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SAMMY X

  This is a first-person account of an adventure of the Great Brain.  The Great Brain series is by John D. Fitzgerald, and is based on his growing up in Utah, during the 1910s.  The series is told from John D’s perspective about his older brother, known as the Great Brain.  The Great Brain (Tom Read more…

ZHUO-WEI L

ZHUO-WEI LEE 6TH GRADE   Zhuo-Wei is also working on a poetry unit, and has responded strongly to the light verse of Shel Silverstein. Light verse is defined as poetry that attempts to be humorous.  Some of the notable light verse poets are Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, Phyllis McGinley, Lewis Carroll, and the inimitable Shel Read more…

DORRY Z

Stephen Crane – The Natural World Stephen Crane is one of the most celebrated authors in the United States. He created masterpieces as detailed and realistic as they were recognizable. He was skilled in many types of description, such as his masterful depiction of street life apparent in “Maggie: Girl of the Streets”, as well Read more…

BEN H

“Meow.”  My cat woke me up. I am forty, rich, and happy. I have a comfy bed, a mansion, my own advertising company, my own limo and driver, my own private jet, and a private island with a private yacht to take me there. I am living the suite life. When Bob woke me up, Read more…

THE ATTACK OF THE PEANUT DISEASE

As I cautiously taped the large box of baseballs closed, I wondered if I was going to win the contest.  Yesterday, during the warm welcoming evening, I was sitting on the couch attentively watching CNN, when an advertisement stated that whoever sent the most baseballs to 19 Pennsylvania Avenue, Stamford, CT, would win a valuable Read more…