The document discusses various reading and writing activities at Pine Lake school. It describes Johnson's lifelong habit of keeping a personal journal for sharing thoughts and ideas. It also lists many benefits of reading such as improving language abilities, focus, imagination and reducing stress. Several novels assigned for powering up reading skills are mentioned, including Maniac Magee and Holes. Writing topics for students include fracking and watershed problems/solutions related to trout in the classroom and macroinvertebrate studies.