Gianna

Disney World                          

Have you ever been to Florida? Would you want to go to a theme park in Florida? If so, I recommend going there. There are different parks with fun and scary rides, great food and more! . When I went I got delicious food, went on great rides including splash mountain, test track, soaring, and so much more. You might be thinking some theme parks are too far to get to, like in another country or on the other side of your country from where you live and there might be bad food, no fun or scary rides. If you want to ride a plane not that far, go on a fun vacation, and go on fun rides, Disney World is the place to go.

I think Disney World is a great place to visit. One reason is because at all the different parks and places, there are great food and drinks. In different theme parks, there are food stands. If you’re thinking that it isn’t very fun, it is so fun! Also, they sell yummy drinks. The sell lots of food including, ice cream, mickey mouse shaped pretzels, and so much more. All the food stands are scattered around each of the parks so it’s easy to get to them.

Another reason Disney is a great place to visit is because the rides are great. They are great because they have different varieties of rides. In Epcot the rides include space mountain, test track, soaring and so much more I can’t remember! In Magic Kingdom the rides include splash mountain, the seven dwarfs roller coaster, and so much more. In hollywood studios there are the tower of terror, the 9reat movie ride, and more.

A third reason Disney World is a great place to visit is because the hotels are cool. One hotel I have been to is a great hotel to stay at. It is called Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. When you get out of the airport, you sometimes ride this cool coach bus decorated with Disney things, it has a compartment on the side and close to the bottom that the put your luggage in and there is comfy seats and tv’s. Once you get to the hotel I’ve been to, you check in and they give you leis. If you want to get something downstairs, there is a cafe that sells food and drinks. They also sell ice cream! Do you like to walk on a nice trail to see things? There is a trail to see things. There is a lounge area that you can sit.

A last reason Disney World is a great place to visit is because the transportation is cool. From the hotel, there is a door that leads to a monorail. It loops around the area. There are places on the way around the loop. One morning my family and I went on the monorail and went to go to this restaurant that does breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also, it leads to the one of the parks. You might be wondering if the food is bad at places. It is very delicious! In some of the parking lots, there are sections that are named after the Disney characters. You can also get to Magic Kingdom from the hotels by boat.

These are the reasons you should go to Disney World and Disney World is a great place to visit.  You should really go to Disney World before it’s too busy!

Daniel

Excerpt From

Lego

Introduction

Do you like to be proud of yourself? Do you like spending time building something beautiful? Do you like accomplishing things? Well Lego is right for you! Keep on reading on and you will learn everything about Lego!

Chapter 2: The History

The things you will learn in this chapter is the history of Lego and some fun facts.

The Lego Company was started in 1932. The original owner of Lego used to make wooden toys. In 1958, the first brick came out. By the 1960’s, Lego Duplo was launched. In 1978, Lego guys with movable arms and legs came out. Lego let McDonald's advertise them in 1984. In the 1990’s Lego was one of the world’s largest manufacturers and still is. In 2001 Lego released Harry Potter sets. These would be great for people that love Harry Potter. In 2010, Lego Ninjago came out with their spinner’s so you can duel with your friends. As you can see, Lego is always coming out with new ideas.

Fun Fact: Did you know that one time a boat was carrying lots of boxes of Legos? Then a wave crashed onto the boat and made all the boxes fall off, so the Lego pieces were lost in the water. If you are lucky you can still find some pieces on the beach.

Kosta

Excerpt From

Soccer

Chapter 3- Positions

Now that you have the equipment and you know the rules and how to play you need to chose what position is best for you. A position is a place on the field where a player scores or defends or does both. The player gets the position from the coach. One position that you might like is center front. There are two players in center front. Center front is the position that starts the kickoff and usually scores goals and rarely defends goals. If you are good at scoring goals you will be perfect for center front. Center front helps your team score goals.

Another position you might like  is center middle. Center middle is the position that is in the middle of the field and that usually scores goals and defends goals. If you are good at defending and you are good at shooting then this position is right for you. Another position you might like is center left. Center left is the position that is on the left side of the field  and does the same things as center middle, it scores and defends goals. If you like to be on the left side of the field and you are good at defending and scoring then center middle is the right position for you. Another position you might like is center right. Center right is on the right side of the field and does the same thing as center middle. It scores and defends goals on the right side of the field. If you want to be on the right side of the field and you are good at scoring and defending  center right is the best position for you. Center middle, center left, and center right helps the team score and defend goals.

Another position you might like is defense middle. Defense middle is the position that is in the middle of the back of the field. Defense middle is the position the usually defends goals and rarely scores goals. If you want to be in the middle of the back of the field and you are very good at defending the defense middle is the right position for you. Another position you might like is defense left. Defense left is in the back of the field and on the left side. Defense left always defends goals and rarely score goals. If you want to be in the back of the field and you want to be on the left side and you are good at defending the goal then defense left is right for you. Another position you might like is defense right. Defense right is in the back of the field and is on the right side. Defense right is the position that defends goals on the right side and rarely defends goals. If you want to be in the back of the field and you want to be on the right and you are good at defending the defense right is the best position for you.

The final position is goalie. The goalie is in the very back of the field and near the goal. The goalie always blocks the ball so it doesn’t go in the goal. It sometimes scores goals by punting the ball a long way. If someone hits the goalie they get a red card, if they hit the goalie but not hard then it is a yellow card. If you are good at blocking the ball from going in the goal  and you want to be in the back of the field then goalie is the right position for you.

Haley

My First Fast Ride Ever

“Roarr! Roarrrr!” I heard the engine as I was in line for Boulder Dash. When I got to the ride I was very afraid to go on, as it was the fastest ride at Lake Compounce  My mom said, “ If you go on, I will go on too.” I love fast things but not that fast. I was scared for my life. What if I threw up on the ride?

When I got on the ride my heart was pounding for my life. I was worried but my mom said, ’’ I will let you hold my hand”, and that made me happy.

When the ride was moving I was so surprised by how fast it was going. Also, the views and sights that the ride gave me were awesome. I could almost see the whole park!

It was so fast that I didn’t have time to think it was scary and instead it became really fun! The rollercoaster had a lot of ups and downs which made me dizzy. However, whenever the rollercoaster went up I got to see the pretty morning sky and beautiful birds chirping and flying in the trees. The air smelt like candy and popcorn, and even saw a fox in the woods.

I was so happy that I went on Boulder Dash. However, when the ride came to a stop I got really mad because I didn't want it to stop, I had had so much fun. I would have stopped getting mad if I could go on the ride again, but my mom said we had to leave to another ride. I wish I could have gone on that rollercoaster for another million times it was so fun. I will always remember how much fun I had at Lake Compounce. Next time when I come to Lake Compound I will be sure to go on Boulder Dash first. Happiness raced through my body. I couldn’t wait to go on again.

In the future, I don’t want to scream as much as I did and try to keep my hands up in the air for the entire ride. At that moment I was glad I had actually gotten myself to go on Boulder Dash, and didn’t think to much about anything else except what I was getting myself into.

Hailey

           

The Really Big Iguana

Me and Andrew dashed down to the beach I felt the soft sand rubbing against my toes I enjoyed the salty smell of the waves crashing on the beach. We were so excited. I hope we find a iguana today I told Andrew as we race down to the beach. “Yea we are here” I yelled. In the distance I could hear the waves crashing on the beach. I could not stand looking at the water as I jumped in the water I yealld whoho. As I got in I could taste the salt water in my mouth I was not happy about that.

As I was in the water I started to hear a loud noise It was as loud as thunder. So I jumped out of the water trying to be as quick as I can. While I was trying my hardest to get to Andrew I was hoping the eguna would not hear me.  

When I got to Andrew I whispered to Andrew “I think I hear iguana..” Me and Andrew tried to be as quick but quiet hoping to find one. the noise came from coco beach the restaurant (it is named after the beach) when we chased it Andrew realized that there was a hole in the patio. We had no Idea there was a hole in the patio. I tried to see if there was another hole. I shouted to Andrew “ I see another hole you guard that side and I will guard this side.” “good idea” Andrew shouted to me.  

“Hailey Andrew time for lunch” shouted my dad “ok” me and Andrew said in a frustrated voice. I was really mad “we are going to lose the iguana.” I told Andrew “but I am hungry.” “ I will look for the eguna when I eat lunch”.

When we had lunch I was keeping an eye out for the iguana like I promised Andrew. At first I thought I heard it and then I saw it creping away. I jumped out of my seat and started to chase it. Andrew knew what I saw by what I told him before. I will look for the iguana. he started to chase it too.

We followed it very curious I was done with lunch Andrew was done too. When we chased the iguana into a very stinky place. I did not want to go in I was disgusted by the spiders on the ground there was a big cave. I asked Andrew “ do I have to go in?” Andrew said “yes.” when I got in we did not see the iguanas any more we were so disappointed. Sundly I came up the best ida ida in the history of the inter world! I was going to stand on a tree to see better.

I hopped on the branch crunch crunch it made. It was heavy so it could hold me up. The tree was chipped, the coconuts were still on the tree. “I hope a coconut does not fall on my head” I told Andrew.

“Andrew it is no use I can't see it “ok you look over there and I will look over here.” there was a cave so Andrew looked in there. “DON’T GO IN!!!” I screamed to Andrew.  there was also a  fence that said do not enter.

Suddenly I looked up at a tree I could not believe what I saw I could not help myself I just had to I had to scream. “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!” My mouth would not close. Andrew asked “why are you screaming”? I heard him but I did not answer. I tried to close my mouth but I just couldn't. I did not know why my mouth would not close. I pointed up to Andrew and then he started to scream too but not as loud as me. Andrew dashed back to his spot to look for iguana’s. I did not go anywhere. I did not know what to do. I was so scared that iguana was about to jump on my head.

Me and Andrew started to dash out of the stinky place I was so scared I was afraid my heart would jump out of my chest I told Andrew,“I am never going to go in there again” me and Andrew both said at the same time. I wanted to go back to the hotel. But one day me and Andrew saw another iguana so we started to chase it but as we chased it we started to figure out where it was going to the stinky place.

“I asked Andrew should we go in?” It did not take Andrew a long time to answer. Right away he said “yes.” so I knew I had to go in. I really did not want to but Andrew really wanted me to do it so i had to do it. I tip toed in. I heard it I heard the iguana I looked up i could not blive my eyes the iguana was not there I realized it was just the sound of me stepping on the leaves I was relieved. andrew asked “why are you so scared” I did not want to answer that question. I was still scared at first but cepit an eye out for the iguana but Andrew said that “you will be fine but I reminded him what happened last time he said”the same thing “you will be fine” I finally had to say “ok” so we  chased and played in there for half an hour and nothing happend so we played in there after all.         

  

Christopher

Brave

Both Irene from Brave Irene and Elizabeth from  Paper Bag Princess are characters who show bravery. They both show bravery because they go through challenges.

There are many ways Elizabeth shows bravery. One way is she knocked on a dragon's door. Another piece of evidence is she tricked a dragon to fly around the world. This supports my claim because she could get really  hurt.

There are many ways Irene is brave. One ways is she went through a big snow storm  and she never gave up . Another  way she is brave because she went miles to a duchess house this supports my claim because she never gave up.

These are all my ways I know both Irene and Elizebeth show bravery. I think the lesson learned was to always be brave even if  it is hard so this is my opinion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Casey

Paper Bag Princess

In the story the Paper Bag Princess a princess tried to get a Prince back from a dragon. I think Elizabeth is brave.

For example she follows the dragon to his cave. She followed the dragon into the cave because he left a trail of bones. This shows that she is brave because the dragon can hurt her by breathing his fiery breath on her.  

The second piece of evidence is that she knocked on the door 2 times. The door at the cave had a big knocker. I think that she walked up to the door triumphantly, because I think that she thought in her her that she was going to save the prince. That shows she is brave because  she disturbed the Dragon two times.

My last piece of evidence is that she tired the dragon out. She asked the dragon to fly around the world ten times as fast as he could so that he would get tired. Then she asked the dragon to breathe fire, to make sure that if her plan didn’t work then she could escape. This shows that she was brave enough to tire the dragon out and smart enough to trick him.

These are  some of the reasons why Elizabeth is Brave.

Caroline

The Wave  

I raced down to the beach l could hear the waves crashing against shore. There was a faint scent of sea air. It was such a beautiful day. ‘’ Dad can I go swimming now?’’I asked,  Sure he replied setting up his beach chair.

As I looked into the crystal blue water in the distance I spied the biggest  wave of them all. I had butterflies in my stomach   a part of me wanted to stay on the beach and relax. I stared at it my eyes locked on the sight of it The wave was as  big as an elephant. I ran out as fast as I could my boogie board dragging behind me. Ia jumped on my boogie board and paddled til I had clear vision of the  huge  scary elephant size wave. My jaw dropped and my mouth would not close.  

I saw  the wave coming closer and closer my heart started to race.A trickle of fear ran down my back.   I couldn't  wouldn't move. I stared up at the  the huge scary wave. I felt in inch tall!

  I could barely breath I wanted to turn back to the beach but I new it was too late. So I closed my eyes at tight as they would  go. I held my breath. Whoosh I was rolled  into a summer salt

I washed up  on the hot sandy beach. I was breathing as hard as I could I opened  the my eyes feeling relieved I could take a breath.  

My legs felt like they were broken my arms felt like they were  sprayed I didn’t want to get up.I knew I would never forget this day the time, I got trampled by the Wave and I had a smirk on my face and I did not know why.

The End

Yu-Min

Excerpt from

The Quick Guide to Computers

Chapter 2- Computers Today

Since the days of the early computer, they have improved a bit. Screens, smaller sizes, and faster processing make up the computer of today. Today’s computer consists of a screen, a keyboard, and lots of wiring inside. All the wiring helps the computer process information and pass electricity. A screen is a transparent sheet that shows what the computer is showing.

These computers started to come about when the PDP-1 was released. It was one of the first computers with a screen. It looked like the computers you see today. It had a screen, and was small enough to fit on a desk! It also could use the screen to make graphic displays and animations.

“Hackers”, or programmers, helped make all the programs for computers. Back then, people still thought computers could only be expensive calculators. Hackers amazed them by creating many computer programs, from games to education tools to the internet! As the era of early computers faded, these new, modern machines came about. From the Mac to Microsoft computers, computers are as diverse as people are today.

Avery

Excerpt From:

Everything You Need to Know About Harry Potter    

Characters

In Harry Potter there are many characters that interact with each other. You are going to learn about some of them. One of the most important characters is Harry Potter. His  parents names are  Lily and James Potter. When Harry was 1 years old the evil Lord Voldemort came to kill Harry and his parents he killed James first and then he killed Lily. They were killed because at a pub Sybil Trelawney made a prophecy that a boy born at the end of  july would kill him . And then he tried to kill Harry but instead it put a lighting bolt scar on his head, instead of killing him. Now people call him “The Boy Who Lived” because he got struck with a killing curse but did not die from it.

The next important character that you will learn about is Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley.  He is a Pure-Blood  when he is from an all magic family and has no muggle ancestors. Also he is from a big but poor family they live on a farm. His dad works at the ministry of magic he is a loyal friend to Harry and Hermione but is very funny too. His brothers and sisters names are Bill ,Fred,George and,Ginny.

Now you are going to learn  about the smartest kid in Hogwarts Hermione Granger. She is Muggle-Born witch means she is born by non magic parents but she is a witch or wizard. She got her acceptance to hogwarts she went to Diagon Alley to find all of the spell books she could get her hands on. That is how she got so smart probably.

These next characters you will learn  about are some of the Professors at Hogwarts. The first one I will tell you about is the headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. He was the strongest wizard in the magical world he was the only person that Voldemort feared the most because he was so strong. In Harry’s 6th year he was slowly dieing because of a curse put on a horcrux he destroyed so he asked Snape to kill him. He died when he was 115 years old.

Now you will learn more about Snape . He was a double agent for the dark lord and had to kill Dumbledore to gain trust from the dark lord. During the battle of Hogwarts Voldemort  asked Snape if the elder wand serves him but snape lies. Because it belongs to Harry Potter because in the tower where dumbledore died Draco Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore, so the wand belonged to him but then In Malfoy Manor Harry disarmed Draco so the elder wand is Harry's. So Snape was killed by Voldemort's snake Nagini who bit him in the neck Harry found Snape and Harry saw the night that his parents were killed.

The last professor I will talk about is Hagrid. He is a half giant and half human Harry Potter meet him in the first year when he came to bring Harry to Hogwarts because Harry was a wizard. He is the keeper of keys and grounds  at Hogwarts.

Ashton

Excerpt From

All About Football   

Chapter 2- How You Can Score A Touchdown

Now you know the equipment you need for football. Now it is time to learn how to score a touchdown. To score a touchdown  first, the snapper needs to snap the ball to the quarterback. Next, defence tries to tackle the players on the other team that are trying to tackle their quarterback. Then, the quarterback throws the  ball to a wide receiver. After that, the wide receiver needs to catch the ball and run.  Next the defence on  that team needs to tackle anyone who gets close to the wide receiver. Finally the wide receiver needs to also protect himself so he does not get tackled. Last you score a touchdown.

Andrew

DETERMINED

One similarity between Irene from Brave Irene and Elisabeth from The Paper Bag Princess is that they both go on quests and are determined to reach their goals.

There are a couple of ways that Irene is determined. One way I know Irene is determined is when she sprained her ankle and kept moving on. This shows that Irene is determined to do it when she should have went to the closest house to get treated. Also when she lost the dress she kept pushing so that the duchess would know that she lost the dress. This shows she is determined because she could like whoops I lost the dress guess I’ll go home now but she didn’t.

There are a couple of reasons that show Elizabeth is determined. One way is when the Dragon burnt her castle and carried away Ronald she went to find something to wear and find Ronald even when she only found a paper bag. Another time in the book is when he tricked the Dragon to fly around the world twice and make him burn forests [and I bet she was scared just on how fast he could fly and how much fire he had and then she yelled in his ear].

But after all thay are different in some ways for instance Elizabeth went to get something and Irene went to give something. But they're both very determined and they both learned to never give up!

Madison

Excerpt From Cape Cod
Chapter 4: Fishing

You have already learned about Provincetown. Now in Provincetown there is a place in front of the pirate gift shop behind that building is a fishing place! Fishing is SO fun to do in Cape Cod. You could go fishing or as I would suggest squidding. Squidding is like fishing but you use the same materials like a fishing rod.  The only difference is that instead of bait you use a tiny squid hook. When you are ready, you reel some line out. Then stop and  put the pole on your  shoulder. Then while you are about to throw the line in the water, you flip the switch. Once it gets in the water,  you flip the switch back and wait for a big tug. Then reel and pull and reel and pull until you get a squid. PS you need a bucket.

Malin

Brave Irene

In the book Brave Irene, a girl named Irene goes into the woods to give the duchess a dress that her mom made during a snowstorm. My claim is that Irene is really brave.

One example that shows Irene is brave, is because she pressed against the wind that is trying to bring her home so she can't give the duchess the dress. This shows that Irene is brave, because it is really hard to walk pressed against the very intense wind.

My second piece of evidence showing that Irene is brave, is how she turned around and pressed against the the wind, which was telling her to go home. Irene snapped right back and said, “I will do no such thing like that.” I think Irene shows bravery because she showed both physical and mental strength.  

My third piece of evidence that Irene is brave is because the wind was lifting her into the air and Irene had to hop,skip, and go helter skeltering over the knobby ground. This supports my claim because it says this in the text but we used our own words.

I think that all of this supports my claim because she was going thru the woods in a snow storm. This is why I think Irene is brave.

Morgan

     The Paper Bag Princess

     

In the story the paper bag princess Elizabeth is trying to save  prince Ronald from the Dragon. I think Elizabeth is brave. I have some evidence to prove Elizabeth is brave.      

My first piece of evidence is when Elizabeth chased the dragon. I think that means Elizabeth is brave because the dragon could have burned her.

Another reason I think Elizabeth is brave is because she walked up to the dragon's door and knocked on the door and the dragon said I love to eat princess. But the dragon  said” I already ate a whole castle today”. This connects to the claim because the dragon could of eat Elizabeth all up.

The last reason I think Elizabeth is brave because Elizabeth went up to the dragons ear and said” HEY!  DRAGON” ! That shows Elizabeth is brave because the dragon could of got really angry and mad and could of burn Elizabeth.

These are the evidence why I think Elizabeth is brave. Throughout the book I think Elizabeth is brave.

Nathan

Space Mountain

“Please!” I begged.  “Can we go on Space Mountain?¨ “Alright.” Dad sighed. “The line’s gigantic!” Dad exclaimed.  It smelled like oil, because we were in front of a race track. I heard roaring race cars’ engines. Gabi, my sister, was with us because she was going on the ride too.  She was actually the one who recommended Space Mountain to me. I was so curious what it was like.  Was it fast?  Was it slow?  I kept asking myself these questions over and over, like a tape playing through my head.

“I’ll take Zach and Matt on some short rides while you guys go on this coaster.’’ explained our Mom. They left, and we were in line waiting…. and…. waiting.  It was kinda dark and kinda scary inside. The building was a ginormous, round, dim dome. We were halfway through the line, when l got bored out of my mind. But luckily, we got to a part where there were arcade games on the wall. Gabi and I played them all to pass the time.

Then, WE were at the front of the line, and my heart was pounding. I was so excited!  I climbed into the coaster, pulled down the safety harness, and it made a “putt putt’’ sound. Suddenly,  the coaster lunged forward, and we disappeared into the darkness of space. The ride zoomed left, then right, then left and right again. I got the answer to my question. Space Mountain is super fast!

Ahead, I spotted a tunnel, and it made a horrible “reek” sound. I was frozen scared and annoyed,  because there were even more tunnels after that one. Horrible, flashing, red tunnels. Thankfully, the ride was almost over.  But, there was a big curve, and it had the coaster heading straight for a huge piece of solid metal.  I started to panic!

We were about to hit the metal when “whish”, the coaster miraculously swerved and stopped. The ride was done. “THAT… WAS...AWESOME!” I screamed. We met back with my Mom and my brothers. They said they had gone on the Winnie the Pooh ride three times while we were inside of Space Mountain.

“It took us soooo long.” I mumbled to myself.  And, I was exhausted! We finally headed back to our parked car. It was super hot, inside and out,  just like an oven!  I thought to myself,  I am taking a nap when I get back to the hotel, but I fell asleep before we got there. What a great day!

The

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