Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Laporan Hasil
Membaca Buku Nonsastra



Data Buku:
1. Judul : Kehidupan di Padang Pasir
2. Penulis : Lucy Baker
3. Penerjemah : Esther S. Mandjani
4. Penerbit : Quality Press
5. Tahun penerbitan : 1997
6. Tebal buku : 30 halaman
Ringkasan:
Buku yang kubaca ini bercerita tentang kehidupan di padang pasir atau gurun pasir. Ada banyak gurun pasir di dunia. Yang terbesar adalah Gurun Sahara. Ukuran nya sebesar Amerika Serikat. Gurun terdingin adalah Gurun Gobi di Asia. Sedangkan yang paling panas adalah Death Valley yang terletak di California, Amerika Serikat. Hampir separuh Australia ditutupi oleh gurun.
Gurun pasir yang panas masih ada mahluk hidup yang menjalani hidupnya disana. Seperti tumbuhan. Tumbuhan terkenal di gurun pasir adalah tumbuhan kaktus. Mereka dapat bertahan hidup karena mereka memiliki akar yang panjang atau luas agar dapat menyerap air agar tumbuhan kaktus tetap bisa bertahan hidup. Hewan-hewan yang tinggal di gurun adalah kalajengking, reptil, kelinci, dll.
Di gurun juga ada penduduk. Orang-orang Gurun Gobi yang dingin hidup di dalam pondok bundar yang kokoh yang disebut yurt (dimiringkan). Rumah sederhana tersebut bisa menahan hembusan angn sampai 145 km/jam. Orang-orang semak jarang minum. Mereka mendaatkan sebagian besar kebutuhan air mereka dari akar dan melon gurun yang ditemukan di bawah tanah gurun.
Gurun juga memiliki oasis. Oasis adalah satu-satunya sumber air yang terdapat di gurun. Semua mahluk hidup yang tinggal di gurun hidupnya bergantung pada sumber air oasis ini.
Sabrina Joest
Grade 7

Friday, September 5, 2008

Overnight Camp!!!!


The overnight Camp that we did was soooo FUN!!!!! We could be more brave and we made friends with our seniors. But some of our seniors became bossy and pretend they dnt know us but in the camp they were group with us.... SO WEIRD!!!!! But I made friends with some of my seniors. I cant believe it... Our seniors reeally care about their juniors...hehehehe.... I really Liked The trip so much!!!!!Muahahahaha.....!!!!!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

My first day @ seventh grade



When I first came into class, I saw a bunch of girls in one table and only 3 boys in a table. When I came in, they all stopped talking and looked at me. I just stared at them and they stared back at me. Then they continued to chat. I put down my bag in the locker. Then 5 minutes after that, SCHOOL WAS STARTED. My teacher, Ibu Grace, explains about rules and books in our class. All that i have learned since grade 4 was explained again. It felt SOOOO boring 4 me, but not 4 the others because they just came into this new school, new books, new class, everything new. Then, on recess, I played with all of them. There were 10 students in my class. 7 of them are girls and the rest are boys. Everywhere we go, we always go berseven. (bertujuh). Then to the next days we became like a family. we always have a time everyday to gather and talk about our problems and share about our experiences. I wish we could always be like this and be friends 4 ever. Amen.