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Inspired By Harris Burdick Stories

Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Alphonse. She was very rich, but very lonely. She didn’t have any friends. Alphonse had chocolate brown hair, and pretty red lips. She lived with her father. He had very dark black hair, very thick eyebrows, and a crooked smile. He was a star. His face showed up all over the newspaper, magazines, and TVs. Alphonse never got to be with her father. Of course she would play with her mother, but her mother passed away years ago. It seemed to Alphonse that everyone in her family just vanished and she was all alone. Alphonse was very miserable like this.

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Food from the plains

Introduction

This piece of work is about the wonders of what the plains people of 600 years ago ate. If you think this is going to be boring just give it a try. This is going to be great. I do not have much more to say, so let get rolling

Hunting Buffalo

The plains Indians ate many kinds of food but their main source of food was buffalo. When they hunted buffalo a medicine man would herd the buffalo to a cliff. He could do that because he was wearing a buffalo hide. It helped him because he would look like a buffalo. Men behind rocks would jump out from hiding and wave buffalo hide at the buffalo. The buffalo would get scared and run of the cliff. If the buffalo did not die there were men on the bottom with bows and arrows. That is how the plains Indians hunted buffalo.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

I recommend this book because it is a funny book. Sometimes when Greg, the main character, does something bad and the bullies come, he says “He did it!” and points to someone else and the bullies beat the other person up.

Greg’s best friend Rowley is funny too. When Rowley got a motorcycle for Christmas, Rowley gives Greg a Big Wheel. Greg thinks that he didn’t get any good presents for Christmas and says sarcastically, “Thanks!”

I think it is a good book for kids in our grade because it is about a kid who tries to be popular and all the problems he has because everyone in his family acts like he is a baby.

If I had to rate this book on a scale of 1-10, I would give it an 8. For me, that is a good rating.

Southeast Native American clothing

I studied the southeast Native Americans and how they lived 500 years ago. I studied what they wore when it was warm and when it was cold. I also studied how they prepared their clothing, how they decorated themselves, and how they did their hair. Most of the information that you will read is about the Cherokee tribe and the Shawnee tribe. In the next few pages I will explain what Native Americans wore 500 years ago.

In the warm months Native Americans wore all kinds of different clothing that NYC people do not wear today. For example children under eight wore nothing. Men and older boys wore deerskin shirts and breechcloths. A breechcloth is a band of deerskin that they hang from a belt on your waist. Women and older girls wore deerskin wrap around skirts. They wore the skirts with nothing for a top. These are the clothes that Native Americans from the southeast wore in the warm months.

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Marco was riding his bike around the lake. He loved the lake, and he came to it every day to ride around and around it. He watched it shimmer and sparkle.

Kayle Marco’s little sister splashed in the lake. Her eyes sparkled as she dived in.

Marco got off his bike and joined Kayle in the lake. They splashed and played together for a while.

All of a sudden a lady stepped out of the trees. She talked in a whisper “skip stones and find magic.” And with that then she disappeared.

Marco and Kayle decided to ignore her. But a couple hours later she came back.

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The Adventures of Erasmus Twiddle

by Eric Laster

Erasmus Twiddle is a funny book about a Detective (not detective, as he calls himself) who solves strange mysteries. One of the chapters is called The Case of the Rubber Chicken. It’s about a person who “loses” his rubber chicken. One of Erasmus’s friends calls himself Bagby Butterbottom. The author is Eric Laster. Erasmus lives in Grmkville. It is a great book and I highly recommend it.

Food

Introduction

In the next few paragraphs I will tell you how the northwest Native Americans hunted and fished five hundred years ago. Back then Native Americans were only Native Americans. It was pre European contact. Pre means before so pre European contact means before European contact. If you want to learn more about the northwest Native Americans and how they fished and hunted keep on reading.

Hunting

The Native Americans in the northwest mostly fished but they did some hunting too. The northwest Native Americans hunted a verity of animals from grasshoppers to antelopes. To get the grasshoppers they burn the grass they are in and when the fire is over they collect the grasshoppers. Then they roast them and eat them while they are still crisp. They hunted prairie dogs and lots of other stuff but mostly they hunted JACK RABBITS! For larger prey, they usually used snares and deadfalls. Snares are ropes with a loop at the end attached to a bent over sapling. When an animal steps in one a trigger makes the sapling snap up. When the animal is trapped they kill it. Deadfalls are holes covered up so they look like ground. Those were most of the ways to hunt animals on the northwest coast.

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Warriors Book 1: Into the Wild

By Erin Hunter

The first book I would recommend to you is Warriors Book 1: Into the Wild. It is about a housecat named Rusty and his adventures in the forest. All it takes is one hop, and hop off his garden fence into the wild forest, to change his life. Follow Rusty as he ventures into the forest and goes through different names. Erin Hunter is an excellent author and she makes her books so you feel like you can’t stop them.

Arts, Recreation, and Entertainment of the Southwest

Intoduction

In the next page and a half I will tell you about the Native Americans of the Southwest. The period that I am going to tell you about is about 500 years ago (the early 1500’s). I will be touring you through the art, recreation and entertainment of, mainly, the following tribes, The Hopi, The Apache, and The Navajo (Na-va-ho). I might tell you about things that you do or do not already know. You might be surprised, impressed, get a weird feeling or even be bored (because you already know something)! These are just a few pointers, the real information about the Native Americans of the southwest’s, art, recreation and entertainment is in the next 5-7 (depending on what you think counts) paragraphs. Let us begin our journey!!

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The Lightening Thief

By Rick Riordan

I’ve read a book called The Lightening Thief. The Lightening Thief is a book that puts creatures from Greek myths into our world. The book is about a boy named Percy who doesn’t know anything about the Greek mythological world at the beginning of the book. Then, Percy finds out that he is half human, half god (a demigod). Percy goes to a camp called Camp Half-Blood, where he is safe. What Percy doesn’t know, for a while, is that he is in great danger. At Camp Half-Blood Percy meets a girl, Annabeth, that he is great friends with. He, Annabeth and Grover go on a quest. If this book sounds interesting to you then, read it. If you have already read this book, then if I missed anything don’t be mad. The Lightening Thief is the first of three books (that have been published) in the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series. The other two books are, #2 The Sea of Monsters and #3 The Titan’s Curse. This series is by Bick Riordan. I really enjoyed this series. Also the title names are really funny. A funny chapter name is “I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom.” You should read this book!!!