Tuesday, September 22, 2009
To All Editors
Please post an articles from your section of the paper from ALL WRITERS as a comment on this post. Once they are posted, I can edit them and then send them off to Reilly to be edited again.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
2nd Article. 2nd Marking Period.
Novelgames.com is one of the few gaming websites that isn’t blocked at school. It offers a collection of classic and updated versions of a lot of games. Some of the games include Snake, Tritris, Crazy Taxi, Battleship, and Montris. Some of the games are multiplayer and some are single. Some play against computers and some are downloadable to your computer.
I enjoy Novel Games (NG) because it provides entertainment during those times in school when you just don’t have any work to do. Since they put in the new LightSpeed blocking system on school computers, almost every games site is blocked. NG is one of the few sites I know of that remains unblocked. So, if you ever find yourself out of work to do and bored during school, go to NG.
Now teachers, you may not be all excited to hear about this games site that is unblocked but trust me, some of the games are educational. So, the kids in your class won’t be mindlessly clicking away on some pointless videogame called “Poke the Penguin”, but rather playing a brain-enhancing game such as Word Vine.
“Word Vine?” You may be asking. Word vine is a game of connecting similar words with each other. For example, you may have the three words, apple, sauce and tree. The game asks you to put the words on the vine as “leaves”, connecting words that are similar. So you would make a chain that goes in the order like this: tree, apple, sauce. Apple and tree go together, and apple and sauce go together. The game offers about 60 levels of word entertainment that can make your brain want to explode. Trust me.
So, the next time you’re in class and want to do something because you’ve finished all your work, give Novel Games a visit. Check out some of my personal favorite games such as, Daisy Petals, Crazy Taxi, Word Vine, and Snake. Believe me; you will have a lot of fun. But remember to ask your teachers if you’re allowed to be playing games once you’ve finished your work, because you don’t want to get in trouble.
I enjoy Novel Games (NG) because it provides entertainment during those times in school when you just don’t have any work to do. Since they put in the new LightSpeed blocking system on school computers, almost every games site is blocked. NG is one of the few sites I know of that remains unblocked. So, if you ever find yourself out of work to do and bored during school, go to NG.
Now teachers, you may not be all excited to hear about this games site that is unblocked but trust me, some of the games are educational. So, the kids in your class won’t be mindlessly clicking away on some pointless videogame called “Poke the Penguin”, but rather playing a brain-enhancing game such as Word Vine.
“Word Vine?” You may be asking. Word vine is a game of connecting similar words with each other. For example, you may have the three words, apple, sauce and tree. The game asks you to put the words on the vine as “leaves”, connecting words that are similar. So you would make a chain that goes in the order like this: tree, apple, sauce. Apple and tree go together, and apple and sauce go together. The game offers about 60 levels of word entertainment that can make your brain want to explode. Trust me.
So, the next time you’re in class and want to do something because you’ve finished all your work, give Novel Games a visit. Check out some of my personal favorite games such as, Daisy Petals, Crazy Taxi, Word Vine, and Snake. Believe me; you will have a lot of fun. But remember to ask your teachers if you’re allowed to be playing games once you’ve finished your work, because you don’t want to get in trouble.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Movie Review...1st Article, 1st Marking Period.
Orphan
By: Samantha Steinhauser
The recently released film Orphan that hit theaters July 24, 2009 struck the box office, making $12,871,483 on opening weekend. The basic plot line is a family that recently lost a child adopt a 9-year-old orphan named Esther. She seems like a normal, extraordinarily smart child as they get to know her. But as the movie continues, the family notices something wrong with Esther. *SPOILER ALERT* Esther seems to be trying to hurt or kill the family through a series of events such as, taking the parking brake off the car while the blood-daughter is inside. Also, by burning the tree house down while the son is inside. Esther takes advantage of the children in the home by threatening to harm them. The mother is not as naïve as the father and realizes what Esther is trying to do but no one will believe her.
I personally think that Orphan was a fantastic movie. I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under the age of 13 because it is slightly graphic and terrifying. Orphan is rated “R” so no one under 17 is admitted unless they have an adult over the age of 21 with them. If you’re going to watch it, I suggest seeing it during the day with a group of people to make it less nerve-racking. But I hope you eventually see the movie, Orphan because it is a truly amazing movie.
--Samantha Steinhauser
By: Samantha Steinhauser
The recently released film Orphan that hit theaters July 24, 2009 struck the box office, making $12,871,483 on opening weekend. The basic plot line is a family that recently lost a child adopt a 9-year-old orphan named Esther. She seems like a normal, extraordinarily smart child as they get to know her. But as the movie continues, the family notices something wrong with Esther. *SPOILER ALERT* Esther seems to be trying to hurt or kill the family through a series of events such as, taking the parking brake off the car while the blood-daughter is inside. Also, by burning the tree house down while the son is inside. Esther takes advantage of the children in the home by threatening to harm them. The mother is not as naïve as the father and realizes what Esther is trying to do but no one will believe her.
I personally think that Orphan was a fantastic movie. I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under the age of 13 because it is slightly graphic and terrifying. Orphan is rated “R” so no one under 17 is admitted unless they have an adult over the age of 21 with them. If you’re going to watch it, I suggest seeing it during the day with a group of people to make it less nerve-racking. But I hope you eventually see the movie, Orphan because it is a truly amazing movie.
--Samantha Steinhauser
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