This Was Our Pact By Ryan Andrews

The book that I am reading is this was our pack by Ryan Andrews. Today I am talking about a choice that the author made. One choice that the author made was to make ben and Nathaniel brave and make them stay loyal to their word. If he decided to make them turn back and go home like his other friends then the whole story would not have happened and it would probably just be a journey with a talking bear going by himself to find out where the lanterns actually go.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- by JK Rowling

I am reading harry potter and the deathly hallows. I think that Hermione is protective. I think this because she did not want Harry to go on his journey by himself and she insisted that they (Hermione and Ron) Would go with her. Also, she helped make the plan that they could send out a lot of decoys of harry so Voldemort does not know which one to choose. This all proves that Hermione is protective of harry.

I love this series and I recommend this book to whoever likes fiction, and action.

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

Nathaniel is brave on the inside even though, on the outside he seems timid and shy. He does not like to bail on anyone unlike the other kids in the pact (besides ben). Nathaniel and Ben start to become friends as the story goes on. Ben starts to realize that you have to know a person to judge them.

As Nathaniel and Ben go on their adventure to see where the lanterns actually go, they meet some new people on the way. For example, The talking bear.

Drama Drive

Drama Drive

By Camilla

 

  • I-pad
  • Headphones
  • Computer
  • Clothes
  • Eye mask
  • Toys
  • Toothbrush
  • Snacks
  • Pillow

 

I check over my packing list one more time before we go. I slowly walk out the door checking the list over and over again. 

 

This is going to be a long day… I think to myself, as I get my bag, and roll it to the car.

 

“When are we going to leave?” I ask my dad as we put the suitcases and bags in the trunk. “In a minute,” My dad replies, as he stuffs a big white suitcase into the now cramped trunk.

 

“I think this is the last one,” he says as he stuffs the last suitcase into the car.

 

The second I got in the car, I started burning.

 

It feels like an oven!  I think as I sweat. Here is partly why: There were 5 people and about 6 suitcases, squished all in one hot car, on a hot summer morning.

 

 A few hours passed and everyone was carsick. And when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE, especially me.

 

I wish we could stop. Maybe I should try and sleep.  The sounds of the car were getting louder, I could hear the wheels screening on turns.

 

 Time passes. I lay uncomfortably on the car window, leaning on my arm. It felt like it had been days of long driving through the states, and no, I couldn’t fall asleep.

 

“Are we there yet?” I groaned, holding my hand on my stomach, I was so carsick. 

 

“No,” my mom said, annoyed. It was quiet in the car for a few minutes, and then my mom finally spoke.

 

“How about you watch a movie?” My mom dug her hand in a bag on her lap and pulled out a few DVDs.

A movie!? Finally something interesting!  

 

“Yes please!” Raiya and I jumped up in our seats. 

 

“Let’s watch the Addams Family.” My mom said,

 

“Okay.” I beamed. 

 

My mom pulled over and stopped at a gas station to get Dramamine and to go to the bathroom. I burst out of the car and took a deep breath of fresh air. We walked into the gross gas station, (which I knew was going to be gross anyway, we were in the middle of nowhere), and got Dramamine. Then we walked into the small bathroom.

 

The bathroom had 3 small stalls, smelled like a dumpster, the sinks were filled with gunk, and some of the sinks didn’t even work. The bathroom looked like someone TP-ed it. I held my nose, already irritated from feeling carsick.

 

“EWW!” I stared in disgust, “I am not going to the bathroom here!”

 

My mom turned to me. “Well we are not going to stop for a long time so it’s either now or never!” She snapped back.

 

I groaned again and walked over to a stall door.

 

When we got back into the car we all took the Dramamine, all but Raiya. Raiya hates things that taste bad, and I definitely made the wrong choice to tell her that it tasted gross.

 

After I took the Dramamine, I did not feel better.

 

“Why don’t I feel better?” I asked, fidgeting with my seat belt, which was pressed tightly to me. 

 

“It does not work right away. Give it a minute.” My mom responded.

 

About 30 long minutes later I felt a little better, but I still felt car sick. Soon, I finally fell asleep for a little while.

 

About 8 hours later, we stopped at a hotel when we reached South Carolina. It was not the nicest hotel, but it was way nicer than the car. 

 

I definitely do not want to sleep in the car. I thought.

 

It took something like 30 minutes to get checked in. Raiya and I had to wait on a couch doing nothing. It was so boring, and I was really nauseous.

 

Finally, we were all checked in and we went up to our room. Raiya and I were so excited to explore the room.

 

 We were a little disappointed when we saw the room. With just one glance we were done with exploring. My parents were even more disappointed. There were only 2 beds, both queen-sized. That meant that my Au pair, Marei, did not have anywhere to sleep.

 

We had to get Marei a whole different room. I was jealous, because she got a bed all to herself, and the rest of us had to share. But at least we had a room.

 

My parents were so excited to go to bed after the long day, but Raiya and I did not want to go to bed yet. We had so much energy because we did not do anything all day besides sit in the car and watch movies. We had to get our energy out so we started running all over the room. 

 

After a little bit of that, Raiya paused and said, “we need more space.”

 

Of Course, I agreed so we ran from Marei’s room to our room. Our parents did not want to deal with any more drama, so they let us run a little bit more. 

 

It started getting late, so after a few more minutes of running, we stopped. We said goodnight to Marei, and then went back to our room. We got into bed, and the second our heads touched the pillows, we fell asleep.

 

In the morning we got out of bed, brushed our teeth, and got changed. After a little while, I got thirsty. We did not have any more bottled water, so my mom filled up a cup with the sink water.

 

“EWWWW!” I yelled as I spit out the gross liquid. “That’s not water. That tastes like chlorine!” That kind of worried me because there is a pool downstairs. Luckily we managed to get some nice clean water. 

 

After a little while, we left the hotel. I tried to convince my mom and dad to stay a little longer so we could swim in the pool, but they said we had to leave now otherwise we would arrive in Miami very late.

 

Every hour felt like an eternity. What felt like 8 YEARS later was actually 8 hours. I was exhausted.

 

“Are we there yet?” I nagged, trying to sit up to see the map and how many minutes were left. After a while my mom and dad stopped answering me, I could tell they were getting annoyed. I dozed off, leaning on the window for many minutes, maybe an hour. I blinked, realizing the palm trees by the roads, and the tropical trees and birds in the sky. I think we are almost there! I shot up in my seat and looked at the minutes. 10 minutes away!?

“Can we open the windows!? We are almost there!” I squealed. I stuck my hand out the window, the warm breeze felt amazing. 

 

When I first stepped into the car, I was so excited to start the long journey, but now I was so excited to leave the cramped car. I knew it was Miami because of the warm weather and the palm trees. 

 

“Are we there yet?” I ask again as we pull into a big round driveway.

 

“For the first time ever, we are.” my mom says, smiling.

 

After 20 hours of waiting for the moment where I could finally step out of the car, feeling 

the comforting warmth of the Miami heat against my skin, it was finally here.

 

I opened the car door and a burst of heat came into the car. Calmness filled my body, as  I run to the door and ring the doorbell. A familiar face opened the door. I run in to hug my grandma as a big smile covers her face.

I am here, I think, I am finally where I am meant to be.

Welcome to 5th Grade!

Hi, I am back. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Camilla I am so excited to be in 5th grade. So far it is really fun! It is my last year at Heathcote, so I am sort of sad about that. In 4th grade, I was also with Mrs. Boyer. Something that was really fun in 4th grade, was that our classroom was in the library! The library is one of the biggest rooms in the whole school! Something that I am looking forward to is building benches for the boat that we built last year. That is all. Bye!

Guide to Bar Modeling

I have been working on this bar model for a long time so I hope this helps you with bar modeling. My teacher Mrs. Degrazia taught the class how to make bar modeling and now I’m going to teach you! I hope you enjoy my bar model.

https://youtu.be/8_0sj_pGK6o

Summary of February Friend

This is my summary of February Friend. Ms Degrazia told us that when you right a summary we only have to right the main parts of the book. I hope you enjoy my summary!

Bradley, Brian, Nate and Lucy are in school. It was Valentine’s Day. They found a note with no name on it! It said look in the closet. When they looked in the closet they found a rabbit! But the problem was that the rabbit looked sick and soon they noticed that the rabbit missed his owner. So they went searching for his owner and when they finally found the owner they noticed that it was custodian. They asked why the custodian gave the rabbit to the class and it was because he was moving to a place where no pets are allowed. They took the rabbit to farm and the custodian was going to work there. They learn to never give up.