Final Project

1.Give the author's name and a paragraph outlining some biographical information. Please consult 2-3 sources and write your answer from point form notes in order to avoid plagiarism.
Anne Pearson is the author of the book Ancient Greece. Anne Pearson is a published author of children's books and young adult books. All of her published books are written about Greece. She also writes articles about topics such as business and literature.

2. Name and describe the main character(s). Are they static or dynamic? What motivates them? (A static character does not change, a dynamic character changes as a result of his or her experiences) The book Ancient Greece describes the Greek world starting in the Minoan civilization and talks about the environment , people , culture and artifacts from that time. The gods, goddesses, and heroes were dynamic characters that were interesting in this book.

3. What is the novel's setting? Why, in your opinion, did the author choose this setting for this novel? This book is all about Ancient Greece. The author chose this setting so they could add it to eyewitness book series.

4. Describe some of the main events. Where does the climax take place? One of the main events in this book is the story of the Trojan Horse. The Greek army built a wooden horse and left it outside the city with Greek soldiers inside it. The Trojans took the horse into the city and at night the Greek soldiers snuck out and opened the city gates. The other soldiers came in and destroyed the city.

5. Give an example of three different conflicts that take place in the novel. Your conflicts must each be of a different type. Choose from person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. In the book Odysseus blinds Polyphemus to teach him a lesson .

1. What are the scenes, incidents or moments which you remember most vividly? The gods were the most memorable part of the book because the gods made the world and gave the people guidance. They were thought to be associated with such things as growing, hunting, telling the future, and love. The people offered them animal sacrifices and fruits of the harvest so that the gods would treat them well.

2. Did you learn anything from the story that you did not know before? Explain (this could be facts or simply seeing something from a different perspective?) I learned about how the homes were designed, and that the Athens city of Athena was built for Athena, the goddesses of wisdom and warfare.

3. Does the novel interest you, irritate you or both? Explain This book was very interesting to me because I like history. I really liked the pictures and their explanations.

4. If you could be any character in the novel, who would you be? Why that character? I would be Herakles because he is the greatest hero of all the Greek heroes. But even though I don't like to be the center of attention I think that Herakles would be the best choice besides Hades who unfortunately is not in this book.

5 Would you like to read more books from the same author? Why? Yes I would like to read more of these book because they have really interesting facts.

Lisa Leslie Chapter 10

Chapter 10 proves how wining Olympic gold in 1996 unproved the popularity of women's basketball in the United States. There were over 30 000 people in attendance at the Georgia Dome. This was the largest crowd ever to attend a women's basketball game. They were given the name "Dream Team" because of their great performance at the Olympics. The Presidents daughter , Chelsea Clinton , and two famous NBA stars for the men's team were there to show their support. In conclusion , popularity of woman's basketball was improved by the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Lisa Leslie Vocabulary # 2

1. If you get suspendid you will be away for 5 consecutive days.

2. The people at city hall take about controversial issues.

3. Today they announced thas we have an assembly tomorow.

4. I wish that I was immune to lime disease.

5. Wining the lotry would be a fluke.

6. When Globl Warming was killed we had a revelry.

7. Techers accommodate studens leraning.

8. When school ends in June and resumes in

Lisa Leslie Vocabulary

1. My parents bedroom is evrey comfortable.

2. There are some studens in my class that make me feel exasperated when they don't stop talking.
3. I feel exhausted after it workout in wate traning.

4. My desperation caused me to eat bugs.


5. My teacher gave me an opportunity to go watch the rugby game.


6. I was embarrassed at school today.


7. I occasionally like to go on my laptop.


8. It takes a lot of stamina to overcome fear.

9. The weeds penetrated the garden cloth.

10. I was very coordinated on the soccer field.

Eating Bugs

Yesterday,we ate bugs. Although you couldn't taste the bugs, you could hear them crunching. The bugs were served in fudge, cokies and granola bars which tasted fantastic. We were given information about the health and envronmental benefits of eating insects. More people should be open -minded about eating bugs.

Vocabulary Sentences

1. tremendous The storm last night was tremendous.

2. echoes After I screamed my name I could here the echoes.

3. photograph During the party my mom took a photograph of me.

4. sensor When the power went out, the sensor for the emergency lights turned them on.

5. scientist One of the scientists found a way to stop global warming.

6. lightening On my way home from school today I saw a lightening strike.

7. especially I especially wanted french fries for dinner tonight.

8. flickering The light in my bathroom is flickering.

9. explosion When I was walking to my friends house I saw a massive explosion.

10. static After I rubbed the balloon on my chest I had static electricity.

WAYFN Capter Four

In the book What Are You Figuring Now many key evens happened in chapter four. Firstly,there was a big stable and mill being built in the valley,they were building the mill to grind the wet so that the farmers can bring it in to make it in to flower. Secondly, the Eillcotts started a store in the Hollow and brought in newspapers and supplies. Then in December 1773, news came from Boston that some men had dumped three shiploads of British tea into Boston Harbor. The king of England was to greedy to notice the complaints so in 1775, the fist shots of the revolutionary war were fired at Lexington and Concord between American minutemen and British redcoats. In 1783, the Americans and the British signed a peace treaty and the war ended. The Americans won the war and America became a free country.