by: Victoria Hagan, grade 8
and Alissa Miller, grade 7
Middle North
Look around you. Have you noticed the sparkle of new bling, and smiling faces? Do you have any idea how many engagements, weddings, and births there have been in our building in the past year? Well the Hawthorn Herald Staff sure has noticed and, being reporters, we decided to investigate this a little further.
By.Brittany Maslov
Grade 7
Are you ever looking for a good book to read? Well I just finished a book called Tears of a Tiger. Now if you're like me and really into hard core kind of books, then this the book for you. Tears of a Tiger is by Sharon M. Draper. It's about a high school basketball team that's on top of the world, great team, wins, and amazing players. But when the team captain, Rob Washington is killed in a car accident his best friend, Andy Jackson, will never let it go, always thinking that it was all his fault.
By Brittany Maslov, Grade 7
Middle School North
This has been one of the winters we haven't seen in a long time, lots of snow and lots of cold weather, amd even ice! These past few days have been so cold. A few days ago it was -1 and down in the single digits. We have seen so much snow and ice. Yes there have been a few ice storms, a couple weeks ago, plus there was one day when we got an ice day.
My Access
by: Paige Smith
Middle School South
I think the My Access program is a good and accurate measure of how well a student can write. It gives the student and overall score, a focus score, content development score, organization score, language style score, and a conventions score. The program gives you an individual score for each category, the highest score being out of six. Six is considered excellent, while one is considered “bad”. In the program, you write a rough draft and submit it. The program reads the essay and sends it back to you with in seconds with results, and a revision plan. It show all the scores, and then below it shows you ways you could revise your essay. It shows revision plans for all of the categories, specialized for what was in your writing, so you can get a perfect six.
By Natalie Mariduena, Grade 6
Middle School North
You’ve probably heard about global warming, but do you know what it actually means? It’s the increase of the Earth’s temperature, which can cause glaciers to melt, wetlands to dry up, and the sea to rise. Most people don’t realize that each individual can make a difference in global warming. What can you do to make a difference? Here are 10 ways that you can help prevent global warming.
By Brittany Maslov, Grade 7
Middle School North
Are you looking for a good book to read, and do you love football. Then this book is for you.
By Brittany Maslov,Grade 7
Middle School North
Remember those hot sunny, summer days when you could stay out all night long with your friends? Well now that winter is coming you won't be able to even go outside without a heavy coat on. It may not offically be winter yet but it sure feels like it. These last few days have been cold. Today where the high temperture was 59 degrees and the low was 42 degrees.
By Yeagill Kim, Grade 6
Middle School North
Have you ever wondered whatever happened to Annemarie and Ellen, in the fasinating story,
By Yeagill Kim, Grade 6
Middle School North
Was summer a blast? Did it just go by too fast, or was summer a drag?
School has gotten off to a great start. With the new 6th graders coming in and the 8th graders taking off, it was a very busy summer for us. Summer is a great time to fit in all your sports and other fun activities. Or you could just sleep in for 2 and a half months. Even if summer isn't all pleasure, you've got to admit, it does take at at least a little bit of that load off of your shoulders.
Every week Middle North has a different word of the day. A lot of the words are not words that you would normally use, like monotonous, novice, or ambidtextrous! But there are some words that you may use, like sincere, sympathy, or obsolete. There is usually a new word every day. This week the new words are;
Monday
Spontaneous-performed or occurring as a result of sudden impulse or inclination.