Lit. Poems

"Death"

Death

Horrific, tragic

Devastating, appalling, terrifying

Sorrow, change, chance, excitement

Exhilarating, intensifying, living

Vivacious, bright

Life

"Liesel's Words"

Liesel Meminger

Skillful, bright, and caring

Who loves to read storybooks

Who feels love and hatred about words

Who needs the presence of words

Who shares her thought of happiness

Who fears her loved ones being taken away from her

Who dreams of her dead brother dying

Who ends up being a strong, brave woman

Storms: Hurricanes

Works Cited:
http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/a/hurricanecauses.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hurricanes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales
http://www.weather.com/ready/tropical/index.html?from=search_siteresults%3C1%3E
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/hu_during.shtm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes

http://www.google.com

Philadelphia Zoo Visit

Baby Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Recently, the Philadelphia Zoo came to our school. This visit was to teach us about reptiles. There are four different types of reptiles; alligators and crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and tortoises and turtles. It was really exciting because the lady from the school who came to our school brought four reptiles! She brought a tortoise, a tortoise shell, an iguana, a constrictor, and a legless lizard. Since she obviously couldn't bring a crocodile or an alligator, she brought crocodile skin.We learned that the characteristics of a reptile are that they have scales, they're cold-blooded, they lay their amniotic eggs on land, and they breathe air. This event was really convenient because it was cheap, educational and didn't consume much time; the presentation was only an hour and fifteen minutes long! We all got to feel the crocodile skin and the tortoise shell. Did you know that the scales are made of the same material our nail are made up of? However, we couldn't touch the live reptiles because their skin contains salmonella which doesn't really get along with us humans. I hope that we get to experience more presentations like this in the future!