Archive for January, 2009

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Oliver Twist

The Dalton middle school play Oliver Twist was great! Congratulations to all of the actors whose voices were magnificent. My favorite scenes were when the people who do funerals (Mr. & Mrs. Sowerberry) were singing the song about what your funeral would be like and when they are singing I will scream because it was [...]

The Inauguration

The inauguration of Barack Obama was really touching and inspiring to many,many people in America, the poem that Elizabeth Alexander recited and the inaugural address he gave will be remembered for centuries. One of the quotes from the speech that has stayed inside my head was, “we will not apologize for our way of life, [...]

My Oral History Project

About three months ago my class started an oral history project! We were asked to interview an immigrant from a different country and then make the interview into a book. I chose to interview my nanny Joy from Grenada. She left Grenada when she was 32. When she arrived in America she lived with her [...]

My first Blog Post!

I am so exited about writing my first blog post! To get ready I read a blog from last year, and it gave me an idea of what to write about, for instance they wrote about Alice in Wonderland, forced immigration, The Wizard of Oz etc.etc.etc.. It must be fun because one month she wrote [...]