5th Grade Reflection

Here is my FINAL post of 5th grade! Hope you enjoy my 5th grade reflection! (sound is a little messed up.)

Crispin - The Cross of Lead

Hello and welcome fellow readers! Here is my recent literacy essay for the book by Avi called "Crispin - The Cross of Lead".

Johnny Tremain Book Clubs

Part 1 - Different Types of Thinkings

Part 2 - Big Ideas and Themes

Part 3 - Johnny's Changes

Social Studies Project - Changi Prison

Hello fellow readers - here is my website on Changi Prison - for my Social Studies Project.

Changi Prison Website

Supporting of Characters

In the book The One and Only Ivan, the elephant Stella clearly is a main supporting character. Before she is thrown into the rubbish bin with the forklift, she does everything to protect and keep company with Ruby. Additionally, Stella will do anything to keep Ruby happy, as she does not want her to go through the same experience as her. This character clearly has an unheard voice in this story as when Mack and his team through out the elephant, they don't even consider Stella's thoughts and actions towards the date.

Parellel Writing

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate clearly depicts a main character (the gorilla Ivan) that wants his voice to be heard in the world. When Ivan drew a picture for Ruby, he was trying to communicate to the humans to give then a new home in the zoo. This clearly illustrates that Ivan wants to be, not just like the humans, but to be able to communicate to them and to tell them his wish for Ruby. Ivan's situation is extremely similar to the character Melody in the book Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. Melody desperately wanted to talk and express her ideas to others so she could fit into the group. Both Ivan and Melody realized eventually that they could, in the end, find a way to express themselves, either by the voice machine or the pictures that Ivan drew for Ruby.

How to Upload and Crop an iMovie!

Comparing and Contrasting Books

First of all the main differences is that the two books are written differently - the first book called Caesar Rodney is written about a man, and Sybil’s Night Adventure is written about a girl. Even so, both books are written in 3rd person, and is a second source. Sybil is about an adventure in the night, however the book Caesar Rodney is about adventure, but not in a more “be there” way. The book Sybil is about proving yourself right, and on the other hand, Rodney is about adventure to go to places.

WW2 Statistics

Since Poland had the most dead, Poland has a lot of Jews, so there are not many Polish Jews left in Poland.  Sweden, which was not on the list, must have remained fairly neutral, so the Germans must have wanted nothing from the Swedish. Germany clearly had no empathy for Jews - they even killed German Jews. In Singapore, prices rose enormously. Although Quinine rose the least  - $15, it was not as scarce as Vitamin B2 pills, which rose 45,000 dollars. This shows that, since 1945, Singapore was a extremely poor country, prices for food extremely high.

Crispin - The Cross of Lead - Time Period Interpretation

In the book “Crispin - The Cross of Lead” by Avi (Edward Irving Wortis), a particular “Plague” also known as the black death, that had been in London for 20 years, and appeared in several instances in the book. This depicts that first of all, that the book was set in medieval 1370-1380’s. The plague started in Britain, in 1350, and when the Crispin mentioned that it had been there for a long time - around 13 odd years, so 1350 + 20 was 1370. The plague might have been there 13 years while he was alive, so maybe another 10 years or so would also be the case. Another example of the time period was that there was a so-called Saint Roch, which was Bear’s companion. Saint Roch was born in 1748, and died around 15/16 August 1376/79. Bear was said to have been all around Europe, so Roch could have definitely been Bear’s music partner. A final example is that there is a character, named John Ball, who rebelled against the English government. This, called the Peasant's Revolt, is a famous event that happened while the story took place. The event was also in the story, which reveals that the whole story was based on this event - The last quarter of the book (I think) was the Revolt. As you can see, the book “Crispin - The Cross of Lead” was clearly based on the Peasant's Revolt - which you can see - is what all the evidence links to.

( Quote that Bear said during the book as a joke. This was a famous saying in the medieval times.)

Wrapped - by Jennifer Bradbury

Here is my lastest YouTube book review - Wrapped. Honestly, my book club members and I thought this book was terrible.

Push and Pull Factors

Here are my push and pull factors for Singapore and Colonial America. Doing this assignment, I learnt a lot about why different groups of people migrated to both Singapore and America. People mostly migrated to Singapore for free trade, while people migrated to America to for religious freedom.

My Final Fantasy Story

Here is my amazing fantasy story - The Big Bang using Flipsnack, about..........

If you want to know? Read it!

Herge Non-Fiction Article

Hello! Here is my non-fiction article about Herge that I forgot to post on my blog. Here it is. Hope you enjoy!

Fantasy Unit Reflection

Hello, and I am your host, Aiden. Today, the post is about my Fantasy Unit.

Here is the QR Code for the Vocaroo where I talk about my learning in the unit. If you prefer, there is also the link for the Vocaroo, and the Vocaroo button.

Fantasy Learning



Vocaroo's link to recording >>

Social Studies - "Foundation of Singapore"

Hi fellow readers!

Here is my "Foundation of Singapore" little bird tales movie. Be warned - there is a pop quiz at the end!

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Listening Reflection

Hi fellow readers! I have ignored this blog for almost a month but now..... I'm back!

  To start off, here is my listening lesson reflection:

Want to record a recording >>


 I hope you like it!

Fantasy Writing Plan

Hello fellow guests - here is my Fantasy writing plan - called an "Elevator Pitch", which is sort of like a mountain planning grid - with the climax and all of that. Here is a video of me reading my Elevator Pitch with Screenr.

Variety Show

Hello! Variety Show is next Friday 7:00pm and Saturday 4:30pm to the people who are interested! Tickets cost $2 due to taking too many of the free tickets.

Hope to see you there!

Hello! I'm Back!!!

Hello fellow viewers, I have not done my blog for 1 WHOLE month!

Its starting again..........