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JUNE2011

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SlausonMiddle Schoo

Articles Written & Edited by Ms. Cornishs stude


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This is Maria. She is 12 years old. She lives inAnn Arbor, MI with her mom, dad, sister, anddog. Marias native country is Mexico. Shespeaks Spanish and English. For fun, she likesto text with her friends, take her dog for awalk, and hang out with friends. When shegrows up, Maria wants to be a nurse.

This is Akira okabe. He is thirteen years old. Hes living Ann Arbor in the United States. His family is mother, father, andtwin younger sister Emily. His native country is Japan. Hespeaks Japanese and English little. His interests are go toamusement park. He wants to be when he grows up, hewants to be a soccer player!

This is Lile Xi. She is 14 years old. She was born in Wuxi, China, but nowlives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She lives with her mother, father, and two cats.Her mothers name is Robin. Her fathers name is Alton. One cats name isSamson; the other ones name is Cosmo. Before she moved here, she lived inWuxi, China. She speaks Chinese, and a little bit of English. In 2010, shemoved here. Her favorite subjects are Art and Math. She loves drawing and isgood at Art. Sometime, she would like to play computer games. In a fewyears, she wants to be a good Art teacher.

The Authors

This is Luciana. She is 13 years old and she lives in Ann

Arbor, Michigan. She lives with her mom, step dad, littlebrother and her dad every other weekend in Canton. Her native country is Argentina. What she likes to do for fun isplay games on her laptop. When she grows up, she wantsto work with big cats lions and sometimes with wolves.


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This is Nanami Kitajima, and she is 13 years old.She lives in Ann Arbor now and she lives withher dad, mom, and two younger sisters. Hernative country is Japan so she speaksJapanese. Now, she has interests in computers(internet). She is not sure that what she wantsto do when she grows up, but she wants to dothings that can gain lots of moneys like herdad because she wants to help her parents andthank to them.

This is Byeonghun Kim. He is 13 years old. He livesin Ann Arbor, in Michigan. He has father, mother,two sisters, and one dog. His native country is

Korea. He speaks Korean, and little bit English. Hisinterests are golf, and playing his ipod. When hegrows up, he wants to make a car, because he likesa car, and he wants to make a electric car, and hewants to make electric sports car too.

Hi. This is Bryan Maldonado. He had 13 years old. He livesin U.S.A ! Ann Arbor MI He lives with his mom and ! his 3cousin. His native country is Honduras, He speaks Spanishand English ! He is interests in go to the University ofMichigan. When he grows up he wants to be a player soccer

This is Chihiro Tsuruta. She is13 years old.She lives in Ann Arbor now. She lives withfather, mother, younger brother. Her nativecountry is Japan. Her language is Japanese.Her interest in Japanese fashion. When shegrows up, she would be fashion designer.


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His name is Hugo Cabrera - Reyes He lives in Ann Arbor Michigan. He came to the U.S 4 years ago from Mexico city.He came when he was 8 years old and now is 13. He likes toshop, Text, and sleep out side of school. In school he likes totalk and eat. When he grows up he would like to be a fashiondesigner mostly because he loves fashion.

This is Misaki Joh. She is 13 years old. She

lives in Ann Arbor, now. Her family includesmother, father, and sister. She is from Japan.She speaks Japanese. Her interests are aboutthe handicraft. And she wants to be a novelistin the future.

This is Xianyi Zeng. Her friends call her Johnny and Molly, but she doesn " treally care about what names you call her. She is 13 years old in less than onemonth. China is her native country and she came here almost two years ago. Arigid house is her home, but it " s sweet though because her family and all thethings she loves are in there. Her mom, dad, and her are living in that house.She has friends, but not a lot because sometimes she is shy. She can speakboth Chinese and English, or perhaps a little bit Japanese. Swimming, drawing,playing volleyball, planting, playing sports games, sleeping, cooking, andtalking to her friends and family are the most enjoyable things in her life. Sheloves learning new things especially science, she don " t know why though, maybe it " s genetic. She wants to be a doctor or a detective when she grows up, sheknows she must study very hard but she thinks she " ll get there.:D

This is Saki Mutsuro. She is 13 and she is going to be 14 in July. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She lives with 3 family member,mom, dad, and her brother. Kazuki is her older brother and he goesto skyline high school. Her family loves playing tennis!! She camefrom Japan and she can speak Japanese and English. She isinterested in art, sports, and music. She likes all of those things.She wants to be designer or interpreter when she grows up. Thereason she wants to be designer is because she really likes art andshe thinks she will love that job. She wants to be an interpreter soshe can use English and she doesnt forget how to speak English.


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This is Emily Okabe . She is13years old. She lives in Americanow. Her family is father Toshihiko, mother Mika, twins bigbrother Akira. Her native country is Japan. Her sister Minaka isstaying Japan. And her language is Japanese. Her interests JazzDance, classic ballet, and Japanese things. She loves Japan.When she grows up, she wants to be wonderful adult. Because

she met such person in the past, and thought shed like to besuch person in the future. And shed like to be the person whocan be useful to a person.

*Note: 1 st person was chang ed to 3rd p erson for The Authors pages . Everything else was left as students wrote it so tha

future yea rs they can see h ow their writing was when they were in ESL in2011.


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Do you want to be more fashionable?If you like fashion, look at theJapanese teen fashion becauseJapanese fashion is the best fashion

in the whole world. Tokyo is the bestplace to see interesting Japanesefashion.

Tokyo fashion:

Tokyo is the most famous place inJapan. There, people can buyinteresting clothes, bags, shoes, andaccessories etc. So many teens go toTokyo. For this they put on their thebest clothes and show off their uniquestyle. I think if you go to the Tokyo, youcan see the interesting fashions. TheJapanese people like to be creative.Tokyo fashion has Lolita, dolly kei,kogal, and cosplay etc. Lolita is a stylelook like princess. Population withyounger woman in Tokyo. Cosplay isImitate comic characters " style. Dollykei is Girls create their own costumesthat look like fancy doll. Kogal ispopular with high school girls. MyJapanese friend said about lolita Thatis so cute. But I wouldn " t wear it. Eventhough there some Japanese teensthat don " t want wear it. If you want be

more fashionable, you have to go tothe Tokyo.

Difference between Japanesefashion and American fashion:

Have you think about differentbetween the Japanese fashion andAmerican fashion? The Americanfashion is really casual. The Japanesefashion is really creative. Japaneseschool has uniforms. Almost anytime,Japanese teens wearthe school uniform. They are wear theown clothes occasionally. SoJapanese teens buy better clothesmore than casual clothes. ButAmerican school hasn " t uniform, theyneed wear the own clothes everyday.So American teens buy casual clothes.Japanese teen are copying themagazine fashion and hairstyle. ButAmerican teens are not copying themagazine. They are make ownfashions. I think American teen doesdressing up of a meaning differentfrom the teen of Japan. Americanpeople said Japanese fashion isoften fashion forward, sometimes alittle too fashion forward, it can lookvery animated and cartoonish

sometimes. American fashion iselectric meaning there is no one style,most things are accepted here. I thinkeverybody likes both style fashions.

Inuence:

American fashion designers turn toJapan for trends and inspiration. Japanese culture denitely inuenceAmerican fashion. said Americanfashion designers. Actually, whatinuence does the fashion of Japangive the America and whole world?The immediate inuence of Japanesestreet fashion is said to be China,Korea and Taiwan. Geographical andcultural afnities are said to be amongthe most important factors. The similarbody shape and gure also madeJapanese style an easier sought-afterthan that of European or American.However, the inuence is not directemulation. China and Korea are saidonly to take elements out of theJapanese style and to assimilate themwith local understanding. So l thinkJapanese fashion is very importantculture.

6/1/11 ! CHIHIRO TSURUTA !

Japanese Teens Fashion

Japanese teens are really fashionable!

< This picture from theLIS LISA. It is very popularteens brand. This brandclothes are look like reallycute.

This picture from theNarumiya.It is name of brand.Narumiya is focus onfrom elementary studentto middle student.


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2011 ! BY; MISAKI JOH

Have you ever seen Japanese Shuji? It " s thecalligraphy. Calligraphy is Japanese popularart. Calligraphy as accomplishment for manypeople. Accomplishment of calligraphy ispractice for write the beautiful character.THE ORIGIN OF JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHYJapanese calligraphy began called ancientChinese orient round age quite in the olddays. The person who began the Japanesecalligraphy is Wang Xizhi,Chinese. WangXizhi was traditionally credited as the fatherof the art. Calligraphy is began to China.STYLE OF CALLIGRAPHYJapanese calligraphy has 3 styles. Styles areSquare style ,Semi-cursive style, andCursive style.Square style used for style of type written

without omitting the character by one stroke astroke.Semi-cursive style is a style of type that

continues a part of the character to

Japanese " s life most while.Cursive style " s one of the hard written style

of type of the Chinese character. It differsfrom the semi-cursive style that is the brushstyle of the Chinese character similarly aspossible to be written fast.WHAT DO YOU NEED TO WRITE INCALLIGRAPHY?Japanese calligraphy need brush, paper,Chinese ink, etc.

Brushes write things by which axes such asbamboos and trees put bunch of animal " s hairpreviously. There is differences such asbristles (horse, weasel, Asian racoon, etc.)and the furs (sheep, cat, and squirrel, etc.) bythe their hair used.Paper for calligraphy is hanshi means half

paper, and this paper about 25 centimeter inwidth is cut out to about 35 centimeter inlength now.

When calligraphy is performed, since doingink (Chinese ink or ink liquid) to do nothing, itdoesn " t start, but, solid body ink and liquid inkwere added to the feacher respectivity even ifI said a corner to a bite, there is also how tochoose.

Did everyone have an interest incalligraphy, too? Japanese calligraphy isvery nice art. If I have an interest even alittle, please see a work of calligraphy.

Even if the percentage of completionlooks unpleasant low, the work writtenby oneself will be pretty, be pretty and be

the treasure di ! cult to change to everyother things.

by Teacher of calligraphy.

ABOUT JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY

JAPANESE C ALLIGRAPHY

Here is a personwriting incalligraphy.

This is work of Japanese calligraphy.This charactermeans sky.


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06/07/2011

Are you a good eater? Do you like eating noodles?

Have you ever tasted Lanzhou beef noodles? If youhavent, you HAD BETTER try them. Vegetables,beef, and noodles meet your daily nutrition needs.Dont you want one bowl?

Are you a GOODEATER?

What? Chinese have beeneating Lanzhou beef noodlesfor how long?

! Chinese have been eatingnoodles since the beginning of their civilization. Beef noodleshave a rich flavor of the beef andspicy soup. The smell of redpepper attracts you five miles

away. Lanzhou beef noodles werecreated by Chinese Muslim namedBaozi Ma about two hundred yearsago. Because of poverty, he workedhard to invent Lanzhou beef noodles. Mr. Ma made the first bowlof Lanzhou beef noodles at home,and then he began to sell them in

buckets on streets. To his surprise,many people bought his beef noodlesand said they were really good.When he finally earned enoughmoney to own a place, he owned astore and continued to sell his beef noodles. After Mr. Ma died, his son

Lanzhou beef noodles are the bestof all noodles at allthe time. They look

great! You wantone?

--------My favorite food

See how happy he is? Thisperson is eating a bowl of Lanzhou beef noodles.


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Jiesan continued to improveand to sell beef noodles in Mr.Mas store. When Jiesan died,his generations followed hissteps to improve Lanzhou beef noodles. Lanzhou beef noodlesattracted many people outsidethe city because the spicy andawesome aroma. According toone website, Many people were

just stalking on streets, butwhen they walked to the beef noodles store, they just couldntcontrol themselves moving intothe store. Slowly, Lanzhou

beef noodles became famousthroughout China during theearly 19 th century. When theEmperor tried them once atLanzhou, he amazingly saidthey were the best noodles hehad ever eaten. Thats howLanzhou beef noodles truly gotthe reputation-The Best

Noodles in China.

According to one website, thefollowing is the recipe.

Ingredients :Servings:

1 teaspoonszechuanpeppercorns,ground

3 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced

thin 3 garlic cloves, sliced thin 12 cups water 2 lbs beef chuck, boned 2 beef bouillon cubes 1 tablespoon ginger,

ground 1 tablespoon curry

powder 4 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespo ons vine gar

(black vine gar prefe rred) 1/4 teaspoon black

pepper 6 cups broad rice

noodles, cooked andstill hot

peanuts, chopped(optional)

chili oil (optional)

Directi ons:

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 2 3/4 hrs

1. Fry the peppercorn powderon low heat for 30 second so

See how good thischef is! He braidsand then fold thedough into thinstripes! It may

only take 1 to 2minutes!

Lanzhou beef noodles are WOW, buthow do you make them?
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it becomes fragrant.

Add the oil and allowto sit for 10 minutes.2. Saute the onions and

garlic in the peppercornoil until onions areclear and starting tobrown.

3. In a deep-sided pot, addwater and beef. Coverbeef with choppedonions and garlic. Add

rest of seasonings.4. Boil and then simmer 11/2 - 2 hours until beef is tender.

5. Transfer beef to cuttingboard and allow to restfor 10 minutes. Slicethinly and set aside.Continue simmering thebroth.

6. Divide cooked noodles

among large soupbowls. Divide meat intosoup bowls. Ladle brothover noodles and beef.

7. Serve with peanuts andchili oil.

I interviewed some of my friends about what theythink of Lanzhou beef noodles and compare themto the American ones. Theyhad some interestinganswers. I like Lanzhoubeef noodles becausetheyre tasty, even thoughwe kill lot of cows. They also

remind me of China, said

Judy Pao -- an 8 th grader atSlauson said. So which onedo you like better compareto the American ones? Iasked her curiously. Beef noodles are fresh and tastyin China and theresChinese taste in there.

American ones are oily, andthey dont taste so fresh,she said. I asked severalother people about beef noodles, and they all likeChinas beef noodles. In theopinion of them, they saidthey like the Chinese onesbetter because they tastefresher or theres Chinesetaste to them. Its weird

because when I gotoanother place, the beef noodles taste differently. Mygrandmother said itsbecause of Lanzhous water.It makes Lanzhou beef noodles so unique.

Beef noodles areusually sell in stores, but

they also sell in vendorsbehind many alleys inLanzhou. When you walkinto a beef noodlesrestaurant, you need to payat the cashier first then goinline and get a bowl of beef

noodles. You give the

money to the cashier andtell her what kind of noodlesyou want. She will give yousome small tickets that theyhave what you need.Noodles can be organizedinto many categories: extrabroad, broad, thin broad,extra medium, medium, thinmedium, extra thin, and thin.When its your turn, youshould give the chefs thetickets and wait for the beef noodles. Then one hot bowlof beef noodles comes out.You may hold it on a trayand sit wherever you want.

A bowl of beef noodles isnot that expensive, it usually

costs 5 to 50 Yuan.

Lanzhou beef noodles areone of the most famoussnacks in China. If you havea chance travel to Gansu,you must visit Lanzhou andtry Lanzhou beef noodles.

After enjoying them, I betyou will be happy!

NO WAY Im going to cook. Why not we go to a restaurant instead?

This is where Lanzhou beef noodlescame from and the capital city of

Gansu--Lanzhou! This photo wastaken during a summer night!


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In the year 1751, on February19, Chinese Emperor Qianlongwent to Nanjing, Yangzhou, Wuxi,Suzhou, and Hangzhou. When hewas in Wuxi, he tasted the smalllocal steamed buns, did he likethem? Yes, he like them verymuch. Then the small steamed

buns became famous throughoutthe whole country. Do you knowwhere small steamed buns namecame from? I can tell you. Smallsteamed buns are calledXiaolongbao in Chinese. Xiaomeans small; long means bamboosteamer; and bao means bun.

Finding Your Juicy Treasure:

After all this talk about thehistory of small steamed buns, doyou want to go to a restaurant, andfind some small steamed buns?Lets go! In China, you can findsteamed buns in some restaurants.For example, Din Tai Fung is arestaurant with locations in

You probably eat pork, but you may not have eaten it in the

small steamed buns. Have you ever eaten small steamed buns?

They are a traditional snack in Wuxi, China. According to baidu.com, Small steamed buns have a one hundred year history. Thelocal people all like to eat Wuxi small steamed buns. If you havenever tried small steamed buns, you should try them!

Over 200 Years Of Deliciousness:

According to zhidao.com, Small steamed buns come from:Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Jiangxi, and Hangzhou.Shanghai and Wuxi both are old cites in Jiangsu Province, near Lake

Tai. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a bun restaurant on a street inShanghai. The owner wanted to make his bun restaurant famous, so headded more meat inside the buns, and every time he changed it a little

bit. Then, the restaurant became famous. The owners name wasMingxian Huang, and his restaurant was called Yuyuan Garden. Theymade very small steamed buns. Today, Yuyuan Garden is located inShanghai, and is a very famous place, many people like to go there,and eat small steamed buns.

B : Lile Xi

Hot! Hot! Hotsteamed buns! Juicy anddelicious! Are

you ready to eat?


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Taiwan and Shanghai. Din TaiFung makes very delicioussmall steamed buns, and lots of other snacks. Many people liketo go to Din Tai Fung. If yougo there, you probably need to

wait outside. If you dont wantto wait outside, you should gothere early. When you go there,you can see how they make thesmall steamed buns, noodles,fried rice, red bean buns, andall kind of dumplings throughthe window. You can order anything you want! Now this

restaurant is growing. Din TaiFung now has restaurants inLos Angeles and Seattle. InChina, there are also other famous restaurants that makesmall steamed buns, like WangXin Ji, Ding Da Fu, Xi Yuan,and many more. The price for small steamed buns in China isvery cheap. It is only 15 Yuanfor 8 buns, which equals about$2.20 for 8 buns.

Make A Little Fun:

If you dont want to buysmall steamed bun, you canmake your own small steamed

buns. Do you want to knowhow to make small steamed

buns? Its easy and fast. First,mix flour and water together to

be the dough. After 30 minutes,roll the dough into long strips,and then cut into pieces. Then,chop green onions, and addground pork, soy sauce, salt, 1

tablespoon of the oil, pepper, and1 tablespoon water. Stir untilsticky. Next, roll the small piecesof dough into little round circles,stuff them with the meat, andthen wrap it up. After that, putthem in a bamboo steamer, andsteam them for 6 to 7 minutes.

Ingredients

21 ! ounces of ours

" cup of water

6 2/3 ounces ground

pork2 green onions

2 tablespoons oil

1 tablespoon soy sauce

" tablespoon salt.

Elegant Buds Of Meat:

Sometimes, different citieshave different look for their steamed buns, because their recipes are different. In NorthChina they are usually made withleavened dough, so northernsmall steamed buns are white andfluffy. More people like southernsmall steamed buns, becausesouthern small steamed buns aremade with rice flour. Southernsmall steamed buns skin aremore thin and tender.Traditionally small steamed bunshave about 20 folds on the top. Itlooks like a flower bud. Its skinis very thin, and after steaming,

the skin will change totranslucent. Wuxi has very goodsmall steamed buns. Wuxi smallsteamed buns are bigger thanShanghai small steamed buns.The difference is Wuxi small

steamed buns are bigger, tastemore sweeter, and the skin isthinner than the other smallsteamed buns.

Take bite:

Now are you hungry? Lets eatthem! When you start to eatthem, you need to be verycareful. Small steamed buns arevery hot inside. Maybe it canhurt your mouth. So, let me teachyou how to eat small steamed

buns! First, you get the smallsteamed buns. Then you take asmall bite, and suck the juicefrom the meat out from the center at the same time. If you dontsuck juice out at same time, the

juice will splash on your clothes.This kind of juice is hard toclean, because it is oily.

In China there are manydelicious foods, but smallsteamed buns are the mostinteresting, and delicious. Judy

Bao agrees, Small steamed bunslook small and taste delicious.You should look for them inChinese restaurants or try tomake them at home. It can be afun activity for the family or friends to make together!


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History And Types Of Japanese Sweets

Japanese Sweets! BY NANAMI KITAJIMA

#

Have you ever tasted Japanesesweets? If you haven " t, you should try it. InJapan it " s called wagashi, and it has low fatcalories much more than western-style sweetslike cupcakes. When you want to lose yourweight but still want to eat something, you cantry them because they are also good for healthand can help your diet." According to the oldest Japanesehistory record(book), the beginning of wagashiwas in ancient Japan. In that time, people atefruits instead of sweets that had sugars or oursin it. Why do you think people ate fruits insteadof sweets or didn " t make it? That " s becausethere wasn " t any sugar in Japan in that time.But, when people which they came from Chinato introduce their cultures to Japan brought

sugars and other kinds of skills, stuffs. Forexample, they brought silvers, coppers, tools forrice crop. Japanese people used things thatChinese people brought and that connected tothe making rice too. Chinese people alsointroduced the sweets that they used to eat intheir country, and Japanese people learned howto make it. By learning how to make the sweetsthat Chinese people eat, Japanese peoplemade sweets that is based on the sweets ofChina, and that was called Tang sweets.

# Why do you think people named thesweets that they made by their own as Tangsweets? There " s a hint in the word Tang.Tang was a dynasty of ancientChina(618~907). Many people think that theyare named as Tang sweets because theymade the sweets using things that people ofTang brought. By the time passes, Tangsweets were called wagashi in Edo period.# In the Edo period, people enjoyedtea ceremony for amusement. Japanese teaceremony is also a traditional culture of Japan.Even now, there are many peoples enjoyingtea ceremony. And so, what do you think therelationship between the tea ceremony andwagashi? Here " s the answer. Wagashi wasused for snack of the tea ceremony. But ofcourse, the main dish is the tea so wagashiwas like an garnish of it.#

There are lots of types of wagashi inJapan example there are rice cakes, ricecrackers, jellied adzuki bean paste, dango,dorayaki, etc. Did you know that there areclassications for them? Some are classiedas fresh sweets, and it " s called namagashi inJapan. Namagashi is an type that contains ricecakes, yokan(adzuki bean paste),dumpling(dango), and steamed things. Also,some are classied as dried-sweets which iscalled higashi in Japan. Higashi is dried and itcontains very little moisture, and this keepsrelatively longer than other kinds of wagashi.For example, there are rice crackers,compeito(kind of candy), and amanatto.

Wagashis also has a type that expresses eachseasons, such as spring, summer, autumn, andwinter. And there are two types that expressesseason. One is the type that is made only inspecic season, and one more is he type thatexpresses each season. What do you think thedifference between them is? The differencebetween them is that the type that is made inonly specic season uses seasonal ingredientssuch as fruits, and the type that expressesseason is made in every season, but not sospecial as the one more. If you can understandthis, you are the person that who can eat it byenjoying it " s avor and kind.# Why do you think wagashi has such alow fat calories as I said in the beginning? That " sbecause they use agar-agar for most of thewaggish " s ingredients. Agar-agar is made up byseaweeds so it doesn " t have so much calories.Although, sugar is also used to many ofwagashis but by agar-agar " s low fat calorie, itdoesn " t mean so much whether it has highcalories and fat. Wagashi are considered morehealthful because they are made entirely fromplant-based ingredients. Mitsuo Yabu, themember of Japan wagashi association. As hesaid, wagashis are made by plant-based thingslike agar-agar and adzuki bean. Especially,adzuki bean is good for health. They contain awealth of antioxidants that contribute to goodhealth.

! Some of the fresh sweets (wagashi) that iscalled namagashi in Japan.

wagashiis art of the ve senses

by Mitsutomo Kurokawa(Japan Wagashi Association)


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Now, I " m going to show you somerecipe of wagashi. The one that I tellyou is Jellied adzuki beanpaste(Yokan), strawberry rice cake,and braken-starch dumpling (warabimochi).

Recipe #1 Jellied adzuki beanpaste(Yokan)

Ingredients: agar-agarcook(kanten cook) - 1 pack (4g)

water - 400mladzuki - 500g

Tools: bowlpotTupperware(pack)something to mix

1. First, put the adzuki in thebowl.

2. Then, put the agar-agar cookand water in the pot, and putit over the re.

3. After that, wait until the waterboils up and when it boils, mixit for 2 minutes untill it melts.

4. Put #1 into #3 and mix it untilit gets smooth.

5. Finally, pour it into the pack,and cool it until it becomessolid.

Recipe #2 Strawberry rice cake

Ingredients: rice our - 50gsugar - 20gadzuki - 125g5 strawberrieswater - 90cc

Tools: heatproof bowl

plastic wraprubber wrasserolling pin

How to make it

1. First, put the rice our, sugar, and water inthe heatproof bowl

2. Then mix it up with rubber pin untill it getssmooth enough. After that, wrap it in plasticwrap and put it into the microwave oven for2 minutes.

3. While heating it in the oven, wash thestrawberries and take off the calyx. Thenwipe it with ketchen paper.

4. Take out the mixture that changed intodough from the oven.

5. Push(knead) the dough untill it has nomore powderness. And cool for a while.

6. when it got cool about you can hold withyour hand, put some water to your handand knead it for some.

7. Put some water to your hand again anddivide the dough into 5 pieces.

8. Divide adzuki into 5 pieces too and curl it.Then stretch it like a circle.

9. Put the strawberries on to each adzuki thatyou divided into piece, and cover thestrawberry like you can see the top forsome.

10. Stretch the dough into circle.

11. Put the strawberry that is covered byadzuki on the dough, and put it like thetop of the strawberry faces down.

12. Finally, hold the adzuki by the thumb thathas the dough on it(hand), attach the otherside hand to the dough and cover theadzuki by spinning it.

Recipe #3 Broken-starch dumpling(warabi mochi)

Ingredients: potato starch - 50gwater - 300ccsugar - 1 tablespoonfulsoybean our - much you

wantsugar #2 - much you wantpowdered green tea(If you like to)

Tools: whipped cream pastry bagbowl with cool water in itpancolander basket

How to make it

1. Put potato starch, sugar, andwater in the pan and mix it.

2. Then, turn on the re and mix ituntil it gets whitened and clear.

3. Put it into the bowl that has coolwater in it.

4. cut the tip of the pastry bag for 3centimeter width.5. Then put it into the pastry bag,

and squeeze it. When it came out,pinch it into the size that youlike(thought easy to eat)and put itinto the bowl that has cool waterin it again.

6. When it became clear nicely, put itinto the colander basket.

7. mix the soybean our andsugar#2

8. Finally, put the mixture of soybean

our and sugar on the dumpling.Also, you can put the powderedgreen tea on it too.


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I" m a cub not an adult, Idon " t have long teeth or

long sharp claws. I still needmy mothers help theguidance of the pride.

Lion cubs cannot defendthemselves. This article willhelp you understand howthey are cared for by theirmothers. How she protectsthem,feeds them, cares forthem, even if you read this

she dose it because sheloves them.

Female lions give birth 3.5months after they mated, afterconception and give birth up tofour cubs although litters oftwo or three are more incommon. Often, the rst sightof a lioness given birth arelarge stains around her

nipples. Mother and cubsspend most of their time awayfrom the pride, although theymay rejoin their loyalcompanions for brief periods.

When cubs open their eyes forthe rst time ever, their eyesaren " t amber like the adults orolder cubs. The cubs eyes aregray or a blue color. cubs drinkmilk from their motheralthough their mother will tryand make them eat meat in

the next six weeks. When lioncubs are born they weightabout 3 pounds (1.3 kg) butafter a while that weigh startsto change into 20 or 30pounds or even 90 poundssince their growing up!.

When male lions are full grownthey weigh up to 400 poundsand (180 kilograms) thats how

much the male cub wouldweight full grown unlike thefemale that would weight 275pounds and (125 kilograms).Even, if the cubs are protectedby the pride they could alsodie from starving when food ishard to nd over the years.They could also die fromhyenas, hunters, includingmale lions. Male lions will killthe cubs to mate with themother. Sometimes a malelion will kill a cub to join the

pride.

Since their is a big pridesometimes the mother needsto carry them once in a whilebecause they eat to eat allthey can before the pride malecomes. The cubs will eat butfor a short amount of timebecause they would get bored

By: Luciana Alegre Date: 6/1/11 Mrs. Cornish hour: 6 and 7

RAISING LION CUBS IN

Africa


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of the kill and would start toplay with the tail or the legs ofthe animal. A tail of a deadanimal would make a good toyfor them. Later, the cubs eyesturn amber that means thatthey are cubs not a few weekold newborn. Lion cubs sleepfor a long time, sometimes itsbecause they have beenwalking all night looking forfood with the lioness, playghting , running away from a

battle because of a male lionand sometimes just plain tired.

Lion cubs grow up fast you " llbe amazed when you see aone year old lion cub with theirmom or even seeing a oneyear old male cub who " s twicebigger then his mom withthem. That means that theirteenagers or teens for short.

Teens know how to hunt andprotect them self's since theywatched the adults from a veryyoung age. Just because theycan protect them self " s itdoesn't mean they don " t needthe pride or their mother anymore. Teen lions mostly arewith the other teens like theirbrother, sister, or cousin. Tothe teens and the adults the

cubs are annoying to them,with them jumping on themand biting them. Cubs arealways getting into troubleeven the pride male thinks thattheir annoying .

Cubs sometimes try and getmilk from their mother,grandmother, or aunt. Luckilyfor the teens they don " t needto deal with that yet.

Lion fun facts: 1. According toThe Best Book On Big Cats, Lions teeth and claws areused to ght over territory

Lets play daddy

Im to cute for youLove you mom

New born

LION

PICTURES

ROAR!!!!!


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IPODS

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# Do you have

one of any ipods? Ifyou don " t you areloser. Ipod is aportable mediaplayers designed andmarked by Apple. Inthe opinion of HugoCabrera Reyes, whois 7th grade studentat Slauson MiddleSchool and loves

ipod, It"

s the mostawesome thing in theworld!! Ipods arereally usefull,awesome, pretty, andcool. It was rstlaunched on October23, 2001. Over297,000,000 of ipodswere sold inworldwide. There are

many kinds of ipodsand the Apple Storestill keep producingnew generation ofipods.

IPOD SHUFFLEDo you think all the ipods are expensive? Ipod shufe isnot. They are only $49!!# There is some reason that it is not expensive.First, it has no touch screens or screens, but don " t

worry!! It"

s still cool:) Instead of touch screens they havebuttons-clickable control pad on the front of ipod shufe.Next, they can only hold 2GB of musics. Its battery lifeis up to 15 hours and charge time is about 3 hours.# What is your favorite color? You have 5 choices-black, blue, green, orange, and pink. I asked people inESL that which color they want, and the result is, 5people want pink, 4 people want blue, and 1 personwants black.# The newest ipod shufe got smaller than last oneand it changed rectangle-shaped to square-shaped.

There is 19 languages for voice over kit system. Thereis now awesome thing here!! You can add a personallaser-engraved message to ipod shufe!!# Now you know how cool is the ipod shufe evenit doesn " t have any screens. If you want the comapactand small music player, I will recommend you a ipodshufe!!

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IPOD NANOThe newest ipod nano is 6thgeneration. It was completelyre-desingned. I think it is waycooler than last one. Iinterviewed Maria Delgadillo,

7th grade in Slauson MIddle,and she said,They are cute,small and useful!! I should buyone because its fits in mypocket.

The new ipod nano hastotal of seven colors, which arered, pink, orange, green, blue,black, and gray. They are allbright colors like shine of aluminiums. Choose your

favorite color!!The 6th generation of ipod nano got size of 1/2 of thelast generation of ipod nano. Itgot touch screen like other cool ipods. It is tiny square

shaped, but it is perfect size for tap or a swipe. The newattached clip makes it compactand let you put it on your clothes. It also fits in your pocket. Its battery life is up to24 hours. Its only 0.7 ounce.Charge time is about 3 hours.You can choose your languagefrom 29 languages.

It is 8GB for $149 and16GB for $179. If you want toput many musics or videos,you should buy 16GB one!!When you shake the ipod, itshuffles to a different song inyou music library.! In conclusion, ipod nanois getting cooler each time theychange to new generation. Ican tell you want to go to AppleStore and get a new ipod nanoright now!! Also I want one too .

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IPOD TOUCH#

Ipod touch...My favoriteipod!!


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Do you know a sport dancing onice? It " s gure skating!Do you know the origin of gureskating? If not, I will explain it toyou.

The woman and the manare acting by the pairsfigure skating.

History of gure skating The oldest pair of skates knowdate back to about 3000B.C,found at the bottom of a lake inSwitzerland. Four items a singleman and woman, a pair, and aspecial gure(boy) were held inthe London Olympics(summer)in 1908. Next, it is held by threeevents in 1920. A single manand woman and the pair wereheld as an ofcial program inInnsbruck Olympics in 1976,and in Chamonix Olympics in1924. This event was the icedancing, which is a form ofgure skating with the art ofballroom dancing. As you cansee? Figure skating has a longhistory!

Splendid performanceThere is a key aspect of

gure skating one must neverforget. The techniques! Do youknow the gure skatingtechniques? There are lots oftechniques in gure skating.Jumps, spins, and spirals.First, most skaters rotate incounterclockwise when they

jump. There are several differenttypes of jumps in gure skating.Toe jump, edge jump, half loop

jump half ip, wally jump, andsplit jump.Next, spins are a requiredelement in most gure skatingcompetitions, and they exist inall winter Olympics. There arethree basic spin positions ingure skating : the sit position,the camel position, and theupright position.Last, a spiral is an element inwhich the skater moves acrossthe ice on a specic edge withthe free leg held above the hip.Spirals can be performed whileskating forwards or backwards,and are distinguished by theedge of the blade used on. A spiral sequence is one or morespiral positions and edges donein sequence.-------------------------------------Figure skating always needtechnique. If you want begin

gure skating, rst practice thetechnique and enjoy gureskating. Like in any other sportsor performance art one mustlearn the technique and havediscipline to learn the art ofgure skating.

FIGURE SKATINGThe art of

by Akira Okabe

The man is doing the jump spin by a single man of figure skating.


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Move your feet to the right! Move your feet to the left! And...

JAZZ DANCE IS POPULAR INAMERICA!

Move your feet to the right! Move yourfeet to the left! And...move your hips tofront and the back! If you can do it,you can try Jazz Dance.Do you know jazz dance? When Iasked a friends, there were manypeople who answered "I knew thename, but, I don " t know the contentswell. Jazz Dance is the kind of dance.It is popular in America.I wonder if you know about JazzDance. If not, I will explain for you!!

HISTORY;In the beginning of the 20th century,Jazz Dance was born with Jazz music.It appears in the Broadway musical inthe latter half on the 1930 " s. After that,developed in the world of ShowBusiness.Musical genre Jazz and JazzDance has deep relations in thehistory. However, there be notnecessarily restricted relations (Danceby the jazz music) in the present.Jazz Dance originated with blackpeople " s peculiar dance. But itgradually changed. Then becamepresent Jazz Dance.

The top of one and the lower left one are

picture of jazz concert.The lower right one is a shoes of jazz dance.

BY EMILY OKABE


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STEPS;Jazz Dance has lots of steps.Many jazz steps come fromballet. For example, the jazzpirouette (turn) looks like theballet turn and the samename.The training that moves eachpart of body alone, it is saidIsolation. (It is said Aisorefor short.) It becomes basic ofvarious dances like a hip-hopdance, the body popping, thebreak dance,the popping, andthe jazz dance etc. Themoved part are the neck andthe shoulder, the belly, thewaist, the arm, the wrist, theelbow, the foot, the knee,ankles, and the upper-bodiesand lower half of the bodies.This is a difcult training. Butit becomes possible soon!

KINDS OF STEPS;moon walk, side walk, slowmotion glide, back slowmotion glide, warp glide, pop,tut, king tut, isolation, cobra,king cobra, hand wave, bodywave, touch wave, strut,chest buster, robot dance,beetle slide, crab step, etc.

COSTUMES;If you challenge to jazzdance, how to choose theclothes? My advise is...Leotard There have a shortsleeve and long sleeve usedby the classic ballet. Legcover It is the leg cover andleg wormers are necessary.Tights They can Choosefreely of the handle one andshnet tights, etc. moreover,there are a rough and rufe inthe skirt.Jazz dance necessary shoestoo. The most of teacher said,The quality of choosingshoes will affect your processgreatly. Teacher also said The one with a high pricedoesn " t necessarily ll it. Ithink so, too. I think in thesame way when I " m dancing.


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S O C C E R ! ! !

By: Bryan Mladonado

Soccer. It is played all over the word. I love

soccer. When I was 4 years old, I started playing.

My cousin also loves soccer and we played on aeam in my home country of Honduras. Soccer is

something very special to the people, butsometimes the people ght each others because

he team lose and the people get angry andsometimes the countrys team won and everybodycelebrate. Everyday the soccer is making more

popular in the word. To play soccer you need a ball

and big area that why the people likes soccer and

you dont need a eld just a big area. The soccerwas invented in Europe in that continent the socceris very famous. The rst league was organized in1888. And the soccer was invented because is very

fun and is fun because you can be compentely.Andpractice is something that athletes do every day tomake into another level.

R o n a lh e i s f r o m B r a z i l i s p l a y es o c c e r h e p l a y i n B a r c e l o n a


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THIS TRHEE GUYSHERE ARE PLAYERSOF BARCELONASTEAM. IN THAT TEAMTHEY ARE THE BESTAND THEY AREFAMOUS TOO...

1815 in the Universities and schools the soccer madeopular.The fifa (federation International Footballsociation)was stared in 1904 and by early 1930s.


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Bouti ue

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h L a L a

FASHION FASHION

OMG! Did you know that by the 20thtury high fashion had extended froms to London all across Europe. Fashion

gazines have started to include pictureshis fashion. This cause people to be morerested in design and fashion. Fashionustry rst developed in Europe. Now hion is gone worldwide. In the 20thtury the electric sewing machine came

this cause the opening of many artment stores. Fashion i is s termmally used for clothing, footwear, andessories. Some of the most famousgners are featured at Sack Fif th Avenue.uding Gucci, Dior,Prada, Alexanderqeen, Manolo Blahnick, Marc Jacob's,ar De La Renta and many more OMG!hion Week is a week when designers gethow their latest designs and future work.y shroud you buy designer clothing? Welle are many reasons the main reasonsIts high quality, Its Fashionable, and ituld make you look awesome.

! LOlZ did you know that 2.4 Billionshoes are sold in the U.$ each year. Prada hasa new spring fashion line that involves many different different shoe including low and highheels. There is many different shoe designerssome of them are Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Prada,

Andrea (mexican shoe designer), Vans, andConverse. The oldest shoe none to man is

about 5,500 years old and its made out of animal leather.

! Do you want to know were to nddesigners? well here are some of the cities/states in the U.S were designer stores arelocated Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los

Angeles, New York, San Francisco, New Jersey, Virginia, Michigan, Georgia, Florida,Texas =), And now on countries out side of theU.S are Mexico City, Milan, Tokyo, London,Paris, Rome, Oslaca, Nagoya and many more.

" Many store were open durinthe 20th century some were evenopen before that time period. Someexamples are Tiffany and Co openedon the 1837s, Gucci, Hugo Boss, DioChanel, and Prada all opened on the1900s. Alexander Mcqueen open on1992 and Manolo Blahnick opened on

1942 and Louis Vouitton opened on1854.

By: Hugo Cabrera


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FaShIoN

F A S H I O N M O N T H L Y J

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7 ,

2 0 1 1

! The most popularaccessory that both men and

woman war is jewelry. Thereare many kinds of jewelry like crowns, bracelets,neckless. and there is even

whole body jewelry. You can but this accessory at any clothing store or jewels store.

! Fashion Boutiques havechange the world of fashionever since the rst leathershoe came out to the opening of Gucci. Just imagine how far the fashion industry canget in the future. I hope to be

a part of the fashion worldsome day.


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Ha ve you e ve r ta s ted a tama le ? I f you ha ve

n " t your a lose r. !

according to Saki a 7 th grade r in S lauson m

iddle school

Tamales a re de licous the y a re the bes t food

e ve r. So imagine

yourse l f in Ha wa ii in fron t o f the beach e ve r

y thing is qui te

your s i t ting do wn ea ting a tama le , does n

" t tha t sound grea t.

A T a m a l e f i l l e d w i t h m e a t .

There are two different kindsof tamales in Mexico. There isa white and pink tamale. In thewhite tamale you can putdifferent ingredients like:meat,seafood,chesses,chicken,fruit,pork, nuts or vegetibles. The pink tamalesare sweet. they get their colorfrom strawberries. You canalso add raisins, pineapple orthey can be plain. Tamales aretypically not made every day no more due to the laborinvolved. They are made forspecial occasions like the Day of the Dead, Las PosadasChritmas,laCandelaria Day (February 2) MexicanIndependence Day

and new years or just any other family or holiday celebration. No one really knows who made the firsttamale or when tamales werestared, but it sure was a longtime ago. Tamales are made inmany different Latin Americacountries and are known by different names like:! Wicaraguai-Nacatama! Guatemala- paches andchuchitos! Bolivia and ecuador- Hunita! Columbia-Bollo! Veracruz Mexico-Zacahuil! Venezuela-Hallaca! Aztec-tamalii.

! Tamales are also made indifferent places like in China.In China a tamale is called aZangzi the ingredients are

glutinous rice, pork,peanuts,mushrooms,muhgbeans, chestnuts.

Another place where they maketamales is in India. They are usually

cooked during festival seasons. Theiris two di " erent names in di " erentparts of the country such as modhakand kdukatai. The ingredients areslutibous rice dough, coconut,

jaggeh, sugar,salt and beans orpulsos.

FA C T S A B O U T TA M A L E S . . !

D I F F E R E N T K

I N D S O F

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According to the website of

wikipedia A tamale or tamal(Spanish tamal, from Nahualt:tamalli is a traditional LatinAmerica dish made of masa(astarchy dough, usually corn-based), which is steamed orboiled in a leaf wrapper. Thewrapping is discarded before

eating.

Tamales were one of thestaples found by the SpanishConquistadors when they firstarrived in Mexico and weresoon widely spread throughouttheir other colonies.

Mesoamerica as early as 8000to 5000 BCE.Aztec and Mayacivilizations as well as theOlmeca and tolteca beforethem used tamales as aportable food, often to supporttheir armies but also forhunters and travelers. There

have also been reports of tamaluse in the Inca Empire longbefore the Spanish visited the

new world .

H I S T O R Y !

TA M A L E S A R O U N D T H E W O R L D ! ! ! !Philippines

The Filipino tamal is a steamed

delicacy made with a mixture of ground

white and brown (toasted) rice, ground

peanuts and coconut milk topped withstrips of chicken, chorizo and slices of

hard boiled eggs and wrapped in

banana leaves.

M alay sia

M alay cuisine includes t he O t ak-okat w hich is made o

f

sh meat . O t ak-ot ak is made by mixing sh past e ( usually macker el ) w it h a mixt ur e of spices.

Bangladesh

Paturi is a famous dish among the

Bengali people. It is a dish where fish is

marinated in a mustard paste, wrapped

in a plaintain leaf and steamed, just like a Mexican tamale.

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3 / 4 c up s t r a ine d s t r a w be r r y pur e e 1 c up w hit e c or n Ma s a Ha r ina 2 t a ble s poons s of t e ne d but t e r 1 t e a s poon f r e s h le mon juic e

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King was lived in Gyeongju.! -57BCE-4 Hyeokgeose (rst) (-540 -

576 Jinheung) (-654 - 661 Muyeol)(-661 - 681 Munmu) (-681 - 692 Sinmun)(-927 - 935 Gyeongsun (last)King Taejong Muyeol (602 661) born Kim

childhood friend of Kim Yusin who eventually

became his brother-in-law after he married the

latter's sister.

King Taejong Muyeol was born with the "sacred

Tourism

Golgul temple is aBuddhist compound builtaround the 6th cemtury.

Anapji pond is kingmummy built.Anapji pond in 674.A.D.

as a pleasure garden.

Kyle Magnuson is theastoundily number of Silla relies in Gyeongjuis what makes theancient city outstanding.

Downtown, Gyeongjuhave the Jumuli parkarea, which contains a

forest, the Jumuli, andespeciallycheonmuchorg - we canget inside of this.

Do you want to visit atamazing historicalplace?

You are going to read aboutGyeongju, and you are going to surpriseabout this. Are you ready to read? Iknow your answer is yes, then lets readabout Gyeongju! Gyeongju city isocated in South Korea. Gyeongju city

s by the Ulsan city, and Pusan city.Around 2000 years ago, Gyeongju wascapital of Silla. Korea was Silla, but now,ts Korea. Silla was one of the three

kingdoms of Korea, and one of theongest sustained dynastes in Asian

history. The dynasty was to see theGyeongju Kim clan hold rule for mostof its 992 years history, and Im a member of the Gyeongju Kim clanwhich is why it. As a member of theGyeongju Kim clan, I think it is

important for people to know aboutthis city.

Many famous kings lived inGyeongju. Gyeongjus old buildings arearound 2000 years old. Touristdestination for South Koreans and

foreigners with 8 to 9 million visitorsannally. A great deal of this is due to thecitys status as a center of Silla heritage,derived from its former role as thecapital of that ancient kingdom. During the Silla period, the city was calledseorabed that is assumed to meancapital Gyerim which literally meansRosters forest, or Geumseong thatrefers to city of gold.

FAMOUS PERSONS

Have you been to this amazing historical place?

By. Byeong hun Kim.

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