1. Don’t act like someone you’re not
I have had the experience of being bullied and teased but that is not a reason to act like someone you’re not (it doesn’t help). I learned that the hard way. I was afraid to stand up for myself and just be me.
2. Treat others the way you want to be treated
You may not always want to be kind to everyone but it is a good habit to develop and you won’t have a lot of the weight of negativity dragging you down. Also, when you come to a point in your life and you don’t know how to react, just remember you should think of others’ needs before you think of your own.
3. Listen don’t talk
Listen to others and don’t ignore them. When someone is telling you something that they want or need you to hear, you should respect them and treat their words with care. That way when they’re done you can help them with serious attention and courtesy.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Drama
Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
Reviewed by Olya
Drama by Raina Telgemeier is a very good but some what challenging book. This book will take you to a world that you would never imagine could really happen.
Callie is in love with theatre, and when she heard that they were doing Moon over Mississippi for the school play she could not wait to audition, but she couldn't really sing. She was determined to be apart of the school's play. So she decided to be the set crew designer for the Drama program at their school. She was planning to make a prop better than ever. It also had to stay under the budget. On her journey through middle school she met two brothers who she thought were kind of cute and also learned that one of them was a little different. She and her friend Liz took a little adventure into the school basement, where there was a little surprised. The show was coming up quick and the ticket sales were going down slowly, she had to make a brand new prop, she had a crush on a boy, and let’s not forget all the Drama that is going on outside of school as well. Things are crazy now but when show day comes it is about to get crazier!!!
I love how Drama is organized, and formatted. It is not hard to pick up or understand. I love how Raina Telgemeier has all of these great ideas that she just pulled out of her back pocket, just kidding I know even not as a writer, writing a book is not that easy. Her Illustrations are so detailed and unique.
I think this book is great for people all ages, but I feel for adults it would be to easy. I love her and Drama and I can’t wait to read the other books in her series
by Raina Telgemeier
Reviewed by Olya
Drama by Raina Telgemeier is a very good but some what challenging book. This book will take you to a world that you would never imagine could really happen.
Callie is in love with theatre, and when she heard that they were doing Moon over Mississippi for the school play she could not wait to audition, but she couldn't really sing. She was determined to be apart of the school's play. So she decided to be the set crew designer for the Drama program at their school. She was planning to make a prop better than ever. It also had to stay under the budget. On her journey through middle school she met two brothers who she thought were kind of cute and also learned that one of them was a little different. She and her friend Liz took a little adventure into the school basement, where there was a little surprised. The show was coming up quick and the ticket sales were going down slowly, she had to make a brand new prop, she had a crush on a boy, and let’s not forget all the Drama that is going on outside of school as well. Things are crazy now but when show day comes it is about to get crazier!!!
I love how Drama is organized, and formatted. It is not hard to pick up or understand. I love how Raina Telgemeier has all of these great ideas that she just pulled out of her back pocket, just kidding I know even not as a writer, writing a book is not that easy. Her Illustrations are so detailed and unique.
I think this book is great for people all ages, but I feel for adults it would be to easy. I love her and Drama and I can’t wait to read the other books in her series
Monday, October 23, 2017
Here are a few rules that I live life by.
Rule #1:
The first rule I live by is always be you!
What I mean is wear what you like to wear and never let people tell you
that what you are wearing is ugly. If you think it’s cute, then wear it!
Don’t wear something because you fit in with the crowd.
Rule#2
Live your life for you! Don’t let others
dictate for you how you should live your life. If people have an opinion
or judge your life, don’t allow them to stop you from living your life.
Rule#3:
Love yourself first! If you don’t love
yourself and who you are, how can someone else love you?
Rule#4:
Always have faith in God. You should allow God
to love you and realize that he loves you, your kids and your entire family.
Rule#5:
Eat healthy because when you eat healthy, you
live longer. You also have strong muscles and bones and you can prevent
from facing certain health issues as you get older. If you have a healthy
body, can enjoy activities in life.
Rule#6:
Help others when they need help if you can.
No matter if the help is big or small and do not expect man to reward you
for your good deeds. God will bless you and give you the proper reward.
Rule#7:
Family comes first not matter what and you
should love your family unconditionally!
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Star Crossed
Star Crossed
By Barbara Dee
Reviewed by Regan
For my book review, I will be reviewing the book “Star Crossed” by Barbara Dee. I chose this book because I love Shakespeare and stories written about his work.Also I found it interesting because there are very few books that are have LGBTQ+ kids in them, bisexual characters are especially rare.
So the book starts out with the main character Mattie going to a Halloween party with her friends. She is wearing her little brothers Darth Vader costume so she can hide her voice and face. She has to hide them because she wasn’t invited to the party but her friends convinced her to sneak in to see what her crush, Elijah was doing. While she’s there, she goes up to the kitchen where she meets Gemma, an English girl who goes to her school and who elso ends up being her co-star in their 8th grade play, Romeo and Juliet. (Mattie is Romeo and Gemma is Juliet) The more time Mattie spends with Gemma, she realizes she might just have a crush on her, but is confused on weather it is okay to have crushes on boys and girls. They go through with the play and all goes well and afterwards, they go to their Valentine's Dance.
I loved this book because I think the characters were written very realistically, each character has their flaws and good traits. Also the plot was interesting enough to where once I started reading I didn’t want to stop until I got to the end.
This was my review of Star Crossed by Barbara Dee, I recommend anyone that likes Shakespeare or books about kids in middle school trying to figure themselves out. This book could be helpful for people of all ages and I think it’s a book everyone should read at one point in their life.
By Barbara Dee
Reviewed by Regan
For my book review, I will be reviewing the book “Star Crossed” by Barbara Dee. I chose this book because I love Shakespeare and stories written about his work.Also I found it interesting because there are very few books that are have LGBTQ+ kids in them, bisexual characters are especially rare.
So the book starts out with the main character Mattie going to a Halloween party with her friends. She is wearing her little brothers Darth Vader costume so she can hide her voice and face. She has to hide them because she wasn’t invited to the party but her friends convinced her to sneak in to see what her crush, Elijah was doing. While she’s there, she goes up to the kitchen where she meets Gemma, an English girl who goes to her school and who elso ends up being her co-star in their 8th grade play, Romeo and Juliet. (Mattie is Romeo and Gemma is Juliet) The more time Mattie spends with Gemma, she realizes she might just have a crush on her, but is confused on weather it is okay to have crushes on boys and girls. They go through with the play and all goes well and afterwards, they go to their Valentine's Dance.
I loved this book because I think the characters were written very realistically, each character has their flaws and good traits. Also the plot was interesting enough to where once I started reading I didn’t want to stop until I got to the end.
This was my review of Star Crossed by Barbara Dee, I recommend anyone that likes Shakespeare or books about kids in middle school trying to figure themselves out. This book could be helpful for people of all ages and I think it’s a book everyone should read at one point in their life.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
reviewed by Simone
Stanley Yelnats is put under a family curse caused by his no-good-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather Elya. This curse was put on for all of his descendents of the Yelnats family. Because of Elya, Stanley is put in Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is a boys’ detention where young men such at Stanley build character by spending almost everyday digging holes that are exactly 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep.
Stanley realizes later after being at Camp Green Lake for about 5 weeks that the Warden is making the boys dig holes because she is trying to find something. But why is this special thing under a dried up lake? Stanley decides that himself and four other boys. ZigZag, Squid, Zero, and X-ray. Investigate and try to figure out what the Warden is trying to get, and why is it so important.
Holes is a very interesting book with mysteries coming out of every corner. Suspicion about character and what they’ve done to get to where they are now. This book gives a brief definition of mystery, temptation, crime, and redemption. Holes is a very good book to read if you're into trying to find out clues or trying to figure out an answer to anything. The strengths of this book is that it gives good vocabulary for its readers which are mainly Junior High and it helps the readers understand and imagine what's going on by the way the characters acts, and their way of life. But the book is goes off the road in the middle of the text and tells about earlier acts that lead onto what happens the next chapter, so if you're not into those kind of books do not read this one the book goes off to different scenes or different parts of the story and leads on to what is coming up next.
In my opinion this is an amazing book to read and I advise anyone who is into anything like this book to read it. Louis Sachar is a great author and has a great imagination. In conclusion my review over this book is that it's an amazing book and it’s really good to read it's really good for imagination or just thinking out of the box it's a very good book two think ahead of other things but that is my book review over the book Holes by Louis Sachar.
by Louis Sachar
reviewed by Simone
Stanley Yelnats is put under a family curse caused by his no-good-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather Elya. This curse was put on for all of his descendents of the Yelnats family. Because of Elya, Stanley is put in Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is a boys’ detention where young men such at Stanley build character by spending almost everyday digging holes that are exactly 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep.
Stanley realizes later after being at Camp Green Lake for about 5 weeks that the Warden is making the boys dig holes because she is trying to find something. But why is this special thing under a dried up lake? Stanley decides that himself and four other boys. ZigZag, Squid, Zero, and X-ray. Investigate and try to figure out what the Warden is trying to get, and why is it so important.
Holes is a very interesting book with mysteries coming out of every corner. Suspicion about character and what they’ve done to get to where they are now. This book gives a brief definition of mystery, temptation, crime, and redemption. Holes is a very good book to read if you're into trying to find out clues or trying to figure out an answer to anything. The strengths of this book is that it gives good vocabulary for its readers which are mainly Junior High and it helps the readers understand and imagine what's going on by the way the characters acts, and their way of life. But the book is goes off the road in the middle of the text and tells about earlier acts that lead onto what happens the next chapter, so if you're not into those kind of books do not read this one the book goes off to different scenes or different parts of the story and leads on to what is coming up next.
In my opinion this is an amazing book to read and I advise anyone who is into anything like this book to read it. Louis Sachar is a great author and has a great imagination. In conclusion my review over this book is that it's an amazing book and it’s really good to read it's really good for imagination or just thinking out of the box it's a very good book two think ahead of other things but that is my book review over the book Holes by Louis Sachar.
Monday, October 9, 2017
The 7 Rules of hard working individuals
1. Study: You need to study items, courses, and objectives. You’ll
need to know more than others to be accelerated in the subject.
2. Challenge yourself: If you don’t challenge yourself you’ll be going
in circles, which means you are going absolutely nowhere.
3. Limits: Your limits are only as far as you can go. If you can go on
for a couple of miles, then go a couple of miles.
4. Extend: You should always extend everything you do to get more
limits beyond the first. You can extend grammar, math, maps,
absolutely anything.
5. Defy the Odds: You should think of what others might say. Well
ignore it, that will slow you down from getting different possibilities.
6. Ignore the Disrespectful Statements: If you do extend something
to much and you, and others, know it, then ignore the statements about
it, not ignoring the disrespectful statements means that you will make
work easier, so you won’t get far as where you used to be.
7. Double your Time: When you do something again you could double
your time. If you double your time then you would do a lot more than
you thought of. You will go twice as far, and work twice as hard.
-Brahm
need to know more than others to be accelerated in the subject.
2. Challenge yourself: If you don’t challenge yourself you’ll be going
in circles, which means you are going absolutely nowhere.
3. Limits: Your limits are only as far as you can go. If you can go on
for a couple of miles, then go a couple of miles.
4. Extend: You should always extend everything you do to get more
limits beyond the first. You can extend grammar, math, maps,
absolutely anything.
5. Defy the Odds: You should think of what others might say. Well
ignore it, that will slow you down from getting different possibilities.
6. Ignore the Disrespectful Statements: If you do extend something
to much and you, and others, know it, then ignore the statements about
it, not ignoring the disrespectful statements means that you will make
work easier, so you won’t get far as where you used to be.
7. Double your Time: When you do something again you could double
your time. If you double your time then you would do a lot more than
you thought of. You will go twice as far, and work twice as hard.
-Brahm
Thursday, October 5, 2017
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green
Reviewed by Petra
I read the book The Fault in our Stars, and it was possibly one of the best books I have ever read. This book is about Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters battle with cancer. The two meet at a support group and they became good friends, which soon turned into being boyfriend and girlfriend. When they first started dating Augustus was cancer free, while Hazel had to have oxygen almost all the time. Augustus took Hazel and her mother to Amsterdam where they were going to meet the author of An Imperial Affliction. They had a very fancy dinner the second day they were in Amsterdam and the author Peter Van Houten of an Imperial Affliction paid for their dinner.
Peter seemed very nice for spending a good amount of money for their dinner so they thought that he would be very nice according to this and the many letters they had both separately sent to him. The next morning they were going to his house and hazel had dressed up like anna from the novel hoping that it would please Peter. They both went to Peter’s house and his assistant lead them where Dr. Van Houten was sitting. The whole purpose of going to see him is because Hazel wanted to know the futures of the characters after the book ended. Peter refused to answer her questions and made some very offensive about their disease and appeared to be drunk which really upset both of them. It was so offensive that his assistant started crying and quit and kept apologizing to them.
They eventually left because they couldn’t take it anymore and Hazel was crying because of this. After that Augustus promised that he would finish the book for her. Hazel noticed that Augustus seemed more tired and worn out recently which made her very nervous. The next day he sat her down and told her that the cancer was back and he started to cry. Hazel had never seen him cry before. Augustus had already told her family which he apologized to her for that because he didn’t want to ruin Amsterdam for them. They left Amsterdam the next day and Augustus was getting worse by the day. Hazel went to his house everyday which really cheered Augustus up.
All he seemed to do now was sleep and Hazel was right by his side. A few weeks later, Augustus Waters died. Hazel and her family and the Waters family were so upset and depressed, hazel didn’t see the point to live anymore. The day of the funeral there were lots of people that Augustus knew that she had never met. She said a beautiful speech she wrote for Augustus which moved people to tears. Although she would miss Augustus terribly he was always in every ones heart. There are still a lot of great things that happen in this book but that would be way too long. I highly recommend this book it is a beautiful story and will make you want to read it over and over.
By John Green
Reviewed by Petra
I read the book The Fault in our Stars, and it was possibly one of the best books I have ever read. This book is about Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters battle with cancer. The two meet at a support group and they became good friends, which soon turned into being boyfriend and girlfriend. When they first started dating Augustus was cancer free, while Hazel had to have oxygen almost all the time. Augustus took Hazel and her mother to Amsterdam where they were going to meet the author of An Imperial Affliction. They had a very fancy dinner the second day they were in Amsterdam and the author Peter Van Houten of an Imperial Affliction paid for their dinner.
Peter seemed very nice for spending a good amount of money for their dinner so they thought that he would be very nice according to this and the many letters they had both separately sent to him. The next morning they were going to his house and hazel had dressed up like anna from the novel hoping that it would please Peter. They both went to Peter’s house and his assistant lead them where Dr. Van Houten was sitting. The whole purpose of going to see him is because Hazel wanted to know the futures of the characters after the book ended. Peter refused to answer her questions and made some very offensive about their disease and appeared to be drunk which really upset both of them. It was so offensive that his assistant started crying and quit and kept apologizing to them.
They eventually left because they couldn’t take it anymore and Hazel was crying because of this. After that Augustus promised that he would finish the book for her. Hazel noticed that Augustus seemed more tired and worn out recently which made her very nervous. The next day he sat her down and told her that the cancer was back and he started to cry. Hazel had never seen him cry before. Augustus had already told her family which he apologized to her for that because he didn’t want to ruin Amsterdam for them. They left Amsterdam the next day and Augustus was getting worse by the day. Hazel went to his house everyday which really cheered Augustus up.
All he seemed to do now was sleep and Hazel was right by his side. A few weeks later, Augustus Waters died. Hazel and her family and the Waters family were so upset and depressed, hazel didn’t see the point to live anymore. The day of the funeral there were lots of people that Augustus knew that she had never met. She said a beautiful speech she wrote for Augustus which moved people to tears. Although she would miss Augustus terribly he was always in every ones heart. There are still a lot of great things that happen in this book but that would be way too long. I highly recommend this book it is a beautiful story and will make you want to read it over and over.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Children of Eden
Children of Eden
by Joey Graceffa
Review by Alia
“Children of Eden” is a spectacular novel showing how a girl that didn’t exist to other people, for sixteen years, finally goes out and discovers the world.
Everyone in Eden lives a happy life in the inner circle where no second children or any harm can get to them. In the outside world it is poisoned and everything has been destroyed by man made disaster. This is why Eden is so protected by security.
Rowan has been living in her house for sixteen whole years not being able to go outside since she is a second child. She finally adventures going out to the world of Eden. She had a great time, made a new friend, but then the night leads to misfortune. She soon gets hunted from the Greenshirts and is now on the run.
Joey Graceffa’s storytelling is very creative. He has an imagination so full of ideas that it makes the readers feel like they are actually in the book.
There’s Rowan who is a second child and wants to see the world, her brother Ash who gets to live a normal life and tell Rowan all about his life experiences. Rowans mom and dad who also care for her and try their best to help Rowan get to a normal life. Then there is the Greenshirts that are kind of like security chasing second children and any bad thing that comes in the way of keeping Eden safe.
Joey gives an adventure full of great imagination. This novel will make you want to keep reading more and more if you feel like diving into a mysterious world of Eden.
by Joey Graceffa
Review by Alia
“Children of Eden” is a spectacular novel showing how a girl that didn’t exist to other people, for sixteen years, finally goes out and discovers the world.
Everyone in Eden lives a happy life in the inner circle where no second children or any harm can get to them. In the outside world it is poisoned and everything has been destroyed by man made disaster. This is why Eden is so protected by security.
Rowan has been living in her house for sixteen whole years not being able to go outside since she is a second child. She finally adventures going out to the world of Eden. She had a great time, made a new friend, but then the night leads to misfortune. She soon gets hunted from the Greenshirts and is now on the run.
Joey Graceffa’s storytelling is very creative. He has an imagination so full of ideas that it makes the readers feel like they are actually in the book.
There’s Rowan who is a second child and wants to see the world, her brother Ash who gets to live a normal life and tell Rowan all about his life experiences. Rowans mom and dad who also care for her and try their best to help Rowan get to a normal life. Then there is the Greenshirts that are kind of like security chasing second children and any bad thing that comes in the way of keeping Eden safe.
Joey gives an adventure full of great imagination. This novel will make you want to keep reading more and more if you feel like diving into a mysterious world of Eden.
Monday, October 2, 2017
8 Habits of a Happy Kid
Habit 1- Failing is Always Okay
I love it when I fail. It makes me learn more, I learn from my mistakes. I grow my brain
more and do better next time. I learn from my mistakes and feel more confident
because I know I can do better next time.
Habit 2- Be Respectful to Everyone
You can say anything to anyone and ruin their day, or even make them have a low self
esteem. I always like to watch what I say and how I say it. I treat others how I want to
be treated.
Habit 3- Be Happy ☺
Always be cheerful. I think one smile or compliment to someone can brighten their day.
Habit 4- Never say “Can’t”
Never say you can’t do something that's possible. Work for it until you get it. I try my
best and practice because once I practice I CAN do it.
Habit 5- Be Different
I think being different is good. My style is unique and different from so many other
people. As long as you act as yourself, you're perfect.
Habit 6- Read More
Reading grows the mind and engages readers into stories of other people. I like that a
single book can do that and it makes me want to read more and more. When I’m
reading and get to a word I don't know I check the dictionary and find new words.
Habit 7- Be Confident
When you do something that makes you nervous, just go with the flow. I usually get
nervous and I take a deep breath and just go.
Habit 8- Listen
Listening to everyone is important. You may not like what they’re saying but you still
should listen. Put your imput after theirs. I wait until others are done speaking until I
talk.
-Breyelle
I love it when I fail. It makes me learn more, I learn from my mistakes. I grow my brain
more and do better next time. I learn from my mistakes and feel more confident
because I know I can do better next time.
Habit 2- Be Respectful to Everyone
You can say anything to anyone and ruin their day, or even make them have a low self
esteem. I always like to watch what I say and how I say it. I treat others how I want to
be treated.
Habit 3- Be Happy ☺
Always be cheerful. I think one smile or compliment to someone can brighten their day.
Habit 4- Never say “Can’t”
Never say you can’t do something that's possible. Work for it until you get it. I try my
best and practice because once I practice I CAN do it.
Habit 5- Be Different
I think being different is good. My style is unique and different from so many other
people. As long as you act as yourself, you're perfect.
Habit 6- Read More
Reading grows the mind and engages readers into stories of other people. I like that a
single book can do that and it makes me want to read more and more. When I’m
reading and get to a word I don't know I check the dictionary and find new words.
Habit 7- Be Confident
When you do something that makes you nervous, just go with the flow. I usually get
nervous and I take a deep breath and just go.
Habit 8- Listen
Listening to everyone is important. You may not like what they’re saying but you still
should listen. Put your imput after theirs. I wait until others are done speaking until I
talk.
-Breyelle
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