Wednesday, December 19, 2007

December 19 Journal

You only have today and Friday to work on your submissions so get going after you are done with your journal. I will be staying after school today until 4 pm in case anyone needs to come in and work- just be sure you have a ride arranged a head of time.


  1. Create a new family tradition for celebrating the holidays. Explain what would make this tradition so special to your family.

  2. Imagine that you are a pioneer living on the prairie. Describe what your life is like this time of year.

61 comments:

Anonymous said...

This family tradition would be about comming together with family.

Anonymous said...

a new tradition for my family would be for everyone to say one thing they love about christmas during christmas dinner.

Anonymous said...

A new family tradtion for celebrating the holidays would be.... we would open our presents when we get up. Then we would go singing to people houses then we would go to our family houses then we would eat and exchange gift and then play borad games and things like that. That would my family traditions for the holiday.

Anonymous said...

A new family tradition is that we should get together every sunday with everybody in our family and have my mom and then we should just eat like pigs. This is the new family tradition we should have in our family.

Anonymous said...

The family tridition will be all the sides of the family will come to gether at my grandma house and eat.

Anonymous said...

if i was a pioneer living on the prairie my life would be like easy and simple i would go to work if there was work to do and then come home and sleep>

Anonymous said...

My new tradition would be for my family to stay at my grandma's house for Christmas Eve and Christmas, since she leaves for Mexico in like two years.

Anonymous said...

A holiday tradition that Iwould make is to keep kids home for a week with their parents so that they can talk about school and what they have to make up in it and what they are doing bad in school. Plus they can get to know there parents alot better then they do now.

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be a fun one I would have my family come all together on christmas day and you would have to bring one food dish to the family and you stay at on of the houses. You would play games, watch tv, and have a good time.

Anonymous said...

Fro a new family triditon it would be for the moms to make cooks and or some thing sweet for al of us to eat. We could also make some thing really big like a cake or a big cooke for the little kids to eat. We could make this sweets so we caneat them when we exchange gifts with each other or something.

Anonymous said...

if i had a new family tradition it would be a friends tradition so the teenagers can invite all thier girl friends and boy friends over and party all nite then then have a sleepober and in the orning all go skatin and then go home.it will be super rowdey cua i would invite jason, casey would invite terrel and bianca would invite herself!

Anonymous said...

If I made a new family tradition then it would been fun because there would been games to win prizes and lots of food.

Anonymous said...

For a new family tradition it would start by eating chocolate cake every morning and for lunch eat candy. Then for dinner it would be the bigest meal of all kinds of food.

Anonymous said...

If I was a pioneer living on the prairie my life would be bad it would be quiet and no one would be around for miles.

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be that we will spend the whole day together and just talk until we can't talk any more. This will be special because we don't spend to much time together as a family so it would be nice to spend morew time with my family.

Anonymous said...

I would create a tradition called game tight. It would be a night a of video gam3s for the whole day.

Anonymous said...

I think the family tradition for the holidays is be happy

Anonymous said...

Our new family tradition would be like someone had to be the santa to pass out the gifts at home =p

Anonymous said...

A new tradition to me is opening presents Before we eat. This tradition will be special to my family because they wont rush eating just to open the presents.

Anonymous said...

I am so glad that the break is about to come cause I won't be at dirksen no more

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be like have a special family dinner for only te gurls in the family and the guys will have theres.Well boys dont know how to cook so they will probably have fats food haha.

Anonymous said...

The tradition would be that we all will come toghter on the holidays

Anonymous said...

My new tradition would be to sit togher and talk about things that we love to do .

Anonymous said...

The tridition I would create is give Katie presents day on christmas and all my family would have to give me presents on christmas!!!!!

Anonymous said...

My family and me would spend the time together and i mean my whole family. Because my family and me is about togetherness.

Anonymous said...

a new tradition for my family would be say two things that they love abaut christmas.

Anonymous said...

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pr3s3nts and g0 back t0 sl33p

Anonymous said...

A new tradition for me will be to all go bolwing on the holidays that would be my new tradition.

Anonymous said...

My tradition would be for my family to go to one house and open all the gifts there. Then we eat a lot of food and have fun. That would be my family tradition.

Anonymous said...

A family tradition I would create is that when someone wakes up on Christmas they wake up everyone else and we open gifts. the holiday would be al about family.

Anonymous said...

My family gets together it is tradition.

Anonymous said...

A new family tradition would be all of us hang out on the weekends and we can all help my mom to make some food for the day. We can all just have our whole family together and have some fun.

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be a day where everyone in my family comes over and my mom makes echiladas de queso because that is my favorite food in the world:)

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be a day where everyone in my family comes over and my mom makes echiladas de queso because that is my favorite food in the world:)

Anonymous said...

If I was a pioneer and living in the prairie this time of year it would be very difficult because I wouldn't have very good shelter.

Anonymous said...

If I were a pioneer back then my life would be very busy

Anonymous said...

My new tradition for my famliy will be all of us going out side and making a giant turtle in the snow that will be my tradition.

Anonymous said...

♥A FAMiLY TRADiTION ii WOULD DO iS THAT EVERY WEEK ON A SUNDAY WE WOULD iNViTE THA REST OF THE FAMiLY AND HAVE A PARTY!!
WE WOULD DANCE SOME BACHTA AND SOME SALSA. =]

Anonymous said...

Making cookies or treats would be a great tradition and every one would love them.

Anonymous said...

My new family tradition would be to have my whole family go to disney world around the holidays.

Anonymous said...

The tradition that I would do for my family is that we can open the presents when ever we want to and if we domt want to open the present until we eat our breakfest the threw the rest of the day we can nan have a dinner with the family and then we can open the presents and show the family what santa bout for ous.

Anonymous said...

If I was a pioneer living around this time I would be very cold.

Anonymous said...

It would be hot and kids will be playing outside with there freinds and people will be cooking out. Also they will be having parties.

Anonymous said...

It is very bad because there ars no electronical stuff.

Anonymous said...

This family traditionwould be about comming together with family.

Anonymous said...

MY LIFE WOULD BE HARD!

Anonymous said...

The tradtion for my family hoilday is family day.Famliy day means you get to spaend time with your family and play cool suff.

Anonymous said...

My family trdtion would be like my family,and I would go to mcdonalds to eat every other day.

Anonymous said...

Hard and cold. There would probably be less food to eat around theis time.

Anonymous said...

If I was on a parie I would not like this time of year becuase it is cold out side. Iwould get very sick if I was in a parie.

Anonymous said...

if i had to to make a new familey tradition i would not.

Anonymous said...

my tradition will be all the family comes together and have a good time.

Anonymous said...

It will be fun cause you get to have your famliy there to help you out and to play games with you.

Anonymous said...

If I were a pioneer and owned a farm and it was cold a nd freezing I would put a huge tarp over them and put a heater in there too.

Anonymous said...

its bad out side and cold

Anonymous said...

It wouled difficulet because I have to hunt my own food and theres no twchnolagy.

Anonymous said...

my new family tradition is we get up early to open presents then we would go to my moms boyfriends house then we would go to my moms moms house for food and to openpresents there.that is my family tradition

Anonymous said...

Day 19 it is freezing and our rations are running low afew of us wont make it grandpa already died on the 16 I have to go now I can not even feel my fingers.

Anonymous said...

The new tradition would be the bffl. It's when you celebrate being friends for mor than a week. You and 3 of your best friends and you go some were you havent gone in a long time that were me and tori and samntha l excpet we are going to skate west this friday night.

Anonymous said...

Is to meet in the living room at 6:30 to tell what to do the next day.

Anonymous said...

The new tradition would be having the whole family doing serect Santa. Also like leting the little kids opening their presents first.

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