Week Five

The first picture was taken at a restaurant on South Congress. Congress is the street the capitol is on and you can kind of see the capitol if you look down the road in the picture. You can also see many other buildings in downtown Austin.
The second picture is a train in Zilker Park, which many young kids, around 4, go to alot. I went there everyday when I was little because there is a playground really close to the train also. The train takes people all through Zilker Park.
The third picture above is of Barton Springs, which is a natural aquifer in downtown Austin in Zilker Park which is a very well known park in Austin.



This week we are just starting a new chapter about Southwest Asia. We are drawing maps based on Southwest Asia's physical geography and the major religious groups across Southwest Asia. We also finished the Darfur movie that we started last week because we are finishing the Africa Unit. Tomorrow, or Thursday, we are presenting our project for the six weeks. Our project was making a traditional African mask that they might have used when practicing a ceremony in some country in Africa. We had to base our masks on the beliefs of animism which is the belief that everything has a spirit, for instance a tree or river. We are presenting our projects on Thursday and on Friday and that will be the week for our class.
This week in my life the cast and crew of The Learned Ladies are still working on perfecting our play because we advanced in the first stage of the competition between the high schools in Austin. We are now going to District, which means we are competing against four other schools that also advanced in the first of the competition.