Braggin' Dragon

12 Pages·2012·3.62 MB·English

Braggin’ Dragon
Spring Edition

By: Nilesh Das, Ridhima Ghoshal, Abhinav Gudeti,
Anish Gudipaaati, Sargam Karekar, Chitra Kumar, Sofia Park, Mannet Shah,
Sairaksha Thirunauskkarasu, and Mursala Wali,
Jokes

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Why was there thunder and lightning in the lab?
The scientists were brainstorming

Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Owls
Owls who?
You’re right, they do.

What is a judge’s favorite coin?
A court-or

Where do sheep go to vacation?
The Bahamas
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What do you call a pig that does karate?
Porkchop!
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Why is England the most wettest country?
The queen reigned for a long time

Why did Will hate archery class?
The coach always said “ Fire at will!”
Movie Review: Annie

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By Sofia Park

Annie is about an orphanage with little girls and Miss Hannigan, who runs it, is very
mean to them. Annie, the main character, was invited to stay at Mr. Warbuck’s house for a
week. Annie is desperate to find her real parents and Mr. Warbucks tries very hard to help
her find them. He offers a reward to anyone who can help find her parents. Annie had a
locket that matched with her parent’s locket. Therefore, whoever had the other half would
prove to be her parents. However, Miss Hannigan had the locket. The rest of the movie is
spent with Miss Hannigan and her crook-of-a-brother trying to get the money and Annie.
This is an action packed, musically filled movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat
until the end. You are sure to be singing songs way after you have stopped watching it!

Word Finder

By Abhinav Guddeti and Sofia Park
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Spring Showers
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Can you find at least 20 words?

1. 8. 15.
2. 9. 16.
3. 10. 17.
4. 11. 18.
5. 12. 19.
6. 13. 20.
7. 14.
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How to make a banana, strawberry shake:
by Abhinav Gudeti

Ingredients:
● milk
● 3 ½ bananas
● handful of strawberries
● blender
● straw
● glass

Procedure:
1. Take 3 ½ bananas and remove the
banana peel from each ½ banana.
2. Cut the bare bananas into small pieces.
3. Then place them in the blender.
4. Next,bring over the handful of strawberries and take off the leaves.
5. Now you must place them in the in the blender.
6. Also pour in some milk(any type is okay).
7. Set the blender to blend and allow it to blend for 3 to 4 min.
8. Finally, pour the milkshake into a glass and insert a straw into it.
Now,just sit and enjoy the strawberry, banana milkshake!
Homemade Ice Cream
By: Ridhima Ghoshal and Sofia Park
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First you get a plastic cup, any kind of juice, and a
popsicle stick,
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Next, you take the cup and pour any juice you want
into it.
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Then, put the popsicle stick inside the cup
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After that, put the cup with the juice and popsicle
stick inside the freezer for about 5 hours.
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Now sit down on a nice, warm spring day and
enjoy your homemade ice cream.

How to Make a Fruit Salad
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By Maneet Shah
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Ingredients
Mixed fruit
Honey
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions
Cut the fruit ,
Add Honey and stir
In another bowl add sugar, vanilla and heavy cream
Mix it in a mixer until fluffy

Put the mixed fruit in a cup and top with topping
How To Make Brownies
By Sofia Park

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6 oz of dark chocolate broken into pieces,
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1 ½ sticks or ¾ cup butter,
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1 ¼ cups of golden superfine sugar,
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pinch of salt,
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3 large eggs,
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1 scant cup all-purpose flour
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2 tsp vanilla extract
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½ cup chocolate chips
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8-inch square cake pan,
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non-stick baking parchment
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scissors
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heatproof bowl
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pan
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wooden spoon
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measuring cups and spoons
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small bowl
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fork
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sifter
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flexible spatula
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knife

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First, preheat the oven to 350oF. Grease the cake pan and line it with non stick baking
parchment.
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Next, place the chocolate and butter in a bowl. Melt over a pan of simmering water. Stir
until smooth. Remove pan from the heat. Cool slightly.
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Then, add the sugar and salt to the melted chocolate. Beat the eggs in a bowl and add them
gradually to the mixture.
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Sift the flour into the mixture and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla extract and stir in the
chocolate chips.
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Scrape the mixture into the pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is pale brown.
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Take out of the oven and allow to cool down.
Enjoy your homemade brownies :)
JOKES AND RIDDLES!!
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 When do you know when the moon has enough to eat?
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When it’s full

What building has the most stories?
The library

What do you get when you cross a cow with a trampoline?
A milkshake

What do you get when you cross a ghost and a cat?
A scaredy cat

Where do ocras hear music?
Orca-stars

What do you call a fish with no eyes?
FSH

What do you do if a dog chews your dictionary?
Take the words out of his mouth

What do you call a thieving crocodile?
A crookodile

What has a foot but no leg?
A snail

What comes down but never goes up?
Rain

What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
The African Folktale-Anansi the Spider

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By: Mursala Wali and Sairaksha Thirunavukkarasu

            The “African Folktales” assembly was GREAT!
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Two story tellers from a theater company in North
Carolina, who travel the country sharing African
folktales, came to John Marshall School in order to
share their tales to the students. One of the stories
they told us was Anansi The Spider . In the story,
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there were six pots of soup. Anansi wanted to try all
of them. He told the cooks to pull the string that
would be attached to his leg when the soups were
ready. After, he had eight strings attached to each
of his eight legs. All of a sudden, one leg started to
wiggle. He reached to go but then suddenly, another
leg started to wiggle, then another and another and
another and another. He was getting pulled at every
corner. Legend say that’s how spiders have thin and
long legs. If you are interested in revisiting this story,
check the book out from our media center!
Fitness Is Fun!
By: Sofia Park And Abhinav Gudeti

Chitter Chatter!! John Marshall’s gym is buzzing with
anticipation! The students are all gathered for an assembly. A bunch
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of quiet signals go up and Mrs. Pellicane comes and introduces the
man that came to entertain us. His name was Greg! Greg was here to
introduced different sports activities using a variety of equipment
from around the world. His first activity was tossing a giant cube
around with a few teachers. Then, he took some volunteers from the
audience and they also tossed the cube. The next activity was a giant
yo-yo toy that he kept tossing in the air and catching with a string.
Then he took some more volunteers to play a fun sport about
cooperation which was from his favorite country...America! The
piece of equipment he used was called, “The Cooperation Band.” The
students had to go inside the humungous band and work together to
accomplish a task. Finally at the end of the show, he showed us one
more trick. It was a black and white swirling hypnotising circle on a
drill. He spun the circle with the drill and told us to look at the very
middle of the circle for the whole time. Then when he removed the
circle from sight and told us all to look at his head. The audience was
amazed as his head appeared to be expanding.
3rd Grade Cultural Fair
by Abhinav Gudeti and Sofia Park

The third grade classes are always in groups and
working on something fun and exciting. What could
they possibly be preparing for now? It’s the Cultural
Fair!! The countries given out were China, Poland,
Greece, Ireland, France, and Mexico. The students
were put into groups of three or four and given a
country to research. These children had to make a
twelve slide presentation which included a title page,
the country's flag and what the colors stand for, the
country’s map, famous landmarks, languages spoken
there, some holidays celebrated, the kind of clothing
people wear, foods eaten, utensils eaten with, their
religion, some dances, folk tales, and three
interesting facts. On the day of the fair the students
set up their area including their presentations, food,
pictures and flags from their country. Some even
dressed up in clothes that represented their country.
Parents were invited to visit the cultural fair and were
very interested in trying new foods and learning
about the countries. Everyone had a great time and
learned a lot at the cultural fair.