Your BLOG topic is FREE CHOICE! You could blog about whatever it is you want, except what you've already blogged about! You could go on a rant or you could simply blog about something important to you.
Be creative and write about something you feel important or something you would like to tell your audience. Write about something you are passionate about.
You must remember your audience. It is not simply me (Mr. Katz) reading this blog!
If you will be ranting about a certain individual, you need to leave their name out of this. You could give them a pseudonym (example: Mr. Ed) or simply leave their name as anonymous.
Make sure your language is appropriate. Do not go on swearing tangents.
For my Free Choice Blog I will be writing about my experiences while traveling. I have traveled all over the world especially when I was younger. The place that I’ve traveled to and spent in the longest was Japan. We lived there for one year. Japan was amazing!!! I met so many nice people there and I met this amazing girl named Abigail, we became best friends that year. Sadly, after I left, we never talked again. I had a wonderful Teacher too, Mr. Mural. He was Canadian and was an amazing teacher. I was at an I.B English school and it was my first time in I.B. It was a great school!!! I did not like the sushi they had there but I did like the rice triangles, they were so good! When we were in Japan we decided to go on vacation to Australia and New Zealand as well. There I got to see animals I have never seen before such as kangaroos, Tasmanian devils and a cute koala!!! I had missed my friends and family back in Canada but I was very sad to leave all the great people I had met in Japan.
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my biggest dreams to go to Australia!! Your so lucky!!!! Awesome blog!!
DeleteThat is so cool. Japan sounds like a fun place to live .
DeleteAmazing Blog Gaby!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive always wanted to go to Australia!
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-Isabella DiMarco
Oh my god... I dream of one day visiting those places , sounds so pretty, man you are really lucky, Great blog.
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DeleteI've always wanted to go to New Zealand because that's where my grandparents come from! GREAT BLOG!!!!!
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Today I'm going to be blogging about something that I'm pretty sure most of you guys probably have never heard before but it has become huge for me! In New Orleans there is a dog rescue centre named Villalobos and they are a low-kill rescue centre and what that means is that they aren't like the SPCA they don't kill dogs simply because no was wants them they keep them their whole lives until they hopefully get adopted!! But unfortunately the dog can't be too aggressive because they need to be able to walk them, clean their cage, feed them and things like that. But they don't have tiny little crates they have pretty large habitats! They have over 300 dogs and all types meaning adults, puppies, seniors, special needs, etc.. It's an awesome rescue centre!!!! They even have a TV show on animal planet called pit bulls and paroles!!!
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That sounds like such a great dog rescue center. I like how they don't kill the dogs like at the SPCA. Great blog!
DeleteI love dogs! Go animals!!!
DeleteGreat blog Ariana
For this blog I'm going to be talking about my biggest fear when I am in a country closer to the equator. When I was 7 years old my mom had taken me on a vacation with my grandma and my brother. We had gone to Jamaica. For my whole life I have wanted to swim with dolphins and one day I heard my mom say the word swimming and dolphins in the same sentence, so I automatically assumed she meant swimming with the dolphins. (She did!) Once we got there I had seen sharks in the water and my biggest fear is sharks! I was terrified! There was only a boardwalk and no fence so if I tripped and fell to my right I would fall into the sting rays, but, if I fell to my left, there were the sharks. Now there weren't great whites or anything, because if they were I would have never gone! Yet these were mostly Hammerhead sharks and Thresher sharks, but there were also some saw sharks! As we were walking down the boardwalk I was telling my mom how scared I was, and right after I was finished my brilliant brother in his mind thought "hmm how can I annoy Bella? Oh wait I'll just push her into the sharks!" What my brother did terrified me! He had said Bella you can come onto my side so your not on the sharks side. Then he had pushed me! I did not fall into anything because the boardwalk was too big but I was right on the edge of the sharks den. He had pushed me to right near the sharks and my mom hadn't even noticed because my brother had said "look mom parrots!" Of course I had told her later and she punished my brother, but he still thought what he did was hilarious!
ReplyDeleteSame, I would of been so scared,
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DeleteI'm also terrified of sharks
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For todays blog i'm going to be talking about parents grounding us young teenagers and why they do so. So lately have i have been grounded quite often. Opps. So usually when i get grounded my parents take my phone away and i make a big deal out of it. But i have come to realize that they are doing it for my own good. And quite truthfully i can live without my phone , we all can. They are only trying to protects no matter how annoying they can be at times. Now at your house there may be different rules but no matter the situation just remember they care about us and love us. And i know my parents do because they buy me mcdonald's.lolll. bless
ReplyDeleteYep - electronics are confiscated in my household all the time too....You have my sympathy! Great blog!
Deletethis happens too many times, good blog
DeleteFor my blog today, I’ll be talking about basketball; my favorite sport of all time. I’m on the Saint-Thomas boys bantam basketball team: the Knights. It’s my first year with the team. Playing with my school team is probably the best experience of my life! I love representing my school! To be honest, I didn’t think that the team would be very good this year because there are kids on the team that have just started playing basketball. I’m very competitive, so I was very concerned. But as the season went on, everybody got better. People that were having trouble became good players and the people that were already good players became even better. Somehow, we’re in second place right now. Our record is 6 wins and 1 loss. Not bad at all. GO KNIGHTS!
ReplyDeleteI’ve played lots of great games so far. Here are my two best games so far. The first one was against John Rennie. It was our second game of the season. I scored 18 points and got 4 assists. Leading the team to a 63-39 win at John Rennie. The second game was our most important and most recent game of the season. The game was against Loyola. The game was important because if we won, Saint-Thomas would be in second place. The team played very hard during all four quarters. I scored 18 points and I made 4 three pointers. Leading the team to a 50-30 win at home. I can’t wait for our next game. The whole team has been practicing very hard. We all want to win and make our school proud!
Wow you guys are doing great.
DeleteAmazing Blog Josh!!!!
I will be blogging about my favorite blog, personally my favorite was blog 14, the election blog, I liked it so much because I got to let out my steam while dissing Donald Trump at the same time, and commenting on that blog was hard to choose one, it was very interesting in a whole to hear what my classmates thought about politics and the whole idea of (what at the time was unthinkable) Donald Trump winning, overall that was my favorite blog so far this year.
ReplyDeleteI have no clue what to blog about so I'm just going to blog about the blogs that we do for class. BLOGCEPTION! personally I'm indifferent about these blogs, I've seen some people say they don't like them and some say they love them but I don't really have an opinion on them. If the topic is good I will enjoy the blog but if the topic is bad I will probably hate doing the blog. I wish that instead of giving a time limit for the blogs to be due, it was more like " ok class you all need to have this many blogs done by the end of the month, do them whenever you want I don't care as long as they are done" that would be much more easy on the stress. Speaking of the stress, I always get stressed out during the week wondering "did I do the blog? did I use 60 words? did I not respond to the question?" so I wish we could choose when to do the blogs. Of course this would lead to problems like if somebody leaves them to the last minute they would be writing forever, and if they forget to do them by the end of the month they would lose a ton of points and that would be bad. Honestly this blog is pretty rushed because I have no clue what to do and I just want to finish this as it was the only homework I have for the week and I put it off till now so... Sorry Mr. Katz I had more important things to do then blog :/
ReplyDeletehaha same I don't really have an opinion on the blogs either. Great blog!!
DeleteI honestly though you were going to talk about Voltron (Don't actually know what it's called but whatever) or ships or memes. I'm surprised you didn't. Nice Blog.
DeleteFor my free blog, i'll be talking about all the times I've almost died. I think there are only 4, maybe more I don't really remember. I had pneumonia 2, once when I was a few months old and another time when I was 4 years old. Another time I almost died was when I was in preschool, I was 4 years old. There was a fire in the building at night time when I was daycare. I remember I left the building with one boot and one shoe on since it was winter time. I remember that I went in my friend's car and Cinderella was on the tv but I wasn't watching it. I kept looking out the window. The fire looked like one of those bombs you see in a movie where it goes straight up and then everywhere. In front of the daycare is a train station and my mom was on the train and saw everything that happened. Till this day I'm still traumatized by fire. Another time I almost died was when it was Canada Day, I think. My mom, dad and I were walking home after we finished watching the fireworks. When we were walking these random people were throwing fireworks everywhere like in the sky and on cars. I remember seeing one of them throw a firework on a car and it bounced straight off of it. And then just when I thought it was over they through a firework straight at me and almost hit my foot but I moved just in time. I don't know what would've happened if that firework hit me.
ReplyDeletewow that must of been scary.
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For my Free Blog I chose my hockey season. My hockey season started in mid August when I was invited to go to the AA tryouts. I was in tryouts for quite a long time. My tryouts lasted until the end of September. When I figured out that I didn’t make the team I was a bit disappointed but ready to start a new season with peewee A. I started my hockey season with peewee A after I heard that I didn’t make peewee AA. I saw a lot of teammates from previous years and new teammates. What I found interesting was that some of my teammates who used to be call-ups for my team last year were now my own teammates. Emily Skira is also on my team. I like how I could finally have a teammate who also goes to the same school as me. On my team there are a lot of new hockey players and also a lot of long time hockey players (like me). I liked how I got to be a role model for the new players. I remember when I started playing hockey, I was really shy and I had no idea how to play hockey and all I wanted was a teammate who was good at playing hockey, but still not a show-off. There were some people like that, but not enough, so now that I get to be a role-model I want to be kind and good at the sport. This season me and my team played many games, had many practices, we went to three tournaments: Caroline Ouellette tournament, Ottawa tournament, and Best Buy tournament. My team has yet to got to playoffs in the early spring but before then we will be practicing and playing more games.
ReplyDeleteFor this week's blog, I choose to do mine on my ringuette season this year. This year in ringuette I have the best team in the world! We all get along so well and communicate very well on the ice as a team. We have also one every game this season (so far, we have one left and then playoffs and then provincial), except for one. We only lost that game by one point. After the game in the dressing room, there was a lot of negativity going around. People were yelling at each other were not acting like the team I know we are. One of the players (it was her birthday) wanted to talk and say something about how we played, but since everyone was in a bad mood they all ignored her and talked over her. She got really upset and started crying. That made me really mad inside because she was getting all of the attention for something very stupid. Like, people have talked over me and I've just left it alone. She could have left it alone but, NOOOO she had to start crying! I don't get what happens in her brain at all! but, that was the one time my team didn't get along. I don't want this ringuette season to end!
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For my free choice blog,I chose to talk about my gymnastics season. At the beginning of the year I took a break from gymnastics because I was starting high school and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get my homework and projects done. Recently I've noticed that I've been missing it a lot so, I've decided to start again. It has been almost 2 weeks and I'm so happy that I started again.
ReplyDeleteBefore I quit I had the best gymnastics season ever!! I absolutely love my teammates. They are always there for me just like my friends are. Some people say that we are just friends but I look at it like we are sisters. They encourage me all the time.
During my 2015-2016 season I went to 5 competitions. One of them was in Maine, another was in Ottawa and the rest were in Quebec. During the season I got 10 medals and a few ribbons. At the end of the year we went to a competition called "Challenge Des Region". Like any other competition or tournament you have to qualify for these competitions. Lucky enough everyone in my group qualified and it was a trip of a lifetime. The competition was in Victoriaville and we stayed in a hotel and we had a lot of fun. We all placed at least once in the Top 8 and we had a blast. My teammates and I have a special bond and we just have a lot of fun together. I hope this gymnastics season is as good as the one in 2015-2016.
-Sierra Toto
I totally agree missing a sport that you love is so hard to get over it. Also i`m so, so happy that you decide to start again.
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ReplyDeleteIt’s great to have the freedom to blog about anything and everything, so I am going to rant. I’m sure everyone has experienced that desire to buy something, but it’s just too expensive. Then, by time it’s gone on sale, it’s either damaged, not available in the right size, color, etc. Just about all my presents these days are gift certificates. And, usually they never cover the full cost of that something I want. So, I end up having to wait, and then get really disappointed. What’s worse, is that most of time, not only is the article over-priced, but then there is the insane tax to consider. Can you believe it - 15% on just about everything? It’s completely ridiculous. So, what ends up happening is that I just never use the gift certificate, then forget about it, and before you know it, it’s expired. More waste of money...
ReplyDeleteThat happens with me too! Great Blog Tiffany!
DeleteFor my blog this week, I will be writing about my obsessions. I have a big obsession with pens and sharpies. I have a whole collection of colored pens, I have more pens than pencils. I have 1 pencil and over 15 pens in my pencil case. Every year, I buy a new set of sharpies because they run out fast because I use them for writing, outlining and coloring. I'm also obsessed with Indian soap operas. I watch/follow at least 10 shows everyday. And I watch others if I'm bored. This whole obsession started when my grandmother visited us from India. She showed me a show and after she left, I started watching the episodes. Then my other grandmother showed me this other show which I follow today as well. Then, I started taking a liking to Indian soap operas and now, I watch over 10 different episodes a day.
ReplyDeleteFor my blog I will be talking about passion. My passion is singing. I love to sing. Sometimes I sing so much that my friends find it really annoying. I love to sing. When I sing I feel free. There's no rule to singing. Someone I look up to is Taylor swift. Ever since I was little I had this dream of becoming a singer just like her. I started song writing like her. When I write songs it helps me express me feelings. For me it's really hard to talk to people about my problems, so I write them down. I know I can't become a singer because I am too shy, I would be so nervous that I wouldn't be able too sing. But I'm trying to overcome my shyness. If I don't become a singer I still have plan B.
ReplyDeleteFor my blog, i`ll be talking about Florida. I love Florida because it has good weather most of the time and I get to have a vacation form living in Montreal. I also get to see my grandparents since they have a condo in Florida. There is so many things to do like going to the beach,on a boat, visiting family, going into the wild,etc... I love Florida so much that I go almost every year with my family on winter break. The best thing about Florida is that I don`t have to stress about homework or projects and more, because i`m in FLORIDA and it`s the best family vacations that you can ever have! (I`m totally looking forward to my next vacation).
ReplyDeleteI have never been to Florida, but I would love to go! Great blog (:
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ReplyDeleteFor my blog I want to talk about Fandoms. They are endless hole of eternal obsession. At this very moment I am "feeding" my obsession by listening to Troye Sivan and Hamilton and The Hamilton Mixtape. I am behind on so many shows and books because I have so much school work and stuff to do and it is so annoying. I also am years behind everyone else shows like Doctor Who and Supernatural. Don't even get me started on Marvel, I haven't even seen the Iron Man movies. I have see The Avengers, Captain America (Bucky and Steve are made for each other don't argue with me cause I'm right ask the fandom), etc. I'm waiting for the new season of Miraculous Ladybug and Yuri!!! on Ice and stuff. My fandoms are a bad problem. I'm 99% sure they aren't good for anyone's sanity. Like The Hamilton Musical, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at The Disco, TWENTY ØNE PILØTS, Troye Sivan ,Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Demi Lavoto, Muse, Fall Out Boy , Beyoncé, Meghan Trainor, Lady Gaga, Madonna, etc are such a big part of my life, they help me get through my toughest times, I plug in my music and fall into a world of beauty and happiness. I am also obsessed with Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, The Hunger Games, The Fault In Our Stars, The Selection, etc. TV shows i'm into Doctor Who, Sherlock, Shadowhunters, Yuri!!! on Ice, Miraculous Ladybug, Sword Art Online, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Full House, Fuller House, Once Apon a Time, etc. Youtube is an endless hole. There is Dan and Phil, Troye Sivan, Tyler Oakley, Connor Franta, iisuperwomanii, Jenna Marbles, pewdiepie, kickthepj, etc. I'm stuck in and endless hole of eternal suffering. Don't even get me started on shipping. Shipping is
ReplyDelete"This is most often used on tumblr by fandoms. Fandoms will ship everything and anything. Shipping comes from the word relationSHIP. Basically it is when you want a fictional character, real-life person, or cartoon people to be together. People often write fanfictions about their favorite ship, called their OTP.
Example:
Person 1- Will and Nico would be so cute together
Person 2- Shipping?
Person 1- Shipping!".
Shipping is a whole new thing. I ship way too much. Ask Chris my friend Shareni or my friend Sophia. You know what, I’m not even going to get into ships right now. Maybe another time but not right now. My basic point is I’m going insane from a lack of fandoms and they have ruined my life.
I've watched all 2 seasons of SAO (Sword Art Online) and seen some of the fandoms of Cpt America and Bucky aka winter soldier, whoops spoiler. Well the cast for that movie says that the actor plays both characters.
DeleteToday, I will be blogging about sleep, something that is super important in my opinion. Sleep is amazing, it gives your muscles and your brain time to relax without thinking about the stressful things going around you. Teenagers are supposed to get 9 and a half hours of sleep, but when does that actually happen? Out of personal experience, I am usually up late because I am doing homework, studying or doing other things school related. This is why school should start later, but finish at the same time. Imagine a world, where we could all wake up at 7:20 and have finished all of our homework due that day? Wouldn't that be amazing? But, because of the amount of homework that we get, and the early time that school starts at, we don't get enought sleep at all. This isn't good for the developing brains of teenagers, and we are always tired during the day. We need our sleep!
ReplyDeleteI do not get a lot of sleep with all my homework ): Great bog!
DeleteMy topic is Overwatch, the video game by blizzard that was released in may of 2016.
ReplyDeleteOverwatch is a fps shooter cartoon like art work and is not discriminative/discluding towards races and genders. Although upon release there was a dispute about it being controversial with the character design of two female heroes this was solve with a patch and the fact that it was a video game.
However my main reason to write about this subject is that there ranking system is slightly unfair because in their competitive they use something called SR and they don’t really think about the total levels. They sometimes match up players against other who have more knowledge about the game. So there can be a wide gap of experience between both teams leaving a good player extremely helpless or an easy win. I wrote about this because I am getting matched up with people 3 levels below me keep in mind that there are only 7 levels so it varies drastically.
Today im gonna talk about why parents dont want chiildren doing certain sports because they are so called"DANGEROUS" i understand when ur playing something and theres no protection what so ever but, when it comes to a sport with a bunch of protection and your proventiing your child from doing it, i find inexeptable.For example Football, tones of protection, but yet parents still dont want childrean playing when theres a lot to protect, and what really makes me angry is when im home alone in the summer and my parents say to get out of the house, this makes me soooooo angry because if they would have just let me play the sport i wanted, we wouldnt be in this situation
ReplyDeleteNow that I have the freedom to blog about anything I have no idea what to blog about. I think that I am going to blog about how much homework I get. I do not get any time for myself. The whole time from the time that I get home then eat because I am starving after three hours of not eating it is already 4:30 then I have to start my homework and I have a lot. I takes me to 6:00 then I eat have maybe an hour but by then it is pretty late and I can not really do anything and on top of that I have to study of loads of tests that are most of the time on the same day so I have to study triple fold and on top of that I most of the time have at lest 1 oral or project that I have to do that counts for 10% of my mark. Even if we have a weekend I find that my teachers give me just more homework so I would just be even more busy on the weekends and imagine we students have 6 subjects that give so much homework for every subject that in total we are overloaded by homework. All I'm saying is that I am lucky to have at least one teacher who gives a fair amount and is always very strait ford with everything that we need to do(m. Katz)
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