Sad but Meaningful Ending

 Author's Note: I wrote the ending to the story touching but if you look behind that it really means a lot.

As the boy walked down the stairs confused on what just happened he went to go get his shoes he was craving for. When he walked through the doors of the shoe store he went to the corner of the store where the shoes laid and ask the clerk to buy these. Running out of the store with the biggest smile on his face he thought to himself that he needed to repay the women but he didn’t know what because he didn’t have any money. Walking back to the women’s house Rodger thought how he could repay the lady. As he approached the door he knocked on it, the lady came out in shock of seeing him. He said that he wanted to repay her by doing work, but the women wouldn’t let him. Rodger just wanted to do something for that lady. Two weeks past and Rodger still felt bad he didn’t repay her. When he finally went back to her house he notice that a sign said FORCLOSER. As the boy started to cry he felt a soft hand on his shoulder, it was the lady.

Standing Up For Yourself

 Author's Note: I wrote about Stanley Yelnats in the book "Holes". I wanted to show the readers how Stanley started to stick up for himself.

For my character analysis I analyzed Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes. After being blamed for steal a famous MLB player shoes he gets the choice to go to jail or Camp Green Lake. Stanley chose to go to the camp to dig a hole for two years. As the days went on he kept learning what the Warden was looking for and where it was. Throughout the book Stanley became more brave and learned how to stand up for himself. After him and his friend Zero tried to run away they came back to camp and stood up to all the guards and got the Warden arrested for running an illegal site. Threw the book Stanley came to the camp shy and chubby with no friends, but after his time digging holes he made some good friends and became strong and fit. After running away to God’s Thumb, where he found refuge he learned that he needs to stand up to bullies and in his case the warden.

The Golden Hook

Author’s Note: For my Prediction to the end of hook I wrote the ending to this story by Cody Miller stealing the hook. I wanted to make it seem like he was haunted by Mr. Clarence by taking the golden hook.

After Cody Miller laid Mr. Clarence Buchanan in his wooden coffin he thought about taking that nice gold hook. Taken that hook made Cody’s life no different. Cody thought it was right to take the hook so he put it in Clarence’s old house and lived there. After 10 years of living in that house with no one or anything Cody got sick of being so lonely. He moved back to the city with only the hook and the cloths on his back. Before moving into the city he set the old house on fire. Moving back did nothing everyone hated him and thought badly of him. After getting called every name he decided to bury himself with the hook to never see light again.

Patriot Pen to George Washington

Author's Note: I wrote to George Washington because I thought that he was the best Founding Father's.

Dear George Washington,

            I’m writing you this letter so you can have an idea of how great of a president you were. I would want you to know how the decisions you made formed the USA into a beautiful nation. I would just like to complement you on some of your accomplishments. Which includes establish a federal government, two term presidency, and war strategies.

Establishing a fair government was most likely your greatest accomplishment. Most of the laws you and the other founding fathers still stand to this day. Your efforts to make rights and laws is why we have it when you break the law you will be punished fairly.

Recognizing your great war strategies means a lot to me because you are one of the best in history at this. The best decision in my opinion that you made was to stay neutral during the French and British war. Choosing a certain side could have been the mistake of such a young country. If you did choose to a side and that country went on to lose the war that could have made tragedy for America.

You have done so much for this country and it will forever be remembered. You will always be the first and one of the greatest presidents in this nation’s history.  This country is becoming powerful around the world partially because of what you and other founding father have done. Finally I would like to say thank you for all you have done for this country and starting what made America today.

Conflicts and How They Fix Them

In the book Gender Blender by: Blake Nelson Emma Baker and Tom Witherspoon hit heads very hard and switch bodies. They think it’s from this little arrowhead Tom found in the woods. Emma researches it and comes up that they need to switch back before five days by being nice to each other. Whenever they try to reverse themselves  back to normal something gets in their way.

At a friend’s birthday party they start playing Seven Minutes in Heaven. There they jump in the closet and start to say what they learned about each other. Soon the kids switched back into their original bodies. 

The Hard Life

Author's Note: I wrote about this story because I really enjoyed the way the author portrayed White Fang. London showed readers how the main character learned to become strong and survive from his owners.  

In the book White Fang, by Jack London, the main character, White Fang was a lone wolf who found a tribe of Indians. While there, he was taught how to be a real wolf through hard pain and suffering.  Lastly, White Fang was saved by a man and was trained to love again and be around people. The book shows how White Fang pushed through his hard life and was rewarded in the end.                                                                           

A Night To Remember

Author's Note: I wrote this because I enjoy teepeeing and ding dong ditching. Look for the voice in my story. 

RING, there was the bell for the end of school. As kids ran through the hallway screaming with joy that the long day was over. That was the night we were going to use the whole stash and go all out. We were waiting for this night for four months. Aidan, Charlie, Matt, and me were going to teepee the night before Homecoming. It was going to be a gutsy task but we were up for the challenge.

When our parents finally went to bed that’s when the fun was going to start. We all met up at Aidan’s house at 12:30 A.M. and that’s when we were off. The walk was at least a mile away so we had to stealthy and quick. Car! ,said Charlie. As we jumped to the bushes the car went right passed us. Running through backyards trying not to trigger the motion sensor lights we got to the house.

Aidan opened the bags and said, Lets go. In the bags we had 92 rolls of toilet paper. With the first throw it was a perfect one. After we covered the trees with toilet paper Matt pulled out the 250 plastic forks and started to stick them in the ground everywhere. While Matt and I were forking the ground Charlie was getting rocks and spelling out “HC12”. Aidan had a couple of rolls left so he wanted to touch up the teepeeing job. After every tree was covered and all the forks were gone there was only one last thing to do, that was put all the patio furniture in the back and switch it and put it in the front. As soon as we got all the furniture in the front that was the time we needed to leave.

On the way home we took a little different rout which wasn’t the smartest idea. We walked through a backyard and they had some sort of motion sensor flashing system. When we walked past it a burst of bright light flashed and stunned us. All of us got on our horse and sprinted as far away as we could. Right after that we walked through another yard which had another motion light. After that it was an easy walk home. When we were 6 houses from my house we see the lights of a car but there was no bushes. All we could do was lie in the grass. When the car drove by we noticed that the car was really a cop. It didn’t even slow down to talk to us. He didn’t even notice us. That’s all we had left for that night and had to go to bed because everyone was so exhausted.

Walking back through the back door was a very frightening moment because I had it in my mind that my parents were waiting for me to yell at me. I walked up the stairs to see my parents sleeping tight in their bed. This time I was safe. That night was the most exciting time of my life. Aidan, Charlie, Matt, and me are already growing the stock of the toilet paper for the summer so we can get teepee more people and have more memorable and exciting times. 

The Cause and Effect in White Fang

Author's Note: I really liked how the Indians in "White Fang" helped the wolf. You would have to look beyond all the torture and pain the wolf went threw to see how he became the great wolf dog he was.

In the book “White Fang” by Jack London White Fang was going through some major conflicts in his life. He was banded when he was just a young pup. White Fang went to go try to find a new home but didn’t work out the way he planned. While hunting a rabbit he runs into a tribe of Indians. He tries to run away but he can’t help his curiosity to try to find a new home. One Indian takes him in but everyone else in the tribe including the dogs didn’t want him.

If everyone in White Fang’s life that hurt him or made fun of him he wouldn’t be as furious, strong, and smart as he could. The book made the Indians look like bad people but they really turned him into a great wolf. His mom or family wasn’t there to teach him the Indians were the ones to do that. 

Ding Dong Ditching Gone Wrong

Authors Note: I wrote about the time me and my friends went ding dong ditching and got caught by the cops. This happened recently so it was a good topic to write about. I believe I did a good job on the dialog. 

On that perfect summer day we had a feeling that it was going to be a grand day. When dusk fell that’s when we were going to strike. Me Alec Jackson and Matt got in all black and we were off. Starting in Steeple Chase we got a decent amount of houses but the real houses were going to be in Deer Haven. As we walked across the street into Deer Haven lights appeared in the distant. We jumped to the side of the rode and dove into the bushes and let the car drive by us.

“Go up and get that house” whispered Jackson. “No it’s Matt’s turn” said Alec. “Fine I’ll get it”. As Matts running up the drive way we positioned ourselves in the trees so we can’t be spotted . Sprinted and almost falling we see matt coming down the driveway and slide into the trees like he would slide into home plate. “Where are you guys”! said the man. “Go home I’m calling the cops”. We waited there until the guy walked back inside and as soon as he did we took off.

“That was a good one” laughed Nick. “Yeah I know right we need to get him more often” said Jackson. “Let’s go get the Cottrell’s” said Alec. As we walked up the hill to Carson’s all of a sudden we hear the cops wring their siren and shine the bright light on us. The cop got out of the car and asked us if we have been ding dong ditching anyone we told the cop the truth and said we did ding dong ditch some people. He asked us to get in the car so he could take us home. As we all piled in the car he was telling us how he used to ding dong ditch too.

As we pulled up to the Kunnert’s driveway he asked us to go get the parent that lives here so Jackson went inside and brought his mom out and the cop told her to not have us go out again tonight. When we got inside everyone had a sigh of relieve to know that we didn’t get in as much trouble as we thought we were going to get in. Today we still go ding dong ditching but now we don’t get the guy that calls the cops.

My Favorite Sport

Author’s Note:  I wrote about sports because my favorite activity is basketball

My favorite sport is basketball. Basketball is a great sport because it gives you a lot of exercise. Basketball gives you agility, speed, and hand-eye coordination.  One day I hope to be drafted to the NBA. My favorite player in the NBA is Kevin Durant. He plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder and plays the forward position. He is 6 foot 9 and went to Texas University. Before he played for the Thunder he played the the Seattle Sonics. When I go to my friends we play basketball and have one on one tournaments. I hope I can always be part of basketball my whole life.

What Avenger I Am

Author’s Note: I wrote about the Avengers because I like the movie

If I could be any Avenger super hero I would choose to be Hawk Eye. I think that the assassins are the best because they are secret and sneaky so they do not get in many fights. His main weapon is the bow and arrow. I think that is really cool because I love to hunt and use a bow. My best fit of an Avenger would be Hawk Eye.

Symbolism PowerPoint

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The Magical Three Wishes

 Author's Note: In my short story I wrote about if I had three wishes and why I would choose them.

Imagine you get three wishes and you can wish for anything. What would you wish for? First I would wish that i was the richest person in the world so I could take care of my family, friends, and strangers that need help. Then I would want to be able to end all sickness because so many people in this world have died from a form of sickness. My last wish would be that I could own the NBA and the MLB because basketball and baseball are my favorite sports and enjoy to watch those two sports.

Semantic Devices

Metaphor- Time is a thief

Simile- He was as fast as Usain Bolt         

Personification- The coffee maker was screaming while brewing

Hyperbole- My homework will take forever

Puns- That’s punny

Oxymoron- Almost small

Alliteration - Brian bought big baseball bats

Irony- I got ran over by an ambulance

My Ultimate Dream Vacation

 Author's Note: I wrote about my ultimate vacation because I really like to go on vacations and I wanted to tell you what my dream vacation is.

If I could go anywhere I wanted to for my dream vacation I would go to the Bahamas or somewhere in the Caribbean. In the Caribbean it is very hot and tropical. I would not want to go somewhere where it is cold because i love the warmth. In the Bahamas there is so much stuff to do such as tanning, swimming, and snorkeling. That’s just a couple of activities you can do in the Bahamas. After the Bahamas I would want to go to Italy because my great great grandpa lived there and other people I am reated to live in Italy. When I'm in Italy I would go see the Colosseum because I like to learn about the history about that amazing building. Also I would go to the island of Cicily and go swimming on the beach. 

Spring Assessment

The Wolf Dog of Canada

Authors Note: I wrote about the book “White Fang” by Jack London because I really like the way he writes. The main character was faced with a lot of bullying and out casting.  

He moved swiftly through the forest dodging every tree and stick on the moist ground. He could hear the panting from the big fat rabbit trying to escape the intelligent wolf dog. The rabbit ran out of the forest to find a huge wall of stone when all of a sudden White Fang trotted out of the tree line growling and showing his sharp white teeth. As he got closer he pounced on the rabbit and ripped at his throat until the small mammal was dead. When he was marching back to his cave he found an Indian tribe who took him to be trained for a sled dog.

That was the beginning scene in “White Fang”. Jack London the author tells the story in the dog’s point of view which gives us a look how animals view humans.

When White Fang was in the Indian tribe he was considered as an outcast. The bullying from the other dogs in the tribe made the wolf dog a strong, smart, and cunning dog. Every day the other dogs would challenge White Fang to a battle and most the time won but slowly but surely White Fang would win the battle in other words he eliminated the competition. Eventually not even the biggest and strongest dogs would dare to confront him for a fight.

Bullying these days can do a lot of damage too many people, not just the person you’re doing it to. Almost 30 percent of teens in the United States are estimated to be involved in school bullying. That’s over 5.7 million people getting treated like White Fang and sometimes worse then what he received. Many schools around the USA are making ABC’s which stand for anti bully clubs. These clubs help the people who are getting bullied and stop the bullies from harming the kids. The biggest reasons why bullies bully is because they have low self-esteem and there is something wrong with their families.

White Fang was sold by his Indian owner because he had no money for his family. This cruel man named Beauty Smith was the man who bought the dog but he didn’t want him for a pet he wanted him for a fighting dog. He was the best fighting dog in the Yukon Territory so the men nicknamed him the “Fighting Wolf”. All this fighting made White Fang a very mean, frighten, and ferocious dog. When he was fighting he fell and the other dogged clamped on White Fang’s neck. These two men came in and saved White Fang from his death. The men thought he could never be trained like a normal dog but eventually they were able to have the dog sit on their lap and be around the whole family.

The book shows that anyone who was bullied and is scared can be formed back to their regular personality. All in all we need to stop bullying from happening in the first place because the book “White Fang” shows exactly what will happen if people get bullied.

Alaska’s Hunt for Oil

Author's Note: I wrote about the debate in Alaska deciding if the US should drill for oil there because I do not want them to drill there and wanted to tell people why they shouldn't.

The Alaskans should defend and keep their land safe from the drillers searching for oil. It is their land and they should protect it and not let drillers destroy the wildlife. Many animals such as polar bears, black bears, grizzlies bear, wolves, caribou, seals, whales, and plenty more animals would get kicked out of their homes and be forced to live somewhere else. Imagine having random strangers come to your house and just kick you out and say it’s theirs now and leave you to go find a new house.

There is a big debate whether we should drill in Alaska or not. The ANWR which stands for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the land that protects and lets the animals breed and repopulate the earth. Many natives do not want to have them because they think Alaska would get no profit out of the oil and just destroy the land. It would be a bad plan to drill in the Arctic Refuge because it would take up almost 20 million acres of wildlife land.

Scientist have researched and found that if they drilled in the refuge they would only gain 4% of imports. From all that work and destruction of the wildlife we would roughly get six months worth of oil. Six months isn’t worth the demolition of the ANWR. If they started to drill in the Arctic Refuge that means they would have to bring in so much equipment through the land which means ripping up the small trees and luscious grass. Also studies show that if they drill there will be massive loads of sludge and grime wandering threw the majestic fields in Alaska.

Some Scientist have said that there is a good chance of what happened in the Gulf of Mexico with the oil spill, another catastrophe. In this disaster eleven people died, 26,000 marine mammals, and almost 81,000 birds were killed or damaged in the spill. That could happen in Alaska but even more mammals and birds have a higher chance to get injured or at the worst killed.

We should stop and protect the land from the people from drilling in Alaska. Most people will not like the fact that we are ruining an amazing state for such a little income. The animals deserve this land and not be taken away like we have done a lot already. The state of Alaska is a gorgeous place and should be kept for the animals to reproduce and live in peace. 

The Loyal Samurai

Author's Note: I wrote about samurais because people should follow their actions. They are great role models if you look what they do good such as loyalty, honesty, and respect everyone.

In the book Warriors by Jim Eldridge really specified why samurai’s follow their code of honor so well. There were two kinds of samurais, one was a samurai who was trained to kill and hunt down people. The other one was a samurai who was just learning from his master to fight and handle a sword. They were sneaky warriors in the night that when told by their master to kill someone did it quiet and without anyone knowing. Samurai’s were the most loyal and brave warriors of the late 1800’s.

Samurais were so loyal because in 1800’s war was breaking out in Japan so the leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi went to the villages and collected a lot of the farmers and made an extremely strict caste system and made them follow his every command. He made all the farmers decide between the life on the farm or a strong brave warrior that would fight for him. Also he made a law that samurais were the only people who were allowed to arm themselves with a sword. Samurai’s without masters were called ronins which caused some trouble in the Edo Period. 

Bushido was the name of the samurai’s code of honor which meant “Way of the Warrior”, that was the way of their life. One reason why the samurai were so strong was because their masters would train them to be mentally and physically tough. Another reason is because masters stress their students to know that they need to have loyalty, wisdom and honor until death. A lot of people these days have forgotten and don’t use those great skills we can use every day. On the other hand many people still apply those great qualities. Employees usually and if they don’t should use these quality’s for their work to respect their boss.

The fearless samurai was trained by its master to be loyal, honest, and to follow their code of honor. These days there are not many samurais anymore because we have evolved into better technology such as guns, electronics, and social skills. Although samurais were feared deeply people can learn a lot from the samurais. The bravest, strongest, and most skilled warriors of the 1800’s were the samurais.

Through Tim Tebow’s Eyes

He was a nervous wreck all week in New York. The next day though was the time he would make it or break it. When he got to the theater he was greeted by hundreds of Gator’s fans. The candidates sat in the front row waited patiently and intensely to hear the winner of the Heisman trophy. Tim Tebow was always told he could never succeed in his sports, but all that did to him was made him work harder. Readers will know why Tim Tebow worked so hard and became so victorious. 

Tim was always told he could never be good at sports but the author Nathan Whitaker really described how Tim Tebow worked so much harder than the other players. One of the reasons he improved so much more than the other kids is that him and his brothers would constantly play sports even if none of them played that sport. He was the youngest out of his brothers so it would be a harder challenge for him as he played the sports. His parents always believed in him and pushed him to be his best. When it was his time to shine and show everyone that he could be successful he did just that. He started to be the greatest athlete in his school by playing a lot of sports and becoming so good at them.

Tebow became a top pick to go into college for his speed and strength and ability to throw the ball. Florida picked him up for from Nease High School to get in and play right away. He wanted to show everyone that he could succeed and prove all the people that doubted him that he could do it. In his career in Florida he won the Heisman in 2007 and also won two championships one in 2007 and the other in 2009. In the 2010 NFL Draft Tim was drafted 25^th pick overall to the Denver Broncos. Denver didn’t know if they wanted to play him the first year so they didn’t instead they played the more experienced quarterback. When it was his time to play he made the most of it and took the Broncos to the 2^nd round of the playoffs. 

The Tebow’s were always and still to this day a very hard working and a motivating family. Mrs. and Mr. Tebow helped Tim so much by encouraging him and telling him not to listen to everyone and their comments about how he couldn’t make college or even professional football. All the people that tried to bring him down and make him quit only made him work harder and get to college and the NFL. Tim work really hard to be successful and that’s exactly what he did by leading his team into two BCS championships and becoming a NFL quarterback.

Inspirations of MJ

One of many Michael Jordan’s quote is “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.” That quote is one of my favorite one from him because it’s just like me. When he says he will always try to win that’s how I feel when I play basketball. Michael Jordan was a great player maybe one of the best. He could dunk, shoot, pass; defend, block, and many more. He was always the best basketball player when he as younger but when he stopped working hard other kids that worked hard and tried out for the high school team he didn’t make the team. He was so disappointed that he thought he was just going to give up basketball forever, but he didn’t. He worked super hard all day every day. He never stopped practicing and when it came to the next years tryouts he made it without a doubt. He played astonishing that season and furthermore. After he was drafted 3rd out of the college of North Carolina, Michael was a top pick for the NBA. Michael Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. M.J. won 6 championships as a Bull and was voted MVP 5 times. Michael had 32,292 points in his whole career. When I grow up I would want to play in the NBA and win a title for my team. Michael Jordan is a great leader and a role model. He is mine and many others role model.