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6th Grade
Ms. Lukacs
Mah-jong
Mitchell Mazza
My allusion was Mah-jong. An allusion is
something that refers to the past. Mah-jong is a
Chinese tile game. It is pretty similar to rummy. 2-6
people can play. This is a great example of an allusion
because it is something that was played in the past.
Even though people still play is today they don’t play it
as much as they did in earlier years.
American Automobile Association
Clara Papenfuse
I looked up American Automobile Association on
page 4. It’s known to me that it involves tour and
transportation groups. What it specializes is
something I’d like to know. When I looked it up on
world book online and found it’s now called Triple A
and helps travelers.
Transistor Radio
William Halbert
A transmitter radio can be useful. First, it is a
battery powered radio. Therefore the
transistor radio can be portable. Also, it is
small enough to be moved around. This radio
is helpful to Claudia and Jamie to play music
or get the news.
Woolworth’s
Sophia Hoagland
My allusion was “Woolworth’s” from the sentence
in chapter 1 of From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler. I knew from the context in the book that
Woolworth’s must be a store of some kind, but I didn’t
know what kind of store. I did my research in the library
and discovered that Woolworth’s was founded by two
brothers with the last name Woolworth. It was
established in New York at first, but then moved to
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was a five-and-dime store,
which meant it sold a lot of things that cost five cents and
ten cents. Examples of what Woolworth’s sold were
clothing, bedding, footwear, kitchenware, jewelry,
furniture, and consumer electronics.
Neanderthal Man
Tyler Quigley
In the book “The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankwiler, I was assigned to tell what a
Neanderthal man is. Well, when I looked it up, I
found that Neanderthal men was a man belonging
to a group of prehistoric people who lived in caves
in Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia in the
early Stone Age. Neanderthals were also well
adapted to the cold climate during the time of the
Ice Age. The name neanderthal came from the
Neander Valley in Germany, where the first
neanderthal fossils were found.
Electric Percolator
Kate Connelly
I am researching the electric percolator. Before
I did my research I had a basic idea of what it was. I
figured that it was some type of coffee brewer. I
knew this because the word is also used in a book
called The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler. I had figured out from the text what
the electric percolator is. What I wanted to know,
was what it really is, not what I think it is. During
my research I learned that the electric percolator is
a type of pot. This pot is used to brew coffee.
Traveler’s Check
Orion Dinh
I found out that a Traveler’s Check was special type
of check that you can use anywhere, but you have to
sign it when you buy it and then sign it where you’re
using it to for identification verification. Traveler’s
Checks can be used throughout the whole world
because the issuing bank guarantees payment. The
bank also replaces lost and stolen checks.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Helm
I found out that Chancellor of exchequer is a job in the
government. An exchequer is a treasurer in the United
Kingdom. A treasurer is a person who manages the money and
spends the money for vacations, trips, and taxes for the
company. A chancellor is a given title to a government worker.
If a worker is a good employee then they will get this title to
show it. So the words Chancellor of the Exchequer means “A
good working treasurer”.
Automat
Tyler Quigley
An automat was a place people would go to to get different kinds of food,
like pastries, pies, and sandwiches. To get the food, you would have to put
the coins in the vending machine. Then, the microwave like doors would
open, and you would take the food out and do whatever you want with it.
Some automats in New York were replaced by Burger Kings. Automats
were founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart. This ide was very popular
in 1902, when it was founded, and in 1912, when the buildings moved to
Manhattan.
Kate Connelly
At first I thought that fifth avenue was a street in New
York. I wanted to know if it really was in New York.
After searching for information I found out that it is
technically in Manhattan, NY.
Italian Renaissance
Mitchell Mazza
The Italian Renaissance was
a cultural movement that
began in Italy in the early
1300s. It also spread to other
countries such as Spain and
England.
During
the
Renaissance many European
scholars and artists studied
the art of Ancient Greece and
Rome. They wanted to capture
the spirit of the Roman and
Greek cultures. This period
overlapped the Middle Ages.
The
Renaissance leaders
rejected many of the ideas
and thoughts that came from
the Middle Age.
Michelangelo
William Halbert
Michelangelo is a very famous artist from the Italian Renaissance
and High Renaissance periods. He was a sculptor, painter, architect,
poet, and a engineer. Rome, Italy was the city that he did this
artwork in and where he lived most of his life. Michelangelo, Italy is
where he was born and grew up. Sadly, after 89 years of age
Michelangelo died in Rome, Italy. Now, always be aware of the
paintings you are looking at because plenty of his work has been is
lost and some of it has been found lately.
Rockefeller Center
Orion Dinh
The Rockefeller Center
was founded by a wealthy
business named, John
Davison Rockefeller, Junior.
The Rockefeller Center is a
complex of 19 commercial
buildings that takes up about
22 acres and is between 48th
Street and 51st Street in New
York. The Rockefeller Center
is also open from 7 am 12
am.
“THE MOUNTAIN HAD COME TO
MOHAMMED”
CLARISSA PAPENFUSE
“The mountain had come to
Mohammed” originates from the saying of an
English writer “the mountain won’t come to
Mohammed so Mohammed must go to the
mountain,” but means the opposite. In the
book, Claudia and Jamie want a school group
to come to them and get what they want. This
is unlike the saying, where Mohammed
doesn’t have it come to him so he has to go to
it.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/32/messages/362.html
John Helm
Chock Full O’ Nuts is a coffee shop in Manhattan, New York.
Chock Full O’ nuts opened in 1926 and is still open today. In the
earlier days it was a little café in New York now they ship coffee
around the world online. It was mainly known for its Coffee and
Breakfast for people in no rush in New York. This Coffee store
chain use to just be in New York but has spread around the
world. The founder of these little stores was named William
Black and is dead today. Its an okay allusion because it existed
back then but It also exists today.
Sophia Hoagland
IBM is a major computer technology company. IBM stands
for International Business Machine Corporation. I guess the
corporation part was dropped in the abbreviation. IBM came
from the company Computing-Tabulating-Recording. It then
adopted the name IBM in 1924. IBM started to sell computers
and mainframes in the 1950s, and started selling personal
computers in 1981. In 2005, IBM sold its PC division to Lenovo
Group Limited.