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There is a great series written by Suzanne Collins called the Hunger Games. There are three books in the series and a movie  (the first book) coming out soon. There is much to enjoy about this delightful series. The story is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen whose sister was picked for the Hunger Games. Katniss volunteered to take her sister’s place, and has to get prepared for the fight of her life. The Hunger Games is a brutal battle to win for your district. (Where you live. Your district is like a miniature state.) There are 24 contestants and only one may come out alive. Even if you win, your life will never be the same. The movie looks like is really good and the books are so great. Suzanne Collins has sold over 23.5 million copies of the first book, the Hunger Games. The book has been on the best sellers list many times and even though the book was published in 2009 it is still a major hit. Even though the movie is violent, it still sends out an important message about violence and how it can tear people apart. Jennifer Lawrence stars in this movie as Katniss and Josh Hutcherson plays the part of Peeta Mellark. Katniss and Peeta has a supposed love, but is it real of fake? When Katniss was back home she always went hunting with a guy named Gale. Does she like Peeta or Gale?? Everyone is questioning who she really likes. This saga came to theaters on March 23, 2012 and has been #1 movie for more than two weeks in a row. This movie inspired me to never give up, and I would recommend the movie to people from the ages 10+.

“Let the odds be ever in your favor!!!”-  Effie Trinket, Hunger Games

Lauren L.

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    When my guidance teacher told us about are TCA project I was really exited. I love the fact that all us fifth graders are participating in helping the world. I knew I wanted to do something with hunger because when I was little my Hebrew school did a lot of things to prevent hunger. Right away Lauren, Isabella, and I looked at each other. We decided to work together. At every recess we would think about how we can help the world. We thought, and thought. Finally we found something. I said I wanted to do hunger. Lauren said we should go to a soup kitchen and Isabella found the soup kitchen. There were a couple soup kitchens. It was hard to pick. We had to think a bunch of times. We decided to go to Manna (Manna is on Main Street).  My experience was so much fun and I will definitely do this again!

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                                                Here is a list of describing words. Pick 5 that relate to you the most.

• Funny
• Kind
• Sensitive
• Annoying
• Easily offended
• Stuck up
• Helpful
• Important
• Gross
• Rude
• Bully
• Positive
• Active
• Girly
• Loud

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April Showers bring May flowers. That is a saying that is said in the springtime. It means that when it rains a lot in April, it makes lots of flowers bloom in May. I personally love spring. It’s a time when the birds first come out, and it’s really warm. It’s a time where you can plant flowers and see them bloom. It’s a time to play outside, and enjoy some fresh air. Spring is a time to enjoy fresh air, hang out with your family and friends, and have fun. I love smelling the flowers, and waking up to hear the birds singing. Spring is the time to play sports like softball and lacrosse. It’s a time to get some fresh air.

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Doodle for Google is a contest where you can draw a picture made out of the Google letters. Then if you win you win 30 grand for college and 50 grand for your school. You can do it if you’re in grades K-12. There are different themes every year. Last year it was something you like to do. This year it’s if you could travel in time where would you go? It takes place between Feb. to March 20. Many people enjoy doing Doodle 4 Google, and I hope you do too!

For more info click this link:

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/#utm_source=sem&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=SKWS

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This is not usual for me to do a story. This is the first part of the story.

One day during the casual life of the Yelsruds well it was actually 5.2934765 months since their son Yeldud Yelsrud was born. When Nonrev Yelsrud went out to work while Yeldud was spitting out his cereal. In his mind he thought, “little tike”. When he walks out he sees a camel looking at the sign that said tevirp drive. He thought to himself that, ”that’s ridiculous camels can’t read.” While he is driving to work there is a lot of traffic on the sand way. When he got further up he found out why it was backed up. It was because there was a bunch of hippies in robes. When he finally gets to his job his job is seeing how far people can spit. He had a good day he found a guy who could spit 15 feet by his lunch break. He was happy so he called the guy and he said he would be able to come 15 days. He was so happy that he forgot all about the hippies. He bumped into one and guess what, he hugged him! He just went to get his donut and went back to work.

Luckily he had his back to the window in his office. Because since he did not like the unusual he would not have liked to see pigeons flying outside his window people were just staring in awe.

When he got home the camel was still there. He went inside to ask Ainutep his wife about the camel. She had no idea what he was talking about when he asked. After that he was upset. So he just plopped himself on the couch in front of the television and watched the news. On the news he saw that there were an unusual amount of pigeons out during the day. So he asked Ainutep about her sister maybe this had to do with her “kind”. She said she hadn’t heard anything for a long time since about July when Ainuteps nephew was born named Yrrah Rettop. Then suddenly Nonrev remembered as he was walking by some hippies he heard them saying “ Did you here Yrrah Rettop he finally stopped you know who.’’ He did not know what to make of it.

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The camel was still outside when Nonrev and Ainutep went to sleep. Then the camel heard a loud crack. An old man showed up out of nowhere. He pulled out something that looks like a lighter. Then all the streetlights went out. He looked at the camel and said, “I know it’s you Professor Llaganogcm”

She replied as she turned into a human, “ How did you now it was me?”

The old man named Subla Erodelbmud said, “No camel can stay that still for that long.”

She replied, “I guess you’re right.” Then she said, “Is it true? I will only believe it if you tell me it is true.”

“Its all true all of it.”

“All of it?”

“Yes.”

They just stood there and then Llaganogcm asked, “Where is he?”

Subla answered, “He’s with Dirgah.”

“Do you really trust Dirgah with the baby.”

“I trust Dirgah with my life.”

A silence fell between them. Then they heard a very loud noise. Finally they saw it there was a motorcycle flying toward them. It was Dirgah. When he came Subla asked, “Where did you get the motorcycle?”

Dirgah answered, “Kcalb let me have it. He said, ‘you can have it Dirgah. I won’t need it anymore’.”

“Ah” said Subla. Then he asked Dirgah again, “Where is the boy?”

Dirgah gave a wrapped up baby and said, “ He fell asleep over Abu Dhabi.”

Llaganogcm said, “Will he be safe with muggles?”

Subla replied, “They are his only family. He will be safe.”

“Okay”

Then Dirgah started crying. Dirgah said loudly, “I’ll miss you Yrrah. I hope I will se you again.”

Sharply Llaganogcm said, “Stop crying Dirgah you will wake up the bungles.”

Subla said soothingly, “Calm down Dirgah. You shall see him again.”

Dirgah, who was still crying but softer now said, “I . . . I . . . will?”

“Yes Dirgah.”

Llaganogcm said, “You left a note too?” while Subla was placing a note in the basket with Yrrah.

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Dressage. It has been called poetry in motion and ballet on horseback. Dressage is an ancient equestrian discipline, and the fastest growing equestrian sport in the USA today. People come from all over to enter the highest rated international dressage competitions and the most complete breed show outside of Europe. In 2012, the Dressage at Devon Horse Show will be on September 25th through September 30th at the Devon Horse Show in Devon, Pennsylvania. Olympic medalist Robert Dover says Dressage at Devon “The standard by which all American horse shows should be judged.” More than 700 horses are expected to compete with an anticipated 35,000 spectators.

Dressage in french means, training. It represents a horses obedience and strength. Its not easy in dressage, your horse must walk and look a certain way. I would never be able to be in a dressage show. Its very interesting to learn about the devon horse show heres the link:  http://www.devonhorseshow.net/ 

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    I am Chloe. Most people know that I am a big skier. A matter of fact I am on the race team for Elk Mountain. Why do I like skiing? Want to know about skiing? Well that will take a long time so let me write a quick summary…        

         Skiing. Skiing is not like any other sport. You can’t play it in any weather. You don’t need sneakers or cleats. It is different. I am different. I guess that is one thing that appeals to me the most about it. Skiing looks hard but once you can do it, it is easy.

         Practice. Like any other activity you need to practice. As my ski coach says, practice makes perfect! When I started, at age 3, I fell countless times. I still fall to this day. As almost all my teachers say, we learn from our mistakes.

         Determination. What’s the point of doing anything if you don’t want to? Yes, practice is very important but not if you don’t try when you are practicing. I was determined to get on the race team and I did. I couldn’t of made it if I was not determined. So determination and practice are one of the most important things.

         So these are the reasons and answers about skiing!!!!

-Chloe

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Once upon a time there lived a ‘man’ named Jasper. You may be thinking why ‘man’ has those apostrophes before and after the word, and it’s because he is a man, but is not a very good one. He’s… a child at heart. So he’s a ‘man’. He has some, odd, messed up hobbies, and he is really weird and immature, but is sort of a nice guy… I guess. So, let me tell you a story about our dearest unsophisticated friend, Jasper.                 “Weeeeeeeeeeee!” Jasper shouted at Dorney park. He was very brave to be a ‘man’, and go on the ladybug ride.

“Ahhhhhhhh! This is so scary!” He shouted over and over. The kids in his ladybug cart were getting very annoyed. And they were four.

“Nooooo! Please! Stop the ride!” He shouted the loudest.

When the ride slowed down, he jumped out of the ladybug cart and barfed in the bushes. Then the kids came over to him.

“How old are you?” They asked very innocently.

“I’m 67 years old,” he replied. “But I look like 62.”

“You look like 147,” they said.

“You look like 2,” he said.

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“You shut up you old woman!” They shouted. Then they walked away, heading to the Lunatic Looping Coster.

So Jasper headed to his mansion next to Dorney Park. See, Jasper doesn’t have a job, so he doesn’t get any money, so he doesn’t have a house. That’s why he hides out in some rich guy’s basement bathroom, and the rich guy never goes down there cause he thinks its haunted. So, it makes a perfect place to live.

But this time, Jasper made a pathetic mistake by walking right through the front door. The rich guy was sitting right in his living room, and saw Jasper walk down the stairs to the basement.

So, the rich guy called animal control, and they were over in a second. They went to the basement door and knocked it down with a hammer. They ran down the stairs in a orderly fashion into the basement bathroom. And when they opened the door….

“Welcome to Jasper’s bathroom!” Jasper shouted into the open with fifty guys from animal control, standing there looking awkwardly confused.

After two minutes of odd silence, Jasper finally spoke up.

“So… You want a tour?”

And before the animal control guys could say, “No!”, he already started showing them around.

“This historic bathroom was created in 2007, by Ghandi Luther King…” Half the guys already fell asleep.“… And he bought spray paint, and graffitied his name on the wall…” All the guys were alsleep.“… And then to celebrate, he invited his friend Hitler Bin Laden-“

Then all of a sudden, the rich guy came down the stairs to the bathroom.

“Welcome to Jasper’s bathroom!” Jasper shouted at him. “Would you like a tour?”

“A tour!?” The rich guy said very confusingly. “What do you mean a tour, it’s a regular half bath!”

“Or is it?” Jasper said, looking very mysterious and doltish at the same time.

“Yes it is!” The rich guy yelled. “It is a creepy, dull old bathroom with no history what so ever! So get-out-of-my-house!”

So Jasper walked out of the bathroom, trying not to step on the sleeping animal control men.

Right before he left the mansion, Jasper shouted at the rich guy.

“Your shampoo conditioner worked very well! Especially when I had lice! And your deodorant… wow! It also worked with my athletes foot!”

Then he left.

It was midnight by the time Jasper found a place to stay. He settled with a moon bounce in Dorney Park, just because it had a mini slide in it. And yeah, I don’t even know how he got into the park.

The next morning he made a mistake by sleeping in after the park opened, because he woke up in the bushes.

When he got out of the bushes, the first thing he spotted were the ride warriors of dorney park. So, of course, he wanted to be one, so he ran over to them in a ‘cool’ swagger.

So when he got to them, the first thing he said was:

“Can I be a ride warrior? Pleeeeeeease!”

Pethetic, right?

So, the ride warriors were pretty confused, and it wasn’t pretty.

“Um… I guess so dude, if you…like, feel the soul of the radical, ridiculous rides…and have fun-”

“Yeah, yeah, I ain’t need your prep talk, just make me a ride warrior!” Jasper shouted excitingly.

So, the Warriors gave him a t- shirt that said ‘Ridin’ til I’m dyin’, and he threw it on top of himself.

“Now, let’s go ride on the Merry-go-round!” Jasper said, like it was totally terrifying.

“What?” The Warriors said in a major confusion.

“The Merry-go-round!” Jasper repeated. “Don’t ya think that’s pretty hardcore?”

“Dude, if you’re a ride warrior, then you ride the sick rides, like ‘Death Punishment’, or ‘The Summit.’” One of them said.

“The Death Punishment!? The Summit!?” Jasper said, while his teeth were chattering. “Don’t ya think that’s a little… Risky?”

“Heck yeah, that’s why we do it,” One said. “Cause we’re ride warriors, and if you can’t go on the rides, then you shouldn’t be ride warrior!”

Then, they stripped off his shirt, and headed toward The Death Punishment.

“Oh Shoot,” Jasper mumbled to himself. “I guess the Merry-go-round is just way out of their league.”

Then Jasper headed to the moon bounce where he was staying. But apparently some kids were in it, so he shouted to them.

“Hey kids! Free ice cream in China! Chocolate and Vanilla!”

And before Jasper could even blink, the kids were gone, running west toward the pacific.

“Kids just can’t resist ice cream now a day’s,” Jasper said to himself. Then, he jumped into the moon bounce, and went to sleep.

The next morning, Jasper woke up very bored, and decided to go to Rome.

“Oh yeah, Rome here I come!” He shouted. Then he charged out of the moon bounce, and to some beach in New Jersey. Then he jumped into the Atlantic and swam eastward.

In about five minutes, he saw land. Then he jumped onto it. There was a guy standing there, wearing clothes that would get burned in the US.

“Borkin Shnorkin,” the man said very awkwardly. “Weelcome to Gormany!”

“Wrong country,” Jasper said. Then he jumped back into the ocean.

After another minute, he swam through the Mediterranean. Then, he came up on another piece of land. But right away, he knew it was the wrong country, because he saw a statue of a powerful guy with robes, that only covered half his body.

“Greece,” Jasper mumbled. Then he jumped back in.

Then, he came up at Italy, and smelled the sweet smell of Italian food.

“Eww…yummy,” Jasper said. Then he trotted off to the first restraunt he saw. Except when he got in, he realized that the place was an absolute dump.

“Vhat do you vant,” a man in dirty clothes said. “Come on, we don’t got all day.”

“I’ll have some pasta,” Jasper said.

“Oh, so you don’t even say please?” The guy said in a confused and angry way.

“Now you get mush,” he said awkwardly, then he walked away.

“Ok…” Jasper said to himself. “That was odd.”

So, about fifteen minutes later, the guy came out with a big juicy plate of mush.

“Wow. I thought you were joking,” Jasper said surprisingly to the guy.

“I don’t joke avound,” he said. But then when he walked away, he slipped on a canoli and fell on a table.

“Yeah,” Jasper said. “You don’t joke around at all.”

So Jasper left the restraunt and decided to go to the beach. It was about ninety degrees and Jasper just wanted to rip off his shirt and jump in the ocean.

When he got to the beach, there was an unwelcoming surprise waiting right before his eyes. Apparently, this beach was a nude beach.

Nude woman, and nude men were laying on the beach with nude kids. There were nude people in the ocean, and holes in the sand, and nude people everywhere.

“Looks like I’m going to be taking more than just my shirt off,” Jasper said. But then he decided to leave, just like he decided to leave the restraunt.

“I think I’m going to go home,” Jasper said. “Even though I don’t have one.”

So Jasper jumped back into the ocean, not knowing where he was going. He was just swimming around the place, doing nothing, being bored. Then all of a sudden, he got an idea. It hit him square in the forehead.

“I think I’m going to go to Germany!” He shouted out. Then he swam north to Germany, where he was going to live.

So he jumped onto the land of Germany, and there was the same guy standing there.

“Borkin Shnorkin!” He shouted.

“Borkin Shnorkin to you to!” Jasper shouted back. And they both ran of somewhere shouting not real german words, acting just like ‘men’.

THE END

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