I read a nonfiction article about scientists saying that if Catalina sinks, it could lead to an underwater landslide. They were saying that every five years Catalina sinks one millimeter. And they also took underwater pictures of Catalina, and they said the one side was sinking more than the other.

One thing i never knew about Catalina, was the island was sinking 1 millimeter every year! Now i know that Catalina island could sink in 3 million years! If Catalina sinks, it could lad to landslides and that means a tsunami.

One sentence that really stood out to me was this one, ” if an underwater landslide happens again, there could be trouble.” I chose this sentence because if a tsunami happens, it would be terrible. and the tsunami would likely head towards the coast around Los Angles, long beach, and the orange county coast.

The one on the very top is about life as a slave on the plantation, and the one on the bottom is about life as a free slave.

This quarter I learned about piano maestro, an app where you can learn thousands of different songs. Here is my video and picture of me getting a perfect score on my song! I had a really good time playing on this app!

I chose the article College Is Important To Basketball Players for non-fiction. This article explained why basketball players didn’t go to college.

 I chose a sentence that i really thought, stood out in the text. It said, ” When you finally get time off, it’s like, do you want to go to school or actually spend time with your family? I chose this sentence because it’s always hard to decide whether you want to get your college degree or your family, and basketball players are always so busy anyway. I did viewpoints for the second activity. I chose the color yellow because some of the basketball players were going to take classes this coming fall. I drew a happy face because i love how Spencer Hawes [basketball player] was one of the only players on the Los Angles Clippers that finished college on his team.

Have you ever had a best friend before? Best friends are always there for you when you need them. In Wonder, Summer is a great example of a good companion/friend.

First of all, Summer is a very compassionate, and loyal friend. For example, even though Summer has never met August, she asked if she could sit with him at lunchtime. And the fact that she did that, was just wonderful.

Secondly, Summer is very brave when it comes to speaking up. For instance, all the time kids ask her why she hangs out with August. According to the text, Summer said, ” No. I’m friends with August because I want to be friends with him. Summer doesn’t care what people think of her hanging out with August

Finally, Summer is very honest, and straight-forward to people. For example, when Summer wasn’t supposed to tell Jack anything, she told jack a small hint of why August was mad at him.

In conclusion, i think Summer would be a great friend in real life. Best friends are a very important part of people’s lives. They are always there for you when you really need them.

Wonder summary:

August has gone through very difficult times.August became friends with jack again and its back to normal. On the other hand via has a boyfriend named   Justin. Jack got detention for punching Julian in the face because he said that august was a freak. But on the bright side everybody is treating august better every day. He fells like a regular student. Justin and via have a school play and she doesn’t want august to go. Because she’s afraid people will spread rumors about him. honestly Via docent want to know that she has a brother with a different looking face.

Novel update:

I would least want to play in a dramatization as Julian. I wouldn’t want to play as him because all he does is bully August and Jack and leave dumb notes in their lockers. If I were Julian i would want to be really nice to everyone and to be a bully. And I would be in the group where august is between not popular and popular. I would be august’s best friend. Also i would appreciate what I have instead of being really, really, selfish. I would also be Sumer, and Jacks best friend. That’s how I would play as August. I would be the complete opposite of Julian in the book Wonder. 

In my class we are reading a book called Wonder. The book  is about a ten year old boy named August who has a deformed face. his parents want him to go to school but he is not sure if he wants to. But before august goes o school he gets a tour of it. But theres a kid named Julian who likes to bully him. But on the bright August made a new friend with a kid with Jack Will. August goes to school and sadly, gets bullied by Julian. Julian said August looked like Darth Sidiuos. August got sick to his stomach when Julian said that. August loves wearing masks, thats why he loves Halloween.Because nobody stares at him the just think he’s normal.

Novel update:       August got stared at a lot by some girls in the cafeteria. August did not pay any attention to them and ate his cheese sandwich for lunch. Then a girl named Summer asked if she could sit with him and August said yes. And summer said August and Summer are similar because August is in/near Summer. Then Summer  said lets make this table the Summer table and we will sit here every day. After that summer started to write down all the names in the school that she knew seemed to be similar to the name Summer. And August hopefully will make a new friend. 

The European exploration was all about exploring and finding unknown land. The European exploration was also very similar to the Renaissance. Lots of people wanted to explore, like Christopher Columbus, and Marco Polo. Marco made a book called the travels of Marco Polo! His book inspired more people to explore. The europeans did not have fruits and vegetables. They salted their meat for long term storage. But after a while it was not very appetizing. So they wanted something to spice up their food. Marco Polo never really found the Spice Islands but he did explore a lot of land. The did not get sugar until the late middle ages. They didn’t have potatoes, tomatoes, corn, bananas, chocolate, peanuts, strawberries, blueberries, or pineapples. All those foods were unheard of!

The article was about the reporter talking to Rick Rordian [the author] about the book Percy Jackson The Blood Of Olympus. Rick talked about how he based the book of his son. Because in the book Percy has ADHD and also has dyslexia. Ricks son has ADHD and dyslexia to. That is sort of how the main character is based of Percy Jackson.the reporter also asked did he always want to be a writer and who inspired him. Basically they were asking rick a bunch about his book. And what book was he going to make next.