Recycling

              Recycling 

     by Blake Carlson   

                         Have you ever thought about how the earth gets so polluted? Many            endangered animals are going extinct because of earth pollution and landfills. In my      

   opinion, I strongly believe that ever on should recycle every thing they can. Recycling is a     

        very important thing to do, plastic waste is contaminated from materials such as           

        paper and ink, and recycling has environmental benefits.

     Recycling is a very important thing to do. When you don’t recycle It makes harmful chemicals/gasses  that are released from landfills. Recycling helps to stop air pollution caused by trash. Deforestation, global warming, and habitat destruction are also things caused by not recycling.

     Plastic waste is contaminated from things such as paper, and ink. In 2013 Americans made about 254 million tons of trash, and recycled and composted 87 million tons of this material equal to 34.4% recycling rate. On average we recycle 1.511 lbs of of our trash.

     Recycling has environmental benefits. First it reduces the need for extracting, refining, and processing raw materials. These all do bad things to the environment including substantial air, water pollution, air pollution etc. Recycling saves energy and it also reduces greenhouse gasses emissions.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that you should recycle so that trash doesn’t go to landfills. In      

           my opinion, I strongly everyone should recycle everything they can. Recycling is a     

            very important thing to do, plastic waste is contaminated from materials such as           

                             paper and ink, and recycling has environmental benefits.

               If you ever find paper, plastic or something you can recycle on the ground 

Ben Franklin

      Ben Franklin 

     by Blake Carlson 

(Zap) yes my house didn’t get struck by lightning, we thank Ben Franklin for his amazing invention the lightning rod. Franklin had a delightful childhood, made history changing inventions, and had some difficult challenges. All of his inventions started with when he was younger. 

Ben had an amazing childhood. He was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Ben loved to read and write but unfortunately he only got to go to school for two years. When Ben was eleven he had to work for his brother, James Franklin, Ben didn’t enjoy working for his brother. When he worked for his brother sometimes he would put a story he wrote called Poor Richard’s Almanac. Ben’s creativity open doors to his great inventions when he was growing up.

Ben had some history changing inventions. When Ben was sixty in 1776 during the Revolutionary War he became one of the Founding Fathers. He also helped declare American Independence. Franklin invented the lightning rod to keep houses from getting hit by lightning. Ben had some great inventions and accomplishments but he had some obstacles that would always get in his way.

Ben Franklin had some difficult obstacles that he had to deal with in his life. In the Revolutionary War he was battling his own son. When Ben made the lightbulb nobody believed him. Ben’s brother would never let him publish paper, and he went through starvation. Ben Franklin had an amazing and difficult life.

Ben Franklin contributes to the USA by signing the Declaration of Independence and giving Americans civil rights. Franklin had a great childhood, made future changing inventions, and had some challenging obstacles. 

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” - Benjamin Franklin 

                                                                        Resources 

                                                              BrainPOP, PebbleGo, Facts4Me

Football

           Football 

                                   by Blake Carlson 

Have you ever tried to convince your parents to let you play tackle football? It might take a while but it’s worth it. 

  In order to play tackle football you always have to be ready for example if the play was a run to you and you weren’t paying attention that would        not turn out well with your coach and parents they would think they signed you up to not pay any attention on the field, and do you know how much money it cost to play tackle football? 

Also every time your on the field always have a ready position then you can leap into action if the ball is being ran to you.

You also have to be able to catch a football because if you were the cornerback and the offence was doing a pass to the wide receiver that you were guarding and you weren’t paying attention that would be an easy touchdown.

In conclusion being ready, and paying attention are some of the most important parts of playing football. Football is a great sport to play because it will help you get stronger and more athletic.

The Big Game

     The Big Game

      by Blake A. Carlson 

“Crash” goes the noise of T.J. Watt sacking the QB Kirk Cousins, and it’s a fumble and Watt recovers it but “crack” he broke his leg. “TJ...  TJ” said Dr. Morris “TJ are you awake, TJ.” “Yeah I’m awake” said TJ. “You where trying to recover a fumble and broke your leg” said Dr. Morris “you won’t be able to play football for the next  four weeks.” “Set HIKE” said Ben Roethlisberger as the center snapped the ball high and hard right at his helmet, and catches the ball and gets ready to throw the ball but from out of nowhere in comes a linebacker, Roethlisberger is about to scramble but he sees Antonio Brown wide and deep and he throws the ball and... BROWN CATCHES IT TOUCHDOWN! Steelers kick off and the Redskins recover and return it to the twenty yard line, the Kirk cousins throw a perfect pass to Jehu Chesson, but wait in comes Brian Allen and intercepted it he’s going, going, gone pick six. The score is 14-14 Steelers kick off and take a touchback with thirty seconds left the Redskins go for a hail mary deep but wait they do a hand off... he’s going and Vince Willams takes him down at there thirty and there going for the field goal and miss their going into overtime first to score wins and the Redskins kick off and James Conner returns and right off the back scores STEELERS WIN!

Animals in Captivity

        Animals in Captivity 

  By Blake A. Carlson

Hi have you ever heard of Owen and Mzee, Owen got taken away by a tsunami and got stuck on a coral reef and was taken into Haller Park, I think that animals should be in captivity because animals are safe from predators. 

In my opinion I believe that animals should be in captivity for instance in the text Ivan the Shopping Mall Gorilla, Ivan was captured by poachers and taken to a mall and was not treated well, but then he was taken to a new in closers and he felt free to run around. 

Animals in captivity such an in closer they are safe from being harmed, for example in the text Owen and Mzee, Owen the hippo was taken to Haller Park because he was washed up by a tsunami and was struck on a coral reef but in Haller Park that would not have happened, Owen was safe in Haller Park from predators and he had room to run around.

Animals in captivity like in a animal sanctuary, animals don’t have to hunt for food, for instance the book Rags by Margot Theis Raven, before rags was found by Private Donovan live on the streets eating food from the trash, when Donovan found Rags he became part of the Military and he got his food there. 

In conclusion I strongly believe that animals are content and safe in captivity animal are safe from injuries, don’t have to hunt for food, and there predators can not harm them. Help keep animals safe and donate to a local humane society or sanctuary.

Opinion movie writing

I believe that Jumanji is the best movie in the galaxy, this is my opinion because the characters are sucked into a video game. Another reason is because a star actor is in it Dwane “The Rock” Johnson as the main character. Finally, the last reason is because the characters are very funny. In conclusion Jumanji is the best movie in the world. In conclusion I strongly believe that Jumanji is the greatest movie in the GALAXY.