Behind MY Name!

Hello Bloggers!
New day, new post, and I'm really excited about this one!
Mrs.Pollock told us to do an assignment called 'behind our name'. We go to the site: http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/ and find our name!
So I entered my birth name, Clarissa, (for anyone who didn't know), and this is what came up.


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Behind my name Clarissa Joy Garcia.


Before we started this assignment, I thought my name was kind of unique, because there's not alot of people with the name Clarissa, but it isn't as rare as the name Jumanh! There is nothing that rhymes with Clarissa, (unless, if you find a word, comment on my blog please!), but my science teacher Mr.McGill always says 'Clarissa Balissa'. I'm 100% sure that isn't a real word, but I'm too lazy to find it in the dictionary!


I think my parents chose this name for me because they thought it was a really pretty name.(That's what people tell me, don't think I'm bragging!) My mom bought a book called 'The Name Book' for inspiration, and yet, we still have it!
At first my mom wanted to name me 'Charity Joy,' but she thought, no, Clarissa is much better. And thank goodness! I would not appreciate my mom for giving me that name.
Just joking. Mahal kita ma. (Love you mom!)
We have a joke that if she did call me 'Charity,' I said all the kids would give pity on me!


After searching Baby Names my name means clear, bright, and famous. Which kind of makes sense to me!

Clear; It is CLEAR to me what I want to do when I grow up.
I want to become an actress. Or work with Criminal Justice. What inspired me was the show, CSI: Miami. I also want to be a journalist, or photojournalist. Or just take photos, period. When I get enough money I want to be an entrepreneur, own a fashion line, Starbucks, or a cute little cupcake shop. But only time will tell!

Bright; Maybe it means I'm always smiling. Or because of all the academic distinctions. I honestly don't like to brag, but I'm trying to be as humble as I can about this. So here's my proof;
>I had one academic distinction in grade one
>one in grade three
>literacy award in grade four
>and one academic distinction in grade seven last year
(This is just pure evidence.)

Famous; This was the one that really surprised me. Like I said, I am striving to be an actress, and really get out there, so hopefully one day I will become famous.
And if I do, MAJOR shoutout to Ms.Pollock, our homeroom and drama teacher! Ha.

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Some other interesting things I found out is apparently my name Clarissa is used in the languages English, Italian, and Portuguese. Portuguese!
The latinate word for Clarissa is Clarice, which originated from Clara.
My middle name Joy is English, from the word joy.
In Norman French it's pronounced joie, and in Latin it's gaudia. Which is wired because it sounds like Guatemala!
And sadly, I couldn't find anything for my last name, Garcia. Boo-hoo.

I think my name suits me well because I just like my name. (Better than Charity!)
I like the fact that when I write my full name 'Clarissa Garcia,' it rhymes because of the a's!

If I could give myself a new name, it would be Mia. I really like that name, because I just finished reading this really good book called If I Stay, by Gayle Foreman, and the main character was named Mia. There's something about that name that I absolutely love.
Maybe I'll name my child that... even if it was a boy. Ha, jokes!


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A few weeks ago, Mrs.Pollock was telling me she used to watch a show called
'Clarissa Explains It All,' when she was younger.
I was really curious about it, so I searched it on youtube, and turns out the actress who plays 'Clarissa,' is the same girl who plays Sabrina, in 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch.'
(Melissa Joan Hart).



So here's a clip of the old show; Clarissa Explains it All.
Sorry I couldnt embed it on my blog, youtube wouldn't let me!
Anyway, I think the name Clarissa really suits the character because she's so quirky, and bright.
And I think it just suits the character! She's so funny, and outgoing.

This is one of the hardest blog post Mrs.Pollock ever had us assigned. But it was alot of fun getting to know more about MY name.

Hope you had fun reading this, as I did typing this.
Until next blog post,
-Claire

Island Man (A Poem by Grace Nichols)

Hey guys, so Mrs.P has us doing another assignment!

We got to hear a new poem during drama class, called Island Man, and now she has us doing a small reflective of where we would want to be if we woke up.

If I was to wake up, I think I would like to be on the beach of Hawaii, drinking pina coladas out of a coconut! Ha!
Kind of similar to the man who is used to waking up on an island, and now finds himself in the busy city of London. But who wouldn't want to wake up on a beautiful island?
The sparkling blue water, hitting the shore, white, hot sand tickling your feet. Paradise.
Until that happens, check out the poem;

Island Man (for a Caribbean island man in London who still wakes up to the sound of the sea)

by Grace Nichols

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Morning

and island man wakes up

to the sound of blue surf

in his head

the steady breaking and wombing

wild seabirds

and fishermen pushing out to sea

the sun surfacing defiantly

from the east

of his small emerald island

He always comes back

groggily groggily

comes back to sands

of a grey metallic soar

to a surge of wheels

to dull North Circular roar

muffling muffling

his crumpled pillow waves

island man heaves himself;


another London day

Okay, that's it for blogging today!
I'm too busy listening to my favorite song Animal - Neon Trees.
Catch ya'll later, hopefully.
-Claire

3-2-1 Empathy Presentation Reflection.

Good Evening Bloggers!
It's almost Friday, and I can't hardly wait for the long Thanksgiving weekend!
I'm planning to go to Toronto, but for now, Ms.P has us doing a new blog post about our 'Student of the Month' empathy presentation infront of the whole school yesterday.

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3. Things that I think would have helped to improve our presentation.
   
> I think if I was to face the audience more often it would improve the presentation, because Ms.Pollock said   
   it's like I was having a conversation with the audience. But to be honest, I found it awkward to face the
   audience, so I tried making not as much contact. But I think more would be better if I was more comfterable.
    
>Practice makes perfect, that's what they all say. And it's true! We put together our presentation in two days,
  which came together pretty good. But since we had hectic schedules, we couldnt practice as much. Imagine
   if we practiced for more than two days! It would be PERFECTION! So I think practice would help with alot of
  improvment.

>Layout and Position. We had a HUGE stage to share with twenty-eight students, and i could see that the       
centre of the stage was kind of unuseful. Some skits were alittle off-to-the-side, which is probably hard      for the audience to see. 

2. Things that went really well.

>You have to give us props, we put on a presentaion in two days! Something that I think went really well was our improv. We made no scripts, no lines, nothing! We just went with the flow. For example, our concept was for me to be a 'dream jumper', (just like the one in Sponge Bob!) And Ms.P gave me some ideas on what to say, and I just said what came to my mind. Voila, improv!

>Communication. I think that was something I'm really proud of our presentation. A few people in our class didn't come to presentation day, so we had to talk it out. Who did what, said what, what we're going to do. 
For example, Melissa  sadly couldn't make it yesterday, so Sara volenteered to narrate.

1. Piece of advice I have for students who will be preforming in the future.

>The piece of advice I have for preforming in the future is, project your voice! You want your audience to hear you. Sound confident, and flash a smile or two. You want your audience to be engadged of what you're saying. If you sound mono-toned, they'll think your boring and won't be interested. 

So that's it for today. 
To be honest, I'm tired of typing! 
Catch ya'll later,
-Claire  

Empathy

Hello Bloggers!
So Ms.P told us to do a post about empathy, and I was more than thrilled to share some of my ideas, and writing (in my free write book), what empathy is to me.

I wrote this poem during class in my free write book about empathy in somebody's negative point of view, because not everyone is brave enough to speak what they're thinking without thinking twice about what other people has to say. (Like criticism, negitave comments, ect.)

So here it is;

'Empathy.
Will they understand?
Of what I have to say?
Will they stop and listen?
Or will they just walk away.

Empathy.
Will they get my opinion?
Or is it just a suggestion.
So many questions,
too scared to be spoken. 
Empathy.' 

Well that's the end of my empathy post.
Tune in for more, I'll be making a tab for 'Book Reviews,' and one for just fun stuff.
Until next time!
-Claire

Welcome Bloggers!

Hello there, the name is Claire!
I'm happy that you are taking the time to check out my blog.
'Claire's Bubbly Core Blog'
Say that 5 times, it's a tongue twister!
So let me tell you a few things about me;

-People say I'm an optimistic person. They say I smile all the time, and that's how Mrs.Edgerton, (our old vice principle) started calling me 'Smiley.'
-I love the show Glee because I love to sing, (when no one's around) and I think it's a really funny show.
My favorite character is Puck 'cause he's a bad boy, and I like that alot! Ha!
-I absolutely love sports. I prefer volleyball, basketball, badminton, and track & field.
I prefer basketball because I'm in a competitive team called PBA. Which stands for 'Philippines Basketball Association.'
So that's just a little bit about me.

I encourage you to leave a comment or ask a question.
Come back soon for more!
-Claire