Making Global Friends 2009-2010

The Last Day

2010-06-18T11:37:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of me and Flat Dylan on the last day of Ms. Pederson's class. We had a fun time watching a movie, eating chips, and drinking soda. As you can see in the picture, Dylan was enjoying some cupcakes. I wasn't in the mood for cupcakes, so I gave mine to Dylan; I think he ate too much. I had a great time with Dylan, I'm going to miss him and Ms. Pederson, too.

Flat Dylan Meets Spongebob Squarepants

2010-06-16T20:54:00.000-07:00

Since Flat Dylan is a little boy, I figured I should turn on the television for him. As you can see, or if you can't, he is watching a show you may be familiar with, which is Spongebob Squarepants. Flat Dylan had never before seen this show, so when the show ended I asked him how it was, by the big smile on his face I figured he liked it.

Flat Dylan and The Scooter

2010-06-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

Flat Dylan and I had just came back from a wonderful day in school. As soon as we got home Flat Dylan rushed into the house and out the backdoor to where the backyard was located. When I looked out at Flat Dylan I saw him riding my little sister's scooter. I said to myself, "I have to take a picture of this." What you see now on the left is the picture of Flat Dylan ridin a scooter; what you dont see is how he later fell and broke his arm.

Flat Dylan In School

2010-06-16T20:31:00.000-07:00

One beautiful day in school, I was accompanied by Flat Dylan. Flat Dylan was so excited to go to school with me that he asked, begged, me to take a picture of me and him together. You might not be able to see it, but Flat Dylan had a big smile on his face, because he met my teacher and some of my good friends. I am sure this is a day Flat Dylan will remember for the rest of his life.

Flat Dylan

2010-06-16T14:00:00.001-07:00

Today flat Dylan went with me to 2nd Period Honors English with Ms. Pederson. He had a lot of fun meeting Ms. Pederson and my fellow classmates. He even took a picture in front of my class and with Ms.Pederson in the background. I really enjoyed my time with him; I think he did, too, because he always had an illuminated smile on his face. I had a blast showing him all my classes and hope to see him again in the future. :)

2010-06-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Flat Dylan "The Gamer"

My name is Uzziel, and I'm in Ms. Pederson's class. The day I got flat Dylan was exciting, and I was planning for him and me to play video games at my house. He was really good, he had his game face on while he was beating me at "Gears Of War 2", even though his hands were small he could still hold the controller and beat me at my own game, literaly. That day was pretty awsome, even though I lost to flat Dylan and the picture that I took was when he was playing story mode on the game. It was fun having flat Dylan around to play video games with me, and I wouldn't have expected for flat Dylan to be such a good gamer.

A Day with Dylan

2010-06-16T09:19:00.000-07:00

My brother and I made lots of fun memories

with Flat Dylan. The things we did with Flat Dylan were play with cars, draw some pictures, and learn new shapes (as shown in the picture). We really did quite enjoy his visit; too bad he had to leave so soon. I hope Flat Dylan had tons of fun with us just as we did with him. Hopefully he enjoyed his visit with us and made new friends whom he made many new memories with. My brother and I wish him the best of luck on his return home.

Flat Dylan in Animal Farm

2010-06-05T20:58:00.001-07:00

After weightlifting, Flat Dylan and I sat down and read Animal Farm together. Both Flat Dylan and I learned multiple things about the interesting story. First, we figured out that Napoleon was raising Molly's dogs, and planning to use them as bodyguards. He used them to attack the other pig, Snowball, and drive him out of the farm. After Snowball left, Napoleon took the immediate position of being the leader of the farm. Thanks to Flat Dylan, the story was much more enjoyable. It was also a chapter to remember.

Flat Dylan learns about Ms. Ruff's challenging homework

2010-06-05T20:27:00.000-07:00

Flat Dylan came with me for morning study hall with the football players. He helped me with Ms. Ruff's grueling homework. We had trouble at first, but found a way to solve the problems. Thanks to Flat Dylan's help, I got a perfect score on the homework. Plus, he also taught me how to work out quadratic functions by graphing. He also kept me company and kept pushing me through the homework to help me get the best grade on my homework.

A Day with Flat Dylan

2010-05-09T14:23:00.000-07:00

Me and Flay Dylan had a great weekend! We had to start off the morning by getting ready to go to church. I was doing my hair when the picture was taken. Afterwords we went to church. When church was over we went to the mall. I wanted to buy Dylan a cheerleader outfit but my mom did not let me! After our trip to the mall I came back home and I decided to watch my favorite movie...Hercules! Our weekend was fun!

2010-05-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

Flat Dyllan My name is Daniel, and im going to tell you about my day with Flat Dyllan. On this day, I had class after school in Ms.Qs' class. Scince Ms.Q is worried about Global Warming, Flat Dyllan wanted to help her by contributing with recycling. It was Flat Dyllan's first time recycling and he managed to recycle 7 bottles of water and 3 cans. Ms.Q was so grateful that she gave him a cookie. Flat Dyllan did not share his cookie. Flat Dyllan liked the idea of recycling, so he agreed to share it.

Getting Ready With Flat Dylan

2010-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

On a cold Wednesday night, Dylan helped me get my things ready for a track meet. A day before each track meet I get my things ready for the next day so that I'm not rushing in the morning to get all my things ready. That night Dylan and I spent 35 minutes organizing my uniform and sweats while listening to fun and energetic music. Dylan and I had a lot of fun while fixing my things for the track meet.

A Day With Flat Dylan

2010-05-07T19:37:00.000-07:00

Flat Dylan and I had a lot of fun playing my pink, soft, and medium-sized guitar. That day Dylan and I stayed home because my family had gone to work, and we decided to stay home. As I was doing my homework I decided to play my guitar in my quiet and pistachio colored room with Dylan. We played a lot of different songs, and we also created new ones as well. That whole day Dylan and I spent some time together writing and playing songs with unique melodies.

My Adventures With Flat Dylan

2010-05-07T18:29:00.000-07:00

On a Monday after school, Dylan and I had nothing to do, so we went to the park. Dylan was so excited that the first thing he did was jump into the sandbox. Dylan built a big castle, and said that his future house would look like that. After he built his sand castle, he let me bury him in the sand. Since it was so hot we had the chance to eat a popsicle to cool us down.

After having fun in the sand, I told Dylan to come join me, slide down the pole. He did not want to come with me at first because he was having so much fun at the sandbox, but I convinced him. As we reached the bottom, Dylan screamed ,"Again! Again!". Dylan and I slid down continuously until we became weary. As sunset approached, we decided to go back home.

After arriving home from the park, Dylan and I were really hungry. I decided to make something simple for us to eat. I made quesadillas, one of my favorite Mexican dishes. Dylan was nice enough to help me cut the cheese, that would soon go in between two tortillas. After we finished cooking our delicious quesadillas, we devoured them like pigs. Those two days with Dylan were very fun and adventurous.

Fun With Mayra And Flat Dylan

2010-05-07T17:28:00.000-07:00

It was a warm spring day, and I decided to take Flat Dylan to the park. When we got there, the park was pretty empty. First, Dylan and I played at the monkey bars; I had to hold Dylan so he would not fall. He became bored, so we went to the slide. At first, Dylan was scared, but after I reassured him he enjoyed going up and down the slide.

That Saturday, my mother bought a special Mexican dough to make tamales. Of course, we washed our hands before beginning our timely task. As I was making the tamales Dylan watched carefully. After cooking the tamales we got to enjoy our hard work. My adventure with Dylan was a lot of fun and memorable.

My Day With Flat Dylan

2010-05-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

During my day with Flat Dylan, I went to my cousin's house for a while. I was out in her backyard with Flat Dylan playing with my cousin's little puppy Vallin. We played fetch with Vallin, but soon got tired after we ran for so long trying to get the slimy ball away from Vallin. Flat Dylan decided to teach Vallin some tricks so he can become a smart and energetic dog. After a while Vallin was able to sit, stand, and roll. Then Flat Dylan and I sat in the grass, relaxed for a while, and started to play again. Even though Flat Dylan and I had a tiring day, we still had so much fun together.

Flat Dyllan

2010-05-06T21:21:00.002-07:00

Hello, my name is Jasmin Gonzalez, and I am a student at Valley High School. Flat Dyllan and I did a lot of fascinating things today. First, we woke up, we ate breakfast, and we cleaned the whole house. Since it was Friday my oldest sister, Ruby went to work, so Flat Dyllan and I took care of my little nephew, Ryan. We made funny characters out of clay and the clay was heavier than Flat Dyllan. Around four o'clock some of my friends came to my house because there was practice for my fifteen party. In my family it is a Mexican tradition that when a girl turns fifteen they throw her a big party because it is a sign of her becoming a lady, and we do a dance, and that is why my friends came over. We had alot of fun and my friends were dancing with Flat Dyllan. At the end when everyone left, me and Flat Dyllan went outside. We sat on the hammock, wich is what you see in the picture. I ate some chips, drank a soda, and listened to music with Flat Dyllan. Flat Dyllan did not want any chips or soda because then he was not going to be Flat Dyllan no more:). This is what me and Flat Dyllan did today and we both had alot of fun.

Becoming A Litte Artist

2010-05-06T20:32:00.000-07:00

Ana J. per.2

Flat Dylan and I were drawing. I like to spend my free time drawing. Drawing is one of my favorite activities. I was working on my art project and when I finished I drew a fairy. Dylan had mentioned that he doesn't have experience drawing. I was helping him draw a rose. I like to listen to music when I draw because it helps me think and have creativity. I put the song Rainy Days by Lil Cuete . This is one of my favorite chicano rap songs. Dylam also liked the song and said it brought creativity to his mind. By the end Dylan seemed to be a good litle artist.

Bumpin Up the Music♪♫

2010-05-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

Ana Juarez per.2
Flat Dylan and I were listening to Shooting Star by LMFAO ft. Pitbull. I like the beat and rhythm to the song. It relaxes me. I like techno; however, I also like Chicano rap. I listen mostly to everything except for country music. Dylan seemed to be enjoying the music as well. We bumped up the music in my stereo. After a while Dylan was hugry, so we went to get some snaks. I got some M&Ms, juice, and a hot dog.

Flat Dylan Project

2010-05-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

Flat Dylan is at my home, playing with my dog. They were having a lot of fun, running and fetching. They spent the whole day after school chasing each other. Here is a picture of Flat Dylan and my dog taking a rest after a long day of exercising. They both came home with huge appetites for food. I fed them a New York Steak for dinner, and finished off the night with milk.

The next day Flat Dylan, waited for me to come home from school. I started to take out my ceramic supplies and finish off my mug/vase for class, because it was due. I was behind on schedule on building my project, and I was sure it would be late. Flat Dylan volunteered to help me finish it. Soon my project came together and I was finished! With Flat Dylan's help I finished my project and turned it in on time.

By: Hoang

Fashion Designing

2010-05-06T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hello. My name is Maria M. This is a picture of Flat Dylan when he was at my house. I was drawing fashion designs, and he saw and said it looked awesome, and he wanted to try it out. The design in the picture is what he drew. As you all can see, Flat Dylan has a talent for drawing fashion designs. However, he did have a little trouble with holding the crayons because they were heavy for him. But in the end his drawing came out really good.

Here is Flat Dylan listening to music on my iPod. I told him that I liked to listen to music while I was drawing my fashion designs. I gave him my iPod, and he was listening to Selena Gomez's song called Naturally. At first, he was a liitle nervous because he said he had never used an iPod before, so he did not know how it was used. After a while Flat Dylan got the hang of it. Then he listened to a couple other songs, but he told me that his favorite was Naturally. Flat Dylan also told me that listening to music gave him alot more creativity.

After all that drawing that Flat Dylan and I were doing, we got very hungry so we went out and bought McDonald's. Flat Dylan had never tried McDonald's before but he said he would try it because he liked to try new things. Flat Dylan and I had alot of fun that day and I am sure he had a very fun experience that he will never forget because I know I will not forget it.

Me and Flat Dillon getting ready

2010-05-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

This is Flat Dillan and me getting ready to go to Centennial skate park. Flat Dillan and I had so much fun that day because we landed a lot of new tricks. We landed switch ollie off the two block for the first time and that was a rush of intensity. Also we landed a new grind called backside smith on the little rail at Centennial. After the day was over Flat Dillan and I went home to go sleep because we got tired skating all day. Well as you can see me and
Flat Dillan sure did have fun that day.

Flat Dillan

2010-04-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

Victoria, Per. 2, So. Cal

Today while having Flat Dillan today, I decided to finally start working on my desing for the yearbook assignment I have in art class. I had Flat Dillan staring at me the entire time I was working, and in the end I noticed that he matched the background of the assignment. I had him out in most of my classes, and most of my classmates thought it was odd. At lunch while I was thinking of what to do with him, he nearly got blown away by the wind, but my friend caught him in time, and saved him. In French class I thought to myself 'Dillan can probably speak better franch than I...' and I almost left him in my textbook next to a picture of the Eifeel Tower. I was thinking he might have been homesick.

Daniel, Dylan, & Track

2010-04-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Hello my friends around the world. I am Daniel, a tri-athlete. I was with flat Dylan the other day, and he saw me competing in my last sport of the year which was track. The picture is of me and Dylan at the bin where the shot puts and discuss are located, and Dylan cheered me on when I was about to throw. I was competing with another school named Savannah in discus. Dylan was cheering Valley's throwing team, and with his support we exceeded our goals. Our frosh/soph team took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. I got third which helped me reach my goal of going to league finals. With Dylan cheering me, I threw 81 ft and helped me reach a new personal best surpassing my old best throw of 79ft. After that meet Valleys frosh/soph became league champions.

In shot we had done the same the frosh/soph took 1st, 2nd, 3rd place. With Dylan cheering us on we were on fire and i threw 35ft which is another personal best for me. We did not let the Savannah Rebels beat us, we crushed them and Dylan was their to witness it. He was excited to see cometitons he had never seen before, so afterwards i gave a chance to do the same events that i compete in. In shot put he threw it 44 ft and in discuss he threw 101 ft. He should've been on our team. Our track team did very successful and more than half of our team made it to the league pre-liminary round because of the support of Dylan.

Flat Dylan's Perfect White Teeth

2010-04-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

On Saturday morning, Dylan and I began our great adventure with our mouths dirty. I was really tired and too lazy to wake up until my mom made me take a shower. Dylan had really dirty teeth, and so I did him a favor by cleaning his teeth. After cleaning his teeth he was a new sparkling Flat Dylan that no one expected.

An Outing

2009-11-08T19:23:00.000-08:00

Friday night, several of us went to see "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in 3D at a local theater. We ate a lot of popcorn and had a lot of fun.

We'd like to know if you think this movie will be coming to your country.

Do you think you'll see it if it comes?

Have you read "A Christmas Carol" either in your language or in English?

We'd also like to know what movies you have seen lately, either in your language or in English.

Rafael & Louis

Richard & Nancy
students from last year

Eduardo

Uzziel

Marisol, Ana, & Ana's sister

Andrea & Estela

Rene & Noe were there, also, but the ghost must have done something with their picture.

Hello!

2009-11-08T18:54:00.001-08:00

It has taken us a while to get started this year, but we are finally on our way and looking forward to getting to know our global friends throughout the year.

We'd like to start by introducing ourselves:

Period 2

Period 4

Period 6

We will post more information about ourselves soon!

Getting Started

2009-07-08T17:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our Making Global Friends blog.

We'd like you to join our global community. It's easy. No deadlines. You choose the cultural content you wish to share.

We want to share our neighborhoods, traditions, and culture with friends from around the globe.

Please contact me at judypdrsn@yahoo.com,
and I'll help you get started.

Here are some ideas on getting started:

1. Create your own class blog. You can use www.blogspot.com, or any blog service you wish.

2. You will decide how you want your students to participate depending on your schedule and your needs.

See last year's
Making Global Friends
for ideas.

My students, as part of their writing requirements for our class, will post frequently. They will also respond to all of your posts as well.

By the end of October, my students will begin by creating post to introduce themselves, their school, and their community with words and pictures.

After that, students will create posts according to their interests, culture, holidays, traditions, etc.

I am looking forward to getting to know more about you and your culture during this upcoming school year.