Content Introduction:............................................................................................................. 2
Friends For Life (Poem) .......................................................................................... 3
THE ORDER OF THE DRAGON (short story) ........................................................ 4
Being Friends Means to be Family (six word memoir)........................................... 12
I’m grateful for…(poem) ........................................................................................ 13
Meaning of love (love poem)….............................................................................. 14
Dear mother (mother poem) .................................................................................. 16
Epic Hero (description) .......................................................................................... 17
Epic Hero (drawing) ............................................................................................... 18
The Adventure of a Lifetime (travel writing) ........................................................... 19
Conclusion................................................................ ¡Error! Marcador no definido.
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Introduction: My name is Luz Maria Juarez Coconi, I am 16 years old, and I was born on November 29th, 2001, in San Pedro Cholula Puebla. In my family we are 5, my father Pedro, my mother Maria del Carmen, my two siblings Pedro and Jose, and I’m the youngest. I went to kinder garden in a catholic school, elementary school in Yoliztli, junior high school in Instituto Mexicano Madero and for the moment I am in my first year of High school in the Instituto Mexicano Madero. My interests for the future is to finish High School, and to get in the university, for becoming an industrial engineer. I want to get a certification in the languages of English and German. I want to travel around the world, to live in another country and get a good job.
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Friends For Life By Luz Maria Juarez Coconi
Friendship is one of life's greatest treasures Being friends is about Sharing our lives with others Friends that are loyal are always there To make you laugh when you are down
Help you to get through the darkest days Friends show that love in so many ways Being Friends is about Spending a lot of time together and I enjoy every moment
If one day we fight I will always struggle for my Friends If for any reason we separated I will always search for you No matter if I have to travel to the other part of the world There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
This kind of Friends can be hard to find, but they offer a friendship that will last a lifetime
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Instituto Mexicano Madero Luz Maria Juarez Coconi 1° D
THE ORDER OF THE DRAGON By the moment I entered to my house I noticed that everything was extremely dark and in really deep silence, the only thing I could see was that light, that terrifying light at the end of the hall and this mysterious shadow, so when I entered to the room, I couldn't believe that my mom was dead‌ I was alone in my house so my first reaction was to call an ambulance and the police, the first thing I did was to help her, after many exhaustive tries to save her, the reality reached me, she was dead and there was nothing I could do, that was something that will take me time to assimilate.
That night I lived the longest and most shocking night of my life. When the cops arrived, I take them directly to where my mom was, they closed the area and took me away from her, by the time I was walking to the door, in my head appeared all the beautiful moments I had with her, and was in that moment when I began collapsing and started crying, then my brother entered to the house with a very scared face, he was astonished when he saw my face, I tried to explain him, but for me was impossible because each time I pronounced a word, several tears fell from my green eyes, I just had enough force to point to the end of the hall, for me the scene was terrible, but for my brother was devastating, his shiny skin became as white as a ghost; the rest of the night was a series of flashes in my head, after my brother entered the cops called our family, the neighbors were out the house asking many questions, then I looked around and observed the whole scene, and something trapped my attention, it was a really unusual shadow, definitely was someone that I had never seen, that moment was so fast that I couldn't identify that person. All the night I hugged my brother, in that time I felt that hugging him was like holding the only real thing in my life, an hour later I just felt an arm pulling us out of the house, I shouted desperately, then my eyes were closed and I felt asleep. Then next day everything felt weird, there was something missing in my life, I felt like a big hole inside me and nothing could fill it.
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I was on my uncle's house, personally I never liked that place but always I have thought it was really mysterious, I enter to the dining room and my uncles didn't know what to say, I returned to the room where I was staying and in the hall I saw a weird symbol of a dragon, but in that moment anything could stop my sadness. After a couple of hours I realized that I haven't seen my brother since last night, but I said to myself that maybe this was a normal behavior for him I didn’t blame him ,yesterday was very tough night for both of us, maybe he was just trying to escape from our sad reality, but I was expecting we will be together so both could share our pain and support mutually. My uncle's house was kind of big, so I started walking until I almost felt down, I was really sad, last night was a night I will never forget, all the events were stuck in my mind, so I think that fresh air was not helping me and I decided to return to that mysterious house so I could rest, and try to forget all the bad things that had happened, when I was entering to the house I heard a loud knocking, and like anybody appeared I decided to open the door, and then I heard my uncle's steps, he was getting closer very fast, so I hid behind the armchair; when my uncle opened the door, a police officer appeared, he was Dave Smith, he was in charge of the death’s investigations. Smith was the first one to talk: -I’m sorry Stephan, after all the research we did, we concluded that Mrs. Cadwell, killed herself, we didn’t find the suicide weapon, but we can affirmed it was a suicide because of her body marks, she hadn’t any. -Oh thank you, I think this will be a helpful release for my relatives. I hope you could come to Marion's funeral, I think she will be glad to see all her close friends and relatives. -I will try to go, and again, I am sorry. Then he closed the door, and walked through the hall, and for me everything turned into a complete darkness, I began crying, I couldn't believed that my mom killed herself, it was not possible. So I ran to my room, and tried to join everything, but nothing fits, at least not for me. I tried to sleep but I couldn’t achieve it because my mom's funeral will be almost in 10 hours. The last thing I heard before sleeping was my brother entering into the room. Is an undescriptible feeling, dressing up for my mom's funeral, I didn’t have enough time to make a suitcase, so my aunt lent me a dress, but it was too big for a thin 18 year old girl like me, I find a way to fold the dress for it to fit me, my aunt suddenly enter to the room asking if I was ready, but she stop and said: -You're exactly like your m.. The word stayed in her mouth and she went out of the room with a tear in her eye, she just said:
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-Hurry up please, we are late. I looked into the mirror and realized that my aunt was right, I looked pretty similar to my mom, the same long brown hair, the bright green eyes, the pink cheeks, and we both were caustic, both have a reasonable height, one of the difference was that I had a small spot next to my red lips, my red lips were thanks to all the lipstick that I used, that was another difference that I had with my mom, my grandma approached to me and said: - If you need something, I’ll be there for you Ella… Ella, only mom used to tell me like that, because my full name is Daniela, it was strange, but definitely I felt some support almost as if I had my mom next to me. -Thanks grandma- I replied. Then my brother and I went for a walk, we needed to get distracted and by the time we came back, the only ones left were our aunt and uncle, they had a face of desperation, in fact it was very obvious that they wanted to leave as soon as possible. When we arrived to my uncle's house it was late, well the sun was hiding and the sky had three different types of blue and orange, we had an amazing view,it was almost like the ones that my family used to watch together in the park that was in front of our department. I had the feeling that anything was right, so I decided to investigate by my own. The first thing was to return to my house, I didn’t have any better idea. I left my uncle’s house and immediately took the first bus to Middle Lake were my house was. By the time I looked at my town my green eyes start crying. The road was horrible I felt bad and uncomfortable. When I arrived to my building I felt even worst. I ran up the stairs and opened the door of my house, everything was extremely clean, and it smells exactly as the soap my mom used to clean the floor. It was hard for me to walk to the place where “the suicide” happened but by the time I walked into the place a small shiny object dazzled me. I picked it up from the floor and I realized that it was a ring, but it was different from a normal one. It had a small dragon with two emerald eyes holding a small red flag, and then a flashback came to my mind it was the same symbol as the one I saw in my uncle’s house, I didn’t found any relation between this. Everything in my mind was messed up, I was trying to connect the ring with everything else but I couldn’t. In the walk back to my uncle’s house I was very thoughtful, I felt bad and honestly, the only thing I wanted was a hug from my mom.
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When I arrived into the house I wanted to tell my brother what I found, but when I was going to tell him, I look at his neck and he has the same ring that I found, the only thing different was that he use it as a necklace. I was shocked.
-It’s everything okay?, Ella -he said. -Yeah, yeah, it’s because you know that is difficult that mom is not here anymore -I said. He put a serious face and when I hug him, he didn’t hug me back, something wasn’t right. I was extremely hungry so I decided to eat, I walked into the kitchen were my uncle was, he looked tired and old, I didn't say anything; I took my cellphone from my bag but I didn't realize that the ring fell to the floor, rolling up to my uncle’s shoes, it was easy to appreciate that he was astonished and then he claimed. -Did you took that from my office? -No.... -So where did you find that? You little thief. -I told you that I didn't steal it, it was... And I stop to think in an excuse, because I started to suspect from my uncle -Outside of your yard. My uncle's face turn weird and his skin color became pale, he knew that I was lying, but I understand that he was hiding something, so he stopped asking me about the ring, after the dinner he run quickly to his office and whip the door. I was on my room with many questions in my head like, why the ring was on my house?, why my brother has the same ring?, why my mom should have reasons for committing suicide?, what was my uncle hiding and the most important, why all this things were happening to me?, I wasn't ready to face this situations this were the last things I thought before I went to sleep. The next day I decided to look for more clues, I returned to the building where I used to live, in the way I was asking to myself, where my brother could be; I arrived and started knocking my neighbors' doors, some of them did not open, but for the ones who did my one and only question was:" Did you hear something weird or unusual the 2nd of July in my apartment at night?" And most of them only told me
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that they heard a deep discussion, screams and then silence; they thought that we were rehearsing for every year's play of the 4rth of July, so they thought it was normal until the police arrived. Every Time I thought about it, the things had less sense, I needed more information, so my first option was the police station. It wasn't really late, so I took the first bus to the Station. Fortunately the only available cop was Mr. Smith, I took courage and walked slowly to where he was: -Hi Mr. Smith, how are you?-I said in the most gentle way that I could. -I am okay, but here the most important question is how are you?- he said in a calm way, he added- I suppose that you are having a very hard time ,isn't it ? -Yes, it has been difficult, but I have some questions that only you can answer-I said. -I am not allowed to give you any kind of information, but the only thing I can tell you is that if you keep searching for the guilty you will get hurt, this is my job not yours, so keep on your business and let me alone -he said in the most rude tone I have ever heard. l left the police station feeling bad, but then a crazy idea came to my mind, it was a little late, and probably they would close the Station in 15 minutes, most of the policemen weren't there anymore, so I had 15 minutes to investigate by my own, I was pretty sure that they had the case in a special file. I went to the back of the Station, there were a lot of windows, maybe if I broke one, I could enter without any problem but it was easier to them take advantage of my mistake, I walked to the closest door and with a pin, I tried to open the door, after a few minutes there the door was opened. After I entered into the police station, I looked for Smith's office, I was nervous, but then I found it, by my surprise it wasn't locked, I run inside it, I opened one of the drawers, he had the files in alphabetical order, I searched it as fast as I could, when I saw Marion Caldwell´s Case I took it and left the building stealthily. When I arrived home it was extremely late, I get into the house in silence, I went upstairs but I tried to get into the room soundlessly. Once there I was ready, I had everything to know the true, I opened the file, the first thing that I saw were pictures of the crime scene, I was crying when I read the document, every time that I read more I discovered that she hadn't committed suicide, the report said that the specialists found a bullet in her body, the body had signs of a previous struggle, but ...Who had reasons to kill my mother? I tried to sleep, it was impossible, I went out of bed to watch the stars, from my room I could see the garden and the neighbor’s house, it was a beautiful night
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but then I saw a shadow in the garden, who was that man?, he was digging, the moonlight allowed to me to see his face, it was my uncle. At the next morning I woke up earlier than everybody else in the house, I remembered what I saw last night, I went to the garden, my uncle tried to hide something, I dug a hole in the same place until I found something hard, this couldn't be possible, it was a gun, it was the murder weapon, well it looked exactly as the one described in my mom’s file; I couldn’t believe what I had in my hands, maybe this was the clue to solve this murder, so I wrap the gun with my orange dress and called my brother, I was sure that if I show it to him, he would knew what to do, I was nervous, I didn’t knew what to say, I was waiting to hear his voice, but the only sound I hear was the bip from his answer machine, I hate my recorded voice that is why I left a short message: Hey Joe, I have something to tell you, it is very important, can we meet in the downtown’s Sugar coffee at 3 o’clock? See you there.By the time I hung the phone, it was already 2 o’clock, so I had enough time to join all the clues I had. At 2:40 I grabbed a bag and put the gun inside, then I left my uncle’s house and took the bus, I arrived early, because the house was close to the downtown. I sat, ordered a cup of coffee and a biscuit while I waited for my brother. It was 3:30 and my brother hadn’t arrived, I started to feel nervous, but then, I saw him, he was walking extremely fast, then he sat too, I noticed that when he sat down he was unusually tired. I took the gun out, and showed to my brother, he had a very strange face, his blue eyes turned into a darker blue, and he started biting his lip, he only did that when he tried to find out something, and the first thing he said after 10 minutes of exhaustive thinking was:
-Where did you get that? -I found it in the backyard, our uncle was hiding it- then I asked- Why would he hid it? I think it is legal to have a gun, well, only if you use it for self-defense. -Do you think he killed mom? -Maybe, I'm not sure- I answered- but I don’t understand why he did it, I also don’t understand why you and my uncle have the
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same ring, it has a strange symbol, I didn’t knew you like that kind of symbols stuff... -It was a gift- he answered very fast, so fast that I couldn't finish my sentence. His eyes turned a little bit red, almost if he wanted to cry, I'll be honest, I wanted to cry too, we were remembering the worst thing that had happened to us, after a tear run out of my eye I stopped talking, he approached to me and hugged me, and I felt really safe, I felt in home, then we returned to his seat, and told me: -And if I did it- By the time he said that he started laughing. -You would never do something like that, I know you for almost 18 years. I’m sure he said that so I will laugh and forget just for a while the reason I was crying. Then he said: -I have to go- he gave me a weird smile- See you at home. He took his things and left the place, so I did the same and then I realized that he had forgotten his cell phone. I decided to go home, but I didn't have enough money for the bus so I walked home. It took me 15 minutes to arrive to my uncle’s house, and when I entered, I found a letter at the hall, it was on the floor so I picked up, it was for my brother, it had many symbols, and many phrases, but they weren’t in English, he might be studying Latin I said to myself fortunately I had previous knowledge of Latin, and the only things I could understand were Thanks to your commitment you have been accepted, welcome to our organization and then I turned it, I wanted to see the back of the letter, I was very surprised, that letter had the same dragon that my brother and my uncle had. Determined I looked for my uncle in the whole house, I didn’t find him, until I heard a heated discussion on the forbidden room, I barely opened the door, and the ones who were talking were my brother and my uncle. I heard just few things. -I think she is suspecting- said my uncle -That is not possible, I did what was necessary
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I entered into the room, and everything became a deep silence, I couldn't believe what I heard, it was impossible, there must be another reason; some minutes passed, and then my brother turned his head and looked at me directly to the eyes, both of us were crying; he gave me “the look�, was that look of fear and disappointment and after connecting all the pieces I finally knew who killed my mother.
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Being Friends Means to be Family Six Word Memoir
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I’m grateful for … By: Luz Maria Juarez Coconi Be grateful for every day you live I’m grateful for having a beautiful family I’m grateful for having a house I’m grateful for having something to eat I’m grateful for going to school, to be studying I’m grateful for having great friends I’m grateful for be healthy I’m grateful for every challenge I have Because I know that I can achieve whatever Is in my path to be successful.
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Meaning of love‌ By Luz Maria Juarez Coconi Love, the most beautiful and powerful feeling in the world. Quotes and poetry to try to express it and describe it. Verses of Love to dedicate to a special person of our life. Beautiful things, romantic and sentimental, to share with whom we are in love. Love is a bond that binds two souls into one, It is unconditional, and it asks for nothing in return. It is something that originates from the heart's core, which gives the lovers a purpose to live their life for. Love sometimes comes suddenly, without looking for it, without needing it and without wanting it. When you really love someone, even if there's a million reasons to quit, you're still looking for a single reason to stay. so is love.... Love is a "I don't know what", which comes from "I don't know where" and ends "I don't know how". Love has no cure but it is the best medicine for everything. Love is the most unfair of emotions. It doesn't let you live, but at the same time, it keeps you from dying.
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Play Plot and cast Title: Being
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Conflict: Lifelong best friends Darren and Melissa are eagerly anticipating the start high school. The two friends confront a crisis when Melissa discovers her illness and starts undergoing treatment for cancer that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in Description of characters:
.Melissa - Rowan Blanchard 16 years old girl, she is adventurous, funny, and risk taking. Melissa don't let the little things bring her down or let anyone feel sorry for something that has happened. She always finds ways to reach her goals.
Darren - Corey Fogelmanis 16 years old boy, Melissa's best friend. He always care and supports Melissa in any problem and he does not let her going through anything alone.
Amy (Mother)- Tiffani Thiessen Supportive and loving mother of Melissa, she always take care of her.
Cory (Father)-Russell Crowe Overprotective and loving father, he looks for the best for his daughter.
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Dear mother Luz Maria Juarez Coconi
I have never talk about real love Until you show me what is real love about You are my favorite person in this extraordinary world You have always taught me how to be stronger
Your help, your nicely, nobody ever gave me so much I thank you dearly, Whether happy moments or pains, You were always for me You are my beloved mummy!
You always keeps me in your arms Daily you give me love Especially in the bad moments Thanks for all your support and love I LOVE YOU MOM!
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Epic Hero Luz Maria Juarez Coconi The name of my epic hero is Adalia, which means Refuge of God she is guided by Venus God of the beauty and love. Adalia is a very beautiful woman, wise, confident, intelligent, cunning, good counselor, merciful, and kindness. Adalia has a mentality of peace and love, her purpose of fighting for peace, love and equality have erected it in a feminist icon, she is very determined to serve her people well and will do whatever it is to protect the world and their inhabitants, even if it means risking her live. Adalia has a force over human, an ease of healing and overcome the really incredible problems; Impressive reflexes and a resistance that of course exceeds those of the average, super speed, greatly developed fighting skills, more developed vision and empathy with the world. The values she has are loyalty, empathy, honesty, honored, she like to share and look for the welfare of others.
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Epic Hero
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The Adventure of a Lifetime Luz Maria Juarez Coconi All the trips I've done the most I liked was the trip I made last summer to Germany, this trip was very important to me and significant, it was the first time I traveled alone and to another country where I could certify in the language , it would be an unforgettable experience. It was a long trip, more than 10 hours of flight, during the flight we had some difficulties such as not being able to sleep, being unwell, cold, turbulence and more. Our flight from Mexico City to Frankfurt took an hour, so the arrival time to our destination was delayed, our travel plan was to take another flight to take us to our final destination Berlin, but there were some difficulties, we were still on the flight, for me the time passed faster than normal, we were late to take the next flight, after a while we landed and just thought on the next flight that take, we would run to the next door to take our plane, and that was what happened, we had to run to the other end of the Airport, we had to pass another problem, our check-in..., unfortunately there were many people formed to have their passport sealed, it was a huge row, in my head I only thought that we would not arrive on time, the teacher who was in charge of us, talk to a security police, and she commented our problem, but he was annoyed more than it was, first he ignored us and then helped us, he took us to the module where we were sealed our
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passports and we would answered a few questions and after finishing the small survey, we ran to our plane, luckily we arrived before they closed the doors. After two hours of flight, we finally got to our destination, Berlin. As I step out of the airplane, I could not believe I was in Germany, I was totally excited, I wanted to know the place where we would stay, what would be the activities, interact with people from other countries, which places we would visit, I was really so excited that I could not stop smiling. The same agency we were going to study German, picked us up from the airport and took us straight to the place we would stay, we checked in, got our rooms, luckily I stayed with my school friend, whom I didn't know very well, but thanks to this trip is my best friend. After having our rooms, we had a meeting to know the rules of the institution and some of the activities we would be doing, later we conducted a German level placement exam, in writing and a conversation, the writing was easy, but when I tried to start a conversation, it was quite difficult, the teacher asked me in German, -What's your name? – Luz Maria Juarez, I answered, then he told me-where did you come from? -I come from Mexico, from the state of Puebla. -How old are you? He asked me,-15 I answered. It was quite an easy conversation, but I was very tired because I had not slept well and was nervous about the mistakes I could make. Anyway, later we ate a little, and went to rest, the
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next day, I woke up early for breakfast and get ready, then they would give us the group where we would be and the level we had reached regarding the previous day's exam, I realized I wasn't with any of my classmates, and I reached an expected level A2, I didn't think I could reach such a good level with the time I was learning the Language, I was proud of me. In the classroom I was the only Mexican, there were Americans, Italians, Turks, French, Spanish, Russians among others, I had to make some friends in there, however it was a quite difficult, because we had different ideology and culture, I had to introduce myself, But it was easy enough, everyone was very surprised that I was Mexican and that I was learning German. After school there were always fun activities outside the classroom, besides meeting other people, practicing the language you visited and learned from Germany. During those two weeks, was an amazing experience, visit another country, I learned a lot of things, I grew up as a person and learned to relate to different people, some of them became an important part of my life, so far I keep remembering them and they will be in my heart. I am very grateful for the trip and the experience, it was all worth it.
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My Writing Experiences, had been minimal. I had only learned the basics of writing, like putting together sentences, forming paragraphs with sentences, and things like that. Since I have been taking Literature, I can tell my writing has improved. In the future, I hope to be able to improve tremendously at writing essays, paragraphs, research papers, documents, poems and stories. I need to learn to quit thinking as much on what I want to write about and how to write about a topic and just start to make note of stuff as it comes to mind. I have some problems like my lack of confidence. I always thought that I could not have a good writing, but when you try to express yourself and you organized your ideas, it will be a good writing you'll be surprised by your skills and what you can achieve. “I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU, AND NOWHERE TO BEGIN� - J.D Salinger.
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