Eli and Ethan-dog

This story is part of an assignment I had to write for school. I was given the picture below first and then had to write a story about it.

Snow was falling from the sky so thick it looked like a sheet of paper. 10 year old, Eli, from Michigan was bored. He couldn't play outside because it was too snowy and cold. He was sitting on the floor of his bedroom with his dog, Ethan, reading a book about knights. Eli was excited because he liked knights and he wished to be one.

I typed this story myself.

Mommy proofread. :)

My Chicken Mummy!

For history, we have been studying ancient Egypt. We learned about pyramids, pharaohs and mummies. I really liked learning about those things!

I think the mummification process is yucky, but I wanted to know more. My mom looked on the computer for a way to make our very own mummy. We needed a chicken from the grocery store, lots and lots of salt, ziploc bags and a lot of patience. It is going to take us 6 weeks before the mummy is done, and so far it's only been 2 weeks.

To make our mummy, first we took the insides out of the chicken and filled the inside with salt. Next, we filled the bag with a little salt too. Then we put the chicken in the bag and covered it all the way up with salt. We used 4 whole salt containers!

Our mummy is in our basement right now and I think it's drying out because of the salt. In a few days we will have to change the bag and put new salt in. I'm afraid it might be a little gross.

We'll see what our mummy looks like after 4 more weeks!