Foods - Our Macaroni turned out really well. We wrote a test 1 week ago. They are so easy -> fill in the blanks, unscramble the words, match the correct things together, multiple choice, ... On Friday we started our new topic which is Baking Basics. We have a sub teacher at the moment because our real teacher is eliminated by the 'Calgary Board of Education' at the moment :( We had a demonstration on the 3 Basic Baking Methods and it took her more than 1 period (and that is 90 minutes!!) to show us that. And when we made our Muffins yesterday she didn't want to try them - but finally she did. Strange/Weird is the right word to describe her.
Art - we had a student teacher because our real teacher was in Paris for an Art trip of the school [yes, my school is doing trips to Europe a lot; in spring there is a trip to Brussels]. Our assignment is to cut 3 circles out of a magazine and then to copy it with pencil crayon. After that we have to connect them with pencil and the background is supposed to look 3-dimensional...it is tough.
Gym - Our actual module was Lacrosse, but it was so cold and snowy that we stayed inside most of the time. Once we played Volleyball, then we played Lacrosse inside, we played Basketball (to my pleasure), on Tuesday we went bowling!, yesterday I played soccer and today again we played Basketball. Yesterday was a meeting for the school teams and the tryouts are on the 23rd of November. I am so bad at the moment since I haven't played for like 5 months....
ELA - Today we finished reading Shakespeare. I was getting better with every day and I think I like it! Now we have to act a scene and then we have to do a poetry project, but more about that next time.
Last Friday I got my first report card. I got 98% in Foods, 95% in Art, 86% in ELA (probably because my essay is not in there :D) and 84% in PE (he took of 10% cause I am missing every Tuesday, but now I go to the Fitness center in Tutorial time and so I should get better). Everything over 80% is really good so I am very happy with my marks.
And now to Thanksgiving (that was 2 weeks ago)...we went away with the motorhome to Kananaskis Country. The campground was in the middle of nowhere. I can tell you that this weekend was quite an adventure! We left on Friday (I had no school - it was Professional Development Day; or short PD day) at noon and it is only a 1-hour-drive from Calgary. We had snow and I would say it was about as much as in Germany in winter :D. The whole weekend we had fires for warming up. I was so cold that I wore 5 pairs of socks, my big winter jacket, gloves, a had, tights, my snow pants, ... and I was still cold. I need other shoes :D Rocky had to go inside the motorhome because his paws froze...My ginger ale froze and I thaw it over the fire (don't let your drinks outside in the snow!). We had barbecued salmon in the evening - ohh yes, we barbecued outside in the snow :D. During the next day I just relaxed - talking to other people, reading, going for a walk with Rocky - he was so happy without his leash and running around the whole day with the other dogs. And the adventure never stops when you are out camping in the snow! We were 8 people for dinner in our motorhome. It was soo tight. A tip of me -> don't move even if you want to do a favor do your mum! That doesn't work out well at all. Our battery died and so we had to wash the dishes by candle light in only a small amount of water. Remember!, we were 8 people :D. Our generator couldn't keep the battery charged and the next morning we had to start the motor at 5.30. But haha, that's not as easy as you might think. We had to hook up the motor to another car cause otherwise we couldn't have started it....see, you can learn a lot of things! On Sunday, Warren joined us after a hockey game with his team in Medicine Hat. And it was the day of Thanksgiving. At 11 (!) we put the turkey over the fireside to roast it. Every 15 minutes they turned it around. And at just 4 o'clock we had dinner outside in the snow. You cannot believe how cold I was!! I was so stuffed that I couldn't eat the dessert. At night we had a slide show outside - Can you believe that the notebook worked?! The whole weekend we had temperatures below 0 and this night it got -20 degrees!! At Monday we got home and cleaned the motorhome. Now it is prepared for the winter. I forgot, we had no water and the 'washroom' was just an outhouse *baehhh*. But I take things how they come and it was soo exciting. I gained a lot of experience during this time. I had no school because of Thanksgiving and I really like the way of celebrating it. Most families meet together (not camping but just at home) and usually you have turkey made in the oven. What do you think of this weekend? I just thought "Crazy Canadians"; but I enjoyed it so much!! Even in Calgary we had snow until Thursday last week and the streets were just so bad! In Calgary there were a lot of accidents and my host mum was so afraid to drive! To the Rotary meeting I took the bus. I never did that before...you put your money in a box and then you get your ticket....I had another day off cause school started earlier as the WorldSkills competitions were in Calgary. It was not the best meeting but anyways. Afterwards I went shopping in downtown, but I still have no shoes :D it was soo slippery because of the snow.
On Wednesday I moved to Rosemary until yesterday because my host parents have been to Quebec and Montreal. All the buses were late and only half of my ELA class was at time. Our teacher's car stuck at a hill so that she was late, too :D It is crazy with all the snow - and that in October! On Friday most of the snow was gone and I was picked up for the first Oktoberfest of my life! Another RC invited me, they have an exchange student from Brazil. It was so amazing - german food, the 'traditional' clothes, the music, the dance (Schuhplattler), ... Everything is so familiar even if we don't have that in northern Germany. I had to explain that to all of them :D On Saturday I went to downtown to get everything done for Xmas. I know that it is early but a package needs 6-8 weeks to Germany. So I have to do that very soon. In the evening I met the exchange students from Sweden and Brazil and we watched some movies. It was a very nice evening! I slept over and the next day I was picked up for another Thanksgiving dinner of the secretary of my RC whose daughter went to Germany 15 years ago. It is so difficult to keep the German and after the first sentences we both switched into English. It is nice though to share the experiences and to talk about the traditions in Germany. As you can see my weekend was very busy, and the next ones will be as well :).
For Rosemary I made a salad every evening; I am getting better! ;) On Tuesday I didn't go to the Rotary meeting for the first time because I wanted to go bowling. And yesterday I moved back home.
Take care! :)
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