Mockingjay Suzanne Collins Page 1 – page 85= 85 pages After being rescued from the Hunger Games, Katniss is brought to District 13. Katniss is terrified when she finds that they did not rescue Peeta, who is now in Capitol. Katniss agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbol for the rebels. Katniss is still trying Read More…
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The Park. Part 2-Nikki-Writing4 Q2
Part 2 The Park. The muddy pavement of the trail leading to the small, brightly colored tent sucked my foot in, as I took my last steps to my tent. Bay held my hand nervously as I followed Miss V. When we reached our tent, Miss V opened the small opening that seemed too small Read More…
Catching Fire-RL 6-Q2-Nikki
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Page 1 – page end= 391 pages After winning the Hunger Games, with fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta, Katniss is in more trouble than ever. Katniss finds that she started a revolution and the Capitol hates her. While on her victory tour, Katniss gets a glimpse at what the Capitol is Read More…
The Next American Idol?-Nikki
The Next American Idol? Nikki Shah Student Writing 3-Q2 My heart was beating almost out of my chest on my way to Kansas City, Missouri. I was with my mom and Teresa Beisley. Teresa was working for my dad at the time, but she was one of my best friends. We were almost there and Read More…
Hunger Games-RL 5-Q2-Nikki
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Page 1- page 208= 208 pages Katniss, or Catnip, is a young girl who volunteers herself, in place of her sister, for the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual game in which 24 kids will fight to the death to win. The brutal fight soon has Katniss running Read More…
Etymology 5-Nikki
tough-Old English: strong and durable; not easily broken or cut. weak-Old English: not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail -Nikki
Midnighters: Blue Noon-Reading Letter 4-Q2-Nikki
Midnighters: Blue Noon Scott Westerfeld Page 1- end = 378 pages In the third book of Scott Westerfeld’s outstanding series, Midnighters, Jess, Dess, Jonathan, Melissa, and Rex live in the extra Midnight Hour. They are disturbed when the blue time comes sooner than midnight. The Midnighters are in a race for their lives when the Read More…
Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness-Reading letter 3-Q2-Nikki
Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness Scott Westerfeld Page 1 to end = 330 pages After finding her secret power in Midnighters: The Secret Hour, Jessica and her four fellow Midnighters are startled by a man that seems to be communicating with the Darklings, the strange, cat-like animals that also live in the blue time. They also Read More…
Thunder-part 1-(podcast 1)-Nikki
Thunder
Etymology Words 3-Nikki
first- Old English: “before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.” last- Old English: “occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place”