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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Journaling on the Oregon Trail!

Historical fiction is so much fun to write! It has been so much fun to see you all step back in time to the 1840's.

Please share some good things that will happen to you and your family and some bad things that will happen. We all know that traveling on the Oregon Trail was filled with highs and lows!

Please be specific. Tell us which family member is involved and include as many details as you can.

19 comments:

  1. My family names are, Pa (Bruce 41), Ma (Evangeline 37), (Belle 15), (Miles 11), (Me Camille 9), (Eleanor 9) and ( Dexter 3.) The good things on the trail are Ma has a baby girl (Felicity) at Independence Rock, me and Eleanor have a B-day at Soda Springs and find supplies at Fort Laramie. The bad things are that Pa gets a snake bite on the leg at Fort Boise Dexter dies of falling out of the wagon and Dog dies in Independence, Missouri. I love studying Pioneers

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  3. My family is (me 10), (Stella 6), (Willis 5), (Pa 39) and (Ma 36). Some good things that happen on the trail is the Ma has a baby a Fort Hall, Pa kills 3 buffalo and we find a pot at Snake river. Some bad things are that are oxen Olivia dies, Pa gets shot but lives and Willis gets cholera and dies. Also me and my best friend Octavia are in the same wagon train.

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  4. my name is bruce wayne, and I have a brother named Oliver a sister named Iris a Pa named Bryan and a Ma named Helin. Good things that might happen: Pa has a good hunt at fort hall, Iris has birthday at soda springs, Pa gets lots of supplys at Chimmeyrock. Bad things that might happen: sister dies of cholera, Pa gets bit by a snake, wagon caches on fire. Pioneers ROCK.

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  5. I am Octavia (11), and this is my family. Ma (36), Pa (47), Annabelle (11) and Leo (8). Here are the good things. Ma is going to have a baby boy at Fort Hall, Annabelle is going to fall in love and I am going to have a birthday! Here are the bad things. Leo dies from drowning, Pa gets a snakebite and lives and baby brother dies from Cholera. And My best friend Eliza Stone is in the same wagon train!

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  6. My pioneer name is Oliver Wayne. My brouther is Bruce and I also have a little sister named Iris. Sadley Iris passed becous of callara and are pa gets a snake bite in the foot but he did not die thought. Our oxen will past away at fort Boise I think. Be for Iris dies she has a b-day and turns 6! Our wagon also catches fire and burns! There also is a bad thunder storm! These are a couple of things that will happen on my Oragen Trail experience.

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  7. My name is Dexter G. Rockwell and I'm ten years old. I have a younger brother, named Bruce Rockwell. He is 9 1/2 . We are at independence rock and its my birthday. We found cool supplies at fort hall. Unfortunately, my mom drowns and my dad got run over by a wagon. now me and bruce are the only ones in are family going to organ. Studying about PIONEERS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!

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  8. One thing that might happen is that Pa dies in a river crossing. One good thing that might happen is that I will have birthday at soda springs. Oliver gets a snake bite. Pioneers are awesome!!!

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  9. Yesterday Ms. Papadakeses class Started our Pioneer Journal! My Pioneer name is Mable Cox and I am ten years old and I have a little sister named Clarissa she is 3 years old and I also have a little brother named Miles he is 2 years old. We leave for organ on April 6 1849 on the trail My ma has a baby girl named Octivia. A couple sad things happen to my family on the trail 1 grandma drowns
    grandpa has a dead oxen and gets ran over bye a car and our cook Nadine dies of Colora a bad sickness.
    Some good things happen like I said earlier Ma has baby Octivia ,Aunt Zella has Baby Boy Julian , Zella and Warren get married, Mable's Birthday. Once we get to Oregon we have a lot of birthdays.
    Studying Pioneers is AWESOME. Well Bye

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  10. Today we were writing in our pioneer journal. One bad thing that might happen is that my brother Felix drowns in Columbia river. Good things that might happen is that we find supplies at soda springs and my other brother has a birthday there too. I might get bit by a snake at Fort Boise, but still live. Learning about pioneer's is awesome.

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  12. Yesterday Ms. Papadakes' class started to write our pioneer journals.
    I love journaling!
    My pioneer name is Violet Octavia Miller. I am nine years old, but I have a birthday on the trail.
    I have two sisters. Their names are Hazel Julia Miller and Emmeline Angelina Miller. Hazel is seven and Emmeline is four.
    Some good things that will happen to my family on the trail are:
    1. I will have a birthday in Soda Springs
    2. Hazel's birthday at Independence Rock
    3. Ma has twin babies Oliver and Miles at Fort Laramie
    Some bad things that will happen to our family on the trail:
    1. Pa trips on rocks, gets a broken leg
    2. Harvey (one of our oxen) dies at Fort McKearny
    3. Oliver gets cholera and does not die.
    Those are some things that will happen on the Oregon Trail.
    I love studying about pioneers. It is so awesome!

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  13. My Family insists on Pa (Clark) 36 , Ma (Clara) 36, Miles (me) 10, Felix 8, Ruth 5.
    A good thing that happens is that Pa gets a great hunt at Soda Springs. A bad thing that happens is that Ruth falls of a cliff but doesn't die. I like cake and pioneers.

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  14. Today in our journals, we started on the trail. When we get to Chimney Rock, my Ma (Julia), has a baby girl named Emmeline. When we get to the tough river crossing, one of my oxen (Stuart) drowns. There is a storm, and lightning starts a grass fire and kills my Aunt Esme. My brother, Graham, finds a random supply of food, and my Pa and his brother, Niles, have a good hunt. There is so much more, but I can only remember so much!

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  15. I love pioneers. My favorite thing is journaling. Some good things that happen on the trail are...
    1. Pa has a good hunt at Fort Laramie (very good hunt.)
    2. Ethel (aka Grace) celebrates her birthday (chocolate for once.)
    and finally,
    3. Ma has baby at Chimney Rock!
    Some bad things that happened are...
    1. Pa gets fever. (thankfully he survived.)
    2. Ma drops Hazel and Hazel almost got run over. (But she did not <3)
    an last but not least,
    3. Wills drowns.
    Pioneers is probably one of my favorite things to study. I am having so much fun. I can't wait to learn more!

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  16. My name is Charlotte Cox and I am 10 years old. I have one sister named Georgia and one brother named Elliot. Georgia is 3 years old and Elliot is 7 years old. A couple of things bad happened: my Pa gets a snake bite but thankfully he doesn't die and my brother dies of cholera. A couple of good things that happened are: My Ma has a baby girl, I celebrate my birthday and I wrote my name on Independence Rock. That is it for now.BYE!

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  17. My name is Bruce Rockwell. I am 9 and 1 half. My chores are to gather fire wood
    Watch out for little children
    Hunt and fish

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  18. my name is Miles Jones and i am 10 years old. The good and bad things on the trail are the bad things are accidental gun shoots, get ran over by a wagon, die because of cholera and oxen die. The good things on the trail where and the good things are having a baby at Fort Hall, having a birthday ate Fort Hall, find random supply at Fort Laramie.

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  19. My name is Eleanor C. Watson Here are some good and bad things that happened to my family bad thing: Paul gets bitten by a snake Dexter my little brother Falls out of the wagon and dies and we had to leave our dog peppermint Good things: me and Camille have a birthday at Soda Springs , we find more supplies at Fort Laramie and Ma has a baby at Independence Rock spoiler alert it's a girl! my family names Are Pa Bruce 41, Ma Evangeline 37, Bell 15 miles 11 Camille 9( me) Eleanor 9 Dexter 3 The soon-to-be baby's name Is Felicity

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