Reading responce :)

      In world geography, one of my assignments is to read a book. At first you may think, “A book? For World Geography?”

      Yes. There is a catch though, the book that we read has to be a historical fiction book. That means that it is a true story about somebody’s life. That one sentence makes it sound boring already. The book I chose to read is titled The Long Walk and the author and also the main character is named Slavomir Rawicz.

      In the book, he is sentenced to 25 years hard labor in Siberia, for being accused of being a polish spy. About the first third of the book is his journey across a bunch of snow, up to the labor camp in Siberia. The book is really slow, and I find it very hard to get through. It is not as if I am forcing myself through the book, it is just that I would much rather be reading a different book. ANY other book, as long as it’s not historical nonfiction. One thing that bugs me about the book is that he wrote it from memory. There will be parts that he will simply say ‘I cannot remember his name.’ or something similar to that. I did not like that at all.

       I probably will not recommend this book to anyone. But, this is coming from a girl who some of her favorite books are young miserable kids finding out that they are magical and famous. 

I used to think that...

o   I used to think that if I had my legs out from under the covers. Monsters would be able to get me.

o   I used to think grown-ups knew everything.

o   I used to thing that a manikin outside of a camping store was a real person.

o   I used to think that spiders weren’t scary.

o   I used to think 9^th grade was so old.

o   I used to think 100 word essays were a lot.

o   I used to think I was mature.

o   I used to think Oak canyon would be terrible.

o   I used to think that Lena and Lucksha were really cool names.

o   I used to think that Nick Killpack was the most annoying person in the whole entire  world.

o   I used to think that if you thought something rude about someone while you had your mouth open, it was just as bad as if you had really said it.

o   I used to think that the shows Powerpuff Girls, and Rugratts were entertaining.

o   I used to think that rubber bands were the worst weapons out there.

o   I used to think that jr. high would be worse than elementary school.

o   I used to think that it was bad to say swear words if you were reading out of the scriptures.

o   I used to think that we couldn’t possibly think of new things to invent, because we had already made everything.

o   I used to think that things would never change.

How to build a peanut butter and jelly sandwich :)

In order to build an amazing peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you will need the following ingredients:

            One jar of peanut butter

            One jar of jelly or jam

            Two slices of bread

           

            Once you have all you r ingredients, get open whichever drawer you keep your silverware in and get out one butter knife. Set that butter knife on the counter or table that you are preparing your sandwich on. Grab the jar of peanut butter. Put your hand flat on top of the lid, and close your fingers around the sides of the lid. Put your other hand around the jar part, and with the top hand, turn the lid left, and with your bottom hand, turn right. The lid will come off of the jar. Place both the lid and the jar on the counter. Get your butter knife, and hold it at the handle. Push it into the peanut butter, and slide it sideways while raising. Get one of the pieces of bread and set it out flat on the table. With the knife, put the peanut butter that was on the

 Knife on the bread. Smooth it around with the knife so that it covers one side of the bread.  

            Use the same process to open the jar of jelly. Get the jelly out the same way also. Again transfer the jelly to the bread by sliding the non-handle part horizontally on top of the bread. The jelly will go on top of the peanut butter.  Take the other piece of bread, and put it on top of the first piece of bread. It will go on top of the side that has peanut butter and jelly on it.

            Eat it. I am hoping you will at least be able to that without instruction. 

Vocabulary

Jaunty: easy or sprightly manor or bearing.

Surreptitious: obtained, done, or made by stealth.

Bobbery: A disturbance or brawl.

Pandemic: general, universal.

Fungible: being of such a nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable.

Spiel: a usually high-flown talk or speech

dictionary.com 

Reading responce :)

A while ago, I finished reading the book Warbreaker. The author that wrote this book is Brandon Sanderson. I absolutely loved every single minute of it! It was so good! The characters were so believable, so real. I felt myself constantly changing what I thought of each character. At first, I absolutely did not like Siri. I thought she was immature and annoying, though I did like her older sister, Vivenne (maybe it was just because she had a cool name).

            When I had read a few chapters into the book, I realized that I no longer disliked Siri. I had completely switched directions and then I did not like Vivenna! ). This happened with a few other characters also, but these two had the most dramatic change. Even so, I loved how the characters changed and progressed, even that meant betrayal for some of my favorite characters. He had everything set up perfectly, and it all made sense. There were no characters that you had to wonder why they were even part of the story.

            The plot of the book was just amazing, and there were multiple surprises around every corner. The ending was spectacular, and things happened that I never would have even imagined! I will admit, some things were kind of sad, but there were many happy things too. There was only one thing that I didn’t really like about the book, and that was that it switched viewpoints regularly. If I got caught up in one part of the story, I wouldn’t want to read the other parts.

            All in all, I really liked the book, and I would definitely recommend it to anybody.  

Nightmares

My breathing was becoming heavy, and every step I took was forced. I was barely pulling my self along when I fell to my knees. I sat there for a second before clearing my mind and crawling on my knees, as that was all I could manage. Time seemed to slow down around me, dragging me backward with it. I needed to get away, but slowly I found myself less and less able to. I wanted to, I just… couldn’t.

Finally, I found the strength to get back on my feet. Once again I started running. I closed my eyes as I rushed forward, feeling the wind in my hair. But as I opened them again, I realized I had gotten no further than where I had been when I fell. I felt devastated, and it only got worse as I turned and saw my absolutely worst fear. I couldn't make out the details, but I knew who it was. I let out an echoing wail as they slowly approached.

With a gasp I sat up in my bed. I buried my face in my hands as I tried to calm down. The dream had been so confusing, but at the same time it was so frightening. I had felt so helpless, only to find out it was my own imagination. My heart rate started to slow down, and I lay back down in my bed. Who would have thought such a warm, comfortable place could bring nightmares as soon as you fall asleep?

Vocabulary :)

Scapegoat: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

Scruples: a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

Fun in the snow :)

My absolutely favorite thing to do in the snow is stay out of it.  Don't get me wrong, I love the winter, but it's so COLD! If I could change any one thing about winter, I would make it just a tad bit warmer. Not too much warmer, just above zero degrees! I like looking at sparkling snow, and watching as it falls in little crystals from a cloudy sky, unless it happens to be falling on my head!

I have had many conversations about how we shouldn’t have snow, though usually they are as were trudging through the stuff in thirty layers of clothing, complaining just because we can. Being November, cold is quickly approaching, and the all too well known snow is coming with it. It feels like it is getting colder every day, and pretty soon the wonderful land of Utah will be a frozen wasteland. The only warmth in the world outside radiates from little hand warmers you stuff in your pockets, and the bus stop becomes a place of ice and snow, where you are forced to go to every morning at 7 o’clock, unless you can convince your parents to drive you to school.

There is a single week each year that I would really want snow, and that is the week of Christmas, because you have to have snow on Christmas! I wish there was snow on that week, and the rest of the year would go without any snow. But, alas, I live in Utah, and the weather would never agree to that.