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You can never overpack for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Yeah, you may have to cram it in a little bit, but better safe than sorry, right? The most important item is the sled. Mushers usually use a basket sled, which has a bed raised several inches off the ground. A little known fact about the Iditarod is that the mushers carry Iditarod Race Mail with them from Anchorage to Nome. Even though mushers send food ahead to checkpoints, they always carry some with them in the sled. They eat things like spaghetti, pizza, and candy, all their meals are pre-cooked, so all they have to do is thaw them out and then put them in the cooker to heat up. They need lots of calories and carbohydrates to keep them going. Mushers are required to bring some things with them on the sled, like an axe, which helps to chop up the icy dog food, and any trees in the way of the trail. People never think about what the mushers have to bring with them, but in reality, packing may take longer than the actual race.
ReplyDeleteIt’s better safe than sorry on the Iditarod Dogsled race. You need to be prepared, but space is limited on the sled, so you need to be good at saving space. On the Iditarod, you would probably want food, although the food gets put out to the checkpoints. Nutritious eating would be good, but it should also have lots of carbohydrates and calories. For liquids, drinks such as Gatorade, water, and juice are good to pack or send to checkpoints. To prepare a meal, you just heat. Mushers freeze food before the race.
ReplyDeleteYou would need 8 sets of dog booties per dog so their paws don’t freeze. So the Mushers don’t freeze, they wear a lot of layers; long underwear, insulating layers, and a protective wind, snow, and moisture proof layer. Snowshoes would help to trudge through the snow. An axe would also be useful to cut firewood or chop fallen trees in their way. For the long, cold nights, you need a warm sleeping bag.
The sled used to be made out of wood, but now it’s made out of aluminum with a plastic bottom. There is a cargo bed, sometimes covered by a sled bag, that holds all the equipment. The brushbow is at the front of the sled, and acts like a bumper. The brake and snow hook are used to stop and keep stopped, and the musher stands on the rubber footboards.
If you go on the Iditarod, you would need a lot of things and spend a lot of money (even if you buy it on Ebay).
Mushers carry lots of equipment. I am writing about the things I am interested in. I am going to tell you about equipment. This is an axe it is very important for surviving. The axe is used to cut wood for fire and holes in ice for water. An axe can fix broken sleds and cut frozen dog food.
ReplyDeleteNow I am going to talk about snowshoes to walk on top of deep snow. They are used for making new trails. Most of the trails are already made before the race. The snow shoes do not fall through the snow, so walking is faster.
The dog jacket keeps the dogs warm. It helps the dogs keep their energy up. They wear them when it is minus 35 degrees or colder. It keeps them warm at check points. Be careful not to overheat the dogs.
Dog booties keep the dogs paws protected. They keep their paws so they can’t get cut or slip around on the ice. These help when running over ice and sharp objects. The mushers have lots of instructions they have to follow and lots of equipment to carry or it will mess ever thing up!! And it will be hard to get back on the track and to win the race.
There are many parts to a dog sled. I think these parts are the most interesting to me. They are the runner, cargo net and the track or drag. The runners are made out of wood or wood laminate, but materials made from composites are becoming more popular. The bottom of the runner is plastic because it will make the sled go faster and more smoothly on the ice and snow. The cargo net has sled bags to put supplies in for the trip. These are some of the supplies: dog boots, dog food and food for the musher. Also, the sled has a track or drag and it goes between the runners at the back of the sled. The musher steps on it to slow the sled down. On the way you will want to have some supplies so you should have dog jackets, a cooler and a few personal belongings. You should have the dog jackets because if the dogs get cold they will need to put the jacket on (if it is 35 degrees F or colder). The dogs will need to wear them when they are at a checkpoint or when they stop. The cooler is actually hot and it is not cold. That’s surprising! It has 5 gallons of water that’s used to mix dog food and meat so you can feed the dogs and the musher. A few personal things the musher should bring along are: a toothbrush, walk man, an alarm clock a spare jacket and more. Being a musher is fun but it is a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteHere is some of the equipment you need if you want to join the Iditarod. A First Aid Kit that has band aids, medicine, Ace Bandages and other supplies. An ax is another good thing to carry. It can be used as a survival tool, to cut wood, cut holes in ice to get to water and to cut food.
ReplyDeleteA Head Lamp is used for the musher to see the trail and care for the dogs at night. The dogs have boots. They are required to have two pair for each dog. They help protect the dogs’ feet from bad weather or poor trail conditions. There’s more? Yes there’s more. People need water, right? Yeah, so do dogs. In fact water can be made from snow. What can do this? A Cooker!! It can also make boiled water in thirty minutes and warm up mushers’ food. There is a vet book that tells what the dogs’ health is and mushers’ can take notes in it. These are only some of the things you need so, if you want to do the Iditarod, you’ve got a long way to go.
If you want to win $62,827 at the Iditarod race, you must have the proper gear. Chopping down trees for wood cannot be done with your bare hands so you must bring a handy axe. Also, you would have to bring snowshoes, a sleeping bag, and a stove. You wouldn’t want your tough, but cute dogs to get their paws hurt so you should bring eight booties for each dog. Some other things you would need are your snowshoes, your race promotion material, and your vet book. If you wanted, you could also bring a headlamp for seeing in the dark. A first aid kit would come in handy in case you got hurt. One of the most important gears is the dogsled. The two most common sleds for racing are the basket sleds, and the racing toboggan. The basket sled has a gap between the runner and the sled bag, and the racing toboggan has the sled bag resting directly on the runner. Food is also an important part of running the Iditarod and you cannot survive without it. Mushers bring their favorite food as long as they are a little bit nutritious. They do not bring all the food because there is food dropped off at a checkpoint. All of the food is precooked so they just have to thaw it on a stove. Having the right gear will help you win the Iditarod, but having the wrong gear will only lead you to trouble.
ReplyDeleteYou may think that sled and gear are one of the last priorities but your sled and gear is essential for winning the Iditarod race. The sled you would use for the Iditarod this year would be very different from the sleds used in the 1925 Serum run from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska. Some sleds are still made from wood but are a lot lighter and they move smoother across the trail. Lighter and more efficient doesn’t just work for sleds it works for everything. For example the sleeping bag you would bring is about as warm as it gets and will keep you from getting frostbite. Even though some of the stuff in your sled is to keep you warm and safe, more than half of the stuff in your sled is for the dogs. Each dog needs 8 dog booties (dog booties help the dogs grip the snow and keep their feet from getting hurt). Another new device for the dogs is that each dog gets a microchip implanted in their body so they can be found if they got lost and so the vet can care for them better. Optional gear for the dogs would be a jacket to keep each dog warm, food dishes for them to eat their food out of, and treats for the dogs. You must keep records of all your dogs for the vets so they know what your dog is like.
ReplyDeleteThings that may come in handy along the way may be something like an axe. You can use an axe for cutting wood, making holes in ice for water, fixing sleds, and cutting up frozen dog food. Snowshoes allow you to walk through deep fluffy snow and not sink to the bottom. Another item that might be useful is a stove and a pot, you can boil water to make it hot and you can make food for the dogs and yourself. Optional items that most people bring are an headlamp so you can see when you’re running at night, an extra pair of socks and gloves to keep your feet and hands warm, a knife for cutting things, a first aid kit for you and your dogs, and a sled repair kit. People also bring a gun for any unfortunate events like if they were to run into a moose and it started to kill off the team you would be allowed to shoot it. Now you may be wondering how all this fits in the sled? Well it doesn’t some of the food and extra clothing is sent of to the checkpoint. The rest is squished into a compartment in the sled called the cargo bed or basket. It may be a hassle to find all this stuff but in the end it will pay off.
If you are a person seeking adventure and if you are, try the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska, but make sure you have the right gear. The parts of the dog sled you would need to know are the runner, the claw break, the handle bar, the footboards, the cargo bed, and the brush bow.
ReplyDeleteNow that you know the parts of the sled you will want to know the gear to bring, a gun to ward of unwanted guests, an axe to chop your way out of anything, snowshoes with bindings, a cold weather sleeping bag for camping out in the cold, a portable stove and water pot for your meals, dog booties (8 per dog), and a vet book, all of these things are very mandatory. The not required gear is a headlamp for late night seeing, extra warm gloves and socks, a knife, a fist aid kit for all your boo-boos, a cooler, doggie food dishes, dog jackets for you dogs warmth, wrist wraps, dog food and snacks (that is required), human food and snacks (also pretty mandatory), a sled repair kit, extra plastic for your runners, and a few personal items like a toothbrush and an extra jacket.
What food is good to bring and what food is bad to bring? I am going to tell you. Here are some of your options, pasta, chicken, lasanga, ham balls, casserole, ravioli, bananas, bread, pizza (yum), desserts, Reese’s candy bars, Ritz crackers and cheese, and beef jerky. Now you may not like some of the options so choose your foods carefully. So you know the parts of the sled, and you know the gear, and you know good food to bring so now you are ready you run the great Iditarod race, have fun and good luck!
It is a freezing night on the Iditarod; the wind blows harshly like the biggest tornado ever. A musher and his dog’s run through the grueling condition of Alaska. The musher tries to keep his sled going luckily his is prepared for this hard night on the trail.
ReplyDeleteNights like that on the Iditarod is quite frequent and all musher’s have to be prepared with right equipment. First the most important items for the race is keeping warm. The harsh weather in Alaska does not back down to anyone so you need the right cloths. Now the main cloth you need to keep warm is a parka, a parka is a coat maid from animal fur and has a big hood to protect your face from snow. Also some of these items like warm mittens for your hands, facemask to keep your face warm and some goggles would be good, because you don’t want to get snow blindness. Plus a warm hat is very good because 90% of all the heat in your body comes from the head. These are important things for the races so don’t forget them!
Now a good nutrition is highly important to keep you and your dogs healthy. The basics for food are high-calorie fat proteins and carbohydrates, some food that carry these items are fat and meat. Now for you not so much fat but proteins and carbohydrates are needed, so you would eat ham bred and bacon, these are three good foods for the trip. Some items that also will be of use for you are a gun because there are some animals that will attack you on the trails like moose. More things that you might need are booties for your dogs so there paws wont start to bleed when you hit ice on the long terrain. Having a portable tent will be good also because if you cant get to a check point fast enough you will have to camp for the night.
Last a little tip for the future, if you want a good sled choose for the race a komatek sled is it, this sled is the safest sled and it can hold the most supplies for the trip. So good lick and be prepared for your next journey.
In the extremely harsh conditions of the Iditarod how do you think all musher’s get their sled and gear through it? They need many items to survive the dangerous Iditarod. To get past all of that they need a fast sled. Some qualities of a good and fast sled would be, slick runners to make the sled go faster, a hard brush bow to plow through snow, sharp snow hooks to grip the snow, stable footboards so you will not fall off, and a smooth handle bar for holding.
ReplyDeleteThere is also a lot of gear that is required to bring on the Iditarod. Some of the gear is, a cold weather sleeping bag (at least 5 pounds), an ax (22 inches long for cut ting trees if you get stuck), snowshoes, 8 booties for each dog (to keep there feet from getting cut), a headlamp (to see at night), at least 3 gallons of water (with a boiler), and a vet notebook. A gun is not required but you should have one anyway.
As you can see, if you are willing to run the Iditarod there are lots of things you need to pack in order to survive the brutal conditions of Alaska.
Packing for the Iditarod may take longer than the race itself. It may take especially long to find the perfect sled. One of the simplest parts of the sled has actually evolved the most. The runners originally were made of wood but now mushers are using aluminum runners with a plastic bottom for a slick surface and less drag. During the Iditarod, mushers have to carry things like dog food or a headlamp for when it gets dark all this stuff gets stored in the cargo bed of the sled, which, is basically a giant basket. If you ever are riding along in the woods and branches are in the way of your sled you would want to have the brushbow, this acts like a bumper it is made out of plastic and has a triangular shape to push objects off to the side. Just like every other form of transportation the sled needs a brake. The brake is a steel bar in a U shape with metal claws that dig into the ground to stop movement as fast as possible. After using the brake you would want to put down the snow hook, the snow hook acts like an anchor to keep the team stopped (if you can get them stopped.)
ReplyDeleteIt is required that all dogs have at least eight sets of dog booties to keep from getting ice in between their paws. In case something happened to one of your dogs mushers are required to have a vet book at all times. To keep mushers safe, they need a heavy-duty cold weather sleeping bag. And for food for the mushers they need to keep a stove and water pot in the cargo bed. In case a branch gets in your way or you need to cut wood for a fire mushers have to have an axe.
The Iditarod requires a special diet consisting of lots of Carbs and calories for energy starches and juices are very good food for the job. Without the right gear you could not finish the Iditarod and even with the right gear it would be tough.
If you are thinking of doing the Iditarod and you want to know what kind of gear to bring or what the parts of the sled are then I think you should read this paragraph. When you are racing in the Iditarod then you will need a balance of food that have fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Drinks like Gatorade are good because they give you energy. You may want to bring some frozen pre-maid food. An example of a pre-maid meal is ravioli. There is a rule that you have to have at last three gallons of water. You also have to have a gun with you. For each dog you need eight booties for their paws. To keep warm mushers layer their clothing. So these are some good facts to know about the Iditarod.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever wondered how hunger and thirsty you can get? If you ever decide to run the Iditarod you will need to think very carefully about what kind of food and supplies you need to survive. Some items are mandatory. Such as an axe, they will use it for cutting frozen food that won’t thaw and to cut down any lumber that they need. You also need to bring a heavy-duty sleeping bag to change and sleep in. If you try to change out of your sleeping bag you could easily get hypothermia and other sicknesses. You should never go with out a mini transportable stove and water pot. It helps by not spending money on water because look around you in the winter, there is your lifetime supply of water. Snow! And if you have a stove you can make the snow into water. It also helps thaw and cook foods. There are lots of other things too. You need 8 dog booties for each dog. If you had 16 dogs to begin with you would need 128 dog booties in all. Enough about the items that they need but what about the food supply. The dogs burn 10,000 calories a day! So that gives you an idea of how much food they need. The dogs eat mostly protein because it is good for you and it keeps you going. They also eat dry foods so that they don’t have to cook it. The mushers also eat a lot to keep them selves going. They have to eat a lot of carbohydrates so they eat things such as pastas and pizzas because they have bread and wheat in them and those are carbohydrates. They also eat a lot of trail mix. Like dogs they eat protein. That is why some mushers take longer to pack for the race then run it.
ReplyDeleteS15
If you are a person seeking adventure and if you are, try the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska, but make sure you have the right gear. The parts of the dog sled you would need to know are the runners that are on the bottom of the sled kind of like skis (aluminum makes your sled go faster), the claw brake for braking, the handle bar, the footboards for the musher to stand on, the cargo bed is for storing, and the brush bow will knock away any sticks or brush in the way.
ReplyDeleteNow that you know the parts of the sled you will want to know the gear to bring, a gun to ward of unwanted guests, an axe to chop your way out of anything, snowshoes with bindings, a cold weather sleeping bag for camping out in the cold, a portable stove and water pot for your meals, dog booties (8 per dog), and a vet book, all of these things are very mandatory.
The not required gear is a headlamp for late night seeing, extra warm gloves and socks, a knife, a fist aid kit for all your boo-boos, a cooler, doggie food dishes, dog jackets for you dogs warmth, wrist wraps, dog food and snacks (that is required), human food and snacks (also pretty mandatory), a sled repair kit, extra plastic for your runners, and a few personal items like a toothbrush and an extra jacket.
What food is good to bring and what food is bad to bring? I am going to tell you. Here are some of your options, pasta, chicken, lasanga, ham balls, casserole, ravioli, bananas, bread, pizza (yum), desserts, Reese’s candy bars, Ritz crackers and cheese, and beef jerky. Now you may not like some of the options so choose your foods carefully. So you know the parts of the sled, and you know the gear, and you know good food to bring so now you are ready you run the great Iditarod race, have fun and good luck!
It may just be as tough to pack, as to run the Iditarod dog sled race. First you have lots of MANDITORY stuff that you HAVE to have. You must have an axe, it could be helpful to cut fire wood and to fix the sled. Also a pair of snowshoes, may be good for walking in the snow. A sleeping bag, to sleep and keep warm in. A stove and water pot to fit its name. At least two pairs of dog booties per dog, to keep dog feet warm and to keep there feet clear of ice. A vet book, to keep health records. Then they have to take mail and other stuff to from Anchorage to Nome to remember the original iditarod trail meaning. Some other things that mushers may bring are a head lamp, dog food, dog treats and human food.
ReplyDeleteAlso another important element of packing is the sled. Iditarod sleds used to be made out of mostly wood but today aluminum and metal are becoming more popular. The musher places his/her stuff in the sled bag and places their feet on the foot boards. The runners should slide smoothly as the dogs pull on the tug line and off they go. With all these things to pack by the time you finish this Iditarod you will have to start packing for the next one.
With top speed, the musher and his dog’s skit down the snowy pathway. Thick, swirling clouds take over the sky. Suddenly a large, dark and mysterious shape can be seen on the horizon, slowly, approaching. The musher quickly comes to a sharp stop and slides his ice-cold hand into his pocket. But he notices he forgot his gun.
ReplyDeleteIf you traveled the Iditarod, you would not want to be like that musher who forgot an important weapon. When it’s time to set your campsite, there is a lot of very important gear that you would need to have. On tool that would be very helpful is the axe. Once it’s time for a fire, as long as you have an axe, you fire will blaze brightly. An axe can cut fresh wood for your for, chop small holes in the ice, if you are in need of water, fix and repair broken sleds, and to prepare frozen foods. Also, a stove and water pot would be great for cooking and warming water. Did you know that these pots can melt 4 gallons of snow in just 30 minutes! In the pots, you can burn denatured alcohol for fuel and warmth. Once it’s time to drift off to sleep you can’t wait to get in your warm sleeping bag. But when you slide in the cold swarms around you! That’s when a Cold weather sleeping bag comes in handy. It’s extra warm and soft, with a windbreaker and a water/snow proof seal! With this sleeping bag, you can get a good night sleep! Whenever you are out on the trail, out setting up camp, the small, simple pocketknife is the 1#. With this handy little item, life will be much easier. This knife will pry and cut open fuel bottles, open human and dog food bags, and more importantly cut and shred the gang line for a quick emergency.
As you set out onto the trail, you should think twice to make sure you have all the important tools for the trail. Night approaches, and snow wisps around like a hurricane with the deadly wind. The sun is gone and the musher does not worry for the darkness, because, they remembered their headlamp. This musher was very prepared, and packed all his tools for the rode, so be a good musher, and remember your headlamp! Another trail tool would be the snowshoe, though now musher’s do not normally use them now they are still helpful items. These large, helpful snowshoes will help you travel through deep, light and fluffy snow, by pressing hard down on the snow.
If you enter a cove of sharp rocks, and needle sharp ice, be nice to your dogs and get them dog booties, it will care for your dogs and save you money! A special ‘need’ for the trail would be first aid, whether it’s a little scrape or a broken bone…first aid is on the case! Lastly, once you are out on the trail and a bear or moose stops up to you, and threatens to charge….what do you need? A gun! Having a gun or weapon is optional but some musher’s prefer the safety. But if a large animal threatens to charge, don’t bet on winning that battle without a gun.
So if you ever run the Iditarod, one thing you need to remember is………
Not to forget your tools!!!
If you love dogs, the cold, and adventure the Iditarod is the race for you, but before you start you have to have the right gear. First you have to have a sled. The main parts of the sled are the handle bar, the cargo bed or basket for carrying your belongings , brush bow where the dogs harness is attached, runner, footboards, and a claw brake.
ReplyDeleteOnce you have your sled you need the basic equipment such as a warm sleeping bag, an axe, dog booties eight per dog, a vet book, snowshoes with bindings, and the race promotional material. There is also some equipment that is your choice to bring or not to bring, a headlamp, extra gloves and socks, a knife, a first aid kit, a cooler to keep the food from freezing completely, dog food dishes, wrist wraps to keep the circulation in the dog paws, dog food and snacks, human food and snacks, sled repair kit, extra plastic runners so you don’t put so much strain on the dogs, and a few personal items.
During the Iditarod you’ve got to dress sensibly. Long underwear or long johns, and long socks and a pair of warm pants that stop the cold and the same with the shirt, then put on cold and water proof snow pants, some warm boots, then put on a warm parka with a fur ruff around the hood.
When you have the clothes sorted out then you need to pack some food. Some food you can pack is angel hair pasta with chicken breast, beef jerky, pizza, and lasagna, those are just a few meals and snacks you can pack on the Iditarod. You can pack whatever you like for the trail but the checkpoints also have food. Remember to bring whatever is required when you go on the Iditarod.
These parts of a sled help the mushers in their race . Read and find out what they do. The handlebar is used to hold on to the sled. There is something else on the sled called the snub line. You will use it to tie the sled to a tree. There is a quick release so the musher does not have to untie the rope. The brake is a important part of the sled . If the dogs have to come to a stop very quickly, instead of running over the dogs, the musher hits the brake. If the dogs won’t cooperate with stopping, the musher can lightly hit the brake. A Snow hook is like an anchor. The musher will use it to keep the sled stopped. The more the dogs tug, the more the snow hook digs into the snow.
ReplyDeleteSome of the items the Mushers use will help them survive .The humans carry food for hunger and energy. In case they can’t get to a checkpoint for food, they will still have something to eat. The musher will use the dog snacks. Mushers will get food for the dogs at the checkpoints but, again, if they can’t make it to a checkpoint they need to have food for the dogs. So the dogs don’t get hungry and decide to stop, the musher will feed them. They also need a cold weather sleeping bag. The sleeping bag has to keep them warm in very cold weather. It is used for sleeping, shelter or to get warm.
Before you run the Iditarod, you’re going to need a lot of dog booties.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I said dog booties.
You see, the booties protect the sled dog’s tender feet from rocks and rough ground. They prevent cuts and scrapes, which can result in having to drop dogs at various checkpoints along the way to Nome.
Along with the dog booties, which can number more than 2000 booties for the whole race, the sled (which averagely weighs 100 pounds and costs about $1500) carries a knife, extra plastic for the sled runners( they can get pretty beaten up by the rough trail), a sled repair kit, a cooler (not for keeping things cold, but actually for keeping them warm, because the temperature inside the cooler is warmer than the temperature outside), ski poles, dog jackets (for a cold dog to stay warm in), a gun (but you don’t want to shoot anything unless you really need to because anything you kill, you have to preserve the meat and bring it with you), a pocketknife, dog food dishes, a headlamp with lots of extra batteries, and basic camping things like a toothbrush (yes, mushers brush their teeth on the trail!) and toothpaste.
But those are only the items that most mushers like to have along. They are required to bring a vet book that gives information about the dogs if they get hurt, a thick, weatherproof sleeping bag, an axe (useful for separating frozen dog food), strap-on snowshoes, a first-aide kit, a small camping stove, and a pot or a cooker with plenty of fuel. To eat, mushers just throw whatever they want to eat in the pot, boil the water until the food (or drink, because drinks freeze solid too!) is thawed out enough to eat. They do the same thing with the dog’s food, which is raw meat mixed with dog food, vitamins, oil, and fat, but when it is thawed out mushers mix it with water to get the dogs to drink enough. Each dog needs to have around 10000 calories per day.
A musher’s food is actually very like the food we eat every day. Favorites, like mac and cheese, that are high in calories, are lugged along because many mushers will forget to eat if there is nothing interesting to look forward to.
Mushers only carry some food in their sled. A fresh batch waits at each of the checkpoints, sent there ahead of time by each musher.
Mushers are also required to bring some mail from Anchorage to Nome. It’s an old tradition. Don’t ask why.
Clothing is very, very important when running the Iditarod. Mushers first have a layer of long underwear. Next come two or three insolating layers. Finally, a main layer of thick snow pants ands a heavy winter coat complete the look. Another main layer may be carried in the sled for really bad weather.
But then there are also a musher’s hands to consider. There are the chemical hand warmers that many mushers use. Then a pair of thick, warm fleece gloves. Finally, a pair of big, insolating mittens completes the hands.
On their feet, mushers wear several pairs of thick socks, and then very well insolated boots.
Up on a musher’s neck lurks a warm scarf. Farther up, a good warm hat, ski goggles, and sometimes a face mask cover the head. Some mushers wear earmuffs. Hoods have fur around the rim for bad weather.
So now you should get the picture of what to bring when you run the Iditarod, and how important all of it is!
S13,
ReplyDeleteI like your paragraph a lot. Your first sentence is clever and funny. You got a lot of information, which is good, but it would be better if the sled potion was a little shorter. You also did well not listing. Your paragraph was good, funny, and clever.
Dear S7
ReplyDeleteReally nice job. It shows that you did a lot of research. I mean really you ad information on EVERYTHING. I liked the way that you put your self into the paragraph. One helpful hint don't put everything in pick the most important thing and put a lot of information in those things. Keep up the good work
Your fellow student
S8
S9,
ReplyDeleteGood starting sentence, it pulls you in. A little to much listing but by the end you stopped.
- S17
Dear s 11,
ReplyDeleteI liked your opening it made me want to keep reading. Also i liked the facts about the required items. Next time maybe you could make it longer.
Dear S15,
ReplyDeleteI like how you didn’t list the items that you had to bring. You had details about the items too, and that made it interesting.
From, S1
dear S14
ReplyDeleteI liked your post there was one sentence that didn't make sense it was:
The musher will use dog snacks. But thats the only problem apart from that it was really good.
s9
S1,
ReplyDeleteI really like your ending, but you kind of messed up when you said that one of the most important “gears” is the dogsled. I also liked how you started, with the prize money and the “proper gear” thing. Good job.
Dear S5
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your paragraph about the gear and food you would bring if you ran the iditarod. I like how you wrote, how you would eat special foods and drink special drinks to keep your energy high. I enjoyed your opening sentence it really drew me into the story Next time you might want to put in some information about the sled you would bring and you might make a new paragraph every time you talk about a new topic.
s3, I love your paragraph. You have so many interesting facts. The beginning really makes me want to read more. Every sentence has so much detail.
ReplyDelete~s5
S4,
ReplyDeleteit was very long witch is a good thing because you explained a lot about being in the Iditarod. I also liked it because you explained about a good sled to use. Next time you should not get off topic about some things. Other than that it was a good paragraph.
Dear S8,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your paragraph! It covers all the gear to bring on the trail, and the parts of the sled was very interesting too.
One of the only things I would change would be the part where you say, "...what food is bad to bring? I am going to tell you." I would change that to something like, "Some foods you might want to consider bringing are..." because the "I am going to tell you" doesn't really sound right.
-s2
ReplyDeleteOver all it was a very good, and described paragraph!
I liked how you were very jumpy and exciting in most of the sentences.
Just for a heads up, you may want to check your spelling and grammer a little more. Thats was a great paragraph!
-s3
Dear s6,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your paragraph. It was really well researched and had very good detail. You also had a good closing sentence. I thought that there were some kind of confusing sentences but other wise it is a very good paragraph.
s15
S17, I like your story, it was very good. Your discussion of the survival tools and tools to fix things was very interesting. I don't think you need to change a thing.
ReplyDeleteS12, I liked how you talked about not only the sled, but also the dogs. You also talked about the most important things that will help the musher survive instead of the random things.
ReplyDeleteI like that you put a lot of info in so the reader can know what to bring along. What I am wondering is, will the reader know what kind of equipment you need if you are going to heat up food?
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