Author: Reed Karman

Homesick

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Homesick is technically a fiction book. It is an autobiography of a author, who filled in blank spots in her memory with fiction. She grew up in China, but was of American blood and American upbringing, until she was 12. At that point the Communists tried to take over China and foreigners were ordered to leave.

The main character is very spoiled and the book does not acknowledge that. She is overly American and seems to want to change “foreign” to “almighty american”. She even hates China and Britain because they aren’t american.

Homeschool Journal 9/19/15

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Today is Saturday and I did school because I am behind. I did 19 things today and left eight things to do tomorrow. I read about the Forbidden City. It was just an Inner City that the emperor lived in and they wouldn’t let peasants into.

I am doing a current event on John Moore in the USS Razorback. I have to write about a pretend person in another country and culture. I was about to figure out his name when I had to finish school. I wrote a letter to Michael.

I learned what a rectangular prism is, it is just a 3-D rectangle like a long cube.

Homeschool Journal 9/18/15

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We learned about Guangzhou which is also known as Canton which was the setting in one of our books for school. It means “Capital of Large Province”.

Today is Friday and I feel sick today so I only did a little school today. I learned a Chinese game called fishing with paper dominos. It was hard to learn. The whole game Vella and I were stealing a civil pair back and forth.

We were out most of the morning, we went to the bank, library and the ballet store for Vella.

 

VALLEY FIRE DEVASTATES

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The Valley Fire in Middletown CA has destroyed 600 houses and dislocated 13,000 people so far, 9,000 more homes are threatened. only one person was killed. A 72 year old woman with MS who was not able to exit as the fire enveloped her house.

People in the area have said that “the fire season used to be to be confined, now it’s year round.” Rain is on the way but that and the 1,200 firefighters fighting the fire will probably do little to stop the fire.

Nature Fact Card: Cheetah

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Cheetah at Whipsnade Zoo

Name: Cheetah

Scientific Classification: Acinonyx Jubatus

Prey: Gazelles, Wildebeest, Impalas, Rabbits, Birds, Antelopes and Zebras

Life span: 10-12 years

Predators: Eagles, Humans, Baboons, Hyenas and Lions

Fun Facts:

  • Cheetahs have 170 degree vision and can turn their
  • Cheetah babies called kittens
  • Cheetah kittens have a stripe like “mantle” to make them look like the ferocious Honey Badger

Area inhabited (In China because this Nature Fact Card has to be about China):

china_pol96                                                           In the Xizang province are a small amount of cheetahs.

I chose this animal because it is my favorite animal.

Homeschool Journal 9/11/15

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The gold rush was first announced by book!

Homostapius means stay same and in your body it regulates things. Your body has fluid cushions for all your joints. When you get a sprain it means you stretched ligament too far.

Homeschool Journal 9/10/15

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We learned about Chung Ching today. It is on the Yangtze River which I learned is the third longest river in the world.

After your body uses red blood cells for four months it gets rid of them. Your white blood cells will attack a different type of blood as a germ if it gets in.

Zachary was here today.

Homeschool Journal 9/9/15

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We read a poem about clocks today, it was pretty good.

Xi’an is an old trade city. It was as popular as Beijing or Shanghai in Marco Polo’s time.

Evolution is about as likely as weather conditions on Mars making a first-class underground hotel with a escalator and welcome sign.

Homeschool Journal 9/8/15

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We did two days of together stuff today because I feel sick and could not do my alone stuff.

After Lazerous had been risen from the dead they wanted to kill him again.

We read two poems today, one about marbles and one about goldfish.

We read about Nanjing. In it are Mausoleums which I learned are Buddhist temples carved into a cliff.

Homeschool Journal 9/4/15

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Today I started school on time. I have not done that recently. I also caught up from yesterday. Yesterday was the only day this week that I finished the day behind. Yesterday after my journal we made egg rolls which did not taste good.

Today I learned that brocades are like woven pictures.

The Great Wall of China can seen in space but not on the moon. The full measurement of all the Great Wall equals 13,170 miles. It is 35 feet tall.

We did memory tests today, my short term memory can hold 3-9 things at a time. An eight year olds long term memory can hold more than a million encyclopedias which means that calling Leroy Brown “Encyclopedia Brown” is not a compliment!

Mom did not have Spanish workbook pages today.

My friend Elliot is here for a sleep over tonight.

I wrote the longest Current Event ever today!