I know some of you are like, what are you doing? We just got out of school you can't start talking about next year just yet. I'm sorry but Blueberry and I have a huge year ahead of us... we are going to be beginning our first year of middle school on July 31st. This week is tips for middle school. I'm talking organization, friends, schoolwork, lockers, everything!
1) Be organized! This will be a huge part of your middle school year! Get binders, dividers, a planner for your assignments, and whatever you think you'll need to keep organized.
2) Excuses for absentees are gonna be something you need to keep up with too. I'm getting a pocket folder or paper protector to but in my binder for excuses. I'm also gonna write down in my planner what days I was out and why.
3) Sports teams and clubs are a great way to meet people and show your interests. Don't worry about what other people think of the club you join.
4) Along with number three...Don't worry about what other people think at all. Other people's opinions don't matter. I know most of you are thinking "easier said than done." I know it can be a hard thing just give it your best to stay confident.
5) Your friends should always be there for you but that may not always be the case. Make sure you don't tell your friends too much. They could always use it against you.
6) Lockers can and will be a big challenge st the beginning. At some schools you get time in homeroom to practice your combinations. See if your parents will let you practice a combination lock at home.
7) Finding the classrooms could be hard as well. Find another kid whose maybe a grade older see if they will help you get your room if not ask the janitor. Some of your friends will have the same classes as you so you could always walk to class(es) together if you need to.
8) Movies and TV shows often dramatize middle school. It's not really that scary.
9) If your going to wear make-up (girls) make sure not to wear too much.
10) Make sure to take a look or two at your schools dress code. You don't want to be sent home because of your clothes.
11) Study!!! This will a big thing for any type of test. Taking notes during class will also help during studying.
12) Write down your teachers names and the subjects they inside each notebook and maybe even in your planner.
13) High-lighters will be a huge help for planners and studying. I recommend a different color for each class if possible.
14) If there is a night that you don't have homework, look over notes, it could be an indicator that you have a surprise quiz the next day.
15) If you are absent make that (when you get back to school) you ask for your assignments missed so you can make them up. At some schools they make it your responsibility to ask for them and won't give them to you unless you ask. Also ask when the make-up work is due.
16) When decorating your locker be sure to make certain that your gonna have room for your textbooks, binders, pencils, and notebooks. Save as much space at possible.
I would also look on YouTube for tips and ideas. Somethings that work for others may not work for you. Everyone is different and we learn, socialize, and stay organized in all kinds of different ways Remember to enjoy middle school as much as possible. Let me know in the comments if you have anything to add to any of my tips.
MusicLover
Monday, June 16, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Braces Update & Apology
My mouth is better know. It was sore for like four or five days after I first got them but it went away. My next appointment is July 22nd. I go back to get my wire and colors changed. (I don't have to get them tightened. My braces are heat activated so my body heat makes them tighten.)
I really don't like that I'm being told that I can eat this and I can't eat this. Makes me angry... no gummy worms, no popcorn, no jolly ranchers, no Doritos. It's depressing. I also have a problem with the fact that it takes forever to brush my teeth. Literally, I'm in the bathroom for ten minutes just to brush my teeth. Everyone says it will be worth it in the end. Boy do I hope so...
I want to apologize on behalf of BlueBerry and I, we are so sorry we aren't keeping up with posting. We are trying. We will get on track though. I promise.
MusicLover
I really don't like that I'm being told that I can eat this and I can't eat this. Makes me angry... no gummy worms, no popcorn, no jolly ranchers, no Doritos. It's depressing. I also have a problem with the fact that it takes forever to brush my teeth. Literally, I'm in the bathroom for ten minutes just to brush my teeth. Everyone says it will be worth it in the end. Boy do I hope so...
I want to apologize on behalf of BlueBerry and I, we are so sorry we aren't keeping up with posting. We are trying. We will get on track though. I promise.
MusicLover
Monday, May 12, 2014
Braces For MusicLover!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Wednesday I have to go get braces. (Not saying which orthodontist, so don't ask) I'm really nervous. I have to keep them on for 2 1/2 years. Just want to get the experience over with. Not looking forward to the list of foods I can and can't have. Anyone have any pointers on how to deal with braces?? If so let me know in the comments!
Thx- MusicLover
Thx- MusicLover
WRITE!!!!!!!!!
For you people who don't like writing, stop reading now. This week's topic is writing prompts. We are doing as many as we please. I pretty much gonna jump right in this week. :)
1) Pretend your're in in your 60's, 70's, or 80's. Complain about kids these days.
2) Is you could pick one mentor - living or dead, fictional or real - to train you to be like him or her who would you choose? (If they are from a book tell which book.) Why would you choose that person? Describe the training process.
3) Describe a day in class from the teachers point of view.
4) Re-tell a classic story from the point of view of another character. (Ex: Cinderella from the step mother's point of view.)
5) You find yourself in front of 7 identical doors. A voice from above tells you "These seven doors lead to seven different places: Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland, Hodwarts, Camelot, Middle Earth, and Westeros." Which door do you go through? Why that door? What happens?
6) Which would be the cooler place to live? A castle or a tree house? Which do you choose and why?
7) Dorothy and Alice get in an argument about who has had a more interesting life. Narrate that argument.
8) Make a list of alphabetical advice. (Ex: A-accept differences, ect.)
9) In this world sharks swim in the woods. Somehow you find yourself lost in the woods.
10) If you got to make one book required reading for everyone on the planet, what would you choose and why?
11) If people had YouTube in 1912 what do you think they'd be posting videos of?
12) You got a set of magical sidewalk chalk. Anything you draw comes to life. Either describe what you would do with the chalk or create a list of rules for using the chalk.
13) If you could have any fictional character as a best friend, who would you choose? Why? What would that be like?
14) Write a page from the book How to Survive a Boring Class
15) What apps should be standard on a magical smart phone? Why? What would you use them for? What would the apps do?
16) If you were forced to spend the rest of your life in a library, a museum or a zoo, which would you choose and why?
17) Do you want a rewind button or a pause button in your life? Why?
18) Write a story of a child's party from the point of view of a pinata.
19) Describe each day of the week as if it were a person.
20) If you could have any two famous people for your parents who would you have and why?
21) Write a guide for undercover deputies who are trying to fit in at your school/workplace.
22) Tell a story using only Google searches.
23) He pointed toward the opening in the tree. "I'm sure you'll be pleased. It's surprisingly large once you're inside." Finish this story.
24) Explain the image.
25) Design a tiny island that would be the perfect escape for you for a few days.
26) Tell the story of Halloween from the perspective of a piece of candy.
27) Describe your room from the point of view of a stuffed animal who comes to life whenever you leave.
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29) Have two characters from different books go on a blind date. Describe their date.
30) Tell the story of a Disney princess. Only one change: the princess is now a hipster.
31) Create the ideal fictional world. Borrow elements from your favorite fictional worlds to make it.
32) You get a set of minions for a week. (A set of minions = 12 minions) What are there names? What do each of them do for you? Why?
33) Your antagonist (bad guy) and protagonist (good guy) wake up in an abandoned warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they got there.
34) Put your iPod/ music player (whatever you have) on shuffle. Use the first song that plays to write a story.
35) What would a magical camera do? What would you use it for?
36) Explain Christmas to a young pine tree.
37) You have 24 hours where you were totally indestructible and could feel no pain, what do you do?
38) Include this line in your story. "But, if anyone asks tell them we're fine"
39) You accidentally went into a Monsters Inc. door. What do you do?
40) Create a blog post from a character in the book you are currently reading. Include the blog title and the post title. Also have the character sign off. (Like Blueberry and I do. But with there real name.)
41) Write a story about this picture.
42) Pic a horrible scene from a book/ movie. The scene could be horrible because it's just bad or horrible because it didn't go the way you wanted it to. Re-write it to make good.
43) Why was there a secret door in the back of her closet? Why had it just opened? What could possibly be down the steps? (Tell this story)
44) You were given a free wish but you had to wish something for someone else. Who and what do you wish for?
45) Write a story where the character falls in love with the reader.
- MusicLover
1) Pretend your're in in your 60's, 70's, or 80's. Complain about kids these days.
2) Is you could pick one mentor - living or dead, fictional or real - to train you to be like him or her who would you choose? (If they are from a book tell which book.) Why would you choose that person? Describe the training process.
3) Describe a day in class from the teachers point of view.
4) Re-tell a classic story from the point of view of another character. (Ex: Cinderella from the step mother's point of view.)
5) You find yourself in front of 7 identical doors. A voice from above tells you "These seven doors lead to seven different places: Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland, Hodwarts, Camelot, Middle Earth, and Westeros." Which door do you go through? Why that door? What happens?
6) Which would be the cooler place to live? A castle or a tree house? Which do you choose and why?
7) Dorothy and Alice get in an argument about who has had a more interesting life. Narrate that argument.
8) Make a list of alphabetical advice. (Ex: A-accept differences, ect.)
9) In this world sharks swim in the woods. Somehow you find yourself lost in the woods.
10) If you got to make one book required reading for everyone on the planet, what would you choose and why?
11) If people had YouTube in 1912 what do you think they'd be posting videos of?
12) You got a set of magical sidewalk chalk. Anything you draw comes to life. Either describe what you would do with the chalk or create a list of rules for using the chalk.
13) If you could have any fictional character as a best friend, who would you choose? Why? What would that be like?
14) Write a page from the book How to Survive a Boring Class
15) What apps should be standard on a magical smart phone? Why? What would you use them for? What would the apps do?
16) If you were forced to spend the rest of your life in a library, a museum or a zoo, which would you choose and why?
17) Do you want a rewind button or a pause button in your life? Why?
18) Write a story of a child's party from the point of view of a pinata.
19) Describe each day of the week as if it were a person.
20) If you could have any two famous people for your parents who would you have and why?
21) Write a guide for undercover deputies who are trying to fit in at your school/workplace.
22) Tell a story using only Google searches.
23) He pointed toward the opening in the tree. "I'm sure you'll be pleased. It's surprisingly large once you're inside." Finish this story.
24) Explain the image.
25) Design a tiny island that would be the perfect escape for you for a few days.
26) Tell the story of Halloween from the perspective of a piece of candy.
27) Describe your room from the point of view of a stuffed animal who comes to life whenever you leave.
28)
29) Have two characters from different books go on a blind date. Describe their date.
30) Tell the story of a Disney princess. Only one change: the princess is now a hipster.
31) Create the ideal fictional world. Borrow elements from your favorite fictional worlds to make it.
32) You get a set of minions for a week. (A set of minions = 12 minions) What are there names? What do each of them do for you? Why?
33) Your antagonist (bad guy) and protagonist (good guy) wake up in an abandoned warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they got there.
34) Put your iPod/ music player (whatever you have) on shuffle. Use the first song that plays to write a story.
35) What would a magical camera do? What would you use it for?
36) Explain Christmas to a young pine tree.
37) You have 24 hours where you were totally indestructible and could feel no pain, what do you do?
38) Include this line in your story. "But, if anyone asks tell them we're fine"
39) You accidentally went into a Monsters Inc. door. What do you do?
40) Create a blog post from a character in the book you are currently reading. Include the blog title and the post title. Also have the character sign off. (Like Blueberry and I do. But with there real name.)
41) Write a story about this picture.
42) Pic a horrible scene from a book/ movie. The scene could be horrible because it's just bad or horrible because it didn't go the way you wanted it to. Re-write it to make good.
43) Why was there a secret door in the back of her closet? Why had it just opened? What could possibly be down the steps? (Tell this story)
44) You were given a free wish but you had to wish something for someone else. Who and what do you wish for?
45) Write a story where the character falls in love with the reader.
- MusicLover
Monday, May 5, 2014
Hey Ya'll
One more little message, Sorry we are overflowing you guys with posts but I wanted to talk to you guys about something. What do you guys think about doing "Ask Me Monday"?
Here's how it would work:
BlueBerry and I would put up a post that said something like this - Go ahead. Ask away!
You guys would comment any questions you have and we would answer them on Tuesday. \
We decided to try it starting next week and see how it works. We won't continue if we don't get any questions.
MusicLover
Here's how it would work:
BlueBerry and I would put up a post that said something like this - Go ahead. Ask away!
You guys would comment any questions you have and we would answer them on Tuesday. \
We decided to try it starting next week and see how it works. We won't continue if we don't get any questions.
MusicLover
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Little Message for You Guys!
Blueberry and I want to hear what you want us to post about. Do us a favor and comment what you think we should post. We will fit it into our post schedule at some point. Thanks!
~ MusicLover
~ MusicLover
Things We All Do But Don't Want To Admit!!!
Hey guys!!! We haven't talked to ya'll in forever and I know you probably hate us. Life has been busy for us though. Blueberry and I have decided that we are going to start keeping up with this a lot more. We have made plans and will be on more as well as posting more! That's not this week's topic though. This week we are talking about... well the title explains all! Here goes!!!
1. We all have blonde moments whether we want to admit it or not. Don't argue that you're a brunette, you have blonde moments sometimes.
2. We all talk to ourselves at one point or another. It happens even when you don't notice it.
3. We scold ourselves for random, different things. You know you do it, don't lie. Sometimes, your like a mini-mom to yourself.
4. Every now and again we are perfectionists and have to have something just right.
5. If you're a girl, you always make the mascara face. Girls, you know what I'm talking about.
6. Trying not to be noticed while taking a selfie in public. This usually means pretending to text or play a game.
7. Eating a whole container/bag/box of something in one sitting.
8. Talking to inanimate objects like they can understand you.
Me to shoe that keeps falling over: Stay! Stay! Thank you!
9. Listening to a song and pretending to be in a music video. I know you do it don't lie.
10. Finally, the most common one, reading lists like these and denying EVERY SINGLE THING even though you do it daily.
Comment and let me know if I left anything out. Hope you enjoyed this little list. Bye guys!
~ MusicLover
1. We all have blonde moments whether we want to admit it or not. Don't argue that you're a brunette, you have blonde moments sometimes.
2. We all talk to ourselves at one point or another. It happens even when you don't notice it.
3. We scold ourselves for random, different things. You know you do it, don't lie. Sometimes, your like a mini-mom to yourself.
4. Every now and again we are perfectionists and have to have something just right.
5. If you're a girl, you always make the mascara face. Girls, you know what I'm talking about.
6. Trying not to be noticed while taking a selfie in public. This usually means pretending to text or play a game.
7. Eating a whole container/bag/box of something in one sitting.
8. Talking to inanimate objects like they can understand you.
Me to shoe that keeps falling over: Stay! Stay! Thank you!
9. Listening to a song and pretending to be in a music video. I know you do it don't lie.
10. Finally, the most common one, reading lists like these and denying EVERY SINGLE THING even though you do it daily.
Comment and let me know if I left anything out. Hope you enjoyed this little list. Bye guys!
~ MusicLover
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