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chapter 1: where are we?

3=Simond

"What's happening?" "where are we?" "oh finally you have woken up" said Jack. " You fainted again, we were on a plane and i think we were shot down".  "What! I dont remember a thing".  Ok well just get on your uniform we are going to say our matins and than go see if anyone is on this island". We said our prayer and we walked through the forest and out onto a beach.  One of the other four boy's i was with said i looked pallor from fainting.  "we walked for a while and than suddenly we heard a loud low pitch sound and we followed it till we saw a group of boys on the border of the beach.  I was relieved to see someone else on the island.

When we got over to the boy's we started talking.  "I woke up" had I passed out again? I get up and next thing i know i was voted in to go look for food or something.  I had no clue what was going on and i couldn't remember past seeing those boy's on the beach.  Now some fat kid with glasses is arguing with another kid with a weird shell in his hand.  The fight quickly ended and a boy named Ralph, Jack, and I went into the forest.  We were to search the land to find out if it is an island or not. On the way back we found a piglet trapped in some creepers and rite as Jack was going to kill it the piglet ran away.  I think he is scared but i would never say that out loud.  At least we found some other living organism.

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final Romek post

1. The most shocking part of the book was when Romeks brother died. I knew that the nazi's would torture people really bad but i didnt know how harsh it could be. I couldn't read all of the part because it was so sad.

2. David got the job of feading the dog's. This was a better job than the rest that he had in the past.  It was also better than most of the other prisoners job.  It was a good idea for David to take the dog's food but not too much or someone will find out.  I think this gave David time to recuperate.  

3.   The experience at Bergen-Belsen was incredible.  I was devastated about the job David had to get soup.  He had to take the bodies and throw them in a pile for soup.  He also had typhus and witnessed many people dye.  He described that there was a sheet of lice covering the floor at bergen-Belsen also that there was frozen feces and urine on the floor.  It was so upbringing when he got out of the camp.  I felt so happy for him.  I don't know how he did it but he is an amazing person.

4.  I think at the very end when two people come in to the room and tell everyone that they were liberated was David's best moment because he knew what he had been through and he was not going to be treated like crap for once in the last couple of years.  He also knew that he was one of the few who made it and that he kept his promise to his mom.  

5. David Faber's book, because of Romek,should be required reading in all middle schools, high schools and University's because all students need to learn about the horrors of the holocaust.  I think it would benefit students to know about the holocaust because we are the kids of the next generation and we don't want this to happen again.  I also think that it is a part of history that is just common sense.  This book should also be read because some people think that the holocaust never happened and that is not true and this will prove it.

Name:Max Gruenberg

Project Reflection: Post on your Blog

Project Title:Rennisance project

Class: Hummanities Dates: ________________________________
*You may type directly in this document and copy and paste into blog, or simply address each of the following in a post. It should be approx. 2 pages worth of writing.
PURPOSE: In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.
Sentence Starters
The purpose of this project was to learn about…
In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…

The purpose of this project was to become a expert on a certain person from the rennisance.In order to learn about our charecter we were to write a 3-5 page biography about our person from the Rennisance. Prior to the biography we completed a packet on the backround of our charecter. For example wher they lived, who was there family, What was his job etc. We also were supposed to learn the Povan and know a little about diffearent charecters.

WHAT I LEARNED
In this section, tell what information or skills you learned or improved.
Sentence Starters
I learned about…
I explored the concepts/topics of …
In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)

I learned about Leon Batista Alberti who was a architect, Huminist, art theorist and. He was famous and mostly did facades (the front) of buildings. He rarely desighned whole buildings. His wife was named Isotta. Not only was he a professional architecture but he composed music in front of professional judjes and they enjoyed it. He was also a superb horseman and could do amazing things. He was also Italian. He was born in Genoa on Febuary 14, 1404. His family had special status and he belonged to a noble family. His father was Lorenzo Alberti and he was accountant. He was kicked out of his native city. He thought that a poor unfortunate man that is dedicated to what they do can achieve just as much glory as a rich person who is vary fortunate. I also learned about the reniassance as a whole too. I learned tthat the black death was a plague that swept one-third of europe's population. One of the main cities was Florence. The Rennisancee was a time when science and art flurished. It wasn't all about Religion. The Rennisance went on from the 1400's to the 1600's.

REFLECTION
In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?
Sentence Starters
I enjoyed this project because…
I feel like I could have done better on this project because…
Next time, I would…

To me this was not the most fun project i have ever done.  It was more of a learning expferience.  The rennisance project is on the requirements for 7nth grade so i think we were just covering that.  The Povan was kind of fun.  I didn't fully understand the point of the Povan.  Next time i would plan my costume earlier because i found myself not having everthing that i wanted at the end.  I think i did well on the autobiography wich is the main part of the project but i havn' gotten my grade for the project yet : ( I enjoyed learning about Leon Batista Alberti and he is probably my idol in the professional life.  (architecture)

ARTIFACTS
You should have at least one artifact from each project on your DP. What document, picture, or link will you have for this project?
I will put on my Autobiography :)

1.  It was vary hard to listen to David Faber's speach.  It was vary intense and descriptive.  I had to leave during the speach because it was so sad.  This is partly because i am jewish and partly because i wasn't ready for it.  Overall i loved the speach and even though i had to leave i heard the whole speach and enjoyed it.  :)

2. I think that the part about the Partisans was mostly uplifting because most of the things in the book were negative.  I also thought that a lot of the things that David was doing was really cool.  It was really sad at the end when they were all burned especially the person that David loved like a father because he lost his real father and someone who was really close to him.  I think Romek was proud because David tipped over Nazi trains and helped stop them wich is pretty cool.  Since Romek is in the army there was a corelation between David stopping the Nazi's and Romek fighting against the Nazi's.  I also think he was proud because David made it back on his own and was being a man.

3. Since the Nazi's are so cruel they probably wanted David to go on knowing about his brother's death.  They also probably hurt him a lot and wanted him to suffer both mentally and phisically.  I would not want to go on with a memory of my brother being killed let alone the way they killed Romek.

1. The pigeon was important to David Faber because in a way it saved his family's life.  Some how Ms. Faber had a bad feeling about what was about to happen because of the birds presence. I would be suprised if this actually happened but to me it seems like the bird is a symbol of peace and when the bird was not there the mom felt something bad coming.

2. I think that the Nazi's were calling it a vacation camp because they knew that this would be like a vacation compared to what was going to happen in the future.  It was kind of like a warning.  If I  was David Faber I would take it that if this is what they call "vacation" than i better pucker up because what they call a death camp might be extremely unpleasent.  I think the conditions arn't good there but if i didnt know what would be coming up i would think they were horrible.  Its hard to compare this camp to somewher like Aushwitz.  I guess David doesnt know about the future camps so he probably thinks it's brutal so far.

Have you ever encountered a Nazi after WWII? if yes what happened???

If you were to go back to Germany would you feel safe????

 

Aztec Mural Reflection

Project title: Aztec Mural    Class: Humanities

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this project was to learn about Aztec culture.  We also learned about where the Aztecs were located.  In order to learn about Aztec murals we had to create one ourselves.  Our mural was a Quetzalcoatl holding a Aztec serpent.  Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec God.

WHAT I LEARNED:

In this project i learned how to improve my painting skills and specifically how to outline colors to make a mural look good.  I learned that you need to paint white stuff on the canvas before you paint which could be a helpful tool in future life. I learned how to use a staple gun which is really hard for me :) This project was the first time i used a tracer to draw something other than Pokemon:) I learned about specific vocabulary that the Aztecs used.  For example a chinampas is a floating garden.  I learned about the diet of the Aztecs which was mostly maize(wheat family) and vegetarian foods.  I learned about the three different social classes; priest (high class), tradesman (middle class),  peasant/slave (lower class).  In addition i learned about some of the God's they had and how they worshipped them.  A way of showing respect was to sacrifice.  They thought that the one who was sacrificed would be a messenger of God.  It was a honor to be sacrifice.  

REFLECTION:

I enjoyed this project because it allowed me to paint which is one of my skills.  I love art and this project was out of the ordinary so that is another reason it was enjoyable for me.  I got to be with one of my best friends and team mates Wade Bruffy also known as Cal nartin jr.  I think that i would have helped my group more if i didn't get the chicken pox.  Next time i will stay healthy and not get sick and let my whole group down.  I think that i was vary on task when i was not sick though. :)

 note: i will put on my Artist statement but i don't have access to it at the moment :)