Egypt Xtranormal

I created my first xtranormal video!

The School Story

The School Story, a 244 page book by Andrew Clements is about Natalie and her best friend Zoe. Natalie writes a book, but, since her mom is a publisher, she doesn't want special treatment. She hires Zoe as her "find a good person to give the manuscript too" lady. Natalie finishes her book, and comes up with a new name, so that her mom doesn't know that it is her. In the end, her book is published, and it is revealed to her mom that she is the author of this new book at her author's party.

Frindle

Frindle by Andrew Clements is a 112 page book about Nick Allen, who creates a new word. He pursued it through news reporters, the obnoxious elderly, and sentence after sentence of the same thing: I am writing this sentence with a pen. Every so often, though, everyone would write "I am writing this sentence with a frindle. 
He was neither a good student not a bad student, just a creative boy who (almost) always manages to ask questions that put off daily homework. Frindle is the story of a question so good that a war between teachers and students begin. 
Can YOU figure out what the word "frindle" means???????

Me playing the Clarinet

This is me playing Mary Had a Little Lamb on my clarinet

A Song

Just a really funny song I heard.......
Letters to the President

Quotes I ran Across

Kindness is more important than wisdom, 
And the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom
-Theodore Issac Rubin


Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, 
But today is a gift, that's why we call it "the present"
-not quite sure


If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes
-Andrew Carnagie

Calvin Crest

To start off, camp was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I did the paddle-boats, archery, the zip line, and went to the store during free-time, and they all were fun! My favorite class? I am having trouble choosing between Survival, Orienteering, and the Group Initiatives class- they were all so much fun!!!!!! The food all great, but my favorite meals would have to be:

Breakfast- The "brunch"----- Cinnamon rolls, cereal, and the apple muffins

or

French Toast, cereal, and that cranberry punch

Lunch-  Chicken Marranera(or was that a Dinner????)

Dinner- Pizza!!!!!!! 

Overall, I liked that there was a salad bar at lunch and dinner..... It was a good salad bar, too.......

6th grade camp was a great experience, and if I could go back, I most definitely would!!!!!!!!

Music

I  created a playlist for the scrip thing.......
My playlist

The Magician's Nephew Book Project

For my Magician's Nephew book project, I chose to do the soundtrack. For each song, there must be an explination:
Claro de Luna: Absolutely perfect for The Wood Between The Worlds. It is dreamy, calming, and music that makes you want to fall asleep. Played at a MP, It is just quiet enough to not overpower the silence, but shows that this is not a place to be afraid of.
Symphony No. 9: Charn!!!! It is eerie, frightening, and worrisome, and a place that anyone with any sense would want to leave immediately. It's power almost grows, as the tension builds. The crashes here and there could represent the falling buildings.
Crux Fidelis: Traveling from the Wood Between the Worlds to another world, or a world to the Wood Between the Worlds. Although it has words, it is soft and lighthearted. It is warm, and could almost be written to go with the traveling scenes.
Allegretto: The Growing of Narnia. It is perky, happy, and although it is not song-like, Aslan wanted Narnia to be a pleasant place, not a dark, depressing place, like Charn. The positivity is overpowering.
Carol of the Bells: (my personal favorite, if I may say so) ONLY THE FIRST 32 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!
A perfect fit for when Digory's mother was gradually getting better. It is happy, but like the music was improving the mood, or in this case, Ms. Kirke's health.

Overall, The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis was an amazing book, that is recommended to everyone!!!!
I look forward to finishing the series!

The Sea of Monsters

The Sea of Monsters is a 279 page book by Rick Riordan. It is the 2nd book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Percy goes on a journey to rescue his friend, Grover from an evil Cyclops. Originally, Grover goes in search of the golden fleece, because Camp Half-Blood is at risk of being over-run by Titans, and in order to save the camp, they have to find the Golden Fleece and put it on Thalia's Tree. In the end, the fleece is placed, and the camp is saved..... for now...... This book is recommended to anyone interested in Greek Mythology.

Magician's Nephew

The Magician's Nephew is a 202 page book by C.S. Lewis. It is about a boy named Digory and a girl named Polly and the adventures thrown their way. I truly enjoyed reading about a set of magic rings, two antagonists, and lion named Aslan, creator of Narnia. This is most definitely recommended to everyone!!!!!!

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

         The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a 178 page novel written by Stephanie Meyer. It is the story of all of the newborn vampires in Eclipse. It is mainly about Bree Tanner, one of them, who has to keep on her toes at all times. Throughout the entire book, Bree is hiding, fighting, or cowering in her corner behind the couch in fright. She never had the choice whether to be changed or not, and could have lived a perfectly good life if not been for the selfishness of Victoria, the creator of them all. Bree finally meets someone who she can relate to, someone who needs a friend almost as much as her. Then, after a relationship is forged with a not-so-newborn named Diego, it is broken down. Diego goes on a hunt and never comes back. The war between the newborns and the Cullens begin, and Bree is killed. During her short-lived second life, she was extremely adamant to stay alive.

         Bree Tanner was extremely adamant to stay alive. Not only did she spend most of her time hiding behind "Freaky Fred," who had the power to repel others, so saved her life in many instances, but also constantly was running away to "hunt," just trying to get away, to save her life. Bree was leaving quite often to go with Diego, her new-found friend, who was the leader/trainer of all the newborns for a long time. Bree Tanner was extremely adamant to stay alive during her short second life.

My Scratch account

Hi there! I have had a scratch account for a while, and I think I figured out how to link it. 317hopie

Breaking Dawn

*I just finished Breaking Dawn! It was 756 pages and written by Stephanie Meyer. I absolutely loved it!!!!!!

                *Can only read 1 book by this author, and I already read mine. Does not count for bleet pages! (for me anyway)

Percy Jackson- The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson- The Lightning Thief is a 375 page book by Rick Riordan. I thouoghly enjoyed reading about all of the twists and turns going on in the first book in the Percy Jackson Series.

A Joke

Just a joke I ran across....... :-)


Teacher: Peter, if you had one dollar and then asked your father for another one, how many dollars would you have?
Peter: One dollar.
Teacher: You don't know your arithmetic.
Peter: You don't know my father.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner- part 1 summary

Hope #32                                                                                                                                             Reading

        In The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a 178 page novel by Stephanie Meyer, It tells the story of all the newborn vampires in Eclipse. Through the entire story, they train for war, because they worry that the Cullens' will take over Seattle, and the newborns will have nothing to feed on. In the end, the Cullens' and the new vampires go to war, and all of the newborns are killed. The Cullens' keep their life, their territory, and their human-friend's life, which they value greatly.

My Song

The song I chose is "Make New Friends." I chose it because I have sung it at every Girl Scout meeting since 1st grade.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner