It is almost winter break, and I am so excited. I am most looking forward to Christmas because you get to get a lot of presents. I love to get presents, I mean who doesn't like to get presents. There is also New Year's Eve. I love New Year's Eve because it is the start of a new year which is 2013. I stay up until midnight with my family to see the big glass ball and say,"Happy New Year!" Then on New Year's Day, I get to see the Rose Parade on T.V. I is really cool to see the different floats.

There are so many things to plan for. There is Christmas and New Years and other things. There is the best thing of all, sleeping and relaxing for 3 weeks. There's nothing better than that. No school, no teachers, no tests, and best of all, no homework!!!! Everyone should be happy to get a break.

    In core, we learned that Japan had to borrow ideas from Korea and China. One of those ideas that I think is the most important was Japan borrowing the Chinese writing system. Japan had no writing system when and had to borrow it from the Chinese. They started to realize how each character means something. Without the Chinese writing system, they wouldn't know what to say.
    What I learned was how Japan thrived using the Chinese writing system. The Japanese also borrowed other things from China. They borrowed their language. It was even the official language of Japan. After that they developed their own language and stopped using the Chinese language. 

    It was morning in China and it was time to go pull the weeds. When I was picking weeds, all of a sudden I hear roaring thunder. I look and I see thousands of Mongols running towards us. I knew they were going to attack our village. I run as fast as I could to go tell my family. I told them the mongols are coming. We packed what ever to leave the village. I was so scared so I also packed my weapons.
    I look outside and I see that they are almost here. I put the stuff on top of my horse and my family on the other. Then we were off. I look back and see that we left just in time because all I see is smoke and flames. I had to do something because I thought to myself what if the mongols would attack other villages. Then I decided to go to a different village. When my family and I reached the village, they welcomed us.