In homeschool we are talking about making the reader feel like they are in the place you are describing.  I find this very fun to do.  I will try to take you to a place in Breckinridge, Colorado called the "Day Frame".  Walk in the front door and sit on the orange couch.  M-M-M-M smell the sweet aroma of beignets and snow ice cream.  The small A-shaped hut is heated by a wood burning furnace.  You sit in front of it warm and toasty while its -20 degrees out and three feet of snow.  You look forward to the skiing days to come and if there will be more snow the next day.  Blip, Blip you drop the small marshmallow in your hot cocoa and then sip.  Tssssss, the creamy liquid chocolate bites your tongue.  Now the furnace is even hotter and the snow is now 3 1/2 feet deep.  You feel the sudden urge to jump in it.  You instantly slip more clothes on and run out the door.  Right off, the freezing air nips your nose and cheeks.  You decisively open the door and sprint back into the warm A frame.

Did it work?  Were you teleported to the A frame?

                                                          Wood Working

      On February 21st our home school home boys group went to Gerber Branch to do wood working with Porter's and Samuel's grandfathers.We are making a cooling rack for pots and pans that have just come out of the oven.There is lots of measuring to do and cutting.We have two more Fridays with them.We are using boards and wooden rods . As soon as I figure out how to post videos of woodworking they will be on the blog.

Ender's game

        Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite books I have ever read . It is based sometime in the future on earth and in space. It is interesting and mind boggling.So many crazy things are going on that it gets hold of your attention. For example,his sister and brother have chapters of their own that you have to remember or later in the book it gets confusing.

      Ender is the main character.He is a little boy on a wild adventure.There are a lot more characters like Valentine, Ender's sister and Peter, his older brother.They both treat Ender differently .He meets a lot of other people on his journey some of which will be his enemies later in the book or right then.

       The author's style is to save something to the very end and then BOOM he switches it on you.The theme is to love each other no matter what.

Home schooling vs schooling

The reason I write this is because of the truth. Home schooling is way better than regular schooling and that's no opinion. It is all truth,brothers and sisters. Now gather around so I can tell you why. First of all teachers would hate what I just wrote but home schooling teachers are like cool with it.What I mean is you get more freedom of word choice. I also think it's better because you feel more comfortable at your house. Also it's not quite as big of a deal because there aren't as big of tests like the big state tests! That is why home schooling is way better than regular schooling and I mean it!

Olympics

          The Winter Olympics are taking place in Sochi, Russia . My personal favorite sport is half pipe and also slope style ski . On half pipe you go on a snow board or skis.  You go down and up and down and up and down and up and so on. They do all kinds of crazy spins and flips. (Skiing on the half pipe is a new sport.) In slope style ski you start off at a rail and do another rail and then go off a jump and another jump and another jump and then you're finished. The last jump is longer than a basket ball court!One guy from Sweden crashed big time probably because his pants were 5 sizes too big and his shirt was also 5 sizes too big . The funny thing is he had a egg in his pocket for good luck.On his second run he did 3 flips and 2 spins in one jump and landed it backwards.
        Shaun White of the half pipe lost to a guy whose nick name was I pod. They both did a yolo flip. Shaun White crashed it and the other guy landed it. Shaun White was expected to win gold for the 3rd time but he did not even place.The Olympics are a great way for countries to get together.

MY FAVORITE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

               MY FAVORITE  BASKETBALL PLAYERS 
 I love basketball so much. I am ok at it but it's not my best sport.  But right now I'm going to talk about my favorite basketball players. Michael Jordan is my first favorite basketball player because of his three pointers, slam dunks and his cool tricks. For example, in one game this guy went to the free throw line . He shot it and it hit the back of the rim. BAM Michael Jordan grabs it and slam dunks it. My second favorite player is Vince Carter. I love love love his slam dunks.In one game he jumped over a 7ft 2 guy. It was awesome. My third  favorite is a tie, because I love Tracy Magrady and Magic Jonson.Well I loved when Tracy Magrady scord 13 points in thirty five seconds for the win.It was amazing! I also love watching Magic Johnson.  My 4th favorite is Allen Ivirson  I watched  him on youtube do moves like crazy. I got down one of  his moves.  It's super hard. Lastly is Blake Griffin.I love his slam dunks too.  Once when he was in the slam dunk championship he jumped over a car, not that big of a car but a car. These are my favorite basketball players.

THE SCAR

I have a horrific scar that has a terrifying back story.We went out and  I got some new clothes that had watches  attached to them.I was having a great day until, I got pair of scissors to cut the  watches off the shirt. That didn't turn out well.  The pair of scissors went straight through my arm and blood started gushing out.It didn't hit my vein ,but it sure bled like crazy! Luckily, I went to the doctor and didn't  have to get stitches . :)

I recommend HomeBoyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer but only if you like suspense.This book is for young adults such as myself.It has an urban setting.  The main characters are  Tania Anderson,Andrew Anderson and Teddy Anderson.They are the Anderson family.The main problem is that Tania died from a gang related shooting by o-1-o.The o-1-o and the 4th Street Merks were enemies and Tania was a 4th Street Merk. I think the author is trying to say stay out of bad places.  They say in the book, "WPWT" which means wrong place, wrong time.  So if you're interested in this book, go to your local library and check it out!

The book City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau , is a great book . I  think everyone should read it. The main problem is Ember is running out of supplies  and somebody needs to save them. The main characters are two kids named Lina and Doon.  Lina  likes adventure . She is always getting into trouble.  Doon's dad owns the tiny things store . Doon tries hard at whatever he's doing. He tries never to give up. They think Lina's grandma has gone mad because she is looking  frantically for something that they think does not exist:  the secret to save Ember. Poppy, Lina's baby sister finds it and chews it up. Lina and Doon have to decipher it and figure out what to do.

    There are many mysteries in this book so be ready  like : where is this city? why was it made? is there a way out? will anyone survive? You will have to read to find out!!!!

                          FUN FRIDAYS

                               rock climbing at Sunset Rocks                                                                  

      One Friday in the fall one of the home schooler's mom and dad took us rock climbing and two other kids came along.At Sunset Rocks we hiked down to our spot to rock climb.Each kid took a turn to climb up 50 to 75 feet up a natural rock.We left to go to rock climb at about 9:00am and rock climbed till 3:30pm.In between our turns there were lots of trails to run up and down.Some of us attempted to boulder some, but there were no good rocks. I liked this trip because it was longer than any other fun friday and we got to go outdoors.

The Hunger Games by Susann Collins is one of my all time favorite  books.  If I had to pick a genre from it I would say realistic fiction. It could happen in the future but not in the present day.

In the book the setting is the future in a place called Pannam.  In this sick world the capitol rules over the districts.  Each district has its own significance (ex: District 6 fishing).  The districts are treated poorly so district 13 rebels against the capitol, but it dose not go their way and district 13 is destroied.  So from then on to remember never to rebel against the capitol, their is the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are when the capital randomly selects 2 tributes (boy & girl) from each district and puts them in an arena to kill each other.

The main character is Katniss Everdeen a 16 year old girl who has become fierce due to illegally hunting for food. She ends up in the hunger games.

The author of the  The Hunger Games Susan Collins) has a great writing style.  She really describes everything so well that you feel like you are in the book, for example, Katniss & her friend are talking about how they hate the hunger games.  The author does such a good job describing that scene you feel like you are there.  I loved this book and would recommend it to people 9 and up because it is a really deep subject,has romance and violence.