Sunday, June 2, 2013

Book Summary

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
By: C. S. Lewis
Pages: 189

This fantasy is about a young girl named Lucy and her two brothers and one sister. Lucy finds a wonderful land called Narnia after entering a wardrobe. Her siblings didn’t believe her, but soon entered Narnia accidently after trying to hide from the maid. Once in Narnia, one of Lucy’s brothers, Edmund, snuck away from the group.  He went to the evil queen (who isn’t really the queen) to tell her that Aslan (the real king) was coming. What happens when Aslan and the evil queen meet? Read for yourself to find out.

 

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Book Summary

What My Mother Doesn’t Know
By: Sonya Sones
Pages: 259
Lexile 900-999

Before I tell you about this book, all I want to say is that I loved this book!  It took me about a day to read but not because it was easy.  It was because I wanted to read it and was addicted to the book. Just a heads up that it has teenage romance***

 
This is a poem story instead of a regular book. The book is a girl named Sophie’s diary of her days. She is a fifteen-year old who has many crushes in different parts of the book. She describes friendships, boyfriends, family, high school, high school dances, and some tough decisions. This book never gets boring; it is interesting, the more you read it the more unexpected roads the book turns. A must read book.

Front Cover

Book Summary

It’s Not the End of the World
By: Judy Blume
Pages: 169
Lexile 800-999
 This story is about a girl named Karen; her parents are getting a divorce. This is hard for Karen to deal with because she is the middle child. She tries to figure out ways to get them back together, but after her brother ran away she learns that it is best for her parents not to get together. Karen discovers the pain of parents getting a divorce, which is like the end of the world.

 

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Art image from the Getty Museum

 Painting of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven

Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven


Detail: Maria (the girl)

Maria is a very pale and lovely looking girl. Her head must hurt from staying in that same position until the painter finished painting her. I wonder why she is looking to her left (my right) is she looking at something? Also she is holding a black puppy that looks like it is going to squirm out of her hands. The dog must have been the first thing the painter painted because it would want to run and play instead of sit and stay. Maria is wearing very fancy clothes, the main colors are white, black,  and blue. What do you see?


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

As A Room 14er...

This year as as a room 14er I learned a lot of new ways of doing things.  For example, I learned active learning, how to make things fun and interesting, and much more. In room 14 we do all these cool things that other 6th grade classes don't do.  Other examples are blogs, we BYOD, we make eduacational videos, and we do just plain wierd things (that I love doing). One my of favorite things is just having a class conversation about something.  I wish I could stay in Ms. Ullner's class forever! She is so nice, interesting, unique, and understanding. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I must go get a tissue before I cry my eyeballs out, so farewell.