This is now week three of my 20% project. If you can’t tell I am doing ASL also known as American Sign Language. This week I accomplished my goal which was being able to have a fluent conversation. Facial expressions are very huge in ASL. They show the person you’re signing your emotions. I had tried a conversation with one of my classmates who is also doing ASL. I have adjusted to practicing the signs I have learned every Friday. The struggles of remembering is difficult and having a conversation is hard because you have to remember the signs. But I have also accomplished learning all the family like cousin, aunt, uncle. Like more of the family members besides the ones I learned last week. Next week you will see me learning body language which is also important in asl.

Everyone has there own space in there home that makes them feel comfortable whether its your room, the kitchen, or even your backyard. You can even choose a comfort space at someone else’s home. I like too read. Reading is fun in my opinion. I like to get lost in books because it blocks all the worlds problems that is going on. My aunt lives in Utah where all my other dad’s side of the family is. Ever time I go visit her over the summer or spring break I always spend most of my time in a room at her house. I do also spend my time with my aunt ,but she has a library in her house that is about the size of my 1st period classroom. It has books shelfs from floor to ceilings. They are filled with books that are old & new. In the middle is a couch and tables because this room can also be used as a study. It has a coffee table ,but it can be used as a hot coco table. The room has air conditioning so it always has a nice breeze. Lining the books shelf’s between the books are plants or a figure to represent the book that it is sitting next to. What is my personal favorite part is in a case on a book shelf is A typewriter that used to belong to my great grandmother. She used this typewriter to write notes to her family in world war 2. This room always gives me time to think. A room that is so magical.

This is officially week 2 of my 20% project. ASL has been so far an easy language to learn so far. This week was family members so I learned the family members in sign language. Mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma, and grandpa. I accomplished learning this which was very surprising to me because honestly these were challenging. The struggles of this task was to tell the difference between brother and sister. They were also hard to remember. It was not as hard to review the signs I learned last week luckily I remembered. There are a bunch of things I Could’ve adjusted a little differently but when I pick up next week I will learn how to but the family members names in a normal everyday conversation. I feel like I should’ve gone higher up in the number count because the numbers are easy to learn. Except the three and thirteen. Next week I will learn to learn facial expressions. Facial expressions are super important in the ASL community because they need to learn your emotions and feelings through your face.

This week in home economics we learned how to use sewing machines. The week before that we threaded the needle. On Monday my teacher gave use paper to sew one. We did this becuase we moved the needle by hand. How? you may ask. On the side of the machine there is a wheel like circle and when you spin it the needle moves up and down sewing the paper. Once she thought that our class was ready she let us plug in aka start sewing. She handed 4 or 5 sheet of fabrics to each table. You plug in by connecting the cords the an outlet or extension cord and then you take another plug and plug it using another cords. Once you switch it on you put your fabric under the presser foot then switch the presser foot down. You have to make sure you bobbin thread and needle thread or threaded right or else the machine wont sew the way you want it to. Once you start it can be a bit scary at first but the key is to go slow so your line stays start go to fast and you line will go side ways. Trust me I had to learn the hard way. We sewed again yesterday and it turned out just the same as Monday. Sewing is fun but scary so your always have to stay safe.

For my 20% project I decided to do ASL also known as American Sign Language. This is a language made for the deaf and hard hearing. Today I learned the numbers all the way up to 20. It was a struggle to remember the signs but the number 3 and 13 was the two hardest sign for me to do because of the way you have to do the sign. The easiest sentence for me to Learn was “what is your name?” Another thing I struggled with was face expressions. You have to do face expressions so the person you’re signing to knows your emotions. I accomplished introducing myself and asking how the day is. What I would adjust or fix is not trying to “is.” My mentor Miss Moffat said they don’t use the sign is. Like if your speaking to someone you would say “how your day” and you would not say “how IS your day.” I left off learning how to say the family members like mom, dad, sister, brother. I feel like remembering signs will be difficult but it’s ok.

There are a lot of people I would invite to dinner with me but my top free would be Charlotte, Mia, and Aliya. These people are my top three friends and also they are really fun to talk to. Charlotte is my top friend becuase she is incredibly kind and also she knows how to bring a smile to my face. Mia is my second person i would bring to dinner. Mia is really funny and nice to talk to. Aliya she is one my favorite person literally ever. She never doubts to bring a smile to my face. She is incredibly confronting and easy to talk to. These are the three people I would bring to dinner with me.

This month I decided to read the book Divine rivals by the author Rebecca Ross. This book is a fantasy romance . A eighteen year old girl Iris Winnow is trying to keep her family stable whiles dealing her moms addiction and her brother Forest Winnow fighting at the front lines for the war between the two gods Dacre the underling and Enva the skyward. The Oath gazette is a place where they write the paper. Iris is one of the writers at the gazette and is fighting to be promoted to columnist. Roman Kitt is portrayed as the rich, stuck-up, and exasperating handsome rival against iris. Roman gets letters from his wardrobe. He knows its iris she confirmed it in the first letter she sent. But he doesn’t know how the letters get to him but he believes its the magical typewriter he posses. Iris types letters on her own typewriter. These letters she slips beneath her wardrobe disappear as soon as they go under. Iris hopes these letters go to her brother at the front lines. But No. when iris soon or enough finds out its not forest writing back she. Shocked with curiosity she try’s to find out who she has been talking to this who time. But she doesn’t. Iris finds herself falling in love with mysterious person that she doesn’t know it Roman. Does Roman have the strength to tell his rival iris he is the mystery she is wanting to know? Is Roman in love with iris? Will he go to ends meet to protect iris from what the war holds?

I loved this book because of the nail bitting page turner plot it has. Rebecca Ross has phenomenal writing skills with amazingly good vocab. The best part was all the mini plot twist leading up to a major plot twist I am not gonna give away. This was a 5 star read for me.

My favorite character from the book was iris’s brother forest winnow. I would say forest was very determined. When forest got sent to the front lines always from his family he would always worry about his younger sister iris. Because she was just about 20 she in forests eyes she was still a little kid. He was determined to end the war by helping in the war. Forest worried about his mom because she was an alcoholic. Forests changes when he get captured and is brought to the bad side (dacres side) a quote from the book saying forest was determined is “to be vulnerable is a strength most of us fear.” This was forests last saying to his sister.

My favorite quote from this book is “I think we all wear armor. I think those who don’t are fools, risking the pain of being wounded by the sharp edges of the world, over and over again. But if I’ve learned anything from those fools, it is that to be vulnerable is a strength most of us fear. It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are.” This is quoted form iris when she sent a letter to Roman thinking is was some mysterious person. This quote means a lot to me because its true Everyone has kinda a Safe place.

My dream job I hope to get when I go of the adulthood is an author. I would definitely write young- adult books. I would become an author becuase of the vocabulary standards I have and the reading level. I go through 2 books a weeks. Writing is like expressing your feelings on paper. The excitement you get to give your readers is absolutely incredible. You also get to create an imaginative story for your readers. It really depends on which genres you wanna write about. The school for becoming an author is a lot. Writing is all about the mind because you have to think of ways to give cliffhangers, plot twists, and character creation. In the end I hope to become a successful author and storyteller.

Imagine you snapped your fingers and you were invisible for24-hours. The possibilities would be endless. I would only do three things. First I would go to the spectrum and steal all the clothes, books, and makeup. I would do this because I don’t feel like I have everything I want in the world. Also because I feel that’s what every kid would do If they were invisible. For my second thing to do would be I would go to school and change all my grades to As because then I open up Aries I feel proud of my grades and it would make my parents happy. My third and final would be going to Disneyland because then I don’t have to wait in lines and I can take all the food I want and I also can get in for free. What would you do if you were invisible for 24-hours?

If I were too live on abandoned island it would be like this.

Life on an abandoned island is impeccable but also very isolated. You might be wondering how I got here. Well I felt I needed space away from the people. I felt to overwhelmed by people so I packed my bags and moved to a beautiful island off the coast of Honolulu which is of the capital of Hawaii. The island is full of wonders with palm trees swaying to the soft breeze of the wind and such blue waters you can see your feet moving along the sand. The island would be big but not to big where I would get lost but not to small where I could go crazy. The sun is reflecting its heat down on the island every day. But the chilled air at night is freezing. I have a little cozy hut made out of natural materials but also the things I brought with me on the island. Every morning when I wake up to the smell of the ocean and warm sand beneath my feet I find something to eat first. Usually I will eat the coconut meat and I will have some of the coconuts water to wash it all down. After that I will grab my water filter and scoop up some ocean water and filter it down to being fresh water. I will pick my outfit out from the clothes I brought with me to the island and then brush my teeth with the filtered water from the ocean. And then I will brush my hair and then go down to beach to grab lunch because it will be around 1 and after I have grabbed lunch I will go explore the island or go for a nice walk. As the sun will set I will grab a book from the stash of books I brought and sit and read as I watch the sun set. By the time I am done reading it will be Time to have dinner and I will use my best fishing skills and hopes to catch a fish. And cut up some wood from the palm trees and make a fire to cook the fish on. By the time I would be done cleaning up and eating it will be time to go to sleep to wake up another day on my abandoned island.