What is Take Five News?

Authors Note: Many people have asked me "What is Take Five News?". So I decided to write this paragraph explaining what it is and how it was formed. To visit our website scroll to the end of the post for the link.

Take Five News was started in Mid-October. The idea evolved from a brainstorming section with our support group in Academy. The first plan was to create a weather show for a science project. Everyone had so many ideas for segments that we decided to make the show broader for us and our upcoming viewers. As a result of these actions, the whole project was developed into a News Channel. Having such a big idea was a problem at times. Struggling to find a room to film in or even something to film with, like a video camera. All of these things came in to play, but when the time came we knew it was right. Now we have our own studio and video camera that we use on a regular basis. Continuing with our success we created a website with all of our shows posted so that kids or adults can watch them at anytime. “I can’t imagine if we didn’t do Take Five” says a member from the news channel. This has been an amazing experience for all that have participated.

To visit our website go to www.take5news.wikispaces.com

Ballet

Authors Note: I wrote this poem to express my love of ballet and that no one can change that passion that I have. I am trying to work on the format of a poem and the different types. Please enjoy my poem.

It is my passion my dream
I don't like it
I love it
Ballet is like water
I need it to live
Everyday
I think about it
Where can it take me next
People can say all they they want
but it wont matter
Because in my heart
And body
Ballet is running through me
It's in my blood and every bone
And you can't change that about me

Muerte

Authors Note: I am using a poem format to express my emotions on something that is happening in my life. The topic is my Grandma Vi, who is in a nursing home and has been sick for a while. My family and I received a call today informing us that she will not be with us much longer. It is hard to think about her leaving us because she is always at family events like Christmas Eve.The thought of her no longer being there is very sad.

The heartbeat gets slower and slower
Not a single move to the body
Tears fall like raindrops
On a cloudy day
Sadness trapped inside
nowhere to go...
Not a word was spoken
Many thoughts occurred
Some people think it's a tragedy
while others think it's a blessing
I think it's both...


It's Death

Science Experiment Graph

Based on my love of running, I decided to conduct an experiment to test if it makes a difference what genre of music you listen to on a run. I thought that the more upbeat music you listen to the faster you would run rather than listening to slow music. As you can see on my chart/graph the time of the two runs did not change extremely as I thought it would. I believe this happened because running is a mind game and it is really all in your head. Also the weather made an impact on my run because it was slightly more windy on my Experiment 1 testing. This made a difference in the two times because the wind was pushing against me which made a negative impact. What I have taken in to consideration is that the music you listen to on a one mile run doesn’t really matter. Even though my prediction was wrong, I have learned many new skills in the running field that I can take in and use when needed. Running is a sport that is different for each person that participates in it. Because of that, I believe that if someone else did the same experiment I did, the results could vary.

The Candymakers

In this project I made a collage with different words cut out from magazines. The words that I chose all described Daisy ( the girl from my book) as a person things like fun, friendly, and secretive are all on my collage. The book that I read was The Candymakers it is all about four kids all coming together for a candy making contest. They all have different backgrounds and reasons that they are coming to this contest but for some reason all their ideas changed about why they entered the contest in the first place. These four kids had to come together and work together so that they can save something that they all once loved.

If you Were a Fruit

Have you ever wondered if you were a fruit what would you be?Well I know that I do, but it is so hard to think of only 1 fruit because there are so many.I have finally figured out that if I always think about this question then why don't I just write about it.So in this little paragraph I will describe Riah, Kiley, and the myself as a fruit. First I will start with Riah.If Riah was a fruit I think she would be Orange. Only because she looks just like a regular fruit on the outside(just a regular girl) but when you take a bit (get to know her) she's full a flavor, very fruity and and has a bit of tang to herself(energetic and fun). Now if Kiley was a fruit she would be an peach. She would be a peach because she is so fuzzy (nice) and is such a tropical fruit ( fun and happy).Now to me Sydney if I was a fruit I think I would be a pear. I would be a pear because they have a very unique shape (unique style) and they are very juicy (full of energy and have lots of fun).There I did it, so now when you think of how you can describe a person think about what I did describe then as a food. Now you don't have to use old adjective and boring stuff like that use things that are around you.

The day felt like just yesterday, I think about that moment all the time. It has stuck with me since it happened and will stay engraved in my mind till I die. You could say it was a great day or bad one but to me it was it was both. I wish I could have helped myself more but instead I have learned to trust other things not only people but animals too, this is the story of my life.

December 21, 2006

"Hey mom I’m going to the park to go sledding with Rugger, want to come” said Riley “No I have a ton of work to do, are you going to the park by the pond” “Yep” Said Riley “Ok then be safe , I love you “Said Riley’s mom So Rugger do you want to go sledding” “WOOF WOOF” “I’ll take that as a yes.

Off they went to the park .Today was a pleasant day for sledding. For some reason though, when they got to the park it started to snow but this wasn’t any little snow storm this was a blizzard and the snow was coming down like cats and dogs. At this time Riley and Rugger ( her dog) were still sledding and thought that the storm would pass but it just kept getting worse. Sadly they decided to go home because of the storm, but walking in this almost became impossible so Riley had to take a take it easy for just a moment. She sat in her inner tube (her sled) to take a rest but when gust a wing came along she was pushed her down the hill. “Help someone help me” but before anything more could come out of her mouth, she went SPLASH she had plunged in to the frigid waters. What you might not realize is that this pond could be negative something degrees which means that she could die. WOOF WOOF, Rugger had realized that Riley was at risk even though he could barely see through the storm. He had to think fast and that’s what he did. Splash Rugger had leaped in the pond also, he was on a mission and that was to save his owner. Riley at this point was at the bottom of the pond because she was knocked out cold. Rugger had swam to the bottom of the pond and grabbed Riley by the hood of her coat. Then Rugger pulled her up on to land and he started to run by dragging his owner by her coat . He ran so fast that his feet became numb from the ice cold ground. Finally he had reached his house. When he got to the house he placed Riley by the car which he thought might have been warm. Then he bark and barked and even scratched on the door. Then Finally Riley’s mom came rushing out of the door to see her daughter out cold with a pale white look to her face. Then she saw Rugger laying on the floor next to her full of snow. Oh my gosh!!! Said Riley’s mom Then she grabbed the phone and called 911 in a panic.

“Honey are you awake”, said Mrs. Taylor (Riley’s mom) “Yeah, what happened” said Riley in a tired sleepy voice. Then for the next few hours there was crying and a lot of emotion. That is when Mrs. Taylor tried to explain what had happen Riley. The saddest thing was, is when Riley found out the Rugger had lost a leg from numbness and frost bit on his left leg because he could not endure the pain and coldness. But they latter found out that he was okay and that he got a puppy fake leg so that he can still run and jump and be a dog.

But next thing you know both Riley and Rugger were just fine in the end. This had brought much sadness and pain but it paid off. Riley had never realized how much her dog loved her, and that this only brought then closer. Now Riley is in collage and living on her own in a apartment and guess who is with her? You know its Rugger her BDEITWWW(best dog ever in the whole wide word). That just show how a good friend doesn’t always have to be a person.