First I will talk about a book I read called The Last Cuentista. In The Last Cuentista. A girl named Petra wants to be a storyteller just like her grandma. On earth a comet is about to blow up earth so Petra, her parents, and her little brother leave her grandma behind and hop on a rocket ship along with two other rocket ships to travel to a new planet. One of the ships doesn’t make it off the ground so Petra’s ship and the other ship leave earth for another planet. The trip will take 370 days so Petra and her family are put to sleep by the cog which will keep their bodies in the same condition as before. But on the journey the Collective takes over and kills all the adults. The children are reprogrammed and lose all of their memories, except Petra she then makes friends with some of the other kids because they like her stories. She is tasked with exploring the new planet but she also meets an old scientist. That old scientist was her brother who had come out of the cog 50 years earlier, but he doesn’t remember her. One day she escapes and then finds the other ship and lives happily ever after. The book has a really large emphasis on keeping stories alive. For example, Petra wants to be a storyteller, and when she leaves earth, she is tasked with remembering earth’s stories. Although the collective tries to forget about the past and erases, everyone’s memories except Petra’s. Petra tells stories about earth and stories created by earth to the other children and she can officially call herself a storyteller. I also told a story of my own that is about my Grandma and how she became a doctor. I interviewed her and wrote my story.

After reading the book I thought about what my ideal planet to live on would look like and be like. Chris and I teamed up and thought about our  planet together. We thought of a planet called Ohio. I have a whole separate post on Ohio if you want to check it out. First, Chris and I discussed how Ohio will work and all the cool things in Ohio. Then I started writing about Ohio, at first it was hard but then I got the hang of it and wrote a lot. Then I drew a picture of what Ohio looks like. Then my drawing and my writing was posted on the wall, by my classroom for everybody to see. I was very proud of myself and my hard work.

A few days later, a teacher named Peg Gignoux came to DA. At first I didn’t know why she was here, teaching art in a Language Arts class. On the first day, my class put on some aprons and we got assigned to some tables. In front of me there was a weird gel pad, a roller, a plastic bag, some leaves, some paper, and different colors of paint 🎨. Eventually I figured out how to do everything. First what I did was put a little paint on the gel pad.  I could mix paint if I wanted to. Then I would use the roller to spread the paint across the gel pad. A little paint goes a long way. Then I’d put leaves on the painted gel pad in an array I wanted. Finally I would put a piece of paper on the gel pad and firmly roll the roller on the gel pad. There were many different pieces of paper to choose from like printer paper, dictionary paper, music, paper, and more. It was super fun trying out all the different combinations and making some really cool designs. Then we would put them in our bags for storage. The next day we were collaging. The paint supplies were gone, replaced by the glue supplies. First we folded a big piece of paper into a certain shape. Then in a certain spot I would cut out my designs from the previous day and glue them to make a cool design. The next day we did the same thing but to the outside. I cut out a hole to see the inside from the outside.

After that I added the cover and the letters. It looked super cool! 

In conclusion I think reading The Last Cuentista was a good idea because it set me up for reading the Westing Game. In The Last Cuentista  I had to look for clues to understand the true meaning of the book. This was even more important for the Westing Game because there are so many little clues that will help you later on in the book. Also The Last Cuentista was a very interesting book with a lot of plot twists to make it fun to read. I will highly recommend this book to any young reader who wants a good Sci Fi book to read.