September October Writing

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By!Anika!

Tsunami!Poems!!

The only books that separate ground water and surface water are our law books.

Duane Smith

Water flows humbly to the lowest level. Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it. •

Lao-Tzu

Table of Contents

• Being a new picture • My dog Jack • Worst Tsunami in 2011 • Main Idea About Splat!

• The Biggest Wave • The big Wave

New!Picture! !

By!Anika!Marsh! !!!!!I!was!a!newly!framed!art!piece!entering!a!museum.!

I!felt!like!I!was!going!to!a!new!school!for!the!first!time.!

I!fretted.!What!if!other!pictures!were!different!from! me?!

What!if!I!was!the!only!picture!with!a!big!frame?!What! if!I!needed!to!go!on!a!diet?!

I!approached!the!museum,!and!it!didn’t!look!so! bad,!but!when!people!fastened!me!onto!the!wall‌!

Ouch!!!I!got!used!to!it!when!they!screwed!the!last! corner!to!the!wall.!!

I!saw!other!paintings!afraid!of!being!in!the!new! museum,!which!made!me!realize!I!wasn’t!the!only!one! scared.!I!also!saw!families!and!friends!pointing!at! paintings!and!heard!them!talking!about!the!pictures.!! !!!!For!days!and!days,!I!stayed!in!a!museum,!where! people!could!see!me.!I!was!scared!when!they!looked! at!me!in!a!surprised!way,!but!at!the!same!time!I!felt! really!happy!that!people!watched!and!videotaped!in! front!of!me.!For!years!and!years!people!came!by!to! take!pictures!of!me,!and!the!more!they!took,!the!more!

I!felt!more!like!an!ordinary!picture.!!

My!Dog,!Jack!! !

By!Anika! !

One!day,!when!I!was!1!year!old,!my!family! bought!a!dog!that!was!a!few!months!old.!His! name!was!Jack.!He!was!just!a!little!puppy! ready!to!find!a!home.!Jack!grew!a!lot!bigger! over!time.! !

Now,!since!9!years!have!gone!by,!Jack!is!9! years!old,!which!is!67!years!old!for!humans.!

This!is!an!old!age!for!Jack,!but!he!is!still!a! healthy!and!a!good!dog.!Now,!it!was!close!to!

October,!Jack!was!turning!10,!that!mean! he’s!going!to!turn!70!in!humans!years.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Worst!Tsunami!in!2011!

3/11/11! !

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By!Anika!Marsh! ! !I!was!in!my!house,!with!my!head!full!of!excitement,!I!couldn’t! think!for!a!minute!because!of!the!sleepover!with!Mina.!I!was!ready!to! go!to!Mina’s!house.!!As!we!went!I!finally!settled.!When!I!got!to!Mina’s! house,!I!felt!even!more!excited.!We!had!some!snacks,!ate!dinner!and! played!until!we!needed!to!go!to!bed.!! ! !!!!

Next!Day,!I!watched!Mina!and!her!brother!play!a!game,!then! after!that!I!played!with!Mina!until…! !

The!Tsunami!!! !

I!felt!shaking!around!the!house.!We!calmly!went!under!the!table!and! waited!for!it!to!stop.!!When!the!shaking!ceased!we!went!back!to!our! playing.!!However,!nothing!really!happened!to!us.! !

I!didn’t!think!about!the!shaking!for!several!days!because!no!one! told!me!about!it,!no!one!talked!about!it.!!Why!is!that?!!Did!I!forget?!I! had!not!felt!any!shaking!around!the!house!until!this!time,!until!now.!I! like!to!ignore!those!kinds!of!things!but!I!think!it’s!because!I!never! read!any!earthquake!books!and!it!wasn’t!on!the!news!either.!Even!my! mom!or!dad!won’t!tell!me!because!they!might!have!forgotten!the!last! time!they!had!earthquakes!or!they!might!have!remembered!but! doesn’t!want!to!scare!me.!

Then!when!we!saw!the!news,!the!tsunami!was!covering!the! whole!east!side!of!Japan.!We!went!outside!to!feel!the!shaking!again,! but!it!stopped.!Silence.!Mina’s!mom!called!my!mom,!because!of!the! tsunami.!We!played,!with!fear!in!the!back!of!my!mind,!until!my!mom! got!to!Mina’s!house.!When!my!mom!picked!me!up!and!arrived!home,!I! always!remember!the!moment!of!the!tsunami.!!

The!biggest!Tsunami,!and!later!on,!we!prayed!for!the!ones!that! got!hit!by!the!tsunami.!There!was!no!tsunami!bigger!then!the!March!

11!Tsunami!and!!

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about!and!talk!about!how!big!the!tsunami!was.! !!

Next!day,!I!thought!maybe!I!could!donate!and!make!money!for!the! people!in!Tohoku!Area.!!I!knew!that!would!be!very!helpful.!! !!

I!like!to!help!people.! !

I!like!to!care!for!people!who!were!in!the!Tsunami.!Caring!each!other! is!very!important.!I!will!pray!for!people!who!were!in!the!tsunami.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

We!will!never!ever!forget!this!moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Main!Idea!About!Splat! !

1.!Bad!kids!get!in!trouble! a. They!may!get!away!with!it!a!few! times! b. Eventually!get!caught! !

2.!Kids!are!bad!because! a. They!want!to!get!noticed! b. Get!attention! c. Bored! !

3. Bad!and!Good!Humor! a. If!you!have!a!good!humor! nothing!would!go!wrong! b. If!you!have!a!bad!humor!you! would!get!in!trouble!and!it!can! get!worse!

4. What!bad!kids!do!like!Alex!and!

Keegen?! a. Throw!tomato’s!

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b. Pushing!people!in!the! bathroom!and!off!a!hill!when! their!not!suppose!to! !

5. Being!Bad!is!sometimes!fun?! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! a. Throwing!tomato’s!at! people! b. Pushing!people!when!they! are!in!the!porta^potie!

6. Bad!people!like!Keegen!and!Alex! eventually!did!things!fun!not!bad?! !!!!!! a. Throwing!tomato’s!at! people! ! ! !

Splat!!!

!!!!If!you!want!to!be!bad,!you!can!read!Splat!!!This! book!makes!you!want!to!be!evil,!but!you!can’t!be! as!bad!as!Alex!and!Keegen,!because!they!always! get!in!trouble.!Do!you!want!to!be!an!ordinary! character!that!doesn’t!change!much?!Or!do!you!

want!to!be!a!person!that!gets!in!trouble!but! makes!some!big!changes,!like!holding!a!tomato^ throwing!event!like!the!stars!of!this!book.!!! !

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The!Biggest!Wave!

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Anika!Marsh! !

One March afternoon when it was very cold, The trees started to Shiver, Then everything shook shook Shook!!

A big wave appeared more than 8 feet tall, Like a giant who didn’t like the land at all Everything started to rumble tumble and Crumble!

Like a piece of paper getting crumbed Then everything was still like a Quiet Room,

Nobody liked this Typhoon. Never liked it.

The!Big!wave!pg,!3^10!

By!Anika!

The!Big!Wave!takes!place!at!long!time!ago!Japan.!

Most!of!the!actions!happen!on!a!farm!and! seaside!fishing!village.!If!I!lived!there!I!would!be! scared!of!the!ocean!and!erupting!volcanoes!that! was!threatening!the!village!people!didn’t!know! how!to!handle!the!big!wave.!! !!!!!!Jiya!said!their!enemy!was!the!ocean!because! the!same!ocean!attacked!land!many!times.! !

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Compare!Jiya!and!Kino! !

The!two!boys!Jiya!and!Kino!have!different! feelings!about!the!sea.!They!are!friends!roaming! free.!They!live!in!different!parts!of!Japan.!Kino’s!! a!farmer,!and!Jiya’s!dad!is!a!fisherman.!Kino! doesn’t!dislike!the!sea!but!Jiya!is!the!opposite.!

The!tsunami!wasn’t!a!problem!for!Kino!because! he!lived!up!the!mountains.!Jiya!frets!even!more! than!Kino,!because!he!lives!on!the!ocean.!If!I! were!one!of!the!main!characters,!I!would!stay! calm!and!live!a!happy!life!in!the!present.!!!! ! ! !

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Essay!About!How!Environment!Affects!

Me! My!Time!in!Paris!

By!Anika!Marsh!

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!Before!I!first!came!to!Paris,!I!thought!it!was!just! a!plain!country.!When!I!saw!it!for!real!the!first! time,!Paris!had!lots!of!history!for!example!the!

Eiffel!Tower,!which!was!bigger!than!the!Tokyo!

Tower.!!The!language!they!spoke,!French,!was! very!fancy!and!interesting.!This!place!had!lots!of! interesting!stuff.! ! !We!got!a!Eiffel!Tower!key!chain!to!remember! this!place.!Paris!is!my!3rd!favorite!place.!We! came!here!many!times,!but!we!will!not!forget! the!first!time!we!came!to!Paris.!Paris!is!the!place! that!looks!so!magnificent.!!The!trip!made!me!feel! like!a!traveller!and!adventurer.!!It!was!nice! seeing!my!dad!so!happy.!Travelling!is!great!for! my!family.!It!was!also!nice!meeting!other!family! members!as!now!I!know!how!important!they!are! to!me.! !

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