My Birthday

My birthday is here,
and I'm so hype.
I hope that it's better
than the sunlight.

My mom will be late,
and I will be too.
Hopefully,
we won't miss
all of the good food.

Tomorrow's my birthday,
I cannot wait.
Maybe I will
just smuggle some cake.

     Corinthia
           6-6

Today is paperwork day for me. I'll be marking your papers, including their essential iBooks! If I have any time left over, I'll be sure to put some of your writing on the blog. Otherwise look for it tomorrow. I hope you had a pleasant holiday so far.

This week was a mixed bag of yes, yes, YES!
And no, no, you're wrong, whys.

For those of you in the YES column, thanks!
Those of you showing off, and following the wrong DO...
Clean it up.

More writing to come... and it will be yours.
Merry Christmas boys and girls. Read up.

http://www.snopes.com/

     Write it down. Memorize it. You might be wondering why. One word: Facts. Snopes is a well-known website that enables you to discover whether or not something you read or hear is actually true.

     Words are words, but only facts are facts. As you may know, the recent presidential election was marred by fake news and illogical debate spawned by Russian disinformation, or as adults call it, propaganda. Adults, and maybe kids too, will be writing about this election for many years to come. Before you ever post online, check your facts! Snope it.

     Have a great weekend.

     OK. Good move checking out the blog tonight. So (unfancy transition word) the test tomorrow will require you to know the definition for only some of our vocabulary words. The main part of the test will ask you to provide evidence from our story, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. If you can do that, you get full credit. This type of question is called a text-dependent question.

     The test itself is not the Reading Wonders curriculum test. It's one of mine. If you have been listening and paying attention in class, you shouldn't have any problems. If you haven't, you'll have some work to do. If you haven't and you don't do the work to find the answers in the open-book text, you will be granted what you deserve.

On a side note. Nobody ever claimed the money. You must read carefully, as carefully as you listen. If you do that, your reading ability will improve drastically. That's all for now. Time to cook dinner.

Some say cats have nine lives. I don't know what that really means and I think the reason that saying sticks around is because of the assonance rhyme. Nine lives rhymes inside.

Even so, let me tell you that I don't like cats. First of all, I am allergic to cats, and I don't like their attitude. However, I do think that cats make better pets than dogs. Let me give you just one example why.

I just came home late today. My dogs were glad to see me. But I wasn't glad to see their pee and poop on our rugs! Cats won't do that to you. Cats have the refuge of their litter boxes to fall into when the time comes. For this reason alone, cats get my thumbs up for being clean. Dogs? Not so much.

Another reason why cats make better pets is because cats don't bite people. They don't cause a ruckus when people come over. Too many times my dogs have bitten friends and strangers. We had the PoPo at our door because of it! We're one bite away from putting our dear dog down.

Another reason why cats beat dogs is that cats eat less than dogs so they're cheaper to keep. I'd rather spend $15 on cat food than $50 for dog food, that's for sure. Cha-ching, more money for me.

Now I know there are a lot of people who are dog lovers. I love dogs too, but dog lovers need to realize the trouble that dogs cause them. The mess on the rugs, the biting, the barking—they're a mess! Get a cat. Be happy with a cat. Get the love from a pet without the dog downside. Down with dogs!