Introducing Wonder

In class, we’re reading a book called Wonder. In Wonder, there’s a ten year old boy named August. He has a deformed face so he has some challenges along the way. He started his first day of school at Beecher Prep. In his home room, everybody had to say two things about themselves. August talked about his sister and his dog. The whole day, there was a mean boy named Julian that made fun of him so August kept his head down so nobody could see his face. There was a nice boy named Jack Will and August became good friends with him. Also during lunch, he met a girl named Summer that came and sat with him. They created their own table that only they sat at. August realized he was going to like school no matter what.

Novel Update – Describe an event in your own words.

“What about Darth Sidious? Do you like him?” asked Julian. Darth Sidious’s face gets burned by Sith Lightning and gets totally deformed. He knew exactly what he was talking about.” thought August. page 44. Julian has always been a big jerk to August. He was always making fun of August’s face. Julian was in front of a teacher so he had to disguise his mean question. August understood exactly what Julian was saying. The teacher didn’t understand that Julian was being mean which was his plan. August must be strong because after that, in English class, he said he still would love school even if Julian was a jerk to him.

European Exploration started with the Spice Islands. Two explorers named Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus wanted to find the Spice Islands. Marco Polo sailed with his dad and uncle, Maffeo and Niccolo Polo, and they explored Asia and China. Christopher Columbus thought he was in the Bahamas, but he was actually in North America. He claimed the land for Spain because he had to so Spain would sponsor his journey. Christopher Columbus ended up finding Native people in Europe. Marco Polo wrote a book about his discoveries and published it.  Christopher Columbus has his own day when he is celebrated for his discoveries. There were a lot of other explorers like Vasco da Gama who explored other parts of different lands and claimed them. European Exploration was a great time for Europe. They claimed land, traded goods, and discovered Indians!!!

I love holidays! I like all of them but I do have a few favorites. I love Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Easter. There are a lot of different facts and traditions behind all of these different holidays. Not everyone celebrates these holidays though. It depends on your religion.

HOHOHO!!! One of my favorite holidays is Christmas! Christmas is celebrated on December 25 every year. It’s celebrated by Christian’s and Catholic’s because it’s when Jesus was born. Were you wondering where HOHOHO came from? It came from Santa who is St. Nicholas. Santa has 9 flying reindeer and his sleigh. During the night before Christmas, Santa goes to every house on earth and gives you presents under the tree, and little presents in your stocking. On Christmas Eve, your supposed to put out cookies and milk for Santa to eat. Anytime before Christmas, you should decorate your Christmas tree with ornaments. Make sure to spend time with your family on Christmas!

BOO!!! Did you know there’s a lot to know about Halloween? Some people think Halloween has no background, but they are wrong. A long time ago, people only did haunted houses to get money. Now we do it for fun. Costumes used to only be black cats and witches because people thought it would scare evil spirits away. Halloween used to be called All Souls Day. Now kids go trick-or-treat around their neighborhood to get candy. Everybody wears all different types of costumes too. People still carve jack-o-lanterns because it’s fun. Make sure you go trick-or-treating with a parent!

Finally, it’s Thanksgiving and Easter! Thanksgiving is on the third Thursday of November. It is when the Pilgrims came to America. The foods that most people eat on Thanksgiving are turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, and pumpkin pie. On Thanksgiving, you eat a really big dinner. You could also do walks in the morning. We do Father Joe’s Turkey Trot. Easter is always on a Sunday in April. It’s also called Pasch. The week before Easter is Holy Week. On Easter, you can decorate Easter eggs, do an Easter egg hunt, have a picnic, have dinner, etc. The Easter Bunny goes to all houses with kids while your asleep and gives you presents or candy! Have fun on these holidays!

Clearly, these holidays are very amazing and cool. There are a lot of different facts and traditions behind these holidays. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Education is a passport to the future;tomorrow is for people who prepare for it today.”

          I think that means the future is going to be about education, so prepare yourself today for what your going to learn tomorrow. It kind of goes with saying “Do today what you can accomplish tomorrow.” Except with education. It also means that tomorrow is a totally different day that you have to get ready for. I chose this saying because it’s kind of identical to what my dad says everyday. The part that says “tomorrow is for people who prepare for it today.” Ways that we can prepare for tomorrow is study about it, make the world a better place by recycling, stop littering, or even stop bullies. All those things make the world better for the future. Out of the sayings for education that we got to choose from, this one was the one that stood out to me the most.

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The Renaissance is a time about change and rebirth. The Renaissance started in Italy. Before the Renaissance started, people were depressed and suffering with diseases. It was a rebirth of literature, music, art, science, and architecture. There were also a lot of helpful things like the printing press. Some important people in the time were Aldus Manutius who was a printer and Desiderius Erasmus who was a great scholar. More very important people are the still famous Michelangelo and the inventor Leonardo Di Vinci. The Renaissance was a very fascinating time.

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Once upon a time me and my mom were walking on the beach,

We saw a mermaid singing on a rock,

It sounded so beautiful we sang to,

It was a song when you mainly talk.

My mom loved the song the mermaid was singing,

I thought it sounded weird,

We found out it was a guy,

And that he had a beard.

We swam out to meet him,

We thought he had a tail and that he was aware,

But when we got there,

We found out he was only wearing under wear.

When we got there we were so embarrassed,

He had a chainsaw,

And guess who I found out it was,

MY GRANDPA!!!

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