Holocaust Notes Wikipedia Page on Nazi Experimentation Wikipedia Wikimedia, 2001. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation>. Nazis experimented on about 1,500 twins, only 200 of which survived. Most experiments on twins were done to see if their eye color could be changed. Nazis froze Jews to experiment different treatments for hypothermia. They placed them naked in Read More…
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Reading Letter 6- Kelley
Book: Anton Chekhov’s Short Stories Author: Anton Chekhov Pages: 368/368 I read this book by Anton Chekhov and liked it pretty well. It contains 34 of Chekhov’s stories that I think are greatly written. Although most of these stories are pretty sad, I enjoy reading them because this is the only book I have ever Read More…
Student Writing 3- Kelley
It was a very chilly night on the lake when it occurred. A duck was walking along the shoreline as the crocodile-bird hybrid watched from beneath the water. This crocodile-bird hybrid, named Squash, was not the most attractive animal. It’s head consisted of two very scaly eyes, a crooked beak (complete with teeth), and a Read More…
Reading Letter 5- Kelley
Book: Anton Chekhov’s Short Stories Author: Anton Checkhov Pages: 130/368 I decided to read this book because I generally like short stories and I haven’t read very many books by a foreign author. The stories I have read so far are only about 3-5 pages, but are really interesting. I think the best one I Read More…
Reading Letter 4- Kelley
Book: Hatchet Author: Gary Paulsen Pages: 177/177 I have read this book before and didn’t like it very much, but I read it again because I had nothing else to read. It is about a boy named Brian who was going to see his father when the small plane he was riding in crashed in Read More…
Boy in the Striped Pajamas- Kelley
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Reading Letter 3 of 3Q- Kelley
Book: The Amazing Book of Useless Information Author: Noel Botham & The Useless Information Society Pages: 232/232 I had nothing else to read, so I read The Amazing Book of Useless Information. This book is just a bunch of facts, statistics, and averages all put together. The book is separated in to 20 categories of useless Read More…
Writing 1 of 3Q- Kelley
Kelley Davison January 20, 2010 Reflection on: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, is a book describing the lives of two kids who are growing up during the Holocaust. Though one is the son of a Nazi Commandant, and the other is a Jew in Read More…
Reading Letter 2 of 3Q- Kelley
Book: A National Geographic Magazine Pages:137 Author: Multiple Authors I read this National Geographic Magazine and found some really interesting articles. There were stories about Patagonia, Nomads, the Hubble Telescope, terra-forming Mars, and chimpanzees of the Congo. The article I found most interesting was the article about terra-forming Mars. This story says that in about Read More…
Reading Letter 1 of 2nd Quarter- Kelley
Book: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Author: John Boyne Pages: 216/216 This is a really good book. It is about a boy named Bruno who has grown up in Nazi Germany. Bruno’s father is a very important officer in the Nazi army, he is addressed as Commandant. Bruno lives in Berlin and had a Read More…