Hi 2525 -- Blogmeister

Floods My class and I went on a field trip to Old Sacramento to learn about the city of Sacramento as we know it! There is a lot to explain so I will only tell a piece of it.

Due to the fact that Sacramento is next to a river, there were always floods. In one flood, instead of selling gold mining supplies, they sold rafts and boats. Then Harden Bigelow from Mississippi had an idea. They built something called a levee that they use in Mississippi. A levee is a mound of dirt alongside a river designed to stop floods. It only helped, but it didn’t solve the problem. More floods happened. Then, someone had the idea of raising the city, but there were a couple of problems. One problem was that people had to pay for their buildings to be raised. Another problem was that a building fell. Eventually, after fourteen years, the city was raised by twelve feet. It took a lot of work and dirt to complete, but in the end the problem of floods was solved.

This blog is different from the others. It is a lot of carefully depicted poems from a class field trip my class and I went on to Westminster Woods. I hope you like them!

REDWOODS
Redwoods are tall And if they fall
It will hurt you badly
But if they fall on your head
Well, sorry, you’re dead

BANANA SLUG
I kissed a banana slug
And gave it a hug
Though I don’t know what it is
I think I kissed a bug

WATER
Water
Peaceful, wet, fresh
Water

CAMPFIRE
Like a light bulb lighting up
Like a dancing light
Like a burning tree
Like a multicolored light
Like fire gasping for air
Like a firework sparkling
Like orange lightning

Terrible Wave Description

The Terrible Wave was a descriptive book created by Marden Dahlstedt. She used words I have never used in my life like prominent, prissy, sedate, and languid. This is what I think.
One of the quotes in the book is, “. . . In the pale watery light of the moon, they saw the head of a child.” It’s remarkable how descriptive she is because most people would just stay simple and say, “In the light of the moon they saw the head of a child.” She also turned, “She fell onto a mattress,” to “With a sickening thud , she landed, sprawling on something horribly soft and squashy.” Another quote is “Trunks whirled by, wicked-looking boards sintered with nails, showers of glass winged a thousand tiny arrows . . . ” Again her quotes are over the top in description. I also like the way she uses similes like when she wrote “. . . linens flapped like eerie white birds. . . , ” because she is still descriptive and uses similes at the same time. That makes her an even better writer than I thought she was.
Other books she wrote are the Shadow of the Lighthouse and Stopping Place. I haven't even heard of them, but I’m sure they are just as descriptive as The Terrible Wave.

California’s History There were many historical events in California, but only one was the most important. It was the war with Mexico and America . I think that the event is most important because it explains how America got possession of California. America wanted to go coast to coast. America offered to buy California, but Mexico said no. The war began because Mexico said no to the offer. When the war ended america had won. If the war with Mexico didn’t happen, then California would be part of Mexico unless another event had happened. America would not have the California gold rush and America wouldn’t be the same. The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo was signed and America gained four states for $15,000,000. The four states would have been part of Mexico or Texas if the war didn’t happen.America wanted to go coast to coast. America offered to buy California, but Mexico said no. The war began because Mexico said no to the offer. When the war ended america had won. If the war with Mexico didn’t happen, then California would be part of Mexico unless another event had happened. America would not have the California gold rush and America wouldn’t be the same. The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo was signed and America gained four states for $15,000,000. The four states would have been part of Mexico or Texas if the war didn’t happen.