Here is my quote: The same day so soone as we could, we set ashore 15. or 16. men, well armed, with some to fetch wood, for we had none left; as also to see what the Land was, and what Inhabitants they could meet with. Up there is my picture of this quote. Please [...]
In school we have been working on an Alice in Wonderland project. So far we have been busy preparing for the Alice Comic. Our class has read all different copies of Alice In Wonderland, learned all about Lewis Carroll (or as I say Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, because that is his real name). My teacher [...]
This is my Cinderella story I wrote for school. The whole thing about rags to riches is here. Please enjoy it.
The Magic Scarf
In a land far away there lived a lord and his lady. The lady was called Katarina and the lord, Rupert. Katarina was sitting by a simple but beautiful bed. It was made [...]
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Guess what? I get to write reviews on anything I want. Today I really wanted to write about my summer camp. Devon. I personally think it is the best summer camp. It is not a sleep away camp though. For the activities there are swimming, sailing, tennis, arts & crafts, lunch, and a few things [...]
Hi I have been reading a Historical Fiction book for our study of Forced Immigration. Mine is called, “The Captive,” it is a really good book. The main character is Kofi he goes through a lot here are a few examples of his hardship. “My father was dead,” “As each sailor came back up he [...]
We wrote Amistad poems inspired by Elizabeth Alexander. Mine was in the perspective of Sarah Margru Kinson . She got ripped away from her family to be sold in slavery. It is about the hardship in the hold of the ship they sailed on. She got sold illegally. I hope this will tell people that [...]
Elizabeth Alexander came to the Dalton School on Friday, February 6th, 2009. It was a treat and pleasure listening to some of her poems and talking about them. One of the reasons, she was invited to come was to share and explain her Amistad poems and to inspire us to write our own poems.
Her writing [...]
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my teacher is writing a book called, “Africa is my home.” I personally loved it, because I felt like I was in the boat, in the jail and in Africa and so part of the story.
The book is about a girl called Sarah Margru Kinson. Hard to believe, but she got sold by her father [...]
Thursday 1.29.09 my class watched the 6th 7th and 8th grade play Oliver. You probably know the novel by Charles Dickens.Well we saw the musical of it at school. Guess what my older sister was in it she was part of Fagin’s gang, a milkmaid, and the understudy to the second biggest girl part. The [...]
Today 1/20/09 at school we went to the library and watched a change in history, Barack Obama the first African American president/elect got sworn in and became the 44th president of the United States of America. People swarmed to the capital like bees toward honey. When people waved their flags together it looked like they [...]