Dahlonega trip

Josh Miller

10/25/12

Dahlonega trip

            My class and I went to Dahlonega for our last trip. We saw many cool things such as a safe with over one million dollars worth of gold coins inside the Dahlonega Gold Museum. The Museum was very interesting and covered with gold. We also went inside the first largest mine in the whole world. There were lots of bats and old tools scattered around. It was dark and cold also. Our tour guide was awesome and showed us a high powered drill that miners used back then to drill through the hard rock. Its power was fifty times higher than the jack hammers used on the streets today. I learned about how to pan for gold and jiggle the pan around so you don’t lose any gold from your pan. I really liked doing that because I got one piece of gold. I learned how gold is made inside phones today and how heavy it can be. I never knew about the fire balls that came flying by miners inside the mine. Overall, I liked the trip and I really am more interested in gold now than I was before. 

Josh Miller my trip to Cloudland Canyon

Josh Miller

10/19/12

Cloudland Canyon Trip

            Last Tuesday, my class and I went to Cloudland Canyon. I enjoyed seeing the water fall. It was very high up and the water was very cold. In class I learned about how high up the canyon was itself, I was amazed then at how high the canyon was when I actually got to see it. Each person in my class had to choose a partner and make a movie based on Cloudland Canyon. We had to add our vocabulary words in our movies. I really liked doing this because I got to do it with Jacob and Luke, and I got to wear my jig-saw mask.

Unstoppable

Many doubt

Many fail

But some succeed

Flying in freedom

Or imprisoned or trapped

  Trying to get out

But can’t

As you watch the others go far

While you stare

You watch and learn

Realizing you are capable

Until you realize you could be unstoppable

Josh Miller

Arabia Mountain 10/12/12

      Last Tuesday, transition went to Arabia Mountain. We were assigned different things to write about. We wrote poems, took lots of pictures, and we hiked all day. The last assignment we had to do was to measure different weathering pits. Overall, it was about four hours of hiking. I really enjoyed seeing the big rock pools near the middle of the mountain and wildlife that lives on the mountain.

      Stone Mountain and Arabia Mountain are very similar, and they both are made of mostly granite. Stone Mountain is like the big brother to Arabia Mountain. Arabia Mountain has many more plants, streams and wildlife because of the size and steepness of the Mountain. Both Mountains are very close to each other and are near Atlanta. 

Hunger Games

Josh Miller
10/11/12
Hunger Games Catching Fire
RAT option: 7
Pages read: 10

         Katniss does not want to eat with every one one morning, so she sleeps in. Of course Effie did not like this one bit. Katniss sits with Peeta and Haymitch. They discuss their training and different techniques. Katniss feels that They don't need to learn each others fighting techniques. She feels that since they all are victors they all know one and another.

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