking out the lady was saying things like she still wanted her dog. So i thought she wanted him but they didn't let her for some reason. But in the end i was happy with my adopted puppy.