World Refugee Day

Today is World Refugee day, and I wanted to do something really nice and find information about them. I hope you enjoy and please leave a helpful, thoughtful comment.

Oscar Romero- Report

Oscar Romero was born in South America-Ciudad, El Salvador on August 15th 1917. He was a Catholic priest during the 1960s, but around the 1970s he became Archbishop of El Salvador.  When his friend Rutilio Grande died for standing up for the poor, Oscar Romero had  a conversion of heart and spoke for the poor, poverty and social justice.

After seeing numbers of violations of human rights, he stood up and spoke on behalf of the poor and victims that had been accused. Oscar Romero helped the poor by giving them what he had. He also prayed and organised peace marches and speeches showing that he cared. The government was angry at Oscar Romero because they did not like it when he was spreading the Christian word.Even though he knew that his life was in danger he did not stop defending the troubled.

On March 24th 1980 the people who he angered shot him while he was celebrating Mass. This was in the chapel of the hospital where he lived. His funeral was attended by more than 250,000 people of the world. This turned to violence as the soldiers began to shoot the crowd, killing 40 people. For the people of El Salvador, Romero was a hero, a Christian who was prepared to speak against a bad government and challenge human rights abuses.

Oscar Romero
By Mele

References:

http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=Romero_memorial_ms_06_ul

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/23/features11.g21

Learning Languages - Germany

As part of our Learning Languages study with Mrs Ashe we needed to

 create a presentation about the country where the language is spoken.

 I have chosen to study Germany because I am a 1/4 German. 

I hope you enjoy it.

Code Cracking

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan

As I ride on my donkey I see a wounded man lying on the hard, hot ground. It must be burning his back. As people walk along they look at him. I get off my donkey and go to him. The sun becomes brighter and hotter. I see that his clothes have been teared into pieces. His blood, the colour of fire, and salty sweat drip down his face. He looks at me and just stares. I lift his head and he lies on me. The trees sway from side to side whispering to me. I pour oil and wine to heal his wounds. I carry him onto my donkey and ride away.

My Book Review - GUTS: Gary Paulsen

                                                             
                                                              GUTS
The Title of my chosen book is GUTS written by Gary Paulsen.
This took place around Nature. This book is based on a true story behind the hatchet and Brian's books. Brian is the starring character and an outdoor freak.

Brian is tough and bold, he likes to stay outdoors most of the time and hunt down animals. Brian describes how he makes his bows and arrows and take those who reads this book into a hunting trip showing the nature part along with his hilarious mishaps and mistakes. He shares his memories about how he gets attacked by a mosquito and how he met a moose with sense of humor.

 This book is a must read because there is a lot of violent and inspiring parts that will just make you want to feel emotional. I enjoyed reading this book because it had a lot of scary, violent parts. It felt special to me because it inspired me to not give up on stuff I haven’t tried.

 I'd say this book is suitable for ages 12 years old and over because it may be terrifying for the younger ages.

10 things I know to be true!!!!!!!

1. My life is my message
2. Your parents are the reasons why you are living on EARTH
3. We were born to be real not PERFECT
4. God/Mary/Jesus/Joseph
5. Heaven is our kingdom
6. I won’t have a TRUE friend next year, but I will still have FRIENDS
7. I am AMAZING
8. Hakuna Matata, It means no worries for the rest of your days
9. Water is yuck
10. Food can be gross at times like cauliflower