These ares some facts about two great leaders.
Chief Joseph
The Chief of the Nez Perce was converted to the religion of Christianity. He gave himself a new name, it became Joseph. When he got a son he named him Joseph. When Chief Joseph died his son became the new Chief Joseph.
There was a treaty that gave land to the Nez Perce. On the land gold was discovered. The chief had a plan. His plan was to help the whites look for gold so they would leave faster. That plan didn’t work the Nez Perce lost 90% of their land.
In the month of June and in the year of 1877 the Indians still had problems with the whites. The Indians were getting frustrated. So they shot the whites. The Indians got scared and moved. It took them 180 days. It was 170 miles long.
There was an Indian named Napoleon. He was a very smart. He always stayed 1 foot in front of the Calvary. Calvary means mounted men on horseback.
General Howard tried to go over Lolo Pass. It was a hard trip they were running out of food. There were also winds. General Howard was waiting for Chief Joseph and his tripe so that Howard’s men could ambush them. But the Indians went on a different path that was only wide enough for a goat. Howard called that Fort Fizzle, because the Nez Perce escaped.
The Nez Perce thought that the Crow tribe would help them fight the whites. The Crow knew that if they joined them that the whites would come after them. So they said no.
General Howard finally caught Chief Joseph. He lived for 80 days after he was caught.
Ninety percent of the public wanted Chief Joseph to win. The rest wanted General Howard to win.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was shot in 1865. He was born in Kentucky. His grandfather’s name was also Abraham. He was the president who did not like slavery. Abraham was very tall. He was 6.4 ft and weighed 185 lbs. he said that his wife was as handsome as she was as a young school girl. His house was a two story building. He had a dog which he gave away. Lincoln left Springfield to Washington. He didn’t know if he would ever be back. He grew a beard. Lots of people wanted to kill Lincoln. So he had lots of bodyguards to protect him. He was the man who gave the speech which is known now as the Gettysburg Address. His wife spent a lot of money nourishing the house including her. She spent 20,000 dollars. He said that he would not pay it as long as soldiers didn’t have blankets. Lincoln’s son was very sick. He grew weaker and weaker each day. The cause of his sickness was the bad water he was drinking. He had Typhoid fever. He died. Lincoln was devastated. Lincoln got over the death of his boy and got ready for war. They built Ironclads. One was made with a rotating gun. The others were made with cannons. Lincoln sent Gen. McClellan to Richmond, Virginia. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It permitted some states in the south to be free. He did not free all of them because he was scared that they would join the confederates. Lincoln gave some great speeches that will be forever remembered. Lincoln believed that all Negros and all whites were equal. He got very sad when the list of who was dead and who was wounded would come. The only time he would ever feel peace was in his office on his knees praying. The hardest thing for Lincoln to find was a general who would fight with the soldiers. The south was not shot to death they were choked and strangled to death. Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania. The battle of Gettysburg was started by a confederate who went into a shoe store and bumped into a union soldier. It was the turning point of the war. If the union would have lost the confederates would have taken Washington D.C.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Pet Peeves
When you hear the word pet peeve what do you think of? I think of something annoying, irritating or just something that bugs me. What I think is interesting about pet peeves is that everyone has one and they are all different. Not everyone gets bugged by only one thing. Say for instance that chewing gum really irritates me (it really does not), but it does not irritate my friend. I think that is so weird that only certain things bug people. My pet peeves seem really strange to other people because you would have never thought that that could be a pet peeve. One of my strange pet peeves is running water. I just can't stand the sound of water being wasted. My mom gets frustrated because when she is washing her hands. I turn the water off just when she is about to rinse her hands off. Another example is when my brother is brushing his teeth. I turn off the water just when his mouth is full of toothpaste.
Another pet peeve of mine is people who do not cover their mouth when they sneeze of cough. It is just so inconsiderate to other people around you. I know that it seems like it is just a natural thing to be considerate and cover your mouth, but people don't do it. Like for instance I was just at my SEOP yesterday and the counselor had like a cold or something and just about every five minutes they would just start hacking up a lung. The worst part of it all was that they didn't cover their mouth. I just felt like I was going to die. So, I covered my mouth so it would help filter out the germs. I hope that helped because I don't want to get sick and so far I am not. There have been times where I have gotten sick because people don't cover their mouths. And those people are my brothers. They can be so rude sometimes. All of them know that I hate people who don't cover their mouths. So, they purposely just cough and sneeze one me. I get so mad at them. And the worst part of it is that the next day I got sick. Now, that really got me mad. So, now when someone in my family gets sick I bring a can of Lysol with me every were I go and when they coughed I sprayed. But that was a while ago I am getting better with that pet peeve. Like I still care and all it is just I don't spray people with Lysol anymore.
Well, those are my worst pet peeves. Now you know that I do not like wasting good clean water and do not like people not covering their mouths when they cough or sneeze. So, what are some of your pet peeves? Are they unique like mine? Are they the same as mine or complete opposites? Think about it, then leave a comment.
Another pet peeve of mine is people who do not cover their mouth when they sneeze of cough. It is just so inconsiderate to other people around you. I know that it seems like it is just a natural thing to be considerate and cover your mouth, but people don't do it. Like for instance I was just at my SEOP yesterday and the counselor had like a cold or something and just about every five minutes they would just start hacking up a lung. The worst part of it all was that they didn't cover their mouth. I just felt like I was going to die. So, I covered my mouth so it would help filter out the germs. I hope that helped because I don't want to get sick and so far I am not. There have been times where I have gotten sick because people don't cover their mouths. And those people are my brothers. They can be so rude sometimes. All of them know that I hate people who don't cover their mouths. So, they purposely just cough and sneeze one me. I get so mad at them. And the worst part of it is that the next day I got sick. Now, that really got me mad. So, now when someone in my family gets sick I bring a can of Lysol with me every were I go and when they coughed I sprayed. But that was a while ago I am getting better with that pet peeve. Like I still care and all it is just I don't spray people with Lysol anymore.
Well, those are my worst pet peeves. Now you know that I do not like wasting good clean water and do not like people not covering their mouths when they cough or sneeze. So, what are some of your pet peeves? Are they unique like mine? Are they the same as mine or complete opposites? Think about it, then leave a comment.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Cassie's Butterfly Project!
This is a story that I just wrote about one week ago. It is about a girl in the second grade class who is doing a butterfly project. She learns about Painted Lady butterflies and their four part life cycle. I wrote this story for my science class project. Tell me if you like it and ways that I can improve it. Please comment on it it helps me a lot.
Cassie was in Mrs. Penny’s 2nd grade class. They were starting a project on butterflies. Cassie’s teacher said that they would be getting Painted Lady caterpillars and that they would turn into butterflies about 2 weeks later. Painted Lady butterflies are a yellowish orange, black and white. When the caterpillars came everyone was excited. Each one came in its own separate container. They were all ready filled with food so there was no need to open the container. Caterpillars spend most of the time eating Leaves using their strong mandibles. They would be observing the caterpillars over the next few weeks to see how they have changed (observing means to watch.)After a few days the container has lots of silk looking webs and the caterpillar was a lot longer. Cassie’s 2nd grade class was learning a lot about butterflies. They had learned the life cycle of a butterfly was made up of 4 parts. First was the egg, then the larva, after the larva was the pupa, and last was the adult. More days pasted and the caterpillars were hanging on the top of the lid in a J shape. That is called the J form. That meant that they were getting closer to becoming butterflies. Next they formed a chrysalis. That meant that next they would be adults soon because they were already on the third step. Cassie was getting more and more excited each day. She learned that butterflies were insects. She also learned that a butterfly’s body was covered by tiny sensory hairs.
The two weeks were almost done so they took the lids off very carefully and put them in a butterfly net. The net provided a place where they could fly around without escaping. One day while Cassie was in class someone noticed that one of the butterflies had broken out of the chrysalis and was flying around. Then one by one the others did the same. Pretty soon they all were flying around. Mrs. Penny said that it was time to let them go. So, we all went outside. She gave us each a butterfly, and then we let them go. Butterflies are found all over the world and live in all different types of environments so I knew that they would be okay. I loved watching the caterpillars turn to butterflies. It was a great experience. It was amazing that they could change so much just in 2 weeks.I went home that day ready to tell a great story to my parents about how I learned about Painted Lady butterflies and their four part life cycle.
Cassie was in Mrs. Penny’s 2nd grade class. They were starting a project on butterflies. Cassie’s teacher said that they would be getting Painted Lady caterpillars and that they would turn into butterflies about 2 weeks later. Painted Lady butterflies are a yellowish orange, black and white. When the caterpillars came everyone was excited. Each one came in its own separate container. They were all ready filled with food so there was no need to open the container. Caterpillars spend most of the time eating Leaves using their strong mandibles. They would be observing the caterpillars over the next few weeks to see how they have changed (observing means to watch.)After a few days the container has lots of silk looking webs and the caterpillar was a lot longer. Cassie’s 2nd grade class was learning a lot about butterflies. They had learned the life cycle of a butterfly was made up of 4 parts. First was the egg, then the larva, after the larva was the pupa, and last was the adult. More days pasted and the caterpillars were hanging on the top of the lid in a J shape. That is called the J form. That meant that they were getting closer to becoming butterflies. Next they formed a chrysalis. That meant that next they would be adults soon because they were already on the third step. Cassie was getting more and more excited each day. She learned that butterflies were insects. She also learned that a butterfly’s body was covered by tiny sensory hairs.
The two weeks were almost done so they took the lids off very carefully and put them in a butterfly net. The net provided a place where they could fly around without escaping. One day while Cassie was in class someone noticed that one of the butterflies had broken out of the chrysalis and was flying around. Then one by one the others did the same. Pretty soon they all were flying around. Mrs. Penny said that it was time to let them go. So, we all went outside. She gave us each a butterfly, and then we let them go. Butterflies are found all over the world and live in all different types of environments so I knew that they would be okay. I loved watching the caterpillars turn to butterflies. It was a great experience. It was amazing that they could change so much just in 2 weeks.I went home that day ready to tell a great story to my parents about how I learned about Painted Lady butterflies and their four part life cycle.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Trick or Treat
Halloween is a great time of year. All the scary movies, decorations and who can forget about all the candy! Yummy! That is the best part of Halloween I think. I love all the candy you get when you go trick or treating. Speaking of trick or treating I just about wasn't going to go. My parents said that I was too old. I mean to old come on my 30 year old aunt goes trick or treating still. So any way I thought that was a lame excuse. They told me that I couldn't go about a week before Halloween so that gave me time to persuade my parents on letting me go. During that time I got invited to lots of Halloween parties, some on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and two on Halloween. Well, I thought at lat I can go to the ones on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, but what do I do about the ones on Halloween. Should I go to one of the parties or trick or treat (if can). I choose to go trick or treating because my parents finally said yes to me going and I wasn't going to pass that opportunity up. Now what am I going to be for Halloween?
I have never repeated a Halloween costume that I have been. So, I wasn't going to that this year. Hmmmm.... what to be, what to be. "I've got nothing," I thought. So why don't I just go with my friend Kristin( if you want to see what she looks like go into the old Honors English class two years ago under Lizzy Wallin. Scroll down until she shows pictures of her family.) Anyway back to the story. Where was I..., ah what to be for Halloween. So, Kristin came over and we decided to be Spa Princesses. The costume was made up of a robe, pajamas, etc. It was going to be a comfortable year for Halloween.
Well, Halloween was here we got ready together then set out for trick or treating. We went everywhere it seemed like. We lot loads of candy. At one house they gave out hot dogs, hot chocolate, and regular sized candy bars. As soon as I got the hot chocolate, being the clumsy person that I am, I spilled it all down my robe because the lid was not on all the way. That was the only bad thing that happened to me while trick or treating. After trick or treating in one neighborhood we went to another and got lots there.
We were done trick or treating about ten o' clock a night. I had a huge science test in Cobia's class that I had to study for so I couldn't go to bed even though I was deathly tired.
That was a great year of trick or treating. I am sad that my parents say that that was my last year, but hey, that is what they said this year so maybe it is not. What did you do for Halloween? Did you go trick or treating? What were you? Please feel free to comment on my blogs. I would love to hear from you.
I have never repeated a Halloween costume that I have been. So, I wasn't going to that this year. Hmmmm.... what to be, what to be. "I've got nothing," I thought. So why don't I just go with my friend Kristin( if you want to see what she looks like go into the old Honors English class two years ago under Lizzy Wallin. Scroll down until she shows pictures of her family.) Anyway back to the story. Where was I..., ah what to be for Halloween. So, Kristin came over and we decided to be Spa Princesses. The costume was made up of a robe, pajamas, etc. It was going to be a comfortable year for Halloween.
Well, Halloween was here we got ready together then set out for trick or treating. We went everywhere it seemed like. We lot loads of candy. At one house they gave out hot dogs, hot chocolate, and regular sized candy bars. As soon as I got the hot chocolate, being the clumsy person that I am, I spilled it all down my robe because the lid was not on all the way. That was the only bad thing that happened to me while trick or treating. After trick or treating in one neighborhood we went to another and got lots there.
We were done trick or treating about ten o' clock a night. I had a huge science test in Cobia's class that I had to study for so I couldn't go to bed even though I was deathly tired.
That was a great year of trick or treating. I am sad that my parents say that that was my last year, but hey, that is what they said this year so maybe it is not. What did you do for Halloween? Did you go trick or treating? What were you? Please feel free to comment on my blogs. I would love to hear from you.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
UEA Weekend
I know I write a lot of stories about me and my friends, but we just do so much. So here is another story on what we did over UEA weekend.
On Friday of last week my friends and I decided to stay in the Hampton Inn over UEA weekend. So on Monday we all went over there. As soon as we were all ready (which was about 3:45) we walked over to Starbucks and got some food. Then we went over to Old Navy. They had great deals like skirts originally 20 bucks were 97 cents. What a great buy! So anyway we got some clothes then headed back to the hotel. We put everything away then left to the mall. They also had great deals. Like for instance in Forever Young we got shoes for 3 dollars and 50 cents. The deal was get a shoe for 11 dollars and 95 cents then get another for free so that makes it about 6 bucks. Then she gave us a coupon for 5 dollars off so the total for two pairs of shoes was 7 bucks. The shoes are freak in cute. After that we went back to the hotel we got ready for dinner.
Dinner was great. We went to Olive Garden. When we were finished with dinner we went back to the mall and got some more clothes. It was about 8:00 when we got back and swam.
Swimming in the Hampton Inn with all of your friends is awesome! You should try it sometime. The only down side of the pool is that it was only 5 feet deep, but at least it has a hot tub. The hot tub was nice because the jets shot up ward so it looked like it was boiling. When were done swimming and showered off it was 9:30. We were getting bored so we walked over to Target and got some Rock Stars. Then walked to Jamba Juice and got another drink before it closed. Then went back to the hotel and listen to music and watched TV until it was 3:45 in the morning. We were getting hungry so we called a cheap pizza place like Little Ceasers. Surprising they answered, but they said it was closed. Then my friend started talking with him more. Then he handed his phone to his manager and his manager told us that he would bring a 3 hour old pizza over to our hotel. He came over and met him and he was a pretty nice guy. We got the pizza ate it then went to bed at 5:00 in the morning. We were not looking forward to go to breakfast in the morning.
We were all sleeping when we got a knock on our door. It was her little brother saying they were going to miss breakfast if we didn't come down there that instant. So we woke up and ate. We got a late check out so we could swim again. The hot tub felt so good because I was pretty cold. We only had a short swim because check out was soon. So we got out, showered, and packed our stuff to go home. As soon as I got home and fell asleep. I was so tired that day.
On Friday of last week my friends and I decided to stay in the Hampton Inn over UEA weekend. So on Monday we all went over there. As soon as we were all ready (which was about 3:45) we walked over to Starbucks and got some food. Then we went over to Old Navy. They had great deals like skirts originally 20 bucks were 97 cents. What a great buy! So anyway we got some clothes then headed back to the hotel. We put everything away then left to the mall. They also had great deals. Like for instance in Forever Young we got shoes for 3 dollars and 50 cents. The deal was get a shoe for 11 dollars and 95 cents then get another for free so that makes it about 6 bucks. Then she gave us a coupon for 5 dollars off so the total for two pairs of shoes was 7 bucks. The shoes are freak in cute. After that we went back to the hotel we got ready for dinner.
Dinner was great. We went to Olive Garden. When we were finished with dinner we went back to the mall and got some more clothes. It was about 8:00 when we got back and swam.
Swimming in the Hampton Inn with all of your friends is awesome! You should try it sometime. The only down side of the pool is that it was only 5 feet deep, but at least it has a hot tub. The hot tub was nice because the jets shot up ward so it looked like it was boiling. When were done swimming and showered off it was 9:30. We were getting bored so we walked over to Target and got some Rock Stars. Then walked to Jamba Juice and got another drink before it closed. Then went back to the hotel and listen to music and watched TV until it was 3:45 in the morning. We were getting hungry so we called a cheap pizza place like Little Ceasers. Surprising they answered, but they said it was closed. Then my friend started talking with him more. Then he handed his phone to his manager and his manager told us that he would bring a 3 hour old pizza over to our hotel. He came over and met him and he was a pretty nice guy. We got the pizza ate it then went to bed at 5:00 in the morning. We were not looking forward to go to breakfast in the morning.
We were all sleeping when we got a knock on our door. It was her little brother saying they were going to miss breakfast if we didn't come down there that instant. So we woke up and ate. We got a late check out so we could swim again. The hot tub felt so good because I was pretty cold. We only had a short swim because check out was soon. So we got out, showered, and packed our stuff to go home. As soon as I got home and fell asleep. I was so tired that day.
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