Hello Class, This past week I read Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Elvis Presley, a non-fiction book, by Magdalena Alagna. Elvis Presley was a roaring rock and roll music artist that first came out in the mid-1950’s. He has…
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5th Period Making Connections Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline
Hello class, I have been reading a historical fiction, by Christina Baker Kline, called Orphan Train. From the 1850s to the 1930s, trains carried many orphans to an awaiting future. Whether their futures would be bad or good, well, there…
5th period ACL Synthesizing Beneath The Window Patricia Wilson Clothier
Hello class, I have been reading a memoir, Beneath The Window, by Patricia Wilson Clothier. It is about Patricia and her family growing up in West Texas on land near Big Bend. It describes all their hardships going through the…
5th period ACL Language: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Hey class, This past week I’ve been reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. Mr. Barry Fairbrother and his wife, Mary, had just celebrated their 19th anniversary. Though, lately, Barry had been feeling under the weather. Sadly, Barry Fairbrother did…
5th Period ACL Inferring/Predicting: Icefire by Chris D’Lacey
Hello Class, I have been reading Icefire, the second book to a fictional series, by Chris D’Lacey. In this book, David Rain lives with some friends who have a sort of obsession with… dragons. Everywhere you look, dragons, and it…