Olivia's Brochure

By: Olivia Kent

                          My (Second) Favorite Vacation Spot 

                                 (After Pentwater MI.  Owosso is my favorite)

I like towns that aren’t too big and that have lots of fun things to do, that is why Owosso is one of my favorite vacation spots. My grandparents live in Owosso and my family gets to spend our summers there. Some of my favorite things to do in Owosso are walking downtown, riding my bike around, and going out for ice cream. There is lots to do in this small town.

Downtown Owosso is beautiful and fun, and there are many things to do downtown such as go to the bakery, the castle, and the farmers market. The bakery is a few blocks away from my grandparents’ house. We love going to the bakery.  Some of my favorite things to get there are long johns, peanut butter cinnamon rolls, and peanut butter frosting topped brownies! The Curwood Castle is located downtown and it is right on the Shiawassee River. James Oliver Curwood built this castle for his wife, but when she died James Curwood used the castle as his writing studio. He wrote books and had many of them published.  Another fun activity is going to the farmers market on Saturday mornings. Lots of farmers bring fresh produce from their farms every week, there are also people selling homemade jewelry, crafts, and baked goods!

Owosso is a great place to go for walks, runs, and bike rides. In summer we usually ride our bikes around the block, and in the big church parking lot right next to our grandparents’ house. We spend hours every day riding bikes. Sometimes we run around the block and time ourselves. This past summer Maya and I would go to the high school track and run hurdles! Summer is the perfect time to do these things, with temperatures usually in the 80s.  

Some other things to do in Owosso are go to parks. There are lots of parks and most of them are in walking distance! Summer concerts are a fun thing to go to. Every Thursday different bands will play in the amphitheater which is right across the river from the castle. You can also go on Sunday nights and there will be Christian groups singing.  Another cool thing about Owosso is that it is home to the Pier Marquette train. The special thing about this train is that it was used for the movie The Polar Express! The train you see in the movie was modeled after the Pier Marquette! All the sounds you hear from the train in the Polar Express are recorded from the Pier Marquette! At Christmas time you can take rides on this train. Also, every year Owosso holds the Curwood Festival.  It is a really fun thing to do with a big parade and they also have a 5k run.  On the fourth of July you can go to the Fourth of July parade which is a fun thing to do as well. Another thing you can do is see fireworks on the Fourth.

Owosso is such a fun little town with so much history, great activities, and so many things to go and see. You can go to the farmers market, go to concerts, and tour the Curwood Castle. That is why I love spending my summers in Owosso! It may not seem like much but there are so many cool things!

Tennessee

Tennessee

A vacation filled with mountains, cabins, waterfalls, shopping, museums and even water parks,Tennessee is the place for you! In Pigeon Forge Tennessee you can shop and eat in classic diners, find the Titanic sailing once again with a full museum inside, explore the upside down mansion and see a life sized King Kong climbing a sky scraper!

Up the mountains in the middle of the woods a small cabin built long ago.... this is what you will find in Cades Cove. A place lost in time, as you drive through the woods each second taking you back in history. Walk through ancient woods where towering trees create a green roof. We learned about these Appalachian people who sang with no music and lived a very difficult life. As we drove from cabin to cabin we saw two bears running across a field. It was very exciting.

I went to the Titanic museum and it was amazing! You are given a boarding pass of a real person that rode the titanic. Then you go through the museum and find out if you survived the Titanic. At the end of the museum you can play a game were you have to find the sunken Titanic. I also played a game where you had to learn morse code and read what the Titanic was sending and send a return code to tell them what to do. I really enjoyed going in a room where there was a huge iceberg that was as cold as the real iceberg.You could put your hand in water that was 20 degrees! I really liked the Titanic museum.

Another great learning experience was at the Aquarium Of The Smokies where unearthly sea creatures live. This place is filled with hidden wonders! From jellyfish to huge sharks this aquarium is an amazing place for all ages. There is a walkway under an aquarium filled with sharks and stingrays.  Around a corner and you find a huge eel! She has had many baby’s and she is twelve feet long. For the little ones they can ride big fake frogs and play on a jungle gym made to make you feel like an ant (by the way it really makes you feel small!). I had a lot of fun playing with my sister there. If you like getting close with wildlife then this aquarium is the perfect thing for you! There is a whole room filled with birds that love to land on your finger. I had a big parrot land on me. My sister got to feed a beautiful bird! This Aquarium is an amazing place to go!

NOC’s Great Outdoors is a store filled with outdoor gear.  Amazing fur coats and boots, hats, gloves and hiking shoes! Also in the upstairs part of the store there is a rope bridge that swings almost 15 feet up in the air! Cool sayings carved into wood, stuffed toys for the little ones and bear pepper spray for the long hikes to stay safe are all found in this store. I almost fell asleep in a hammock! If you are tired of shopping you can sit and play checkers by a nice warm fireplace.

Tennessee is a place for anyone and everyone! It has just about anything you would want or need. A great place to shop, hike, eat or play. So, if you’re looking for a vacation spot then go to Tennessee. Walk down streets where live bands play country music with fiddles and banjos. It is a great place to go where all ages will find something fun to explore! Go to Tennessee were time stops and music plays!

The Best Vacation Spot

 The Best Vacation Spot, by Maya Kent

     Imagine a place that has beautiful beaches with blue water and warm sand, little shops lining the streets, rows of cottages near the beach and many other amazing sights and places. This place is the fabulous village of Pentwater, Michigan. The best vacationing spot there is! There are a great deal of fun things to do there. The beach and town are just a few of the reasons why Pentwater is such an amazing place.

     Every summer our family spends one perfect week in Pentwater. Our great grandparents started the tradition of going over 50 years ago. I look forward to it all year, and the beach is definitely one of my favorite parts. Pentwater is a tiny town located on the west side of Michigan right on Lake Michigan. The water is normally quite cold but it’s very refreshing to swim in, and it’s unsalted and shark free! There is also tons of sand and dunes.

     Right on the beach there is a little shop, where you can get food and ice cream, and there is a playground. Also right by the beach there is a campground. In the campground  there is one gigantic sand dune called Old Baldy. It takes almost ten minutes to climb up but it’s super fun to run down! They have blocks of cute little cottages that are only a couple blocks from the beach. And if you don’t want to stay as long they have some bed and breakfasts that you can stay at instead.

     The downtown is also an awesome part of Pentwater. There are lots of little shops that are on the street right by the beach. There are multiple ice cream shops and restaurants, clothing stores, mini golf and fudge. But my absolute favorite is the candy store. The whole store is filled with every kind of candy you can think of! They also have ice cream and their special popcorn with flavors like candy coated, fizzy candy coated, birthday cake and even dill pickle! (The dill pickle is surprisingly  good!) They also have a ton more flavors!  And twice a week they have a farmers market. So if you like shopping the town is a perfect place to go because it’s not crowded and they have the best shops.

     Anybody would pretty much love Pentwater if you like the outdoors. So since I love being outside I have lots of favorite things to do there. Like swimming and going for boat rides in Pentwater lake. Pentwater lake is really small but there are some cottages on it, too. And I love going for morning bike rides around the town and beautiful walks down the channel, and watching the boats. You can also stand on these huge boulders at the end of the pier which are called the mermaid rocks.  Pentwater also has the most beautiful sunsets over the water. We always go to the beach to watch them. You can also walk everywhere in the town.

     Pentwater really is a fantastic place. So if you are planning a vacation and want a place that is peaceful and has lots of wonderful things to do, you should pack your bags and head to Pentwater! There are so many things to do there, whether you want to spend some time shopping or relaxing on the beach or get some exercise climbing old baldy or just take a walk or bike ride and watch a sunset.  Pentwater is one spectacular vacationing spot you do not want to miss out on.  

Pentwater Brochure: Maya Kent

A Magical Experience: Olivia Lunsford's Favorite Vacation Spot

New Orleans Brochure

New Orleans

     I hear the sounds of jazz music in the distance. I see a mime on the corner, silver as the streetlight next to him. I am in New Orleans, LA, my favorite place to go on vacation. I mean New Orleans has stuff for EVERYONE. Like museums? Go to New Orleans! Like food and shopping? Go to New Orleans! Like parks? Go to New Orleans! It has all those things and much, much more.

    There is a museum for everyone in New Orleans. If you a kid, try the Children’s museum! It has a realistic looking store you can play in, and you can choose what you would like to be, a shopper or a check out person. Also there is a play restaurant you can cook, waiter, or “eat” at. You can also design the inside of a house, fix some plumbing, read under a paper mache tree, be an eye doctor, climb a rock wall, and do so much more! If you like learning about history, visit the WWII museum. The coolest thing is that each part of the museum you walk through looks like where the place it is talking about. There is an Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe, and Battle of Bulge scene. Also there is an Air war exhibit about the Tuskegee airmen, American air strikes, and the German Luftwaffe. And if you’re in LOVE with animals, go to the trio Audubon Museums, The insectarium, the aquarium, and the zoo.  You can eat bugs at the insectarium, see penguins at the aquarium, and say hi to monkeys at the zoo, which also has a water park.

    Who doesn’t like food or shopping, or both! New Orleans is famous for its spicy Cajun food and its sweet beignets. You can get seafood gumbo, a word for okra, which is rice soup with spicy flavor and plenty of okra, a po-boy, which is a roast beef sandwich, or jambalaya, which is spicy rice with sausage and bell pepper. Or head on down to the famous “Café du Monde” and grab a plate of beignets and a cup of café a lait, fried choux pastry ( the same stuff they make cream puffs with, just fried)  and coffee with hot milk. Don’t forget the powdered sugar for your beignets!

    Shopping. Most people’s faces light up when they hear the word. There are many little places in the French Quarter to shop at, but if you are really in to shopping, head over to the French Market. They have clothes, accessories, food, and stuff that would be good for Christmas presents. There are many other options in New Orleans for shopping if the French Market doesn’t float you boat (But I mean it’s awesome, so I hope it DOES float yours), there are countless stores along the streets of the French Quarter.

    It’s a park, and so much more.  City Park. It has the usual playgrounds shaped like geometric figures, fields for ball games, (soccer, football, etc.)  and the train. Wait, a train? Yup. Oh, did I forget to mention all the other stuff? The storyland, the little amusement park, the mini golf. I did?! Oh, well I better tell you about those things! City Park has a StoryLand. What is a storyland? It is a playground for kids based off of Mother Goose stories. So there is a Rapunzel tower, a pumpkin carriage, and a dragon slide. And a bunch more. You can also try riding a cute little train around City Park, play a round of mini golf, or go to the little amusement park. It has a Ferris wheel, a rollercoaster, and of course rides. Or visit the art museum if you like, well, art. It does have a lot of art, and a cool gift shop (more Christmas presents). Or visit the café, a short walking distance from StoryLand. It has hot chocolate, beignets, and another gift shop (score!).

    I hope you consider visiting New Orleans (I mean how could you NOT after reading this essay…). Or better yet, visit! I’m sure you would have a great time exploring!

-Manna Robertson 

This weeks assignment is:

 A persuasive essay on your favorite vacation spot and why it is the best place to vacation.  You also will design a travel brochure to accompany your essay. You can use a program like Word to make your brochure. They have a couple of premade templates.

http://1bdwittle.wikispaces.com/D.+Persuasive+Essay+(Hawaii,+A+Super+Place)  Here is a link to a persuasive essay about Hawaii.

http://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-resourcespersuasive-essay/  Here are tips to get you started.

Please take a photo or screen shot of your brochure and attach it as a picture. You can find the tool under next to the link button. It will say insert image.

To view others brochures, just click on the pictures, and they should open up bigger.

Please finish and have it posted before Thanksgiving!

 

Wendy Robertson