Poem Idea

I have already started writing my poem and it is a narrative.

Stargirl Thesis

Thesis: In, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, you learn that sometimes being different than everyone else, might change everything, and everyone around you.

Response To Poem

I think that this poem means that when you aren't famous or popular, you are a nobody and that there are a lot of "nobodys" out there in our world. It is also saying how if you happen to be famous, it's a dreadful thing because people are constantly following you around saying your name. It's important because it's saying how it's not always fun to be well known to everyone. It made me feel like I was one of those nobodys because I'm not famous.

Heroes

When you start off as a little kid, heroes are either Dora, Superman, or some other type of character. When you grow up, you start to look up to actual people. Right now, I would have to say my heroes are my parents. I admire them because they have always supported and care for me. They are just great because they always seem to be helping everyone else before themselves, and do everything they can to make sure people have what they need. They are caring, fun, genuine people that I really appreciate. I could maybe give a little more to the community and other places but I feel like I am like them in the sense that I do watch out for others before myself usually.

One Year To Live

If I only had one year left to live, I wouldn't even know what to do. I would probably spend as much time with my family and friends as possible. I would never want to sleep, and I would probably eat anything I wanted to. I would want to go to Cedar Point, Ohio too because I am in LOVE with roller coasters and that place is full of them. I would also probably do many other things I haven't done before. If I knew that I was going to die in a year, I really don't think that life would continue to have a meaning to it. When you are living, you always live life to the fullest because you never know when you or someone else you know could die. But when you know that you are going to die, it's a scary thing and nothing really has much meaning anymore.

Spring Break: Florida

This spring break vacation, I went to Florida. First I went and stayed at the HardRock hotel in Orlando. There my family, Jayla and I went to all the rides at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. It was so fun and there were so many great rides. My favorite one was a new one called the Rip Ride Rocket. It starts by going straight up 90 degrees and you get to pick your own music! I picked Stronger by Kayne West and Bring Me To Life by Evanescence. After Orlando we went to Kissimee where we rented a huge 5,000 square foot house. I laid out there the first day we got there. But I was stupid and didn't put any sun tan lotion on and laid out for 5 hours and got majorly burnt. We were only five minutes away from the Disney Parks so we then went to all of those. The best ride at Disney is either Expedition Everest or the Rock'n Roller Coaster. In Expedition Everest, they make it feel as if a Yeti is chasing you while you are on top of Mount Everest. In the Rock'n Roller Coaster, you are in a huge "limo" coaster, and you shoot out at 60 mph right in the beginning. After Disney, we went to the beautiful ClearWater Beach. There, we laid out for hours and went in the salty ocean. I got to see a school or sting rays, and I got to see people get cleared out of the water because sharks were feeding. One actually jumped out of the water and ate a bird! But that was my Spring Break.

Civil War Summary

1. There were many reasons that the civil war happened but the one I am going to talk about the slaves. The slaves wanted to be free, and the North wanted them to be free too. The South on the other hand did not want to give up their slaves because that's how they made their money. So the North and South were fighting for either slavery or no slavery.

2. The battle of Gettysburg was an important battle in the outcome of the war. It really set the tone of the war. After this battle, most people knew the North was dominate.

3. I think there were many important people involved in this war. But one really important person would have to be Harriet Tubman. She lead all the slaves through the underground railroad to the North.

Writing Reflection

The part of the writing process that I found to be easy was finding information on the civil war. The challenging parts was probably trying to get all the writing done in only two days. I felt very rushed and I felt as if I couldn't write to my best abilities. I did use my time as best as I could, and if I could change my story, I wish I could have made it a little more detailed than I did.

Q&A Character

Q: Why did you want to fight in the war?
A: I wanted to fight in the war so that I could try and stop slavery in America.

Q: What side are you fighting for?
A: I am fighting for the North, because they are against slavery.

Q: Do you expect to make it out alive?\
A: In fact, I do expect to make it out alive. Maybe not fully healthy, but alive.

Girls State Basketball 2011

This past weekend my team and I went to Steven's Point for the State Basketball tournament. We drove up on Friday and got to the Ramada (hotel) around 3p.m. At first we were going to go swimming, but then we decided to just hang out by the pool. So for the rest of the day we hung out, ate food and then later in the night watched a movie and ran around the hotel. On Saturday, we woke up at 8:30 a.m. to go eat breakfast. We found out very quickly that it wasn't very tasty so we just went back to our rooms and ate pop-tarts. Our first game was at 11:00, so we had to get to our game at 10:30. We got to our game, listened to some pump up music, and warmed up by shooting. Then the game started. We got an early lead in the first quarter; it was 11-3 right within the first 3 minutes. Then at half we were down 25-23. After this half we decided we needed to step up our game a little bit if we wanted to truly win. So we kicked our game into high gear and ended up winning, 45-30.
Our next three games for Saturday were a little different. Our next one we won by 5, 40-45. The one after that we won by 30, and after that 25. Finally it's Sunday. Our game to get into the final four. We played Beaver Dam and beat them by 8 to make us get into the final four. Next we would play Waunakee in order to get into the finals for the state championship game. We lost by 8... And unfortunately, our last time to try and win state for the second time, was over... In the end we got fourth, but out of 27 teams, I don't think it's that bad of a position.