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The theme of Richard Cory, by Edwin Arlington Robinson, is to never judge a book by its cover. Just because Richard Cory looked as if he had everything he could ever want, doesn’t mean he felt like that on the inside. I sort of enjoyed this poem, but the ending surprised me.

“How could a teacher possibly disappear on a field trip?” Scat, by Carl Hiaasen, is a realistic fiction/mystery book. It is one of the best books I have read. I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys mysteries and wants to protect nature.

  A school field trip ends horribly when a fire catches at Black Vine Swamp. Ms. Starch goes back into the fire to retrieve someone’s inhaler, but does not come back! Two of her students, Nick and Marta, worry about her and start trying to find clues about her disappearance. When they sneak into her house one night, they weren’t the only ones there! When the intruder forces them into his car, he tells them, “Never to speak of this again!”

  My favorite part of the book is when they finally find what they have been looking for the entire time. “Panther scat!” I would rate this book an eight out of ten. It is very entertaining and it keeps you wondering about what happens next!

~Aubrey W.

My most favorite sense of all would have to be taste. All of the other senses are important too, but taste gives you the opportunity to explore the flavors of the food. Taste makes my life better by being able to know what I am eating. I am allergic to peanuts, so when I was little, one of the ways I knew I was eating peanuts or peanut butter was by the taste of it!

If I didn’t have the sense if taste, I wouldn’t get to taste the juicy goodness of a burger, or the sweet taste of candy. If people say, “Wow, this is amazing!”, I wouldn’t be able to actually taste it for myself! Without taste, I would feel like I am missing part of myself. Taste is special to me, and I hope I never lose this sense!

 

Friendship is captivating,
Friendship is caring.

Friendship is trust,
Friendship is daring.

Friendship is something we can never explain.
Friendship is important, just like you!

I am now going to say that this is the end,
So goodbye to you, a friend so true!

Passing Away

As soon as I got out of school for the break, I went to go see my grandma. She just got out of the hospital for having gallstones, a sickness you can get in your gallbladder. She wasn’t doing so well after she got out, so she had to have some tests done. The doctor said that she had cancer, and that was what had caused the gallstones. He predicted that my grandma only had three weeks to live. All of the family soon knew, and relatives started coming in from out of town. The three weeks quickly turned into three days. I went to see her the first day and the second day. Later in the evening of the second day, I asked my dad if we would be able to see her on Wednesday. He said that we probably would, but the next day when he came home from work, he told me she was gone. I was really sad, but happy in a way because she wouldn’t have to suffer anymore. The following days were hard, but with family and friends of family around me, I started to feel better. As the days past, I began to become myself again. We soon said goodbye to everybody and everything was back to normal, except that I no longer had my grandma.

I have an idea for my most memorable moment for our Christmas break. I know it is kind of early into our break, but something has happened that I want to share. It might change, but I am pretty sure this is it. It isn’t necessarily a good thing, but in a way it is. Check in January 2nd to see it.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas break so far! Thanks! 🙂

I know this is kind of late, but I wanted to share about my Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving my family and I got to go to my dad’s mom’s house (grandma). We played all kinds of games. I had an awesome time there. That wasn’t the only place we went though. The next day we went to my mom’s mom’s (My Meme) new house about twenty minutes away from Lufkin in a small town called Applesprings. We ate our Thanksgiving dinner, then my cousin and I went and petted the horses next door. We got to get in their pen and played around with them. I loved this year’s Thanksgiving, and I can’t wait for Christmas!