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The final word
What will you remember most from your 8th-grade year at Fenn? When you think of yourself in September and you think of yourself today, how have you changed? What are you looking forward to as you think about your 9th grade year, whether that is at Fenn or at your... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Your Poem took me with you on your walk, Like you were a guide on a nature walk. Every new stanza was a new thing to look at. Great job!
A Morning’s Walk Through the Woods
Think of a morning walk in the woods Where the birds flutter And the squirrels ricochet from tree to tree And the brisk spring wind blows around you Making the trees sway from side to side Now look down And make sure you don’t trip on the roots Or get pricked by the prickers Or get br...
Your Poem feels like the reader is looking through your magnifying glass at the nature around you. Every stanza is a new view of your local nature.
A Walk of Spring
As I walk Along the path I see a tree, blowing in the wind With flowers at its base, blooming showing signs of spring I see grass: green grass, freshly cut An ant, scurrying along carrying a crumb in its mouth I hear bees, buzzing around Spreading from one flower to the next, each on the...
Your Poem takes the reader into your walk with your vivid details. The end was especially great in how you said "we" to include the reader in your detailed poem.
One Step
one step outside is all it takes to be able to see the breeze as it gives life to the trees freeing them and letting them dance around to hear to birds filling the air with sound songs that stay there forever to be able to see the snakes slithering through the grass trying to make it back ...
Your poem is very good in how it is detailed, but not boring because you add some extra humor to keep the reader interested.
Quarantine
It really isn’t that bad, being confined to your house in the rainy springtime. You might view it as being trapped. Well is that really true? Literally yes, but is that really bad? You can’t go outside in the rain anyway. It’s cold and rainy and you get soaked if you’re not wearing a ...
The bright call - nature poem 1
I hear a call, Softly calling, I hear a call, Drawing me in, The call doesn't stop. The call is relentless. The call gets louder, The call drags me out, I feel a graze on my face, a touch of warmth. Every Day, Every Day it calls, and Calls, and... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Wild Peace - nature poem 3
The fresh smells Taking hold of me I go further Further into the wild The crunching of leaves The sounds of the animals Perfect Peace No interruptions Forget about the world Embrace the wild peace Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Nature poem 2 - Return To Norm
Can't you open the doors And let people in I know what you want You want to leave You want to talk Talk to friends But you cant You're stuck inside Because of a Virus A savage virus You are cooped up inside With no end near Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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It is great how you are starting to value a room much more than before. You really show how you appreciate it more than usual, and how it connects you to your friends.
The good in quarantine
As everyone knows this quarantine has been and still is really hard. However there are some little things helping me through it. In my house we have a dining room which is never used and use to never go in there. know because of quarantine this room has became valuable to me because it is were I...
Your writing really expressed your love of bolognese. You definitely made it clear to the reader that you could eat bolognese all day, every day.
If You Were to Have a Refilling Bowl, What Meal You Make it Serve You?
I finally found it: the automatic refilling bowl. Now, I just need to figure out what I want it to refill with. I got it! Spaghetti bolognese, my favorite meal. In case you guys do not know what a bolognese is, it is a delectable three meat sauce. It is delicious. Most of the time, the pasta...
It is a great idea to go outside and make a bike trail, I hope it turns out well. It must be challenging to build a trail. Your writing was very detailed and made me want to go to your backyard.
What is something in your house that has become more valuable to you during your extended time at home?
Something not in my house but on my property that has become more valuable to me during our extended time at home is the woods. I’ve always had a big area of woods in the back but it has always been filled with snow during the winter or lots of plants and living things during the rest of the yea...
Nice job taking a very detailed look at how to grade people on their skills at staying at home. It was a good idea to add losses of points as well as gains.
A Rubric for a Day at Home (Blog #4)
A Rubric for a Day at Home I think my rubric would be mostly based on improving my physical and mental skills. I would say physical exercise could be rated based on intensity. The more intense the workout, the more “points” it is worth. A low-intensity workout for 30 minutes could be 5 points, w...
The automatically refilling bowl
There is a bowl, but not just any bowl; This bowl is special. This bowl refills with one thing, Forever. You may expect it to have something valuable, like money or gold or gems, but no, there is something invaluable. The bowl refills with tape. You may wonder: "why tape"?... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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What do you miss most about not being physically in school?
The thing I miss most about school is not being able to talk to friends. We dont really get to talk too much in zoom classes, so it is much different than school. I only can talk to people I am in a group chat with, and it is not... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Writing prompt "A secret lair"
If I were to have a secret lair, I would make sure no one could find it easily, and if someone found it they would not be able to get all the way in. My lair would be for comfort and not have a real reason to be around. I'm... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Thursday april 2nd classwork
During break march break/quarintine, my life has been going pretty well regarding that i can't leave my home. Over the past 3 weeks I have had lots of time to rest, so I am ready for school (even if it is online). I walked my dog a lot, rode my... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Your writing is constructed well and you did a good job answering the question
While going over my writing I noticed the...
While going over my writing I noticed the repetition of “this shows and “also. I repeat these because I often can not think of a good transition word or a Segway to describe a quote. Another thing I noticed in my writing, was that towards the beginning of the year I had commas where they were no...
Your writing is very descriptive and does a great job answering the essay question
1. Santiago’s father’s response to his desire...
1. Santiago’s father’s response to his desire to travel was surprising. Instead of shutting down Santiago's idea of wanting to see the world and forcing him to become a priest, he allowed him and supported his idea of becoming a shepherd. He told Santiago that their countryside is the best and h...
Midterm reflection
Posted Jan 6, 2020 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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This I believe
Download 2019-11-01_09-11-37_948 One part of the essay is a bit messed up when I read it, the real version is below I believe that no matter what people go through, they should always be resilient. I have had three concussions in my life, and they all have been terrible to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2019 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Your essay is very good. It is very descriptive.
Alchemist paragraphs
Discussion 1 Santiago reflects, “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting…”(13). Do you agree? Can you relate to Santiago? In the sentence, “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,” I agree with Santiago. My definiti...
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Posted Oct 29, 2019 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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Assignments 1,3,7,8:
https://drive.google.com/a/fenn.org/file/d/1vUzBlmV4rxHlkxpWn2NvXupinZ5CxUkh/view?usp=drivesdk
Crystal pg
Niko Weaver
10/2/19
After Santiago’s time with the crystal merchant he learns lots of skills; but most importantly, he learns how to read omens. Santiago, after he gets robbed needs to find work in Tarfia so he can pursue his personal legend. He decides to work for an old crystal merchant. Santiago cleans the crystal to make them more appealing to customers. The merchant has run the business the same way for 30 years, because he doesn’t like change; yet, Santiago teaches him to accept change. Santiago learns to read omens while working, so he improves the business and it becomes very popular. “One afternoon he had seen a man at the top of the hill, complaining that it was impossible to find a decent place to get something to drink after such a climb. The boy, accustomed to recognizing omens, told the merchant” (58). Santiago wants to sell tea in the crystal. The merchant approves of his idea and the shop’s business starts to explode. Santiago finally makes enough money to buy 120 sheep or go to Egypt. If he hadn’t read this omen he might not have enough money to go on the caravan to Egypt. The experience of working with the merchant teaches Santiago to look closely at life. This new skill leads him to be able to read omens. This skill of reading omens will help Santiago on this journey to the pyramids.
Essay
Niko weaver
10/18/19
What we learn from the journey
No matter where we go, we always learn. In The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo we follow a Shepard named Santiago from Andalusia on his journey to find treasure at the Egyptian pyramids. He is trying to realize his Personal Legend. On his way he meets a king, an Englishman, a woman of the desert and an alchemist. They all mentor him and help him find his treasure, but it turns out the real treasure is back where he started. The Alchemist teaches readers lessons about life and how to make sense of it. Specifically, The most important lessons taught by the book, are the lessons taught to Santiago.
During his voyage, Santiago learns about what true love is, and how to talk to his heart. In the Al-Fayoum Oasis, Santiago searches for The Alchemist with the Englishman. On his travels Santiago meets Fatima, a woman of the desert. When they first meet, they lock eyes and communicate with the language of the world. Santiago figures, “the language everyone on earth is capable of understanding in their heart. It was love” (95). With this knowledge Santiago attains, he now knows that just having a crush on someone or even being in a relationship with someone is not what love truly is. Santiago liked the merchant's daughter when he was just a shepard, but it was not true love; However, Fatima is different. She and Santiago connect with the language of the world. They both know that they are destined to be together. Santiago now has a devotion to Fatima, and does not want to leave the oasis; yet, Fatima urges him to pursue his Personal Legend because he can't let love get in the way of his Personal Legend, not even true love should get in his way. Because of Fatima, Santiago learns what true love is, and what extent to pursue it. Along with Santiago understanding what true love is from Fatima, The Alchemist teaches Santiago how to listen to his heart.
While Santiago is traveling with The Alchemist, he is taught how to listen to his heart. On their horses, The Alchemist and Santiago converse, and The Alchemist tells Santiago to listen to his heart because “it knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the world” (132). At first Santiago though his heart was treasonous, but it actually was Santiago that did not trust his heart. When he makes peace with his heart, His heart tells him about himself, about itself, and on the long days of traveling, his heart would talk to him to give him strength and stimulus. Santiago’s heart has always been on his side, no matter what was happening to him. When he was a shepard, his heart had saved him from being murdered by forcing him to stop. Also, when he was a young kid, his heart hid his father's rifle so the boy wouldn’t hurt himself. Santiago masters trusting his heart, and it helps him on the journey. The Alchemist teaches Santiago about his heart; because of Santiago now listening to his heart, his heart mentors him along his journey, and helps him find his treasure.
Experiencing true love and listening to his heart are valuable lessons that help Santiago achieve his Personal Legend and develop his character. Meeting Fatima and developing an understanding of true love grows Santiago’s character and teaches him even when he has true love, it should never get in the way of his personal legend. Furthermore, during Santiago’s trip with The Alchemist, he is taught to listen to his heart; once Santiago achieves companionship with his heart, he is mentored and given strength to realize his personal legend. When one decides to be open to new experiences and lessons, they get an understanding of the world that they never could have achieved beforehand. What people gain from the end of the journey can be valuable; yet, what they gain on the journey likely is more valuable.
Copy and Paste the following assignments from the...
Copy and Paste the following assignments from the Alchemist into a blog post. Separate them by assignment and include a header for each one. In class next week, you will reflect on your writing to date to note progress and identify growth areas Discussion Posts: Assignments 1, 3, 7, 8 Crystal ...
Free write Friday #1 Question 34
If I woke up with any superpower i would probably want to have telekinesis just because it would make things so easy. I could just float my phone into and out of my pocket. I could curve soccer balls so they would never go into the goal, and i could... Continue reading
Posted Oct 4, 2019 at 2021 (Irwin) Weaver, Nico
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