Karlly’s Korner

BOOK REVIEW:
Do you remember Peter Pan, the magical boy who never grew old and flew around Never Land with his fairy Tinker Bell? Did you ever wonder how Peter got to Never Land, or how Tinker Bell was created, if you did then you need to get reading! In Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson go back to when Peter was an orphan boy living in St. Norbert’s home for Wayward Boys in England.
After living in St. Norbert’s for seven years, Peter is dragged out of St. Norbert’s in the early morning along with Prentiss, James, Tubby Ted and Thomas. They are on their way to a ship called Never Land, is what they are told by Grempkin, the mean grammar teacher and second in command at St. Norbert’s. When the boys are loaded on to the ship, Slank, the second in command and first officer on the Never Land tells them that they are going to become servants for King Zarboff the Third in Rundoon, who when isn’t pleased with a servant’s work will feed them to his pet snake. The five boys are then put into the basement of the ship with the rats, and when Peter escapes he runs into Molly, the ambassador’s daughter who he talked to when they first boarded before Slank took them away.
When Peter and Molly become good friends and Molly tells Peter a secret about herself and her father that isn’t supposed to be told, Peter sees the world in a new magical way. Soon Peter is flying, talking to dolphins and trying to escape an evil pirate. To find out what happens to Peter and Molly, pick up the national best seller, Peter and the Starcatchers and get reading! Once you finish that, read the sequel to the prequel, Peter and the Shadow Thieves.
~Karina~
JOKE:
Q: Why couldn’t the man work at the orange juice factory?
A: He couldn’t concentrate!
~Jeremy
BRAINTEASER:
Instructions: This week there is not a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade brainteaser-there is one for all. Figure out “Einstein’s Riddle” and send the answer along with your homeroom and what grade you are in to either kelly@whatsupwakefield.com or karina@whatsupwakefield.com. We will notify you via e-mail if you are the winner.
Einstein’s Riddle:
Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it’s not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient.
Give it a try:
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes.
Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
~Braingle
STUDY TIP:
Always copy down everything a teacher writes on the board. If it’s on the board, you can assume it’s important. Be careful to copy the words the way the teacher spelled them
~Super Study Skills, By: Laurie Rozakis, Ph.D.
DID YOU KNOW…?
Mr. Parrish (7th and 8th grade P.E./Health teacher)- has had a pool building service for over 20 years and has even built his own pool.
Ms. Stallings (Royal Wolves Math teacher)- 1. Grew mold in a lab 2. Fed snakes in a lab
3. Collected male and famale crickets for a lab experiment