Runt

What's up class,

Right now( 2 days before track out! ) I'm still reading the book "Runt". In the book, Runt went out of the nursing cave and his not newly born brother and sister welcomed the newly born pups. "welcome" said the tree (or someone in the tree) "The trees! they welcome us too!!" Runt cried. Hunter, his brother, laughed '' No Runt it is our friend owl'' ''Is it true , is this owl?'' Asked Runt. "No, this is Raven" She said.

And that is how far I've gotten so far, but I wonder what will happen next. I think ,in the main part of the book, Runt will become the leader of the pack.
Your class mate, animal love

The Olympics

Dear class:

The NONFICTION book im reading is The Olympics.So far, ive come across some deep history in the olympics.It was made uo in Greece.Why did they do it?, they did sports to honnor there gods.If somebody won,they would get a amphora. [two handeled vessel]

I remember if in my coldisace if we won a challange our friends would give us something.[treats,and more that Icant remember of]Ifelt amazed of how long the olympics were around ever since 776 B.C.I think this is interesting because the olympics has SO MUCH history.I think next they will talk about they kept track of the peoples records for winning gold medals.How would you feel if you were playing in the olympics in 776B.C?!Would you do the olympics in that year?Why or why not?Ican vizualize runners running hard and the audience clapping with joy while watching.

Sincerely,

MH

Elite Forces part two paratroopers

This next article was about paratroopers landing staraight into a desert war zone with no cover and flat ground for miles! Easy way to get shot huh? Anyways it was from a paratroopers perspective and he said and I quote "it was like landing in a mindfield, one short move and we would be dead!"



My perspective of this is that why would we drop our "elite" troops into a welly visible warzone with no base for miles? and worse is that it was a guerilla* attack! That means it was a search and destroy every roop and comm point!



With no air support I can only imagine how hard it would be to stay alive (no base = no medics that are good) and avoid real world hazards like animals and infections and complex traps like bouncing bettys!

Its hard being a trooper.

Eating the India Way

This book is very cool because the foods they eat are way different from the way we eat. Since most India people are vegetarians they don't eat much meat. Most of the foods in the cook book deserts and different puddings. Their bread does not have yeast so it's flat (it is so good).

I think they shouldn't have put all those puddings in the book. Especially since there fruit pudding's. Disgusting(i think). I also think all there are to many nuts in there foods. I like looking at different foods around the world because they could have completely different foods! This book is very cool.

Whale Waching! By:Victoria Eiknas

Dear classmates,

In the book Whale Waching Victoria is on a boat for her vacation and she talks about how the fresh air reminds her of the sea air and what it smelled like when the boat poled out of sogging wet dock.When I first read the book it reminded me of the time I went to see my grand parents in boston and my grandpa took me to a boat and I near fell off!O ne of my questions when I read this was why didn't Victoria go to see the whales too?!?Also one of my reactions was descusted when I read that every one was barfing and was sick!

Floods

Dear class,



This week I am reading a non-fiction book called '' Floods''.So far Its a cool book,most of it is about how floods are made and what makes them.Another thing it talks about is what blocks them and what they are made of.

When I was reading I noticed a connection I saw...Last week I had a big flood in my house and it was really scary.In the book I learned that river floods are more commen than ocean floods.I also had a question about the book...Why did they use sand bags to pervent the flood from getting bigger.


yours truly,
EA

California

WHATS UP CLASS? i have been reading a book called California and would like to share a recipe that i found in the book! Here it goes... This recipe is a californis recipe !

1. 7 strawberries

2. 8 ounces of lemon yogurt

3. 1/3 cup of orange juice

4. in a plastic container freeze the strawberries for one hour

5. combine yogurt orange juice and frozen strawberries in a blender

6. cover and blend until the mixture is smooth meaning no big clumps of fruit or yogurt!

7. serve in tall glasses

I hope you enjoy your California smoothie!:)!:)!

New Jersey

Dear Miss. English and Class,
This week I have been reading a Non-Fiction book about New Jersey. Since I used to live there I thought I was an expert on it. But actually I wasn't. So I learned all there is to know about NewJersey. Such as.. How their economy is and what they are known for stuff like that.

They are called the garden state because they are in love with flowers. I always thought that that was a pretty cool name for a state. They also have alot of economy activities such as... Nursery products, corn and fruit,they also have alot more.

In New Jersey they have quite alot of famous people there like Judy Blume and Meryl Streep and Bruce Springsteen. They are also very high on sports like The New Jersey Devils (hockey team) and The New York Giants (football team) The New York Jets (football team).

New Jersey is one of the best places to live. That's why I choose my book for this weeks blog on it.

cook book

What's cooking class,

In my book there is a recipe called Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies.

Ingredients: 3/4 cup of butter, melted

3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter

1 3/4 cups of sugar

2 teaspoons of vanilla

4 eggs lightly beaten

1 1/4 cups of all- purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder



How it's done:

1. Before you start cooking you have to preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13 times 9-inch baking pan.



2. Mix the butter w/peanut butter in a large bowl; mix well.Stir sugar in W/ vanilla. Add in the eggs; Beat until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt just until blended. Remove 1 3/4 cups of batter to small bowl; stir cocoa into remanding batter.



3. Spread cocoa batter evenly in bottom of prepared pan. Top with remaining 1 3/4 cups of reserved batter. Bake 30 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely on wire rack; cut into bars and ... Enjoy!

NEVADA

Dear Ms.English and Class,

For my non-fiction blog I would like to tell you about Nevada. I have been to Wendover, Winnemucca, Reno and Las Vegas Nevada and I thought that I knew all there is to know, but I was wrong there is much much more to know. For instance Nevada got it's name from the Sierra Nevada which means snow covered peaks in Spanish.

There is a lot of history about Nevada. Washoe were the main Indians of Nevada. They lived by Lake Tahoe. A question of mine was how did Lake Tahoe get it's name? The Washoe called the lake DA-ow-a-GA which means edge of lake. Pioneers miss understood it and named it from the first two syllables Tahoe.

You think of Nevada as a harsh dry place but you are so wrong! Nevada usually gets 9 inches of rain each year. Also, the Sierra Nevada is mostly covered in snow during the year. Southern and West Nevada are the driest parts of Nevada.

Now I will tell you about the places in Nevada. Carson City is the capitol and Reno is the biggest little city in the world. When you enter Reno the neon lights will catch your eyes! A great place to visit is spirit cave if you like paranormal activity. If I could go I would spend the night there. Another fun place is Lake Tahoe. The Lake is over 22 miles long. Lake Tahoe is 1,685 feet deep. My favorite place in Nevada is Las Vegas! I stayed at this wonderful hotel Montego Bay. They had a real shark! The streets of Las Vegas have so much waterfalls and music! I go to the casino's a lot (but do not do anything there because I can't) because my dad likes to play poker and it is fun to watch on t.v. Hover Dam is a dam that makes sure the Colorado river does not over flow.

A question I had was What kinda shark was at the hotel I stayed at? And, How long and wide is the Hover Dam? What happens if you do stay the night at Spirit Cave?

Sincerely,

J.A.