One day three princesses Abbie, Bonnie, and Lizzie were in Abbie's princess house. It was a very hot day. Abbie decided to have a water party. First, they played in the sprinklers. Then they dried off and made sure they were not dripping by using their towels. Finally, they went into the princess house and they ate icecream. The three princesses had a great time eventhough it was a hot day.
By Abbie Hinrichs
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Peter the Great
PETER THE GREAT
by Diane Stanley
report by Jonathan Hinrichs
Peter the Great was a great man who changed Russia. He really studied and in this paper you will hear how he changed his country.
Peter was the Tsar of Russia when he was only a boy of ten. He really liked war and ships, so as a child he would make war by firing cannons and guns.
When he was a little boy he watched trained monkey’s and bears dance before him. They used dwarves as his servants to honor him.
When he was 15 he discovered a boat that sailed upstream and he had never heard of something like that.
The Europeans wanted to change but not the Russians. The Russians wanted to live like their great-great-great-great grandparents lived. So Peter went to Europe to learn a bunch of things.
Peter learned how to work on boats and figured out about lots of things. The king of England knew he liked ships so much he made a fake battle that Peter could watch.
When Peter returned to Russia, he cut the beards off the men because it was just a custom. If they kept their beards they had to keep a chain around their neck saying “Beards are a ridiculous ornament.”
The men and the women didn’t stay together, they were always in a different room. They would give a daughter to a man with a whip and say that the new husband was in charge of her now. Peter had people give the woman a kiss not a whip. He held great parties to let the men see that the women didn’t need to stay apart and they could have a great time.
The poor were so terrified because their taxes went up and up and up and their sons had to go into the army.
There was this area near the sea that Peter wanted to build into a city. There were barley any shovels so the people had to dig with their hands. That is how St. Petersburg was built. The Russians called it “the city built on bones.”
One day Peter got an infection and doctors came to help him get better. Usually Peter got better, but this time he got worse. He died a few days later. There was a ceremony and some people said “Why did this great man have to die?”
by Diane Stanley
report by Jonathan Hinrichs
Peter the Great was a great man who changed Russia. He really studied and in this paper you will hear how he changed his country.
Peter was the Tsar of Russia when he was only a boy of ten. He really liked war and ships, so as a child he would make war by firing cannons and guns.
When he was a little boy he watched trained monkey’s and bears dance before him. They used dwarves as his servants to honor him.
When he was 15 he discovered a boat that sailed upstream and he had never heard of something like that.
The Europeans wanted to change but not the Russians. The Russians wanted to live like their great-great-great-great grandparents lived. So Peter went to Europe to learn a bunch of things.
Peter learned how to work on boats and figured out about lots of things. The king of England knew he liked ships so much he made a fake battle that Peter could watch.
When Peter returned to Russia, he cut the beards off the men because it was just a custom. If they kept their beards they had to keep a chain around their neck saying “Beards are a ridiculous ornament.”
The men and the women didn’t stay together, they were always in a different room. They would give a daughter to a man with a whip and say that the new husband was in charge of her now. Peter had people give the woman a kiss not a whip. He held great parties to let the men see that the women didn’t need to stay apart and they could have a great time.
The poor were so terrified because their taxes went up and up and up and their sons had to go into the army.
There was this area near the sea that Peter wanted to build into a city. There were barley any shovels so the people had to dig with their hands. That is how St. Petersburg was built. The Russians called it “the city built on bones.”
One day Peter got an infection and doctors came to help him get better. Usually Peter got better, but this time he got worse. He died a few days later. There was a ceremony and some people said “Why did this great man have to die?”
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Little Pear
Little Pear
By Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Report by Jonathan Hinrichs
Little Pear was a little boy who grew up in China. He was always getting into stuff, like mischief. He was the only boy in his family and he had two sisters.
Life in China was different from ours. For example, they shaved off all their hair except for a little bit on top that they grew long. They had fields instead of gardens. There were these trenches that they would flood and that would get more and more water until the vegetables were watered. Also, their beds were made out of bricks with blankets over them. There was just one bed. Under the bed there was fire. They would use the fire to heat themselves at night during the winter. During the day they would eat on top of their bed and cook in the fire.
Little Pear was always getting into mischief. One day he went down to the river. He fell into the river. He got saved by a man who put a long stick out to him and he grabbed it. When he got to shore he went home and all the men had been looking for him. Once Little Pear lit a firecracker and burnt a hole in his jacket. One day he wanted to go to a fair so bad that he hid in the cabbages that were in his father’s wagon so he could go to the fair. When he got to the fair everybody started laughing. His father was mad at first but then he saw everybody else laughing so he started laughing too.
By Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Report by Jonathan Hinrichs
Little Pear was a little boy who grew up in China. He was always getting into stuff, like mischief. He was the only boy in his family and he had two sisters.
Life in China was different from ours. For example, they shaved off all their hair except for a little bit on top that they grew long. They had fields instead of gardens. There were these trenches that they would flood and that would get more and more water until the vegetables were watered. Also, their beds were made out of bricks with blankets over them. There was just one bed. Under the bed there was fire. They would use the fire to heat themselves at night during the winter. During the day they would eat on top of their bed and cook in the fire.
Little Pear was always getting into mischief. One day he went down to the river. He fell into the river. He got saved by a man who put a long stick out to him and he grabbed it. When he got to shore he went home and all the men had been looking for him. Once Little Pear lit a firecracker and burnt a hole in his jacket. One day he wanted to go to a fair so bad that he hid in the cabbages that were in his father’s wagon so he could go to the fair. When he got to the fair everybody started laughing. His father was mad at first but then he saw everybody else laughing so he started laughing too.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Snow Treasure
Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan
Report by J. J. Hinrichs
Peter was a plain boy who lived in Norway, which is in the Arctic Circle, so there was snow, snow, snow almost all year. The children always went sledding, everyday. I’m going to tell you how the children saved their country’s money by hiding it from the Nazis.
Peter’s father was in charge of the bank and the bank had 12 tons of gold. When the Nazis invaded, the Norweigians did not want the Nazis to get the gold. So they hid it in a cave that they had built out of ice blocks. They were trying to get the gold to “The Snake” which was a river that led right to the ocean and was so thin that if you were in an airplane you still couldn’t see it.
The children went sledding every day and the adults thought the children should take the gold because they were not as suspicious. Everyday the children would go to the cave where an old man would place gold onto their sleds. Each brick would weigh 75 pounds. Then they put a burlap sack with some squishy stuff on top and then they’d lay on top and be on their way. It was 12 miles from the cave to the Snake.
They would pass the German camp and there was one mean Nazi ruler who wanted to make Peter his assistant to polish his boots. One day they were hiding the gold and made snowmen on top of the bricks. Then one of them, the captain, was kicking one of the snowmen down. Peter threw a snowball at him before he found the gold brick. They caught Peter and put him in a room. Peter was saved and they were on their way to America. That is the story of Peter and his snow treasure.
by Marie McSwigan
Report by J. J. Hinrichs
Peter was a plain boy who lived in Norway, which is in the Arctic Circle, so there was snow, snow, snow almost all year. The children always went sledding, everyday. I’m going to tell you how the children saved their country’s money by hiding it from the Nazis.
Peter’s father was in charge of the bank and the bank had 12 tons of gold. When the Nazis invaded, the Norweigians did not want the Nazis to get the gold. So they hid it in a cave that they had built out of ice blocks. They were trying to get the gold to “The Snake” which was a river that led right to the ocean and was so thin that if you were in an airplane you still couldn’t see it.
The children went sledding every day and the adults thought the children should take the gold because they were not as suspicious. Everyday the children would go to the cave where an old man would place gold onto their sleds. Each brick would weigh 75 pounds. Then they put a burlap sack with some squishy stuff on top and then they’d lay on top and be on their way. It was 12 miles from the cave to the Snake.
They would pass the German camp and there was one mean Nazi ruler who wanted to make Peter his assistant to polish his boots. One day they were hiding the gold and made snowmen on top of the bricks. Then one of them, the captain, was kicking one of the snowmen down. Peter threw a snowball at him before he found the gold brick. They caught Peter and put him in a room. Peter was saved and they were on their way to America. That is the story of Peter and his snow treasure.
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