September Leaves

THE LIE:
A white letter appeared in the mail, a young boy picked it up and ripped it open, seeing the contents and ripping it up. The boy hid the remains and ignored it, hopping his parents wouldn’t find out. Several months later, the boy is riding in his car with his parents, who were rambling on about how his entrance exam score was so high. But their plans unravel in front of them when they find out the truth. What was something you have lied about before in your life that has been worse than this? In The Lie by Kurt Vonnegut teaches a lesson you will never forget.

A young boy is on his way to a top 10 school, but has a secret that he is afraid to tell his parents. When they got there, they found out that the boy couldn’t attend it. As much as they asked for the administrators to give the boy a chance, they denied and sent them home. The mom didn’t want him to go, but his dad was furious at his son.
The lie teaches a lesson that is that no one should lie something this important to their parents, because they trust you, and you are losing their trust by lying. To read the whole story of The Lie, print a copy from your computer and enjoy.


Fall Assessment:

Fisherman stand on their boats, holding birds on strings as they swoop down into the water and return with fish. The fishermen fill up their baskets with pounds of fish to sell at the market. The story, Magic and the Night River teaches the reader to believe in magic and follow your dreams.
Yoshi would fish with his Grandfather every day, but they had a strange way of doing so. Instead of using bait, like worms, they used cormorants, and a single Itchi-ban bird. When the sun set, Grandfather would ‘Light the first fire’ to tell the other fishermen that it was time. When a miracle happens, nobody knows what to say.
People would swear that the Itchi-ban was magic, but it was actually its handler, Grandfather, who treated his birds with care, so they would always come back, even without the strings pulling them back. Kino, the owner of a boat, is selfish towards Grandfather and the cormorants towards the beginning, but towards the end, he learns that if you treat the birds with care, they will help you back.
A special kind of magic is held in this story. To read about Yoshi’s fishing adventures, print a copy of Magic and the Night River today.