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” TWO ANIMATED STORIES”
By Angelina Calabrese

I am going to write about funny stories I read. I will compare and contrast ”Ramona and her Father” by Beverly Cleary and “Ramona and her Mother” by Beverly Cleary.
There are some similarities in these two goofy. Both stories are fictional and pretty funny at the same time. First of all, in “Ramona and her Father” she helped by getting her dad to stop smoking. In “Ramona and her Mother” she helped by watching her friends pesty little sister. Another similarity is they both have a job situation going on. In “Ramona and her Father” Ramona father’s looses his job. In ”Ramona and her Mother” her father gets a new job. The third and final similarity is that they are in the same school year. In “Ramona and her Father” Ramona is in second grade and Beatrice aka Beezus was in seventh grade. In ”Ramona and her Mother” Ramona is still in second grade and Beesuz is still in seventh grade.
Although both stories have a lot of similarities, there are specific differences. In “Ramona and her Father” Ramona’s father loses his job. In “Ramona and her Mother” Ramona’s father gets a new job. In both stories the family’s mood is different. In “Ramona and her Father” the mood of the family is melancholic. In “Ramona and her Mother” the mood of the family is happy. In both books Ramona’s behavior is different, in one of the books she is more selfish. For example, in “Ramona and her Father” Ramona finds burs laying around and then makes a crown out of them and crowns her self. In “Ramona and he Mother” Ramona gives a girl at a party a Kleenex as a gift!
In conclusion, both stories were very exciting to read. I enjoyed when Ramona crowned her self. I also enjoyed when she was caring and gifted Kleenex. My favorite was “Ramona and her Father” because it gives you an important lesson.

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“Cool Cuddle Chemical”Angelina Calabrese

The article I will write about is called “Puppy love” by Zachary Humenik. This article was about staring into a puppy’s eyes leads to an increase in the cuddle chemical called Oxycontin. Oxycontin helps humans and dogs bond.

Oxycontin is a cuddle chemical that increases when you look into a dogs eyes. “Oxycontin is a substance in the blood that encourages bonding.” (Humenik). Nagasawa conducted a study that showed the longer you stare into a dogs eyes, the cuddle chemical increased. “The duration of the dog to owner gaze significantly expanded the Oxycontin”(Humenik). Back in the days wolves and the humans started to rely on the each other when hunting. These wolves changed to dogs and it was the cuddle chemical that caused this bonding. “The wolves and humans started to depend on each other”(Humenik). In conclusion, bonding with a dog and a human is caused by the cuddle chemical Oxycontin. Nagasaw’s study of the cuddle chemical really shows how dogs and humans can bond staring into each others eyes.

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“The Best Fantasy Stories” By Angelina Calabrese

I am going to write about two funny stories I read. I will compare and contrast, “Dogzilla” by Dav Pilkey and ” Raising Dragons” by Jerdine Nolen.

There are some similarities in these two fun stories. First of all, there both fantasies. In both stories the characters love food. In both stories the characters make babies. In both stories the beast are scared of at first.

Although both stories have a lot of similarities,there are differences. In “Dogzilla,” Dogzilla lives in a city. In “Raising Dragons,” Hank the dragon lives on a farm. In “Dogzilla,” Dogzilla hates baths. In “Raising Dragons” Hank loves baths. In “Dogzilla,” Dogzilla is a rucus. In “Raising Dragons,” Hank is a peaceful animal.

In conclusion,both stories were very exciting to read. I enjoyed how in “Dogzilla” the mice beat Dogzilla with a bath. My favorite was “Dogzilla” because Dogzilla has puppies.

“Pat The Cat’s Life”

By Angelina Calabrese

Once there was a cat,

And his name was Pat.

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Pat loves to dance,

With ants.

Pat was very fat,

He broke the chair in half whenever he sat.

Pat fell though the ground,

And landed in the pound.

Pat played with bats,

That turned into hats.

All that running around,

Turned Pat into a hound.

After Pat was a dog,

He turned to a hog.

When he was a hog,

He ate  a log.

Inside the log,

There was a secret blog.

Inside was the word “mending,”

What’s this, it’s  the ending!

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Mae Jemison

By Angelina Calabrese

• Dr. Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, AL in 1956.

• Her father was a maintenance worker and her mother was a teacher.

• Dr. Jemison was inspired by a Star Trek character named Lieutenant Uhura. She was an African American actress playing an astronaut on television.

• Dr. Jemison became a college student when she was 16, and graduated from Stanford University in California with  degrees in chemical engineering and African-American studies.

• She went on to study medicine at Cornell University Medical College in New York. She graduated in 1981.

• After graduating from medical school she was in the Peace Corps for more than two years.

• Dr. Jemison did research on vaccines used to prevent diseases while she was in the Peace Corps.

• In 1985, Dr. Jemison applied to NASA to become and astronaut, but she was not accepted on her first try.

• In 1987, Dr. Jemison was accepted into NASA as one of 15 candidates out of a group of 2,000. After completing her training with NASA she became the first African American woman astronaut.

• Her first journey into space was in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour.

•  One of her experiments studied how to cure motion sickness in space. It was successful.

• In 1993, Dr. Jemison left NASA and began teaching about space technology and developing countries at Dartmouth College.

• In 1994, Dr. Jemison founded an international science camp for students 12-16 called The Earth We Share (TEWS).

• Dr. Jemison was made a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

My Favorite Things

By Angelina Calabrese

1.My favorite color is red.

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2.My favorite food is an apple.

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3.My favorite place is my home.

4.My favorite animal is a cat.

5.My favorite fruit is an orange.

6.My favorite sport is dancing.

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7.My favorite toy is my tablet.

8.My favorite flower is a daisy.

9.My favorite book is Judy Moody.

10.My favorite thing to do in school is math.

11.My favorite thing to do with my family is go to seaworld.

” My First Trip To New York”

By Angelina Calabrese

My most spectacular time in my life was my trip to New York. In the summer,my mom,my brother and I flew on a plane to New York. We barely made it onto the plane. When

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we got to my mom’s house we unpacked. Then we went to bed. The next day we went shopping. After that we got ice cream in the city. The next week we went to work with my mom. My mom’s office was really big it had 2 arcades. After a week we flew back home. We were so sleepy we went to bed.

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“Caring Sally”

By Angelina Calabrese

Once there was a girl named Sally. Sally is a Viking. Sally lived in China.   Sally is a great helper. Sally is adventurous.

Sally loved her friends very much. Sally and her friends ate little pieces of candy. Sally and her friends had a puppy named Max. Sally and Max were the best of friends. Max was a big responsibility.

Sally took great care of Max. One day Max ran away but then Max came back by himself. Sally and her friends eventually they grew up and gave up on caring for Max together. Then Sally took matters into her own hands by taking care of Max herself. Sally and Max loved each other and they lived happily ever after.

“Amazing Juno”

By Angelina Calabrese

Juno is the most elegant Roman Goddess in the galaxy. Juno is the goddess of childbirth and marriage. Juno rules the skies. Juno is known as the “Queen of the Heavens”.

Juno’s home is Mount Olympus. Juno

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is very jealous of Jupiter having multiple wives. Juno is Jupiter’s wife and sister. Juno is the mother of Vulcan. Juno’s sister is Ceres. Juno’s symbol is a pomegranate as a symbol of married love. Juno is the most graceful Roman Goddess in the galaxy.

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“Dangerous Anacondas”

By Angelina Calabrese

Green Anacondas are the most spectacular snakes in the world. Green Anacondas are 20 to 29 long. Green Anacondas weigh 550 pounds or 227 kilograms. Green Anacondas are 6 meters long. Green Anacondas are 12 inches in diameter. Green Anacondas have their eyes and nostrils set on their while waiting for their prey.

Green Anacondas live in spectacular swamps. Green Anacondas live in South America. Green Anacondas also live in marshes and streams. Green Anacondas large size helps them swim fast, but are slow on land.

The female Green Anacondas are very amazing. The Green Anaconda will produce eggs inside her body. Green Anacondas eggs develop for 8 to 12 weeks and hatch inside the mothers body. Green Anacondas give birth to 80 tiny snakes.

Green Anacondas are different from other snakes. Green Anacondas are not venomous. Green Anacondas coil around their prey and squeeze it until it dies. Once a Green Anaconda see’s it’s target it grab’s the prey in it’s jaws.

Green Anacondas eat the strangest things. Green Anacondas spend most of their time in water hunting. Green Anacondas prey on fish,birds,tapirs,wild pigs,capybara and caim. Green Anacondas have been known to eat jaguars! Green Anacondas also take part in cannibalism.

Green Anacondas have many threats in their world. Green Anacondas are sometimes hunted illegally. The Green Anacondas greatest threat is the destruction of their habitat. Green Anacondas are the most interesting reptile in the world.