Hello :)

Heyy sorry guys i have been so caught up with school. My blog was at the back of my mind. Anyways i have and new friends and miss Kayla more than ever :))) I think all my teachers are cool :). The only thing is that Mr. Caldwell kind of freaks me out and Mr. Speck does yoga in math class which is VERRRY odd. but the rest om my teachers are normalish :)

SUMMER PART1

       SORRY GUYZ FOR NEGLECTING MY BLOG FOR SOOOOOOO LONG!!!!! i have'nt gottten to use a cmputer in over a few weeks or i just forget to post on my blog. so Summer for me has been amazing!!! i will start out with the 1st part of my summer vacation. i went to LONDON :)))) JEALOUS MUCH ??? hahaha JK. But was so amazing we saw(if you don't know what i am talkiing about just search those places and it will help) Big Ben, Westministers Abbey, tower of london where we saw the Kohinoor diamonds, London Bridge,Shopped in Picadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, ate fish and chips in Trafalgar square, of course the buckingham palace, the london eye, Shakespears GLOBE, St.Pauls Cathedral, sherlocks holmes museum, and the Kesington place which is about to be the home for Kate and William. :))))) The whole week there was sooo beautiful not just the sightseeing but the weather and the food :)) and i loved taking the tube (or subway) to all the places. i will describe the more interesting places that have stories to go along with them.

       When we went to the Buckingham Palace we saw the change of guards which is basically like they are changing their shift. But after the boring ceremony and being smushed we got to see the royal mews. the Royal Mews is where all the carriges and royal horses are put. even though they were justy carriges it was so amazing to see all the design of each carrige up close. we even got to see the coronation carrige which is plated in gold and it is absolutely stunning.
                                           


         if you don't know the Globe was were Shakespeare held his plays. the not so wealthy people would stand  and the second weltheist would sit near the ground and the wealthies like the queen and kings would sit on the top. the day we went to Shakespeare's Globe was a miracle. when we entered the gate the lady said we couldn't go in with a ticket. then she told us taht the shows were sold out for the rest of the week so we wouldn't be able to watch a show however my mom overheard someone giveing away tickets and those were free and sitting tickets !!!! it was so exciting because we got to see one of my favorite plays Much ado about nothing!!!!!

thats all i'm gonna blog for now !!!!! i will show yall the pics when i get back to TEXAS and describe them in even more deatail luv yall and i'm missing yall too

PS. I WUZ listin'n to Taylor Swift yesterday and started crying because the music reminded me of Kayla :(

PPS. kelsey and garima how are you hindi classes goind and if you can Kelsey respond in Hindi tahrt would be great!!!!
PPS. Marwa i hope you are keeping a healthy diet and not getting malnutritioned agaian!!!!!! i am seriously worried about you GAL !!!

VACATION!!!!

SO GUESS WHAT??? i'm going to London!!!!!! and PARIS!!! :) I AM SOOOOOOOOO pumped and I can wait to leave on tuesday. 1st we will stop in London for 5 days take tours of the West Minister Abbey, Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Big Ben, and many more. Then another day we will take a tour of the outer London where we will see the London Bridge and Shakespear's Globe!!!!! then one day when the weather is nice a bus will pick us up from the hotel and will drive us to Paris as well as give us a tour!!!! In Paris we will see the Luvre, Effiel Tower, and possibly eat escargos YUCK!!  Then after our little European adventure we will finnally fly to INDIA!! There we will have fun with our relatives, shop, and go on amazing vacationing spot. We will even go to Jim Corbbett National park. Which is a park for nature life especcially tigers. we might even see a Bengal Tiger!!!!!


WHAT ARE YALL DOING THIS SUMMER?? COMMENT ON THIS POST TO TELL ME :) <3 YALL
- Raina Saksena

Vocabulary Words

vilify- slander


duplicity- doublr- dealing; Hypocrisy


zealot-  fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

Reader's response #3

New book!!!!
i realllly badly want the Throne Of Fire by: Rick Riordan. It is the sequels to The red Pyramid and the second book in the Kane Chronicles series. It has gotten really good reviews and all my friends that have it say that it is also really good. Anther thing i'm trying to persuade my parents to buy is either a nook or kindle. I've have been reading about each and i have decide that i would rather have a NOOK even though they are more expensive you can get more books and adjust the size of the font if it is to small or big. i think this is a really good buy.

Reader's response #2

Beauty Queens
by: Libba Bray

A plane crashes on a small island on the way to the beauty queen teen dream pageant show. More than half the pageant girls die and the few girlie girls are left in fear and being clueless. However everything takes a turn when one of the teen dreamers puts her talent to the test.everyone starts to make camp. they build huts to traps while sacrificing there make up!!! definitely for all girls to read!!!! i loved this book

Reader's response #1

Tantalize
till pg. 75
Tantalize takes place in the heart of downtown Austin. In the city Keiren and Curie have been friends since the were babies and Curie does'n care if Keiren is a werewolf. However when curies parents die and she has to take care of the family restaurant. however one day when Curie goes to the restaurant she finds her chef dead on the floor. No Bullets on;y teeth marks. Suddenly her life isn't so peaceful any more. She doesn't know who to trust and doesn't know who are the shape-shifters. All she can do is trust her new chef. but that wasn't a wise decision.

readers response

Written in Bone

Written in Bone examines history through 17th-century bone biographies, including those of colonists teetering on the edge of survival at Jamestown, Virginia, and those living in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary’s City, Maryland.

The forensic investigation of human skeletons provides intriguing information on people and events of America's past. No other inanimate objects make us feel the same passionate curiosity as the remains of once-living, breathing individuals like us. 

vocabulary

Lithe - Flexible or supple

Iota - very small quantity

Adept - Being an expert at something

readers response

the misfits

by: James Howe (author of Bunnicula)

This is a teen novel about a group of twelve year olds at a middle school in a small town in America. These three boys and one girl are going through the normal troubles of the transition between childhood and becoming teens. The four are the usual outcasts found in most schools, and one of their number has decided to take a stand against what she sees as the hypocrisy in her school. Through her determination to put forward her beliefs, she forces her friends to step back and take a look at themselves and each other.

The book is written from the point of view of one of the kids, Bobby, and since the group are all only twelve, The Misfits manages to look at some of the issues facing early teens Some of the issues it touches on with surprising grace are deaths of loved ones, homosexuality and people being more than they seem. It is pleasant to read in that it does not give out the impression of trying to deal with these things; rather it pulls them all together in a light-hearted story, encompassing events and emotions that many people go through. This book really shows what middle school really is about.

readers response

the Grey Wolf Throne
Cinda Williams Chima
 I absolutely love this book!!! i got it at the convention i went to on Thursday. this book is a galley ( not published yet and not corrected all the way.). It s the 3rd book in the seven realms series and i can't wait for the next boom to come out later. The grey Wolf Throne is supposed to come out in August of 2011 but i got it 4 months in advanced!!!! it was totally worth that few months because i cant stop reading it!!!!!!

PEOPLE STOP BEING MEAN AND GET A HOBBY INSTEAD!!!!! IT CAN REALLY HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS!!!!! IT ISN'T COOL :(

Reader's response #3

The Demon King 

Finshed 

read for 60min

This book is very adventurous yet romantic at the same time. From all the lone-star books I have read, i  would have to say that This book is my favorite so far. Even though this book tells 2 stories of  princess Raisa and her troubles with the Queendom and the story of Han a villager with his own troubles to worry about.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When Han and Princess Raisa run into each other Han doesn't know who she is. Han takes her captive only to let her free when she does what he wants her to do. Later when she is finally free she is close to her naming day which is when she is able to marry. Even though her mother Queen Marianna wants to marry her  right after the naming day  Princess Raisa refuses to get married at 16. She only wants to marry older. However the Wizards of the high court have different plans he tends to marry his son, Micah to the Princess Heir. To do this he put a spell on the Queen and went agianst all the laws put against the Royal line and the wizard line. I couldn't believe the ending how Han found out he was a ...... ( i wont tell you ) but I could see it coming. It was very sad when the bluejackets lit the house on fire with ....... and (still not going to tell you who was in the house) ........ in it :( What made me extremely sad was when i came to the last page and there was no more.

Reader's response #2

The Lost Hero

by:Rick Riordan

1-67 1HR 15 MIN

 Yes i am reading this again because I am so in love with itIt starts out with three friends: Jason, Piper, and Leo are all students at the Wilderness School (which is a boarding school). But  there’s a problem because Jason doesn’t remember anything. Who  is he?

One weird thing leads to another.  storm spirits attack them at the Grand Canyon, Jason somehow knows swordplay, and it turns out that their gym coach is actually a satyr. Next thing these three know, they’re being Taken to Camp Halfblood by  Annabeth who expected to find something other than three unclaimed demigods. so they set out to find out who they really are and discover what could have never been. They must find the goddess Hera before Titaness Gaea fully awakes 

Readers response

Ever After Ever
by Jordan Sonnenblick

This book is soooooooo good. I really like it because the author tells the story about this 8th grade boy with Cancer and how he deals with the complications of recovering from Cancer. This is such a cute book and very realistic to children who survive cancer. so far this book talks about this boy who acts like a regular teenage boy. he meets a new girl and befriends her. His friend Tad also survived cancer but that doesn't stop him from being a jerk to other people. Gosh i can't wait to talk to the author of this book because on thursday I will be going to a convention center and i get to meet authors like him :))) I really like this book and it is very heart warming. READ IT !!!!!

annoying things....

Do you what annoys me??? Rerun episodes when the commercials says there will be a new show but there never is one on the airing date. I am getting so sIck of no new episodes of glee. I mean ya some of you don't care but i LOVE that show especially CHORD:) Hope there is a new show next week otherwise it will be a bummer 

Stupid Blog war

There is a stupid Blog war about to happen that Arvind created. They said i am going to join through emails which I never got I think it is a stupid thing because whoever wins is just an opinion that 3 people (judges) think. Everyone writes however they want to and no way is right or wrong. So if you guys are reading this i give in i will be in your stupid blog war :( even though i never wanted to. I give in cause yall are saying all this mean stuff botu me k?? happy???

HUNGER GAMES THE MOVIE!!!!!\

North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, 1 young girl and boy from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to Kill  their competitors,  with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the District 12 female representative, Katniss will and won't stop to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will bepitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

so after you have reviewed the story up top lets get to the big news! 

they have finally casted the 3 main parts, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Melark, and Gale Hawthorn!!!!

Katniss Everdeen is...... JENNIFER LAWRENCE!! For those who don't know who she is,she was nominated for best actress in the movie Winter's Bone which was nominated for tons of other award ceremonies.

Peeta Mellark is.......... Josh Hutcherson!!! I couldn't believe this i don't think he is 

Peeta type I mean there could be even better people!!! if you dont know him 

he was in the movie Journey to The Center of the Earth, Bridge to Terebithia, and The Kids Are Alright.

Gale Hawthorn is......... Liam Hemosworth!!!!! Another dissapointment  for me :(. He is known for being Miley Cryus' EX boyfriend, Acting in the Last Song,Knowing, and Triangle.

Well all I can really says is that i will be really mad if they screw up this movie. i hopethe actors do a good job.

INDIA WON THE CRICKET WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! after 20ish years we have won again!!!! the match was so suspenseful and i couldn't keep my butt in the couch. i still can't believe it. on Monday i'm wearing my Indian shirt.  yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa we won!!!!!!! the game was so close but we beat Sri Lanka. the game was pretty close . At fist I thoug we were doomed. but whe Dhoni stepped up i just had smile glued to my face :))))

The face on the Milk Carton

I am reading a book called The Face On The Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney. It is about a girl named Janie who is eating lunch in the cafeteria one day at school. As she is eating, she looks on a milk carton and sees a young girl's face on it. After she stares at it for a while she realizes or she thinks the girl is her, or is it? It said the girl was kidnapped at age three from a mall in New Jersey. Is this possible?

Janie thinks about this all day. She cannot get it out of her mind. Would her parents kidnap her or was it like Sarah-Charlotte said that kidnappings are only when parents get divorced and one parent takes the child somewhere without telling the other parent? Her parents loved her, would they do something like this?

I love the concept of the book and it keeps me really hooked. It is kind of predictable that she will go searching for her birth parents even behind her "parents ' back. she is determined it let them know she is okay.

Incarceron

Incarceron 4/1/11
the whole book
uhhhhhhh........ i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo confused!!!!! i mean i can't even tell you what just happened in clear sentences! the only thing i liked about this book was the idea about the whole setting. But the complex story was not entirely as good as the Hunger Games. i mean even Kelsey, Garima ,and Marwa agree with me. i felt that the author wrote it and didn't spend time reading over it. Maybe she didn't look at her writing with a readers perspective and just though that she liked it not anyone else. Hopefully that this is her first book otherwise this career won't be so good for her. She could have given the idea to someone who could make it really good like Suzanne Collins or Margret Peterson Haddix. However what I did like was that she added quotes from the history of the book to show you what happened in the past. A part of me kept read to see if it would get better but when i realized it was not i already reached the end. :(

Vocabulary Words

clemency (n.) mercy

desecrate (v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

unctuous (adj.) smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

Reders response #2

The Red Pyramid
by: Rick Riordan
1hr.
pg 66-122


SPOILER ALER!!!
When Sadie and Carter arefound by the police, The police start to question them about the explosion and how the rosetta stone was in a mllion pieces.(not the software the actual thing!!!!) apparantly the best option instead if putting the children in jail the had to be deported to America to live with their Uknown Uncle Amos. who tells them everything. Like ricks style of writing this books is about the egyptian gods who are real!!! Amos tells the children that their mom and dad were wizards from acient blood lines who knew the gods. apparently Amos owned 2 animal Kufu the Baboon and Philip of Macadonia the Crocodile :)

 the next morning when the children wake up in Amos' house they realize he is gone and there are 2 moonsters outside the house. Sadie remembering that amos had told her that Muffin, her cat, would protect them. So when Sadie release the cat, the cat turned int the cat godess BAST!!!!!!!!! that was so cool i couldn't believe that it was actually happening'

Vocabuary

Nut- egyptian sky godess
Thoth - god of wisdom
Ra-the original King of the gods

Readers response #1

The Red Pryamid
By:Rick Riordan

1hr. pg1-65

Carter and Sadie are brother and sister. They see each other only twice  a year. One time in the summer and one time in the winnter.  Since their Mom died Sadie lives in London with their Grandparents. Carter travels around the world with their Dad, a famous Egyptologist. The kids don’t like each other much and the Grandparents don’t really seem to care much for the Dad. I mean, they’re civil, but they only see each other twice year. Mostly, they just get through the visit and move on, waiting it out until the next year.
However, On Christmas Eve Carter and his Dad are in London to spend their one day of the year with Sadie. Dr. Kane takes the kids to the British Museum. Sadie hates whenever Her dad takes them to another muesum instead of aq fun amusement park. What they really haven’t done is watch their Dad get trapped inside a golden sarcophagus after calling from the dead an Egyptian god determined to destroy the world. If i were in Sadie and Carters place I would have been freakng out seeing my father being taking by a GOD!!!!
I can't believe this!!! I love Rick Riordan writing because tis is the genre I love especcially with all the gods.

Hard, Easy, and Just right Poems.

Hard Poem

Amor, Amor

Amor, amor, un hábito vestí
el cual de vuestro paño fue cortado;
al vestir ancho fue, más apretado
y estrecho cuando estuvo sobre mí.


Después acá de lo que consentí,
tal arrepentimiento me ha tomado,
que pruebo alguna vez, de congojado,
a romper esto en que yo me metí.


Mas ¿quién podrá de este hábito librarse,
teniendo tan contraria su natura,
que con él ha venido a conformarse?


Si alguna parte queda por ventura
de mi razón, por mí no osa mostrarse;
que en tal contradicción no está segura.
-Gracilaso de la Vega


Response: The thing that is hard about this poem is that first of all it is in Spanish. However I only Know a few words of Spanish in this poem because they don't teach us this complex spanish yet. the only thing i get from this is Amor,amor which mean love,love. So now I know that this poem is a love poem so those spanish words mean something sweet, kind, and romantic from a lover.




Easy Poem

It's not too hot
It's not too cold
A perfect day
To have and hold
The sun is out
Clouds are seen
It's still a day
To sit and dream.Ray Hansell

Response: I think this is an easy poem because it describes what the day is just like so you can picture it in your mind immidiatly. it is an easy poem because you know what is happeneing and it makes total sense. Once I read it Once I can get all the meaning out of it.

Just right poem

On a breeze her voice sighs to me
lingering touch and playful swirl
I breath her and she envelopes
playfully touching
lingering laughter
Real and Imagined
Together

Response: I think this is the just right poem because it leaves me wanting more of the peom. It isn't an easy poem  because this takes a few time to read throught o get the whole understanding. Like Ms.Green said that we needed to expand the moment the author of this poem strched this alot. Instead isf saying we were together on the date and explaining the date the author Takes one moment. I like this because it is kind of hard to imagine yet y can pick where you want the poem to be. Everyone has there own thoughts on this poem. i think it fits right into JUST RIGHT.

Vocabulary

boon

 a gift or blessing

credulity

(n.) readiness to believe

deleterious

(adj.) harmful 

Reader's response #2 for week of March1st-4th

Beastly By Alex Flinn.

2hours

40-160

 3/4/11

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(if you don't already know the story to Beauty and the beast)

So when Kyle gets home from the dance he finds Kendra sitting in his room. She turns into a witch of some sorts telling kyle that he should have never done that and he will pay with his beauty. Well you know what happens. He gets turned into a beast!!!!! Suddenly his dad moves Kyle to live by himself with only his trustworthy made and a blind tutor so he wouldn't be frightened. Well he was left with the mirror and he started looking up people and what they were doing. Finally after a year, His tutor finally decides that Kyle would grow roses since roses are still beautiful even though they can be cruel (the thorns).

One night after Kyle gets obsessed with the roses someone breaks in to the green house and Kyle get to his greenhouse before the robber knows what to do. The thief makes a deal with  Kyle to let him go in exchange for a girl. Obviously because of his curse he accepts the trade off. The girl was Lindy!!!! I saw this totally saw this coming!!!!

Reader's response #1 for week of March1st-4th

Beastly By: Alex Flinn
30 min. 1-40
3/1/11

I'm reading Beastly once again. you may be wondering if this is the movie about to come and it is!!!! I love how Alex Flinn writes part of her story in a chat room called THE UNEXPECTED CHAT ROOM. Well in this chat room fairy tale characters are seemed to be real are talking about their problems like silent maid (supposedly Ariel), Froggie (supposedly the frog prince), Grizzly guy (supposedly the bear/wolf thing in Rose Red & Snow White) , and last but never the least BeastNYC ( supposedly the beast in beauty & the beast). BeastNYC  has a real name and its Kyle Kingsbury. He is the main character in the story. This is Definitely the modern day version of Beauty & the Beast.  Hence his chat room name he lives in New York City. He is the most popular guy in school even though he is only in 9th grade. Then his week changes when he meets this goth girl in English who said that Kyle was beastly (not how everyones says your beast, she meant it like you have fangs and fur.) So trying to be funny He asked her to the dance planning to break her heart and that is totally where he made he big mistake.
When he shows up with the prettiest girl in school in his arms He finds  Kendra (the goth girl ) in a butt ugly dress (thats what it said in the book) with no expression on her face like she knew that she was about to get stood up. as he went to the dance not caring about what he saw he realized his 'girlfriend' threw a fit because her corsage was not an orchid but a beautiful white rose. Not bothering to throw it away he gave it to the ticket girl whose name was Linda or Lindy.
From this I learn that you shouldn't say things you don't mean otherwise there will be consequences you don't know exist.

OMG I THOUGH I WAS A RAVENCLAW!!!!

okay so I wanted to check which house I would be in for Hogwarts since not all quizes are true so I took 6tests.
5 OF THEM SAID I WAS GRYFFINDOR!!!!!
1 SAID I WAS RAVENCLAW!!! I really can't believe it
wow here is the stats for some quizes

Your Result: Gryffindor

You belong in Gryffindor where the brave at heart dwell your daring, nerve, and chivalry set you apart. You belong in Gryffindor with the Potters, the Weasleys, and many other impotant people.

House Crest	Score (0-100)	House Description
	81	Gryffindor Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name." Students of Gryffindor are typically brave, daring, and chivalrous. Famous members include Harry, Ron, Hermione, Albus Dumbledore (head of Hogwarts), and Minerva McGonagall (head of Gryffindor). If you want to add this feedback to your homepage, click here.
	80	Ravenclaw Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest." Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable. Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron's affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine's editor). If you want to add this feedback to your homepage, click here.
	79	Hufflepuff Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same." Hufflepuff students are friendly, fair-minded, modest, and hard-working. A well-known member was Cedric Diggory, who represented Hogwarts in the most recent Triwizard Tournament. If you want to add this feedback to your homepage, click here.
	54	Slytherin Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those whose ancestry is purest." Slytherin students are typically cunning and hungry for power. Important members include Draco Malfoy (Harry's nemesis), Professor Severus Snape (head of Slytherin), and Lord Voldemort. If you want to add this feedback to your homepage, click here.

 
You Belong in Gryffindor House!
You're brave, strong and adventurous - exactly the kind of witch or wizard thatGodric Gryffindor would be proud to instruct.

An Intelligent Harry Potter House Sorting Quiz

15801 other people got this result! That's 35%

Cool, you're a Gryffindor! Brave, noble, and chivalrous, you stick up for your friends and
morals. Full of heart, youd rather die than be dishonored. You are generally outgoing, popular, and optimistic. Your house usually has an excellent Quidditch team and often wins the House Cup. Famous Gryffindors are Godric Gryffindor, Albus Dumbledore, and Harry Potter. You rock!

You Scored as You belong to Gryffindor! You would be in Gryffindor! To be in Gryffindor, you must be brave loyal and willing to help your friends out of sticky situations no matter what the cost! You belong to Gryffindor! 87% You belong to Hufflepuff! 83% You belong to Ravenclaw! 63% You belong to Slytherin! 21%