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__6/4/14 Short Story__

Waterloo, Oregon was a small town with about 232 residents and there was a family, the Addams Family. There was a 13 year old boy named Jake and he had a younger sister named, Bethany. Jake’s mom was a stay at home mom and his dad worked as a machinist. This small town Jake loved but he was often bored so he liked to hang out with his friends from his school. They often just played video games together and watched You Tube. They just laughed and hung out but they would also at times just go out into the woods and just messed around throwing rocks and sticks.

Jake and his friends, Brayan and Frank, decided to walk through the woods on the way home one day after school.

“Hey, I saw Jasper and Jared passing out invitations at school today. I think they wanted some people to come over to their house for their birthday.” Brayan said.

“You mean the twins?” Jake asked

“Yeah, them! Its kind of freaky how identical they are huh?”Brayan responded.

“Their house is known to be haunted too. Im surprised they think anyone would show up to the party.” Frank stated.

“Well we haven't had any excitement for awhile so maybe it wouldn't be so bad if we did go. I think it would be kind of cool to go into a house where a guy hung himself in the closet 50 years ago.” Brayan said.

“Well Jasper or Jared hasn't invited us yet so we are not going.” Jake said.

The boys continued to talk and throw some rocks as they walked home.

The next day when Jake and Frank sat at the lunch table at school eating pizza and chips, Brayan came to them looking excited holding up an invitation.

“Duuuuude, Jasper just told me during English that we all three can go.” Brayan exclaimed.

“Oh man thats awesome. When is it?”Frank asked while he took the invitation to look at it.

“This weekend on Saturday at 4pm.” Brayan answered.

“Alright cool...let’s go. Let’s pool in for a gift card from Game Stop for them” Jake suggested.

The boys were pretty excited that they were invited to the identical twin boys house. It is a boring town for them after all. They all told their parents and they all will drop the boys off on Saturday. They were a bit surprised when they learned where the party will be at. They knew the history of that house. Everyone know each other in that small town so everyone knew everything about each other.

On Saturday at 4pm the boys met up at the twin’s house. When they walked in they were surprised to see how the house looked and that there were some really cool stuff on the table for all the boys to do. There were five other boys there that were best friends with the twins. There was a very large screen Tv with the playstation4 set up. There were some really good food on the table so they all got a plate and started to eat. BBQ chicken, corn on the cob and some baked potatoes with lots of snacks. The boys were actually having a great time. The twins, Jared and Jasper seemed happy and liked their gifts.

Jake couldnt help himself and kept thinking about the closet where a guy hung himself and died. As everyone was chatting and hanging out having a good time, Jake found himself looking around the house. The house seemed victorian and seemed a little bit like a haunted house but it was clean and had some modern furniture around. Jake was looking around looking for a closet. He wondered which closet it was. Frank and Brayan caught Jake looking around and they shook their heads showing that they understood. Frank tilted his head to the right in the direction where the stairs were. Jake smiled.

“Hey Jared, is there a restroom upstairs?” Jake asked. Frank and Brayan stated they needed to use the restroom too and might as well all go. Jared pointed upstairs and said to turn left when they got to the stairs.

Jake, Frank, and Brayan walked up the stairs and turned left. Instead of going to the restroom. They found themselves walking some more in the hallway. Their curiosity was really strong so they peeked in every room. There was no way to know which one it was but then they stumbled upon a room that was so unlike the rest of the house. It had webs in the corners, it smelled dusty, the furniture was much older so the three boys walked into the room slowly.

“Dude….you can just feel it...its creepy in here.” Frank shuddered.

“Open the closet” Brayan told Jake.

“I dont know man….it does feel creepy in here” Jake shrugged.

“Fine, just stay close to me and Ill open it.” Brayan stated.

Brayan put his hand on the door knob of the closet. Frank standing on one side of Brayan and Jake standing on the other side. Brayan started to open the closet door.

Creek……

Jake, Brayan, and Frank saw a rope hanging from a shelf. “What the heck?” Jake whispered.

Bam….

All three of the boys were shoved into the closet and the door closed shut! “Hey!!! Heyy! Let us out!” all three boys shouted and banged in the door. They kept banging on the door for about three minutes then they got quiet. When it was quiet, they heard laughing. It spooked them and Jake mentioned that they should have never got nosy. They heard laughter again and their eyes widened but then Brayan reconized the laugh.

“Jared? Jasper?” Brayan asked.

The door open and there they were….the identical twins, the other five boys, and the twin’s father standing there laughing.

“Boo!” Japser laughed.

“Hey, why did you guys do this? Wait…..how did you know what we would be doing?” Jake asked.

“Me and my bro walked the same way on the way home when we heard you talking. So we thought it was funny if we went ahead and invited you three here to try to scare you. You know that this story is not true. Small towns just likes making up stories and passing around rumors. Jake and Frank felt a bit embarrased but Brayan started to laugh.

“You got us, man!” “Whooooo” Brayan exclaimed.

Frank and Jake started to loosen up. The twins shook hands with them.

“Let’s go back downstairs and play the games some more!” Jared shouted.

The three boys loosened up and follwed everyone else out. Jake was the last to be leaving the room. He turned back to see the closet…..his eyes widened. There…...there was a white gostly person hanging from the neck in the closet.”

__5-15-14 Bio for blog( I put it on my bio blog)__ Hello, Im Gavin Wallgren and I am Italian. My family is from Rome, Italy so we eat Italian food of course. I am not talking about Italian food at resturants or from the food store. I am talking about homemade **//real//** Italian food. My grandmother makes great Italian food nearly everyday and she doesnt do it for just family, she does it for anyone that enters the home. When someone walks through her door she would say, "come, come sit down, I make you something to eat!". If there are leftovers she is always putting them in containers and sending them home with whoever wants the food.

The kind of Italian food that I like to eat are pasta. My favorite kind of sauce is what my grandmother call "simple sauce". It is just plain tomatoe sauce with some basil. I also like the sauce with some hamburger meat in it. There are some good sandwiches too with homemade bread, ham and provolone cheese. Any vegetables I eat is straight from the backyard so it is fresh. I do try to learn some of the different sauces she makes so I can pass it on.

__5/14/14 Super Size Me Essay__

Yes, society does promote unhealthy attitude towards food in my opinion. If you look at most of the commercials you will see that most of them have parents giving quick food like hot pockets, pizza, tv dinners, etc to their kids instead of showing parents make real food. They always show nice commercials with parents smiling and calling their kids to come inside the house with the food they just made and it is rarely healthy food. Just a happy family eating the food like this is a good thing and the way America should be. There are alot of commercials sole focus is on food, how good it is and how much a guy can eat it. Years ago they used to make more food at home but now everything is easier to eat or on the go. When my mom make food at home and really cooks it taste way better and it is healthier for me. I hear that it is less calories to eat home food than fast food. The commercials are not setting a good example. When we go shopping in the frozen selection there is so many frozen dinners or lunches.

Also when you go driving you see most fast food places instead of salad or healthy food places. As most people drive around and in a hurry they are hungry so naturally when they see these fast food signs everywhere they will want to go through the drive through since its fast and easy to get on the go. Also they always Supersize a lot of food and have more calories. I feel like everyone is always working and always on the go so they keep going through the drive thru to eat really quick. I would say 90 percent of the people know it is bad for us but they still go there. For some people getting fast food might be normal to them. Also when fast food promote food is is always about how cheap it is and that you are getting a good price for it. America has an attitude that food is just another thing in our lives because it is so cheap, we dont see as a necessity like those who struggle day to day to eat.

When my parents stop at a gas station there is sometimes food inside where you pay for gas and when you go inside there is always chips, cookies, donuts, candy, gum, hot dogs, hamburgers and soda drinks. They might have a very small selection of health bars and they do sell water bottles. I cant imagine gas food places with all healthy food with fruit and all healthy low calorie snacks. It is all about making money. The society and business is all about how much money they can make, not about how they can make a healthier America.

__5/9/14 Goals Short Term and Long Term__ My short term goals is for the end of the summer. I would like to build something.

By the end of the summer I would like to have a little house in my backyard that me and my younger brother can retreat to. Bruce, my step dad, can build things so he could help me collect some wood. He has all the tools I would need. I want to have a feeling of an accomplishment of something that I made with my hands so I thought that would be a nice project to work on and something I can always look at. When I look at it I will know I made it with my two hands. That would be a good short term goal for me. For a long term goal would be for my future. I would like to have a future with computers and have a good job with something to do with computers. I feel like it is something I can be good at and maybe make good money too. Money is not too important but my happiness is and this is something I can be good at and be happy at the same time. Maybe I can do something to do with being a computer programmer, a computer graphic artist, anything like that. Right now I can learn everything I can about computer and build up towards my goal.

__5/8/14 Point of View Animal Story__

It is nighttime and I am hiding under the chair watching my starving friend meow in front of an open screen door. I want to run away since this is too close for my comfort to people but I dont want to lose my stray friend. My friend, Break, is meowing and meowing letting whoever lives in that house know we are hungry. I can see Break is all sticks and bones. He has black hair but some of the hair has fallen off. I am not the same...I am pretty big and I know how to fend for myself. I have always for years taken care of myself. My mom taught me how to hunt and look for water. My mom also always taught me to stay away from humans. I also learned to stay in packs. I have always done well until my area was invaded and all my friends were gone. I was completely alone until I met Break on the streets and started to follow her around. I could see right away that she was not afraid of humans and that was new to me. There is a lady at the door who came to Break’s meow. I hid under the chair not far really quiet. “Oh! Guys...there is a black cat at the door. Oh wow….the cat is so thin! Maybe this cat knew we had cat food and can smell it?” a lady’s voice said. “Oh...how cute….” another but younger lady’s voice said, “we must feed this cat” The two ladies came out with a bowl of cat food and a bowl of fresh water. I hid some more feeling afraid and confused. I am supposed to be afraid of them but they brought food to break and they are putting their hands on her. Break is not running away. I started to relax but then the lady turned her head and looked straight into my eyes under the chair and I froze. It seems that this lady can feel I was uncomfortable. She was moving slow…...she put her body down low and held her hand out to me. I instantly wanted to run but I want to stay with my friend. The lady didnt come closer and pulled back. She went back inside then brought out another bowl. She put it down on the ground. “Its okay….this is for you.” the lady whispered. Both the ladies went back inside. I came out from under this chair to smell what was inside the bowl. It smelled good. I never tried it before. Break finished her food and started to come to my bowl. I instantly put my mouth in the bowl and started to eat. It was good. Every night Break and I go back to this house to eat and I felt less afraid each time. The humans would try to touch me but I always slip away. I am not ready. Break and I would stay in the backyard and in the neighborhood, we became friends with the cats that lived in the lady’s house. After about two months….when I finished my dinner from the bowl the lady who is called Natalie from what I kept hearing other humans call her tried to reach for me again. For the first time I let her. I felt her fingertips against my fur and it felt nice. She started to press harder and started to scratch my face on the side. It felt so nice I started to purr. That startled me so I backed away. “Its okay” Natalie smiled. I went back for more. A month later for the first time I followed the other cats and Break into this human’s house. I walked slowly and kept looking for the door to make sure it was open. The floor felt cool and I walked further and felt something soft on the ground. It was all over the house on the ground and it felt new to my paws. I liked it and walked around but then I had enough and ran out the door. It took some months for me to get comfortable in the house and get used to humans. There is a lady named Natalie and a man named Lee. There is a younger girl named Ana and a boy named Luca. They are a family and I liked them. I started to feel safe with them and for the first time I felt like I could trust humans. Humans always threw stuff at me in the streets to hurt me. Humans never tried to talk to me, humans never bothered to look at me…..for the first time I felt like I can belong. I was old and I was tired. I can finally call this home. Two years passed by and I am laying on my back on Natalie’s body on the couch. I rubbed and rubbed my face on Natalie’s face so she can pet me more. I love it and I want to be pet, rubbed, scratched all the time. I am happy. Break died from cancer a year ago and I will always miss her but I will always be thankful for her showing me that humans can be good. For that Break will be remembered as the cat that showed humanity is there.

__ 4/23/14 Summary of The Third Wish __ The Third Wish is one of those books that teaches you the lesson about when you get 3 wishes, when you get your first wish you wish for something that you want then, the first wish gets messed up some how which leads to the second wish that fixes the first wish. Then the final wish you end up dying.

__**4/23/14 Independant reading book summary**__ For my independant book summary I chose ,"Rise and Fall of Darth Vader" by Ryder Winham because I am a big Star Wars fan. This book re-tells the story of all six movies but from Darth Vader's/Anakin Skywalker's point of view. This is a book's genre is science fiction. Its begins with Darth Vader dreaming while he was on the Executor on the way to the Death Star. He was thinking about his son and also his master so at that time he was wondering if he could forsee the future. He kept on dreaming about when he was Anakin Skywalker and remembered all the things he did. The main characters of this science fiction book would be Anakin Skywalker, Shmi Skywalker, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

__**4/22/14 Page 133 Questions 1,2,3,and 6**__ 1. Respond The hardest to fullfill would be not to hate others when they hate you. The easiest to fullfill would be to trust in myself when others might doubt me. 2. Recall: a) A person should be humble, patient, rational, truthful, dependable. Connect: b Whats similar about these conditions is that they all are about being honest about yourself and being a good person. 3. Recall: a. The regard is to respect other people and treat them with kindness. Access: b. Yes, it is resonable because it would make this world a better place. 4. Recall: a. The two imposters are triumph and disaster, Interpret: b. He wanted to treat them as imposters because with truimph you can become to ego headed and distasters can make you feel very small as a person. You need to continue to be humble. 6. Generalize: I think young people today should relate to this poem because like I said having these qualities would help improve the way we treat each other in the world.

__**4/18/14 Questions about "Me" page 40**__ 1. Respond: 1. Yes I would like to meet the speaker to ask him what the heck this poem really meant. 2.Recall: a. He compare himself to a tree and a flower. Connect: b The qualities to a flower is movable and flexible and the tree is strong but is in mourning. 3. Recall: a. That he should always just be himself, not pretend to be someone else. Interpret: b. His statement suggest that all of us needs to be respected and nurtured. 4. Infer: a. He felt like he accepted who he is that he didnt feel like he needed to be anyone else. Support: b. Cypress and forlorn meaning he was alone and just himself.He was one of a kind. Apply:c. A person is more than "just me" when you are just not a "person", you are strong, well respected, one of a kind.

__**4/16/14 Poetry questions 1-5 page 39**__ 1. Respond: I would rather spend an afternoon with Walt Whitman because he has a way with words and its interesting. 2.Recall: a. He is spending time by himself sitting in the grass. b.That he is okay jsut worrying about himself. he is independant and strong. 3.Recall a. That he exists as himself just the way he is. Infer:b. He has a pretty big ego and feels strongly just the way he is. He is content. Apply c. He is probably telling readers to have good self esteem and be okay with yourself. 4. Recall:a. That they would banish her meaning they wont accept her and get rid of her. Infer b. She is sad that she is a nobody and scared to be caught. Apply c. Some celebrities rather be a nobody at moments. They are often in the public eye and its hard for them. 5.Draw conclusions: a. It is sometimes better to be a nobody than a somebody because it is more peaceful and quiet. Much more private. Evaluate: b. I admit I rather be a Somebody than a nobody because I want to be known for whatever I am good at. Yes, privavcy is important but I would learn how to manage.

__**4/15/14 Free choice Blog post #1**__

__**4/11/14 Letter to the new principal**__ Dear Ms Labas, Welcome to imiddle school. I think you will like this school because there are nice teachers and nice students. I am looking forward to meeting you in person and get to know what kind of principal you are. This school can be really fun and I like all the special activities especially when we get good grades on our report cards. There is something that can be improved in this school and hope that you can be involved in improving bullying. I see a lot of bullying or kids making fun of other kids. They do it when the teachers are not around or not looking. It would be nice if there is more awareness on everyone trying to be nicer to everyone and everyone would be more happy.

__**4/9/14 Make Up Work Newsela Article**__ The article "In school, Popular Kids get bullied just like the outcasts, study says" is about how not only the outcast gets bullied but also those who are popular or high up on the list. It is very surprising and it is traditional to think that only the outcasts get bullied. For most kids, to become more popular and gaining status can "increase the likeihood of victimization and the severity of its consenquences," researchers Robert Farisand Diane Felmee wrote in the journal of the American Sociological Association. When the popular kids or the ones high up on the status torments the others, the fallback is actually worse. Girls have higher rates of victimization. Some of the kids found protection by being friends with the other gender, it was something like a shield.

__**3/27/14 Rough Draft Character Matters Essay**__

__**3/25/14 The Road Not Taken Analysis**__ "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" the poem was from 1920 so the roads were more like paths. The woods are yellow which probably meant it was fall and the leaves were colorful. The word diverged means split. "And sorry I could not travel both" probably means he wanted to go both ways but could only go one path. The word sorry is probably he regretted he couldnt. "And be one traveler, long I stood" means he is standing there thinking which path to take. He is standing on the road and not in a car or a horse. After thinking and standing there for a long time and staring at one road "Then the other, just as fair" he takes or decided to take the other path. "just as fair" is a little tricky since as could mean just as nice, just as pretty. "just" and "fair" together though this could mean just as it is fair, as it is the same, equal but it doesnt really go with the road. I think it just means it is just as pretty as the other road. They are two different futures but will both end up equally good roads to take. The lines "Yet knowing how way leads on to way" "I doubted if I should ever come back" the speaker of this poem realizes that his hopes to go back and take the other path is foolish. "way leads on to way" one road can lead to another road and another, end up far from where you started. He knows he can never go back and take the other path. He is too far along. At the end " And that has made all the difference" means the speaker took the path no one else took and that is what difference he made in his life and that made him successful. "difference" could mean success or failure. The path he took could have been a mistake since he could not see ahead of time. He just knows his choice was important and made the difference in his life. __**3/19/14 Character essay paragraph**__

A trait I picked for the essay is Courage. In the dictionary the meaning is this, "the ability to do something that frightens one." In my own words I think courage means having the will to do the right thing even though the wrong thing might have a better outcome. Having courage is having the strength to stand up for what you believe in. Someone might have courage when facing a devestation. Courage is facing what you might not be comfortable with or having a fear of something but you just go ahead and go through it. I have a character in mind that has a lot of courage and that is Rick from The Walking Dead. In the beginning of the show Rick took on leading the people to stay safe. He took on keeping everyone safe at the jail place. Rick tries to make the right decision constantly for an example he had a best friend named Shane. Shane was becoming dangerous and Rick had to make a decision to let Shane get away with it or to shoot him down. It was very hard for Rick. Another example is when the governor came to attack everyone at the jail and the governor had one of Rick's people, Hershal hostage. When Rick had to make the right decision, the governor decapitates Hershal and the fight started. Rick stands up for what is right to try to keep everyone together. There are many examples of courage that Rick showed.

__**3/18/14 News Article #3**__

The article "On a sunny day, you may get a rainy-day blues from facebook friends" is about how on social networks like facebook can affect your moods. If there are a lot of negative posts, it will most likely bring you down. If there are a lot of positive quotes, it will give you positive vibes. This is called spillover effects. The findings were that there were more positive quotes than negative quotes but not by a large margine so there were concerns. Flowler said that scientists and policymakers should think about using social networks to try to improve mental health and physical health. "We should be doing everything we can to measure the effects of social networks and to learn how to magnify them." he said. He claimed this would create an epidemic of well being. Works cited Los Angeles Times (March 14, 2014) "On a Sunny Day, You May Get a Rainy-Day Blues from Facebook Friends" Retrieved from http://newsela.com/articles/facebook-SAD/id/3046/

__**3/14/14 News Article #2**__

The article "Whale Watchers from Outer Space" is about right whales and "It turns out these particular whales are quite easy to spot from space" said Peter Fretwel. These whales got the name right whales because they were once considered "right" whales to hunt. This is the reason why there are not so many anymore. There used to be 55,000 to 70,000 to only 300 by the 1920's. Scientists wanted to know how many there were so they purchased a massive image from space although the satelite system is not perfect. They were able to spot 55 probable whales, 22 possible whales and 13 whale shapes in the gulf. Works Cited Los Angeles Times (March 11,2014) "Whale Watchers from Outer Space" Retrieved from http://newsela.com/articles/whales-space/id/2784/

__**3/13/14 News Article**__

The article "Activists and Sea World debate the life span of killer whales" is about activists claiming killer whales die young at sea world and they would live longer in the wild. There is a documentary called "Blackfish" that shows how activists felt about the killer whales. Scientists actually dont know how long killer whales live and researchers only studied a small percentage of killer whales from the wild. They have caculated in the Pacific Northwest female orcas live 30 to 50 years and male orcas live 19 to 31 years. But the numbers can change depending on what period and population. Individual whales can live much longer, 90 years fro females and 70 years for males. The longest that lived at Sea World park was 40. Douglas Demaster said "the survival rate for captive killer whales seems to be improving". Works Cited Orlando Sentinel (February 10,2014) "Activists and Sea World debate the life span of killer whales" Retrieved from http://newsela.com/articles/orca-lifespan/id/2626/

3/11/14 __**Sequel to The Outsiders Part 2**__

Bam...a ball flew perfectly flew over a wall and everyone stood up to clap. It is a homerun and the father stood up and clapped feeling so proud of his son. The high school boy ran to all the bases with a smile on his face and as soon as he hit home, he looked up at his father and smiled. The father was Ponyboy. “Your boy could be a star!”, a woman exclaimed.

“Thank you”, Ponyboy responded.

Ponyboy was just thinking of how time changed over the years and felt that he was lucky that life was pretty good. He was happy on how things turned out considering on how tough his childhood was.

“Alright, did you see that dad?” the son asked.

“I sure did, Darrel. Good job. Ready to stop by for some pizza so we can give your mother a break from cooking dinner?” Ponyboy asked.

“Sure dad, he can some of my friends come over? Darrel wondered.

“Go ahead” Ponyboy smiled.

They stopped by the pizza place to get two boxes of pepperoni pizza and picked up some friends along the way.

Ponyboy was just thinking of the day his son was born. He remembered back when his wife, the mother of the son, gave birth to a healthy 9 pound baby. They needed to decide on a name of a baby boy. Ponyboy suggested the name, Darrel, in honor of his older brother and his wife agreed.

They arrived home and Darrel and his friends went upstairs to hang out in the bedroom. They were all a bunch of happy 11th graders who all grew up together for years. Ponyboy and his wife went to chill out in the living room to watch some TV so the boys can have some chill time upstairs.

“Oh man, that was some homerun you did! Did you see the look on the other team’s faces? Classic” Darrel’s friend, Tom laughed.

They all laughed and high fived each other. “whooo hooo!” They were all up in Darrel’s room when one of his friends, Brian, mentioned he noticed that they have an attic and asked what was up there.

“Yeah, there is an attic up there, just a bunch of old things. We never really go up there. My dad said there is nothing to find up there and most of his writing stuff is there. My dad is a writer.” Darrel explained.

“That’s cool, let’s go up there. We have nothing else to do. Come on, Darrel”

“Alright, but I am telling you there is nothing up there. Let’s go” Darrel instructed.

All the three boys walked up into the dusty attic. They looked around and can see that dust has been collecting over the years on most of the stuff. “Cough cough” Brain coughed. AAchooo

Darrel and Tom laughed at Brain. They can see there are books and papers everywhere.

“Dude, your dad is a serious writer, huh? Tom asked Brain.

“Yeah….but he has not written anything for awhile. He wrote a few books a few years back. Two of them were a success.” Darrel explained to his friends. “Hey guys, look at this cool box.” Tom yelled out.

The other two boys walked over and see this big dusty box. They opened it up and looked inside. There was a big pile of papers which looked like a book. Darrel looked on the title which said “The Outsiders” and another pile called “My life as a Greaser”. Darrel looked confused.

“Dude, look at these photos. Is this your dad? It looks like him” Brain showed it to Darrel. Darrel looked at the photo. he could not believe it. He thought he knew his father. His father was a bit quiet and reserved on his past but he never thought his dad was in a…..gang?

“Thats so cool….look at all these newspapers clippings” Tom said. Darrel can see some titles “Church burned down. Johnny is a hero.” “Dallas shot after he was mistaken with carrying a gun” and more clippings. Darrel could not believe what he was looking at. He always thought his dad was a quiet man and just never did anything exciting in his life. All these photos, newspaper clippings and other stuff says he was not what he thought of his father.

“Didn’t your dad tell you anything about this?” Tom asked.

“No...he did not. I rather he doesnt know we found this.” Darrel said.

“Dude, we should totally look into this. We should find out more about the Greasers!” Brian said. “ I am sure we can find someone else and he can tell us more about your dad.

The boys went home and Ponyboy asked Darrel if he was okay and if anything was wrong since Darrel looked like he was in deep thought.

“I am fine, dad” Darrel went upstairs to bed.

The next morning all three boys met at school and Darrel told Brain and Tom that he found some names in the trunk and would like to look for them. One was Jerry Wood, he was a teacher at the time. Someone named Two-bits, Soda Pop and Sandy. They all look like they still might live in Oklahoma.

“Hey dad, can I go with Brain and Tom to camping?, Darrel asked Ponyboy, his father.

“Where are you Camping?” Ponyboy asked.

“Just about an hour away. Brian’s dad will be taking us. I will bring my cell phone and see if it works” Darrel explained.

“Alright….sure you can go.” Ponyboy hestitated. He felt that something was off but he knew his son was a good boy so he decided to let him go.

The three boys the next day on a friday decided to take a drive to Oklahoma. Tom found the last known addresses on some people so they could check it out. They drove from Oregon to Oklahoma. They decided to all take turns to drive since the three boys have a driver’s license. It would take a day and half to get there. They were planning to be back home on a monday.

They arrived at their destination and right away went to Kieth Mathews two-bits house. They knocked on the door. A man Ponyboy’s age answered the door. The man just looked straight at Darrel and the two boys. “May I help you?” The boys introduced themselves and he invited them in.

“Wow, you look just like your father” Kieth said. He asked them what they wanted exactly. Darrel explained that he would like to hear about the Greasers and the Socs. Kieth hestitated for awhile but went on to tell the story of The Outsiders. After he told the stories, the boys were just in awe but Darrel was surprised. Kieth has exposed that Darrel got his name from his Uncle. Also found out that he has another uncle Soda Pop. Darrel was stunned and had mixed feelings on why didnt his father tell him about his past and where he came from? Two Bits went on to explain that his father might have a good reason to hide the past because it was a violent time and there were some very sad memories especially about Johnny and Dally.

Knock Knock….

Two bits got up. “Well well...if it isnt Ponyboy!”

Darrel and the two boys froze. Oh shoot….Darrel’s father is here? How did he find them or know whats up.

Ponyboy enters the room and all the boys looked scared. “Sit down” Ponyboy demanded.

“I am really sorry I lied to you, dad. But you lied to me too. How did yoy know…?”

“I called Brain’s father.” Brain blushed knowing he was caught. “and he told me that you boys were off to camping alone. I felt something was off so I remembered hearing you boys upstairs so I went up there and saw that the dust was disturbed on the box so I knew you looked into the box. I figured you would try to hunt down some information. Why did you not come to me?” Ponyboy asked.

“I am sorry...I didnt know what to do. I figured you didnt tell me all this time so you didnt want me to know. I thought I would hunt down what your life was like because I needed to know. I figured I would either confront you about it or you would tell me when you are ready.” Darrel explained.

“I understand….why dont you ride back with me and I will talk to you” Ponyboy suggested. “the boys can follow us and you can tell them if they are interested.

“That sounds good, dad.” Darrel said. Ponyboy and the three boys stayed for a bit to talk to Two Bits. Two bits called Soda Pop to come over and they all talked. Found out that Soda Pop has a teenager himself. The mother was Sandy. Sandy has left for awhile but then contacted Soda Pop to be a father in their kids life. Darrel and the two boys were fasinated in who was in Ponyboy’s life. After a few hours, they said their good byes. Pony boy and Darrel got in the car. Brain and Tom got in the other car to follow them. They will plan to stop at a motel on the way home so they could spend time together.

“Dad….tell me why you named me Darrel” Darrel asked.

“Well son, here it goes……”

3/5/14 __**The Outsiders Review**__

The Outsiders by SE Hinton was a very interesting book full of violence, love, hate, revenge and more. The story was about two groups of gangs called the Greasers and Socs. They do have a main character named Ponyboy all through the book and he was from the greasers. As the story goes along in the book Ponyboy's view changes. Also his relationship with his brother by the end changes. Ponyboy has two brothers, Daryll and Soda and all three brothers lost their parents. Soda and Ponyboy live with Daryll who is older and can take care of them at the poor side of town on the eastside. The rich kids group gang is called the socs, Social. The Socs and Greasers really started to fight after Ponyboy was approached by the Socs at a movie theater and Ponyboy was getting beat up by the Socs. The socs only stopped because the greasers showed up. This event has set things into motion although the two groups never got along. It got really bad when the Socs outnumbers Johnny and Ponyboy. The socs were drowning Ponyboy under the water in the fountain that made Johnny panic so he pulled out a switchblade and killed the soc, Bob. Dally helped Ponyboy and Johnny go to a hideout and stay away from being arrested. After awhile Johnny wanted to turn himself in but as they approached a church that was on fire, Ponyboy and Johnny ran inside to save the kids but the building fell down and burned and broke Johnnys back. Johnny later died at the hospital. Dally was shocked and sad so he went to rob a grocery store. When the police came Dally pulled out a black object and the police killed him. These violent events has changed Ponyboys view and wanted to have peace. He also started to write a book.

Gavin W. 2/28/14

__**Ending for Outsiders**__

My kind of ending for The Outsiders would be that when Ponyboy left the hospital is when he realized he was sick of everyone fighting, the socs and greasers fighting all the time. Everyone hurting and hating each other. He was thinking what for? He set out to make things right. Ponyboy went to talk to Randy who was one of the Socs. Randy at first hestitated and did not want to be seen with Ponyboy but they sat down and talked in a corner in a quiet place.

The Greasers and the Socs are becoming one although they still can identify themselves as the socs and greasers but they now work together and they no longer do any violence. They made a change, especially after so many deaths. They wanted to make their friends death count and mean something. They turned an old building they found into a place where troubled kids can come and stay there. The socs and greasers can help them and keep them straight to stay out of trouble. Who knew they could work together after all?

Gavin W 2/27/14 Woke up with the alarm going off and I hear my sister yelling for me to get up so she can take me to school. So I shower and get ready. Isabella drives me to school and drops me off like she cant wait for me to get out of the car but I know she loves me. She has her own strange way of showing it. I go to school for the day at Madison High and just get through it. I have good friends there that I have known since elementary school sp High school is not so bad. My cousin, Trevor Bell, is a senior and he took me under his wing and he plays varsity football so no one bothers me.
 * __A Day in my Life February 27, 2016 __ **

  I am in a hurry to get home after school so I can relax. I get my homework done and get it out of the way. I then grab my iphone with my earphones so I can listen to you tube and some music while I go for a short walk around the block in my neighborhood. When I get home my mom is home by that time and Bruce. We all make dinner and eat. After dinner, I play some games on my playstation 5. Right before bed my mom and I talked about possibly working at a movie theater to make a little money. I think I'll go for it.

Gavin W. 2/26/14 __**Monkey's Paw Quotes**__ Sergeant Major Morris forshadows that the Monkey's Paw's will bring bad fortune by first throwing it in the fire. Thats the first clue and obvious he felt it was bad luck and wanted it to burn. He first says, "I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, dont blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again, like a sensible man." which should have been the first clue. "But I warn you of the consenquences" is what the Sergeant says when White asks how to make wishes.

Gavin w. 2/20/14 __**Compare and Contrast Between Socs and Greasers**__

Socs and Greasers have many simmilarities and differences. Some things that we can compare between Socs and Greasers are for one they both have been rejected by their parents and felt unwanted. Johnny's parents just ignored him while on the other hand Bob's parent's just enabled him and could not be bothered to pay attention to him.

Both groups do feel like they have to live up to their image. Ponyboy and Dally are pretty intelligent and have potential but at the same time they had to stay in the image of a Greaser doing crimes and being bad similarly to Randy did not want to be only identified as a Soc but the pressure was too great to stay a Soc. The Greasers and the Socs are stereotyped by society. Greasers are hoodlums that tend to crime and Socs are a bunch of spolied kids neverthless can do wrong.

Gavin W. 2/19/13 __**Compare and Contrast 6th and 7th Grade**__

Being in the 6th grade and 7th grade are so different in my opinion. When I was in the 6th grade there were six grades including kindergarden so there were a lot of kids unlike in middle school there are only the 7th and 8th graders. In the 6th grade there were not a lot of choices in lunch food unlike in the 7th grade there is a food cart so there are no choices on what to eat so I like that. In the 6th grade we had more breaks to go out and stretch during PE time and lunch time while on the other hand in the 7th grade there is only lunch and one class of PE although it is a little bit similar just set up differently. I can say for sure that there is way more homework in the 7th grade than 6th grade. I knew and expected that in the 7th grade there will be more work however I did not realize there was going to be ALOT more work and homework so in the first semester I struggled a little bit. Regardless I will do just fine now. In my opinion the teachers for 6th graders should prepare them for what middle school will be like.

Gavin W.   2/12/14 School is a place that is meant to teach kids education but, are kids getting enough opportunities to be creative and express your feelings? Kids in school are learning at a rapid pace and are studying Math, Science, History, and English but, there are not many creative classes out there that help kids express their feelings and get that out of there system which can be a bad thing later on in the education. Why would it be a bad thing you ask? Because kids are being rushed to do Math, Science, History, and English, that puts a lot of pressure on kids who have parents pushing them to do that and they need to express themselves are that could lead to dropping out because the Academic pressure on them to get good grades. If schools had more creative classes and activity’s kids would be able to express themselves and work on the academic classes together which would help a lot with kids going through a lot of stuff at home too. This doesn’t mean get rid of all the academic classes, it means add some more creativity to Math, Science, History, and English.
 * Do Schools Provide Students With Enough Opportunities to Be Creative? **


 * Gavin W. 2/11/13**

__** Poem and Song Analysis **__

There is a poem called, Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. This poem sounds like it is saying there is a better place than it is here. The words "peppermint wind" seems like it is also for children to see there is a happy place. The words, " place where there is black smoke and the dark street winds and bends" sounds like he is saying this world we are in is dirty and full of pollution and we need to go where the sidewalk ends. The words "go where the chalk white arrows go, for the children, they mark, and the children, they know" sounds like the poet is telling us that we need to change for the future of our children. There is a magical place and we need to stop polluting this world. This poem is a wish for a fantasy, happy place where there is no stress and things are clean and pure.

__**S.E Hinton Questions**__ 1 S.E Hinton was born in Tusla, Oklahoma 2. She made the outsiders because she wasn’t happy with the literature for young adults. 3. 1967 4. She made the outsiders so kids would enjoy reading more, The Outsiders was her best-selling book.
 * Gavin W. 2/6/14**


 * 2/5/14**


 * Reformatory- a place for kids who got in trouble to stay, almost like a jail but it is for younger people.**
 * when Pony boy says that he would be sent to the reformatory because he was with Jonny which means its a prison for kids.**
 * Bewildering- when someone is shocked, frightened, confused, doesn't know what to think.**


 * Corn- pony- someone is not cool, not sophisticated, someone who is a goofball.**


 * Premonition- someone who can feel something is going to happen.**

Gavin W.  ** 2/4/14 ** ** A Symbol ** One symbol of being rich is gold. How many people do you see walking around with gold all day or wearing gold all day? Another thing is gold is expensive because it cab sometimes get up to thousands of dollars when selling it for money. This symbolizes status of being rich.

Gavin Wallgren ** 1/29/14 ** ** Where Would I be In 20 Years? ** To be honest I would love to be in a mansion and have lots of cars but, in the future I think I would be living a pretty good life. I think my job would be somewhere in the area of graphic design because people tell me that you never work a day in your life if you love what you do and that’s my inspiration for a job in the future so, with that said I think I would be working at Activision, a video game company that makes big name games like Call of Duty. I would definitely be living in San Diego along the mountains because I love the sight of the mountains and how it feels when you come from downtown San Diego. For a day in the future I would be waking up on a Monday morning getting ready for a good day of working and still eating my favorite cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I would walk outside to get in my Dodge Charger and get to work. Of course I would be a really bad driver and would probably almost crash into a car knowing my luck because I get into lots of accidents. I would get to work and get up to my cubicle and start working as hard as I could till the end of the day going 110% on everything I did. After work I would go to get some lunch and start heading home to start relaxing for the rest of m



=The Outsiders Two-Bit Gavin W. 1/17/14= ==

= 5 questions for "The Outsiders" Gavin W. 1/15/14 =


 * 1) Do you have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from yours? How do these conditions affect your relationship?**I have some friends who have different views on different things but, that doesn't seem to affect our relationship at all because you should treat people with equality and respect for their point of view and how they live.**
 * 2) To what extent does a person’s environment determine their success and happiness? Is it possible to overcome your environ- ment? If so, how? **A persons success does depend on there environment because to** **keep going and try hard you need happiness and encouragement from family and friends, if you don't have that it makes it quite hard to succeed.**


 * 1) How is a gang like a family? **A gang is like a family because you stick together** **no matter what happens and you can depend on them to back you up and take care of you like your family would.**
 * 2) What do you think it takes to make someone a hero? **It takes making a sacrifice to be a hero, to sacrifice something you want to help another person is any way. Another way it takes to be a hero is to put other people in front of you before yourself.**
 * 3) What is your definition of an “outsider.” **An outsider is someone who is not normal and i think everyone is an outsider in there own way, everyone has there own likes, hobbies, and styles so that's why we're are outsiders.**

__E__SSAY KIT/DEBATE: “Should Your School Get Rid of Sports?”• SKILL: Vocabulary Acquisition SCHOLASTIC SCOPE ACTIVITY • JANUARY 2014Vocabulary: “Should Your School Get Rid of Sports?” Directions: Read the following definitions and example sentences. Then add two words of your own. 1. antidote (AN-tih-doht) noun; solution or cure example: Kristin felt very stressed out; turns out, the antidote was just a good night’s sleep. 2. beloved (bih-LUVD) adjective; deeply loved, valued, or appreciated example: My sweet and generous grandmother is beloved in my family; there isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for her. 3. dictate (DIK-tayt) 1. verb; to command or give an instruction that must be strictly followed; 2. verb; speak aloud; verbalize; 3. noun; rule or principle example 1: Uncle Steve dictated that we have to be home by 9 p.m. example 2: Danielle dictated her notes to Brian over the phone. example 3: According to the theater’s dictates, all phones must be turned off during the show. 4. embed (em-BED) verb; to enclose or set solidly in example: The zombie hunter embedded a locator beacon in his arm so his friends could track his progress through the abandoned city. 5. entrench (en-TRENCH) verb; 1. to establish an attitude, habit, or position so firmly that change is difficult; 2. place in a very strong defensive position example 1: My parents entrenched in my mind the idea that hard work pays off. example 2: The troops entrenched along the river have a tactical advantage. 6. rally (RAL-ee) verb; to unite or come together for a common purpose or cause example: The entire school rallied around Patty after she broke her leg; there was always someone to carry her books, open doors, and help her get lunch. _ SCHOLASTIC SCOPE ACTIVITY • JANUARY 2014Vocabulary Practice: “Should Your School Get Rid of Sports?” Directions: In the space provided before each of the following word pairs, write S if the words are synonyms or A if the words are antonyms.
 * 1/7/2014 **
 * G****avin W.** Date: **1/7/14**
 * 7. lags( lags ) ; _verb: to fall behind in movement**
 * example: My sister was lagging behind me while we were walking to the store because she was tired.**
 * 8. Sanity(san-i-ty ) noun: to be able to normally think**
 * example: I'm losing my sanity doing all this homework so I am going to take a walk around the block.**
 * 1. antidote, cure S**
 * 2. beloved, abhorred A**
 * 3. dictate, require S**
 * 4. rally, divide S**

ESSAY KIT/DEBATE: “Should Your School Get Rid of Sports?”• SKILL: Vocabulary Acquisition

Directions: Complete each sentence in a way that makes the meaning of the boldface word clear. 15. “Is Joshua’s iPhone his most beloved possession?” asked Amy. **“He is always holding onto his iphone never letting it go!** 16. Brian’s speech about endangered tigers rallied the class to **promote awareness on tigers to help the numbers of tigers around the world.** 17. My little sister gets mad when I baby-sit her. She doesn’t like it when I dictate **her on what to do when I babysit.** 18. It’s wise to have the antidote nearby **when you might get very sick with bacteria so you can get better when you drink or take the antidote.** Directions: Choose two of the vocabulary words listed on the first page of this activity. Write an example sentence for each one.
 * 19. Embedded I went to the kitchen and found some broken eggs embedded against the fridge side door.**
 * 20. Rally At the football stadium, there was a group of people rallying for the Chargers.**


 * 1/6/14**
 * No Sports should stay**
 * 1. Sports is a stress reliever when a student is worried about school work.**
 * 2. Physically active kids can focus a lot more and get higher test score.**
 * 3. Playing sports at school is a tradition and playing sports teaches students on how to be a good team player.**


 * 12/19/13**
 * Scrooge questions 1,2, and 6. Page 623 of Textbook**
 * 1. Respond: One of the meanest thing Scrooge does in Act 1 is the way Scrooge treated Bob Cartchit by allowing him to get cold without spending money on heating coals and Scrooge mistreated his nephew, Fred by refusing to say Merry Christmas back. He kept saying Good Afternoon instead.**


 * 2. a)Recall: Jacob Marley was a business partner of Scrooge. He was dead but showed up as a Christmas Spirit from the past. b) Analyze: He was greedy and selfish and now in spirit, he had to suffer with chains. c)Compare: When Marley was living, him and Scrooge were perfect business partners. They were both very greedy and selfish so they became successful.**


 * 6. a)Analyze: In the beginning Scrooge was described as an evil man, a squeezing, wrenching, clutching old sinner! He several times said, "Bah Humbug" whenever someone enjoyed Christmas. He hated Christmas, period. His feelings even showed that everything around him was darkness and very cold. While scrooge is being visited by the spirit, he was feeling scared so he was feeling afraid for the first time. That affected his attitude so it was changing. The spirit wanted to change the way his mind worked and look back to childhood. The energy and attitude with Scrooge started to change over time, his words changed. B) Access: It can happen that people can change dramatically but it depends on the person or what event happened to affect that person.**

=Compare anything to A Christmas Carol= Both A Christmas Carol and The Grinch is almost the same. Grinch and Scrooge are both basically almost the same with the same characteristics. They both are very unkind and very selfish. The Grinch just wanted to ruin everyone's Christmas and wanted to steal anything from everyone that had to do with Christmas so no one would have anything on Christmas Day. The Grinch just wanted everyone to be miserable. Scrooge is the same, he wanted all the money to himself and wouldnt help anyone to have a better Christmas with more money. Both characters were only focused on themselves and did not consider anyone else's feelings. They didnt care how everyone wanted to have a good Christmas and be with Family. It was all about what they wanted and what they needed.
 * 12/17/13**

**12/13/13** =Scenes 1-2 of Christmas Carol and 10 Vocabulary Words with Guesses= 1. Destitute= Desprite 2. vigor= mean and nasty 3. furnish= nice/genuine

4. idle= current
5. Surplus= a lot

6. rejoices= regains
7. keenly= sharply 8. pursue= go after 9. multitude= multiple 10. gentlemen= good person

=In the beginning of the story, Scrooge was very selfish and wanted everything to himself. He didnt offer anything to humanity. He was a cold man who hung onto every penny for himself. He ignored everyone who wanted to wish him a Merry Christmas. After visiting with the ghosts, he started to change and realize he didnt want to be alone. When it was Christmas morning, he felt joy for the first time. He hadnt experienced Joy in a long time.= = = = =
 * 12/11/13**
 * Scrooge Persona Change**

= = =12/10/13= =Compare and Contrast, The Pearl and A Christmas Carol= There are several similar story lines between the two movies, "The Pearl" and, "A Christmas Carol". One is they have some rich people and they have some very poor people. The rich can be very greedy and mean like the doctor in "The Pearl" and Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol". In both movies they had someone ask the greedy Villain help but both were very selfish. Both Scrooge and Kino did have something in common. They both faced a conflict and a curse. Scrooge needed to turn his life around or he will be alone and miserable for all eternity, man vs. spirit. Kino finds the pearl but it made his life and family miserable, man vs. society.


 * 12/6/13**
 * Description of E. Scrooge**
 * On Paper turned in.**

**12/4/13** There are both differences and similarities between the movie and the book in the Hunger Game. In the movie in the beginning it shows Gale and Katniss relationship alot more unlike in the book they were just hunting together and good friends and Katniss just thought about him while she was away in the game. In the movie some of the characters died very quickly however in the book some of the characters lives were prolonged. In the movie some of Katniss's loved ones vistited her at the Capitol in contrast in the book it just never happened. In the book there was a character named "Avox" who helped Katniss and there was no other characters with similarities in the movie. In the movie it does show Katniss appreciation for Rue but not in the like manner as in the book. Alot of the fighting scenes were very similar from the book to the movie. The relationship developed between Peeta and Katniss developed in the same way in movie and the book. The sequences that happened in the book happened the same time in the movie as well.
 * Compare and Contrast,** **The book Hunger Games and the Movie Hunger Games.**

12/2/13
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Logical- A logical way to get dressed after a shower would be to dry yourself first then get dressed.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Evidence- The detectives need to gather evidence at the murder scene to be able to solve the case.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Infer- I did not like that he was trying to infer that I was not being truthful with him.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Imply- She was trying to imply that I did not do my homework when I actually did.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Personification- I read a poem that had so much personification in it.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Metaphor – In the book the author used a metaphor to describe the anger.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Synthesize- In diabetes 2, the pancreas can still synthesize its own insulin.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Apostrophe- In a sentence sometimes in a word you need to add an apostrophe like for an example: he’s
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Theme (as it applies to literature)- The theme of the book is how he discovered the world.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Literature- In the newspaper there was some literature reviews.

Gavin W. 11/22/13
 * 1) My mother, father and sister are coming to dinner tonight.
 * 2) I like learning English but, it makes me tired.
 * 3) My sister was taller than me when we were young but now I am the tallest and it’s more fun.
 * 4) I love school, learning and my teacher is nice however, I don’t want much for Christmas just some chocolates and a little toy car.
 * 5) Blue is my favorite color because it is the color of the sky and the sea and it reminds me of my favorite insect which is the butterfly.
 * 6) When I get older I want to have a big family because I like big families.
 * 7) We usually leave at 11:00 but, today is different we are leaving at 10:30.
 * 8) I like Tuesdays, Wednesdays and I like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday.
 * 9) We should get moving there’s no time to waste.

Gavin W. 11/20/13

//Call of Duty Ghost// Literature Analysis One of the themes of Call of Duty Ghost (A video Game) is working as a group can solve big things. For Example this small group called the Ghosts saved America by themselves and that shows that they were a small group and they made a big difference by trying hard. You can connect this to real life, like you and your friends cleaning up the neighborhood as a small group making a big difference just like the Ghost saved America. The Game Call of Duty Ghost may seem like all of do is fight but, in that fighting is a lesson and that lesson is working as a group can solve big things.

Gavin W.   11/19/13 Claim of “The Pearl” Claim: Having lots of Money cannot buy you happiness or love. Evidence 1#: Kino and Juana were much happier before they found the pearl. Evidence 2#: Once Kino found the pearl they showed everyone and tried to sell it witch made people want to go after the pearl. Evidence 3#: Kino and Juana started to fight about whether they should keep the pearl or not which led to Kino harming Juana. Evidence 4#: Kino killed a man. Evidence 5#: A mysteries figure burned down there house.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Finish these questions from Chapter 3 of //The Pearl//. Post them to the top of your HW page: 11.14.13 **__

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11/13/13 “The Monkey’s Paw” Quiz
 * 1) What are Mr. White and his son doing at the beginning of the story?
 * 2) Discussing India
 * 3) ** Playing chess **
 * 4) Eating dinner
 * 5) Walking in the rain
 * 6)  Why won’t Morris sell the paw?
 * 7) It is very valuable
 * 8) It was stolen from him
 * 9) ** He doesn’t want anyone else to have sorrow. **
 * 10) It is out of wishes.
 * 11)  What does Mrs. White want as the second wish?
 * 12) She wants to go to India
 * 13) She wants more money
 * 14) ** She wants her son back **
 * 15) She wants no more wishes.
 * 16)  Why doesn’t the Sergeant Major want to discuss the paw?
 * 17) ** It caused too much trouble **
 * 18) He wants it for himself
 * 19) It never existed
 * 20) He lost it
 * 21)  What happened to the first man who made wishes with the paw?
 * 22) ** He became an outcast **.
 * 23) His wishes never came true
 * 24) He became wealthy and powerful
 * 25) He wished for death.
 * 26)  What does the third wish do?
 * 27) It gives the family more money
 * 28) It takes away the result of the second wish
 * 29) It gives them nothing
 * 30) ** It brings back their son **.
 * 31)  What is the first wish?
 * 32) To travel
 * 33) For their son to be back
 * 34) ** For two hundred pounds **
 * 35) To be an emperor
 * 36)  Where had the Sergeant-Major been for twenty one years?
 * 37) Russia
 * 38) ** India **
 * 39) Ireland
 * 40) Wales
 * 41)  How is Mr. White’s first wish not what he expected?
 * 42) He receives money because of his son’s death.
 * 43) He receives fame instead of money.
 * 44) ** He doesn’t receive anything. **
 * 45) He receives a small amount of money.
 * 46)  What happens to Herbert at work?
 * 47) ** He is caught in a machine and killed **
 * 48) He is late
 * 49) He is fired
 * 50) He receives two hundred pounds.
 * 1) He receives fame instead of money.
 * 2) ** He doesn’t receive anything. **
 * 3) He receives a small amount of money.
 * 4)  What happens to Herbert at work?
 * 5) ** He is caught in a machine and killed **
 * 6) He is late
 * 7) He is fired
 * 8) He receives two hundred pounds.
 * 1) He receives two hundred pounds.

__ Bullying __ Bullying seems to be a very hot title nowadays and I think it will always be a problem. I see it every day at school. I did hear that Middle School is actually the worse. I think because it is a transition from elementary school to high school. Some of us are still immature and some of us are more mature so we are all different. Some kids care about what clothes they wear, what shoes they wear or what back packs they have and if someone doesn’t have the right clothes, shoes, or backpack they might get made fun of. Some of those kids just do not have enough money to fit in with the rest of the popular kids. Also a lot of kids get made fun of just from their looks. The most made fun of are the ones who are overweight. There are kids who straight out tell them they are “fat” and laugh at them. I know one kid who was in an assembly during a anti bullying assembly who was sitting down and was overweight. A couple of kids behind that kid were laughing and commented how fat that kid was. That kid could not believe it. Fat is not the only thing kids make fun of other kids about. It could be their hair, nose, hands, feet, anything. The kids that does the bullying does not realize how much they are hurting the people they are making fun of. I see and have heard many stories of kids who kill themselves. I see some of them go in deep depression. I see some of them don’t want to go to school anymore and beg their parents to do home school. I have been told before that sometimes the kids that does the bullying actually come from homes that are not good so they act out at school. I wish everyone would just get along and be nice.

__**11/5/13Complete this Quiz- Chapter 1 of The Pearl.**__ Post it to the homework page 1. Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning? J a) Coyotito.  c) His dog. d) Their bird.
 * b) Juana. **

2. How many beggars are outside the church in Chapter 1? a) Two. b) Ten. d) Seven.
 * c) Four. **

3. What city does the doctor dream of? **a) Paris**. b) London. c) Rome. d) New York City.

4. Who knows all the sins of the town? b) The doctor. c) The monks. d) The trackers.
 * a) The beggars. **

5. What makes the insect that stings Coyotito fall into Coyotito's bed? **a) Coyotito laughs and shakes the rope**. b) The wind blows it into his bed. c) It lunges for his face. d) Coyotito reaches for it.

1. How are the homes of the poor different from the homes of the rich? Use quotes The poor lives in a rural area in a brush house. When Kino and Juana went into town where the rich was, it was different. It was the city of stone and plaster began, the city of harsh outer walls and inner gardens where a little water played. They heard a secret garden, the singing of birds. There were four beggars in front of the church.

3. How is the doctor described? The doctor has no interest in Kino’s people. He has come only to make money, and his greed distorts his human values. He was supposed to value a human life but when he was confront with the baby, he valued no such life, just money. He is also obsessed with European society.

3. What does the doctor’s comment on page 13 reveal about his attitude toward Indians? The doctor has NO respect for them and he feels that they have no money and he feels like they are just animals. He acted like the baby was just an animal and was not a human life.

Gavin W. 11/5/16


 * 1) avarice - greed Some people are just choked with avarice.
 * 2) bougainvillea - a colorful tropical flower. I gave my grandma a special bougainvillea.
 * 3) consolation – to be consoled. I gave my cousin a consolation prize for doing well in football.
 * 4) detachment - unconcerned. My sister always looks like she has a detachment feeling from bad things.
 * 5) indigent - impoverished. A man I know lost his job and became indigent.
 * 6) procession – an orderly line of people. The procession of vehicles was stopping me from crossing the street.
 * 7) reassuring - comforting. It is reassuring to have my dog at my dad's house.
 * 8) scandal - shameful. There are always scandals in the news with celebrities.
 * 9) ulcers – open sores. My step brother has some ulcers in his mouth.

Late, Ways To Say Said 10/31/13
 * 1) “Are you kidding me?” he bellowed.
 * 2) “Don’t go to that room,” she yelled.
 * 3) “Will you go to the movies with me?” he asked.
 * 4) “I am really tired,” she explained.
 * 5) “You need to do your homework,” my mom exclaimed.
 * 6) “Why don’t you like doing homework?” she asked curiously.
 * 7) “Let’s get the new game tonight!” I yelled excitedly.
 * 8) “I really need to go to bed earlier,” I thought.
 * 9) “Are you going to the movies?” he wondered.
 * 10) “You are not going to tell, are you?” he whispered.

// “The Raid of Korriban” // 10/21/13 January 1, 2050, “Guys we’re almost there! We have to deploy the landing gears!” “Got it Emile, we are deploying the landing gears now.” “What do you guys think is on this planet?” “I don’t know but were about to find out!” Alpha Squad had just arrived on the desert planet filled with ancient tombs and tons of mysteries needing to be solved. That’s why they were there. Alpha Squad was a group of highly trained military forces who had been picked individually for their special skills. There was Emile, a medium sized melee master who was trained to fight up close. Then there was Jorgen, a giant walking tank who was trained to handle heavy weaponry and armor for the squad. One of the most fearless members of the squad was Vemrin. Vemrin was the same size as Emile and was picked because of his bravery and strength. Nobody was ever able to break Vemrin, even his drill sergeant tried but he never budged. Finally Six, who was the smallest guy in the group. He was the computer specialist and hacker, and had gotten the nick name Six because he was known to Hack anything in Six seconds. “Ok I think we have landed, you guys ready?” asked Emile. “I think so but, I’m a little worried about what’s on this planet,” Six explained. “Six, don’t be a wimp there’s nothing to worry about we get the samples and go, simple as that,” Emile said. “Ok, I guess so,” said Six. It looked like everyone was ready so they opened the door to outside. A blast of hot desert air blew in their faces as they stepped out of the ship. “Wow, this is great already,” blurted Six “Everybody, move out and scan for any life forms and stick together!” Vemrin shouted. “We know our job Vemrin you don’t need to tell us,” said Emile As everybody started to scan they instantly got readings saying, “There are life forms everywhere around them”, but they couldn’t see because of the sandstorm. “Umm guys… there are readings everywhere, what do we do?” Jorgen asked. “It’s probably just some bugs Jorgen, don’t get so scared,” said Vemrin. Little did they know it wasn’t just bugs it was something bigger, stronger, smarter and faster than bugs. For hours on end the team surveyed almost the entire desert not knowing that something was watching them the whole time. “I think it’s time we hit the hay,” said Six “Yeah, I’m tired and I just want to sleep,” responded Emile “Ok but we have to get back to exploring immediately after sleeping, got it,” Vemrin explained. They finally decided that they needed some sleep so they set up camp right by the tombs that they were going to be looking at the next day. All of them had fallen asleep by 10 PM except for Jorgen who had been polishing everybody’s armor; he needed some more polish for the armor so he decided to get up and go to the ship to get more and as he was leaving he got a funny feeling he was being watched so he grabbed his gun and went to the ship. “Pow! Pow!” Shots were fired and Alpha Team shot up and saw Jorgen was gone. “Jorgen!” screamed Emile. All of Alpha Team started searching for Jorgen, they looked everywhere around the desert but the only thing they found was polish and his gun covered in blood. “What happened? He’s dead!” shouted Six. Six had never seen so much blood before because he worked in the computer department and never really fought. “Do you think he is still alive?” asked Emile. “Well, he’s not here so he must be somewhere,” said Vemrin. “Ok, we will split up to cover more ground,” responded Emile. “No way, I’m not going by myself, we have to stick together!” said Six. “Fine Six we will stick together and search for him, but it will take a long time.” Emile calmly responded. Alpha Team started to search but having to be aware of the monsters that lurked the desert land. They found no other signs of Jorgen so they decided to stop the search regretfully and continue the mission without Jorgen. They walked back to the base feeling like they have abandoned their friend, But they knew it had to be done to complete the mission. “Guys can we just leave, I don’t like the feeling of this place it creeps me out,” asked Six. “Six! Stop complaining we have a task and were going to complete it ok,” yelled Vemrin. After that Six finally knew that Vemrin wasn’t going to let him leave so he accepted it. When they got to their camp everything was destroyed Weaponry, Food, Armor and even their sleeping quarters. “Oh no…,” said Emile regretfully. “Great, now we have no supplies that’s really going to help in this situation!” said Vemrin sarcastily. “Spread out look for any signs of these things,” commanded Emile. They started to look around when something went horribly wrong. “Hey guys I think there’s something here!” Emile yelled. When he went to look at what was there he saw these glowing red eyes.

“Ahhhhh!” Emile shouted A horrible bug with giant wings and glowing red eyes jumped out and bit Emile in the arm, but Emile was trained to use a knife so he pulled it out instantly and stabbed the bug in the eye as hard as he could while the others stood there in shock watching. “My arm! I’m bit!” Emile screamed. Everyone stood there not knowing what to do while Emile was sitting there bleeding out. “Someone please help me!” Emile cried out. Vemrin came to his senses and rushed to Emile bandaging his arm while Six was standing there unable to move. More of the monsters started coming so Vemrin, Emile and Six were forced to go in the dark tomb. “Now should we go to the ship!” said Six. “We can’t go out there now, there too many bugs out there,” said Vemrin. “But Emile might die if we stay in here!” shouted Six. “Stop fighting, it’s only a bite, I will be ok,” said Emile calmly. They decided they weren’t able to go outside for a while so they set up camp with the supplies they had left to survive the night. They made sure by about 9 Pm they would turn off the lights so they would not attract attention to themselves. In the middle of the night Emile woke up to go get a bandage for his wound and when he climbed out of the tent he saw something that he did not want to see. There was Jorgen lying on the ground…… dead. “Jorgen, Are you ok?” Emile asked. He still laid there not making a move. Emile ran up to him. “They’re stronger than you think,” Said Jorgen struggling to talk. “What?” Emile asked not sure she heard correctly. After she asked Jorgen again when he meant…. Jorgen finally dropped dead. Emile checked his pulse and found there was no pulse, no sign of life. The rest of the squad came out. “Jorgen! You’re alive!” Six shouted excitedly. “No Six… he’s not,” said Emile somberly. “He said something…. it was… //they’re stronger than you think…// What does that mean?” Emile wondered aloud. The only thing that they could think of was bigger bugs but it wasn’t that. It was something even more devastating than that. The squad took a careful look at Jorgen and saw there was knife damage in his armor. “Guys, are you seeing this? There are signs of knife damage in his armor. I think he has been shot by something, but what could have done that?” Vemrin wondered. Everyone looked puzzled about how this could have happened. They looked for a while and then heard something down the hall way and then….. they saw it. There was a horrible torn apart solider who was holding a knife. Could it have been one of the squads that had been sent here before? The soldier pulled out a knife and started to run towards them, they all pulled out their guns and shot until the soldier wasn’t getting up. “Something’s not right here he should have been dead, he was torn apart,” Vemrin explained. They all started arguing with each other not noticing that something big was rising up behind them. “Guys we have a problem!” shouted Six. Jorgen got up behind them grabbed a rock and started to charge them. “Six, watch out!” Emile yelled. Emile jumped and tackled Jorgen before he could kill Six, Emile started to rapidly punch Jorgen but Jorgen still had his armor on to protect him from Emile’s Punches. “He won’t go down what do I do!” shouted Emile. Vemrin grabbed his gun and started firing at Jorgen with no resistance until Jorgen wasn’t moving anymore. “No, why did you do that we could have saved him!” said Six sadly. “He almost killed Emile what was I supposed to do?” Vemrin explained. Six had no explanation; he knew that was the only thing to do to stop Jorgen. “I guess your right…” said Six. “I don’t think we can stay here for the night knowing that those things are in here,” said Emile. The ground started to move further through the tomb trying to find out its secrets, but all they were finding were dead soldiers and some of them alive but torn apart wanting to kill them. As they reached the end of the tomb they saw the Captain of the military platoon siting there and it had looked like he was breathing for a minuet so they ran up to him. “Oh yes! A living person, please help me!” said the Captain excitingly. Emile ran up to him and asked the Captain. “Captain, what’s going on here? There are people rising from the ground after being killed!” Emile asked. “Listen, my platoon got here a couple days ago to explore this planet but, when we got here we were attack by massive bugs that had glowing red eyes and we were pushed in to this tomb with dead soldiers that were killing us. We had gotten to the end of the tomb here were we had our last stand but I’m still alive and I have been for two days,” Captain explain. “That still doesn’t answer my question, what’s going on here,” Emile responded. “I don’t know I just want to get off this planet!” said the Captain. They picked up the Captain and started to get samples of the tombs before they left the planet so that they could analyze what was going on Korriban. As they started to leave they saw more and more soldiers rising from the ground. “Guys, we need to go faster they are starting to rise again!” screamed Six. All of the soldiers were slowing them down and they weren’t going to get to the exit in time. “You guys go, I’ll hold them off,” said Emile bravely. Vemrin, Six and the captain made it out of the tombs while Emile was fighting his hardest in the tombs fighting till his death. Vemrin, Six and the Captain ran outside. “No, not again there are the giant bugs.” said the Captain. They started to sprint to out run the bugs. They saw the ship running as fast as they could to it. They were so close to the ship when the bugs cut them off. “Don’t worry we can hold them off!” Captain yelled out. Six and the captain knew they were not going to be able to fight them off so they kept running but, Vemrin stayed behind fighting the bugs. It was only Six and the Captain left racing to get in the ship. “Captain, you know how to handle a ship?” Six asked. “Yes I know how, why are you asking?” the captain responded. Six hit the launch button and slammed the door, the Captain took off in the ship leaving Six and Vemrin to fight off the monsters till the ship took off. “I don’t think we are going to make it!” yelled Six. “Just try to fight Six!” Vemrin responded. // March 10, 2050 back on earth. // “Yes the ship has arrived!” Back on earth the space station that had launched alpha squad knew the ship was coming back to earth that day and were exited to discover what secrets laid on Korriban. The ship started to land in the space port as the scientist raced down to the ship to find out what was awaiting in the ship for them. When they opened the ship they were expecting to find Alpha squad waiting to be picked up from the ship but… all they saw was a dead Captain in the driver’s seat. “Captain, are you ok?” the scientist asked. The scientist walked up to the Captain and saw that he was still breathing. “Korriban is not what you think it is,” Captain whispered. The Captain had died and the scientist didn’t know what that meant so, they started picking out another group of soldiers to send to Korriban again.

December 25, 2050 “I have been on this planet for almost one whole year now and I need a rescue team, I’m hungry hurt and I want to go home. I came here with my squad a year ago looking to see what secretes are on this planet but we had ran into trouble while we were here and most of my squad was killed by radioactive soldiers and bugs. The way I have been surviving is scavenging off dead soldiers that get sent up here to find out what’s going on, I’m tired of living this way and I’m planning to take a risk and run for the next ship that gets here. For anyone who is reading this, this is Six of Alpha Squad and I’m out. -Six of Alpha Squad All of the soldiers were slowing them down and there weren’t going to get to the exit in time. “I will hold them off you guys keep running!” bravely said Emile. “No were staying with you and fighting!” yelled Vemrin. All of alpha squad and the captain were fighting off the radioactive soldiers until there were no more. Vemrin, Emile, Six and the Captain ran outside. “No not again there are the giant bugs.” said the Captain. They started to sprint to out run the bugs. They saw the ship running as fast as they could to it. They were so close to the ship when the bugs cut them off. “Guys what do we do there’s to many!” said Six. They were all forced to fight the bugs before they could get on the ship but there were just too many off them. “I can hold them off for a while so your able to get out of here, you got it!” shouted the Captain. “You have fought bravely captain,” said Vemrin. Alpha squad raced to the ship and took off just in time to get away from the bugs but, unfortunately not the captain. // March 10, 2050, back at earth // “Yes the ship has arrived!” Back on earth the space station that had launched alpha squad knew the ship was coming back to earth that day and were exited to discover what secrets laid on Korriban. The ship started to land in the space port as the scientist raced down to the ship to find out what was awaiting in the ship for them. The shuttle doors opened and there was Alpha Squad waiting for their next order.
 * Extras! **
 * Epilog **
 * AlterNet Ending: ** “Guys we need to go faster there starting to rise again!” screamed Six.


 * Character Charts **

Name: Emile Age: 27 Birthday: 3/10/23 Species: Cyborg Gender: Male Personality: Optimistic, Smart and Organized Specializations: Melee fighting and Tactics

Name: Six Age: 24 Birthday: 6/23/26 Species: Human Gender: Male Personality: Humorous, Sarcastic, Nerdy and Paranoid Specializations: Computing and Hacking

Name: Jorgen Age: 32 Birthday: 8/16/18 Species: Human Gender: Male Personality: Strong and quiet Specializations: Armor, weaponry and stamina

Name: Vemrin Age: 29 Birthday: 1/28/21 Species: Human Gender: Male Personality: Brave, Strong, to over confident and No Feeling Specializations: Commanding, Planning and fighting

**Inspirations:** My inspirations for this story are mostly from video games I have always played in the past that I thought would fit in to this story like the characters names, I got Emile and Jorgen from a game I played called” **__Halo Reach”__** and Emile and Jorgen were special forces unit just like they are in this story but, I changed them to make them have more characteristics and be more interesting. For the planet name I got it from an alien game (I forgot the name of the game -_-) and the name was Korriban and I wanted it to be a kind of desert feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere and there is no place to hide but the tombs that are filled with horrible monsters. I got the idea for the dead soldiers from “**__World War Z”__** because I recently watched that movie and knew I was going to incorporate that in some way into my story and I wanted them not to be any old zombies I wanted them to be fast and stronger than the average person. For the ending I wanted to have a bad kind of ending because if you have ever watched a scary movie/horror it never ends well but I also added an alternate ending which has a good ending. For the whole story I got my inspiration from “**__Halo Reach”__** again because I got idea of the whole squad dyeing and no one living so that the scientist that sent them would repeat the presses many times on soldiers getting sent to the planet and no one coming back. I also aimed for the ancient look of the desert planet to show that the planet was abandoned and broken thousands of years ago when other civilizations used to live on the planet. That’s all of the Inspirations I put into the story to make it one of the best story’s I have made.

**// The End //**

=Prewriting for Scary Story= =Title: "//The Raid of Korriban////"//= =Main Characters: Emile, Jorgan, Vemrin and Six (Alpha Team)= =Setting: Planet Korriban= =Problem/Goal: Discover the ancient secretes of Korriban= =Rising Action: Trying to find there way through all of the ancient tombs, but finds out one the most darkest secretes of the tombs.= =Climax: Alpha Team finds the center of all of the planet and has to fight off the dark monsters.= =Resolution: Nobody from Alpha Team gets away but, They know the story behind the ancient tombs of Korriban.= =Date: January 1, 2050=


 * __ Frankenstein Questions __**

1. What is Victor’s goal in creating the creature? In what ways does he succeed and fail?

**Victor’s goal was to avoid death. He also wanted to create new species. He succeeded in creating this new species but he failed at creating a perfect one, he was destructive.**

2. The creature claims, “Only misery made me a fiend.” What does he mean? Do you agree? Explain.

**The creature meant that he was a monster and that he was hated and mean. I do agree with it because he had no feelings and he was not nurtured and was very alone.**

3. Mr. De Lacey says, “Most people are friendly—unless they are blinded by prejudice.” What prejudice does the creature face? What does the play say about the effect of prejudice?

**In the play the people judged the creature in the way he looked and the play said that,” if your treated like a monster you’ll become a monster.”**

4. Why does the creature want a companion like himself? Do you agree with Victor’s refusal to create one? Explain.

**The creature thinks that those who are just just like him will accept him and I do not agree with Victor not creating another one because then maybe the creature wouldn’t have felt lonely.**

5. Was it justifiable for the creature to murder Victor’s loved ones as a means of revenge? Explain.

**It was not justifiable because they were innocent. It kind of was understandable why he murdered Victors loved ones Victor failed at teaching the creature to love so the creature was unpredictable.**


 * __Dialogue__**
 * “Hey, let’s find something to watch on tv”, Jimmy suggested to Kurt.**
 * “Sure, what do you want to watch?” Kurt asked.**
 * “How about sports, I feel like watching soccer or football.” Jimmy suggested.**
 * “Let’s look up all the channels and see if there’s any football going on right now.” Kurt replied.**
 * “Alright, sounds good” Jimmy said.**
 * “Here we go! Found it!” Kurt shouted.**
 * “Alright!! Dallas, Cowboys! Just perfect!” Jimmy yelled.**
 * “Hey, I am curious, why do you like the Cowboys so much?” Kurt asked.**
 * “I have always liked them since I was young. My uncle and cousin and I have always been fans of them so it is a family thing. Plus they are a kick butt team.” Jimmy answered.**
 * “That’s cool.” Kurt replied. “The Chargers are my favorite.”**
 * “Actually, I like the Chargers too but they are number two. Dallas Cowboys is number one for me.” Jimmy explained.**
 * “You will always be loyal to the Dallas Cowboys no matter how they play?” Kurt asked.**
 * “Yes, I will always be loyal to them. Just like I know you will always be a Chargers fan!.” Jimmy replied.**
 * “Alright! Let’s watch this game!” Kurt Shouted**

Gavin W. 10/15/13 **__ “Dying to be Strong” __**** Response ** Using steroids is unhealthy; it can cause acne, cancer, baldness, stunted growth, liver and heart damage. All of that are more what it can do you physically but it has effects to people emotionally too. It can cause them to have psychiatric problems, cause them to get so angry and get into fits of anger. It can cause them to get into very deep depression and make them want to commit suicide. I hear and see people use steroids so they can do better or perform better. They want to be the best at what they can do but I think they don’t think about what can happen to them after they use steroids after a long time and it is just not worth it

Self-Evaluation in English I have to say I’m not the best at homework (I’m really bad at it) and I need to improve with that a lot because that is what can bring your grade down fast and I’ve learned that the hard way. I’ve also learned that there won’t be a lot of video games and TV now that I’m in middle school so I have to stop doing too much of that. But the good part of this is I’m always on top of my class work and I always try my hardest to do that and also I think my grade was correct for what I did but my goal is to improve that to a “A” so I will be more happy with my grades instead of dreading having to tell my parents my grade.

Gavin Wallgren 10/21/13 to make up for 9/16/13 Per. 3 Biography

I was born on March 10, 2001 in San Diego, California. The hospital I was born in was Balboa Navel Hospital at 10 pounds 11 ounces, 21 inches long. I have an older sister, Isabella, who is 17 and sometimes she is annoying but she is a good sister to me. I went to Walt Whitman Elementary School from Kindergarten to sixth grade. I won three music awards when I was picked to be a part of a team of four kids to help represent my school to go up to Del Mar and compete. I helped identify classical songs and won first place. When I graduated from sixth grade I got an award from the President’s Education’s Award Program”Outstanding Academic Achievement”. When I am at home, I do love to spend time playing video games when I am allowed to. I like to play Minecraft where I can just build and be creative. I sometimes can build for hours I admit. The other game I like to play is Call of Duty. I also like to enjoy my time spending time with my family. I live in two houses. One is my mom’s house in Clairemont. My mom, Bruce who is like a step dad for the past 8 years, Kurt who is like a step brother, Katherine who is like a step sister, and my sister, Isabella. Also at my mom’s house, my grandparents live next door and my Uncle and cousins live one block away. At my dad’s house in El Cajon is just my dad, my step mom and my sister. There is one incident I would like to tell you about. I started to play football since I was in the third grade. When I was in the fifth grade, my team finally made it to the play offs. All the hard work every single day, all the bumps and bruises sprains and sweats and tears was all worth it. I felt like it was an accomplishment. Then one of my teammate’s dad got the whole team tickets to the Chargers game! Also we got to be down on the field!! We were part of the opening in front of hundreds of people. We got to play against another team and won a few plays. It was so awesome and then when the Chargers team came out, we got to High Five each of them one by one. It is something I will never forget.

Why English is important? I think English is an important subject for us to learn because it will help us get a very good job in the future. It is good to have good writing skills and good grammar. When we go to college it is good to have good English skills to write good essays. There are many words in vocabulary and when we learn all the words we can use them when we write or speak. We write and speak in English in school, home, letters, internet, and more. It is important to have good communication skills so there are no misunderstandings.