Interesting Reads

Interesting Reads

By:Tanu Sakaray
Hour:4,6

Table of Contents

● 100 Word Stories………………………………………………..Pg.2
● Humor……………………....…………………………………….Pg.3
● Recipe…………………………………………………………….Pg.4
● Health Article.………………………………………………........Pg.5
● Technology……………………………………………………….Pg.6
● Strange but True…………………………………………………Pg.7
● How to Hand Train a Parakeets………………………………..Pg.8
● What to Know for 8th Grade……………………………………Pg.9
● Summer Options………………………………………………..Pg.10
● Poem……………………………………………………………..Pg.11
● Photo……………………………………………………………..Pg.12

100 Word Stories
Friendship

In elementary school our teacher told us to write about someone that helps you

out in tough times. My first thought was my parents so I wrote about them. We

wrote for an hour until it was time to finish up. When I got up to go talk to my

friend she asked me, “Who did you write about?” I responded by saying my

parents. Then I asked her the same thing and she said, “I wrote about you.” I

was surprised and shocked at how someone would write about me and it still

makes me smile to this day.

100 Word Stories
Piano Contest

A few years back, I had a piano contest that I had worked hard to prepare

for. I practiced my songs multiple times and I was really excited for the

contest. On the day of the contest, my view of it changed. I was extremely

nervous and frightened that I would mess up horribly. I sat quietly in the

waiting chair waiting to be called and my mom was sitting right next to me.

She could tell that I was nervous and then she told me “You’re going to

do great, just believe in yourself.” After that I won!

Humor

Tenses:
Teacher: Today, we’re going to talk about the tenses. Now if I say, “I am beautiful”, which tense is it?
Student: Obviously, it is the past tense.
Letter E:- Tanu
I start with the letter “e” and end with the letter “e” and I usually contain 1 letter, but I am not the letter “e”. What am I?
Answer:Envelope
Lawyers Daughter Joke:
What did the lawyer name his daughter?
Answer: Sue
Kangaroo Joke:
Can a kangaroo jump higher than a house?
Answer: No, because a house can’t jump.
http://www.greatcleanjokes.com/jokes/best-jokes/good-joke

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Recipe
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

The ingredients for these delicious cookies are 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2
teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup white sugar,
1/2 cup peanut butter,1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1 egg beaten, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
2 tablespoons milk, 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift together the flour, salt and baking
soda; set aside
2. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg,
vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well. Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased
mini muffin pan
3. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a

mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.(More on next page)

Recipe
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies (continued)

Then your done, these cookies would make a great treat for a party or just when you need
something sweet to eat. It's really easy to make so a beginner could make these too.This recipe is
unique and special because it's a peanut butter cup which many people enjoy, and it's mixed with
a cookie which people love too. It's small and bite sized so people can take these desserts on the
go. I think this recipe is special to me because I love Reeses and now that they're in a cookie
they’ll be better. It's a really smart way to mix Reese's and cookies together and that's especially
why I love this creative recipe.

http://allrecipes.com/

Ways to Eat Healthier
Health Article

Choosing the right thing to eat is extremely important for people to be healthy and happy. A healthy
diet includes protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. Eating junk food is ok as a
treat sometimes but not all the time because the body needs healthy food to work properly. Some
people have trouble eating healthy because they have a strong habit of eating junk food, but there
are some tricks and tips to eating healthier. Store healthy food in the front of the fridge so when
people go get a snack the apple in front would catch their eye instead of the chocolate bar in the
back. People also replace or add fruit to dessert so they can have a delicious and healthy dessert.
Another tip is for people to prepare their own food as often as possible because people don't know
how they made the dish and when their making food themselves they know exactly what they put

in it. (More on next page)

Health Article

Ways to Eat Healthier (continued)

Fast food restaurants also have ingredients that are not healthy for people's body and the way fast food

places make their food is not healthy. It's ok to go to a fast food restaurant once in awhile, but some

people depend on fast food and go almost everyday which is not healthy. People should also choose

superfoods, superfoods may have the ability to fight heart disease, stave off cancer, lower cholesterol,

and even boost your mood. Being healthy is a big aspect in life and it's sometimes hard to choose the

right foods to eat because of all the different varieties of junk food they have now. But if people really try

and believe people can start eating healthy in no time!

http://greatist.com/health/22-cheap-and-easy-ways-eat-healthy
https://www.hhs.gov/fitness/eat-healthy/how-to-eat-healthy/

Technology
Flying Cars

Aeromobil is introducing the first ever flying car which is coming out this year. It can turn into a normal four
wheeled car and then turn into a flying aircraft. The flying car was built with the frameworks of a car and an
airplane so that means that future owners would need an pilot license and a driver's license. The first prototype
from the company was in 2014 but it was not commercially available at that time. The car is also environmentally
friendly because it uses hybrid engine. Aeromobil earned 3.2 million dollars because their car was successful,
they say their going to use it to support the production of the flying car. “Aeromobil aims to make personal
transportation vastly more efficient and environmentally friendly by allowing significantly faster door to door
travel for medium distance trips and in areas with limited or missing road infrastructure”(livescience.com).
The flying car could be the next generation of transportation for many people because of how eco friendly it is.
The company has not released the price but seeing how advanced the car is it's safe to assume that it will be
expensive. Because of how expensive it will be it might take a while for many people to start purchasing them.

Technology
Flying Cars (continued)

This will benefit 7th graders because they can go to after school activities and competitions faster with this

vehicle. It would also be a fun and entertaining ride because most 7th graders get bored on long car rides

but with a flying car they would most likely not get bored because they would be new to the concept of a

flying car and be amazed by everything in it.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/24/technology/larry-page-flying-car/

Strange but True

● Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500
● Most lipstick contains fish scales
● A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation
● The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
● The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet
● In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow
down their faces
● There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones
● Slugs have 4 noses

Strange but True (continued)

● During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants

● A jellyfish is 95 percent water

● The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump

● Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

● America once issued a 5-cent bill

● Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year

● It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who

bury nuts and then forget where they hid them http://www.strangefacts.com/

Writer's Choice
How to Hand Train a Parakeet

A parakeet is a extremely fun and loyal companion and if owners train them right they can have a new faithful

friend. A parakeet is a very smart bird and can be easily trained by anyone if the person knows how to do it

correctly. There are many different ways to train a parakeet and the owner can try various ones to see which

one works best on his or her pet. Hand training is a slow process where owners try to get their pet to be

comfortable when being touched. Experts recommend owners getting their parakeets wings trimmed before

you train them to limit their flying abilities and make it easier for owners to train them. When the owner first

gets their parakeet they should leave them alone for about a week so they can settle in and get comfortable

in their new home. After the week is over they should sit next to the bird cage for a while everyday for another

week so the bird can get used to their presence.

Writer's Choice
How to Hand Train a Parakeet (continued)

After that the owners should place their hand on the bird cage for about ten minutes at a time and talk to it in

a soothing voice. This is going to show the bird that the person is not going to harm them. After the bird

doesn't seem so nervous around the owner they can start putting their hand inside the cage. The owners

should lay a piece of millet in his or her hand and remain still, eventually the bird will come and take it. Once

the bird is willing to eat out of his or her owner's hand then they can begin teaching the bird tricks and training

them more. When owners are done hand training their bird they can teach them various tricks easily.

Parakeets can also learn how to speak if owners have patience and are motivated. But the first thing to

remember is to have fun with the bird and enjoy it as a pet and a friend.

Writer’s Choice
Summer Options

Summer is a time where kids can relax and not worry about homework, grades, and school. They

have about two and a half months to themselves and sometimes they can get bored and just lay around all

day. But there all plenty of ideas for having a fun filled summer that people would never forget. For people

that love the outdoors they could go camping, hiking, kayaking, fishing and more. Those are fun things to do

that people would never get bored of doing because it’s always different every time. Some more options are

swimming in a lake, tossing a frisbee around and playing tennis.

Writer's Choice
Summer Options (continued)

For people that love to cook or try new foods they could make lemonade from scratch, have a

barbeque, make s'mores, learn a new recipe and much more. These are fun to make with friends and

Family and fun to eat too. People can learn many new recipes this way and the next time they have family

or friends over for dinner they could impress them with the new recipe they learned. These ideas will

help people have a better summer that they would enjoy and remember. Summer is a long holiday and

people could use it to learn something new and do things that they love and interest them.

Poem You look toward the curtain of night dotted with stars

The Wishing Star And see the one farthest of all

It glows like a lighting bug

I stare at it and i’m cozy and snug

I slowly close my eyes and make a wish

As I hear the sound of wind

WHISH

I wish and hope for what seems like forever

And hope for something really clever

I hope for love

And the happiness of all creatures above

But then I realize hope is already there

Looking over us with care

It goes farther than the trees

And the big blue seas

Poem
The Wishing Star (continued)

Hope is there when you need it the most
Like a friendly ghost

It's invisible but you know it's there
All around you in the air

I look back to the glowing star
Almost as far away as Mars
It shines brighter this time with hope
Balancing on top of the sky like it's on a tightrope
I finally look away and smile
Knowing that hope is there stretching more than a mile

Photo

This picture of my parakeets is very special to me for
many reasons and here are some of them. My parakeets Oreo
and Kiwi are amazing because of how smart and cheerful they
always are. Its fascinating to watch them play fight together all
the time and listen to the sounds of their chirping. They make
me feel joyful inside because of how happy they always are
and they always make me smile. They're one of the best and
most incredible pets I could ask for and i'm lucky to have them.
They've been with me for almost 2 years now which is
mindblowing and I can’t wait for more memories with them.