Although we didn't do that much in English Language Arts class, we did finish "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. In chapter five, Kino wakes up to find Juana leaving the hut with the pearl in her hand. This enrages Kino, so he follows Juana to the beach. She is about to throw the pearl in the ocean when Kino grabs her arm and beats Juana up. Then, Kino leaves her at the beach and walks off. She is walking to the hut when she sees Kino and a dead man with a bloody throat. Kino knows that people are going to hunt them down. Juana saves Coyotito before the hut completely burns down. Kino tells Juana that they need to go to the capital. In chapter six Kino, Juana, and Coyotito travel to the capital on foot. They are about half way there until they spot trackers trying to hunt Kino down. They hide behind a log and try to think of a plan to escape the trackers. They run up the mountain and hide in a cave. When the trackers were asleep, Kino went to their camp and was going to take them out with a knife but Coyotito cried. One of the hunters thought it was a coyote when one thought it was a baby. The one with the rifle shot the gun to scare the source of the crying off. Unfortunately, the bullet hit Coyotito. Then, Kino killed the three trackers and they went back to La Paz. The couple then threw the pearl out into the ocean. I thought this ending was really sad. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pearl/section5.rhtml
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This Wednesday, we celebrated Veteran's Day with a day off of school. A whole twenty-four hours of staying home. We should really be thankful for all of the veterans that have served in the United States military. This holiday is always celebrated on November eleventh every year. It is on the anniversary day of the end of World War I which the peace treaty was signed on the eleventh month on the eleventh day on the eleventh hour. Veteran's Day was originally named Armistice Day and was first celebrated on November 11, 1919. June 1, 1954 was when the United States changed the name to Veterans Day, honoring all military veterans. In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance and in 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday. There are roughly 24 million living veterans and we should be thankful for all of them, living or dead. Sadly, there are more than 5.5 million U.S. veterans living with a disability. There are 1.6 million female veterans. 2.3 million were African American. And 1.1 million were Hispanic. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans Day. I think it is good to have this holiday in the United States and in other parts of the world because we need to really respect all the things the veterans have done for us in wars and battles. It is good to have a strong military protect us and ensure us safety. http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/
On Wednesday, it was 50's day for the St. John Eudes school. It was the 50th day of school on their 50th anniversary. The whole school went to the Grill Hall to see the Alley Cats. I enjoyed their music very much. The Alley Cats were also very funny. I enjoyed the songs from the 50's and early 60's. The Alley Cats were even invited to the white house by president Bill Clinton himself. It was really funny when one of the alley cats grabbed Mrs. Danowitz and started dancing with her. At recess, we all lined up in front of the table. Root beer float time! All of us grabbed a cup of root beer with a scoop of ice cream and started eating. They were very good. At lunch we had a birthday party for the kids with birthdays between August and December. There was delicious pizza and juicy grapes. I sat next to my best friend Daniel and we started to eat. In ELA class we wrote about life in the 1950s. I wrote about all the inventions made in the 50s. For instance, the credit card, solar cell, super glue, liquid paper, barbie doll, video tape recorder, bar code, pill, McDonald's, liquid paper, hula hoop, laser, microchip, and digital clock was invented in the 1950s. They made many great inventions in the 50s. I wonder what inventions we will make in the 2010s. Overall, 50s Day was a really fun day.
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