Month: June 2021

hi, my name is Kaelynn. I am in grade 7. I like to play guitar, read, shop, and well, anything that doesnt take alot of effort. like eating and sleeping. I am going into grade 8 next year. Im not really nervous though. I think i have it covered. This year was not easy but know that i have the hang of it, ithink next year will be much easier. The only thing im not lookinh forward to is O.W.L. I hate presenting, espessically in front of a whole class. When ever i present, i feel sick and i start to panic. fun right?! so, yeah. That is the only thing im not excited for.

Some challenges i faced this year as a new grade 7 student were organization, social, science, ETC. Some times my desk would get really messy and scattered, as well as my binder, and it would make me super overwhelmed. I was really nad at keeping things organized. I struggled in social a little because when we would do our test, i would just black and forget everything, no matter how much i studied so i would end up getting a bad mark. The same goes for science. Another thing i struggled with in science was labs. I was new to those because we had never done them in grade 6 so when we began them i was a little clueless, but im getting better. It was also a pretty hard and stressful year because of all of the changes with all the covid protocols and stuff that made class more difficult then it had to be.

I think that the only possible challenges for next year will be covid. I am really tired of everything honestly so another year of protocals is just going to make it worse. Other than that, i think the only other challenge will be that some of the grade 8 math might be a little bit harder than the math we had this year, but i think that if i catch onto it,everything will be just fine.

I think i have learnt quite alot this year. I learnt new things in math, I learnt about Geece, And Egypt, ETC.  and I learnt quite alot in science. I also have learnt alot from owl presentations ive done. I learnt things like playing guitar, drawing, photography, and a bunch of other neat thing. although i dislike O.W.L, i still thought it was fun to learn new thing despite my hatred for it!

I hope next year will be better than this one. Not that it was bad, it just wasnt the best. bye!

Harry Potter Facts

Just like any other movie or film, The Harry Potter movies definitely have some interesting fact and secrets behind the camera. Whether are about the cast, the actors, or secrets just about the movie in general, so let us begin with some facts and secrets of Harry Potter!

 

#1. As you know, Harry Potter and Voldemort are well known enemies. But what J.K Rowling did not tell you is that Harry and Voldemort are actually related. She revealed that they are related through the Peverell’s, the guys who inspired “The Tale of Three Brothers”. It can be traced back far enough to see that Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are in fact, related.

#2. In the first book/movie, Harry found out he is able to speak parseltongue, the language of snakes. After the battle of Hogwarts, and after Harry killed Voldemort, Harry actually lost his ability to speak parseltongue. J.K Rowling said that since Harry is no longer a horcrux, he lost his ability to speak to and understand snakes.

 

#3. During the making of the Harry Potter movies, Daniel Radcliff would have his name splashed across every tabloid if he had acted to adult like, (a tabloid is a newspaper half the size of a normal one. Normally for headlines, photographs, and sensational quotes). The producer thought it was a big deal since he was the main character and was supposed to act like a child. This pressured him to come on set after too much drinking.

#4. The actor who played Crabbe, Draco Malfoys friend, was arrested for illegal substances. Because of this, the producer replaced his character with a new actor who played Blaise Zabini.

#5. Before recording, Tom Felton, the actor who plays Draco Malfoy, would sneak apples onto set in his robe pockets and eat them during his scenes. They prod7ucers kept these parts in because he thought it was funny, creative, and added nice touches.

#6. In the scene where Hermione, Ron, and Harry drank Polyjuice potion to go undercover as Crabbe, goyle, and pansy to get secrets out of Draco, Tom Felton (Draco), forgot his lines and said, ‘I didn’t know you could read” as a filler for his forgotten line. Instead of redoing this scene the producers kept it in because they loved it and thought it was so funny and original.

 

#7. In the movie “Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban”, there was a scene where Hermione threatened Draco with her wand. In the script, she was supposed to “punch” him, when they were filming, she ACUALLY punched him, on accident of course. The producer decided to keep it in because it was priceless, and looked really real (because well, it was), but it was over all a really good touch, well for the movie at least, it probably was not at all the best for Tom.

 

That is all for my Harry Potter facts!

 

-Kaelynn

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