Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Lightning Thief!!
The book takes place in 2010 in New York and Long Island Sound.
A young boy who doesn't know his true identity saves the world from a terrible war.
A young boy who doesn't know his true identity saves the world from a terrible war.
Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old boy who does not know that he's the son of the sea god Poseidon. Percy has deep sea blue eyes and black hair. He befriends Annabeth, Grover, and Luke.
Grover Underwood is a satyr who appears to be only 12 but is really 28-years-old. He has blue eyes and brown curly hair. He has to wear baggy pants to hid his furry hindquarters, and he wears a rasta hat so his horns aren't reveled.
Annabeth Chase is the daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. She has had a very rough history and has been at Camp Half Blood since she was 7. She is 12 now.
Chiron is a white stallion centaur. He's been teaching young heroes since he was at least 50-years-old. He's currently about 3000-years-old. He is a child of the titan Lord Kronos which is why he's immortal.
Luke Castellan is a 14-year-old child of Hermes, the god of thieves, messengers, travelers, and merchants. He has a terrible history. His father made him do a quest that Hercules had done. From that quest, Luke got a scare from a dragon he had to fight when he was entering a sacred enchanted garden. Plus Annabeth and his friend Thalia get killed trying to save them when they were at the top of Camp Half Blood.
Mr.D, which stands for Dionysus, is the god of wine but, because he chased an off limits dryad. He now serves his punishment by being camp director at Camp Half Blood.
Percy Jackson is the protagonist guy in the book. He saves the world with the help of Annabeth and Grover. He is the best swordsmen except for Luke. Percy would be lost in his quests if he didn't have Annabeth to help him. He kind of gets distracted sometimes and forgets what he's doing. He also doesn't know all the monsters so he sometimes doesn't know what he's fighting and how to dodge it or if it has poison.
Luke Castellan is the antagonist guy in this book. He's the best at sword play. He knows all about the pressure points on people. He tries to kill Percy a lot in this book. And he knows all about monsters. Luke got brain washed by the titan lord and now wants to end the gods and mount Olympus. He also befriends Percy in the beginning and in the end betrays him and tries to kill him with his pit scorpion.
In the end Percy finds out don't trust every one you meet.
The central idea of the book is that a young boy who always gets beat up finds out that he is a son of the sea god and receives an important quest to save the world .
By Presley Nelsen finished the book in September.
I recommend this book because i think it was very interesting and when ever you pick it up it's hard to put it down. It has just a lot of adventure and excitement and i think it's a really good book!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Cool videos!
and here is just a cool pic.!
This is for every one else!
Hey this is for Kaliana, Emi, and Maddy!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Egyptian Culture!!
Did you know that Egyptian language is the longest lasting language? It survived from 3000 B.C. to the 11th century. Almost no one speaks this language any more. Only about 20 people speak it now. But people are still interested in this culture. Clothing, language, farming are all part of this interesting culture.
Cloth
The ancient Egyptian people used to wear completely white linen tunics with drapes and loin clothes. What clothes you wore depended on what society you were in. For example, if you were from rich society, you might wear a white linen tunic with some very expensive gold jewelry. If you were poor, you might wear just a worn out old tunic. Or, if you were in middle society, you might wear, for example, not the best linen tunic, but better than the poor. The reason that the rich people wore better clothes than the poor was to show that they had power. The reason that the poor wore old worn out clothing was because they couldn't afford it.
The Egyptians all used the Nile river for farming. It was very useful for irrigation. They grew lots of things such as fig trees, wheat, and barley. The Pharaoh used rich peasants to do farming on the good land. The peasants had the jobs of reapers or gleaners. The reapers went through the fields first and they reaped the wheat. The gleaners went after the reapers and picked up the wheat that fell on the ground. The ancient Egyptians had these farming tools winnowing scoops, mattocks, flint bladed sickles, and plows. Winnowing means to get the debris off the grain.
The ancient Egyptian language was the longest surviving language. It was used from 3000 B.C. to the 11th century. They drew pictures and turned them into a language. The pictures are known as hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics are found in and on tombs and stones. Egyptian is one of the oldest recorded languages known. The pyramid texts were the largest body of literature written at that time.
The Egyptian language is mostly gone but people still are interested in the culture it is from. People go to museums to see Egyptian clothing, farming items, and hieroglyphics. King Tut is as famous as any other well known leader. The Egyptian artifacts still amaze people today, even though they are over thousand years old. The Egyptians still influence us today. With out the inspiration they give us today, our culture would be much poorer.
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A Witch!!
A sly and creeping witch
Flies on her broom through the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween
Under the Halloween moon.
A girl.
A little, silly girl
Screams at the witch flying her broom in the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween
Under the Halloween moon.
A mother.
A irritated and grumpy mother
Yells at the girl for
Screaming at the witch flying on her broom in the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween
Under the Halloween moon.
A cat.
A black and hungry cat
Attacks the mother
Who yells at the girl
Who screams at the witch flying on her broom in the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween,
Under the Halloween moon.
A man.
A tall chivalrous man
Swats the cat
Who is attacking the mother
Who yells at the girl
Who screams at the witch flying on her broom in the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween,
Under the Halloween moon.
A boy.
A strong little boy
Cries at the man
Who sawts the cats
Who sawts the cats
Who is attacking the mother
Who yells at the girl
Who screams at the witch flying on her broom in the midnight air
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween,
Under the Halloween moon.
Under the Halloween moon.
The witch stopped flying and yelled,
"Stop all that ruckus, I'm trying to fly!"
Under the Halloween, under the Halloween
Under the Halloween moon.
The End!!!!!
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Monday, October 24, 2011
The North wind goddess!!
The north wind goddess has black hair of silk.
She sores with grace bring a cool breeze when the days grow hot.
Her sisters East, West, and South are known for their beauty, but only the lucky have seen their beautiful sister North.
She guides you to your dreams when sleep falls upon you.
With gentle kind blue eyes and long silky hair, she dresses in her dress only made of the softest clouds in the high sky.
Most say that the three sisters East, West, and South are the kindest they know.
But none have met their sister North the kindest of all.
For with out North we would be lost forever.
For when we lost she guides us home.
And when we tiered she drift us to the nicest dreams.
For she is the kindest, and the most gracious.
We should all be thankful to North the one who guides us, the one who takes us to dreams, and the one who knows most.
The End!!!
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
It's Just a Game of Tag!!
In Los Angeles, there lived four 13-year-old friends-Amanda, James, Georgia, and Jake. They lived on Elm Street. They all went to the same school. Amanda had burgundy brown hair and light blue eyes. James had dark brown hair and brown eyes. Georgia had pure white hair and brown eyes. And Jake has sandy dark hair with blue eyes. Georgia and Jake were together and Amanda and James were together. One day they all were walking home from school when James suddenly said excitedly,
"Hey guys, why don't we visit the old haunted house on Tea Tree Street?"
Amanda replied, "What are you thinking. James, you know that street is forbidden to go on!"
"Well, we're already in trouble so how much more trouble can we get in?" asked Georgia sarcastically.
"Yeah, how much trouble would you get in, James?" Amanda said sarcastically.
"Well, I don't know about you but I actually think it sounds like a fun time. Plus we could play tag there like we used to," Jake said cheerfully.
"Jake, what are you thinking? You and I have to go and get to our date at the movies," Georgia said irritatingly.
"Oh, come on, Georgia. Why can't we just go to the haunted house? Plus I don't have enough money to pay for two movie tickets," Jake said now irritated.
"Well fine, you two boys go and me and Georgia will go and do our homework at home where it's safe from places like that!"
"What? No I'm going with the boys. You can go and do your homework. Playing tag there actually sounds fun. Plus, I'm not going to let Jake get away with not going to the movies with me!"
"What Georgia, you're not going with me?" asked Amanda stunned.
"Oh come on Amanda. You know you want to go! Plus it could be really fun! You never know you might have a lot of fun!" Georgia said pleasingly.
"Don't worry, Amanda. We won't be long at all. We'll only play one round of tag!" Jake replied reassuringly.
"Oh, I'm regretting this already!!!" Amanda complained. They got there and it looked about 100 years older than they remember but still they went in and started the game of tag!
" O.K. We decided that you're going to be it James since you decided that we should come here!" Jake announced.
"But that's not fair. You didn't even let me decide!" James complained.
"Sorry but that's what we decided!" Replied Jake.
"Fine! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7...," Jake started to count.
"Run!" Georgia sreamed In the distance, James began,
"9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30! Ready or not here I come!"
And then when James was about to tag Amanda, she screamed,"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh." James turned to see a huge man draped in a long black, silk robe with the hood on, walk up to them and then he stabbed James. James fell curled up at Amanda's feet! She screamed even louder but then the man stabbed her, too. Jake told Georgia,"Stay here. I'm going to investigate." Then he left her and went to see what all the screaming was about. But to his surprise it was his friends getting murdered. Downstairs Georgia waiting for Jake and her friends to come back, heard Jake scream in torture. She suddenly had a sick feeling and got up crying. She then saw a the man in black robes coming down the stairs and she knew what had happened! She saw that he had a bloody knife in his hand. She saw out of the corner of her eye a sharp knife on the floor. She dove and grabbed it and threw it at the man. It stabbed him in the heart. He died and she went upstairs and found her friend's body's and cried a long sad time. Then she got up and buried them in the nicest place in the cemetery and had a funeral for them.
One day she visited them and said aloud to herself, "It was only a game of tag!" The End!!!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Why Our School Should Get This Money Grant
My name is Presley, I'm 11 years old. My school music program is falling apart. I think my school should get a money grant. I think we should get this money grant because I live in a small community that's very close. We have a small school with no more than 15 students, including the kindergartners. We have one small library and only two class rooms. The money we have for our school is made by bake sales, auctions, quilt squares, and any thing the parents are willing to give. We have no government funds. We're a very poor school, with not many teachers.
We only get music class once a week, if our music teacher is not sick, and only my class gets a lesson. We only get about 45 minutes. We are all fond of music and want to learn more. We all like our teacher very much. We only get to learn the recorder and, rarely, the piano. We all want to learn more but our music teacher doesn't have enough money to get more instruments. Plus my school doesn't have enough money either. I hope we can get this money grant so we can learn more about music.
Thank you,
Presley
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The Red-Tailed Fox!
The red-tailed fox runs free over the barren creeks and rivers. Out of the woods, he sees a hunter. He runs, but the hunter has already seen him.
As he's running, he looks up to see a big black figure hovering over him. He closes his eyes and thinks about freedom. But as he opens his eyes, he's already in captivity.
There's no trees and no wild. All there is, is a big glass container, a little patch of grass, and a little creek!
The creek makes him sick and he dies with one wish to be free in the wild again!
The End!!
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Last Quest of Gigamesh: The Quest to seek imotalaty!
Shamat says, "All I know is that if you want immortality, you must follow the Sun God. But hurry for it is sunset."
Gilgamesh says, "Thank you" to Shamat, then hurries off.
He follows the Sun God and on his way beasts attack him. He hears a cry for help. He hurries over to find a lion cub hanging from a cliff nearby. He rescues it when all of a sudden, two vicious looking scorpions come up and say, "We are the guards of the Sun God. You may not pass!"
Gilgamesh yells at the scorpions for being so mean. Then, they let him threw for his courage.
Gilgamesh has to pass through a dark tunnel full of monsters. With the lion cube holding onto him, he finally comes to a beautiful place. It has trees and all animals. They are friendly. It was the sun Gods garden.
Gilgamesh found the sun God and said "Greatest sun God, how do i become immortal ?"
The sun God answers, " I do not know, but i do know is that Utnaplishtim is the only human who became immortal. To get to him you must go west."
The sun God answers, " I do not know, but i do know is that Utnaplishtim is the only human who became immortal. To get to him you must go west."
Gilgamesh travels west and ends up in a desert. After walking a long time in the scorching hot desert, the lion cub faints. Gilgamesh picks him up and goes on. Finally, after suffering from the heat, Gilgamesh, sees a house covered in vines. He walks over to find a women outside, looking horrified for how shriveled Gilgamesh was.
He said "I'm looking for Utnapishtim. Do you know were he lives?"
He said "I'm looking for Utnapishtim. Do you know were he lives?"
"Yes, but that is a suicidal journey. Stay here with me and drink wine and be happy!" said the woman.
" What is your name, for mine is Gilgamesh."
"My name is Siduri, and I make wine for the gods."
"Siduri, you must tell me how to get to Utnapishtim!"
" You must cross the sea of Death that guards his island. Only my boat can go across it," Siduri answered.
"Give me your boat so that I may go to him." Gilgamesh asks.
Siduri says, "Yes."
Siduri says, "Yes."
Gilgamesh made 120 poles to cross the sea of Death. After he was done he set out in to the sea of death. Every time he put a pole in the water it started dissolving. Gilgamesh kept putting them in the water until all the poles were gone. Then he took off his shirt and stood up to make a sail. It worked.
Utnapishtim saw him sail up to his island in amazement.
Gilgamesh walked up the little mountain and up to Utnapishtim. he said, "Utnapishtim, How did you become immortal? You are no different than I, so how did you do it?"
Utnapistim said, "The only way for you to become immortal is you must stay awake for seven days and six nights while I tell my story!"
Gilgamesh says, "I will."
So Utnapishtim began his long story and, at the end, Gilgamesh was asleep. He begged to try again. Utnapishtim took mercy and told him to look out at the sea. "Do you see that glowing light? That will not make you immortal but will keep you young until you die."
Gilgamesh set out again on the boat. Went to where Utnapishtim told him to, dove down, pulled up the flower, and started home.
He stopped on an island to sleep. Ishtar, an evil serpent, came down out of a nearby tree and ate the flower whole. Gilgamesh heard her, he jumped up and said, "Ishtar, you evil one, you killed my friends and now you've killed hope!"
Then Enkidu came, as a griffin, and said "Gilgamesh, Shamat sent me, so get on my back!"
Gilgamesh did so! Enkidu flew over Gilgamesh's city and said," Here is the immortality you have sought. the great things you have done will be remembered long after you have died!"
Gilgamesh did so! Enkidu flew over Gilgamesh's city and said," Here is the immortality you have sought. the great things you have done will be remembered long after you have died!"
The End!!!!
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