My Undiscovered Backyard

After watching a television show, I decided to explore my backyard. You see, I get inspired whenever I see something that looks cool. Today on the show, the explorer found hidden stairs and had made a secret hideout below them.
So what I decided to do was, the same thing at my house! I raced into the basement. I stepped onto my patio. I saw flashes of light beneath my feet! This didn’t seem possible because it felt like I was in a cloak of amazing colors, and melodious sounds. I jumped with excitement. I had found a clue! I didn’t know what the clue was for, but I knew it was a step closer than where I had been before.
Okay, now the mystery was which blocks to step on for something to appear or happen. I stepped on the blocks in the shape of an octagon. It just made an agitating beeping noise. I looked up with disappointment. At the bottom of my deck, I saw a triangle as if it was drawn with permanent marker.
I stepped on the patio blocks in the shape of a triangle. Fortunately I had been standing in the middle of the triangle. Light lit up the triangle so beautifully. The sloping earth started to shake around me. I was extremely dizzy by the time I noticed something out of the ordinary. I noticed the sound of metal underneath my feet!
I looked underneath my feet. Some dust seemed to be coming off the piece of metal. I bent down and rubbed the dust off with my hand. “DANGER!” was what it read. I looked around for a place I could run to for shelter. I tried to run towards the fence directly in front of me, but trying to escape would be useless, for it was too late. A piece of wood had fallen and hit my head. I blacked out.
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When I woke up I was deserted in a place I could not call home. The landscape was simple yet foreign to me, a plain with cows who were grazing. I looked beside me, and there was a cow. It (the cow) opened its mouth. To my surprise the cow said in a low voice, “Welcome to La La Land!”
“Ahhhh!”, I shrieked. Then I caught my breath. I hadn’t woken up already so this must not be a dream. I decided to think about school. I giggled to myself as I thought that now; if I were in class I would have an excuse for daydreaming in La La Land. “Okay!” I had said to myself as I snapped back to reality. I was right. This wasn’t some sort of vision or a dream. I realized that when I was going at least 100 miles per hour burning the rubber off my shoes. I turned around. The cow was aiming to push me off at an incredible speed. Before I knew it I was screaming in midair!
I jerked up realizing that it was a hallucination. I had gotten hit on the head by my brothers camouflage space ship that looked much like a piece of wood. I walked outside with the wind flowing through my hair. I looked up. This time there was a circle that said the number twenty next to it.
I made a circle with about ten blocks. It didn’t work. I glanced up again. Twenty could be the number of blocks! I quickly tested my theory. It had worked. A wonderful world of colors had been unleashed in front of my very eyes. I heard the magnificent melody of the wind rushing past the wind chimes. When two more minutes had passed, the flow of all this unbelievable music and these colors had ceased.
I enthusiastically closed my eyes as I tried to remember the breath-taking scene. When I had opened my eyes a door just appeared out of nowhere. I went inside and followed the wonderful melodies coming from inside the pitch black door. The door shut behind me.

The end?

~Rachel

This is the longest sentence I have ever written:

At my home, underneath the table, on my bed, in the rooms across the yard, near my dog, above the bridge, beside my book, beside the lamp, under my shoes, at the school,m around the desk, behind my friend's locker, beneath the chair, with my teacher, in my locker is where I looked for my homework; but after I looked at my home underneath the table, on my bed, in the rooms across the yard, near my dog, above the bridge, beside my book, beside the lamp, under my shoes, at the school,m around the desk, behind my friend's locker, beneath the chair, with my teacher, in my locker, I found our the teacher didn't hand it out yet!

Why don't you try to write a long sentence? You can write it in the comments...

P.S: Use MANY propositional phrases.

Hi! Here are some things happening at school -

This year, there is a Science Fair at my school. My Science Fair project is to find out the best way to grow homemade crystals. Here are two  facts I learned ( I put it in question form ) - Did you know that you can make crystals out of sugar and salt? Did you know that sugar crystals look different if you put vinegar on it? Did you know those two facts?

 By the way, in English class we were making acrostics. The word had to begin with the letter and end with it. A good example is  the word HAT

              H a   T
              A nn  A
              T eac H

Will write soon,
~Rachel

A
Albatross
The boy was aware of a sudden whir and fury in the sky above, a beat of mighty wings. Startled, he glanced upward. There was Kivi, his albatross. Page: 13
 
B
Boy Who Was Afraid
It is the story of Mafatu, the Boy Who Was Afraid. Page: 1
 
C
Caustic
He winced at the caustic stung; but when he had bound on the leafy bandage with a twist of vine, it seemed that already his leg felt better. Page: 32 

D
Dawn
Dawn found the woman still clinging to the purau pole and the little boy with his arms locked about his mother’s neck.  Page: 3 

E
Even
Even now, twelve years later, Mafatu could remember that terrible morning. Page: 2 

F
Forward
The woman sprang forward to seize her child as the canoe capsized. Page: 3
 
G
Great Chief
And the boy Mafatu-son of Tavana Nui, the Great Chief of Hikueru-always had been afraid. Page: 1
 
H
Hikueru
But even today the people of Hikueru sing this story in their chants and tell it over the evening fires. Page: 1
 
I
Island
They were the ocean currents that had carried the Polynesian navigators from island to island in the childhood of the world. Page: 14
 
J
Just
Then the wind freshened. Just a puff, but enough. Page: 84
 
K
Kivi
Kivi sailed far overhead on widespread wings. Page: 67
 
L
Lagoon
Another shove and the craft slid into the lagoon. Page: 66
 
M
Maintain
He knew that if he was to maintain strength to accomplish all that lay ahead he must have fish to add to his diet of fruit. Page: 57
 
N
Nostrils
Wind drove the air from his nostrils. Page: 40
 
O
Offing
To the watching boy, with land in the offing, they seemed closer and more friendly. Page: 25
 
P
Pleasant
A murmur of water reached his ears, soft as a chuckle of pleasant laughter. Page: 27
 
Q
Quivering
Uri had caught the scent of the land now and was quivering with delight. Page: 25
 
R
Reflection
It is the reflection of the lagoon upon the lower sky. Page: 90
 
S
Savagely
Like advance scouts of an oncoming army, wind gusts moved down upon the canoe, struck at it savagely. Page: 17
 
T
Transformed
The Great Chief’s face was transformed with joy. Page 91
 
U
Unmindful
Then, unmindful of burdened fingers, he fell upon the hot food. Page: 49
 
V
Violence
So the people drive him forth. Not by violence, but by indifference. Page: 1
 
W
Worshipped
They worshipped courage, those early Polynesians. Page: 1
 
X
Galaxies
Far below in the dark waters, illuminated fishes moved and their being: meteors, galaxies, constellations under the sea. Page: 74
 
Y
Yellow dog
The yellow dog lay curled up in the shadow of the bow, opening one eye from time to time to look at his master. Page: 15
 
Z
Dozen
Next, he laid half a dozen fei - wild bananas - in the coals, covering them with wet leaves so that slowly they would steam through. Page: 47

A
Aunt Willie
Aunt Willie, who had been taking care of them since the death of their mother six years ago, was saying loudly, “No, not on a motorcycle. No motorcycle!” Page: 11
 
B
Boysie
Sara Godfrey was lying on the bed tying a kerchief on the dog, Boysie.
Page: 1
 
C
Charlie Godfrey
She put the stick back in and handed it to him. “Now if it comes off again – and I mean this, Charlie Godfrey- I’m throwing the candy away.” Page: 7
 
D
Dairy Queen
She was doing the same things that she had done last summer-walk to the Dairy Queen with her friend Mary, baby-sit for Mrs. Hodges,-watch television and yet everything was different. Page: 6 

E
Eddy Albert
Hey walked past the Tennents’ house just as someone inside turned on the television, and they heard Eddie Albert singing, “Greeeeeeen acres is-“ before it was turned down. Page: 23 

F
Frank
She stood at the top of the steps until Frank, a thin boy with red hair, brought the motor scooter to a stop. Page: 15
 
G
Gretchen
“That nice little Gretchen Wyant was lucky all she got was water on her silk dress.” Page: 69
 
H
Hair styles
“Well, just come in and see how she’s going to cut it. She has a whole book of hair styles.” Page: 25
 
I
Important
“I think how you look is the most important thing in the world…” Page: 22
 
J
Joe Melby
She thought she would sit down for a moment now that everyone was gone, but when she looked around she saw Joe Melby still standing behind her. Page: 122

K
Kerchief
Sara held up the dog with the kerchief neatly tied beneath his chin. Page: 1
 
L
Lunch
“… That’s no breakfast, Sara. It’s my lunch” Page: 72
 
M
Mary
Then she went into the house with Mary, saying, “I really can’t stay but a minute because I’ve got to take Charlie down to see the swans and then I’ve got to get home in time to dye my tennis shoes-“ Page: 25
 
N
Notice
“People don’t notice things like that.” Page: 3
 
O
Orange
“These, these awful orange things. They make me look like Donald Duck or something.” Page: 25
 
P
Pomeranian
“Because my aunt had twin Pomeranian dogs that rode in a baby carriage and because I once ate a piece of pomegranate…” Page: 56
 
Q
Queens College
Betsy Byars was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from Queens College. (Last page of the book)
 
R
Ravines
There was a ravine in the forest, a deep cut in the earth, and Charlie had made his way into it through an early morning fog. Page: 97
 
S
Swans
“I still can’t get it out of my head that Charlie went back to see the swans,” Sara said. Page: 66
 
T
Tears
After a while he roused enough to wipe his hands over his cheeks where the tears and the dirt had dried together and to rub his puffed eyelids. Page 97
 
U
Uttered
He wailed, yielding in helplessness to his anguish and his piercing screams, uttered again and again, seemed to hang in the air so that they overlapped. Page: 100
 
V
Voices
“Maybe our voices are alike, but that’s all. I can make my voice sound like a hundred different people …”  Page: 19
 
W
Wanda
Her sister Wanda was sitting at the dressing table combing her hair. Page: 1
 
X
Except
“Nothing, except that when you want to hide something, you don’t go painting it orange. I’ve got to go. Frank’s coming.” Page:4
 
Y
Young lady
“Well, I have not finished with this conversation yet, young lady.” Page: 20
 
Z
Motorized
“It’s just like a motorized baby carriage, Aunt Willie.” Page: 17

Hi Everyone!

  Eight days ago was my birthday and I turned 11 ! I had lots of fun in India and just to let
you know my cousin ,Joses, his birthday is on Oct. 3rd just two days after mine.He turned one! I had a birthday party and it was awesome! well a couple days after that my grandma passed away.I am not really sad ,but I am not really happy either. I am not real happy because I miss her so much ,but I am not so sad because I know she is in Heaven with no pain and no suffering..... Bye!

~ Rachel

* Put some ice and 1 cup milk in a blender
* Add two scoops of ice-cream in the blender
* Put a couple of strawberries without the leaves
* Blend this well
* Pour it in a glass
* Add sliced strawberry to the side of the glass
* You can decorate it with a paper umbrella if you have one
* Serve or Enjoy!

Joshua, Sharon, and I watching the potter

Behind us is where they bake the pots

This is how the pots look when they are done

 ARRIVAL and Plane Trip:


    Okay so it was night around 8:00 p.m. and we got to the airport ( EWR ,NEWARK,) and we spent two hours eating,waiting in line,and then realizing we were in the wrong line. Well finally after all that we got on the plane for fifteen hours or so  and we were going with a family friend even though our dad was coming because previously we all decided that mom and dad stay home ,and mom pick us up from India but then my dad came with us because he wouldn't be picking us up and so he got the ticket at the last minute.

   Then I was so excited when we were about to land, and then right in the middle......................................................  a baby threw up on me ! We wiped it and tried not to smell it :) . A couple of hours later we were in New Delhi Airport I could not change pants.... but just before our family friends departed I got to put lots of hand sanitizer on my pants ( Where the baby threw up on me ) When we were boarding a domestic flight at New Delhi, it was so HOT that I felt like fainting but before I could we were in the plane. Then we were on another plane ,but this time without the family friends.....

   When we landed I was helping my dad to get the luggage and my sister went outside of the airport because my dad said it was all right because my uncle and aunt were waiting outside . My sister went out and then she came back calmly and said " JOSES!" At first I didn't believe her because she said it so calmly but when I went out to look I screamed "JOSES JOSES JOSES!!!!!"- my baby cousin who was seven months old.

  Finally we were traveling on the road the way I liked it ...With Joses and  AC! :) Then we went to our grandparents house and we met the rest of our cousins Sharon, Benny, Sylvan, Amy, Simeon, Gideon and Joybell!


What I am doing right now :

  I am about to eat my favorite food...........................................................................
...........................................................MAGGI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and nothing more really but if you have any questions please write it in the comments.


RACHEL!

Kani Aunty from Japan tried Rachel's recipe for Pan cake balls and shared the picture. Here's the link if you would like to try it: http://rachelisraelsjournal.blogspot.com/2010/04/pancakes-balls.html

okay as you know I have gone to India. India is exciting I am going to learn tatting and knitting. Anyways if you want to know what I eat every day it is:

breakfast: Dosa or Idli with chicken curry or chutney
lunch: Always Rice
dinner: Dosa with chicken or mac and cheese

DEFINITIONS~
Dosa- a food made out of crushed rice and put on the stove to make a perfect circle.

Idli- a food also made out of crushed rice and then put in a circle thing and then
cooked by steam.

Okay many of you want to see Joses bu there is not a picture of him on this laptop so I will show it to you next time...


~RACHEL!