Voki (:

Martin Luther King Jr (Research someone who has fought for peace or equality)

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character."

These were the words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr on the 28th August 1963 that would change the world for the better.

 Martin Luther King Jr was an African American who fought for equal rights for all Americans in the late 50's and 60's. He believed that people shouldn't be judged by the colour of their skin but by their character, he led non-violent protests and spoke out against segregation and discrimination on the basis of race and beliefs. He gained the support of thousands of people worldwide, both black and white. In 1964 he became the youngest person to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination.

While trying to share what he believed in he risked his life, his house was bombed, he had numerous death threats and he was arrested many times before finally, he was assasinated outside his motel room in Memphis on April 4th 1968 by James Earl Ray.

Imagine if Martin Luther King Jr, hadn't spoken out and nothing changed. Because of him, America has its first African American President, Barack Obama. I think it is fair to say that Martin would have been proud.

"Free at last! Free at last!" - Martin Luther King Jr 28/08/63

     

Novel Review (:

I'm currently reading a book called, "Forgotten" by Cat Patrick. This book was recomended to me by most my good friends who have read it, they all said it was addictive, intriguing and leaves you in suspense until you read the next chapter.

It is about a sixteen year old girl called London Lane. She lives with her mum, has a best friend called Jamie and has no idea who her dad is. London seems like your average girl but every morning at 4:33am her memory is erased. She can see flashes of her future, but her past is blank. In order to remember the important events from the day before, she writes notes before she goes to bed to build a portfolio of her life. When she meets a new boy called Luke, she sees him as an amazing guy every girl could ever wish for, but she can't see him in her future. Everyday London has to meet him as if it's for the first time. Luke should be a part of her future, but she never sees him in it. This leads you to believe he won't be.

Even though I have not finished reading this book, I am really enjoying it. I like the way the author makes London, piece her life together like a puzzle. It makes the reader want to read more, never quiet knowing for sure what's going to happen next. So far I give this book a 10/10 because its not your usual soppy teen love story. I would recomened this book for teenage girls who enjoy intense stories which leave you in suspense with a hint of romance. 

Home Made Wordle (because 'Wordle' won't work on my laptop)

BREANNA

Music                                 Cheerleading

Dancing

One Direction


      Blue


Texting

 Netball

Facebook                       Purple  

Family

Friends

Following Instructions (:

Butter Cake (:

-150 g softend butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
-3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup milk

Cream butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour and baking powder together. Fold into creamed mixture. Add sufficient milk to give a soft dropping consistency. Spoon mixture into a greased and lined deep 20cm round cake tin. Bake at 108 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

I chose these instructions because they were in the first recipe book I found. I read them through and they were very easy to understand.

                                                               The Finished Product (:


Overall, I found this recipe really easy to understand, it was quick aswell. The cake turned out better than I thought it would, thanks to Maria and I, amazing decorating skills.

Creative Writing (:

Lucy and I walk in through the school gates. We see girls squealing and running into each others arms and guys walking up to each other and doing that special handshake thing that every guy seems to know... it's the first day of school for the year and I have to say that im not as excited as everyone else seems to be, to be back at this boaring place.
"Oh I forgot to mention my name, it's Ellie by the way. I'm 16, I go to Blue Ridge High School and I have a best friend called Lucy, we have known eachother scince year 3 when I accidently spilt blue paint all over her, when the teacher asked me to get it down from the top cupboard in the art room, my mum had to pay for a new uniform and lets say... a new hairstyle, dont ask me why but we have stuck to each other and have been best friends ever scince."
So as Lucy and I continue walking through the school we see more squealing and more handshakes. I suddenly stop and notice a boy about our age sitting on a seat alone playing on his phone, away from everyone else, he is wearing cream coloured skinny jeans, black vans and a black hoddie. I decide to walk over to him to cheek if he is alright, Lucy beside me looking at me with a confused look on her face.
I say, "Hey are you alright? you look a bit lonley." He turns around, smiles and replys "Yeah im fine." "Whats your name?" I ask, "Kevin, whats yours?" "Ellie and this is my friend Lucy." I reply "Nice to meet you" he says with that same smile on his face. "Have I met you before? You look familiar." I say. "Ah no I dont think you have? I only moved to this part of the country before summer started."
The bell rings and we all make our way to our first class. I couldnt concentrate through maths, all I could think about was Kevin and how familiar his face looked, I was thinking about all the people I had met friends of friends cousins of cousins and I couldnt make out where I had seen him before. The rest of the day went pretty fast, and before I knew it, it was time to go home. Mum picked me up in the school carpark and I went straight home to do my homework. What kind of teacher gives out homework on the first day, I thought to myself.
I turn on my laptop to start my homework, but decide I should probably check my twitter. I sign in and there are all these tweets about a member from my favourite band 'Status Single' going missing. My mind suddenly stops and realises where I knew Kevin from. He wasn't Kevin at all, he was Kyle from Status Single. I try as hard as I can to complete my homework, but I am still trying to wrap my head around how I met this world famous band member at school today and why he would have even left Status Single in the first place.
I had trouble sleeping last night all I could think about was Kyle, I decided I was going to confront him at school today about the Status Single Situation and convince him to go back.
"hey" I say "hey" he replys "I knew I recognised you from somewhere?" "What do you meen?" "I'm one of your biggest fans, how could I not know who you are?" "Oh, I guess you wanting to why I did it?" "Well yeah ! I think alot of people want to know.." "Well, I don't really think Im as good as the other boys at singing and I am definitly not as good looking as them.." "KYLE ! you are amazing.. let me show you how much your fans love you."
I take out my phone and show Kyle all of his mentions on twitter, they say thinks like: "@kyle I love you, you are amazing, will you marry me?" "@kyle you have the voice of an angle" "@kyle I wish I was as cute as you."
"See Kyle you are amazing, your fans love you dont give up on yourself like this, your band mates and fans need you." He scrolls through a few more of his mentions and realises he shouldnt give up on his fans. He looks at me smiles and says, "Thankyou Ellie for helping me realise, where I should be."

My Holiday ! (:

My holiday was pretty good. I spent Christmas with my family, like always and I went away a few times. On boxing day my family and I went on our annual camping holiday to Ohope Beach where we go every year. My sister and I were really looking forward to getting away from the cold rain for two weeks... but it seemed that everywhere we went we couldn't get away from it. So we spent most of our holiday all packed inside our caravan. Although it was raining it didn't stop us from getting out of our nice warm beds, to go huddle under a gazebo with 20 other people and have a very crazy, New Years party.
Luckily after a couple of days stuck inside our caravan, the rain started to clear up. Ohope was finally what my sister and I remember it as: hot sun, very slight cool breeze, sparkling clear BLUE sea water that felt so refreshing on your face when you dive through a wave after hours of tanning on the beach. Even with all this relaxing I managed to finish my book.

The 10 days my family and I spent at Ohope went pretty quick, once the rain cleared up we headed back up to Auckland and I spent the rest of the holidays hanging out with friends, swimming in my pool and cheerleading training. I enjoyed my holiday and hanging out with my family and friends, even though it rained for most of it, we still found fun things to do.




Maria, Louise and I reading on the beach.




My sister, ME ! and cousins waiting for the rain to stop.