Journal 59: Epic Language

I went into the math classroom this morning  like I always do. Put down my bag on the chair beside me. I stared at the teacher's desk and saw a stack of exams. I said to myself, this is the math Mid-term and it is very important. When our teacher Mrs. Sue passed out the worksheet, she told us that we have the whole class to do it. So we took our time as we did our test. The first section was very easy. Only a few simple calculations to do. On the second page, there were multiple questions that require us to read and choose the answer from the word bank. The third page was questions that need us to fill in the answers ourselves. This was a little bit harder because when we get the answer out, we're not sure if it is right or not. When I got to the last page, which is the fourth page, the questions require us to make a chart and calculate a lot of things. Suddenly, the bell rang and the test end. I put down my pencil and turned in my test to the teacher. I believe I did a good job and I will get a good score.

Journal 58: Luck?

What is luck? Luck is the possibility that a thing could happen or not. In real life, luck is very important. For example, if we are lucky all the time, we can get high scores in tests, score in basketball when we shoot, win a lottery, and everything will go as we wish they will. In the book Hatchet, Brian says that he was lucky because he survived in the wild. I agree. This is because he needs to be lucky to stay alive in the plane crash and in the moose attack. He also needs to be lucky to make a fire out of his hatchet and get saved by the plane passing by. All of this requires luck, so I think Brian is very lucky to be able to survive and go through all this. When the moose attacked, he needs luck to run away and survive. When Brian was starving, he needs luck to find food that are not poisonous or so. This is why I think Brian is very lucky. I hope I am as lucky as Brian too if I was trapped in the wild.

Journal 57: What Makes Fire?

What makes a fire? In our lives, a lot of things make a fire. Electricity, heat... these things can all make fire. A fire needs three important ingredients, heat, oxygen and something to burn with. In the wild, it is very hard to create a fire. It is very hard to create a fire because it is hard to find enough heat to make a fire. In the book Hatchet, Brian uses dry wood, his hatchet and some grass to make a fire. The dry wood is the material to burn with, so the fire keeps burning. The hatchet is for making sparkles. When Brian uses his hatchet to defend himself during the night, he threw it and it hit the wall and made sparkles. Because of this, he began to notice that sparkles can create fire because of the friction that made the heat. The grass is also for the fire to go on. These are the materials to make a fire and how Brian made a fire in the wilderness.