ØISIE | Østerbro International School In English | Issue No: 5

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Issue No: 5, Summer 2014

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Hello World,

Østerbro International School In English, ØISIE is celebrating its first year. This very issue

is a landmark for the dedication of the Literary Magazine Staff and ØIS students and

teachers as this is the second Summer Edition. Last year this time, ØISIE was born and

since then it has been published seasonally.

We have good news for you. From next issue on, ØISIE will have its own webpage, in which

the readers will be able to share, like and comment. In the webpage, you will also be able to

download the full version of the magazine and hopefully get student news.

Once again, I would like to thank each and every member of ØISIE staff who have been

working diligently to make ØISIE happen. Besides, I would like to thank ØIS staff and

administration for all their support.

Have a wonderful summer!

Ramazan Dicle

ØISIE Chief Editor & EAL Coordinator

In this issue:In this issue: SUMMER

Frederikke Schaufuss

Emma Gyde

Daniel Austin

STORIES

Annica Seppanen

Mesih Inal

Gaurav Kapali

Ivalu Blanchett

Adam Wadhwani

POETRY

Zenana Ojha

Iwara Sandeer

Fabio Corbacho

Theodor Jensen

Aiswarya Roy

Maya Redden

PYP1 Students

Emma Gyde

PYP2 Students

Daniel Austin

Fatima Qayyum

Melisa Inal

Emma Gyde

Goksu Boz

Summer, summer almost here

Let’s give summer a big fat cheer!

Of this fact I’m surely clear

Summer is the best time of year!

Frederikke Schaufuss

Summer Summer

NewsNews Emma Gyde

2014 Summer Events

Summertime

Story

It was summer time again, and time

for a long three months of boredom.

My summer has always been hard. My

family ran a souvenir shop in our little

town, and because so many people

came during summer, there was a lot

of work to be done. As a result of this,

I always had a lot of work to do during

summer.

“Luke! Come downstairs! Summer

has just started and people are already

coming in to the store!” shouted my

mum from downstairs. I looked over to

the alarm clock next to my bed, as I

was just waking up. It was 6:30 in the

morning.

“Its 6:30!” I shouted as loud as I

could in my grogginess. “I don’t wanna

come down!”

There was no response, which was

odd because my parents love to talk

and would almost never give up on

the opportunity to speak. Figuring they

didn’t hear me the first time, I decided

to say it again.

“I’m not coming down, its too early!”

Still nothing. At this point I was a

little annoyed. What were they even

doing, that would require so much

Daniel Austin

focus that they couldn’t respond to

me? Frustrated, I decided to go down

and tell them I didn’t want to wake up

so early. There was an eerie silence as I

was walking down the stairs - our

house is normally bustling with noise.

“Hello?” I called out.

There was no response.

“Are you guys ok?”

No response.

When I walked into the room I was a

little bit scared, my parents had never

just stopped talking in the middle of a

conversation. It just wasn’t like them.

At first I didn’t notice anything out of

the ordinary, the stairs end at the

kitchen, and everything seemed to be

in order. Then I saw her. A woman was

standing by the wall in our kitchen,

looking out the window. She was tall,

and was wearing pretty normal

clothing.

“Uhh, who are you?” I asked sternly. I

was slightly upset that someone was in

my house so early without me

knowing, but it wasn’t my place to tell

her to leave.

“G’day son, my name’s Lacy. I’m sure

you have a few questions, but I am on

a tight schedule, so I have to explain

quickly.” She said. She spoke fast and

had a heavy Australian accent. “This

will probably come to a surprise to

you, but your parents were not good

people. They were involved in a lot of

messed up stuff. They were both

prominent leaders in the group known

as the Illuminati. In fact, this house has

a secret basement where they can

communicate remotely with any

member of the group.”

“What are you talking about?! I

shouted. “Are you insane? We just run

a souvenir shop in a town that most

people probably haven’t even heard

of!”

“Sorry laddie, but that just ain’t true.

You can find their communication

center down in your basement. There is

a secret door and if you are looking for

it it’s mighty hard to miss.”

“Ok but where are my parents if this

is all true?” Where did they go?”

“Well laddie, this is the bad news. I

was sent by the government to kill

your parents. It’s not personal, its just

how it has to be. So sorry hun, but the

world is a better place now. Their

bodies will never be recovered, and the

police will be here within the hour to

come pick you up. Sorry boy, but I

have to go now. Ta-ta.”

She then walked right by me, and

left my house through the front door. I

was stunned. My mind was spinning.

Could any of this be true? There was

no way. It was the first day in summer,

they were probably just out enjoying

the sunset, right? I was reasoning to

myself that they were OK, but on the

inside I felt like she was telling the

truth. After about a minute of standing

still, I sat on the floor and cried.

The police arrived within the hour,

just as the woman said they would.

They asked questions, but it was all a

blur to me. I didn’t know what was real

anymore. Nothing seemed real

anymore. Logic and reason meant

nothing to me anymore; I just lay down

on the floor, and tried to go to sleep.

After all, it was only 7 o clock.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was told that I

was special, that I was going to rule the world

of love. I never believed this, I always thought I

was the normal child of a goddess. I was born

with one blue eye and another one green, ac-

cording to my mother that meant that I was

going to change when I turned 15. So now on

my 13th birthday everything started changing I

could feel my body changing, I could feel my

soul changing, it felt as in something was

starting to possess me. These changes became

worse on my 14th birthday. But everything

changed on October 8th.....

"Mother, mother!" I screamed. "Something

is changing I can feel it!"

"Alright darling let's see." My mother start-

ed chanting words in Latin. I could feel my en-

ergy being taken out of me.

"It's happening...” My mother murmured.

"What? What is happening to me?" I was

sobbing at this point. I couldn't control my

emotions; everything I had ever cried for came

back.

"Darling, I haven't told this to you before

but you are turning to into the goddess of

love,

Aphrodite." As my mother started explain-

ing, all my tears had dried on to my face.

"But I don't know how to handle this, I'm

only turning 15!" I screamed. All of a sudden, I

Annica Seppänen

fell on ground screaming in agony, I could

feel my hair growing in lighting speed, my

nails growing as well as my soul being

pulled out. Suddenly it all stopped, I felt nor-

mal yet I felt different.

"Darling, you look magnificent, I think

you are the most beautiful creature that has

ever lived." My mother looked at me in fasci-

nation. “I know exactly who to contact...” My

mother answered with a small smirk on her

face.

A few days passed with even more

changes to my appearance as well as my at-

titude. I was now more emotional. My moth-

er had contacted a Greek witch, who had

helped other young people with their trans-

formation in to something big. I walked up

to this so called "witch", I didn't fully believe

that witches existed but once I saw him for

sure I knew it had to be true.

"Hello young one." He started off. "You

look very different from my other clients."

He pondered while walking around me.

"Your transformation into the goddess of

love has been happening very quickly."

"Is that a good thing, sir?" I asked.

"No, not at all. Actually it's very horrible,

the faster you transfer the more you

change."

He started mumbling words in Latin; I

could feel my energy being taken out of me

once again.

"Interesting, have you been feeling this

pain for a long time?" He asked.

"Umm yes, I have. Is that the problem?" I

asked. I was starting to feel blackness over-

come me; suddenly I'm on the floor uncon-

scious.

I was starting to wake when I heard yell-

ing.

"I told you, her body isn't strong enough

to handle this!"

"She is my daughter, I know what she is

capable of !"

"Yes, ma'am. But I am the expert here."

I recognized the voices; they belonged to

my mother and the witch.

"Oh, you are awake." My mother called.

"Yes, I am." I replied with rough voice. “I

feel very sleepy. Could I go back to sleep?"

"No, I'm sorry we have to keep you

awake, we have to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"We don't know if you are going to be

able to handle the power and strength of

Aphrodite. We are afraid that you will just

collapse and die." My mother answered with

a very sad tone.

"What?"

Suddenly all I could see was black and I

could hear my mother yell my name but I

couldn't answer.

Suddenly all I saw was darkness.

___

All I could see was darkness. After a

while, I noticed that everything had turned

in to old vanilla white statues, pots and what

none sense. I tried moving my arms, my

legs, but I couldn't move, it was as if I was

trapped inside of something.

The strange thing was that I could still

had all my senses, I could hear things I

could hear small sound kind of like chatter-

ing of young kids, smell, I could smell the air

around me, see, I could see my surround-

ings, I could see the people around me

walking and staring in to me, but the only

strange thing was that I could not touch, or

move.

At the corner of my eyes I could see a

statue of a person. I tried to look as hard as

I could and when I finally saw everything

clearly, I saw it was my very own mother.

I tried screaming hoping someone would

hear me. I tried yo move my hands, legs but

nothing happened. I couldn't. I just simply

couldn't. All I could think about was my

mother in stone. That got me thinking was I

trapped in stone?

Something clicked in me. I started re-

membering all the things which happened to

me, the transformation, the witch, my moth-

er being a witch. Suddenly I had a memory

of the times; my mother had tried to teach

me Latin. Latin was a language which my

mother was keen in teaching me; the main

phrase I remember was "Denuntiamus autem

vobis". According to my memory, as well as

my mother, that was a spell to summon a

witch. "Denuntiamus autem vobis" translate

directly to " I summon you".

"Denuntiamus autem vobis" I said. I felt

as if my throat had millions of bees just

buzzing around. "Denuntiamus autem vobis"

I repeated. "Denuntiamus autem vobis!"

I repeated, over and over again, but there

was no effect. I felt as if I have missing a

part of the spell. Then something clicked

again, I had to say who I was.

"Denuntiamus autem vobis, ut Dea amo-

ris!" I shouted once again. "I summon you,

as the Goddess of love!" I tried.

All of a sudden, I could feel the stone be-

ing removed and I could breathe and as if

everything was back to normal.

"You summoned me." I heard a voice,

which I had never heard before.

"No, you are not the person who I sum-

moned." I stated.

"Yes, I am. I am just in a feminine form."

"Why?" I asked.

"When I jumped from time, my powers

became stronger and I couldn't handle them,

so it turned me into a women."

"So, did they finally give you a name?" I

asked. I stared at the person who was

once a man, but now a women.

"Yes, it is Greta."

"I like that. It's very pretty and it suits you

very well."

"Thank you."

I tried walking, but the first step I took,

my knees weren't strong enough to handle

the pressure of my upper body.

"Here darling, take smaller and lighter

steps." Greta said, while helping me back up

to my feet.

"What happened to my mother?" I asked.

"She was trying to jump times with me

but her powers weren't strong enough, so

she died."

"Oh." I could feel my eyes start watering

with tears.

"Come on, darling. Let's get you home,

and washed up." Greta said. "We have a lot

learning to do."

"Learning? What do I have to learn, I've

only been there for a short period of time." I

asked. I was utterly confused.

"No, you have been in there for about

100 years."

"A 100 years!" I screamed in shock.

"Umm, yes."

With that Greta and I started walking

home very, very slowly.

Days passed until I got the hang of this

whole world of technology, school, and

these very odd things called telephones. Ap-

parently they are used to call people. I still

thought we just walked to tell people things.

"This is incredibly! How can you do so

many things with this little object?" I asked

in shock and as well as amazement.

"Well that I do not know." Greta an-

swered. "You are starting school tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? But I'm not prepared, I can-

not do this!" I stared to go crazy, I think I

started to hyperventilate at this point.

"You are fully prepared; I promise you will

be perfectly fine"

___

"Here we are your first ever school day."

Greta said while turning in her car seat

to turn to look at me. "Just go in and go

to your class and me as normal as you can.

Oh and your name is Lena Dite."

"Lena Dite! What kind of a name is that?"

I screamed at her. She gave me the last

name 'Dite' whose last name is 'Dite'.

"It's fine, and it's easy to remember. Now

go edited you are late." She answered in a

very motherly tone.

I stoop up walked to the school front

door, I opened the door and the first thing I

do is of course bump into a person. How

embarrassing! On my first day I bump into

someone.

" I am so sorry, I didn't mean to bump in

to you." A masculine voice said, slightly

above me. I looked up and saw the most

beautiful colour of green, I have ever seen. I

almost forgot everything else going on right

there, right now.

"No. It's alright it's was me as well." I said

quickly, trying to cover up the fact that I was

staring at him in awe.

"Oh well, anyway. I'm Aaron, you must be

new here. Because you look new, I mean I've

been in this school since 1st grade and I've

been In this town my whole life.

I also walk around a lot and I haven't

seen you before." He rambled for a good 2

minutes.

"Well it's nice to meet you Aaron, I'm Le-

na. And to answer your statement, yes

I'm new here." I answered simply in a

couple of words.

"Will you go out with me?" Aaron blurted

out randomly.

"Excuse me?" I asked, very confused.

"Sorry, it's just you give me this weird

feeling like I've known you forever, and that I

can trust you and everything." Aaron ex-

plained.

"Well, it's all fine since I feel like I've

known you my whole life as well. Are you

sure there is nothing special about? As I

have seen those eyes before, that person

should be long gone by now." I asked him,

whole thinking about my one true love that

had died when I was still young and not be-

ing removed from stone and brought back

to life.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking about

when I saw your one blue eye and one

green eye. By any chance do you have any

relation to Aphrodite?" Aaron asked

I knew it! It’s Aaron, my one true love,

who I thought had died. I knew this because

when we were younger that when one of us

gets lost or if one of us ends up jumping

from time to time that we always would

bring back Aphrodite.

"Aaron! It's really you! You're actually

alive, you're right here, right now!" I

screamed as I jumped in him and started to

hug him.

"Yeah, it's really me, Lena" he mimicked

my voice of excitement, and made fun of my

new name at the same time.

"I've missed you so much!"

I've missed you too, Lena"

"Can you stop calling me that?"

"No, because you never told me your

other name, so we are sticking with Lena."

"Fine." I sighed in defeat.

"So, what happens to us? Do we stay as

friends or do we go back to normal?" He

asked with a little bit confused.

"I think we should just stay as friends."

___

Julius Julius Julius Caesar Caesar Caesar

Mesih Inal

I don't know how, but I somehow

teleported myself into Rome. My army

somehow disappeared. I was fighting

against the Ancient Nazis. A man called

Hibler putted a sword through my chest.

I collapsed, just like earthquake. I got

regenerated, so isolated; no one looked

or behaved like me.

I could see my old city ruined by the

ancient Nazis. I had no clue on how

they did it. Everything that I saw was

really improved, the roads and the

people. I saw a whole new world.

A very scared guy walked through

me, I asked him

"What year is it?" He looked at me as if

I was crazy.

"Are you dumb?" He answered.

I took him into a desolated area, and

punched him a few times, until he

answered:

"It's 2014”

"Thank you sir"

I couldn’t identify how, but I somehow

time traveled.

I couldn’t stop my body from shaking.

I needed to observe the differences

between my generation and this

generation, or else would I go to

depression. I walked within the streets,

comparing the differences between my

own generation and the modern

generation. I saw a poster, lying on the

floor; it said someone called Hjalte was

ruling the world. I knew that name, from

the Ancient Rome. Hjalte was a guy

who was evil and cruel. He had been

ruling the ancient Nazis before Hibler.

He was hatred by everyone, even his

own son, Vlad. This insanity had to stop. I

had to kill him; otherwise there wouldn't

be a future.

I ran as quickly as I could, searching

for someone, which could tell me where

Hjalte was. While running, I fell my knees

were bleeding, I saw an old lady beside

a bar. She gradually walked towards

me.

"Where can I find Hjalte?" I shrieked.

"At the old city that the ancient Nazis

destroyed, he is going to tell a speech

tonight at 18:00. Everyone who wants to

join can come." she mumbled.

“Thanks ma'am."

It was 17:00, one hour for the speech. I

had to make a plan, in order to defeat

Hjalte.

I could speak the language that

everyone spoke, but I couldn’t read it.

Just like a man without eyes.

A weird vehicle with 4 wheels was

alongside me. I wondered, if what it

could do, so I broke the window and

went into the vehicle. There was a key

plugged beside the rather. I turned the

key, to see what that was going to

happen. The vehicle made a brassy

sound. I got enormously frightened, so I

kicked the vehicle as hard as I could.

Nothing happened to the vehicle,

besides than hurting my foot.

I could see some pedals. I tested the

pedals one after another, and I figured

out how to drive. No one else could

learn as quickly as I could, I was

extraordinary.

I accidental crashed into another

vehicle. The other driver was scared of

me, so he didn’t complain.

I required going to a weapon store.

The only way to kill Hjalte was by using a

weapon that could shoot from long

range. While I was driving, I saw a very

tall man and I gently asked;

“Where can I find a weapon shop?”

"Just go straight forward, and you will

find a weapon shop.”

I went straight forward as the man

said, and I saw a big sign of weapons. I

squeezed myself out of the window. The

weapon shop was open. There was an

enormous door that you could go

through. I went into the shop without

letting the owner of the shop know. My

pockets were empty. I never knew

where I was supposed to get cash. I took

a weapon called MC-116 mutely, aimed

for the owner and shot him right on the

head. I took the owners money and left

the shop.

It was 18:00. I ran to my old city, I saw

Hjalte and I shouted;

"You son of an animal, you need to

die!

"What are you talking about?"

"You are the evil. You have the heart

of an anvil. There is only one thing that

you deserve! That is to die."

I then shot him, with my sniper rifle. He

was surrounded with blood. I managed

to kill him. My dark soul became bright. I

had done something good, for the first

time in my life.

Gaurav Kapali

"’Excuse me ma'am. We are

closed now"

She turned back and said softly

"Oh, but I want to stay longer"

"Sorry ma'am. It's already ten

past five. The library is closed at

ten. Normally." He stopped. Tears

were running through her cheeks.

"Are you fine?"

"No, my parents left me alone

here." She said "They died"

"Poor kid" He sighed. He wanted

to help this kid and he was

already late. "Where do you

live?" He said, "I can drive you

when you live."

"I don't like my uncle. He is

cruel."

"So how can I help you"

"No, can you sit there still. I want

to make your sketch." She

requested. She flipped a page of

her sketch book and started

drawing.

He stood up and said, "Sorry,

but we are late." Now he could

her crying again. He could not

ignore her "How long will it

take?"

"Not too long. Thank you" She

again started sketching.

While he was sitting still waiting

her to finish the sketch, he had

many questions but he could not

even move his lips.

After five minutes.

"You're done now?" He asked.

She laughed. He smiled and said,

"What happened? Does the

sketch look ugly?" He looked at

the sketchbook.

Gaurav Kapali

She laughed longer and louder.

She stood up, drew her sword

fast, swung her sword and

chopped his head.

She grabbed her mask from her

face. She smiled. She headed

back to her home.

"I'm home" She shouted.

"Why are you late again?" Her

mother hugs her.

"Hanging out with my friends in

the library" I said.

"You know how dangerous it's is

to walk around during night"

"She ain't a small kid

Mnemosyne, she needs to learn

to protect herself. Especially from

the 'mask killer'"

“Stop it. There is nothing like

'mask killer' says Menmosyne.

"Okay then who is killing so

many people daily?”

Mnemosyne turns on the TV

and keeps a changing the

channels.

"Can you please turn off the

TV, please?" Her mom says.

She continues. Her mom steals

the remote from her.

"Breaking news! Once again a

man killed by the mask killer.

Not in a house backyard, not in

a school or a train station. This

time in a library. We have now

captured her in a camera. Have

a look."

"Zeus, is that, is that

Melpomene? Our daughter?"

"No, impossible. How can our

innocent Melpom kill someone?

Are you stupid?" He argued "look

at her she is the 'mask killer'.

"Look how she kills him, grabs

her face and takes out her

mask. The police are investing.

They found a clue of the killer.

A sketch book. Many good

sketches of every people she

killed."

"Melpomene, where is your sketch

book?" asks Zeus.

"Umm, in the school locker. I

forgot."

"No, it's in the library. Can you

see on the tv? What is it

Melpomene? Are you the mask

killer?" She keeps quiet with sad

face.

She grabs her face and take out

her mask. They keep looking at

her being amazed seeing her

happy face after so long.

She drew her sword out and

points at them, "Now only a

person left. You might be the 1

hundredth person to be killed.

Then I will get rid of my curse."

"Okay, so you are the mask

killer?" He laughed "Finally I got

ya. You know that I am a

lawyer right?"

"No laws can stop me."

"I am not just a lawyer child" He

grabs his thunder looking tool

that he always used to carry

with him. The thunder tool starts

glowing. The light made her

blind. The pain led her to death.

"Surprisingly, my daughter could

not control the power of truth

and honesty. I wish she never

used her mask"

Think Tank Student Essays

Civil rights is something that everyone should have. Not enough civil rights is a problem in many countries. In the United States, African Americans haven’t always had civil rights. The history of civil rights for African Americans was an inspirational, scary and exciting journey, which has had effects on how Americans live today. Before civil rights Before there were civil rights for African Americans, black people were treated badly. They weren’t allowed to drink water from the same fountains as white people, they had to use a different bathroom, they had to go to different schools and they always had to go through the back door of a building or a bus. There were also white power groups. The Klu Klux Klan was one organization that discriminated against African Americans. The Klu Klux Klan was founded in 1866. They would murder African Americans, and bomb houses, churches and schools. The Klan did many bad things to African Americans, Jewish people, and Catholic people. Even white people with relations with African Americans were scared of the Klan. There are still members of the Klu Klux Klan today, but they aren’t as violent as they were years ago. Civil rights movements Birmingham Bombing In the 1900s, African Americans were discriminated and hated to the point where there was violence. On September 15, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb blew up. It happened right before Sunday

morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Mostly African Americans would go to that church. It was also a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Because of the bomb, many people were injured and four young girls were killed. After the incident many people were very angry, and they protested for civil rights for African Americans. Homemade bombs were also placed in black homes and churches. These incidents happened so often that people started calling the city “Bombingham”. When people protested the police would fight back and that filled the city with violence. By 1965, the FBI knew who bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, but they did nothing about it. In 1977, Bob Baxley, the Alabama Attorney General, resumed the investigation about who bombed the church. Robert E. Chambliss, a Klu Klux Klan leader, was guilty of murder and brought to trial for the bombings. More people who were proven guilty were also convicted. The bombings made many people angry throughout the US, which raised more support for African Americans. The March on Washington There are many memorable events in American history, and this one was an especially great occasion. In 1963, in Washington D.C. by the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington monument, more than 200,000 people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was arranged by different civil rights leaders and religious groups. It was formed so that people would see and understand the challenges for African Americans. It was a great event because many people of different races shared a day of prayers, songs and speeches. On that day, the famous Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. The March on Washington was a great event that symbolized liberty, equality and hope. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Eventually, some people began to understand that racism hurt others and that it was bad to segregate someone just because of the color of their skin. That’s when President John F. Kennedy suggested a civil rights act. It was signed into law by his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. It was called the Civil Rights act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination (that means that it didn’t matter what, race, religion, national origin or gender you have to work in a certain place). That civil rights movement was an important part of African American history because it helped equalize

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the different races. Civil rights activists

Martin Luther King Jr. There were many civil rights activists who

wanted to change the ways African Americans were treated. One of the most inspiring and famous civil rights activists was Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s first major civil rights act was when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After that, he carried on fighting for freedom and peace. However, his life wasn’t always peaceful. He was arrested over twenty times, he was stabbed in the chest once, his house was bombed, and people often attacked him and his family. His actions were meant to be peaceful; however, many people were violent towards him. Although, he still stood up for himself and he never stopped believing. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech was the one he told at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. It was his “I have a dream” speech that inspired many.

Martin Luther King Jr. was so courageous and inspiring, that he even was named Time Magazines Man of the Year in 1963. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize. However, not everyone was fond of him. In Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He was standing on the balcony of his hotel when James Earl Ray shot him. Even though he was killed, Martin Luther King Jr.’s brave and life changing actions have inspired many and he will always be remembered.

Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was another important civil rights activist.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks sat in the neutral section of a bus. Soon after she got on the bus, it became full. When a white man came on the bus, the driver had to follow rules and he asked the four African Americans sitting behind the white section to give up their seats so that the man could sit there. Rosa Parks was one of the four, but she refused to give up her seat. Because of her actions, Rosa was fined and arrested for violating the laws of segregation. A group called the Montgomery Improvement Association assembled a boycott. They chose Martin Luther King Jr. as their leader. The protest lasted 381 days. Then, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the segregation law was not fair and that the bus sections should unify. The Montgomery Bus Boycott inspired other non-violent civil rights protests in the United States. Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges was also a very courageous person, but at a very young age. In 1954, when she was 6 years old, she took a test deciding whether or not she could go to a white school. The test was created to be very difficult, so that the kids would have a hard time passing. The point of the test was that if all the African American children failed, New Orleans schools might be segregated for a longer time. In 1960, her parents were told by people from the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) that her and six other African American children passed the test. Ruby Bridges was going to attend William Frantz School, and she was going to be the first African American to attend an all white school in the South. When Ruby arrived at school, federal marshals escorted her. Many people at the school were yelling and throwing items. Policemen were everywhere and almost all the parents of the children at that school kept their children home. Ruby faced many hardships on her first

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few weeks of school. People always made racist remarks. Even on her second day a woman threatened to poison her! On a different day a woman greeted her with a black doll in a wooden coffin. However, she stayed strong the whole time and she finished her education. No racism

Today, Martin Luther King Jr’s dream of equality between the races has definitely came a long way. There are still racist people, but others are beginning to understand that being racist is mean, hurtful and wrong. However, economically, black people continue to struggle more than white people. One of the reasons is because they don’t have a higher education and they don’t have good access to hiring networks.

Also, during the housing boom, subprime mortgage lenders were most likely targeting African Americans. A lot of people lost their homes once the boom crashed.

Hopefully as the world evolves, people won’t be as racist and the world will be a place of equality.

If people make an effort to be less racist

and understand that the color of your skin doesn’t matter, the world would be a better place. I think that over time we can accomplish this and we will live in a world with equality, liberty, and peace. Bibliography Hall, R. B. (2000, March). The Education of Ruby Nell. Rubybridges.com. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www.rubybridges.com/story.html Berman, J. (2014, January 19). MLK’s Dream of Economic Equality is Still Far From Realized. Huffingtonopost.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/19/racial-economic-gap_n_4610492.html The Birmingham Church Bombing. (n.d.). The Birmingham Church Bombing. History.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombing Brunner, B. (n.d.). Birmingham Church Bombing. Infoplease.com.

Retrieved March 24, 2014, from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmjustice3.html Ross, S. (n.d.). Civil Rights March On Washington. Infoplease.com. Retrieved March 25, 2014, from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html March on Washington. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington Standing Up For Freedom. (2014, March). Achievement.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014, from http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 The Story Behind The Bus. (n.d.). Thehenryford.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014, from http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp Martin Luther King Jr.. (2014, April). Ducksters.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://www.ducksters.com/biography/martin_luther_king_jr.php Martin Luther King Jr.. (2014). Biography.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086 Ruby Nell Bridges Hall. (2014). Biography.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-bridges-475426#recent-contribu tions&awesm=~oAOsQ3l0ENiAJj The KKK And Racial Problems. (n.d.). Historylearningsite.co.uk. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/kkk_and_racial_problems.htm Civil Rights Act Of 1964. (n.d.). Mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu. Retrieved March 31, 2014, from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_civil_rights_act_of_1964/ Klu Klux Klan. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan Civil Rights Act. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act March on Washington. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved April 2, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington Rosa Parks Timeline. (n.d.). Softschools.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.softschools.com/timelines/rosa_parks/timeline_7/ Giovanni, N. (2005) Rosa. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Farris, C. K. (2008) March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed The World. New York, NY: Scholastic.

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the Planet: Animals in

War Adam Wadhwani

Animals are used for many war tasks. These tasks are mostly ones that humans can’t do or can’t do as well as animals. Humans don’t have the right senses or technology for sniffing out bombs or delivering messages. Animals can also thrive in terrains that humans can’t without getting really tired such as under water or in deserts. People also can’t identify incoming attacks. Therefore there are a wide range of uses that animals serve.

Dogs

Dogs have served in the army for up to 14,000 years. The most commonly used types of dogs are Dobermans, German Sheppards, and GBS’s, a special type of German Sheppard. These animals, known as man’s best friend, are used because of their amazing sense of smell. The most common use of dogs is finding bombs. They are also used to locate wounded soldiers, smell incoming gas or shells, and guard camps. Dogs can also carry

medical supplies for wounded soldiers, as well as deliver letters sent from their commanders.

Dogs continue to be used in modern warfare. These days about 2000 dogs are working in the U.S. military alone. The military breeds dogs for certain tasks. It also buys dogs from other breeders. The U.S. trains some of them at the military working dog center. It is located at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The U.S. has placed many of the dogs in Afghanistan and Iraq.

One very famous military dog was Stubby. Stubby was a World War I hero. He fought with the US military against the Germans in France. He was able to detect incoming gas attacks. Due to his special dog hearing, he was able to alert the soldiers silently that the enemy was creeping up. Stubby was also used to locate and comfort the wounded. Stubby outranked his owner and won more medals than any other dog in the military.

Horses

Horses have been used in war since 1350 B.C. In old times they were ridden into battle so that the soldiers could shoot arrows. Horses also dragged carriages with weapons, food, and water. They were also used to transport wounded soldiers to the hospital. WWI was the last time a large number of horses were used. Even with their astonishing speed, 8 million horses were killed in WWI. Since WWI, tanks have taken over.

Dolphins

In the U.S. marine force, the bottlenose dolphin has been used since 1960. This water mammal can find underwater mines using clicking sounds. The dolphin senses the sound waves bouncing back when a mine is in the way of the ship. It can also spot enemy swimmers and report back to his owner and can do underwater video-taping with a camera held in its mouth. Finally the dolphin can deliver equipment to divers underwater. The U.S. kept this force a secret until 1990.

There is a program in San Diego that trains marine animals for underwater investigations. One hundred animals are currently ready to serve. Dolphins have been used in the Vietnam and Iraq wars.

Sea Lions

Alongside the dolphin, sea lions are a part of the underwater army. These fantastic sea creatures will

dive up to 1,000 feet to find underwater explosives. Once they find the mines, they strap cables to them so that soldiers can recover and safely detonate or defuse the explosives. They can also film people swimming or riding on an incoming boat. Sea lions have good underwater, low-light vision giving them an advantage in the dark or muddy water.

Carrier Pigeon

Pigeons go back 5,000 years in the history of war. These flying aces soar through battles at top speed to soldiers. The first thing pigeons were used for was bringing back results of the battle. Later on they were developed to fly longer distances to carry secret messages. The system works by raising the pigeons in the base territory. Then soldiers bring them to enemy grounds where the battle is going on. Here soldiers give them a message and they fly home (the base). For example, they are raised in London. Soldiers take them to France. They put a letter in message holders on their legs and the pigeons fly back to London.

One of the most famous carrier pigeons in the history of war is G.I. Joe. He flew at top speed from a village in Italy to the American and British headquarters with a note saying that they had already conquered the village. If he had gotten there five minutes later, the American and British were going to bomb the village and kill many of their own troops. This took place in World War II.

Elephant

The elephant used to be one of the animals most used in war. This giant beast would be ridden into battle and trample its enemy at 20 miles per hour. Its huge tusks were also a perfect war weapon used to pierce enemy soldiers. Thanks to the elephant’s trunk, humans were launched into the air. The elephant also used to forge flooded fields.

Camels and Mules

Camels and Mules have been used for their strength and ability to survive in desserts. The soldiers pile large loads of supplies on their backs. These supplies include food, water, weapons, and explosives. The army stopped using them at the beginning of World War One. Most of the camels fled to Canada.

Pigs

Pigs were used in old times by armies who faced elephants. The squeal of a hog (female pig) or bore (male pig) filled the elephants with fear and made

them flee. Sometimes the pigs were even set on fire so they would run towards the enemy.

Lampyris Noctiluca : European Glowworm

During WWI the Lampyris Noctiluca, better known as the European glowworm, took its turn in war by serving as a source of light. The worms spent their days and nights in trenches giving off light. A total of ten glowworms can produce the same amount of light as a street lamp

Bats

These flying rats with radar were tested to play a role as a crucial weapon against the Japanese in WWII. Bats’ ability to carry more than their weight in flight gave them the ability to drop bombs over cities in Japan. Because the Japanese houses were constructed from wood, bamboo, and paper, the bombs would cause large fires. However, these tests never led to bats actually being used in combat. In the end they used the rest of the testing money on atomic bombs.

How Technology Replaced Animals

Over time, technology replaced animals in war. Technology had advantages. It did not cost lives of animals. Also, the technology was more effective in eliminating enemies. Horses, camels, and mules, were eliminated from war due to the fact that we have tanks. With tanks we can ride and kill without wasting animal lives. Pigeons are no longer used because of radio communication. Trench warfare is no longer used because of more effective ways of defense. Also, glowworms have been replaced by battery-powered lights such as electric lanterns and flashlights.

Animals that have not been replaced by technology

Not all animals have been replaced by recent advancements. Dogs have a keen sense of smell unable to be replaced by modern technology. Dolphins and sea lions can sense sound waves bouncing back at them. So far this cannot be mimicked by humans and underwater equipment.

Conclusion

There are many different opinions coming from

many different people about whether it is fair to send animals to war. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals known as PETA say that it is unfair because the animals do not get to say their opinion on if it is worth fighting. Another opinion might be that it is okay to use animals in war because it saves humans lives.

I think that it is unfair to make animals a part of human war because the animals are losing their lives without knowing that they are taking that risk. Also it is not the animals’ fight that they are being dragged into. Additionally, the animals are treated in a painful way to better motivate them.

I believe that if we have technology now to do at least most of the responsibilities of animals in war, we should use it. Instead of investing money on training, food, water, and equipment for animals, the military can use that money to create new machines that take the animals´ place. As a result I am against the use of animals in war.

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Poetry

She was lost

In the ocean?

Or the woods?

No. It was the world of imagination

created in her head by words.

All this adventure

And drama was where she escaped

from the reality world.

All the noise in the background

Felt just like small whispers.

Where she was really lost was in a

world inside a book.

Escape

Zenana Ojha

Wolves! Wolves, aoo!

Howl at night,

Scare at night,

Run like wind,

Scare your friend

Pounce on prey

Hunt for food

Keep prey at bay

Iwara Sandeer

Play football to have fun Bring a ball to play and fling Run and sprint until you're done Score some goals to win the match Save some too so you don't loose Jump and spring because you've won.

Fabio Corbacho

Editor: Ivan Petrov

Theodor Jensen

Miners Miners

Dig the dirt,

Be alert,

Sell the gold

Craft a pick

Mine some coal

Find a mole.

Playing puppies always play

Fighting puppies play with hay

Training puppies always train

Racing puppies jump over a terrain

Winning puppies always win

Loosing puppies have a grin Aiswarya Roy

Maya Redden

The Darkest Minds is a thrilling young

adult fiction book written by Alexandra

Bracken. It follows the life of ruby

living in the future where a plague has

killed almost every kid from ages 10-20

and giving the survivors strange

powers. When ruby wakes up on her

tenth birthday she finds that she is not

the same and ends up being taken

away from her family to live in a

rehabilitation camp where she and the

kids are treated like slaves with guns

pointed at their heads for every living

second. Now sixteen, Ruby has been

living at the rehabilitation camp for

some time and she knows she's

different from all the other kids in the

camp. When she escapes with help

from the children's league she finds

Liam, Charles, and Zu. Three kids who

also managed to escape from their

imprisonment. All four kids set out on

a mission to find the East River, a camp

of kids who managed to get out of

reach of the government. Throughout

the book ruby finds secrets that both

impress and terrify her.

The Darkest Minds is a great book for

fans of Divergent or The Hunger Games.

It takes you on a roller coaster of

emotions. You will fall in love with the

story and the characters as they go on

their journey to find the east river.

Rosie

the Tree

PYP 1 Students

Editor: Emma Gyde

PYP 1 Students Grade 1 had a letter from Rosie the Tree. In the letter she told us that she was soon to be chopped down and she was begging us to help her…..

Dear Children,

My name is Rosie.

I am a very old oak tree and I have lived in a beautiful forest park called Dyrehaven for more than 100 years.

I think you know where I live….. it is where you have Sports Day – The Deer Park!

Now, some politicians have decided that they want to build a lot of new houses close to where I live, and they want to use me to make beautiful furniture! I really don’t want to be chopped down! Please help!!

Love from

Rosie

We also had a letter from Mr. Earth who told us how important Rosie and other trees are, so he was also begging us to help save Rosie.

Dear Grade 1

This is Mr. Earth!

I am begging you to help Rosie. Rosie does a very important job! She breathes in old air called carbon dioxide that comes from factories, cars etc. and breathes out fresh air called oxygen. So Rosie cleans the air and that’s a very important job!

Rosie is also the home of many animals and if Rosie is not there where should Lauren the Ladybird live? Or Barry the Beetle? Or Oscar the Owl?

Please help save Rosie and the other trees!

Kind Regards,

Mr. Earth

Rosie Letters from the Animals

Dear Grade 1.

My name is Lauren and I am a tiny ladybird that lives in Rosie the Tree. Without Rosie I will have no home and no leaves to nibble on. Please help!

Warmest regards,

Lauren

Dear Grade 1

I am Simon the Squirrel. I use Rosie as a place to escape from other animals like dogs and people. I also store all my nuts for the winter inside of Rosie. Without Rosie I wouldn’t have a place to put my food and I wouldn’t be safe in the forest. Please help!

Kind regards,

Simon the Squirrel

Dear Class

My name is Oscar the Owl and Rosie is my bed. I sit high up in her tall branches so I can get some rest from the hustle and bustle of all those animals up during the day. Without Rosie I wouldn’t get a wink of sleep! Please help!

From Oscar

Dear Children,

I am Barry the Beetle. Rosie protects me from all the an-imals that want to eat me. She has the perfect colour so I can camouflage and hide myself, and without Rosie I will be an easy target and may not survive! Please help!

Yours sincerely,

Barry

Letters from PYP 1

Dear Politicians,

Don’t chop down trees! Because

they breath in carbon dioxide

and breath out oxygen! Trees

are a home for animals.

Greetings,

Daniel

Dear Politicians,

Please don’t chop down Rosie

because Rosie is our friend. She

is home to animals. She cleans

the air so we can live. She also

makes toys and food for us, so

please! Please! Don’t chop her

down because she is so im-

portant to us!

From,

Victor

Dear Politicians,

Do not chop down Rosie the

tree! Because she take the stuff

like smoke and gives oxygen!

You could make the houses

somewhere else in the forest. A

place where there is space.

With no trees, no people, no

houses.

From,

Hector

Dear Politicians,

Don’t chop Rosie down! She

gives air to us, and if there

where no trees we would die.

Rosie cleans the air.

From,

Orhun

Dear Politicians,

Please don’t chop down Rosie

because many animals like Os-

car the owl, Simon the squirrel,

Lauren the ladybug, and Berry

the beetle will lose their home.

Also Rosie breathes in Carbon

Dioxide. And Rosie does some-

thing so we can breathe. She

breathes out Oxygen. She is

important. Please don’t chop

her down. She is important to

people and animals.

Love,

Molly

Rosie

Letters from PYP 1

Dear Politicians,

Please protect our environment,

do not chop Rosie down! The

animals will loose their homes.

From,

Furkan

Dear Politicians,

Please save Rosie! Please save her! She is important for the air and animals that live in her. She cleans dirty air too. Make furni-ture out of something else! We have chopped down enough trees, come on she is good for the envi-ronment!

From,

Angelica Dear Politicians,

Rosie is very important to us.

Please don't chop her down,

because she cleans the air and

lots of animals will be cap-

tured. They won't have a home

and we won't have a home,

and we won't have oxygen.

Without Rosie we will have

dirty air.

Love from,

Luciana

Dear Politicians,

Don’t cut Rosie, we beg you!

Because; they, we and the animals

need air. Every animal lives in

Rosie. Save Rosie!

From,

Adrian

Dear Politicians,

Rosie is important. She gives us

food, please don’t cut her. She

gives lots of things to us. She is

very important she gives oxygen

and she is so kind. We all like her.

Please don't! She also gives us air

when we need her.

From,

Meryem Nur

Dear Politicians,

Don’t chop down Rosie because she has a very important job. She gives us clean air. She gives animals a home. She helps keep bugs safe. People cant take a nice walk in the park. Please save Rosie!

From,

Nolan

Dear Politicians,

Don’t chop down trees because it is

important because you can die. I

am so mad at you so do not! I love

to look at trees so, so much. Rosie

looks very nice, when I see her I

get very sad for her. She helps ani-

mals find a home for their family,

like birds.

From,

Ale

Dear Politicians,

Please don't chops down the trees because they are living things, and animals live inside the trees. Also don't chop down Rosie! She gives us air and oxygen.

From,

Yigit

Dear Politicians,

Please don’t chop down Rosie! Lots of animals need her. She cleans the air for us to breathe. Rosie has a very important job. Rosie is very important.

Love,

Helene Dear Politicians,

Please do not cut down trees! Be-

cause they clean the air, they

clean carbon dioxide and they

turn it into oxygen. It is not good

for the environment to not have

trees in the parks and other places.

Kind Regards,

Pedro

Dear Politicians,

Please don’t chop down Rosie! All

the factories make carbon

dioxide but the trees will clean it

and will turn it into oxygen. We

need oxygen all the time. The

animals also need Rosie to live

and hide because that’s their

house.

From,

Alisa

Dear Politicians,

Please don't chop Rosie's trees be-cause she cleans air and she makes fresh air. She is a home for animals.

From,

Haashir

Rainforest

Animals

Editor: Daniel Austin

PYP 2 Students

Rainforest

Animals The Chameleon

Amalie Nielsen

Do you know what lives in the rainforest and can change colors? You can keep them as a pet?

Chameleons! Chameleons can live 4-8 years. Its closest relative is a lizard. It is a reptile. There are many kinds of chameleons. A chameleon is cold blooded.

It has skin and it can be 28-68.5 cm. It crawls and has many colors. It has feet and big eyes. It can change from one color to another. It eats insects and it is an omnivore. It catches food with its tongue. It lives in the rainforest and in the desert. Its habitat is dry and wet.

Chameleons live in trees. They’re not poison so you can keep them as pets. They have no teeth and small claws.

Do you know it has a sticky tongue? When it is mad it turns red, when it is glad it turns green. They cut down trees so the chamele-ons need to find new homes. It is special because it can change col-ors. Now you know why I like chameleons.

My Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/chameleon/print

The Amazing Anaconda Let me tell you about the most amazing animal called the anaconda. Its weight is 550 pounds and that is heavy. Its color is dark green with black spots, and white marks. It eats fish, turtles, caimans, pigs, jagu-ars, deer, birds, frogs and capybaras and it can live up to 10-12 years. It is a carnivore that eats meat. It lives in South America where the climate is hot, sunny and humid. They protect themselves with their sharp teeth. They squeeze their prey so they can get their meat and that is amazing.

They have see-through on their eyes and they can be as long as a bus. Anacondas are not in danger and do not have problems surviving. Anacondas are in the boa family.

I think my animal is special because it has sharp teeth and it has see-through-skin. It can also squeeze animals for the meat. It weighs 550 pounds. It is as long as a bus. Now you know what an anaconda is.

Resources

A day in the life: Rainforest Animals Anaconda by Anita Ganeri

http://www.tropical-rainforest-facts.com/Tropical-Rainforest-Animal-Facts/Interesting-Anaconda-Facts.shtml

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/anaconda_facts/40/

William Gedsø-Kharazmi

Rainforest Animals

The Lemur Duha Güvenc

Do you know my animal? Let me give you some clues. Its colors are grey, white, brown, and black. Have you got an idea now? It's a Lemur!

Lemurs can live 10-14 years. Lemurs eat fruits. They run 20km/h or 12 mph. Lemurs are compared to both monkeys and squirrels.

Lemurs are monkey’s cousins. The biggest threat to the lemur is deforestation, with around 90% of the Madagascar jungle having been destroyed.

Lemurs live in the dry forest and tropical jungle. There are four main types of Lemurs containing nearly 100 different lemur subspecies between them.

The lemurs will eat most small things from berries, nuts and leaves to insects and spiders.

Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/lemur/print

The Cool Howler Monkey Do you know what can be tan, brown, and black and is a meter long? Well, it's a Howler-

monkey! After you have read this report you'll probably know more about Howler monkeys.

Howler monkeys are known for their extremely loud call that can reach up to a few miles. They're also known for their long tails. They use their tail to hang while picking fruit.

Howler monkeys will sometimes pee and poo to show that something is theirs. It's very funny and clever at the same time.

Howler monkeys spend 80% of their day resting and grooming each other. I bet my mom would love doing that!

Howler monkeys are not endangered at the moment but if people keep cutting the trees down Howler monkeys will be endangered

Resources

http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/black-howler-monkey

Ernst F. Swilley-Hansen

Anaconda Mattias Nørgaard Gillick

If you want to know about the amazing anaconda you have picked up the right stuff. Now let's get started. The anaconda is a reptile.

The anaconda is related to the boa snake. If you do not know, the anaconda is a snake too. The anaconda can live up to 20 years. It looks like an enormous sausage in the river. It hunts at night in the river. It can eat animals as big as a jaguar.

Anaconda skin is normally green and yellow. It lives in the amazon in small rivers and streams. It likes warm climates.

It eats meat so it is a carnivore. It is beginning to have problems surviving because people are cutting down all of the rain forests. People are killing a lot of the anacondas but there are still lot's.

Resources

http://www.tropical-rainforest-facts.com/Tropical-Rainforest-Animal-Facts/Interesting-Anaconda-Facts.shtml

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/anaconda_facts/40/

A day in the life: Rainforest Animals Anaconda, Anita Ganeri

Amazing Orangutans Do you know an animal that is fury and cute? It is an orangutan!

An orangutan looks like an ape. Orangutans are herbivores. It eats fruit leaves and other parts of plants. It has really strong arms.

An orangutan is losing its habitat. It is in big danger it also has a lot of problems. There aren't so many orangutans left. There are less than before. What an orangutan says is called a long call. They have long fur on them.

Orangutans don't have any tails and they have long arms. Orangutans like to jump tree to tree. The young orangutans are playful and affectionate.

Orangutans live on the islands of Borneo Sumatra in in Southeast Asia. Orangutans have good hands for climbing trees.

Resources

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan, Anitta Garneri.

Sajal Khan

Rainforest Animals

Marlo Meedom Hope

Do you know a very pretty colorful bird? It's a macaw. A macaw is a colorful tropical parrot. It is native to central South America. There are 17 different macaw species found in the rain forest of South America. A macaw has a long and powerful beak. That means that the macaw can break nuts and seeds.

The scarlet macaw is native to humid evergreen forest in the American tropics.

Sometimes the flock flies to a cliff by the river and eats the clay soil. The clay helps the Macaws bodies take in the food they need.

Resources

Macaw Anita Ganeri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Macaw

Poison Dart Frog

Which animal is so colorful, but really poisonous? All its color is red, blue, yellow, and green. My animal is a Poison Dart Frog!

Poison Dart Frogs eat tiny insects. They grab their food with long sticky tongue.

Poison Dart Frogs can live 3 to 15 years. They can live that long because they have just one predator. It is an amphibian and it has just one predator. The predator is a special snake!

There are more than 175 different species of Poison Dart Frogs known to inhabit the jungles across Central and South America.

Poison Dart Frogs can kill 10 grown men! They kill them with their venom. The venom is on the skin, so when somebody touches it they'll die.

Ella Gislen

Maia Khan

If you want to know all about the amazing tigers, you picked the right girl. I love tigers so I research about them.

Guess why tigers have stripes? Because they need to cam-ouflage in the grass to catch their prey.

What are the colors you ask? They are orange, white and black. Those are the colors of the amazing tigers.

Do you know what it eats? Meat! That means it's a carni-vore! You know how it gets food? By attacking. The place it lives in is rainy, dry, and foresty.

Guess what? Three kinds of tigers are extinct but 6 are not. That's good, right?

Do you know what a beautiful fish is? It is a piranha.

The piranha is a fish. Piranhas can live to 20-25 years. Piranhas are nice because they have nice colours. Colours are: grey, yellow, blue and red. Piranhas have scales. Its size is: 20-50 cm.

They have round body and big jaws and a big head. Piranhas eat fish, mammals and fruit. Pira-nhas swim together with other piranhas. It can live only in warm river. Piranhas live in the rain-forest of South America. Piranhas are omnivores. Omnivore means they can eat meat and plants.

Do you know that piranhas swim in schools? And when they break their teeth a new tooth grows. That is why I like piranhas.

Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/piranha/print

Anej Lampeij

Rainforest Animals

The Poison-Arrow-Frog Sophia Hyltoft

Do you know what looks pretty but is actually very poison-ous? It's a poison-arrow-frog! Its bright colours warn other animals that it's poisonous. It looks like a coloured leaf. It can be any colour. But usually you wouldn't see one in grey. It is 1.5-6 cm in size, it jumps very quietly. It eats flies and that's why it's an insectivore. When flies come past, the poi-son-arrow-frog quickly catches one and calls it lunch. They live in the rainforest. It is quite hot there. It has moist skin. Its moist skin is poisonous. It's scary! When snakes come past it would quickly climb up a tree or it would jump into a pond if one was near. Snakes are the poison-arrow-frog's predator.

If there was a war somewhere, men would use its poison to kill other men, and even if the poison just slightly touches the other man's skin he would still die. My animal is not ab-solutely in danger, but Yanomami-people and huntsmen are killing it so they can use its poison to kill animals. I think my animal is special because it is one of the very few animals

that don't have too many problems surviving. It is also special because it can climb and swim. Now you know why I think poison-arrow-frogs are amazing, fantastic cool and... AWESOME!

Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/poison-arrow-frog/print

The Singing Ape

Do you know apes that sing? They’re gibbons! They can live up to 25-40 years. They have hair all around their body but not their face. They are really fast and they can sing! Gibbons are om-nivores. They hunt fish and eat fruit and nuts. It usually eats fruits and nuts but sometimes it also eats fish. Gibbons have long arms. They look as if they are flying in trees. But they are swinging around and playing. But adults swing around for eating fruits and nuts. It protects it-self by its teeth. They have sharp teeth to eat nuts and protect themselves and their babies. The gibbons can sing. Their song is really loud. The song they sing is to tell that this part of the for-est is their home. And now you know a bit about the apes that sing!

Resources

Gibbons, the swinging Ape, Susan, Rinag

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/gibbon/print

Rida Amber

The Swinging Lemur Zayyana Asvat Do you know an animal that can be black, white, brown or red, its tail is longer than its body

and it uses its feet like hands? Well I do! It’s a Lemur!

A lemur is a mammal. Lemurs are related to monkeys and squirrels. It can live up to 10-14 years. Lemurs are adults when they are 3 years old, human beings are only adults when they're 18.

Lemurs can walk easily on sharp rock. Its size is 9-100 cm. It moves by swinging and climbing. Lemurs make wailing screams.

Lemurs are omnivores. Lemurs like to eat seeds, leaves and fruit it gets its food from the sur-rounding trees. They live in dry forest and tropical jungle. The climate is hot and wet.

Lemurs come in all shapes and sizes. They live in large groups for protection. Many sets of eyes and ears help detect predators The smallest Lemur is the size of a mouse and the biggest lemur is the size of a fox. Their babies are born in August and September. All babies at first are raised up together.

Ring tailed Lemurs cuddle and they also bite and lick each other. Now maybe you know why the lemur is very interesting for me now you also might know why I want to go to Madagascar.

Resources

A day in the life: Rainforest Animals, Anita Ganeri

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/lemur/print

I will tell you about the incredible Jaguar. The jaguar has a very short life. Jaguars live in the rainforest. Jaguars go hunt for food in the night. Jaguars also eat from the river. They can eat a turtle. Most Jaguars have golden brown fur.

Jaguars belong to a group of mammals that is called big cats. Jaguars never meet with tigers. Jaguars also eat birds. Mom jaguars take care of their babies but the father goes away. Jaguars fight for surviving. So they can kill each other. Jaguars have special eyes that they can see dim ling. After hunting Jaguars spend the whole day resting.

Aucan Acuna

Rainforest Animals

The Amazing Panther Samuel Lars Pedersen

Do you know the black panther? It is often referred to as the 'ghost of the forest' because they hunt at night and their black fur makes them almost invisible. They can run 18 km/h. Their sharp teeth, strong jaws, and paws with sharp claws let them easily catch the prey. A black pan-ther is a carnivore. It can eat everything from small birds to large mammals. Black panther fur can be black, dark grey and dark brown but from a close distance you can see leopard prints or spots on their body. Black panthers live in Asia, Africa and America. The panther adapted well to a variety of habitats like the forest, desert, swamps, mountains and grasslands. They can adapt to any climatic condition and survive both cold and warm environments.

Panthers are known as the strongest climbers and can take their heavy prey on trees and eat it there. They are also great swimmers. They can leap up to 6 meters to catch their prey. Their hind legs are longer then the front ones.

Panthers, the world's biggest cat, have been hunted by humans as both trophies and for their fur. It is sad that humans can be one of the biggest predators for such a powerful, beautiful and strong animal.

Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/

http://www.interestingfunfacts.com/

www.en.wikipedia.org

www.softschool.com

All about Orangutans

Do you want to know about an amazing animal? Orangutans!

Orangutans look like humans when they are small. They are so cute. Orangutans have a lot of fur. It is orange, red, brown and black. Orangutans make their own tools. This is cool. They use leaves as umbrellas. They do a lot of cool things. Orangutans eat fruit, leaves and other plants. They are omnivores. Now you know why I chose an Orangutan. It was very fun do research about an Orangutan.

Resources

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/kids/orangutan_facts

Orangutan, Anita Ganeri

Hajar Said

The Amazing Caiman Lizard! Waldemar Gedsø-Kharazmi

I'm going to tell you about the most amazing animal! It's called the Caiman Lizard! It can eat a

whole amphibian! It's a cool reptile. It can live up to 10-30 years.

Its amazing colors are black, brown, tan, yellow, and grey. Its size is 60 cm to 12 cm. That's very

big. Its diet is snails, insects, crabs, fish, rodents, and amphibians. It is a carnivore. It hunts for

food.

It lives in the jungles of South America, rainforests and swampland. It only lives in tropical cli-

mates where there are trees and water. A special thing about it is that it's powerfully built.

Another special thing is that it has a forked tongue and powerful tail. A very amazing fact is the

parents lay their eggs into a hole in the riverbank. My animal is in danger because there's pollu-

tion and cutting trees.

I think my animal is special because it is huge and scaly. Now you know a lot of amazing things

about the Caiman Lizard!

Resources

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/caiman-lizard/

I am going to tell you about an amazing animal that’s called a macaw! Macaws are the largest parrots in the world.

Macaws are birds. Macaws are related to parrots. Macaws can live 50-60 years.

Macaws look like beautiful, big, colourful birds. Macaws move by flying. Macaws make noisy sounds.

Macaws eat fruits, nuts, seeds, and insects. Its favorite food is fruits. Macaws are omnivores. Macaws fly and get food with their feet. Macaws live in the rainforest. The climate there is wet and hot. The habitat is in the canopy or in the emergent layer.

Macaws eat clay because it helps them by getting food in their stomach. Macaws protect them-selves by flying. Their tails are longer than bodies.

Macaws are not in danger. It is a beautiful animal. Now you know why I chose Macaws.

Resources

A day in the life: Rainforest animal Macaw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Macaw

http://a-z-animals.com/animals/macaw/print

http://www.iaate.org/companion-parrots/51-content/resource-center/181-scarlet-macaw-fact-

Luce Boessenkool

THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM

Travel Notes

We went to a museum. It was

called Statens Museum for Kunst.

We went walking to Østerport, we

stopped at the park, and then ate

our snack. After snack we played a

little in the park. We went in part-

ners. I saw water lilies and nature

flowers. We took pictures of them.

There we saw birds, and then we

walked to the museum. I loved to

walk, because it gives exercise to

me.

We arrived to the museum, but we

had to wait 5 minutes for the muse-

um to open. We had a tour guide,

her name was Karon. I really liked

her, because she showed us around.

My favorite picture was a portrait. I

didn't hate any pictures at all. They

had some rules in the museum. We

used our imagination - it was fun! I

liked the portrait, because it showed

his family.

After we had seen all the paintings

and sculptures, we went to the

workshop. We had to make different

sculptures. I made a rabbit and a

rabbit alien. They were connected. If

I had a chance to finish my sculp-

ture, I would have made a tree. They

had pop sticks, cloth and Styrofoam

sticks. After we were done, we told

stories about our sculptures we had

done in the workshop. After we

went out of the workshop and had

our sculptures, we could have

bought anything, if we had money.

We went back to school. First we

went through the park. We could

have played a little. We ate lunch.

Then we walked to Østerport, came

back to school. While we were walk-

ing, rain came! We arrived at school,

watched Bee movie. The bell rang,

that meant it was time to go home.

It was fun, I wanted to go again!

Fatima Qayyum

7th of May 2014 (Wed.)

THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM

Yesterday our class went to Statens Mu-

seum for Kunst. We left school at 9 a.m. It

took us about 20 minutes to walk to the

museum. There was a park so we could

have played in the park for about 10

minutes. We saw different animals in the

park, such as birds, dogs and squirrels.

There was also a lake and a lot of trees.

When we arrived to the museum, there

was a woman, who guided us and showed

us some sculptures. There were two sculp-

tures next to each other, connected by a

metal chain. The theme was friendship.

One of the sculptures was made out of

plaster and the other one was made out of

concrete. I really enjoyed the sculptures.

Karen (the tour guide) showed us fine

granite rocks that were meant to look like

animals and they do! Karen thought they

were good friends because they were all

together. In my opinion they weren't good

friends, because they weren't facing each

other.

Later we went to a workshop. We had to

make 2 sculptures about friendship. We

could use a lot of materials, such as clay,

cloth, sticks, feathers, yarn, cotton, wire

and a lot more.

Not everyone could finish their sculpture

but we still had to explain what we made.

Some people made two feet next to each

other that had got friends. I liked to be in

the workshop because it was fun but some

people got their fingers burnt because of a

glue gun.

My friend Sonia made a sculpture of a

woman. She was meant to make one more

but she ran out of time. Prynze made a

long and skinny man, and next to him, was

a another sculpture that was fat and short.

The two sculptures were connected by a

golden chain and they were camping.

When the time was up, everyone had to

show and tell what they had made. After

we were done making sculptures in the

workshop, we had to go back to school.

On our way back, we went to Østre

Anlæg (the same park we went to, when

we were going to the museum.) We ate

lunch at the park and then we played for

about 15 min. As we were going to school,

it started raining. We took our sculptures

with us at home. When we came to school,

the bell rang and we all went home. I like

everything, especially the rain.

Melisa Inal

7th of May 2014 (Wed.)

THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM

Travel Notes

Watermelon, Feta,

and Olive Salad!

Serves 8

Ingredients

Medium sized ripe watermelon

1 small onion

2 limes

1 ½ cup of feta cheese

Handful of fresh mint leaves

(chopped)

Handful of Italian parsley (chopped)

2/3 cup of black pitted olives

¼ cup of olive oil

Directions

Slice the onions into long strips and

put them in a bowl with the juice

of the limes.

Next cut up the watermelon into

medium chunks and remove the

rind and seeds.

Put the watermelon into a large

bowl, crumble the feta on top

and at the rest of the ingredients

along with the onion and lime.

Lastly toss the salad gently to

incorporate all the flavors

together.

Emma Gyde

Watermelon, Feta,

and Olive Salad!

Goksu Boz

Fresh Fruit and

Yogurt Ice Pops

"Simple and wholesome popsicles. My mom used to help us make these when we were kids and I still enjoy them years later. Use honey as an alternate sweetener, and blend the fruit to be either chunky or smooth." Original recipe makes 8 servings Ingredients

2 cups fresh blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and sliced bananas, mixed 2 cups plain or vanilla yogurt 1/4 cup white sugar 8 small paper cups 8 popsicle sticks

Directions Place the mixed blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, sliced bananas, yogurt, and sugar into a blender. Cover, and blend until fruit is chunky or smooth, as desired. Fill paper cups 3/4 full with fruit mixture. Cover the top of each cup with a strip of aluminum foil. Poke a popsicle stick through the center of the foil on each cup. Place the cups in the freezer for at least 5 hours. To serve, remove foil and peel off the paper cup.

Fresh Fruit and

Yogurt Ice Pops

Chief Editor Ramazan Dicle EAL Teacher

Editor Hjalte Engel Wallin MYP3

Editor Emma Simonsen MYP3

Editor Maya Redden MYP1

Editor Emma Gyde MYP2

Editor Daniel Austin MYP3

Secretary Ivan Petrov MYP2

Secretary Frederikke Schaufuss MYP1

Secretary Zamir Khan PYP4

Secretary Zenana Ojha PYP5

Writer Mahzeeb Ahmed MYP2

Writer Sheida Joderi MYP2

Writer Mohamed Bafakih PYP4

Writer Chantal Grishan MYP3

Writer Goksu Boz MYP3

Writer Francesco Cagliardi PYP5

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