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L & P’s Podcast Interview

This is an interview between my buddy and I.
podcast interview

STEVIE WONDER – MAN FROM MICHIGAN

You might of heard of Stevie Wonder – the amazing blind singer. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and then later moved to Detroit, Michigan. His real name is not Stevie Wonder (though it is believable) but actually Steveland Morris.
You might want to call Stevie a ‘musical’ child prodigy … since his first song was [...]

MICHIGAN FACTS AND STATE SYMBOLS

When I did New Jersey I know I made these two seperate blog posts but to save time, I decided to just combine them.
Michigan’s State Symbols
State Bird: robin
State Fish: brook trout (what a coincidence, just like New Jersey!)
State Flower: apple blossom
State Tree: eastern white pine
State Motto: If you seek a peninsula, look about you
State’s General [...]

Alice in Wonderland, Third and Final Post

WE FINALLY FINISHED OUR ALICE PROJECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We made posters with our comic chapters and we had two chapters so we couldn’t fit everything onto one poster board so we used two.
Then Mrs. Edinger put it up in the hall so everyone could see it. (The only other ones there are c17ar and c17ds’s, and c17am [...]

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Grace Lin is the author of The Year of the Dog and The Year of the Rat. Now she is the author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, a book about a girl named Minli who goes on a journey to find Never-Ending Mountain and the Old Man of the Moon, so she can [...]

My GarageBand Podcast on Our Pilgrims

This is my very first podcast on my blog! (Hmm, maybe it’s my last.) We all made Podcasts about the imaginary Pilgrim characters we invented. My Podcast tells you about some of the stuff we did and also about Dorothy May Rawlins (which is the name of my character.) I would tell you more, but [...]

 
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NEW JERSEY’S SIXTH LARGEST CITY-CAMDEN

Southwest of New Jersey is Camden, New Jersey’s sixth largest city. A poet named Walt Whitman spent the last 19 years of his life there, talking to strangers whenever he met them. Later, one of Camden’s landmarks is a place called the Walt Whitman House. 
Ever eaten Campbell Soup? It’s based on Camden. The company has [...]

CAPE MAY- AN ATTRACTION OF NEW JERSEY STATE

At the southeastern tip of New Jersey lies Cape May, a very attractive attraction. People like to collect the Cape May “diamonds”, which are really just pieces of quartz. After collecting enough of them, people turn them into jewelry, such as necklaces or bracelets. 
Sometimes people come to see wildlife. They will visit Cape May’s Whale [...]

NEW JERSEY STATE FACTS

Instead of the State Symbols of New Jersey (see earlier post) I present to you some of the facts of New Jersey. See here for more information on New Jersey.

It’s name origin was from the Channel Isle of Jersey
The capitol is Trenton, New Jersey. This is also where the first professional basketball game was played.
The governer [...]

NEW JERSEY STATE SYMBOLS

Here are some of the state symbols of New Jersey. (Such as state bird; state dance; state bug; state tree.) If you want to see some more, click here.
STATE BIRD: Eastern Goldfinch
STATE FLOWER: Common Violet
STATE TREE: Red Oak
STATE BUG (YES, THERE IS ONE): Honey bee
STATE ANIMAL: Equus cabullus, aka, a type of horse
STATE SHELL [...]