During the time of International Towne, I had a great time. I was the president of Egypt and worked really hard. The thing I learned most from this experience is that once you work hard, you feel good. I expressed this by working hard at my job then going on breaks and enjoying International Towne. While I was on my breaks I mostly spent my money to get food and objects to enjoy later. The country, Ukraine, had really good cookies. Those were some of the best cookies I have ever had. Also during my breaks, I would go to Mexico to have a nice slushee. This was really good because I love lemonade and the slushees just happened to be lemonade. While working, I learned the importance of running a business and being successful. This will help us in the future with multiple life skills. If I could change International Towne I would make it bigger. For some reason International Towne wasn't that big. Overall, I loved this experience to learn and have fun because I highly recremmend it to future 7th graders.

The book, Seedfolks is really interesting.  I think this book will be about multiple people who will be changed with planting. So far this book is about a communtiy that has some problems or there are some bad things that happen in this community. Once Kim starts wanting to start a garden in a dump, the community changes and is transformed into a nice community. I think this book's main idea is that even how bad something is, it can change. This ide changed this community. My favorite character in this book is Kim because she started this garden. This garden then starts a chain reaction changes the community. I really like Seedfolks because it was never really that intersting to me until I read the book, then I liked it.

In science we are learning about cells and that each cell has a different function. For example, the cell membrane is made to control what enters and leave the cell. This is only a small idea of what we learn in science. In science, we are doing a lab in which shows the concept of the cell memebranes job. One of the labs is with a paper bag. This paper bag is in a cup of dye and has only water in it. During this lab we discovered that the water inside the bag began to turn colorful because of the water entering. Overall, science can be really boring because cells can be boring but also some of the labs are fun to see how our results very from other classes.

The World

By: Jared

Across the deep blue ocenm

Beyond the beutiful horizon

Over the rolling hills

past the dark creepy wondery jungle

towards North

up the skyscraping mountains

above the heavily lit clouds

out of this mystifying fantastic world

into the dark empty space of space

On the rings of Saturn

around rings,alongs with no gravity,

behind Earth

Under the stars

The book I'm reding right now is called The Lost Hero by: Rick Riordan. It tells a story of a demigod named Jason, who is the demigod of Zeus/Jupiter. This book is the other series of  the Percy Jackson Series. Even though it is a little tough to understand, I end up learning it. It is hard to understand because it uses some Roman mythology instead of Greek mythology.  I like this book because the adventure and story lines relates  ancient Greek times into modern day times. Overall, I love this book and highly persue you to read it if you love mythology.

          Greece has a very unique culture. For example, the Greeks believed in mythology. This mythology included heroes, gods, and foul beasts. The people of Greece based Greek Mythology on stars. The stars were formed as characters in Greek mythology. Therefore, the Greeks were very advanced in astronomy and mathematics. Also, the Greeks were advanced in architecture. The buildings and temples they made were really beautiful.  Greece was divided up between five major regions or territories. There was Sparta, Corinth, Megara, Athens, and Argos. These territories were both allies and enemies.

         In our Humanities class we are beginning an Ancient Greek simulation. During this simulation each group has to choose a territory (Sparta, Corinth, Megara, Athens, and Argos.) Once you have your territories, you must complete task, and roll the dice of fate. The task includes completing your work, building temples, memorizing the alphabet, and many others. At the end of a class, you must roll the dice to see if the gods think you are worthy. After doing all this, each team tallies up there points and all the teams complete to be “The Best.”   

            The neighbor across from my street goes way too far in holidays. For example, he puts about 20 to 30 pumpkins out on his lawn for Halloween. These pumpkins are hand carved by him and light up; they blink according to the music playing. Usually, he does the same thing for Christmas. He about has 20 trees, stars all across his windows, and lights everywhere, and a sign saying, “Tune to this station for Music”. This holiday season, he connected all the houses on the street into one light show. All the houses blink according to the music. This is really cool but yet it’s tiring when you’re trying to sleep and you see blinking lights through your blinds. Therefore, I will take advantage of this moment and start a hot chocolate and coffee stand outside.

There are many things that I’m thankful for but three things than come to my mind are that I am healthy, that my dad has a job and can support my family, and that our country has a great military that can keep us safe.

This past summer I got very sick and couldn’t do the sports and activities that I like to do. I am thankful now that I’m better and can go back the activities and sports that I like to do. This made me realize how frustrating it must be to have cancer or other illnesses that can keep you from doing what you want to do.

With so many people being out of work during this recession, I am thankful that my dad has a job. My dad works hard so that he can run a successful business. Since my dad owns a business he is not only responsible for providing for our family but also feels that he is responsible for his employees.

Another thing that I am grateful for is that we’re free due to our military. Day by day, month by month, our military risked their life’s to make our country free and safe. This is a big thing to be grateful for because while I’m sleeping and living my life, I know that my military will always keep me safe.

All together, theres a bunch to be grateful about. I am really lucky to be able to have food, water and shelter. Therefore, I must help out those in need by donating food. This will really help those in need.

The best mystery story that I read was 39 clues: The Maze of Bones. I really enjoyed the idea of the book because they based it off real life and real places. Throughout the book, there is a huge conflict and a bunch of action.

My idea of a mystery story starter:

                The very intelligent man, Elijah Johnson received a call from a very worried man saying that he needed help with a case at this amusement park. The man never really said his name but he figured he’d help him. Mr. Johnson called the man back; he answered the phone and said,” Jimmy World’s Amusement Park, owner speaking.” Mr. Johnson answered,” Hello this is Elijah Johnson, former detective, I am interested in this job, would you bother telling me your name?” The man responded, “I’m Jimmy and if you go my park I will give you more information.” Mr. Johnson said okay then hung up the phone and drove to the amusement park. Once he got there he was greeted by Jimmy and got strait to the problem. “Yesterday, I was just having a normal day when suddenly one of my rides fell to pieces. After treating various guest and sending the injured ones to a hospital, I noticed that there was a wrench and some fell off bolts by the ride. I assume someone must have screwed off the bolts.” He walked Mr. Johnson over to the ride where there stood the fallen down ride. After investigating for various minutes, he noticed a giant wooden roller coaster. Suddenly, it crumbled to pieces before his very eyes. “This is going to be a long mystery,” muttered Mr. Johnson.

The book I’m reading right now is called The Ranger’s Apprentice: Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan. I have never read a book from this author, but he seems to be a good author. It’s about a young man named, Will. Once being chosen to be a ranger’s apprentice, he must learn how to be a ranger. Throughout the book, he learns how to be a Ranger by his teacher, Halt. This is a really good book that has a whole new surprise just on the other page. I highly recommend this book, for people that like action and adventure.