Kudos to Sophie W., our newest and fiercest contributor to the GKHS learning center blog! Keep the posts coming Sophie and encourage your friends to join and start posting too.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Henna
So I went to a Renaissance Fair recently and got a henna tattoo.
I'm not sure what to think about it, it was something that i had never heard of before so I tried it!
at first i was nervous and didn't like the gooey substance that the lady was putting on my skin, after it dried (10-15 min) she put something called Lemon Sugar on it. Its lemon juice and sugar combine (kinda like lemonade!!) and she dabbed it on there. The gooey henna sinks into your skin and dyes it a brownish orange shade. The designs supposed to last up to 6 weeks. I'm excited and i love the reactions from other people when they see it.
I want to go on google and learn how to make it.
Any thoughts??
I'm not sure what to think about it, it was something that i had never heard of before so I tried it!
at first i was nervous and didn't like the gooey substance that the lady was putting on my skin, after it dried (10-15 min) she put something called Lemon Sugar on it. Its lemon juice and sugar combine (kinda like lemonade!!) and she dabbed it on there. The gooey henna sinks into your skin and dyes it a brownish orange shade. The designs supposed to last up to 6 weeks. I'm excited and i love the reactions from other people when they see it.
I want to go on google and learn how to make it.
Any thoughts??
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hooray for the New School Year!
Greetings Cog readers! I hope you all had a great summer. I want to hear all about your summer readaholism. What did you read? What are you hoping to read? I am grateful to our new blog followers and posters. I really hope to get the blog rolling this year. Mr. Eich, come back to us. You are hilarious and your posts make my day. What's on your coffee table these days?
Remember that you are free to appropriately discuss any media that young adults might be interested in. You can discuss tv shows, movies, books, graphic novels, music, video games, social networking sites. You name it!
Soon, I will begin this year's reading advocacy campaign, so make sure you're caught reading a book when we run through the halls in search of people to photograph. Let's get pumped about reading y'all!
I'm overdue in throwing out the first discussion topic and since the movie "The Help" just debuted, I'd like to discuss that. I read the book and watched the movie and loved them both. Thoughts?
C'mon!!
C'mon people! Why don't we post a lot ): we need to start checking out the blog and posting new stuff!!!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Throat by R.A. Nelson
THIS book is truly amazing!
It honestly makes you think about things and how different sort of things work. Thanks Miss Wilkins for the amazing enjoyment of books (:
It honestly makes you think about things and how different sort of things work. Thanks Miss Wilkins for the amazing enjoyment of books (:
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Hunger Games
Long time, no talk readers! Spring is coming and everyone should be springing out of hibernation and getting excited about books. Recently, I attended the NIU Literature Conference and learned about a vast array of new and exciting books for young adults. I hope to purchase them for our library soon. In the meantime, PALS is a wonderful resource for obtaining materials we can't yet afford to buy. Please come in and chat with me about the titles I am itching to read after learning about them at the conference. I think you'll be just as excited about them as I am. Even though we don't yet have them at GKHS, I can reserve them in a flash!
We do have one of the titles discussed at the conference. The Hunger Games recently won the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award. This award is a children's choice award. Please click the link for more information. http://www.rcyrba.org/ I recently read this nearly 400-page book in one sitting. It was impossible to put down. Science fiction isn't usually my genre of choice, but this book is unbelievable. It is full of action, suspense, and characters so fleshed out you feel you know them on a personal level. The series consists of three books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, all of which contain nearly flawless plots and character development. These books catch your heart and carry you along with the characters as they rise up and fight for a better world.
The main character, Katniss Everdeen, is full of determination, strength, and courage. Read the book and ride along with her on her horrific journey through The Hunger Games, an annual competition in which 24 12-18 year old citizens of capitol-controlled Panem are forced to fight to the death in a televised competition. All citizens of Panem are required to watch. When Katniss's sister Prim's name is drawn in the reaping, Katniss volunteers to go in place of her. Life is hard and driven by fear for most citizens in the 12 districts of this country, but many are depending on Katniss to bring hope to people of a nation so controlled by their government that they are helpless to change their lives and she does . . . but at what cost to her family, friends, and the people of her nation? Read this series. You won't regret it. Please visit the official website for more information. http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/
Rise and shine readers and talk to me! :)
We do have one of the titles discussed at the conference. The Hunger Games recently won the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award. This award is a children's choice award. Please click the link for more information. http://www.rcyrba.org/ I recently read this nearly 400-page book in one sitting. It was impossible to put down. Science fiction isn't usually my genre of choice, but this book is unbelievable. It is full of action, suspense, and characters so fleshed out you feel you know them on a personal level. The series consists of three books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, all of which contain nearly flawless plots and character development. These books catch your heart and carry you along with the characters as they rise up and fight for a better world.
The main character, Katniss Everdeen, is full of determination, strength, and courage. Read the book and ride along with her on her horrific journey through The Hunger Games, an annual competition in which 24 12-18 year old citizens of capitol-controlled Panem are forced to fight to the death in a televised competition. All citizens of Panem are required to watch. When Katniss's sister Prim's name is drawn in the reaping, Katniss volunteers to go in place of her. Life is hard and driven by fear for most citizens in the 12 districts of this country, but many are depending on Katniss to bring hope to people of a nation so controlled by their government that they are helpless to change their lives and she does . . . but at what cost to her family, friends, and the people of her nation? Read this series. You won't regret it. Please visit the official website for more information. http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/
Rise and shine readers and talk to me! :)
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