Wonder Essay #3

I think some important ideas for the book wonder by R.J. Palacio is to not judge a book by their cover. Another one is don't be a bully. A third one is to not think that someone is bad on the inside because they look weird on the outside. Wonder is a book about a boy having to deal with a facial disfigurement. Everybody has a bit of prejudice against him. Everybody likes him toward the end of the book to the finish. I think the theme of this book is don't judge a person by their appearance.

In the story, a bully named Julian always seems to pick on him. For example, in the chapter Lamb to the Slaughter, August and Julian were taking about Star Wars and Julian called him but didn't really call him Darth Sideous. This shows that bullies can do things to people that aren't that nice. August knows that "In Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Sideous's face gets burned by sith lightning and becomes totally deformed" . In the end, everybody (even Julian’s friends) like August.  In the book House of Robots by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, the bully Cooper Elliot is always mean to the main character, Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez. But Sammy usually ignores him. I wonder if Julian can make any other simalarities of August because of his face. Like Darth Vader. Or maybe Darth Maul. Lobot is also a possibility.

Also in the story, everybody was staring at August because of his face. For example, in the chapter Locks and in every chapter of Part 1, everybody is staring at him because of his face. This shows that everybody was judging the book of August by his cover. In part 6, everybody gets used to his face. In part 8, everybody in Beecher Prep Middle School really likes him. I bet that everybody will invite him to their birthday parties. They might also invite him to their Halloween parties. Maybe Christmas parties if they have them. In House of Robots, Sammy's mom builds a robot named E and everybody stares at him because he's a robot. But later in House of Robots, everybody (except Cooper Elliot, the bully) loves E because he's AWESOME!! He can do AWESOME stunts because Sammy’s mom uploaded sports videos onto his bionic chip the 1st time she had to repair him. I don't get why people can be so mean. Maybe something happened to them and they want to take it out on others.

By the end of the story, everybody is nice to August because he's really nice on the inside so nobody except Julian doesn't like him. For example, in the chapter Alien, Amos, Miles, and Henry defend him from some older kids who were making fun of him. They were calling him names like "Gollum! Alien! An orc!" and "Freddie Krueger". This shows that nobody is weird on the inside just because they look weird on the outside. In House of Robots, E is loved by everybody, and he is a robot. E is even liked by Cooper Elliot. Apparently, Sammy’s mom uploaded sports videos on E’s bionic chip when she had to repair him. That’s how he got the ability to do all these AWESOME stunts. Sammy stands up to Cooper Elliot in the end because he helped these people steal and disassemble E and Sammy was just protecting his brother.

The theme of this book is don’t judge a person by their appearance. That really comes into play for most bullies like Julian Albans and Cooper Elliot. In House of Robots, Sammy is also kind of a bully to E. I am also basically a bully to my own sister. Bullies always pick their victims because they're weaker than them. Stand up for yourself, and they might (and probably will) stop.

How To Make Pancakes (Crazy Food Combos #12)

Step 1: Find a Pan

Step 2: Find some Cake

Step 3: Mash them together

You get a pancake!!

Suessical Musical

"Places!" the director of Suessical Jr. told us. It was time for the first performance of Suessical the Musical Jr. and I knew that it would be awesome. I wasn't afraid. It was my 13th play (if you count operas. if you didn't, then it's my 11th) and it was surely the wackiest one. I think that this play was a little boring because I sat in the hallway with all the other Who Citizens and waited most of the play. By the end of Suessical, I was STARVING!! Luckily, my mom and sister helped me through my hunger. It was kind of fun.

Mark of the Dragonfly Literary Essay

If you find something that isn't yours, the right thing to do is to return it. That is what I think The Mark of the Dragonfly (cover of Mark of the Dragonfly) by Jaleigh Johnson (picture of Jaleigh Johnson) is about. The Mark of the Dragonfly is about a girl named Piper and her friend Micah. Piper finds a girl in a meteor (meteor) storm (thunderstorm) while Micah is hurt from a meteor. She takes the girl back to her house (She's an orphan) (Annie) and helps her because she had fainted in the caravan Piper found her in. She's trying to return the girl to where she lives (the Dragonfly Territories) even though that's the place that killed her father (bloody sword). As I said before, I think The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson is about doing the right thing and returning something that you find to where it belongs.

Early in the book, there is some evidence (Detective) that doing the right thing is crucial. Piper fixes a music box (jack-in-the-box) her friend Micah brings to her. She knows that it is the right thing to do, so she fixes (Hammer) it. For example, "'Look, you said to fix it, so I fixed it.' Piper said crossly. 'Stop bothering (noise) me and try it out.'" It works good as new and Micah thanks her (the reason he came to her is because she's the town's machinist)(Hephaestus, Greek God of The Forge). She also advices Micah who to sell the music box to. She also tells him who to sell a copy of "The Wizard of Oz" (yellow brick road) which she thinks "'Can't be a good story (Book) though-that picture doesn't make much sense.'"

Also in the story, in the fields (farmer), Piper finds a girl with the mark of the dragonfly. She knows that it's the right thing to do, even though she was under the protection of the man who killed her father , King Aron (A king), so she takes the girl to her house and starts cooking (frying pan). For example, "An arm fell across Pipers lap. With great effort, she held in a scream (a mouth)... And for the second time that day, Piper was checking for wounds." The reason that it’s the second time is because Piper was checking Micah for wounds (band-aid) (he also got hit by a meteor). This shows that Piper cares about all people (stick figure), not just herself.

A little (dwarf) later in the book, the girl reawakens and has a panic (screaming person) attack. For example, the author wrote, "'No, no, keep it away!' she cried. Her voice was terribly hoarse (a horse)-Piper could barely hear the words...'Listen, the scrapper (the Pokemon Scraggy) you're punching is the one who saved you!" Piper then begins cooking soup for her and Anna (frozen movie cover) (the reason Anna is called “the girl” in this section of the book is that Piper doesn’t know Anna’s name yet). This shows that she cares (a heart) about Anna and she wants to help her.

Always (the abominable snowman) return something that you've found. This is important everywhere. It helps maintain balance (balance scale) with the universe (black hole). If something is lost (the cover of knuffle bunny by Mo Willems) and you've found it, it's YOUR job to return it. The Mark of the Dragonfly (insect) helped me realize that.

How To Make a Sandwich (Crazy Food Combos #11)

Step 1: Find some sand and put it in a jar

Step 2: Find a witch

Step 3: Mash them together

You get a Sandwich!!

How To Make a Raisin (Crazy Food Combos #10)

Step 1: Try to fit a ray of Sun in a jar

Step 2: Find Zen

Step 3: Mash them together

You get a rai (the ray of sun) sin (the Zen) (Raisin is 1 word)

How To Make Almond Boneless Chicken (Crazy Food Combos World Edition #1)

Step 1: Take an Almond

Step 2: Take a Boneless Chicken

Step 3: Mash them together

You get Almond Boneless Chicken!!

How To Make a Chicken Nugget (Crazy Food Combos Special Edition #5)

Step 1: Take a Chicken

Step 2: Take a Gold Nugget

Step 3: Smash them together

You get a Chicken Nugget!!

How To Make a Banana Split (Crazy Food Combos #9)

Step 1: Take a banana

Step 2: Split it in half

You get a banana split!!

How To Make Popcorn (Crazy Food Combos Special Edition #4)

Step 1: Take some Faygo Redpop!

Step 2: Take some Corn

Step 3: Mash them together and you get Popcorn!!

How To Make Ice Cream (Crazy Food Combos Special Edition #3)

Step 1: Take some Ice

Step 2: Take some Cream

Step 3: Mash it together

You get Ice Cream!!

How To Make Grilled Cheese (Crazy Food Combos #8)

Step 1: Find some Cheese

Step 2: Grill it

You get Grilled Cheese!!

How To Make a Hamburger (Crazy Food Combos Special Edition #2)

Step 1: Take some Ham

Step 2: Mash it with any Burger

You get a Hamburger!! :)

How To Make a French Fry (Crazy Food Combos Special Edition #1)

Step 1: Find a French person

Step 2: Fry them

You get a French Fry! 

How To Make a Honeydew Melon (Crazy Food Combos #7)

Step 1: Take some Honey

Step 2: Take some Dew

Step 3: Put it in a blender

Step 4: Pour the newly created mixture onto a melon

You get a Honeydew Melon! :)

How To Make a Hot Dog (Crazy Food Combos #6)

Step 1: Take a dog

Step 2: Find a sauna

Step 3: Throw the dog into the sauna

Step 4: Take the dog out of the sauna

You get a Hot (dog in the sauna) Dog (the dog).

How To Make a Pineapple (Crazy Food Combos #5)

Step 1: Get a needle from a pine tree.

Step 2: Mash it with an apple.

You get a pineapple 

How To Make a Grapefruit (Crazy Food Combos #4)

Step 1: Take a grape

Step 2: Take any fruit

Step 3: Mash them together

You get a grape (the grape) fruit (the fruit) (this is actually supposed to be 1 word)

How To Make a Watermelon ( Crazy Food Combos #3)

Step 1: Take some water.

Step 2: Pour it on a melon

You get a water (the water) melon (the melon) (watermelon is one word)

How To Make a Strawberry (Crazy Food Combos #2)

Step 1: Take a straw

Step 2: Take any berry

Step 3: Smash them together

You get a straw (the straw) berry (the berry) (strawberry is 1 word)

How To Make a Kiwi Fruit (Crazy Food Combos #1)

How to make a Kiwi Fruit:

Step 1: Gather a bunch of your friends.

Step 2: Throw a key at them.

This equals a Ki (key) wi (we [a bunch of friends]) (Kiwi is one word) Every Single one of these has ideas from Gabe Hartzell. Don't try these at home.

Sonic the Math-Hog!...hog...hog...hog..hog...

A few days ago In math class (Dunn Dunn dunn!!), we were all working on multiplication problems. I was sitting next to my friend Gabe, who was flying through the math problems. I wasn't even on that page yet! Since there were SO MANY PROBLEMS in the 2 pages we had to do, Mrs. Roberts, our teacher said we only had to do the even number problems for the first page and the odd number problems for the second page. Gabe was flying through ALL THE PROBLEMS FOR THE FIRST PAGE. I had just got to the 2nd problem on the first page. I noticed Gabe had made a mistake on the 2nd problem of the 1st page just as I finished the problem. So I told him, "Gabe, I see a bit of a mistake on question 13. I'm pretty sure that the answer is supposed to be 333"
"Thanks" Gabe replied.
The very next day, also in math, we were talking about yesterday. We started joking around at how Gabe did problems at the "speed of sound". Then, we decided to give Gabe a nickname. This nickname was Sonic the Math-Hog (instead of Sonic the Hedgehog).

Pears (inspired by Michael Mathis)

Pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear pear chocolate milk.

Video Game Gladiators Battle #1

Not so long ago, in a world not so far away, there was an arena. In this said arena, there was a battle. This said battle was a SKYLANDERS VS. POKEMON battle. Each team had 6 and only 6 characters to choose from.  The first of the 6 battles was Wildfire (Skylanders fire type) vs. Kyogre's Primal Reversion (Pokemon water type). Wildfire started out with a weak Flamethrower which only did 3 damage (flamethrower = fire and Primal Kyogre = water). Kyogre used an origin pulse which is a water type move to take out Wildfire. Skylanders sent out Bushwhack (Skylanders Grass type). Bushwhack used Sunny Day to bring the sun out.  Kyogre used a weak Body Slam. Bushwhack used Solar Beam to take out the Kyogre (grass is super effective against water).


To be continued in BATTLE #2!!!

The Flu (Duhn-duhn-duhn!!)

I have bad news. I may or may not have the flu (aka influenza) so I may or may not be able to come to school tomorrow or the next day or wednesday (it's already wednesday. duhn-duhn-duhn!!). I hope I don't have the flu. My mom said at first (yesterday) that my cough that I've had since Thursday sounded like a sickness called croop. Now, the doctor said it was like the flu. Good news is, I finished the book I Even Funnier by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Finishing a book is really good. Even though I always read or leo, (spanish pronounciation pronounced layo).

Chunking To Imitate

Frying his body all day/, Jacob Johnson/got a horrible sunburn by afternoon/because the cheap suntan lotion from his brother/became a thin liquid/and dripped into the sand.

All kinds of vegetables,/from celery to fresh tomatoes,/were laughing or dancing or playing/in the salad bowl/, and the salad dressing /that was as quiet and unnoticed as the bowl itself, /suddenly giggled with glee.

Dad was on the riding mower in the afternoon/, cutting the grass/,bagging clippings/, mulching them to cover his plantings for protection.

SNOW DAY!!

Something awesome is happening. There could be a snow day tomorrow!! That seems pretty awesome but there's another side too. If there are too many snow days, cold days, or ice days there could be more school after school officially ends! It cuts too much time into summer break. If there is a snow day, I plan to test out my new snowboard on this HUGE hill in my backyard, which is the exact same hill as when I started sledboarding (see Combination Explanation).Then, I'd probably go inside and play some video games (cold weather affects my asthma). The spelling bee at my school is tomorrow, and I'm definitely NOT prepared.

Wonder Literary Essay 2

I think some important ideas for the book wonder by R.J. Palacio is to not judge a book by their cover. Another one is don't be a bully. A third one is to not think that someone is bad on the inside because they look weird on the outside. Wonder is a book about a boy having to deal with a facial disfigurement. I think the theme of this book is don't judge a person by their appearance.

In the story, a bully named Julian always seems to pick on him. For example, in the chapter Lamb to the Slaughter, August and Julian were taking about Star Wars and Julian called him but didn't really call him Darth Sideous. This shows that bullies can do things to people that aren't that nice. August knows that "In Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Sideous's face gets burned by sith lightning and becomes totally deformed" . In the book House of Robots by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, the bully Cooper Elliot is always mean to the main character, Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez.

Also in the story, everybody was staring at August because of his face. For example, in the chapter Locks and in every chapter of Part 1, everybody is staring at him because of his face. This shows that everybody was judging the book of August by his cover. In House of Robots, Sammy's mom builds a robot named E and everybody stares at him because he's a robot. But later in House of Robots, everybody (except Cooper Elliot, the bully) loves E because he's AWESOME!!

By the end of the story, everybody is nice to August because he's really nice on the inside so nobody except Julian doesn't like him. For example, in the chapter Alien, Amos, Miles, and Henry defend him from some older kids who were making fun of him. They were calling him names like "Gollum! Alien! An orc!" and "Freddie Krueger" This shows that nobody is weird on the inside just because they look weird on the outside. In House of Robots, E is loved by everybody, and he is a robot. Also, Cooper Elliot gets arrested for stealing E.

The theme of this book is don't judge a person by their appearance. That really comes into play for most bullies like Julian Albans and Cooper Elliot. In House of Robots, Sammy is also kind of a bully to E. I am also basically a bully to my own sister. Bullies always pick their victims because they're weaker than them. Stand up for yourself, and they might (and probably will) stop.

From Writing on paper to writing on the Internet

Yesterday, I got a literacy notebook from a nearby pharmacy. Today, I just wrote my first thing in it. It goes like this:


I need a literacy notebook for 1 main reason: WRITING WITHOUT THE INTERNET! This process is easy, so I haven't lost it writing these 40 posts on this thing (aka a blog, aka an Internet-needed literacy notebook). Basically, if an idea pops into my head when I can't get an Internet connection (aka wifi), I'll write it down in my notebook. Then, when I have an Internet connection, I'll write it down on my blog like I'm doing right now. It's basically copy and pasting from writing on paper to writing on the Internet.

New Pet's Day Part 2: Rudolph (Rudy for short) the Russian Tortoise

"Do we HAVE to go in? It looks scary." My little sister Ava whined as we pulled up to the Stingers Exotics Pet Shoppe. We were going to get my mom a tortoise. All of us went in. My sister asked the lady working there, "Do you have any animals walking around?"
"We have a tortoise."
 Ava freaked out even though I'm sure that the lady was joking because my mom and I never saw any animals walking around. My mom and I took Ava to the car and let her stay in there and watch The Chronicles of Narnia the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. My mom and I went back in. I asked, "Can I get 1 of the bearded dragons? Please?"
"When you prove you can be responsible with your fish."
My mom replied. A few minutes later, we were almost all ready to go. We had picked out a Russian Tortoise. We just needed to get the package ready. It was going to take about 20 minutes. So we got frozen yogurt from a nearby frozen yogurt store. When we came back Rudolph the Russian Tortoise was just about to become a Roessler.