We started Language Arts class today by creating a PicLit, and then creating Edublogs. I decided to keep my current Edublog for this year as well! I excited that we are starting to finally use Edublogs!
I am going to leave you with my two piclits. They go together. The are about The Giver, by Lois Lowry.
Congratulations to Zach, who is the winner of the “failure” challenge!
1. He was the only entrant
2. The writing style
3. The failure- classic!
My favorite sentence:
Ah, failure sweet failure.
I have always wanted to go to London, England. My parents and older brother went before I was born, but I have never been. When I was in elementary school, we filled out “All About Me” Posters at the beginning of the year. I remember that I always put London for where I would like to go.
One of the most fascinating things to me about London are the buses. To me, they always seem to be the bright splash 
in the middle of the city.
Miss W’s Blogging Challenge #7
Climate change is “any long-term significant change in the weather patterns of an area”. (Dictionary.com) But how is that significant to knitting and reading?
When is it best to knit? To me, it’s in the rain or snow with a cup of hot chocolate and friends. When is it best to read? To me, it’s in the rain or snow by the fire with a blanket. See the connection?
The Earth has gotten 1 degree warmer over the last century. Most scientists think that this is from humans. (US EPA) This heat causes more rain and less snow.
So, if knitting and reading are best in the rain and snow, and climate change is leading to more rain and less snow, then knitters and readers are going to do more rainy day knitting than snowy day knitting.
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Miss W’s Blogging Challenge 2009 #6
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The three things I want to do to conserve water:
After a couple of days, I will let you know how it’s going.
I’m not a big stickler for environmental help. To tell you the truth, I just joined because my pal is running it. I recycle a little at home and school and I unplug stuff when I’m not using it, but I’m not an environmental freak.
My goal for this challenge is to work on my water conserving. Therefore, my category is water.
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I have been really busy since my last posts. I have thought a different points throughout the week that I should blog, but I was never near a computer. So I finally get to blogging becuase I realized that my week is slowly coming to and end and I need to post for this week’s challenge before another is posted and I get behind.
What has kept me so busy?
We are about halfway through our season. We either have a game or practice every afternoon/ evening. Th
e past three matches have been rained out though. We had not had any rain for several weeks, and this week it decides to rain all day every day at a constant stream of liquid puddling up on streets, sidewalks, and driveways.
Week six of school, and therefore lots of homework and tests beginning. After tennis everyday, my time is spent doing homework. At school, we have not yet begun blogging in Language Arts, so I have to make time for blogging for now.
Jazz Band started this week. I mentioned earlier that we are going to Disney. Well, as it turns out we were also invited to play at the National Middle School Conference in November. Therefore we are now meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
My brother, a junior in high school, is a soccer player. Therefore, I go to his soccer games, which are one or two times a week for about an hour and a half. Not very helpful with homework.
FPSFPS has started again! (Marnie, my teammate, has posted about this in more detail here.) We are meeting on weekends and working on our first problem currently. I’m excited! Our team consists of me, Marnie, Anne, and Zach. I think we are going to have a great year!
Two weeks ago we marched in our town parade for band. I was exhausted every day because we practiced in band class by marching in the park next door. (I play percussion, and a bell kit is not the lightest instrument in the world.)
I don’t like to put things away as soon as they enter my room. They end up on my bed, the floor, or my chair. My mom however is maticulous and prefers my room clean. 
I have hurt myself. 
With the combination of computer, piano, and tennis (mostly tennis though), I have managed to hurt my wrist. It is nothing super- serious, and it is not broken or strained, but the muscle and tendons are sore, stressed, and overused. I have to wear a wrist brace sometimes and ice my wrist at night. It is slowly getting better, and I am hoping that it doesn’t continue to plauge me.
. . . why I haven’t posted often! I have been super busy but having super fun. I am also really enjoying the blogging challenge. It is giving me a reason to force myself to blog!
Miss W’s Fall 2009 Blogging Challenge #3
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