Friday, November 13, 2009

La Relacion 40 min non fiction

This letter talked about how on the first Saturday in May the Governor ordered that were going out to look for land for him received two pounds of biscuits and a half pound of bacon. They were departing inland taking a total of 300 men. Out of those 300 men forty of them rode on horses. They traveled two weeks with provisions, finding nothing to eat except palmettos like the ones in Andalusia. They didn't find any Indians or settlements during that time. After that they reached a river which they crossed with lots of difficulty. Once they crossed it though they saw about four hundred indians plus or minus. After that the Governor went up to them and spoke to them in signs. The indians told them they had to fight them so they captured five or six of them and headed on there way. They took them to their lodges where there was lots of corn. On the third day after they brought them there they asked the governor too send a party s they could look for a coast and maybe find a port. He let him and forty other men go on foot. They walked until midday and then they reached the sandbanks by the sea. They walked about a league in water that came up to their knees. After much more though they arrived where they had wanted finding lots of gold and food. 

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction 40 min.

What happens next in this book is that, Lilly doesnt tell her mom and just decides to confront her uncle and ask if he killed someone. Yes she was a bit scared but she felt she needed to do it. She walked straight up to her unlce one day after school and asked him what was going on and why her and Cassandra couldnt go upstairs that day. He laughed and said no that was not what was going on and that she wouldnt understand, he started to walk away but she yelled at him and ran twards him and made him tell her what was going on. He finally told her but he made her promise not to tell anyone because he didnt want investigaters at their house. she said okay and he paused for a while.


I think that she's going to tell Cassandra. 

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction 40 min.

After Lilly's uncle greeted the two girls nervously he told them not to go upstairs no matter what they do. Lilly looked at him confusingly and asked why not? Her uncle didn't reply and just said don't in a very stern voice. she replied with an unsure okay. Lilly and Cassandra ran to Lilly's room and locked the door they sat there and talked for a long time, they decided that Lilly's uncle for sure killed someone and the spirit was mad and that's why he didn't want them going up stairs. Although they were excited they thought they knew what was going on Lilly was a little freaked out considering she was living with a man that just murdered someone and the spirit was mad. She had no idea if she should tell her mom or not. She didn't want to get her uncle in trouble if that's not what happened but she didn't want to continue to live with him if he did kill someone. She was so confused.

What i think is going to happen next is that Lilly's going to tell her mom whats going on or what she thinks is going on.

Four words i found interesting were raging which means super mad, stupendous which means super, suspiciously which means sneaky, and whispered which means to talk really quiet.

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction 40 min.]

What happens next in this book is the next day at school Lilly and Cassandra decide to go back up stairs and try to see if the wind starts again and if it does, if it does anything different this time. They also thought that maybe Lilly's uncle had killed someone and that was why they found that weird note on the table up there and that the wind was a dead spirit that was mad about its death and was trying to get back at her uncle. After school that day when they were walking to Lilly's and they noticed her uncle's car out front, they were gonna try and listen but his uncle was downstairs and greeted them in a nervous way as he saw them walk in.

What i think is going to happen next is the wind is going to come downstairs and do something to Lilly's uncle.

Four words i found interesting were unbelievable, which means like it was so weird u couldn't believe it, gradually, which means u build your way up to something, calm which means mellow, and frazzled like too much going on.

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction 40 min.

What happens next in this book is that as Lilly and Casandra were leaving upstairs they felt a burst of wind circling around them, at first they thought it was wind but when they looked around the curtains or not anything was blowing only their hair. It was a like a thing of wind was fallowing them around. They ran out as soon as they could slammed the door and screamed all the way down the stairs, They went to Lilly's room and locked the door. Neither of them said anything for a while they were still freaked out because of the incidence up stairs. Finally Cassandra turned twards Lilly asking what she thought that might have been, Lilly responded and said i have no idea all i know is it sure isnt a robbot. They both laughed softly and Cassandra replied.

What i think is going to happen next is that the wind or whatever it was is going to get stronger and stronger and start breaking things.

Four words i found interesting was optomistic, which means curious, jittery which means jumpy, clumsy which means falls alot, and taunt which means to like tease.

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction 40 min.

What happens next in this book is when Lilly and Casandra finally stop debating on who should open the door, and Lilly does, they didnt see anything. They tip toed in slowly looking around making sure nothing was there. When they came to a table Casandra yelled at Lilly and said she found something. All it looked like was a piece of paper with a bunch of different formulas on it. It was like the exspierement on the answering machine the guy was talking about. They couldnt figure out what it was suppose to be though. They kept looking at it but all the words sounded like words out of a fantasy book like, souls, and unkept, and something about the dead. It was kind of like a mystery show they decided.

What i think is going to happen next is that Lillys uncleis dealing with some type of murder or something.

Four words i found interesting was frrightened which means scared, and curious which means like your wondering about something, and balistic which means really mad.

Lillys Ghost 20 pgs. Laura Ruby fiction

What happens next in this book is at school the next day Lilly and Casandra come up with ideas on what the experiment could be. The only thing that they thought of was a robbot. They figured that was th only thing that could have done that to Lillys room. After school that day they both go to Lillys house again, while there there nothing happens at all. So they decided to walk up stairs since no one was home and see if they could find anything peculiar. They walked up the stairs slowly peering around each corner making sure nothing popped out unexpecdedly. As they reached the top of the stairs they debated on who should open the door.

What i think is going to happen next is that something is going to jump out at Lilly and Casandra. I think its going to be a ghost, because of the name of the book.

Four words i found interesting was Peculiar, which means out of the ordinary, and i think peering, which means looking, and stuttered, which means didnt speak clearly, and giggly which means like laughing just quieter.