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Activities

Lina was always drawing pictures of the city from her dreams. Draw your own "magical" city.

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Temptations

Page 152 - What Lizzie said was true:  if everyone knew there were still a few wonderful things in the storerooms, people would fight each other trying to get them. But what if no one knew? What difference would it make if she had the colored paper, or the shoes? She suddenly wanted those things so badly she felt weak. A picture arose in her mind's eye - the shelves at Mrs. Murdo's house stocked with good things, and the three of them happier and safer than other people.

What should Lina do? Keep a few wonderful things for herself or share with the citizens of Ember?

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Students made 3-D fruit while reading about the canned fruits in Ember.

 

 

Pineapple

Earlier in the book Granny told Lina about a wonderful canned fruit called pineapple. Now Lina has the opportunity to taste this rare treat. Enjoy having some pineapple with these recipes.

Recipes with Pineapple
http://www.pastrywiz.com/archive/category/pineapple.htm

Alicia's Recipes
http://www.aliciasrecipes.com/pineapple_recipes.htm

Recipe Source - Pineapple Recipes
http://www.recipesource.com/fgv/fruits/pineapple/

Home Cooking - Pineapple Recipes
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blfruit51.htm

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Our Pineapple Dessert

No-Bake Pineapple Cake 2 8-oz. cans crushed pineapple, drained 4 TBS margarine, melted 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1/3 cup sugar 3 oz cream cheese, softened 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 4 cups vanilla wafer cookie crumbs Whipped cream Sprinkle about 1/3 of the vanilla wafer crumbs on the bottom of a 1-quart baking dish. In a bowl, combine the pineapple, butter, pecans, sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla. Mix well. Pour half of this mixture over the cookie crumbs. Top with another 1/3 of the crumbs, then the other half of the pineapple mixture. Top with the remaining crumbs. Chill at least 2 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream.

 

 

 

YUM!!!!

    Canning

The foods in cans must have stayed well-preserved for over 200 years for the people of Ember to still be able to eat them. Is this possible?

How long to canned foods last?

Australian Canned Foods
http://www.cannedfood.org/index.html

Canned Foods:  Shelf Life
http://www.foodreference.com/html/tcannedfoodshelflife.html

Mealtime.org
http://www.mealtime.org/default.aspx?id=312

Most canned goods have a shelf life of two years from the date of processing if the cans are kept at 75° F and below. After two years the food is still safe to eat, yet the quality lessens. The color, texture, or other characteristics of the food may change. Canned foods as old as 100 years have been tested to determine their safety. Scientists have found one hundred year old foods to be microbiologically safe.
 

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Draw a city like Lina does. http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/count/1643

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