Actors For the Hunger Games

By: Sean&Dylan

     The bestselling book The Hunger Games by Suszanne Collins is now a movie. The director for this movie is Gary Ross. The main character, Katniss Everdeen, is played by actress Jennifer Lawrence, Peeta Mellark is played by Josh Hutcherson are the two main actors in this movie. Another character, Gale, is played by Liam Hemsworth. The actor, Elizabeth, plays Effie Trinket. And the actor, Stanley Tucci, plays the host for the Hunger Games, Caesar Flickerman. Those are some of the most important actors.  

The Hunger Games and it's success

     The movie ,"The Hunger Games", was a huge success; mostly because not only is it a dramatic movie, but it also made a solid $155,000,000 in the US and $214,000,000 in CANADA; a smashing $369,000,000. And it has only been out for 5 days!! The Novel, The Hunger Games is what inspired Gary Ross (Director) to make the movie based off of the book. When an interviewer asked him, "Did you enjoy working with the cast members?", Gary Ross replied “Well, honestly, I loved working with every one, and it was a really fun experience to be with them.” So, Gary Ross read the book, and he knew it was good, so then he imagined, "What if I made this into a movie?", and so he did. 

The Invisible children

The invisible chidren is an ORGANIZATION THAT helps the children in africa from getting hurt from kony.iNVISIBLE CHILDREN HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 9 YEARS TO END AFRICA’S LONGEST-RUNNING ARMED CONFLICT. U.S. MILITARY ADVISERS ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN CENTRAL AFRICA ON A “TIME-LIMITED” MISSION TO STOP KONY AND DISARM THE LRA. IF KONY ISN’T CAPTURED THIS YEAR, Then the entire mission will be canceled and Kony will never be captured.

Angry Birds!!!! Space!!!!!!!

Angry Birds!!!

Into Space!!!

 The new angry birds game by Rovio: the makers of the original Angry Birds, that came out on March 22 features space and gravity. There are new birds with new powers such as freezing. Also they added a new feature: zero gravity! There is also a new version of the Mighty Eagle called: the Space Eagle. There are also three worlds with 20 levels in each world. The first world is called “The Pig Bang”. The second world is called “Cold Cuts”. The third world is called “The Danger Zone”.

This game has 60 new levels and there will be new levels to come in the updates by Rovio. This game is now for sale on the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4s, iPad 1, 2, and 3, the iPod touch, Android devices, and the Mac and PC. There also be via in-app purchases for the iOS version such as hidden goodies, secret levels, and “cool space content”. It will cost $2.99 for the iPad and the android tablets. While the PC is $5.95 and the Mac $4.99. For the iPod touch it costs $0.99.

            In Pig Bang you meet the improved red bird, bomb bird, the new purple bird that can change its direction in flight, and the blue bird. In Cold Cuts you meet the new ice bird that can freeze things. In Danger Zone, you meet the improved Grandpa bird. This is about the new Angry Birds game.

Sources: http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a372521/angry-birds-space-unleashed-by-rovio.html

St. Patrick's Day

                                               Saint Patrick’s Day
By Javier Cervantes, Sean Sananikone, Timothy Kwon, and Dylan Jones.

St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain in the fifth century. When he was 16 years old he got kidnapped by Irish raiders, taken captive to Ireland and was enslaved. Then one night he ran away, and he kept on running until he saw St. Joseph’s church. In the church he saw Father Fogarty, praying. He then asked him if he wanted to be a priest.

Then Patrick had a revelation. In 432, he was called to Ireland as a bishop. There he taught about the word of God. He died on March 17, 461 A.D. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17,  because it was the day that Saint Patrick died.

 The Irish have had this holiday for over one thousand years. Typically Irish families go to church in the morning and have festivals.

Saint Patrick’s Day was made as an official feast day in the early seventeenth century, and has gradually become a secular celebration of Irish culture in general. The day is generally characterized by the help of church services, wearing of green clothing and the lifting of Lenten restrictions on eating, and drinking alcohol, which is often proscribed during the rest of the season.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick_Day

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Mag n’Glow

By: Timothy Kwon, Sean Sananikone, Javier Cervantes, and Dylan Jones

            In December, Ms. McMillan’s 6^th grade class and Mrs. Garcia’s 5^th grade class entered a competition called Exploravision. Exploravision is a completion where you choose a problem and figure out solutions to fix it. Everyone was excited. After we turned all our projects into Exploravision, in the middle of January the people looked at the projects. Then on February 29^th Exploravision emailed Ms.McMillan that one of our groups got the honorable mention award. And the group was Mag n’Glow. Now we are going to ask them to give a description of how they got Mag n’Glow and about Mag n’ Glow.

            Spencer and Thomas, the inventors of Mag n’ Glow; started off by finding about how humans emitted a tiny bit of light, then they researched about that topic. Then they discovered it was a chemical reaction in the human body. Then they decided if they could genetically modify a person, they could increase the amount of those chemicals in certain areas, making those areas glow. Then they got the name “Mag n’ Glow” (Magnified and Glow). This is Mag n’ Glow.