July 24, 2009
P.2
One day, they went to the park to go fishing. One fisherman was very good at fishing that he caught many fish, but the other one didn’t catch any fish because he wasn’t good at it. Suddenly the fisherman caught another fish, but the other one caught a rubber tire instead of a fish.
P.24&25
A. One man was thirsty in the desert but there was no water to drink. Then a person selling ties asked the man: “Want to buy some ties?” But he didn’t want to buy because he only wanted water. He kept walking, and found another person selling ties. He still ignored him and kept walking on. Finally he found a building, and he went in. But the guard said: “To go in, you must have a tie.”
B. Hey, did you ever hear this one? A woman goes in a diner and ordered a cup of coffee. She takes a sip and screams, “This coffee tastes like mud.” The waiter said, “Well, it was ground this morning.”
2009/07/24
2009/07/22
The Dalai Lama
July 22, 2009
The Dalai Lama
By Max
I think the Dalai Lama is a good and peaceful person because of he wants to let many people peaceful like him too. Unlike the poor, they are so peaceful but rich people are not peaceful. The Dalai Lama promotes peace, compassion, and tolerant with several ways, like looking at all situations from all angles will let you become open and knowing this earth as a home. He also gave some green tips like turn off the lights when you’re not using it, recycle garbage, and to clean beaches full of garbage (My own idea.). Doing this and other great things can let us become different, and let the world become different.
The Dalai Lama
By Max
I think the Dalai Lama is a good and peaceful person because of he wants to let many people peaceful like him too. Unlike the poor, they are so peaceful but rich people are not peaceful. The Dalai Lama promotes peace, compassion, and tolerant with several ways, like looking at all situations from all angles will let you become open and knowing this earth as a home. He also gave some green tips like turn off the lights when you’re not using it, recycle garbage, and to clean beaches full of garbage (My own idea.). Doing this and other great things can let us become different, and let the world become different.
Chomp! Meat Eating Plants
July 22, 2009
Chomp! Meat eating plants
By Max
Meat eating plants eat insects when they’re hungry. Meat eating plants like Venus flytraps, Pitchers, Cape sundews, Alice sundews, Titan butterwort, and many others, use some sweet juice to let the insect fly in and drink it, and it catches the insect. Venus flytraps just let the insect fly in the trap to drink juice, and the flytrap catches it. Pitchers let insects get stuck in the pitcher and eat it. Sundews let insects fly in to suck the juice and use their sticky leaves to tie the fly. Butterworts use their sticky leaves too to eat the insects been sticked to its leaves.
Chomp! Meat eating plants
By Max
Meat eating plants eat insects when they’re hungry. Meat eating plants like Venus flytraps, Pitchers, Cape sundews, Alice sundews, Titan butterwort, and many others, use some sweet juice to let the insect fly in and drink it, and it catches the insect. Venus flytraps just let the insect fly in the trap to drink juice, and the flytrap catches it. Pitchers let insects get stuck in the pitcher and eat it. Sundews let insects fly in to suck the juice and use their sticky leaves to tie the fly. Butterworts use their sticky leaves too to eat the insects been sticked to its leaves.
2009/07/19
The World Game's Fireworks
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
The Fireworks
By Max
Today we went to see the fireworks in the evening. At 8:00, we changed our clothes and we went out. We first went to Green Bay, and we walked there because of no bikes or motorcycles can go in. We saw a lot of people, about 20000 people. We came up the ramp, and went down the ramp to the ground. We heard a band singing there on a very big stage. I want to see the concert, but since Dad only wanted to go to eat some food, so we quickly walked away. We went in the door to the food area and got a handbill. At the food area, there are a lot of tents, and it had various kinds of food. We didn’t walk along because I don’t want to eat it. So we sat on the manhole cover. We waited and waited until the first firework happened on the back of us. We can’t watch it very clearly, because there is a building which blocked the firework. But it was still very beautiful, because it has many colors and big explosions. But at 9:00, the “real” firework finally started. The firework had even bigger bangs and a part that shoots fireworks like a fast shooter! After the firework, I think that this firework is the most beautiful, and this is the first time I had seen the firework with a short distance! After the firework, we went to see a softball game. It is Taiwan versus Japan. After we arrived, the score is tied 1-1. But at the 8th inning, that player that defenses home base didn’t catch the ball thrown from the other player and let Japan score another point and ended the game winning! I think that the player is stupid and should been replaced! After the ball game, we went home.
The Fireworks
By Max
Today we went to see the fireworks in the evening. At 8:00, we changed our clothes and we went out. We first went to Green Bay, and we walked there because of no bikes or motorcycles can go in. We saw a lot of people, about 20000 people. We came up the ramp, and went down the ramp to the ground. We heard a band singing there on a very big stage. I want to see the concert, but since Dad only wanted to go to eat some food, so we quickly walked away. We went in the door to the food area and got a handbill. At the food area, there are a lot of tents, and it had various kinds of food. We didn’t walk along because I don’t want to eat it. So we sat on the manhole cover. We waited and waited until the first firework happened on the back of us. We can’t watch it very clearly, because there is a building which blocked the firework. But it was still very beautiful, because it has many colors and big explosions. But at 9:00, the “real” firework finally started. The firework had even bigger bangs and a part that shoots fireworks like a fast shooter! After the firework, I think that this firework is the most beautiful, and this is the first time I had seen the firework with a short distance! After the firework, we went to see a softball game. It is Taiwan versus Japan. After we arrived, the score is tied 1-1. But at the 8th inning, that player that defenses home base didn’t catch the ball thrown from the other player and let Japan score another point and ended the game winning! I think that the player is stupid and should been replaced! After the ball game, we went home.
2009/07/17
Reading Rules!
Reading Rules!
TFK Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson reports on the 2009 Children's Choice Book Awards
By TFK Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1899667,00.html
The second annual Children's Choice Book Awards were held on Tuesday May 12, in New York City. The awards were part of Children's Book Week, which is celebrated across the country from May 11 to May 17. It is the nation's oldest literacy event, now celebrating its 90th anniversary.
Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson was there to see popular authors including Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and Lauren Myracle (Thirteen). But in the end, the vampires ruled, as Stephenie Meyer, author of the hugely popular Twilight series earned Author of the Year. Meyer beat Kinney, Rick Riordan (author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series), James Patterson (Maximum Rider) and Christopher Paolini (Brisingr) for the top title.
A Star-Studded Night
The gala was all part of a week-long effort to encourage kids to pick up a book and gain a passion for reading. Authors, illustrators and special guests gathered to talk about the importance of reading. "Books expose us to a world of possibilities," says Robin Adelson, the executive director of the Children's Book Council.
The awards were funny and lively, thanks to host Jon Scieszka. Scieszka is the author of several best-selling children's books including Time Warp Trio and The Stinky Cheese Man.
Whoopi Goldberg was honored with the Impact Award. She explained that because she was dyslexic, she came to reading late. "I didn't really pull it together until my teens, but I've always loved stories," she said. "I've always thought that if you could give kids fun and interesting books that they would grasp and hold onto reading."
What Was Your Favorite Book?
More than 220,000 kids around the country voted for their favorite books and authors. Here's what they chose:
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
Spooky Cemeteries by Dinah Williams
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year Thirteen by Lauren Myracle
Teen Choice Book of the Year Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Author of the Year Stephenie Meyer for Breaking Dawn
Illustrator of the Year Jon J. Muth for Zen Ties
Max-I think reading books will be fun for all of us, because many books include an interesting story that lets us have different feelings and when you had done reading the first chapter, you may have the curiosity to keep reading. Like me, I don’t like reading Chinese books before, but now I like reading books because I start reading a few books a day.
TFK Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson reports on the 2009 Children's Choice Book Awards
By TFK Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1899667,00.html
The second annual Children's Choice Book Awards were held on Tuesday May 12, in New York City. The awards were part of Children's Book Week, which is celebrated across the country from May 11 to May 17. It is the nation's oldest literacy event, now celebrating its 90th anniversary.
Kid Reporter Forrest Simpson was there to see popular authors including Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and Lauren Myracle (Thirteen). But in the end, the vampires ruled, as Stephenie Meyer, author of the hugely popular Twilight series earned Author of the Year. Meyer beat Kinney, Rick Riordan (author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series), James Patterson (Maximum Rider) and Christopher Paolini (Brisingr) for the top title.
A Star-Studded Night
The gala was all part of a week-long effort to encourage kids to pick up a book and gain a passion for reading. Authors, illustrators and special guests gathered to talk about the importance of reading. "Books expose us to a world of possibilities," says Robin Adelson, the executive director of the Children's Book Council.
The awards were funny and lively, thanks to host Jon Scieszka. Scieszka is the author of several best-selling children's books including Time Warp Trio and The Stinky Cheese Man.
Whoopi Goldberg was honored with the Impact Award. She explained that because she was dyslexic, she came to reading late. "I didn't really pull it together until my teens, but I've always loved stories," she said. "I've always thought that if you could give kids fun and interesting books that they would grasp and hold onto reading."
What Was Your Favorite Book?
More than 220,000 kids around the country voted for their favorite books and authors. Here's what they chose:
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
Spooky Cemeteries by Dinah Williams
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year Thirteen by Lauren Myracle
Teen Choice Book of the Year Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Author of the Year Stephenie Meyer for Breaking Dawn
Illustrator of the Year Jon J. Muth for Zen Ties
Max-I think reading books will be fun for all of us, because many books include an interesting story that lets us have different feelings and when you had done reading the first chapter, you may have the curiosity to keep reading. Like me, I don’t like reading Chinese books before, but now I like reading books because I start reading a few books a day.
2009/07/16
A Walk for Others
A Walk for Others
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1909865,00.html
An 11-year-old travels to Washington, D.C., to raise help for kids
By Joyce C. Tang
Zach Bonner is "pretty tired," he says. Instead of going to camp this summer, Zach, 11, decided to walk 668 miles from Atlanta, Georgia, to the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Why? Zach hopes to raise awareness about the plight of homeless kids. His journey to help others began two years ago. Zach walked from his home in Tampa, Florida, to Tallahassee. Then, in 2008, he did it again, this time walking from Tallahassee to Atlanta.
From Zach's House to the White House
Since May, Zach has traveled 12 miles every day in his trusty Adidas shoes. Along the way, he has collected more than 1,000 letters about homeless children. He hopes to give the letters to President Barack Obama. Zach says he wants his walk to make a difference.
More than 1 million children in the United States live in shelters or on the streets. During his pilgrimage, Zach spent 24 hours with a group of homeless children so he could learn the difficulties they face.
On Thursday, Zach walked the last mile of his long journey. More than 500 supporters, including 300 homeless kids, joined Zach. They marched with him down the National Mall. "It was a long walk," Zach says, "but it was definitely worth it."
A History of Service
In 2005, Zach participated in an episode of the television show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition." He says that helping to build homes made him realize there were people who didn't have anywhere to live. That's when he decided that he wanted to help homeless youth. He was also inspired by a movie he saw about Mildred Norman, an activist who promoted world peace by walking 25,000 miles. Zach thought that walking would be a good way to draw attention to his cause.
Zach is also the founder of the Little Red Wagon Foundation. The purpose of the non-profit is to help needy youth. Through his group, Zach has raised money and donated school supplies. "A lot of homeless youth don't get the opportunity to succeed in school because they don't have supplies," he says.
Zach's volunteerism has even inspired a Hollywood movie based on his life. "He's the most extraordinary ordinary kid I've ever met," says Michael Guillen of the Philanthropy Project, who is making the movie. "He hasn't just talked the talk. He has literally and figuratively walked the walk."
As difficult and tiring as the journey was, Zach won't be trading in his walking shoes. "When homeless kids get tired of being homeless, they don't get to quit. So why should I quit when I get tired of walking?"
To find out more about Zach Bonner and his walk to the White House, visit zachtracker.com.
Max-I think Zach is a good person because of helping poor and homeless children. He donated money to the children that are poor and homeless to buy things, and even walking from his house to the white house to help children! I hope more and more people will join Zach and help children.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1909865,00.html
An 11-year-old travels to Washington, D.C., to raise help for kids
By Joyce C. Tang
Zach Bonner is "pretty tired," he says. Instead of going to camp this summer, Zach, 11, decided to walk 668 miles from Atlanta, Georgia, to the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Why? Zach hopes to raise awareness about the plight of homeless kids. His journey to help others began two years ago. Zach walked from his home in Tampa, Florida, to Tallahassee. Then, in 2008, he did it again, this time walking from Tallahassee to Atlanta.
From Zach's House to the White House
Since May, Zach has traveled 12 miles every day in his trusty Adidas shoes. Along the way, he has collected more than 1,000 letters about homeless children. He hopes to give the letters to President Barack Obama. Zach says he wants his walk to make a difference.
More than 1 million children in the United States live in shelters or on the streets. During his pilgrimage, Zach spent 24 hours with a group of homeless children so he could learn the difficulties they face.
On Thursday, Zach walked the last mile of his long journey. More than 500 supporters, including 300 homeless kids, joined Zach. They marched with him down the National Mall. "It was a long walk," Zach says, "but it was definitely worth it."
A History of Service
In 2005, Zach participated in an episode of the television show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition." He says that helping to build homes made him realize there were people who didn't have anywhere to live. That's when he decided that he wanted to help homeless youth. He was also inspired by a movie he saw about Mildred Norman, an activist who promoted world peace by walking 25,000 miles. Zach thought that walking would be a good way to draw attention to his cause.
Zach is also the founder of the Little Red Wagon Foundation. The purpose of the non-profit is to help needy youth. Through his group, Zach has raised money and donated school supplies. "A lot of homeless youth don't get the opportunity to succeed in school because they don't have supplies," he says.
Zach's volunteerism has even inspired a Hollywood movie based on his life. "He's the most extraordinary ordinary kid I've ever met," says Michael Guillen of the Philanthropy Project, who is making the movie. "He hasn't just talked the talk. He has literally and figuratively walked the walk."
As difficult and tiring as the journey was, Zach won't be trading in his walking shoes. "When homeless kids get tired of being homeless, they don't get to quit. So why should I quit when I get tired of walking?"
To find out more about Zach Bonner and his walk to the White House, visit zachtracker.com.
Max-I think Zach is a good person because of helping poor and homeless children. He donated money to the children that are poor and homeless to buy things, and even walking from his house to the white house to help children! I hope more and more people will join Zach and help children.
Lady Liberty's Crown Reopens
Lady Liberty's Crown Reopens
Visitors climb to the Statue of Liberty's crown for the first time since September 11, 2001
By Laura Slot
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1908850,00.html
After terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, officials closed the Statue of Liberty and its surrounding grounds on Liberty Island. They worried that the site wasn't safe. In 2004, visitors could access the island and the base of the statue again, but not the crown. On Independence Day, as a special gift to the American people, the White House reopened the crown.
The skyline of downtown Manhattan, seen from the top of Lady Liberty.
A Big Climb
Anthony Weiner, who represents New York in the House of Representatives, pushed for years to have the crown reopened. "It's nice to stand and breathe the air on Liberty Island, but you really haven't lived the experience until you've gone up to the crown," he said. "A lot of Americans are able to see that now."
Andrea Balfour and her daughter, Mona, were among the lucky few to climb to the top on July 4, which happened to be Mona's 13th birthday. Mona earned the honor by winning an essay contest sponsored by the New York Daily News. Andrea Balfour takes the Staten Island ferry to get to work. "I pass it every day and we just wave to it or take pictures. Now we actually get to go inside," she said.
The spiral staircase inside the statue has 354 steps. It is dark and narrow. Some steps are too small to fit an entire foot. That's why only ten people at a time are allowed to go into the crown. A lottery system decides who can go up. Visitors are guided by park rangers during the climb.
Visitor Chris Bartnick and his daughter Aleyna enjoy the view from the Statue of Liberty's crown on July 4.
Symbol of Freedom
Before September 11, 2001, nearly 6 million people toured Lady Liberty each year. After, the number of visitors fell by almost half. Now that the crown is open, about 14,500 tickets have been sold. Most of them are for visits taking place this summer. Tickets for re-opening weekend sold out in just hours.
The 305-foot statue came to the U.S. in 1885. It was a gift from the people of France, honoring the 100 years of friendship between the countries since the American Revolution. The statue came to symbolize freedom, democracy and a safe haven for immigrants.
Max-The Statue of Liberty is very beautiful but was been closed after the attack. The terrorists are so evil that after the attack they closed the statue! Now it reopens, so we need to protect the statue so we won’t let the evil terrorists attack it again!
Visitors climb to the Statue of Liberty's crown for the first time since September 11, 2001
By Laura Slot
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1908850,00.html
After terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, officials closed the Statue of Liberty and its surrounding grounds on Liberty Island. They worried that the site wasn't safe. In 2004, visitors could access the island and the base of the statue again, but not the crown. On Independence Day, as a special gift to the American people, the White House reopened the crown.
The skyline of downtown Manhattan, seen from the top of Lady Liberty.
A Big Climb
Anthony Weiner, who represents New York in the House of Representatives, pushed for years to have the crown reopened. "It's nice to stand and breathe the air on Liberty Island, but you really haven't lived the experience until you've gone up to the crown," he said. "A lot of Americans are able to see that now."
Andrea Balfour and her daughter, Mona, were among the lucky few to climb to the top on July 4, which happened to be Mona's 13th birthday. Mona earned the honor by winning an essay contest sponsored by the New York Daily News. Andrea Balfour takes the Staten Island ferry to get to work. "I pass it every day and we just wave to it or take pictures. Now we actually get to go inside," she said.
The spiral staircase inside the statue has 354 steps. It is dark and narrow. Some steps are too small to fit an entire foot. That's why only ten people at a time are allowed to go into the crown. A lottery system decides who can go up. Visitors are guided by park rangers during the climb.
Visitor Chris Bartnick and his daughter Aleyna enjoy the view from the Statue of Liberty's crown on July 4.
Symbol of Freedom
Before September 11, 2001, nearly 6 million people toured Lady Liberty each year. After, the number of visitors fell by almost half. Now that the crown is open, about 14,500 tickets have been sold. Most of them are for visits taking place this summer. Tickets for re-opening weekend sold out in just hours.
The 305-foot statue came to the U.S. in 1885. It was a gift from the people of France, honoring the 100 years of friendship between the countries since the American Revolution. The statue came to symbolize freedom, democracy and a safe haven for immigrants.
Max-The Statue of Liberty is very beautiful but was been closed after the attack. The terrorists are so evil that after the attack they closed the statue! Now it reopens, so we need to protect the statue so we won’t let the evil terrorists attack it again!
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