Miracles on Maple Hill

Author:  Virginia Sorensen

# of pages:  180

Miracles on Maple Hill is a book about a girl, Marly, who spends the summer on Maple Hill.  Marly's father is really sick and tired, so their family thinks he will get better outside the city.  Her mother used to spend summers at maple hill with her grandmother.  Marly really believes there are mysteries on maple hill, and really hopes for one to happen this summer.  Every year in the beginning of the school year Marly, her mother and her brother, Joe, go back to the city.  Her father gets better and better.  Their next door neighbor Mr. Chris, always harvests maple syrup, but one day he falls sick, right around harvest time.  It is up to Marly's family and the farm hand Mr. Chris has to harvest the syrup this year.  Will they make it as good as every other years?  they sure hope so. 

This book is not on the reading list, but it has a John Newbery Medal.  I really enjoyed this book thoroughly. 

What I learned about Ptolemy, my science night person

I learned Ptolemy made the foundation of tiganometry.  He also made the most acurate map of his time (about 90AD-173AD)

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Author:  Suzanne Collins

#of pages: 374

Suzanne Collins makes The Hunger Games immensely intriguing.  Katniss Everdeen starts out as a regular girl in District 12.  She does not have a father, and she is responsible to provide food for her mother and younger sister.  Every year the capitol forces the twelve districts to send a boy and a girl to the hunger games.  These games force the 24 teenagers to kill each other for the entertainment of the capitol.  When Katniss's little sister gets chosen, Katniss's first instinct is to protect her.  She volunteers to go into the games herself.  When Katniss's stylist Cinna makes a new invention, Katniss is considered as the girl on fire.  Everyone's question is who will live, and who will die????  The hunger games have begun!

The Call Of the Wild

Author:  Jack London

# of pages:  218

Who would ever think that Buck, a family dog would ever be wild?  It turns out that buck's owner's son sold him to a dog sledding company.  Buck is a strong active dog, and the son got good money for him.  Buck is taught he has to be vicious with other dogs to survive.  Going from owner to owner, he knows each owner has a different personality.  His last owners do not know how to take care of dogs, so halfway through the trip the food is really low, and the dogs start starving.  One day Buck gets whipped for not getting up after the group's rest.  Luckly a stranger named John Thorton saves Buck and tells everyone to go on without him.  Buck stayed with John Thorton and really loved him.  Buck stayed with him until he started feeling the 'calls of the wild'.  Buck would dissapear for days at a time.  After one of his trips, buck smelled something horribly wrong on the way back to camp...  Read this interesting book to find out what happens next!   I have really loved this book since fourth grade, and want other people to read it. 

PS. Jack London is the Author as of White Fang, which I have also written a summary about. 

WHAT I LEARNED IN COMPUTER LAB 4-10-12

Today in computer lab we had a free day.  We got to do anything we had already done while at Manchester.  The games I played were Samorost 2 and Electro city.  In Electro city, the purpose of the game is to keep your people alive and happy while you make changes to their environment.  I died in one game, but did very well in the next.  This game will help me in the future because it shows me not everything is about money and being selfish, but that people need to be happy to survive.  In Samorost 2 the purpose of the game is to help a man get his dog from the evil villains.  I had a lot of fun in computer lab.

HERE IS A HILARIOUS DIRK NOVITSKI YOUTUBE VIDEO. (for those of you who know who he is.)

=)  I hope you enjoy it!!!!

What I learned in science lab today 5-3-12

Today I learned many thing about how to clean a bird's feathers after an oil spill.  A bird's feather so not get clean with baking powder, citric acid, or espum salt.  Neil and I tried all these and none cleaned the poor bird's feathers.  I am very unhappy to say that I think our bird died. 

What I learned in Science lab today 4-26

Today I learned how an oil company makes oil Riggs/pumps.  This lab will affect me in years to come because now I know how people get oil.  I always thought the oil just  comes from the gasoline pumps at a place like Costco.  I never made the connection of people working to get the oil that goes in our cars.

What I learned in Science Lab today 4-19

Today in science lab we talked a lot about the oil spills in California.  I learned there are platforms out on the ocean, and many people (mostly young men) live on this place.  I also learned in a science lab when people say gas, they mean natural gas, not gasoline for a car.  I never really cared about it until Mrs. Martines brought it to my attention.  This lab proved to be entertaining. 

What I learned in Science lab today 3-29

In science lab today we watched a video about different types of energy.  My favorite part was when the video talked about Iceland.  Iceland seems to be a great city, and it uses energy in a good way.  A new thing I learned in lab was that there are many types of non-renewable energy including petroleum and coal.  This video was a good video and held good information. 

Dr. Eire

My Dr. Carlos Eire project

What I LEARNED IN COMPUTER LAB

Today in Computer Lab I reviewed many things about math.  There were many things that I really needed to review before the STAR tests.  Some of them are proportions, ratios, fractions, decimals, percentages, and many others.  Doing the activities reminded me I had to review if I wanted to do good.  This class really helped me to review these many math subjects

# of pages blogged so far

I have 3,281 pages blogged so far!!!  I need 3,600 for the fourth quater.

Nancy Drew The Exclusive Heiress #68

Author: Carolyn Keene

# of pages: 206

Nancy Drew goes on a hunt looking for a long lost millionaire's daughter.  When she boards the plane to Cheyenne, she meets a beautiful but lonely ten year old girl (Jennifer Buckman) in need of some company.  When Nancy hears her story, she feels bad for the little girl.  No one comes to meet Jennifer after the plane ride, so Nancy and her friend Ned decide to take care of her until they find Jennifer's mother.  It seems like Jennifer's mother has just disappeared.  Will they ever find her?  These two mysteries are tied together, but how???? 

Nancy Drew The Clue in the Crumbling Wall #22

Author: Carolyn Keene

# of pages: 180

Nancy Drew always becomes involved in some mystery where she knows she is in danger, but she doesn't think about it, she heads right into it.  In this mystery she has the help of some special friends George Fayne Bess Marvin, and a former sea captain called Salty.  These four people will try to find a woman that has been missing for four years, is crippled because of a car accident, and lost her dancing career because of the accident.  Will Nancy find the missing Juliana Johnson or will she be lost to the world forever???

Nancy Drew: The Mysterious Mannequin #47

Author: Carolyn Keene

# of pages:  178

Some mystery always finds Nancy Drew, the Armature Detective.  This time the mystery involved finding a mannequin, finding a man that has disappeared for two years, and finding a girl's long lost love.  Nancy Drew has the help of her father and her five best friends, George, Bess, Ned (Nancy's boyfriend), Burt (George's boyfriend), and Dave (Bess's boyfriend).  Will these seven people find the mysterious mannequin and the mysterious with it, or will it be lost forever???

AMAZING QUOTE

WHAT I LEARNED IN COMPUTER LAB

Today in computer lab Mr. Jost had many very interesting things.  There were many exiting websites that we visited and my personal favorite was Wonderopolis.  Wonderopolis is a wesite with pretty much everything.  My Favorite place to go on the website was the video "Do Jitterbugs Bite?"  This video was about a couple that danced to the song Jitterbug.  This song is a form of Jass, so it ties in perfectly with our Rom 14 song theme.  

The power of words

I really like this video.  The lady is really nice to the man, so more people help him.  I am very happy she stopedto help him. 

# of pages I have blogged so far.

# of pages I have: 252, 440, 216, 163, 391, 501, 509, =2471

# of pages I need: 2700

The Mysterious Benedict Society #2 The Perilous Journey

# of pages: 440

Author: Trenton Lee Stewart

Will Kate Wetherall, Reynie Muldoon, Constance Contraire, and Sticky (George) Washington ever find Mr. Benedict and Number Two?  Mr. Benedict and Number Two were taken hostage by Mr. Benedict’s evil twin brother.  These four friends are in grave danger as they take the clues Mr. Benedict left for them.  Mr. Benedict had planned to give the children on a field trip that was very well organized and well planned.  I say that whomever loves mysteries and suspense should read these books the Mysterious Benedict Society, the Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, and the Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoners Dilemma.