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New Words A Student Publication of Reading Works

October 2018—December 2018 | VOL. 3, NO. 5

I am a woman by Isela C I am a woman A woman with feelings A woman with goals A woman with dreams A woman with fears With the most tender feelings in the world, because I am a woman. With the highest goals in the word, because I am a woman. With the most beautiful dreams in the world, because I am a woman. With the most unsuspected fears in the world, because I am a woman.

My feelings are reflected in my family because I love them. My goals are fulfilled with difficulties and love because I can’t give up. My dreams nobody takes them are mine and nobody else’s and with… My fears I fight daily, because I’m not perfect and I thank God, because he made me a woman.

The Secret Ingredient by J. Alexandra St. John

I Am Thankfull For… by Edith Ramos I am thankfull for: Be alive, for the peace we are living at this time. I am thankfull for : this season and the holidays coming thru soon. I am thankfull for : All the blesses that God is giving us every single second. We can breath, we are alive, we’re free and living in peace. I am thankfull for: For the love what we feeing in, making us to be better than yesterday.

hen I was about 10 years old, my grandmother taught me how to cook. One day she told me a story. It was about a married couple. The wife had a little wooden box and always at the end of preparing each meal, she would “sprinkle” a pinch of “the secret ingredient.” Years passed, the husband would always ask her to show him what was inside the wooden box. But each time she would answer: it’s a secret!” The husband became suspicious. One day the husband opens the box, and he discovered it was empty. He demands for the wife to tell him the secret ingredient, which the wife responded: the secret ingredient is: LOVE! My grandmother was an excellent cook. Her food was delicious. I will never forget her story and her advice to cook from my heart and to never forget the secret ingredient.

NEW WORDS | October 2018—December 2018

A Walk through Ojo Caliente by Alma R Freyre ast August my husband and I gave ourselves the opportunity to visit a place of relaxation and rest Ojo Caliente resort and spa. Ojo Caliente offers its visitors relaxation and forget about stress in the company of your family or your partner, or how about your friends? Ojo Caliente is the only Hot Springs in the world with different types of mineral waters, including iron, soda, arsenic and lithia, they have 13 pools filled with different temperatures ranging from 80-105 degrees. I could tell you wonders about this place but I better invite you to visit this place that is 1 h 50 min. from Albuquerque!! You will love this place.

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Today I want to tell you about something that happened to me. Yesterday, after a few weeks of saving a little money, I was happy becaus new television in my bedroom. I called my friends to help me install it… We were reading the manual and cleaned the space where I want to have the TV. When my friends put the t.v., we saw that the space was very small, so they the television fell to the floor and broke… They were ashamed of what happened. I know it was an accident. But aga need to save money again…

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by Jermaine Ojo Caliente is the only Hot Springs in the world with different types of mineral waters, including iron, soda, arsenic and lithia.

Life Lessons that My Mother Showed Me by Grace My mother showed me her life lessons not by words. She was diligent. She always woke up at dawn. And she was kind to others. She shared the love of Christ, and she was like an evangelist. One day, my neighbor's uncle gave my mother his verbal will three days before he died. He asked my mother to take care of his wife and children and take them to church. The uncle trusted my mother more than his wife before his death. My mother was sincere to herself and to the people and to God. I also think about my mother today. I wish to live faithfully in the presence of God like my mother for my children and others.

hloe and Cole like to go for walks. They get very excited when I get their le the leash on them and out the door we go. We walk down the street and the eral blocks before going back home. They are tired and thirsty; therefore, I for their walk.

THAT by Lorena his is me, a woman with weaknesses and strengths, like everybody, but maybe, the difference from the rest of the people is that I’m proud of my weaknesses and sometimes ashamed of my strengths. And the reason is because my weaknesses give me the opportunity to learn and also let me be merciful and understanding with the weaknesses of the rest of the people, but my strengths make me feel indebted to the rest of the humanity. I feel that there is a richness within me that has not yet been shared and there is at least one person in this world who needs me and I have not done anything for her/him. But let me talk about me. I was born in a little country in South America, Ecuador, in the middle of the world. Inside of a beautiful family. My parents, both of them were teachers, but not a common teachers; you can see their pictures in some places of my country as example teachers. From them I learned the values of life; they were teachers at their schools, but also in our house. My older siblings and I learned to read and basics Math before we turned 4 years old. With that kind of example it wasn’t a surprise that

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with my family. I been here for 15 years and I love ABQ because the weather is ve ABQ. It’s called “The Land of Charm”.

NEW WORDS | October 2018—December 2018

Seasons of the Womb by Shawna Contreras The heat of the summer brought me muggy thoughts of how my life would change forever. Sadness and uncertainty filled my emotions, overwhelming thoughts filled my mind. As the seasons changed so did my love for you.

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T’S ME Fernandez my older brother, my older sister and I decided to follow their steps, so, all in my family are teachers. The lunch time was our family time, TV? Never! All of us talked about our issues, everybody gives a piece of advice, but we had a rule: nobody can judge another or made comments like “why did you do that?”, although in private, my dad took us a side and he made a speech about that. I hated that, but with the years I’m really grateful for that, first because was in private but also because it means respect. And respect is a face of love. Lorena Fernandez: I’m proud of my weaknesses and sometimes ashamed of my strengths.

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The Battle of the Tamales from A – Z by Mary Lou Sanchez November, 2017 was a month that I had to think fast – as in moneymaking fast! November 7th I woke up feeling positive, feeling as if nothing could stop me. Arriving at work I noticed there were three supervisors and security guards waiting for me. As I greeted them, they asked me to step into an office and told me I would no longer be a part of their team. With confusion I questioned, “Why?” No one would answer me as l looked at every one and said, “Why?” and began thinking of my family and all the bills I had to pay. And then it dawned on me. I remembered it was November, almost Thanksgiving. People like to eat. I then thought, what if I make tamales and sell them – and did just that. I went to the store, got everything I needed, started taking orders and then realized I had no help making them. I showed Anthony, my son, how many orders I had and he said, “I will help you, Mom.” We began making the tamales; realized we had no pans to steam them. I ran out and bought a pan, then we found we did not know how to spread the masa, we found it too thick. Anthony ran to the drawer and grabbed some Saran wrap and said, “Look, Mom, this spreads the masa evenly.” Then we realized we did not know how to wrap the tamales! Anthony got on his phone and Googled how this was done. But once we started wrapping and setting aside the tamales to cook, we again realized we did not know how to cook them. I called my mom and she explained the cooking process. We finally had gathered everything we needed and our tamale making began. Finally, the battle was over! Anthony and I made 30 dozen of tamales and I made enough money to pay all the bills after selling the 30 dozen. The tamales were liked very much and I had orders until the following month.

NEW WORDS | October 2018—December 2018

News Clips by D. O.

Wildfires in California 2018 I saw news on television about a big fire in the state of California. Firefighters battled a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp on Nov. 10, 2018, in Malibu, California. The Woolsey fire has burned over 70,000 acres and has reached the Pacific Coast at Malibu as it continues to grow.

CRANBERRY RELISH SPREAD by S.T. 10 oz package of cranberries 3 cups of sugar ½ tsp all spice ¼ tsp of ground cloves ¼ tsp of nutmeg 6 oz of frozen orange juice 1 large jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped Cook this down until all the berries have popped opened. Stir and cook for 10 minutes. Let it cool, put in a jar or container; then place in the refrigerator. This works well on turkey sandwiches as a spread on one side of my bread and mayo on the other side with bacon and sliced avocado. What a good sandwich! HAPPY HOLIDAY!

DIAMANTE POEM by Manuela Murillo SUMMER

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An outbreak of E. Coli related to the consumption of romaine lettuce has happened in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC) say not to eat this variety of lettuce that comes from Yuma, Arizona.

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