I think that Twitter is a good way to share with the world, whether you use it for school purposes or for personal purposes. There are people who post inappropriate things but if you want to, you can block them. Sometimes some things that bother me are that people who you follow will repost something from someone else who you don’t follow. With schools, you have to be careful about who you follow and who follows you but there are so many schools who are on twitter, you can see what other schools are doing all around the world! Twitter is a place where people can share about their day. In class we often tweet about projects and books we are reading. I recommend twitter to schools but I also highly recommend adult supervision while it is being used. Twitter is a fairly good tool for communicating to the world. A problem is that when someone follows you and you follow them, they can send you a private message which can sometimes contain a link that hacks into your account. You should always remember that there are more good people in the world than bad so those couple hundred people on twitter with negative tweets, should hardly be noticed because they are outnumbered by the good people with positive tweets.
Author: mollygi2012
World War 1 Poem – Molly
Men trudging onto the cold, dark, wet buses.
Families wave goodbye with tears streaming down their faces.
Young children grow up without fathers to teach them things a mother can’t.
Backpacks and helmets, jackets and gas masks.
No one is ready, for what might come.
The small busses pull up at a site where men climb into the backs of trucks, expecting the worst.
Trenches are dug deep into the ground and little shelters -hardly houses- are built.
The first day, limbs lost.
Men drowning in their own blood.
Gas filling the air.
No one can stand up.
Their bodies weak and lie all through the trenches.
The hideouts have been spotted and there is no hope.
Book Talk #2 – Molly
Some people say they wish their birthday was everyday. You wouldn’t if you were Amanda Ellerby and Leo Fitzpatrick. I love 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass because it had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. The two were born on the same day. Supposedly, that was special. On their first birthday, their parties coincidentally ended up being at the same party place. Amanda and Leo learned to walk together that day. They had their parties together for the next ten years. But on their tenth birthday, Leo learns that some words aren’t worth losing a best friend. Amanda is ready to move on to the day after her eleventh birthday so she doesn’t have to think about not having a party with Leo for the first time in her life. The only problem is, the next day is her birthday all over again! Join Amanda as she figures out her situation.
Some of Wendy’s others books from this series include 12 Finally and 13 Gifts.
Haiku – Molly
What do I like to Do?
I can mix things up
I can add frames and colors
It is done online
Dreams for 2013 – Molly
For the new year, I first want to say that no person should see what the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut saw. I hope that no student ever has to see anything like that ever again. The way I hope this could work is that if schools get more secure entrances and exits. They could do their security like PDS because all doors are locked and someone has to open the front door from the inside.
The other thing I want for other schools are better supplies and nicer kids. There are a whole lot of schools where a lot of bullying happens and teachers either don’t know about it or don’t do anything about it. Everyone is different and that’s what makes us special. No one should be picked on for being who they are. I have been in the situation of getting picked on and I know it doesn’t feel good, but sometimes other kids are afraid to stand up for you because they don’t want to start getting picked on.
My dream for PDS Middle School is to take more field trips. We could have more events to raise money for this.
Hurricane Sandy – Molly
“Life threatening storm” “frankenstorm” “super storm” “the perfect storm.” Hurricane Sandy has been called all of these things. if you look at a radar of Irene and a radar of Sandy, Sandy is about twice the size of Irene. hurricane Sandy started in the Caribbean and has been barreling up the east coast. Here is little check list of things you might need:
- battery powered radio
- water
- canned non perishable foods
- battery powered flash lights
- candles
- blankets
- don’t open your fridge or freezer too often if you have lost power. In doing so, you will keep the cold locked in, otherwise, your milk and cheese will go bad.
- extra batteries
- anything you feel that is essential for your family
With that said, be safe and make sure you’ve taken all lawn ornaments, chairs, tables and any other things of your lawn or deck, and bring them in you house or garage.
Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick – Molly
12 year old Hugo Cabret is an orphan. His parents died, then he lived with his uncle who was the clock keeper. His uncle threw himself off of a bridge. Hugo has to hide in the big clock in a train station in France, or else the station inspector will catch him and take him to an orphanage. Now he manages the clocks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (by Brian Selznick) is one of my favorite books. Hugo has a notebook from his father. It’s filled with sketches of a little mechanical man. It is supposed to pass a message to Hugo, somehow (read it to find out). Hugo has been stealing little wind-up toys from the toy booth to build the man. One day, the old man who works at the toy booth, catches Hugo and takes away the notebook. He meets the old man’s god daughter, Isabel, and she gets the notebook back for Hugo. Now, he has to find the key to fit the mechanical man to make it work. Catch the rest of Hugo’s adventure!
Here is Brian Selznick’s new book Wonderstruck.
King Hrothgar’s Journal by Molly
King Hrothgar’s journal: 2 days after Grendel’s glorious death.
Beowulf has defeated the monster Grendel. Here is how it played out:
The locks on the palace door were no match for Grendel’s monsterous strength. He ripped down the chains and bust the door open in one, smooth motion. One of Beowulf’s most trusted members, was the first to jump up from his slumber. He drew his sword and threw a hard swing at Grendel. The sword crumbled into bits and all that remained was the handle, which hadn’t touched the beast and remained in the warriors trembling hand. Grendel, not seeming to be even the slightest bit bruised, jumped towards the man,who was kneeling catching his breath. Grendel picked him up by the leg, and tore him apart into bits. Then Grendel stuffed the limbs in his mouth. By now, Beowulf had wakened and was lunging for his sword, which he had set down at King Hrothgar’s seat. Now, Beowulf, sword in hand, also lunged at the night monster. Beowulf’s sword had no luck with the monster either. Beowulf threw the sword to the ground, jumped up and held on with all his might, on to the monster’s arm, as Grendel tried to squirm free. Beowulf yanked a little harder and Grendel’s arm, with a squish and a rip, came clean off. And there you have it. Victory!
Slide Show – Molly
Blogging Challenge #3