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INTRODUCTION Guinea pigs are excellent pets! They are excellent pets

because 1, they are easy to care for. 2, they never bite you,

only if you do something horrible to them, or they are

hungry. Other than that they will not even try to harm you.

They are very loyal and require a lot of attention. I chose the

guinea pig for this project because I have 2 and I think that

most people would love to learn a bit about the guinea pig.

This project has 3 sections, what they eat, how they are born,

and their natural habitat. This is a good topic for me to write

about because I have a lot of experience on guinea pigs. My

whole life in total I have had 4 guinea pigs. I cared for all of

them. One thing that you should know before you start

reading this is, Guinea pigs are not anywhere near being a

pig, nor’ are they from Guinea. I still have no idea why it is

“Guinea”. All I know is that guinea pigs are called “Pigs” Is

because the noise that they make sometimes sounds like a

pig.

Habitat The guinea pigs mostly live in South America because of the

climate. They love the climate because they can resist the

hot. Scientists say that Guinea Pigs love the cold more than

they love the hot weather. Guinea pigs are native to South

America, where they live mostly in burrows in grasslands.

They are true herbivores and feed from dusk to dawn to

avoid predators. If you take a domesticated guinea pig

outdoors and put it down in an open area, they will run for

the nearest shelter because of their great fear of predation.

They were domesticated first in South America as meat

animals, and then after a while they became an exotic pet

among many People living in Europe or America (South and

North). They are still raised for meat, but they are no longer

considered exotic pets. There are also still colonies of wild

guinea pigs. They live in herds, which is best for protection.

They are related to the capybara, the Patagonian Mara, and

the nutria (coypu).

HOW GUINEA PIGS ARE BORN When guinea pigs are born, the mother will nip each amniotic

sac, allowing the baby to breathe air, and then she will lick

the baby clean. But if two babies arrive close together, she

can only tend to one of them, and that is when you may need

to help out. If the baby is still inside the sac, nip the sac with

your fingernails, and free the baby's head. If it is breathing

and moving, leave it for the mother. If it is not breathing or

moving, pick it up, and holding it at arm’s length with its head

away from you, spin around once. The force should make it

so nothing is blocking up its throat, and the guinea pig will

start to breathe. When all the babies are breathing and

moving, put them back with the mother, so then she can

clean and also bond with them. When the babies are born

they will have fur, open eyes and be able to do just about

anything that an adult can do! (Besides mating). Be careful

of male babies. Remove males from mother when they are at

least 3 weeks old. The female babies can stay with the

mother into adulthood, or be re-homed at around seven

weeks.

What Guinea Pigs Eat Guinea pigs love to eat all vegetables and fruits. However,

they do not like meat. Many scientists say that guinea pigs

are known to love grass. This is true because whenever I

change my guinea pigs cage I let them run around while I am

changing it. Guinea pigs require vitamin C, so that means that

you have to feed them stuff that have vitamin C. In America I

had 2 girl guinea pigs in different cages and one of their

names was Hannah. She needed a lot of vitamin C but did not

like to eat anything with vitamin C. So we went to the

veterinarian and they said that we need to get this stuff at

the pharmacy that was kind of like orange juice except it only

had the vitamin C and nothing else. What we did with this is,

we put like 3 drops of it in her food bowl so whenever she

ate some food she would also get the vitamin C that she

needed.

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Shop until you drop!

By Danai

Shopping was all you lived for that

day. In and out of every store, your hands

full of bags. Black Friday is when ALL the

shops have sales, big sales. It happens only

twice a year. The day after Thanksgiving and

Christmas, but not all of Christmas. Black

Friday can also be dangerous because of all

the thousands of people who wait outside of

the store from about 2am. You feel lots of

pushing and shoving. You hear people

talking and saying how nervous they are and

what they are going to buy. The wind blows

softly on you. Some of the people put up

tents and stay there for the night. Others

sleep in their cars. What would you do? I

particularly like to stay home and give a try

on the Internet Shopping, but I am not

always successful. If I do not succeed I try

again later. Other times I sit and relax

because I do not want to risk my life. If I

succeed on the computer I order that item

and it comes to our house after a little while.

Internet Shopping

Do not think that Internet shopping is

easier than going outside and shopping in an

actual store, because it is not. I’ll explain

why. On the Internet, every time you put

something in your shopping cart and

somebody else wants it, then if they add it to

their cart, and there are no other copies of

that piece of cloth then it is automatically

removed from your cart. Isn’t that

annoying? Think of it this way you go on the

site Juicy for example, and you add a pair of

sweat pants and a matching jumper, top and

bottom, and as your about to check them out

they are removed from your cart. You try

again and again but the same thing happens.

Doesn’t it get on your nerves? Well it

certainly gets on mine!

Tragedy in Walmart Store

Ten shops, hundreds of clothes,

thousands of shopping bags and millions of

people. You are ready! As one of the clerks

opened the door of the store called Walmart

all of the hundreds of clothes, thousands of

shopping bags and the millions of people,

including

you, come

running full

speed into

the store!!!

The poor

clerk did

not have

time to get

out of the

way and so that is when the tragedy

begins… The poor clerk did not have time to

get out of the way and let the crowd the

entire crowd came crashing on to him.

The clerk fell and the crowd was too

excited to STOP and help the poor clerk up

or just not step on him but they didn’t!

They went straight ahead and stepped on

the clerk like there was nothing there. The

clerk did not have enough power against

thousands of people so when he crowd had

finished coming in, the people from the

store realized that he was dead. If one

person, you, had realized before it was too

late, the clerk would have had a chance on

being saved.

How to be a Ski Pro

By Adrian

Swish, swish the skis travel through the mountain with a good breeze in your face doing

the best sport on winter. Everyone is looking at

your precious unique skiing. You get to the bottom of the mountain take a lift and go back

up.

StretchStretchStretchStretch

Before going to ski try stretching it will help you ski better and it will help you turn your

body better and your legs are prepared. Do anything you know that will stretch your muscles.

What to wearWhat to wearWhat to wearWhat to wear

To go skiing; to keep you warm you if you want you can wear this: For under the pants wear leotards with high ski socks. For the upper

part you can wear: for the first cap a thin underwear shirt then on top two other sweat

shirts and then the back protection and the vast jacket on top and also the vast pants. Like this you won’t have cold.

What Type of skis to useWhat Type of skis to useWhat Type of skis to useWhat Type of skis to use

The type of skis that you might want to use when you go skiing are these: Pick skis more or less ten centimeters smaller than your height

because if there the same height or more you might fall and break something. Choose skis

with sharp edges so you can carve and also go faster turning. Also look at the lower part of the ski it has to be smooth it cannot have lines or

else it means there broken.

How to ski on the SloapHow to ski on the SloapHow to ski on the SloapHow to ski on the Sloap

Now that you have an appropriate clothes for

skiing and you have the correct skis, you can now try skiing. To be a pro on the sloap you will

have to try to do this: Always go slowly or fast what you prefer but for a beginner its better going slowly. When you are skiing down the

mountain, lean forward, and turn. When you are going to turn you do a one second body lift

stick your pole in the snow and do the repeatedly until you get to the bottom of the

mountain. Remember to finish your turns or

else you will decontrol and go very fast and fall and you can break something.

How to Ski on Powder snowHow to Ski on Powder snowHow to Ski on Powder snowHow to Ski on Powder snow

To ski on powder snow good you have to practice

a lot because it is very hard. While you skiing lean backward but just a little. When you are

going to turn you do a one second lift and stick you pole inside the snow and keep doing that. Close your skis while skiing on powder. In

powder snow try doing short turns.

How to JumpHow to JumpHow to JumpHow to Jump

Now jumping is for pros. You have to be brave and ski very well. Before you are going to jump

someone has to see if you are landing in the correct place. Correct means it has to be steep

because if it’s flat you hurt your feet and if it’s steep it feels good to land. When you are in the air lean a little bit forward and when you land

try stopping or keep on going if you want. If you are good doing this later you might try

some tricks like 360, 180, flips, everything!

I hope now skiing is easier for you and if it’s

not I am sorry.

By Alex

Ready to be amazed with my knowledge in martial arts

(Taekwondo). I know a lot about Taekwondo and I am going

to demonstrate you that I know a lot in this topic. I know

belts, competitions everything. I think that self-defense is

important in your life, defending your-self from other people

should be taught in school! You should be always defending

your-self and other people if they need help. It hard to do

Taekwondo because you need to be focused on the belts and

do very well to pass all the belts in taekwondo to get black

belt.

How to get started in Taekwondo

To get started you should be inspired in it and do your best to

pass all the belts test so you can be a black belt. You need to

be fit and you need to think you can do it. What I did was to

do my best and look at me now; I am very good in

Taekwondo.

So if you follow your dream of being a professional

Taekwondist you could try it if you do well you can win a lot

of money and championships (you will become famous).

If you do this and you to get a black belt at 20 years old you

need to start at 5 years old because it takes 15 years to get

black I did it for 6 years and I am pleased of my-self.

Taekwondo difficulties

There are piles of difficulties in Taekwondo like needing time

to practice, passing belt tests, also, being ready for

championships. You need to be strong and to remember all

the techniques and to be very good in Taekwondo. It is very

hard to do because you need to buy a “Kimono” and

Taekwondo shoes those things are very hard to find in stores.

I personally think it is hard because you need to be engrossed

in it to be a professional like people in the world that do

Taekwondo.

Taekwondo championships

There are 2 types of championships for instance fighting and

techniques. I have won 1st

in one of them so I am respectable

at this arrangement.

You need to exercise a lot and be focused and do it as fast

and hard as you can. It is difficult but decent, if your good in it

go and look after it!

It is hard to turn into number 1 in a championship you need

to train and be strong it is very important to do that! I think it

is very important to at least do one championship in your life

to be proud of yourself for doing a championship.

Taekwondo Techniques

There are tons and tons of techniques in Taekwondo. But for

every belt you need to know the minimum of 100, then every

belt 10 miserable more.

There are some particular techniques that are easy but most

of them are difficult like Inaki napira. I barely know it; it is

very hard like Taekwondo. It is hard because the language is

Korean so it makes it even harder to know the techniques.

Taekwondo Belts

In Taekwondo there are tons of belts to get to black belt. It

takes 15 years to get black belt. Right now I am an

Orange/Green belt. These are all the belts, white,

white/yellow, yellow, yellow/orange, orange,

orange/green, green, green/blue, blue, blue/brown, and

brown, brown/black, black.

It took me 6 years to get this belt and I am very pleased.

I think it is hard to pass belt because you need to distinguish

100 techniques. This is one technique, Dolio Pandal Mack

Oligio, It is front leg sideways upper body kick, which is the

easiest one this is the hardest one, Doble Monton Furio Nari

Chagi, first you jump than in the air you kick then when you

touch the ground you kick and punch at the same time, it is

difficult.

Fascinating things of Taekwondo

I think I showed you all I know about Taekwondo and even

more so you should be amazed and start practicing.

I think Taekwondo Is fascinating because it is very fun and

you can win a lot of championships by doing that and it is

very hard to do so I think it is an extraordinary thing to do for

martial arts. This is a remarkable because you have belts to

show what level you are in taekwondo and likewise that if

you practice a lot you maybe can break boards and iron also

walls so I think taekwondo is very

astonishing.

Taekwondo was established in Korea in

the late 1800’s so it has existed in the

world for an extended time so it is actual

very ancient.

There are lots of things I know about

Taekwondo but now I told you guys all I

know.

I told you that you will be amazed with

my knowledge in Taekwondo. Hope you

appreciated this writing piece that wrote.

KIMONO MEANS: SHIRT THAT

IS SPECIAL FOR TAEKWONDO.

These are all the belts

but there are not the

half belts.

Bad Weathers

BY GIANGUALBERTO

Intro

Plop, plop, plop sounds the rain, hitting the firm glass. Well, I think

you might like or not like rain. Now that I mention it, do you like

rain? I particularly don’t. B `ecause I can get a cold by

going outside unless I wear a lot of warm clothes and jacket

including maybe a scarf. You might like rain because if you get a cold

you don’t go to school. But seriously, honestly do you like having

fever or a cold? I certainly don’t. Let’s see if you can learn anything

from my “information.’’

Little Prickly Ice

Have you ever been felt prickly little ice balls on your skin. Well

when that happens it means it’s hailing. Hail isn’t the best thing. In

my life I’ve already seen several cars with circular dents on the roof

of the cars. Why is that? It’s because of hail; sometimes it can come

down at high velocity and make the dents. One of the cars is of a

woman that teaches music after school. So the next time you buy a

car also remember to assure the roof is solid and of good quality,

unless you want dents on your car. I wouldn’t like it like that but

that’s my opinion although some people might like it, also because

it’s “modern.”

Ever been in a hailstorm? Where the hail precipitates down in

huge amounts and at high speed? If you have are you with me that

it’s not a good thing, especially when you’re in T-shirt or shorts! It’s

bad because it can get you a cold and as I said if in shorts it’s bad

because it can hurt your bare skin.

Small Circular Ice

Have you ever been in a snow storm? Have you ever been stuck in

a certain place because of a snowstorm? I haven’t but I imagine how

horrible it could be! Don’t think it’s good because you can play video

games because in most snowstorms electricity goes off! Have you

read Cabin Fever? I have, basically what happens in the book is what

I’m saying. Just that in Cabin Fever Manny turns the electricity off in

every room except for his, but that is technically the same of the

electricity to be cut off!

Are you happy because there’s a snowstorm and you don’t have to

go to school? Or you want there to be a snowstorm? Are you one of

those which love to eat? If so you probably wouldn’t like a

snowstorm happen. Well, imagine you had really little food left and

the snowstorm hits in the morning of the day where you mom goes

to the groceries and supermarket. YOU’RE ALMOST OUT OF

FOOD!!! Also if there’s no electricity the fridge wouldn’t work either.

With no electricity you don’t have heat, so you’ll be freezing!

You might like snow for many different reasons, but remember it

can also be really awful and dreadful in also many ways. But I admit

it, isn’t it pretty cool to do a snowball fight? I love to. But you know

many people hate snow not necessarily because they don’t like cold

or something like that because most of the time you can slip on

snow but mostly ice and get really hurt. Some years ago I was in a

skiing group at Cortina, Italy and in my ski group there was this 12 or

13 year old girl which and old woman in her hotel slipped on ice

while going out of the hotel. I might be wrong but I remember she

told she like almost like broke all her bones!!! That’s why some

people might have bad memories about snow. Also there are some

adults that maybe don’t feel safe in driving and imagine they do the

car school, pass the test and get the driving license but one of those

days it snows and it can cause problems to those adults. Also snow is

probably a driving problem to everyone!

Lightning and Thunder

Have you been shocked by a lightning? Just kidding you probably

haven’t, but have you seen one? I think so… sorry for answering my

own questions. Ever been close to a lightning? If you haven’t like me

I don’t think you wouldn’t like to! I think it’s about time for an

anecdote. Well, my mother’s friend and husband while it was

raining, actually POURING! Making it even worse, there were

lightning also. So … suddenly… with a stroke of bad luck a

lightning hit the roof of their small and antique house. With even

worse luck the lightning slightly touched an electrical wire which

ended in a lamp standing on night table close to their beds. So the

lightning reached the lamp which was pretty close to the pillows

and… POOFF sounded the pillows while exploding. Sorry didn’t tell

you before, this happen like 80 years ago.

Do you know why you see the lightning before you hear the

thunder? Well, because the light travels faster than the sound. But

isn’t it strange? I mean first you see the thunder and 5 seconds later

when it’s disappeared you hear the thunder. Also the lightning can

go from cloud to land or water or from cloud to cloud. In fact the

electricity is so powerful it can kill a living animal like fish in the

water. But if lightning strikes water it doesn’t make an ‘’ explosion’’

because if it did it would be really dangerous! Also when water is

strike by a lightning bolt the some water might become oxygen and

hydrogen.

Water Cycle

The water starts in a lake, ocean or sea. It evaporates and becomes

water vapor. Then the water vapor forms a cloud, then the water

vapor becomes water again and it forms droplets. Then the water

becomes too heavy so it drops from the cloud and if the

temperature is low it can freeze and become snow or hail. Then it

becomes water again after a while it hits the land and then the

water returns to the lake ocean or sea.

Closing the curtains

Have you learned anything? Hail, Snow, and lightning can be really

good but remember it can also be really hazardous. Sorry, I don’t

want I don’t want to scare! I just want to warn you! Now remember

Be Careful!

Glossary

Hazardous: Dangerous

Pouring: Raining a lot

Hydrogen: an element of air

Car windshield broken by hail!!!

By Taran

Have you ever heard of the game

Minecraft? The reason I like Minecraft is

that it’s realistic yet it’s not so if you think

it’s getting to realistic you just go outside at

night and you see a skeleton with a bow

and arrows or a giant spider, or a zombie.

Creators

Minecraft was created by Markus

“Notch” Persson. Markus "Junkboy"

Toivonen was the main Minecraft artist.

Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld was the Artist or

composer for the Minecraft music. They are

all in a company called Mojang. Mojang is a

Swedish company since Markus “Notch” is

Swedish.

Monsters

Monsters are what make the game

harder for some people. If you don’t want

to play with Monsters you can play on

peaceful. Some monsters cautiously attack

you when they see you like the skeleton or

the zombie. The Enderman only cruelly

attacks when you look at him then it

teleports behind you and attacks. The

creeper slyly follows you when they see you

and If It gets close to you or you get close to

it, it goes sssssssss then it blows up.

Adventure maps

Adventure maps are downloadable

Minecraft worlds that can be practically

anything. It could be about the end of the

world, or the beginning. It could be about a

video game like Assassin’s Creep is

Assassin’s Creed. Or it could be a bout a TV

show like lost or walking dead.

Mods

Minecraft mods are modifications to

the game. Minecraft mods can be anything.

It could be a reckless car mod, a brutal gun

mod, or a peaceful flying mod. Some mods

can add abilities to your Minecraft

character.

That’s why I like Minecraft so if you

are looking for a game that you can be as

creative as you want or you don’t have a

goal so you can keep playing until you get

bored or until the world gets tons lag

because of all the matter you placed or

created.

Why are movies interesting?

In this piece you will find some examples of why people

like to watch movies. They are a very interesting thing

you can pass and enjoy time with. If you think you really

need entertainment, without any doubt, what you

might be looking for is a quality movie. The good movie

you are looking for is something I could never know.

Why is that? Well, that is because every person likes

different things, so the same happens with what type of

movies you like and which ones you don’t. Sometimes it

might vary on what you feel like watching at that

moment. Sometimes maybe you want to watch

something else. You might have lots of types of favorite

movies and that is good because you get to pick out of

the movies you like. Comedies are fun to watch movies

because you get to laugh a lot and very often.

My Personal Favorites

The movies I like to watch are the ones that have cool

special effects. I also like movies with action and fights.

Also, movies that are funny are very entertaining for

me. The most recent movies I have watched are ones

that could be included in my list of favorites: Johnny

English Returns is very good and funny; Mission

Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol is very good and is an

action movie; also Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of

Shadows is a very good movie. My favorite movies

could also be movies in which the character has a lot of

unfairness in his story. For example, a character to

which all the bad things happen to. That makes it funny.

Also, I like watching superhero movies like Captain

America or Green Lantern, but one of my absolute

favorites right now is Batman. I think apart from having

a lot of fight, it is also a clever movie. I think it is clever

because of all the devices Batman manages and all the

plans he thinks of to stop Joker, the bad character .

These are some of my actual favorite movies, but when

I was younger, about six or seven years old, I remember

that my absolute favorite movie was Spiderman. I liked

those movies because of all the special powers

Spiderman and the villain had. Those super powers

were very well shown with all the special effects

supporting the powers of Spiderman and all the evil

villains, as demonstrated in Spiderman 3.

Types of Movies

The types of movies that are most seen are these:

comedy, action, drama, science fiction, animation, and

romantic comedy. As you can see, there are a few types

of movies. Not everyone likes the same movies though.

Do not think someone is crazy if they don’t like the

same movie you like. In my case, my favorite movies are

comedies or action movies. Some people may like

movies from a particular country. I think the funniest

movie I have ever watched has been Mr. Bean’s

Holiday. The movie with most action is exactly my

favorite movie, which is Mission Impossible 4: Ghost

Protocol. Johnny English Returns is a very good movie

with the same actor as Mr. Bean’s Holiday. Johnny

English and Mr. Bean were both about equally funny,

both with actor Rowan Atkinson. Sherlock Holmes 2 is

also an action film. In summary, movies are an

interesting topic. After all they are one of the most

interesting things person can do, watching a movie!!!

Cover of Mission Impossible 4

Odysseus: Saga of the Seas

Nicolas P

Some of us have heard the myth, but none of us have heard the link

to reality .Until now. The Cyclops,the Sirens, the Scylla and the

Charybdis. Where did these ideas come from? And more

importantly, are they still out there, lurking? Learn it all, in this

edition.

The Sirens

The Sirens are known as monsters with voices so sweet, that they

lured sailors to a watery grave. But what the heck made the Greeks

create this myth? After extensive research, scientists found the

supposedly mythical island of the Sirens. A naturally occurring rock

formation amplifies all the sounds around it, like a giant megaphone.

However, humans cannot make sounds loud enough to be heard off

the coast, even with the amplification. Therefore, the sounds came

from something else. The “something else” happens to be the monk

seals, a species native to the island. Their barks are exceptionally

loud, and sailors would have no trouble hearing them off the coast.

The Sirens are still with us, but not a threat at all. They’re just

blubbery and loud.

The Cyclops

A Cyclops is defined as a one-eyed monstrosity. What in the whole

wide world could have put that ridiculous and terrifying idea into the

noggins of those ancient Greeks? There are three plausible answers.

1: Greek academics usually prescribed certain herbs to pregnant

women. One of them caused the baby to develop badly. The baby

ended up with one large eye instead of two separate ones. The

condition was called [dramatic pause] cyclopia.2: The Greeks were

very fond of ancient paleontology. Sometimes they found fossils.

Occasionally, the fossils belonged to dwarf elephants. And seldom,

they were dwarf elephant skulls. The skulls had two holes in the

bottom corners for the tusks. There were two eye sockets above

them. And in the middle there was a large hole in the skull for the

trunk. Since the Greeks hadn’t heard of elephants yet, they probably

thought they had found the skull of a Cyclops. If someone had both

seen the elephant skulls, and heard of mothers giving birth to one-

eyed children, they may have put two and two together, thought

about it, and came up with the theory of those mutated children

growing to monstrous sizes. However there is another plausible idea

but it is quite less plausible than the others. There are several

volcanos in Greece. Maybe some Greeks with much too overactive

imaginations saw one or two erupting, and their much too

overactive imaginations gave them a detailed detail of a Cyclops. I’m

still skeptical about this one though.

Scylla and Charybdis

All of the sudden, six serpentine heads spring from the sea, the horrific

Scylla. Flanking the other side is a whopper of a whirlpool, the dreaded

Charybdis. Two monstrosities that are every sailor’s worst nightmare.

These are what Odysseus chose. Odysseus must face one of them. On

one hand, the Charybdis sucks in then throws away everything that gets

close to it. They could time their approach so that they get propelled

through the strait, but odds are their enemies on this one. On the other

hand the Scylla will attack the boat ferociously and eat the sailors but

they could survive. The decision is a no-brainer. Odysseus and his ship

approach the multi-headed sea creature of doom. The Greek’s

imaginations are outlandish when off-land even in familiar territory. Even

under those circumstances, a sucking/regurgitating whirlpool, and a six

headed man eating sea monster is more than a bit much. Whoever came

up with that either had a good reason to, or was under giga vivid

hallucinations from drinking a bucketful of undiluted Greek wine. The

good reason is a probable explanation now that we have evidence,

though ancient sailors were not exactly known for their soberness either.

The strait in question is the channel between Italy and Sicily. There

happen to be currents moving into the strait from both sides. Since there

are those two currents opposing each other, it makes the strait a large

whirlpool zone, which would explain the Charybdis. However, a giant,

man-eating, six headed sea snake is harder to dream up. Then again

there is that good reason. And the good reason is that there was a

monster in that strait. A monster known as [ dramatic pause] the giant

squid. Ever heard of one? I think you might have. Imagine how monstrous

it must have looked to possibly drunken sailors in itty-bitty wooden

boats. Quite monstrous I think. The possibility that a giant squid in the

minds of possibly drunken, itty-bitty boat sailing sailors would have

mentally mutated into a six-headed sea snake is more probable than the

Scylla being real. Right?

Reality Alert! What Island?

Before I get carried away explaining every little detail, let’s look at

this little detail. Where exactly is the island that Odysseus is racing

against time to get to? After all, what is the point of defying the

will of the gods to get back to a kingdom that you don’t even know

the location of? Homer described Ithaca as the farthest to the

west of a group of islands. The group was easy to locate but the

island of Ithaca in particular is harder to find. To a blind person the

island of Ithaki would be a shoe-in. To a person with perfect sight

it would also be a shoe-in. If the map was placed upside-down!

The island of Ithaki is the farthest to the east of the group, making

it, a shoe-out. The farthest out to the west is Caledonia, an island

made of two branches, and separated by a low valley. However,

that island is too big to be Ithaca. Or is it? To find it, however we

must erase the valley from reality itself. Think about it, if we erase

the valley we will be left with the small west branch and the larger

east branch. What if we pegged the west branch as Ithaca then?

We would be correct. If the valley didn’t exist we would find Ithaca

to be the west branch. It fits the description perfectly. Therefore

the island has been found. But the real question here is: how was

the valley not there all those years ago? Some scholars thought of

this and decided to find out. They acquired a giant oil drill and got,

well, drilling. By the time the drill was 15m below sea level, it

couldn’t go any deeper. And not once did they hit solid bedrock,

meaning that the valley was once underwater!

Parrot’s

By Samantha

What they look like

Parrots have many different colors. The color of the

bird I had are Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, and Black. He’s toll

and has very long nails. He loves me, I’m the one who gives

him the most attention. He kind of has one blue eye and one

gray eye but, the gray eye has a hint of blue in it. All thou he’s

a very colorful bird he has a very plane black nose.

He Repeats What You Say

Some home Parrots like to repeat what you say

But I know my bird loves to repeat what you say. Usually I

would go up to the cage and say awesome and he would

repeat what I say. Sometimes I would do it to annoy my

sister. My sister would sometimes say I’m just like him

because I repeat what she says so she says I’m just like him.

She always has to point it out to me so, that’s why I always go

up to my parrots cage and we repeat everything my sister

says

What They Eat.

Most bird’s just eat seed mixtures of sunflower seeds

and other kinds of seeds but, parrots like fruits and some

vegetables. Some parrots (birds in general) Owners also put

some vitamins into their birds’ food. When you put your

parrot in his cage it needs two containers one for water and

one for food. You should put a cattle bone in the cage so you

birds has something to snack on. A cattle bone is a squid And

some sea creatures.

Two parrots sitting on a tree

By Claudia

Introduction

Do you know how hard it is to have a playful puppy in your

house? I do, because I have one. To start with you must always have to know

certain stuff to have a husky. You can’t just have a husky because you feel

like it, and always do whatever you want, no, no, no. You should always have

to buy everything first: food, called “pienso”, his/her bed, and of course a

big caseta for the dog to sleep in, and a toy to entertain the husky after

he/she just ate. They always love to play just after eating.

Having a dog is not easy at all. You have to walk him/her, feed

him/her, and be aware about all the infections they have. You must do many

things to have a dog because (you also have to clean its poop, which is not

easy to do) but since I am use to it I know. But I have a brother that hates to

pick up poop, so both my sister and I have to go with him when it’s his turn

to pick up the poop. Each time he says that he will pick up the poop but he

never does.

Facts

Siberian Huskies became famous because of their ability to haul the sleds.

Huskies are really good in pulling sleds because they work very hard and they

are also really strong so be aware if you feel like giving him/her a walk with a

leash. For being really strong and fast in races they are named “Alaskans.”

This is really good information you could want to have if you had a

Siberian husky:

Weight: About 35-60 pounds. (16-27 kilograms)

Height: About 20-23.5 inches. (51-60 centimeters)

Country of Origin: Russia (Siberia)

Life Span: 11-13

Sometimes if you have a husky you might want to take him/her to

the snow because they love the texture of the snow. They also love to run in

the snow because it makes them feel free. Sometimes, in Iditarod’s huskies

get really tired so if they chose your husky as one of the huskies that have to

run, which I think would be impossible, make sure the husky has enough

water.

Feeding

You have to be alert about the feeding you are going to give the

husky. Their feeding is really important because if you give him/her to little

food they will start to howl, and if they howl it means he/she want more

food, and if you give him/her too much food they wouldn’t be feeling very

well. Imagine you were a husky and you wanted to eat more or we gave you

too much and you were starting to get ill. That would be horrible!

Sometimes accidents happen. For example, if you accidently give

him/her too much food consult the vet very fast. And if you think you give

him/her too little and see if he/she wants more. You can see if he/she wants

more because he/she will look back at you or if you think you gave him/her

too much you won’t see them with too much energy or they will go to sleep.

Another important thing you have to watch out for is the type of

food you give him/her. If you want to trick him/her, and give them human

food, watch out for the type of human food it is because you can’t just give

him/her any type of human food, you can’t give them birds neither bones

from animals, anything else but that. If you give him/her chicken or bones for

animals he/she will vomit it witch is not good.

Another important thing is the amount of food or times you

should give him/ her food. The amount you should give him/her is about 3 or

4 big scoops, but the important thing is how many times you give him/her

food. Well, you should actually feed them only at the end of the day because

that’s when they are really hungry because they are real hard working dogs.

So, the point is to give him/her 3 or 4 scoops in the night.

Walks

To huskies you must always give them 3 or 4 walks a day. If you

don’t walk him or her that much he or she will do all his/her stuff in the

house witch is another story and wouldn’t be very pleasant to smell neither

to clean up. The most important time to walk your dog is right after he/she

has eaten, because that’s when they have all the food in their tummy.

Another reason you should walk your husky is because most of

the time he/she might be all day bothering you and trying to beg you to take

him/her for a walk, and I am not kidding. Without walks the husky might feel

so alone, because he probably is going to be laying down trying to think

about another thing to think about.

The last reason is how to remind you to walk the dog. Just think

about it when you are in the bathroom because huskies always have to go to

the bathroom as much as we do. Just because they are huskies doesn’t mean

that they are 100% different from us. So keep that in mind!

Tummies

Watch out with the huskies tummy because it could be really

delicate…

Their tummies are so delicate they can catch lots of viruses, for

example, “parvovirus.” Parvovirus is a little bug that goes inside their tummy

and starts to eat it. So if you see that your husky isn’t feeling alright, (and you

can see that because of how much energy he/she has) consult the vet

because he/she could die of the infection. And I really mean you should

consult the vet because he/she could die in less than 10 days. Many viruses

can go in their tummy so be aware of what he/she is eating! Do you realize

how hard it is to have a husky?

Pienso: A type of food for a dog.

Caseta: Big houses were dogs can sleep.

Iditarod’s: A type of race with sleds they prepare for

huskies

Viruses: A bad sickness.

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By ClementinaBy ClementinaBy ClementinaBy Clementina

A dog’s first function friend. Don’t buy a dog for it to be a guard, in

that case buy a burglar alarm. A Rhodesian ridgeback’s uniqueness is

the ridge of the back, formed by the hair growing in the opposite

direction to the rest of the coat. They are very fast, running down

whatever prey may come into their gaze. When they are alert, their

ears perk, but are always dropped. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are not

only attractive in looks, but personality as well; they are kind and

friendly, but very protective of their owners. They would fight to the

death if needed, and are very loyal. They get along well with most

people, though they do have a limit to their kindness when being

pestered. The Rhodesian ridgeback makes a most honorable

companion, in both hunting and friendship alike.

History

Rhodesian Ridgebacks are also called Lion hound, Lion Dog

or in Spanish perro crestado, Rhodesiano. These breeds are of

African origin, and created in Zimbae (Rhodesia). Some White

European settlers in the area that now is South Africa bred their

dogs with the native ridgeback dogs kept by members of the

Khoiknoi tribe. The resulting Rhodesian ridgeback was used for the

purpose of hunting lions, which was when they started to hunt lions.

At Home

This is a dog that needs to run and do exercise, so it’s

probably a bad idea to get one in the city. They easily knock down

things with their strong, long tail. They are smart, loyal, playful, nice,

brave, intelligent, dignified, (a bit stubborn) but certainly aloof to

strangers and they make great watch dogs. Although they love their

families Rhodesian Ridgebacks don’t have a highly rated tolerance

with children, they do the best with older kids who have had dogs

before and have time to train them. They are hard to train I am not

going to lie but they also sometimes wander off. They will eat

anything, try to sit on your lap, and can try to sleep on your bed

probably chick to chick.

Picking the Dog

While Rhodesian ridgeback puppies are charming they

grow up to be big, powerful dogs. It may not be a wise idea to get

one as a first dog or for small children. To choose between a male or

female and pedigree or not a cross breed isn’t as complicated as it

sounds like. To pick between a male or a female it depends on if you

what to breed or not and the fact that dogs may be more aggressive

than female dogs. And to be of pedigree it’s for sure if what you

want is a dog to compete in competitions. Cross breeds often have

characteristics in between. It’s recommended to buy a puppy

instead of a grown up, because dogs get used to something easier

when they are still young. The Rhodesian ridgeback litter is of 7-8

puppies.

Facts

They have a brown cape of hair with a ridge on for sure

the back and occasionally a white spot on the chest. They are

important to train for obedience things like: sit, down, plats, fetch

and stay are normally essential on every dog. It’s a precise idea to

plan ahead on vacation. Always be prepared for sickness, have the

vet’s phone number and give it to anyone looking after your dog.

This dog’s life span is of 9-12 years but most live up to 16. Their

ridge measures 5 cm. A Rhodesian ridgeback height is of 24 to 27

inches, dogs are from 63-67 cm and bitches 61-66. They are from a

large breed, weigh about 65- 85 pounds!

Glossary

Pestered- to be annoyed

Litter - all the puppies

Origin - the point where something begins or arise

Perk - cheerful and lively

Precise - good, accurate, wise

Tolerance - allowed amount, capacity

Aloof - not friendly, cool and distant

by Ms. Campbell

You can see a rainbow of colors all around you. You hear music and the tap-tap-tap of feet. You smell the hot oil. Where else could you be, but the April Fair in Seville.

The Fairground

The Seville fair is held in the fairgrounds to the southwest of the city, across the river next to a wealthy neighborhood. In memory of the local sport of bull fighting, the 12 streets are named after famous toreros

like Juan Belmonte, Espartero, Curro Romero, or Joselito el Gallo. On one end of the fair restaurants set up temporary stalls for late morning snacks. On the other end lies Calle del Infierno, amusement park rides and

carnival games. But most of the action of the fair takes place on the 12 streets where there are more then 1,000 green, red, and white casetas. In front of and inside these casetas people gather to dance and party for seven

days in April. There are several horse and carriage parades throughout the week, but by afternoon, only hordes of humans can be seen dancing on the dirt roads.

“Little Houses”

Emblematic to Seville are the green and white pin striped and red and white pinstripes of the little houses, or casetas at the April Fair. You may recognize these

colors as the striped jerseys of Betis or Seville, the two local soccer teams. But for one week in April these colors become the backdrop of the Seville April Fair. The over 1,000 casetas that are set up for the week’s

festivities must be of one of these two color combinations. With a metal base and frame, these canvas tents go up shortly before the week of the fair, and are taken down shortly after.

Casetas are divided into three sections. Where the front

part is curtained off from the rest, often a doorman stands guard because more casetas are private and allow in only the owners and their friends. The middle section is crowded on the periphery with flower-painted red or green miniature, round tables with matching wooden chairs, and the center is left open for Sevillanas dancing. The back section is the bar where food and drink are served. Other than that, the unique decorations of lace, flower beds, and pictures is let up to the initiative and creativity of the owners. Several regions, such as La Mancha, have larger public casetas which can

accommodate hundreds of people, but lack the charm of the smaller ones.

Dresses

The colorfully, dotted flowing dresses are perhaps the most memorable of all the scenes at the fair. As the regional dress of Seville, the trajes de flamenco are said to be the most flattering to women from 3 months to 100 years old. Large puffy sleeves over the shoulders, low necklines, tight waist, and multiple skirts layered from

thigh to ankle. Though each year new styles update the look slightly, by far the most popular patterns are still those that are white with large colored lunares, or polka-dots, or the inverse. Women then accessorize with contrasting colored scarves and costume jewelry. And one of the lesser- known, hidden features of the dress is concealed beneath one of the several skirts. Lift it up and you will find a small pocket sewn in so that lugging a non-matching purse to the fair is not necessary.

Eat, Drink, and Dance

Sevillanos strategically pace themselves to be able to eat, drink, and dace all 7 days of the fair, while also continuing their normal lives. The festivities ceremoniously start on Monday night with the lighting of the main gate to the fair. Most people faithfully work

every morning, Tuesday-Friday, and then enthusiastically head to their casetas for lunch. Freshly- carved Spanish ham, warm potato and egg tortilla, and fried green peppers fill the stomachs of the fair goers.

The drink that flows copiously during the fair is called Manzanilla, a dry, white wine similar to dry sherry from Jerez.

Time for a quick nap and a change of clothes, then back to the fair for hours of revelry and dancing. Flamenco music and dance, both called Sevillanas, stream out of

the casetas speakers. ♪ ♫ One--two-three. ♪ ♫ One--two-three. Men and women or women and women line up to pass and twirl their way through the 4 parts of the Sevillanas dance. Each pair does the same steps to the

dance, but adds their own individual, improvised flairs. Onlookers laugh, chat, and clap as they rest up for their turn to hit the dance floor.

Sevillanos dance into the wee hours of the night, head to the far end of the fair for some chocolate and churros;

then they head home for a quick night’s sleep before starting a typical fair day all over again for the 6 remaining toreros-bullfighters

toreros-bullfighters Sevillanos-people from Seville

casetas-little houses churros-sticks of fried dough

lunares-dots

trajes de flamenco-Spanish dresses from Seville

All About the Del Mar Fair

By Lauren S.

Something that I know a lot about is the Del Mar Fair in California. I know many of the people who work there. My Grandma is in charge of signing people up to spots to put their trailers when they are working there, and my aunt is her assistant, so my sister, my cousins, and I get to sleep over in a trailer at the fair. I also know lots more people who work there.

History of the Fair

The Del Mar Fair is the 6th largest fair in the United States. It is open one month in the summer every year. The usual amount of people that attend the fair is over one million. The fair has been a tradition in San Diego since1880, when the location of the fair was moved around und until 1936, when it moved to the Del Mar Fairgrounds. In 1954 the name was The Southern California Exposition and The San Diego County Fair. Then, in 1970, the name was changed to just Southern California Exposition. In 1984, the name was The Del Mar Fair until 2002, when it turned into the San Diego County Fair and The Del Mar Fair.

Eating at the Fair

Someone else I know who works at the Del Mar fair are the ice cream shop people, which is good, because that way when we go to the fair we get free ice cream. My oldest cousin works at the ice cream stand as a summer job. If you ever go to the Del Mar Fair, here are some foods that you should eat there-

• Ice cream and frozen lemonade • Funnel cakes • Hot dogs • Cinnamon rolls • Barbeque with grilled corn on the cob • Kettle corn

Elephant and Horse Rides

Another thing you can do at the Del Mar Fair is the elephant and horse rides. The elephant rides is this big, big area where 10 elephants walk around in a circle. You get on an elephant and it walks around.

Pig Races

Something else at the Del Mar Fair that I want to tell you about is the pig races. It is a small arena where about 5 pigs are. It is like a horse race, but a smaller track.

The pigs sometimes have to jump over little hurdles or wade through little pools of water. If you watch the race they sometimes give you a tiny rubber pig keychain as you walk out at the end of the race.

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What to do at The Fair

There are four parts of the fair- the part where there are the rides for toddlers, there is the loud carnival part with roller-coasters, carnival games, and funhouses, there is the quieter part where the auction, most of the lunch places, and garden shows are, then there is the more or less quiet place where everyone sets up their trailers. In the loud carnival part, I usually just go into the funhouses with my cousins, but we usually also go on some roller-coasters and giant slides, stuff like that. We also go to the candy shop and it’s really cool because you just grab a bag, fill it with candy, and then go pay for it. One time we filled our bag a little too much and as soon as we got out of the fair’s candy store, the bag exploded all over the ground, so we had to stop at a cotton candy stand to get a new bag.

The Wood and Art Museum

My dad’s favorite part of the fair is the wood and art museum and competition. He never enters, but my grandpa always does. Our first stop at the fair is always the wood and art museum because we have to hurry over there to vote for my grandpa’s little wood sculpture, or whatever he made to be the best. Last year he made this really cool bench out of a log. Of course, at the last day of the fair, all the stuff that was set out can either be taken by the owner or sold to someone else.

My Favorite Part of the Fair

My favorite part of the fair is when my cousins, my sister, and I walk around the fair, going to the carnival funhouses and the ice cream stand. Then, when we are ready to go back to the trailer, we phone our grandma who tells our uncle to go pick us up in the golf cart. Then, we get into our pajamas, then have a pillow fight, play cards, tell stories, or watch a movie until we fall fast asleep in our sleeping bags and fluffy, soft pillows.

The Last Day of the Del Mar Fair

On the last day of the fair for the summer, there is a lot to be finished. Everyone runs around, packing up their stuff, and going to the fairgrounds for a last taste of all the people, rides, and fun. Once my cousins, my sister, and I are done packing our stuff and going around the fair, we go help the people in the trailer next to us packing, or whatever else they need us to do.

The Neptune Fountain

By: Maria C

Introduction

Stare is all you do. You see the pennies lying on the

ground. It is all made out of whiny, marble but you cannot see the

marble underneath the water. Then your eyes catch a blank little

space without pennies and you stare. The water is cold and damp as

ice it lays beneath the shiny smooth soft water. The hot humid

horrible air covers you like a heavy blanket that lays on top of me.

You look closely at all the water and you feel like jumping in, but no

you stay still.

Moods of the sea

La Fontana di Trevi is the most popular fountain in Rome

it attracts tourist a lot that is why the fountain is always crowded .

Trevi symbolizes “Tre Vie” which means “three Avenues” One of

the fountain symbols was “Citta Eterna” that means eternal city

has many sculpture though there is a very important one the most

important one is a sculpture of Neptune the good of the sea is on a

Carriage shaped like a shell. He is holding two tritons. In front of

him there are two horses one is fierce, strong, angry, and powerful

but the other is the opposite of it the other horse is shy, calm,

relaxed and peaceful.

The bronze marble fountain

The fountain is made out of marble it has many

sculptured but the most important sculpture is the one with

Neptune. You can tell clearly where it is placed because it is in the

center under that sculpture there are tree stepped waterfall

where that water slides through the big hard steps. And all the

rest of it is full of sculptures.

What can happen in a simple fountain?

Think deeply about this question. At first I thought that

nothing could go wrong on a fountain I mean it’s a simple fountain

but this thought that I had was absolutely wrong. O you evidence

well I will give it to you. One year for valentine day there was a guy

who put this coloring liquid to turn it red. Then there are some

people that try to steal the pennies. Well now there are 2

examples of what could go wrong on a simple

What can happen in a simple fountain?

Think deeply about this question. At first I thought that

nothing could go wrong on a fountain I mean it’s a simple fountain

but this thought that I had was absolutely wrong. O you evidence

well I will give it to you. One year for valentine day there was a guy

who put this coloring liquid to turn it red. Then there are some

people that try to steal the pennies. Well now there are 2

examples of what could go wrong on a simple

Today

As everyone knows the story of the fountain can be

changed simply well unfortunately it did. Now a days the story has

changed now people through 3 pen1es 1 to fall in love in Rome 2 to

get married and 3 to come back to Rome with the person. Mostly

tourists do this but people who come and live to Rome or people

that are from Rome follow the 1 penny story.

Tradition

When you go visit Rome you have to go visit La Fontana di

Trevi you have to do many things this is exactly what you would do

on a hot day . Not just a hot day but a really hot day. You saunter

heeding for the fountain the water splashes at your burning legs

and it cools you off the flash on the camera sprints to your eyes.

Thanks you hear yourself say you look down and there I penny

laying just there and you close your eyes sit down on the cold

marble facing the opposite way of the fountain then you hear all of

your family holler “1,2,3” then at the 3rd second you swing your

right arm to your lift shoulder and let go.

At least that is what my parents told me. It is a

commonly tradition in Rome. You are supposed to face the street

swing your right hand to your left shoulder and let go of the

bronze penny that represented you will come back to Rome. And

you wish that that little penny would come true.

The King of the Night

Vampire Bats

What do you think of the name Vampire bat? They have

big ears and big snouts. Listen, they are not as scary as

you think. If anything, they are a great help to the

world. Vampire bats are actually a great help because

Vampire bats eat insects… a whole lot of insects! One

Vampire bat can consume over 40 insects per hour and

those insects could be killing crops so they really help.

They also balance the amount of insects there need to

be in the world. Vampire bats are infrequent mammals

that live in forests and caves mostly in South America,

Brazil. As most bats the sun is not the preferred thing

for Vampire bats. The Vampire bat is very bright; they

can walk on two legs like human can. A Vampire Bat’s

wings are made of skin.

Their hands stretch all

the way to the tip of

their long wings.

Baby Vampire Bats

Did you know Vampire

bats can have babies

when they are two

years old? When

Vampire bats are born

they stay with their mother until they know how to

hunt. Their mother protects the baby with hundreds of

other Vampire bat moms! It is really, really hard to find

your mother out hundreds mothers that look exactly

the same. Apparently it they see their mother like a

different color.

How They Feed

Vampire bats have a different way of eating… well

feeding. Vampire bats feed on blood. They might sound

scary or dangerous but they are actually harmless

unless you provoke them. There like bees. In the 80’s,

Vampire bats contained rabies, they still do but they

harm a lot less people now because in the 80’s Vampire

bats made a lot of people sick by biting them with

rabies. Some people even died. The reason they could

not end it is because Vampire bats are really sly and

they have razor sharp teeth so the people it would bite

would not feel a thing until they got sick. That is how

sharp their teeth are. Vampire bats do not contain as

much rabies as they did back then but people have

wiped out a lot of them and now they are endangered.

Going on about what the Vampire bats feed on,

Vampire bats feed mostly on outrages, cows, horses

and donkeys. As you know, with their razor sharp the

animals they feed on will not feel a thing, but they do

not give rabies to animals. Vampire Bats usually bite on

an animal’s neck, foot or ear. They know where there is

more blood in an animal’s body by using their eyes. A

Vampire Bat’s eyes are a lot different to other animals

eyes or humans eyes because they can change their eye

site to a type of night vision eyes where they see where

there is more blood on a mammals body in black and

white. And apparently cows and ostriches have more

blood.

The Radar

Did you know the radar was developed with the studies

of bats? The eyes of a Vampire bat have a great sight

besides when feeding but they mostly live on ear.

Vampire bats have very sensitive ears that can hear

about 2 miles from their distance. The way they travel is

different, for example to catch a pray they listen for

snoring preys sense they feed on sleeping animals. This

is called echolocation (E-CKO-lo-Cay-shun). Once they

get a sound, they will send a screech to the precise

direction and they will fly right over the ground and

wait for an echo to come back. The amount of time it

takes to come back tells them how far the objects so

they can dodge it. That is how they got the idea of the

radar around the 1980’s.

Glossary

• .Echolocation- A general method of finding an object

determining a time of echoes.

• Feeding- To give food to; supply with nourishment: To

feed on blood (Vampire bat’s perspective)

• Rabies an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other

animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected

animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not

administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group;

hydrophobia.

• Night vision- night-sight, isotopic vision, twilight vision,

ability to see in dim light.

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Spirit Days Introduction

Something that I think I know a lot about is spirit

days. Spirit Days are special dates in your school to

have fun with teachers and friends. Each school can

celebrate their own spirit days, and they’re all fun

Twins Day

I say it’s fun because in twin day you dress with the

same cloth as someone else. It doesn’t have to be all

the cloth; it can be just the same t-shirt or the same

pants. You need to have at least one thing in common

with another person to be their twin. I love twin day

because when you walk inside the school and see all

those twins standing beside each other, it’s really

fun. On twin day I was the twin of a girl that was

wearing the same skirt as me, and it was really fun.

On twin day you have to do everything together with

your twin, for example, eat lunch together and play at

recess together.

Crazy Cloth Day

Crazy cloth day is a day when everyone dresses with

fancy cloth of different colors that don’t have to

match. Sometimes people wear one shoe on one foot

and a different shoe on the other foot. It’s kind of

weird because it’s a normal day, but it’s different

because we have crazy cloth on and when you go out

to recess or lunch and you see all does kids with

colorful cloth on it looks really funny. I think it is one

of my favorite spirit days because it’s really fun

picking

Movie Night

Each day that there’s movie night at your school you

are feeling really enthusiastic on class time. After

school you go home, or stay in school and wait for the

movie to start. Then you’re in the room or wherever

the movie takes place with the projector shining on

your face, sitting next to your friends, and eating

popcorn because there’s a cart beside you with food

and water. There was movie night once in two weeks

in my school. When I went to movie night I had lots

of fun because even though you can barely hear the

movie because little kids are shouting beside you, it’s

still really fun because you’re with your friends

Crazy Hair Day

Crazy hair day

is my favorite

spirit day. The

day before

crazy hair day,

you’re at your

house, trying

to figure out

how you’re

going to make your hair the next day; finally, you got

an idea, you practice it and the next morning you

make it again and go to school. You go inside and

everyone has a unique hair style. It’s really fun when

you go in your classroom because you take pictures of

yourselves and your friends and their crazy hair. At

recess and lunch you still have your unique hair, it’s a

normal school day, but the difference is your hair.

Sometimes people put together crazy hair day and

crazy cloth day, so they go to school with crazy hair

and crazy cloth, it’s really.

My Favorite Spirit Day

My favorite of all the spirit days is crazy hair day

because you get to make your hair cool and look at

everyone else’s hairstyles. This is my favorite but I

actually love all of them. I can’t wait for the next

ones, they get better each year.

By: Natalia

18 2/21/2012

Intro

A beagle is a grate dog to have at home they are

good with children and have an ideal. When they

are fun playful as puppies, then they grow up and

their minds go on sniffing and hunting.

Sniffing

Beagles have great sense of smell. They use there

smell to track things down, like animals or bombs.

Beagles are used in some airports (because of their

great sent of smell) to track down unsafe items

that some passengers may have. They have trained

the beagle to smell the deferens of a bomb and a

pack of food. The beagle wears a green vest and

that is how the people now that the dog is going to

sniff there bags to see if there is something unsafe

in it.

All about beagles

Smart, active, curious. Beagles learn about

the world by sniffing everything. The puppies like

people and they are very playful. When the puppy

gets bigger they will like to hunt and run. Did you

now that the beagle can run up to 40 miles per

hour? This is faster than some care limits. The

beagle is a small and sturdy hound. The beagle that

stands by their owner is a great loyal pet.

Looks

An adult beagle is a medium size dog. The

beagle is mostly white they also have black and

brown spots. They have long silky ears, which are

usually brown. The beagle has a cheerful face. They

have beautiful brown eyes that shine is the sun

light.

How a Beagle Hunts

Beagles are pack animals so they work best in

groups. If you have more than one beagle they will

spread out to find a sent. When they pick up a sent

they call the others to help catch it. When they

catch the prey they howl to let you know where

they are. They are very hard workers.

The Hero

Here I am going to tell you about a hero that hero

is a beagle so here’s the story. One day Lilly was

playing in here back yard and did not see the cobra

that was behind her then when the snake was

going to jump on her and bight the dog jumped and

pushed the girl out of the way and so the dog got

bight. After a week the dog died but the family was

grateful of the dog.