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| Features October 2002, Volume 6, No. 2 |
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By Brittany O.
Shiloh is a story about a boy named Marty and a dog named Shiloh. Marty lives near the town of Friendly, West Virginia. While walking across the Shiloh Bridge, Marty finds a beagle, whom he brings home and names Shiloh.
When Marty comes home with Shiloh, his parents say that he has to take the dog back to his owner.
Shiloh's owner is Judd, a very cruel man who beats his dogs.
Marty brings Shiloh back to Judd, but Shiloh keeps running back to Marty's house. So Marty decides to work for Judd to keep Shiloh.
Marty will do anything to keep Shiloh.
On a scale of 1 to 5, I rate Shilo as a 4. I would recommend this book to my classmates because it's exciting and it teaches you that if you really want something, you should work hard to get it.
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers (1992)
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New seventh grader thinks teachers are helpful
By Pam R.
There is almost always at least one new student in each grade. This year, the seventh grade has three. One of those students is Alex C.
Alex moved to Itasca from Chicago. He went to St. Luke's Lutheran school in Itasca before he started coming here.
Alex said that he likes Peacock better than St. Luke's because the teachers are more helpful.
He has also made many new friends at Peacock. Alex's favorite subject is math because he likes algebra.
Alex is in the choir. He enjoys listening to rap and Eminem. The last book he read was the fourth book in the Harry Potter series.
So far, Alex has had a good school year, and hopefully the rest of the year will be enjoyable for him too.
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How did it go, Cuppy?
By Carmen Z.
I made my cream cheese cupcakes and overall, the process went well.
First, I got out my ingredients for the chocolate batter.
After sifting the chocolate batter ingredients, I got my ingredients for the cheese batter and blended it with a mixer.
I added my final ingredients to the chocolate batter then mixed it together.
To the muffin pans! I filled the cups about half-way with the chocolate, then added the cheese on top.
I baked two batches of twelve and they turned out to be pretty well.
Now that I have finished making my favorite food, cream cheese cupcakes, I wish that some things went better.
I think that if I'd had more chocolate batter (which I was short on due to measurements) I would have been able to fill the muffin cups higher. Then, when I put them in the oven, they would have turned out puffier, like the ones at Jewel.
Overall, my Cream Cheese Cupcakes turned out to be what I expected--quite tasty.
Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Chocolate Batter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Sift together the chocolate batter and put aside
Cheese Batter
1 8oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
Pinch of salt (about 1/4 tsp)
1 cup chocolate chips
Combine the cheese batter w/ mixer
STEPS
First, add 1 cup water, 1/3 cup cooking oil, and 1 tbsp vinegar to the chocolate batter.
Next, fill the paper muffin cups about
1/3 to about 1/2 full of the chocolate batter. After that, place about 1 tsp of the cheese batter on top.
Finally, bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
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Character Counts
September 2002
Caring
Samantha D.
Pedro M.
Amanda P.
Derek S.
Citizenship
Nicole D.
Responsibility
Ashley C.
Blaise M.
Respect
Kyle P.
Maggie P.
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