Guest Author: Judy Young

Guest Author by Manny

    Judy Young was a very talented author who came to Glenridge on the 15th of April to talk about her career and her books. I was very excited for her to come to the school. It was exhilarating, no matter how long we had to sit on the carpet and listen.     I loved these dinosaur books that an author made, and all along, I thought the author was Judy! But it wasn't her, and I was disapointed. But I'll find out sometime.

    Judy had her own new book, "Tuki and Moka" that was released this year! She even read it to us! I liked the book a lot, and I was very happy to hear it, along with the whole grade. Judy is very smart, hardworking, and inspiring. Especially her first poem, that was good! I'm glad she came here, and I will remember this for a long time.

Genius Hour: The Anticipated Musical

The Anticipated Musical by Manny 

    There’s this Broadway hit that I want to see, and I just really want to watch it. Revival or not, I need to see this musical. The musical is called Wicked. It has hit songs, including “Defying Gravity”, and “Popular, along with “For Good”. Some of the songs have even been used in Glee! Also, “Popular has been covered by Ariana Grande. But, she and the other singer put their own lyric twist on it, and made it more pop.

    I’m not sure what it’s about, but I know that the musical has been played many times, and is the 4th or 3rd longest running musical of all time! That’s some pretty solid numbers, if you ask me.

    I really want to see it. My brother, and my mom have seen the musical, and I have to admit that I’m jealous. But I still can hope that I’ll see it someday, but most likely I won’t. But I still have hope!

Poetry: Nothing Gets Close to Broadway

Nothing Gets Close To Broadway! by Manny

           

Musical theatre, what can be better?

            Singing showtunes, what can be better?

            Nothing gets close to Broadway!

   

            Strutting on stage, what can be better?

            Singing “Bigger Isn’t Better”, what can be better?

            Nothing gets close to Broadway!

Popular Broadway Books

Popular Broadway Books by Manny

    I love books, even better, I love books about musical theatre and Broadway! So, I’m going to talk about a few popular books about that topic. I don’t like all of these books, but they helped me in a few ways.

    The first book is The Great American Mousical. I’m such a fan of this amazing book! It was very interesting and informed me in how a Broadway play is directed and developed. The second book would have to be Showtime. I personally hated this book, it was 800 something pages! But that’s not the reason. The reason was that it gave info ALL about the history. In 800 pages, and I’m planning on talking about the history for 2 minutes! The better and final book is Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle. This is such a fantastic book! It’s hilarious, touching, and witty! This 13 year old named Nate snuck out of Jankburg, Pennsylvania to go audition for E.T:The Musical. Not only is this a great IDR book, it also gives me info about Broadway. If I have not read this book by the time summer came along, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.

    These are a few books about Broadway. And each and every one of these books has critical acclaim on the back, or the front cover. It’s good if you get a good review that you can put on the book. That attracts more readers, and I think that you can be one of those people reading these books.

Chemical Reaction Fun

Thank you Mr. Pinkhassik!

Genius Hour: Broadway Research

Broadway Research by Manny I’m doing Broadway for my curiosity project, and I’m going to talk about how my research is going. I’ve been struggling for a bit, but I found this site that’s gonna give me a lot of information, so I’m happy! Well, I am really trying to find a video about Broadway’s history, but I couldn’t, except one, but it was only 1 minute and 40 seconds. So, that didn’t help. And from there, it was struggle after struggle. But then I found the site I told you about in the first paragraph, and that’ll help me a lot. So, my research is good news right now! I’m almost done with my history of Broadway part of the presentation. And I’m ready to move on with that, and I’m feeling good! How are you doing with your research?

Writing: A Typical Mystery: Finale

A Typical Mystery:Finale by Manny The way home, like always, was tiring. Luckily, we got there an hour early. Mainly because we ran. “I’m so happy we’re home! Ha, I said happy!” Happy stated. We all admitted, it was pretty weird to have Happy say the word “happy” in one sentence. But, we were home, and we needed to focus on putting the Golden Apple back in its cage. “Guys, we need to get the Golden Apple back in the shack,”Flynn said. So, we all went west, where the shack was. It was brown, and old, but inside was always a special place that held many memories. We put it on the holder, put the cage on top of it, and we left after that. The feeling of everything that happened on this journey is incredible, and with these friends, and the fact of knowing Brad would be watching over us is amazing and comforting. But, it was time to relax and smile. “Guy,” I said,”I think it’s time to celebrate.” We all smiled and nodded. “Yeah, I think it’s time.”