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The plow, the sickle and the hoe
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:34 AM GMT0 •
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The Mesopotamians were the first farmers. They lived in what’s now Iraq in 2500 B.C. They invented a lot of things because there were a lot of problems in Mesopotamia, so they became great problem solvers. Some of the most important inventions were related to agriculture; the plow, the sickle, and the hoe.
How the plow works--
The plow is dragged by an animal and the farmer walks next to it. It is used for breaking up the soil and making little holes for the seeds to fit through. The sickle looks like a scythe used for harvesting the crops once they are ready to be traded. The hoe is used for weeding the weeds in between the crops.
Why was it invented?
They invented these agricultural tools so they could make more surplus and to farm faster and easier. Today we farm very fast because they invented agricultural tool. Before they invented the tools farming was very slow. In a couple of years people will be even faster in farming.
How it improved lives--
It improved their lives in different ways. One way was they had more food to trade with and if you have more stuff to trade with you can get so much more that you really need. Another reason is more surplus to store.
They are still being used--
These inventions are still being used now in farms. If this invention was not invented there wouldn’t be so much population around the world because we wouldn’t have enough food to feed everyone. That is why these tools are very important in life.
Now that is how the plows, sickle, and hoe are so important. You should be very thankful of all the food you have. Thanks to the Mesopotamians.
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:34 AM GMT0 •
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Planning a trip
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:32 AM GMT0 •
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It was finally Saturday. My family planned to go to Faraya for the day. We were already packed and ready to go. I was so exited to go skiing. I had been waiting for the past month. It was the second time I go skiing.
I went to my mom’s bedroom and asked her, “What time are we going skiing?”
“Right now”
“So should I get dressed now?”
“Yes.”
I went back to my room and got dressed, brushed my teeth, and put on my shoes. RRRIIINNNGGG!!! That was the intercom ringing. I answered the phone. “Who is it?” I asked.
“Taxi.”
“We didn’t ask for a taxi.”
“Give me your mom.”
I put the phone aside and yelled, “MOM, someone’s on the phone!”
My mom came and took the phone, “Hello.”
“You called for a taxi.”
“No”
She looked in the screen next to the TV and didn’t see anyone. Then she told me, “Someone’s pranking us.” Then she told me to go see who was on the phone.
When I got down there I saw my dad talking to my mom and saying, “You ordered a taxi.”
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:32 AM GMT0 •
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My Socks
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:31 AM GMT0 •
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“Raaaaaaaaammmmiiiiiii” yells my mom. I swiftly run to the kitchen. She is washing the dishes. “Pick up you’re stinky socks off that dining room table. RIGHT NOW!” She says.
I went to the dining room table to look for my socks. I heard people fighting from outside. I was used to it because usually in Beirut there are always problems with people yelling. The moon’s sunlight was reflecting on the dining room table. I began to look for my socks. While I was looking, I saw the white kitchen towel. I decided to take it to the kitchen counter next to where my mom was washing the dishes.
I went back to the dining room table to continue looking for my socks. I looked under the dining room table, on the table, and around the table, but I still didn’t see those socks. I gave up looking for my socks.
“Raaaaaaaaammmmiiiiiii!!!” yelled my mom for the second time. I walked to the kitchen upset at my mom’s imagination. I entered the kitchen. “I don’t get you, Raami. I told you to pick up you’re socks thinking you are old enough to know that you should put them in the laundry basket not on the counter next to the sink.” My mom yelled. I stared at my mom for a while and she stared at me waiting for me to pick it up. I lifted it and showed my mom it was the towel not my socks.
She laughs for quite a while until I say, “Let me make sure that my socks are not on the floor in my room and they are in the laundry.” I go to my room and see my socks. So I pick them up and go to throw them in the laundry basket.
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:31 AM GMT0 •
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Michael Phelps
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:29 AM GMT0 •
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Michael was born in Baltimore, MD, in 1985. He is important because he is a very fast swimmer.
Michael won many medals and he is still winning more. His mother, Debbie works as a school nurse, and his father, Fred is a Maryland state trooper. He started swimming when he was 7. He is younger than his 2 sisters, but is faster than them when he swims. He enjoyed playing lacrosse, soccer, and baseball until he was 12.
In 2,000 when he was 15, he became the youngest male swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games since 1932; and finished in 5th place in the 200m butterfly. In 2001 he became the youngest man to break a record in the spring nationals. In 2003, he became the first swimmer to set five world records and won 2 silver medals and 4 gold medals. First man to win 3 different titles; also the first man to win 5 titles in 1 national. He won the prestigious 2003 Sullivan award. He graduated to college May, 2003. In 2004 he won 8 medals, two bronze, 6 gold. In 2005, he won five medals, 4 gold, and 1 silver.
He is still swimming, and planning on getting more medals. He is now 22 years old and probably one of the world's fastest swimmers.
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:29 AM GMT0 •
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The phone call
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:27 AM GMT0 •
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“Hello”, I say when I answer the phone.
“Hello, this is me, your cousin” says the voice on the other end.
“Which cousin? I have so many cousins.”
“Guess?” he says.
“I’m guessing and you’re voice isn’t familiar!” I yell.
“I’m Hammad” he says.
“Wrong number.” I reply and quickly hang up.
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:27 AM GMT0 •
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Caught on a lie
Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:24 AM GMT0 •
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I ate a brownie without eating lunch.
“Raami,” says my mom, “did you eat a brownie?”
“No,” I say nervously, “I did not eat a brownie.”
“Then, who did if you and I are the only ones in the house?”
I didn’t answer.
That is how my mom caught me lying.
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Article posted June 10, 2008 at 08:24 AM GMT0 •
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My Voki
Article posted April 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted April 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM GMT0 •
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Michel goes to fourth grade
Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:53 PM GMT0 •
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Today was my first day in fourth grade. The good news is that I have the nicest teacher. Her name is Miss Raner. The bad news is that I have Ali in my class. Ali is known as the school bully.
One day when I was eating in class and Miss Raner was in a meeting, Ali threw my lunch box in the garbage. Later on, when Miss Raner returned to class, she spotted my lunch box in the garbage can. She told me to go down to the principal’s office and tell the principal that I was throwing food in the garbage. I told Miss Raner it wasn’t me. At first she didn’t believe me, but then Dani told her he saw Ali throw my lunch box.
Miss Raner was looking for Ali but she couldn’t find him. When a long time passed she decided to stop wondering about him and start teaching the class. Suddenly the intercom rang and it was the principal asking if Ali had permission to copy the report cards. The teacher said back, “Please send him up with a teacher and can you also have the teacher carry the report cards to me. Thank you.”
When Ali came back with the teacher by his side Miss Raner told him to leave school for the rest of the day.
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Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:53 PM GMT0 •
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Lebanon
Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:51 PM GMT0 •
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Lebanon is found in the Middle East. It is located on the west of Asia and on the east of the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded by Israel and Syria. It has 9 cities. They are Beirut, Byblos (Jbail), Tripoli (Trablos), Sidon (Saida), Tyre (Sour), Baalbeck, Anjar, Jeita, and Beiteddine. The capital City is Beirut. Lebanon is 10,452 square kilometers. Lebanon has coastal areas on its west, mountains between the sea, and a desert on its east.
There are four seasons in Lebanon: the winter with temperature varying between 13C and 15C, the spring with temperature varying between 15C and 21C, the summer varying between 24C and 27C, the fall varying between 26C and 19C.
Lebanon has so many landmarks. For example, there is a Temple of Eshmoun, Castle of Saint Louis, a great mosque built by Khan el-Frang, Rafik Hariri Airport, Beqaa valley, the coastal plain, the rouche, and the western chains of the Lebanese mountains.
Lebanon is also full of history. For example, in Tyre, Alexander the Great laid siege to Tyre because of their wealth and all their power.
In Lebanon there are trees called the cedars. They are the most popular kind of trees in Lebanon. What makes them popular? It is that they don’t lose their leaves even in the winter and they don’t die. The cedars have such a strong smell that not a germ can go near it. There is even a picture of the cedars on the Lebanese flag.
The people of Lebanon mostly speak Arabic. There are also people in Lebanon that speak English or French. Some Lebanese foods, drinks, and kinds of dances are Tebouleh, Fattouch, Mutable, Fish Kibeh, Arak, Anis flavored alcohol, Mezze, Chawerma, and Dapke.
Lebanon is a democratic country with a president and a cabinet headed by a prime minister and a parliament with 128 members.
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Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:51 PM GMT0 •
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Mountains, Volcanoes,and Earthquakes
Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:39 PM GMT0 •
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The Earth has three distinct layers. The crust, mantle, and core. The outer one is the crust. It is very thin and it’s made out of rock. The mantle is beneath the crust and it is solid. The core is the center of the Earth. It is made out of iron and molten rock.
The crust is cut into many pieces called plates. There are 12 major plates. Even though these plates are huge they actually float on the mantle. But they only move a few centimeters a year. The movement of one plate could affect another plate. When two continental plates collide they make mountains. When a continental plate collides with one oceanic plate volcanoes are formed. When two continental plates separate they make new land. When two oceanic plates separate they make volcanoes and new sea floor. When two plates pass each other they make earthquakes. Over 1 million earthquakes happen a year, most of them small ones you can’t even feel.
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Article posted April 1, 2008 at 06:39 PM GMT0 •
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Moraines
Article posted March 31, 2008 at 11:12 AM GMT0 •
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What do mountains, moraines, volcanoes have in common? They are all landforms!!! Landforms are physical features on earth surface. The type of landform I’m going to talk about are moraines. They smell like mud and ice. They look like mounds of ice and soil all together.
Moraines are formed because of glaciers sliding. Glaciers carry rock and soil with them. Then they melt and leave behind a trace. Most of Denmark is covered by moraines.
Till is something very similar to moraines. Till is the same thing except they are formed from the glaciers from the ice age but moraines are from the glaciers currently existing.
You find these landforms in the alps or where glaciers are located. The reason for this is that they are left by glaciers and if there is no glacier it is not a moraine.
The most famous moraine is in Denmark. All of Denmark, like I said, is all one moraine.
Moraines help people learn where the glaciers were during the ice age. They help in science.
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Article posted March 31, 2008 at 11:12 AM GMT0 •
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Iditarod Assignment #3
Article posted February 18, 2008 at 12:45 PM GMT0 •
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1. What direction is Nome from Anchorage "as the crow flies?" ("As the crow flies" is an expression that means in a straight line from point to point.)
North West from south east.
2. The journey from Takotna to Cripple will take you through what checkpoint?
It will take you through ophir.
3. The journey from Kaltag to Unalakleet will take you in which direction?
It will take you south east.
4. Although the journey from Anchorage to Nome is mostly northwest, there are some parts of the trail that will take a musher northeast. Between which checkpoints on the trail will the mushers head northeast?
Anchorage to Eagle River, and from ophir to cripple.
5. As you check in at Skwenta, Mt. McKinley is about 50 miles due north of where you are. You then travel the 45 miles to Finger Lake. As you check in at Finger Lake, Mt. McKinley will be in which direction?
North East.
6. According to the map, which checkpoint is farthest east?
Wasilla
7. Which consecutive checkpoints appear to be the farthest from each other?
Unalakleet and Kaltag.
8. Which consecutive checkpoints appear to be closest to each other?
Anchorage and Eagle River.
Something to think about: How could a compass and a map save a life in the Alaskan wilderness?
You could tell exactly where a checkpoint is where their won’t be any danger.
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Article posted February 18, 2008 at 12:45 PM GMT0 •
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The Haunted House
Article posted February 13, 2008 at 11:19 AM GMT0 •
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It was Halloween. I didn’t like Halloween but I still celebrated. I didn’t like Halloween because I was scared. I was scared because when I was younger my older brother would scare me with his Dracula. Now I am totally scared of people in costumes.
I lived in Beirut. In Beirut they had very freaky costumes. My mom would always tell me to face my fears so I decided to go to the haunted house right across from my house that weekend. Days passed and I told my mom I was going now. She gave me a peanut butter sandwich and said “bye.”
I crossed the street and entered the house. It was totally dark in the house. I slowly closed the door behind me until it was totally shut. I slowly walked deeper in the house. All of a sudden candles lit by themselves. The next thing I heard was a really loud, “Get out of my territory!”
I paused and said frightened, “Where are you? Show yourself.”
The voice laughed and said, “I can’t show my body to you. I’m a ghost.”
“A ghost,” I said, “Please tell me you’re joking.”
“I’m not joking and that doesn’t mean I’m going to hurt you, so don’t run away like a little baby. I know everyone else tells you that a ghost will kill you if you enter this house, but they never heard that I was not going to kill so that is why they tell you that I’m going to kill you. They all ran away the minute they found out I was a ghost.”
“How come when I entered, you told me to leave you’re territory and now you’re telling me not to run away like the other people that entered this house?” I asked.
“Because I wanted to see if you would leave the house, scared.” The ghost said.
“Oh” I replied.
“Thank you for entering the house,” he said, “Hope you visit again, bye.”
“Bye,” I said as I left the house.
I told my mom the whole story and I was now happy because I was not scared of costumes anymore.
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Article posted February 13, 2008 at 11:19 AM GMT0 •
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The Pain
Article posted January 30, 2008 at 12:47 PM GMT0 •
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Bang! I am lying down on the floor. I taste blood in my mouth. I hear people asking around me, “Are you okay, Raami?”
Today was the first day of school. The only day I hate in my whole life. It was the day bad luck usually came to me. In grade 2, I dropped my hot lunch on my homework. In grade 1, I slipped on the stairs and broke an ankle. I lived in Beirut next to the school I went to. It was a private school.
I was getting dressed when my mom yelled, “Come on Raami.” I went to the kitchen and started breakfast. After breakfast I brushed my teeth and went to the entrance, ready to go to school. I told my mom, “I don’t feel like going to school because I think something bad will happen to me.”
My mom said, “Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to you. Besides, you have to go to school.”
I didn’t like what my mom said, but I think she was right. I opened the door and started off to school. My mom would let me walk to school by myself. I have a trusting mom, a nice mom, and a fun mom. I love her. My dad is rarely ever in the country. He is usually at work in Dubai, Egypt, or China.
I was entering the class now. This was in 3rd grade. The teacher seemed very nice. Her name was Miss Founouni. She first told us where to find all the stuff in the class. Then she gave us our books that we needed and other equipment that she had to give us. She taught us a bit of math and had us do activities. Then, when we had done everything we needed to do for those three periods, she said, “Recess time!” We lined up and headed for recess.
On the playground there was nothing very interesting for me, so I decided to play tag. I was playing tag and having so much fun. I was ‘it’ and I tagged someone else and I started running while looking behind me at the person trying to tag me.
Bang! The next thing I know, I was lying down on the floor. I tasted blood in my mouth. I heard people saying around me, “Are you okay, Raami?”
The next second I saw myself in the nurse’s office. I asked the nurse, “What happened? One second I was playing tag and now I’m in you’re office?”
“You were playing tag and then you hit the wall and got unconscious and that is why you are in my office now,” she replied
I left the office and returned to class. My teacher told me to go home and that she called my mom. And that was how my first day in grade 3 ended.
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Article posted January 30, 2008 at 12:47 PM GMT0 •
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Paleolithic Times
Article posted January 30, 2008 at 12:45 PM GMT0 •
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It is a sunny day when I wake up. The sun just came up. I see snowy mountains in the distance and my friends are picking apples from a tree nearby. We are waiting for the hunters to return with some prey. I’ve got some rock next to me and sticks to make spears.
I am starving. I get up and go to my friends and start eating apples. Finally the hunters arrive with a young deer. We start a fire and butcher the deer with some pointy flint stone. We place the meat on a spit made out of a branch and start turning it in circles until it is fully cooked. I cut the deer into smaller pieces. It is a nice breakfast. We are such a huge band so it will be finished soon. We eat our breakfast and start doing our jobs. I make the tools for the hunters. All of a sudden I notice I ran out of flint. I will have to run all the way to the seashore and get some big pieces of flint. When I arrive back to the camp I see a lion attacking my friends.
What am I going to do? My friends are in trouble and I’ve got to save them. Hmmmmm. What should I do? Aha. I’ll get the lion's attention on me and then they could kill it from behind.
I throw a piece of flint at the lion and when it turns to see what hit him my friends hit him with a spear. He screams so loud and falls on the grass. I saved the day and my friends.
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Article posted January 30, 2008 at 12:45 PM GMT0 •
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I am from
Article posted December 5, 2007 at 12:47 PM GMT0 •
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I am from my mom’s sweetened soup going around the house on weekends. I am from a lovely family. I am from a family that will always laugh. I am from an annoying sister who always enters my room. I am from a young brother who always needs to bite me. I am from a dad who is always at work and rarely ever sees me. I am from a lovely house that is so comfortable. I am from a lovely bed that always helps me go to sleep. I am from a building that always has electricity.
I am from a wonderful school that I love. I am from a school full of laughter. I am from a school full of friends. I am from a school with a beautiful environment.
I am from a lovely environment. I am from a healthy environment.
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Article posted December 5, 2007 at 12:47 PM GMT0 •
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About the Blogger
I am Raami. I am in fifth grade. I like math and computer.
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