It hasn’t been a long time since I last writen, but since the end of the school year is ending we have been in crunch time. Our last project for Encore Tech was what our favorite memories from Avoca were. We first wrote a skit with our memories then we took photos of the memory then we put it in a Imovie. Then I recorded the skit in it. Enjoy!My memory

By James Patterson

Blurb by Jason

Are you the type that loves books with a sense of crude humor, action, sci fi, and slight romance? Then this is the book for you. “Fang” is about a flock of mutant humans who are 2% bird and are trying to save the world from an apocalypse and they have some progress and put some mad scientist who are trying to control the world into jail. In the flock is Max(17 years old) the leader, Fang(17 years old)second leader and is in love with Max, Iggy(17 or 16 years old) a blind but brilliant chef and knows how to make bombs, Nudge(12 years old) an African-American who can hack computers, Gazzy (7 years old) is and Bomb expert, and Angel(7 years old) who can control minds breathe and talk to fish and wants to be leader.

Max is in Africa, an his helping the refugees in Africa, but she finds out that a crazy doctor has been experimenting on them and they could heal themselves. Max is outraged, but Angel is delighted and thinks that the doctor is amazing. The doctor follows the flock and threatens them and tries to convince them that there only chance of survival is with him. Angel with her amazing skills says that Fang will be the first to die. Will the doctor go to such extremes to kill Fang? Read this marvelous book to find out.

In Library class we’ve been reading poems with our Kindergarden buddies and we chose our favorite poem, Wild Strawberry, from Shel Silverstien, from the book ” Light from the Attic”.  We recorded the poem on Garage Band and then we  uploaded on our blogs. Then we illustrated the poem and we put it in GarageBand.

.Wild Strawberrry

For the past 3 months our grade has been making science fair projects to further our knowledge of the scientific method. We first had to chose a worthy experiment that we can learn from. I chose “Which Wing angle will permit a plane fly the longest, 155º wing angle or 175º wing angle?”  I then gathered supplies (Right Flyer Kits (2) ) and wrote my procedure. After that I built the tail, the stabilizer, and the rudder as well as the wings for the 175º angle.  I was ready to fly the plane with both wings because the wings can come off the fuselage. I found out that the 155º wing angle flies about 10 seconds better than the 175º wing angle.

Once my experiment was done, I typed up my conclusion and then print and pasted my headings, procedure and materials onto the display board.

I learned a lot from this experience and I enjoyed every part of it. I learned how to write a good conclusion.

Thank you for reading my project and have a good day.

Esperanza

By: Pam Munoz Ryan

Blurb by: Jason

Esperanza Rising is about a rich and kind young lady named Esperanza. Esperanza was having a wonderful life and she was about to have her birthday, but her father died. Esperanza life was changed forever. First her uncles who treat her like a ghost get to own the land, second of all her house is burned down and the uncles are suspected for the crime. Scared and confused, Esperanza  flees to America with her family and some former servants, and along the way Esperanza goes on a very cheap train ride to the American- Mexican border. On the train ride Esperanza is disgusted on the conditions and the passenger.  Esperanza learns a valuable lesson along the ride,  the rich help the rich while the poor help other who have less. Equipped with this knowledge, Esperanza thinks twce before rejecting a peasant. When Esperanza reaches America, she goes  on a truck and meets a girl who lost her dad in the Mexican Revolution named Marta. Then she reaches a work camp and is welcomed  warmly by Miguel’s (her best friend and servant) family. Then Esperanza learns how to be a good worker and how to be like a peasant or servant, like cleaning, babysitting, farming, and etc. Esperanza mother soon gets valley fever and Esperanza sees that her mother needs Abuelita(her grandma). So Esperanza works in the fields and gets lots of money, but one day strikers strike about the working conditions and Marta was among them, but the Immagration Services send them back to Mexico. One of Miguel’s cousins, Isabel helps Esperanza get used to living a life of  peasants and they become friends. One day Miguel and Esperanza fight about hope and being on the same side of the river.  The next day, Miguel disappears and so does Esperanza tresured money she saved for Abuelita arrival. Miguel returns and brings a special guest, Abuelita! Then Esperanza teaches Isabel how to crochet.

By: Carl Hiassen

Blurb by Jason

Are you the type of person who enjoys mystery, humor, and family? Then Flush is right for you. Flush is about a man named Paine Underwood who cherishes the Florida Keys and will not stand for  people who will destroy its beauty. This time he went too far and ends up in jail for drowning Dusty Muleman’s casino boat because supposedly Dusty deposits human waste into the ocean. Paine’s wife is near the edge for filing a divorce. Noah Underwood, Paine’s son, is determined to prove his dad’s reason for his exaggerated act. Will Paine lose his family and reputation or will he be proven right and become a great father. Read the story to find out.

Our grade has been working on poems and so to wrap up our project we made an iMovie file with pictures about the poem from KidPix TM and a Garage Band podcast with our voice recording our poem. Also this poem was created by me.

It is called “My Fish”.

ENJOY!

Poetry Book

By: Sonya Hartnett

Blurb By Jason

On a cool spring morning in France, two sisters, Coco and Marcelle, discover a soldier in the woods. The first World War raging not so far away, the soldier is a deserter and is blind from battle, trying to steal away home through the dark and unforgiving world. The helpless soldier becomes their only concern, and their precious secret. Every morning the sisters treat him to a satisfying “feast” and give him scarves, socks, and etc. In return of the girls hospitality, the soldier tells them heartbreaking stories. With some help from their brother and a family friend, the girls watch him safely cross the Channel to his home and grieving family. The soldier meanwhile enchants the girls with stories about bravery, loyalty, and courage- all linked to a minuscule treasure in his pocket…. a Silver Donkey.

I personally found this book heartwarming yet saddening. All in all this book is a great book and I highly reccomend this book to other kids who like friendship, historical fiction, and suspense.

By:Jason

My marvelous miniscule fish

died of a mysterious cause

and became a delightful dish

to the bear’s feroious claws.