Try out a new site called Tween Tribune. Go to my Social Studies sites and click on Tween Tribune and it will connect you directly to the site. Select an article that you find interesting and read it. Then leave me a comment about what you think. I can’t wait to hear from you!
i thought the flossing monkey was interesting because i love monkeys and i never knew that they could floss!
they did not tell the auther but his/her purpose was a mix of entertain and inform.
Did a trainer teach the monkey to floss? It is amazing what a monkey can do.
no it taught its self by using his hair!
I read the article about the largest dog that ever lived. I learned a little about what they had to do to get it in the world record book, and also a little about how much the dog weighed and who its owner was. It was very interesting. I heard about it on the news, but I decided I should read about it. I don’t know whothe author was, but I think his or her purpose was to inform the reader. I reccomend this article to everyone and anyone who likes dogs.
I like dogs. Do you have a dog? Would you like to have that large of a dog?
I have a Larbador Retreiver. His name is Comet. He’s…I think…three years old. Got him for Christmas in 06′. And no, I really wouldn’t like to have a dog that big. My step-mom had a family member that had a Great Dane, and she said that its’ tail was as hard as a limb. I really don’t think I would like that to hit me every time I try to pet it!
I thought it’s interesting that someone wrote to inform you about who is a presenter at the oscars
What is interesting? What was your article about?
i think they would be better for people
Carter what would be better for people? What was the purpose of the author?
I learned that michelle obama plans for 400$ to help bring healthy food retailors to under served communites. The article was very interesting.The purpose of the author was to inform the reader.
Who get the $400? What does Michelle Obama think is healthy food?
The author is BreaBIo. I leared that the worlds smallest man is 22in. tall. The authors purpose is to imform the reader that they can not be the smallest man if they are not 21in. tall. I think it was very intresting.
Wow, what a small man. I bet his life is complicated. Can you imagine being that small.
The author’s purpose in writing to run with the big dogs,run with george is to inform you about a huge dog.I learned the dog was 250 pounds.
Would you like to have such a big dog? I like small dogs. A big one would be hard to take care of.
I think the ipad would be better for people ,and it cost less.
I can’t wait until the ipads are in the stores. I really want one. I think they sound fascinating. Would you like to have one?
i would love one
I learned that the biggest stars of teen faves will be presenting at the Oscars on March 7 Hannah Montana big star Miley Cyrus, High School Musical hottie Zac Efron and two costars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner trying to bring more youth ratings.
I read the article about the Tween faves apperance on the Oscars.The authors purpose was to both entertain and inform us about who will be appearing at the Oscars.It was very intresting now I know when to watch the Oscars.
Wouldn’t it be fun to attend this event!
Yes I would love to, because I would love to see some of the big Oscar winners.
I read about Lindsey Vonn in Downhill skiing. She is an Olympic gold medalist, this year anyway, last year she fell going 50 mph and wound up in the hopspital, but less than 48 hours later she was racing again.The purpose of the author was to inform me about Lindsey.I really enjoyed it.
Did she win a medal?
Hi Avery guess what I like skiing too.
WOW! Skiing sounds enteresting!!!!!!
I learned that cheetas are violent. It was very interesting. to inform
What?
New york Gov. David paterson is taking on the cause of better treatment of new york horses that work at drawing carriages for tourists. I think this is a great cause and the author wants us to become aware of it.
I think the Governor is doing a good thing for the horses. They need to be taken care of.
I think this teacher is very creative. How fun for her students. Wouldn’t it be interesting to go on a scavenger hunt?
What I read was about the biggest dog ever, which is 3 feet tall and 7”, and it is a good story.
Shane would you like to have a dog that big?
I learned that if you are bored you are likely to die earlier than usual, because your not motivated to eat well or exercise. So now when I’m bored I’ll go outside and shoot some hoops. The author wrote this to inform you. It was written by th associated press.
Wow Alex that is good to know!
Thanks Mrs.Ganong!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought the article was intresting about the 3-legged pitbull mix winning the prize for ”Best in Show”. He caught three base balls. He impressed the judgeing panel nicely. But the sad thing is that he was hit by a car and he’s 2-years old! The good thing is that he survied the accident. He’s a very special dog in my opinion. The authers purpose was to inform you about this amazing dog winning the competion with 3 legs!
Wow Zach this dog does sound amazing. I wonder what other tricks he can do.
A 250 pound blue great dane from Arizona named George is recorded the worlds tallest dog he stands 3 feet ,7 inches from paw to shoulder the owner of the dog is David Nasser.I think its cool that there could be a dog this tall cause when I see my boxer I thinks shes realy tall.and the purpose of this article was to entertain
Would you like a dog that big? A small child could ride it like a horse.
A man goes to jail for 6 months just for yawning!
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Why did this man go to jail for yawning? I’d like to know more.
I read an article about a ten-cent Superman comic book becoming worth a million$. I think it is really cool and the author made this story because he wanted to inform people about how something that cost so little mony can be so valuable.
I wish I could find something valuable in all my stuff. How wonderful!
I learned that cheetahs can swim and I think the passage of the ceeetahs was instersting. The author wanted to inform us about the story.
Jessica did the article tell you anything about the speed of Cheetahs?
no it did not
I read the atical about iPads. The price starts at $499 for one. They are just like iPhones but bigger. It was very interesting to me. I think that the author purpose was to pursuade you to buy the iPad.They look very cool you should buy one.
Braden I would like to own an ipad. They sound so fascinating to me. Would you like one?
Yes Mrs.Ganong I would like one thanks for asking
The authors purpose was to inform you and to entertain you about a funny story about a cow that fell into a pool. It really was funny and interesting! Who ever knew that a cow would actually fall into a pool. What I learned from this article is that
a cow would actually get that close to water that deep and that 911 really took her seriously about a cow in her pool that weighed at least 650 pounds! The author chose a really good story to tell.
Ryan your article was very interesting. Did the cow fall in her swimming pool?
There was a pit bull dog that was hit by a car but did not stop life there. After lossing a leg he practiced walking on 3 legs and got to were he could run. So the owner took the dog to baseball competition and then out of nine dogs he cought 3 baseballs and ran faster than any other dogs. He impresd the judges greatly and got first.!!!(arthers purpose is to inform and entertain)
What a brave dog. I’m glad the dog did well at the competition. Would you like to have such a brave dog?
yes because it would protect me and my fam..
That is so sad.
I think catching the worlds largest largemouth bass is just luck because the record was 77 years old. ( inform you the record was about catching the world largest largemouth bass)
Issaac, where did the largest largemouth bass come from?
It came from the largest river in Japan
I learned from this article that there was a new world’s tallest girl named Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson. Yes, the article was interesting because I got to learn “Bubbles” and how she got into playing basketball because of her height. The authors purpose was to inform about the world’s tallest girl{Marvadene}
How tall and how old is the girl? Where does she play basketball? Would you like to be that tall?
“Bubbles” [Marvadene] is 6’10” and she plays for Rutgers Prep High School basketball team, and no I would not like to be that tall. I like the way I am just fine. A fact from this story is that Bubbles’s friends are only as tall as her elbow.
I wouldn’t want to be that tall either. It would be hard to find clothes if your were that tall.
I wish i was this tall!!!
I read “Hockey Players Kill Bat”. It was an intresting article about a junior hockey team from Wisconsin that killed a bat that disturbed their practice by beating it to death with hockey sticks. Its purpose was to inform and entertain. The coach of this team, the Green Bay Gamblers, Jon Cooper, says the incident has turned into a batgate.
Cade, I like the coaches play on words with the comment about the batgate. This article sounded interesting.
A 650 lb. cow fell into a South Carolina women’s pool!
The reason the author wrote this artical is to entiartan.
The cow’s owner was a neighbor whom lived close to the women.Nobody knows how the cow got into the womens’s yard but it did!
Wouldn’t that surprise you to see a cow in your pool. How funny! How did the cow get out?
I’m not sure the artical never said, but she did call the police. That is how they got the cow out possible.
that is halarios””heeheehee””.
I learned that the ipad resembles the iphone.I thought this article was pretty interesting and I think it’ll be one of the hottest things around.The author is trying to persuade you to buy yhe ipad
Taylor I also think the ipad will be the hottest thing around. So hot that I want one. How about you?
I really want one too they look awesome!
I wish i had a ipad.
I learned that a $3,000 Chiuahua was stolen. Yes it was interesting. It doesn’t show the author.The story was to be in forming you.
Did they find the thief?
I learned that an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashed into a house and the driver thought it was in drive . It was interesting because you do not get to see a vehicle crash into a house every day. The authers purpose was to inform and intertain you.
Adrian how funny would it be if the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile came crashing into a building as long as no one was hurt.
Hi Mrs. Ganong this is Chloe i read Do you Floss?This Monkey does! The author wrote this artical to entertain you and inform you.The monkey in the passage uses long peices of her hair as floss (cool right). The author is Gail Hennessey. I learned that 1:It’s important to take care if your teeth 2: That monkeys are smarter that they look. Ok that’s all i got for you!!!!! BYE:)
What an interesting article. I would never have thought a monkey would floss. I wonder what else they can do?
I know maybe they can drive or something.;0
The aticle I picked is Do you floss?Well this monkey does!
Four teen year old chope knows the importince of flossing an she’s a monkey! I say she’s a smart monkey who knew monkeys where hygnnic!!
Was the monkey taught to floss? I didn’t know monkeys could learn to floss. How interesting!
This monkey was taught how to floss.
The authers porpose was to say”hey by this monkeys flosses do you!
Can you believe a monkey can floss? How cool!
The article I read about was called Tough love:Mom asked cops to arrest 6 year old.She got arrested a girl for stealing a 3.11 pack of stickers.Yes it was intresting.The author wrote this to inform us about a girl stealing stickers.
I hope the 6 year old learned a valuable lesson. Hopefully she will never steal again.
I think she will never steal ever again.
I was amaised that a dog could so big and wiegh so much!
Would you like to have a dog that big?
I thought the runaway zebra was very intersting to me. I learned that the zebra was spooked him,while he was ecxercising. He ran all the way through the entersection.(his name was Lima) I think the author was David. I think that the authors purpose was to in form me and to entertain.
That would be funny to watch a zebra run by while sitting at an intersection. I believe I would laugh until I cried.
Opinion: I would probably tell someone to pinch me if i saw a zebra running down the entersection!!!??.
That is so funney i wold do what Mrs. ganong said.
I learned about the ipad some of the things I learned was that you can read books , play games , and watch T.V. . I don’t know who the author is but I think the purpose was to imform you. I would buy one but I do not have the money.
I want an ipad. I can’t wait until they come out in stores. I wonder if they load aps like the iphone.
Opinion: I think the ipad is cool because you can read and watch T.V. .
I really want an ipad. Would you like to have one?
What i thought was intersting was,if your bored you can die early .I think the author was April.I think that author’s porpose was to inform you.
Do you think boredom causes early death? In that case I would not want to be bored.
Well i dont think it is true because, im always bored and im not died yet.
The article says being bored will shorten your life.
Fish Coughs Up Gold Watch
A person was standing in the shallow water and he cought a fish with hand. So he was going to eat it and he put the fish in a cooler.One of his friends open the cooler and the fish was still in there and there was the watch in part of his mouth. The purpose of the story was to intertain me. I think the story was interesting because I want to catch a fish so I can see if there is a watch in the fish.
I wonder if the watch took a licking and kept on ticking.
I told my dad about the story that I did. He said he did not belive it
I thought cats were playful
not piolts!It was so cool
watching a cat ride a
robotic vaccum!ENTERTAMANT
RULES!!!
(p.s) I love cats!
A cat rode a robotic vacuum. How interesting. I bet that would be funny to watch.
you can watch it at tween tribute or on utube !!!
(p.s) it does’nt look like a vaccum.
The name of the articleis is three cheatas swim moat to escape.
I learnd alot of things on thes one is that chetas dont like water but this three chetas do.
So that when i sall the intresting thing this three chetas escape ot of a zoo and roamed around the city.
The propes was inertain and tall us somethinfg that does not hapen alot.
What zoo did they escape from? That would be very scary.
It was a close game at first and espically when the bases were loaded it was awesome!!
What game? Who was playing and what sport? What was the purpose of the author?
a baseball game with california vs. some other country.
The purpose of the author is to inform you and entertain you.
I learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governern of Flordia.I thought that that was interesting because I never knew that a guy could get that buff.The authors purpose to write the article is to inform you or to giv you information.
Arnold is the governor of California. He was an actor and body builder before he became governor. Do you know any movies he has been in?
I think he plays in Rambo,Terminator,and I think that he plays in Rocky Balboha.
I was amaysed of the iPad I did not know that the ipad cost $499.00 or $500.00 I rilly rilly rilly wont to get the ipad
yhe athers perpes was the give iformation!!!!!!!!!!!
the titie was to give iformation
I also want an ipad. I thought they would cost a lot more. I can’t wait until they come out in the stores.
that amazing i can’t believe that wheely lasted eight miles and made a guiness world record out of it! It will probably be in 2011 guiness world records book. But thats amazing!!!!!
Who rode the wheelie? Was it on a bike, motorcycle or skateboard? What was the purpose of the author?
i learned that the biggest lake in japan is the biow lake and the authers purpus was to entertain
I wonder if the lake is bigger than the USA great lakes? Did the article say how big Biow Lake was?
Hey Logan whats up??
no the story did not say
I thought Ellen says Simon is mean. Is he a bully? was very instreading because I wanted to know all the facts about Ellen saying Simon is mean. I learned DeGeneres assumed her judging panel post for Tuesday’s episode chronicling the first round of “Hollywood Week,” the cutthroat post-audition phase in which 181 contestants will be narrowed down to 24 semifinalists. The purpose the author wrote this for entertainment
Do you think Simon is a bully? Sometimes I think he can be a little rude when he talks to others.
I totally agree with you sometimes he can be mean, and it matters what you mean by bully.
how to wrangle a runaway zebra
I think it’s interesting to see a zebra named Lima to run away. The authors purpose was to entertain me about the run away zebra.
Where did the zebra live and where did it run away to? Did they find the zebra?
The zebra ran to a really busy highway.
I learned that there was a monkey called kinkajous.
I thought it was interesting because I like monkeys.
The authors purpose was to inform me about a monkey
called kinkajous which lives in Alaska.
I didn’t know monkeys lived in Alaska. Did your article show a picture?
yes
I read a artical about MW2 is in trouble for having a leval that you are a teroist and you are getting intell and they said it was a bad leval for kids.But i realy like and it was entertaining.
Do you have this video game? Do you like it?
I read the Ten cent comic book sells for $1 million. I learned that older comics are worth a lot more than new comics. It was interesting because not one every day comic book is worth $1 million.The authors purpose of the article is to tell the amazing story.
I wish I had one of those old comic books that are valuable. If you had one what would you do?
I would save it until I was my dad’s age so it would be more.
I learned that even younger kids could save older people’s lifes. Yes it was interesting because it talked about these people 8 years old saved a man struggling on the coast. I think the auther wrote it because he thought it was cool that little kids saved the mans life.
I’m glad to know kids can save adults lives. Would you try to save an adult…maybe a teacher? lol
I’ll try