free write 4 -1-16
Q: Pretend that you are a rain drop. describe what see during your adventure through the water cycle.
I bet you already know this but I am a rain drop. My name is Kevin. I have tons of adventures. I fly. I fall. I evaporate. My favorite adventure is the one that involves a dog. So here it goes. It was a cloudy day. I rose up from the sky. I felt so high. I then saw a cloud, I became the cloud. The next thing I knew I was falling. I was falling with some French, Brazil, and Spanish rain drops. I fell, and fell, and fell until I was on a dog’s nose! The dog started shaking and I flew up into the air.
Week 4 Blog Challenge Best 3 tourist attractions in the United States!
The first tourist attraction is Hershey Park. Hershey Park has amazing rides! Hershey Park is a family theme park. Don’t worry they have little kid rides too. They have 14 water rides and 13 roller coasters. Some of the roller coasters are Fahrenheit, Great Bear, Storm Runner, and much more. Some of the rides for young and old is the Ferris wheel, Monorail, and Sky view. Some of the little kid rides are Pony Parade, Merry Derry Dip Fun Slides, and the Mini Pirate. There are much more rides. Comment below if you have ever been there.
The second tourist attraction is The Grand Canyon. Did you know that the grand canyon is the 15th oldest national park? Did you know that the grand canyon is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile in depth? It was established February 26, 1919. You can get tours from the East, West, North, and South. They are excellent views. The North and South tours you ride in a helicopter. Sounds like fun! Doesn’t it? Comment below if you have been there!
The third awesome tourist attraction is Kanoebels. Kanoebels was born on July 4th, 1926. I can’t believe it has been 90 years since it opened! They have amazing rides. Like Hershey Park, they have younger kid rides and older kid rides. Some of the younger kid rides include, Pony carts, Sky slide, flying tigers, and so much more! Family rides can be fun. Some of the family rides include, Antique cars, Merry Mixer, Whipper, Italian trapeze, and so much more. The thrill rides (the older kid rides) include, Twister, wipeout, Phoenix, Impulse, Downdraft, Galleon, and so much more. By the way there are 2 water rides, Skalooosh, and the Giant Flume. There is also a campground. If you love Kanoebels so much and you want to go again then you can camp there. The campground is called Lake Glory. Comment below if you have been there. These are the 3 tourist attractions in the U.S that are the best in my eyes.
Week 2 Blog Challenge ~ Commenting Tips ~
Step 1. Compliment the writer. Complimenting the writer will make the writer maybe want to visit your blog. Complimenting is a good thing to do anyway.
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Step 2. Add new information. If you add new information than your post would be more interesting. Other people that read your post could learn something new. New information can interest people. For an example you can say, did you know or something like that.
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Step 3. Make a connection. Making connections can start a conversation. Making connections can look like this, one person can say that they like purple and you like the same color then say something, or if they like the same animal as you do then say something again.
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Step 4. End with a question. If you end with a question then the person reading will most likely reply. An example for a question is, Have you ever been to Hershey Park? or Do you like the color purple? See the person reading will have to answer. My answer would be yes to both of them.
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Step 5. Proof read your comment. If you proof read then you might find a mistake. Then you would fix the mistake. Then your comment will be awesome. To go even more extreme you can have a partner or the person next to you reread/proofread your comment to double check. By the way don’t have the same person you are commenting on because you should leave it a surprise.
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Those are my commenting tips!
Free write 3/18/16
Q: Imagine you find Jack’s beanstalk and climb it. At the top you spot the castle and decide to explore. Once inside the giant notices you. Describe what happens next.
“How much longer!” I say to myself. I found Jack’s beanstalk and decided to climb it. “I’m half way up!” I eventually got up to the top. “Whoa that’s amazing!” In front of my eyes I spotted the castle! On the left side of the castle door there are pretty rose bushes. To the right there is a foot. “Wait a minute a foot!” I kept on looking to the right to see the giant in front of me. I took tiny steps to get into the castle so the giant won’t see me. One step. Then another. Then “Crack!” Oh no I stepped on a branch! One more step. “Yes I am inside!” I started looking around. I then wen’t upstairs. I found myself sleeping in one of the beds. In the morning the giant was starring at me! Then he started yelling! ” Blah Fry!” I really couldn’t hear him that much because he is so tall and I am so small. “Ruuuuh!” I heard him say. I thought maybe he did not like visitors so I ran for my life! I ran outside. I was just about to run down the beanstalk when I heard crying. I peeked my head up and saw the giant crying! I started walking to him I spoke. I said, ” It’s alright, why are you crying? He said,” I wront have rany friends!” After that we were best friends. we had sleepovers, tea parties, everything! I even named him Billy.
Blog Prompt 3/14/16
~Connor: italics ~ Wes A via CompfightJanae: regular ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Drama can help you better understand the characters viewpoints because the characters are speaking. When the characters talk they can express their feeling. In a drama they can also express their emotions or feelings by typing. Speaking also can show what they might do next. For example they might say that they are going to go get the mail, then we know what they are going to do next. This is how I think drama can help see the viewpoints of the characters better.
Drama can also help you better understand the character’s viewpoint by the character acting. When the characters act they also express themselves. If the characters don’t speak then they act. The actions of the characters show us what they are doing when they are acting. This is how we think drama can help see the viewpoints of characters better.
Drama can help you understand characters by you imagining them better. They can help you imagine them better because they act it out. When they act it out you can see them and imagine what they are thinking. Also it can help you understand characters better by their actions. This can help you because you can see that their mad or sad or happy. Also something else that can help you understand the 
characters is the setting.
Free write 3/11/16
Ecuador is a wonderful place, but when you are lost it isn’t pretty. I wen’t down to Ecuador for the first time with a member of our church. He’s a missionary. The first day we got to Ecuador we just The mountains are amazing! Then the next month was a working month. What we do down in Ecuador is work in the dump and the nursery. One day I was on my own. I was supposed to help out in the dump. There was only one problem, I had no clue where the dump was. A lady came up to me and said, “Hola.”What is that supposed to mean! I was trying to to talk to her to see if she knew English, because she may have thought that I was Spanish. I said, “Where can I find the dump?” The lady made a really weird face at me. I then found out then that she does not know English. Ding! A light bulb just wen’t off in my head, I had a brilliant idea! I thought maybe I could find a deaf person and do sign language with them. About two hours have passed and I could not find any deaf people! Help! I yelled in my head.
Blog challenge
I choose this avatar because this is how I am. I love my hair in ponytails. I also like to drink hot chocolate. I actually think that it is supposed to be coffee but I am pretending that it is hot chocolate. This is my avatar.
Our favorite memories
I interviewed Bryce and he said that his favorite memory is when he went to the beach with his family. Bryce was 11 years old. His Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad, his younger brother, and his younger sister were with Bryce when he went to the beach. Bryce choose the beach as his favorite memory because they made crabs, sharks, and dolphins when they went to the beach. Bryce went to the beach in North Carolina, in 2015. This was Bryce’s favorite memory.
I interviewed Bryce again and he said that his other favorite memory is when he went to the cabin. Bryce was 11 years old at the time. At the time Bryce was with his Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister. Bryce this is his favorite memory because when he went, there was a bad storm and it broke the bridge so he had to rebuild it with his family. When that was over they had the best time of their lives because they watched Hummingbirds fly and went fishing on the creek. Well he told me that there was a huge fish and it also almost ate his leg off not for real though because the fish can’t eat your leg off. This was in 2014 and at Northern Pennsylvania. This was Bryce’s other favorite memory.
Well this is Janae Favorite memory. She was out at her Grandma’s and then her step cousin came over. Well get this she still remembers, she was only 4 years old.HAHAHAHA, crazy right? This is her favorite memory because her and her step cousin don’t do that anymore and it was really fun back then. Bryce’s thought all of my cousins come over and we have a sleepover every summer on labor day weekend and it is awesome. Well that is all for us we will be back again bye. What is your favorite memory? Visit our blogs at http://blog.elanco.org/clymervqp/ and https://blog.elanco.org/benedickdce/ thank you for reading our favorite memories, remember come to our blogs 🙂
March 7th free write
Hi! I’m Billy! I’m a cow. I know my life doesn’t seem so exciting in you’re view. All you see us do is eat, eat, sleep, wake up and eat some more. You can keep a secret right? Good! What you don’t know is that us cows have parties almost every night. We celebrate Fridays, and holidays. On Fridays we do the great Cow Games. For Christmas we celebrate just like the humans. We have Easter egg hunts on Easter. We also celebrate birthdays. On my birthday, March 1, the other cows through a big surprise birthday party, even though it wasn’t a surprise because we all are in the same barn and I could hear them talking about it. It was amazing, as always, but this time they had fire works. You also have to keep this a secret too, okay. I..am..scared..of.. fireworks. I know that is weird but it is true. Then in the morning we eat, eat, eat. We also get punished like humans do. I don’t know why though. The farmer comes out with a long pole and he pulls this little swirly thing. Then a small sharp thing comes shooting out of it really fast. Then the cow goes to sleep for a very very long time.
What is your favorite memory
Bryce’s favorite memory is when he went to the beach. Bryce was 11 years old. He was with his family. For example his Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad, his younger brother, and his younger sister. Bryce went to the beach at North Carolina, in 2015. This is Bryce’s favorite memory.
Bryce’s other favorite memory is at his cabin. He was 11 years old. He was with his Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister. Bryce went to the cabin in Canada in 2014. This is Bryce’s other favorite memory.
Well this is Janae Favorite memory. She was out at her Grandma’s and then her step cousin came over. Well get this she still remembers, she was only 4 years old.HAHAHAHA, crazy right? Bryce’s thought all of my cousins come over and we have a sleepover every summer on labor day weekend and it is awesome. Well that is all for us we will be back again bye. What is your favorite memory?