Kate

 by Christina

                Kate is an energetic girl from The Good Master and The Singing Tree. She changes a lot as the time goes by, but she sticks to her mischievous ways.  She can never resist a challenge or a chance to prove a person wrong. Her story first started when she got the measles. After recovering, her father decided that some fresh air would do her good, so he sent her to his brother’s house to live with them for the summer. (Secretly, he had hoped that his brother would be able to tame the wild imp that was his daughter.) It turned out that Kate’s cousin, Jancsi, was at the receiving end of the first act that showed Kate’s ability to turn a simple horse into a wild beast with her terrifying scream, soon to be a famous act of hers.  Her next act was to show her ability to climb by going up into the rafter, and then showed her appetite by eating the sausages up in the rafters. That’s how the first day of Kate’s visit started.  But as time went by, she began to do a few of the tasks around the farm, and soon, she found herself helping with all the farm chores (except for anything to do with the pigs.) and learning to ride a horse. In The Good Master, Kate changed from a small, scrawny imp to a strong, sturdy, headstrong imp. But in The Singing Tree, the strong, sturdy imp realized she needed to stop her tomboyish acts and grow up. She stayed as stubborn as ever and always kept had a bit of an imp in her, but when her days as a little girl passed, she became a grownup.  In two books, Kate changed from a scrawny imp who always managed to get her way to a very (almost) respectable young lady.

Snow Treasure

by Debra
               After Hilter takes over Poland the adults of Riswayk Norway want to keep there golf from the Nazis. They reliend on the children to carry the gold to a boat so it would get to America.
               This was an interreting book, it was based on a true story so it;s even more interesting.

SOW chapter 7

by Debra
                 Marquis de Lafayette wanted France to become a republic again,but to end the revolution he decied to agree to a constitition manarchy. That was where they would have a king, but he would have to obey a set of laws.
                 In 1848 the new king fled France, so they began a second republic, and wrote a new consititution. This stated that France could vote for a president. The first winner was Louis-Napoleon Bobaparte, the nephew of Napleon.
                  On December 2,1851 he arrested 70 french leaders who disagred with his plans. He helped France write a new constitution, that made him president for 10 more years.This republic lasted only 5 years, now the second empire begun.
                  States were a German confericy, not a country, Otto Von Bismarck was determind to make Prussia the ruling sate of the German confederficy. He wanted Germany to become a country.
                  It was soon clear  that Bismarck was stronger than than the king of Prussia.
                  The German state of Austria attacked Benmark capururing the southern part. Prussia wanted to own this land, but when Austria disagreed they attacked them. Prussia won, Prussia also claimed the Northeats corner of France.
                  The second Reich was destructive.

SOW chapter 5

by Debra
The United States wasn't even 100 years old and it was already in a civil war.
        Abraham L, Linclon had been president the year before 1860, and in in 1860 states were allowed to choose wheater they were a slave state or a free state.
         A year after the civil war began Linclon said that all slaves would be free on Janurary 1,1863. Now the war was being fought to end slavery.
         On On April 9,1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered.

March 1^st 2012AD

Hi diary my name is Ellison, Diary there is an ability I have and I can write and walk and talk at the same time, I got it from my dad. I got you for Christmas from my dad and you are one of the two things left of him after the fire, but the other one I keep from my mother. It is a watch that you can travel through time with. I am having trouble in history in some Vikings and castles and so we are going to travel two places the first stop is Norway! Now I am going to set my watch to Norway 890 AD and enter.

Wow that was awesome, diary look it’s a village, wow the houses look…. well you can’t see so I’m going to have to explain it to you, the houses are either made with stone or wood, and all the roofs are made of straw, it would be horrible if there was a wildfire. Well I have to go now I have to save energy, bye.

March 2^nd 890AD

          Hi again diary. I am now approaching the women washing clothes to see if they are friendly, the just told me to get back to work near the longhouse with the other girls and so I am going there now, wow the other girls are nice they gave me some food and it is the best tasting stuff I have ever tasted what! And it is actually my most disliked food, venison. Well now I have to wash my dishes (the girls already did the dishes) bye.

March 3^rd 890AD

Hello again diary after a good nights rest and a good breakfast I feel much better. Today I am going to see what the Vikings do for work, now I’m going outside to see, whoa! Diary there are slaves here, they are chopping wood and their breaking a huge rock with their axes. I now need to help with the laundry which looks so much like old fashioned work, (I guess because it’s 890AD) diary I just heard that the men are going on a raid soon and I am going to see if I can go. They are thinking about it, they are thinking about it and they say I can carry the stolen treasure! Diary I am going on a Viking raid! This all is helping a lot! Oh the raid is tomorrow well I’ve had a long day tomorrow I go raiding, wait diary I hear the men saying they are going to leave at four without me I better sneak in the ship without them noticing bye Bye.

March 4^th 890AD

          Good 4:00 Morning diary the men woke me up at 4:00 coming in the ship (I slept in the ship)! Well I have a long journey ahead of me this is a huge ship it is about one twelfth of a mile! Ok diary after my nap on the journey that according to my watch was 2 hours we arrived and the raid is about to begin and it started some men are staying back to protect the ship and most of them are going to raid the small town gross I fell like puking there is blood everywhere the Vikings kill to get what they want ok I have to carry some stuff I might even help by going in the house and take some more things to carry, ooh my a golden locket I think they’ll want that and some golden goblets oh I don’t have any room to carry this stuff, I know I’ll use my backpack to carry more things anyway I emptied it at the village. Diary you wouldn’t believe the amount of stuff in there. Oh no diary they are burning this place down, with me inside! Better run to the ship so they don’t leave without me, WTYT (Write to You Tomorrow) Bye.

March 5^th 890AD

          Hello diary today I am going to go back home and I woke up at 3:00 so the Vikings wouldn’t see me and I am very tired. I just put all my stuff back into my backpack and it seems bulkier than when I first had it well goodbye Vikings. New York City March 5^th 2012 and enter.

          I’m finally back home and I was never so happy to be, and I’ll go to sleep for a while before my mom wakes me up for school. My mom just woke me u and she told me to unpack my backpack (she thinks I went on a trip to my grandma and grandpas house. Diary I left the gold in here I will be rich Wahoo! Well I have to go to school now, bye.

March 6^th 2012AD

          Hello again diary now I a not struggling with the Vikings anymore but that leaves me with one more history assignment. Right now I am  I am getting ready for bed right now and I’ll just set my watch tonight so I don’t have to in the morning I am laying on my bed with my backpack as a pillow, ok Europe, 1238AD and enter.

          Diary I was so used to doing enter after I put in the place and time, so now I am in Europe in my bed and thankfully my backpack came also. I now am going to travel to the wonderful castle ahead it looks like a four story castle and it is awesome with all the property around it well talk to you later, bye.

March 6^th 1238AD (Later)

          I finally got in and they had to search me all over for anything dangerous and they found the gold and thought I was going to sell it to the baron, whoever he is and they let me go and they even got me a bed to sleep in well I have to catch some sleep, good night.

          March 7^th 1238AD

          Well after a good nights rest I feel way better. Diary I think I see the king and queen coming up the road wow they are very nice to children like me they invited me into their cart and so now I could go into the keep, past the guards without them having to search me and figure out what a watch is and steal it from me. Well talk to you tomorrow, Bye.

March 7^th 1238AD (Later)

          The keep is awesome I have looked in every place except the dungeon (I am not allowed in it without a guard) and the barons room I am not allowed in without permission. Well I have to go to sleep. Bye.

March 8^th 1238AD

          Hello it’s me again diary, today Lady Alicia and Baron Gregory are taking me to town and it is awesome but bad at the same time, the awesome part is everyone is bowing to me and the bad part is that the place is dirty and it smells badly well I have to go now, bye.

March 8^th 1238AD (Later)

I am leaving          in a little while and I am saying my goodbyes to the baroness and so now I have to find my bed, found it! Ok, New York City, March 8^th 1238 and enter.

           I am so glad to be home again and I am tired, good night I have a long day of school ahead of me tomorrow bye.

March 9^th 2012

          I took a test on Europe and Norway today and I placed top in the class, I’m not trying to brag but most of the kids in my 4^th grade class missed over half the questions. Well diary I have to say goodbye for forever now I  ran out of pages so I will not be writing in you anymore bye diary.

Danielle

5/15/13

Reading

A Wrinkle in Time

            This book is my all time favorite. It is about a girl named Meg who is in high school and she has three brothers (one is 5 and the twins are 10⁾ and a mom, her dad mysteriously disappeared when the one that is 5 was three. Then one night everyone (mom Charles Wallace the 5year old and Meg) were in the kitchen when a woman appeared at their house and Charles said he knew her and he said her name was Mrs.Whatsit. The next day Meg and Charles were taking a walk when they met a boy a year older than Meg. His name was Calvin. He and Meg and Charles became friends. That night Calvin, Meg, Charles, Mrs. Whatsit, and two other people called Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, went on a journey to find Megs father throughout the galaxy by tessering, a way, through magic, of traveling through the galaxy at the speed of light. Their first stop was at a world where there was no living thing. There they met a person neither man nor woman whose name was the happy medium. There they ware shown what looked like a black powder crawling over the world. It was called the black thing. Then Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who said they couldn’t go with them to Camazotz Mrs. Who gave them instructions and told them never let the creatures  separate them. Then when the three got there they went to the central intelligence center

And Charles Wallace got captured and was being controlled like all the rest of the people on the planet but Meg finally figured out there was one thing that the ruler called IT didn’t have. It was love. Meg finally got her Charles Wallace back and her father and they went back home happily ever after……for now.

Journal wk 26 by Christina

Sunday, May 5

Today our family went to church. In the service, the Pastor’s wife, Lady Marva, preached. She talked about how when you don’t have something, be creative and use something else to fulfill the purpose of the thing you don’t have. If you don’t have money to pay the bills for light, live by candlelight. Be creative with what you have.

 Philippians 4: 10-13

I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.  I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Monday, May 6

It’s back to school! I have been working hard on my schoolwork, but I wonder if it is enough to finish everything. I certainly hope it will be. I wonder if i just have a lot of schoolwork to do. I read a very interesting story called snow treasure. In this story, a 12 year old boy named Peter finds his home invaded by Germans who hope to strip his country, Norway, of it’s hidden wealth and treasure. The citizens of Norway then turn to the children to smuggle the gold on their sleds to a ship ready to take it away. It is a book of courage and bravery that comes from even the smallest of hearts.

Deuteronomy 31:8

 The Lord himself will lead you and be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you, so do not lose courage or be afraid.

Tuesday, May 7

Today is American Heritage girls. Today we learned that in June, the group I am currently in, the Explorers, are going to have a backyard sleepover, but at the same day, the group I will be moving to, the Pioneers, are having a camp out. Seeing as I’m stuck in the middle, I can decide to go on the sleepover or go camping. It’s very hard.

Genesis 2:19

So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.

Wednesday, May 8

Today we went to Youth group. Miss J was talking about what Miss Marva was preaching about. Then we ere given notebooks and had to write what we thought they meant.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Do not worry about giving your thoughts to the Lord because he already knows.

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God will protect your heart and mind, and keep your soul clean from temptation and deception.

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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Stop thinking about the negative things in life, instead, think about the positive things, which will  leave to foothold in your heart for the devil to take control of your life.

The Weekly Petersburg

by Gloria

The Weekly Petersburg - the ONLY source for the latest news of the Russian Revolution.

Click here for the online version

(LA/History assignment - create a newspaper with a modern feel, but with news from the Russian Revolution)

Danielle

5/4/13

history

reveiw

From Pan and his pipes to the Phonograph CHOW ch79

          Today I am going to talk about musicians from 1000AD-1883AD. Have you ever wondered who made the notes Do,Re,ME,Fa,So,La,Ti,and  Do, it was made by a monk named Guy. Then in 1700 the real good musicians came, such as Handel, whose father wanted him to be a lawyer but it didn't work Handel became a musician. Did you know that Handel and Bach were alive around the same time and they both went blind when they were old. Then there was Mozart the four year old "Boy Wonder." Then a father named Beethoven wanted son (Beethoven) to be a boy wonder so he made his son practice till he cried, in this boys old age he went deaf which gave him a bad temper. Last but not least there is Wagner he lived till 1883 he wasn't the best but everyone still loved him.

   Lastly, did you know that you are lucky to have the opportunity to listen to these musicians whenever you want back then it would of been a dream.

Angel in the square: Review

By Christina

Angel in the Square is a heartwarming story about a girl named Katya, who lives in Russia. Her mother is a countess, and she lives a life of luxury in a mansion. But when the war against Germany comes, everything changes. Katya's mother becomes the Empress's lady in waiting, and as she meets new friends, things suddenly take a turn, and Katya finds herself locked up in the palace, surrounded by thousands of peasants, calling for the Tsar to resign. Then her cousin, Misha, gets taken to join the war. Will Katya be able to help her friends and the Imperial family as well as her own? will the angel in the square stand if Russia falls to Germany?

I liked this book. It had plenty of detail and plot twists, but not enough to keep the reader interested. I give this book an 8/10.

The Great Game

Gloria
History
Story of the World Book 4 Chapter 3, The Great Game
Dost Mohammed Khan ruled over Afghanistan, a country which people had been fighting over for centuries. Afghanistan was one of the barriers between the Russian and British empires. So, both empires wanted Afghanistan for their own. Eventually, Dost Mohammed Khan managed to drive both empires out, but died six weeks later.

That was a rare occurrence in those days. I took a lot of resilience and defence to defend a country against two of the worlds biggest empires at the time. I guess that shows that little people (or countries) can do big things.