I am going to write about two awesome stories I read. I will compare and contrast “Big Nate” by Lincoln Peirce and “Second-Grade Friends” by Miriam Cohen.photo credit: www.nationalbookstore.com.ph photo credit: www.scholastic.com

There are some similarities in these two fun stories.  Both stories are fiction and take place in school.  First of all, in both stories Nate from “Big Nate” and Jacob from “Second-Grade Friends” don’t like school. In both stories the boys had a writing assignment and didn’t know what to write about. Nate’s teacher says “Are you having trouble thinking of something to write about?” One of Jacob class mates said, “Close your eyes Jacob, what do you see then write about that”.  Nate and Jacob both thought they were bad at writing, but turned out they were pretty good. In both stories Nate and Jacob liked a certain girl and they got teased for it.

Although both stories have a lot of similarities, there are some specific differences. In ‘’Big Nate” Nate is in 4^th grade and in “Second-Grade Friends”, Jacob is in 2nd grade.  In “Big Nate”, Nate was always getting into trouble. Nate’s teacher was not happy again and told him to look up the word “insolence”. “Turns out insolence basically means acting like a brat,” Nate said to his friends Francis and Teddy. In “Second-Grade Friends”, Jacob does not get in trouble. His class actually rooted for him. “That’s the way Jacob! Everybody cheered.” In “Big Nate”, Nate’s teacher said “Today we will be finishing up our poetry unit. Mrs. Clarke announced.”  In “Second-Grade friends” Jacob wrote a story about Beavers. It was hard for Jacob to write the story, but his teacher said “Give yourself a pat on the back for fine work Jacob.”

In conclusion both stories were very exciting to read. I enjoyed everything about “Big Nate”. In “Second-Grade Friends” I enjoyed when a real author came into the class and talked about writing. My favorite story was “Big Nate” because the story and the character Nate were funny. Nate was always getting into goofy kind of trouble. It was also hilarious when Nate would write down silly names for all his teachers.

“Puppy Love”

By Aiden Parente

       This article I will write about is called “puppy love by Zachery Humenik. This  article is about starring into a puppy’s eyes an leads an increse in chemical called Oxytocin. Oxytocin helps  humans and dogs bond.

       Oxytocin is a cuddle chemical that increased when you look into a dogs eyes.”Oxytocin is a substance in the blood that encourage bonding.”(Humenik) Nawgassawa conducted a study that showed the longer you stare into a dogs eyes the cuddle chemical increases. “Humenik writes, dog to owner gaze sighificantly explained the Oxytocin change radio.”Back in the days wolves and humans stared to rely on each other when hunting.These wolves changed to dogs and it was the cuddle chemical that caused this bonding. Humanik  writes, “the wolves and humans stared to depend on each other. And they stared to bond with each other.”

           In conclusion bonding with a dog and human is called cuddle chemical really shows how doges and human can bond.

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“The Best Fantasy Stories”

By Aiden Parente

I am going to write about two awesome stories I read. I will compare and contrast “Dogzilla”  By Dav pilkey and “Rasing Dragons” by Jerdine Nonlen.

There are some similarities in these two awesome stories.Both stories are fantasy. First of all , both stories are fantasy. In both stories the characters like food. In both stories the characters make babies.In both stories the people afraid of the mane characters at first. Although both stories have a lot of similarities, these are specific differences. In Dogzilla “Dogzilla ” lives in city. In “Rasing Dragons” hank is a Dragon that lives in a farm. In “Dodzilla” the mice tried to stop Dogzilla from destroying the city. In “Rasing dragons” the gril tries to take care of the dragon but her parents won’t let her.In “Dogzilla” the mice stopped dogzilla with a big bath. In”Rasing dragons hank likes to take baths. In conclusion both stories were very exitesing to read.I enjoyed when the mice stopped Dogzilla and when the gril found the magicul egg in Rasing dragons.My favorite book was Dogzilla because the mice tried to stop  him.

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.                                            Moneyville

By Aiden Parente

Once in Moneyville ,

There was a boy name BuffaloBill.

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He was very wealthy,

and had a girlfriend named Chelsy.

And BuffaloBill asked her out,

Chelsy said no and pouted.

BuffaloBill asked why,

but she gust said I want pie,

Also wanted to fly.

She went so high,

up in the outer space,

and came back down,

in a fire ball.

Please can we go on a date.

chelsy said yes so they

went on a date,

at  a gate,

and opened the gate,

Then they ordered and got a quarter

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Enchanted Red Woods

By Aiden parente

I explored the red woods in Meir national momument park.The red woods were very quiet.I felt peaceful walking around the red woods.It felt like it was a ocean of trees.It felt like a soft cool wind banging against me.

The trails were made of cobble.There were big boulders,plants and moss on the cliff. I saw soft clubby chipmunks across the trail.I herd a few mysterious sounds.The beautiful sounds were the birds.

The sun was bright and shining through the trees. The red wood trees were humongous and toll. The trees smelled very minty.The red woods are very magnificent.

My favorite color is red and yellow.

My favorite food is stack rice and avocado.

My favorite animal is a bird.

My favorite fruit is a strawberry.

MY favorite sport is soccer.

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My favorite toys are legos.

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My favorite flower is a rose.

My favorite is 5000 awesome facts 2.

My favorite thing is to do at school is st math.

My favorite thing is to do with my family is watch TV.

By Aiden parente.

The most fun time in my life was when I went to Hawaii. I went with my sister, my mom, my dad, and my friends too. First we packed up to go to the airport. Then we arrived in Hawaii. We went snorkeling and we saw a Rainbow fish. Then we had chicken for lunch. We stayed two nights in a hotel. Then we stayed in a two story house on the beach. We played with my friends every day. We stayed for 8 days on the North Shore.

We did a lot of stuff in Hawaii. We went swimming in the ocean. Then we ate breakfast. Our friends left for home before us. My dad, my mom, my sister, and I packed up to go home. The next day we went to go to dinner at a golf course. We played fun games. Then we had dessert. It was ice cream. We went back to our hotel and went to bed. The next day we left to go back to San Diego.

1. Aaron Copland is one of America’s most popular classical composers.
2. He was known as “the dean of American composers”. photo credit: gulfporthighsingers.com photo credit:www.bbc.co.uk photo credit: press.princeton.edu
3. Copland’s music was sampled by the rock band Queen and used for the song “We will rock you”
4. His song, “Fanfare for the Common Man” has been played at sporting events and at political events like President Obama’s 2009 first election party.
5. The space-themed sound of “Fanfare for the Common Man” can be heard in the intros of the original Star Trek series, OLYMPICS and Superman and Apollo 13.
6. In 1964, Aaron Copland was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson.
7. In 1925, he received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a composer.
8. Aaron Copland is an Academy Award-winning composer
9. Aaron Copland was a teacher, lecturer, critic, writer, and conductor.
10. Most of Copland’s early exposure to music was at Jewish weddings and ceremonies, and occasional family musicales.
11. At the age of 11, Copland created an opera song called Zenatello, which was his first notated melody.
12. By the age of 15, after attending a concert, Copland decided to become a composer.

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3 Men

By Aiden Parente

It was a dark and scary night.There were 3 man who were hunters.They lived in a village made of iron that was in the middle of the woods.Their names were light, Death and sword.There was a magical bear that the men were hunting.The bears name was plasma.The man got split up.Light was walking behind some trees then the saw plasma.Light found sword.They  did not find death.Suddenly, the magical bear saw light and sword.Plasma chased them quickly until they claimed a tree.In the tree,Light brought out his bow and arrow and. Sword brought out his sword.Light shot the bear but the arrow bounced off of the bear.Death heard a loud roar! And Death rand trod it.

Death grab out his pistol and pulled the trigger.The. 3 man thought the bear was dead.But the bear was faking its death.The men jumped out of the tree.

Then the bear scratched Light. Then sword stabbed the bear in the head the bear was really dead

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Powerful Neptune

By Aiden Parente

Neptune is a powerful roman god. Neptune is the god of the sea. Neptune’s brother is Jupiter who is the king of all gods. Neptune is sunny and moody.Neptune’s trident in very magnificent.He also controls the water with it.Neptune also has aka chariot pulled by hippocampus.People are terrified  of him.

Neptune’s symbols are a trident and a horse.Neptune is very good looking.He has deep blue eyes and streaming green hair.He is often shown in mosaics,images and pictures. Neptune  sits on a sea chariot. People give him gifts to keep him happy Neptune is a mighty roman god.

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