Jon Krakauer Biogrophy

      Jon Krakauer is a outdoors man with a love of nature who rights  about adventure and the wilderness. Krakauer was born in Massachusetts in 1954 but moved to Oregon. He was influenced by the first successful assent of Mt. Everest's west ridge. His first real climb was up the side of a local volcano. This experience mad Jon in love with nature. He spent must of his early life climbing mountains. He began his writing career in 1974 while writing aricles for a magazine. He wrote his first book in 1990, which was a collection of 12 essays about mountaineering.  Krakauer best book is Into the Wild in 1992 (Microsoft Encarta).

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Introduction to into the wild project by Sam

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         Into the wild is a exciting, nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. This book is about a man named Christopher who lives in the wilderness for two years. They find his dead body in a bus. Christopher heads down a snow covered trail with only 10 pounds of rice, a rifle, ammo, a camera, and some books to read including a book of edible plants. A river that he crosses melts and he is stranded and survives for 100 days before he dies. His dead body is found by moose hunters.

Welcome to Quarter 3

Welcome followers to quarter three of my English Blog. We are still finishing a Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare but we will soon be reading a story called, Into the Wild. I have learned that John Carroll is a great high school, Spanish class is not as easy as i thought it would be. I have changed by becoming a better student and more attentive.

Dream Post

Dream

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                A dream I have had recently is a dream about going to a waterpark. I don’t remember this dream vividly because it happened a week ago. All I remember is that me and group of friends went to a big water park. At the park we had a good time and then I decided to slide down a slide that said out of business. When I hit the pool at the bottom I was in a dark pool and there was no way out and I just yelled for help until I was woken up by my alarm clock. I have no idea what this dream meant.

Book Advertisement

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Are you looking for a book about holes that may or not be written by Louis Sachar. Then You've come to the right place. Holes is about a teenage boy, Stanley, who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and is forced to dig holes for the rest of his summer. Other teens might want to read this book because it is about a person their age in a situation that could happen to almost anybody. On a scale from one to ten i would rate this a book a 11.

O'Henry Notes

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O'Henry Notes

• O'Henry's real name is William Sydney Porter.
• He is best knows for his plot twists and surprise endings.
• He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Dropped out of school at age 15 to work at his drugstore.
• Moved to Texas and worked as a clerk and bank teller when he was in his 20's.
• Did not write professionally into his 30's.
• In 1896 he was charged with steeling money from the bank where he worked.
• He fled the country but returned when his wife was sick and after she died turned himself in.
• He began to write short stories under the Pen name O'Henry
• He used a Pen Name so that his readers wouldn't know he was in jail.

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Edgar Allen Poe Webquest

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Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19^th, 1809, and died in Boston Massachusetts in October Seventh, 1849 (PoeMusuem.org)

2.       Edgar Allen Poe’s father died and his mother abandoned him when he was a kid. (PoeMusuem.org)

3.       Five ways that Edgar Allen Poe could of died was from Epilepsy, Rabies, Murder, poisoning, or diabetes. (eapoe.org)

4.       Edgar Allen Poe was born in Richmond Virginia. (PoeMusuem.org)

5.       Edgar Allen Poe Enrolled in the U.S. military academy at West Point. (poemusuem.org)

6.       Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemet (poemusuem.org)

7.       I feel that it is not right to marry your cousin especially when you are 13 years old.

8.       The Tale Tell Earth was published in 1838 and the Black Cat was published in 1843. (PoeStories.com)

9.       The Raven was published in 1845. (poestries.com)

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