Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Hurricanes - for Adults (Audience Pieces)

A hurricane is actually a very large drizzle and a monsterous blast of air that kicks off over the ocean.  A hurricane is actually several rain storms bunched together and whirling around.

The ocean makes a hurricane more powerful because it provides it with moisture.  The windy storm is considered a hurricane when it is a whopping 74 miles per hour.  A hurricane is known as a cyclone when it forms in the Indian Ocean.  A hurricane is announced as a typhoon in the western Pacific Ocean.

Hurricanes consume almost everything in its path.  A hurricane watch means there is a chance a hurricane will come through your area within 36 hours.  You must be observant and gather these things:  food and water for 2 weeks, a flash light and batteries, several changes of clothes and blankets, portable radio, and first aid kit.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Hurricanes - for Kindergarten (Audience Pieces)

A hurricane is a lot of rain and big winds that starts over the ocean.  A hurricane is actually lots of rain storms spinning around and around together like a merry-go-around.

The ocean makes a hurricane bigger because it is wet.  A spinning storm is called a hurricane when it is 74 miles per hour.  A hurricane is called a cyclone in Austrailia and it is called a typhoon in Japan and China.

A hurricane destroys most things in its path.  A hurricane watch means there could be a hurricane in a day and a half.  You need to be ready and get food and water for 14 days, flashlight and batteries, clothes and blankets, radio, and a first aid kit.

New England Colony

This is an essay about the religion, clothing, town setup, economy, and education in the New England Colony.

A lot of the population in New England Colony were Puritans, Christians who wanted to make their churches "pure" by having very long and strict church services.  Their church services lasting almost all day!  You couldn't fall asleep or even go to the bathroom.  In other colonies, such as Rhode Island, you could have freedom of religion.  The Puritans had to wear pretty simple clothing to church; if you didn't you would probably be punished!

The town's most important building is the meeting house or town church which at least once a year people gathered together to vote on leaders and laws, but only white men who owned property could vote.  The common was an area that people could put cattle in; every house was build around it.

In New England almost everybody grew their own food.  Many people bartered their surpluses.  Lots of the free-market economy was made of the lumber industry.  Several people were fishers or whalers, people who used the whale's blubber to make oil for lamps.

New England's education system was that towns with at least 50 families must have a school.  A typical school consisted of one room with a, usually male, teacher.  The had strict teachers that would whip students for bad behavior or even a wrong answer!