What Happen's on Friday's At Hillwood

Each Friday Miss Morehead comes in and we do the blog. Miss Morehead is Oliver's mom. The blog is called The Hillwood Herald. The blog is when we wright an artical and post them on the blog. After we do the blog, we have art. Our art teacher is Anna. Anna is Rubina's mom. After art we have lunch and we go to the park. When we come back we have study hall and we have a selling test. On Friday's we have thirty mins of study hall instead of 45 because of our science class which is really fun. On our third time we flew our hang gliders. After the day is over at 3:00, we go down stairs and we watch a movie!

Harry Potter in a Hillwood-Made Video

This video I made was about the new Harry Potter movie, Deathly Hollows Part 1. I decided to make it because I was very wrapped up in the description of the movie. You can read my post about the film's director's efforts to create a tense moment here.

Also, here is a link to Animoto, so you can make your own video about Harry Potter or about anything else.

‘Percy Jackson and the Oympians the Lightning Thief’

Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief is about a kid who is named Percy Jackson. He finds out that he is half god, and he also finds out that his dad is Poseidon He is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt. So he sets out on a quest with two of his friends who are also half god got with him to find the bolt before their is a war between Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon.

The upper-graders are all going to watch this film today. We will report back about what we liked and disliked about the film. Rubina has already seen the film and read all of the books. You can read her review here.

A Review: ‘Avatar,’ the Movie

The movie Avatar was the one of the best movies that I have ever seen. If you do not see it in Imax 3D, you have to see it in regular 3D. There was something for everyone in it. It, in my opinion, was James Cameron's best movie yet. This movie is PG-13, so it might not be appropriate for some kids.

This preview (below) is shown on TV, so it should be OK for everybody to view. Still, parents of students in the younger grades may want to watch it first.

Preview of Fantastic Mr. Fox

I just watch previews and reviews of Fantastic Mr. Fox. This movie looks great, they had to stop animation. They took shot 5,229 and 621,450. They used 120 gigabytes a day. They had to hand make all the animals and costumes.

The story looks similar to the book. The book is about a family of foxes and his friends are stealing from three of the meanest and ugliest farmers in the town. The farmers never like this so they set up a bunch of traps, but foxes are slick and smart.

The movie is very similar, it might no be the exact thing but it still has the same plot and story but with some new characters added.I think this is a great movie so see it now.

• For biographical information on the director
• For a slideshow of the film

A Preview of Harry Potter

Student: Rubina

Write a preview of the latest Harry Potter film. Use The New York Times as your source for information. What are your predictions for the film? How do you think it will compare to the book? How old should a student be to see this film and why? And, finally, what do you think of the soundtrack?

Remember to include images about the film and/or book, as well as links to the Times and to a video clip from the film.

Write About the Making of ‘Mars Needs ’

Read this article on The New York Times, and watch the videos along the left side of the webpage. Write a preview of the film. Remember to answer the five W's of a good story, and include information about whether or not you think the film will be interesting to watch and why. Also, explain why the actors all have dots on their faces.

Include at least three images in your post. (Consider pulling images from the slideshow on The Times, but remember to cite your source.)