I am very sorry to say that this will be my last post. I know it’s so sad. So here is my reflection of my blog. I really loved being able to comment on other people’s blogs. I also loved getting comments. I thought it was also fun that you could post and other [...]
My other writing skills state was Hawaii. So here are some facts about it…
1) Hawaii’s nickname is the Aloha State
2) Barack Obama was born in Hawaii
3) Hawaii’s population is about 1,288,198
4) The capital of Hawaii is Honolulu
5) State bird is the nene
6) State tree is the kukui
7) the state flower is the hibiscus
the [...]
We are writing a fictional Pilgrim story in class, and this podcast tells you about my character and some of her story.
So here it is…
In writing skills each of us got two states to study. Maine was one of mine. So here are some facts about Maine.
1) Maine is the 39th largest state out of 50
2) Maine’s nickname is the Pine Tree state
3) Maine’s state flower is the pine cone and tassel
4) Maine’s state animal is the moose
5) Maine’s [...]
Just so you know this may give away things in the book for people who haven’t read it. This book is sort of a mystery. You can’t figure it out until you finish the book.
When You Reach Me takes place in 1979 and is about a girl named Miranda who lives with her mom in [...]
I read The Green Book It’s about these people in the future and they have to leave the earth because someone is going to destroy it. So they have to go to another planet that no human has ever been to. It’s sort of like the Pilgrim journey and how they go to an unknown [...]
The Sisters Grim is a book series written by Michel Buckley. In this book two sisters (Sabrina the older one and Daphne younger) have the sad tragedy of their parents being kidnapped. At the crime scene was their parent’s car with a red hand print in it. They are orphans until there grandma (who [...]
We wrote Amistad poetry inspired by Elizabeth Alexander. My poem was about Teme a little girl, and she got kidnapped. I wrote my poem first person. Here is my poem
Remember
I remember when the men came.
The way I tried to call my mothers name.
The way they put their hands over my mouth.
The way they hit me.
The [...]
Karen Hesse wrote Letters from Rifka using he own families stories. She interviewed he great Aunt Lucy about her experiences of immigration. She changed some of the details and names but as she wrote “But this story is, above all else, Aunt Lucy’s story.” She is using quotes of Pushkin at the beginning of each [...]
The story of Sarah Margru Kinson is abut a girl from Africa and she gets then on a boat to Havana to be a slave and then she go’s to America. Only my class got to read it. Right now it’s just a manuscript. I really liked reading about the story of Sarah Margru [...]
