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8 Grade Student Writing Anthology Cheyenne Campbell May 10, 2013
Table
of Contents: Section 1~
1. New Year’s Resolution 2. If I could be a Greek God... 3. Ruler of my own Island! 4.The so called “beast” Section 2~
5. Accepted or Rejected? 6. Think one sided 7. News worthy case 8. Stop Bullying! 9. Responsibilities Section 3~
10. Spring Break pluses.. 11. The worst season 12. Favorite Movie 13. Where I have traveled 14. The day the purple banana tried to take over France.. 15. Attack of the Man Bear Pig!
Biographical Page (section 1) This section of my writing anthology is about some of the books such as Lord of the Flies, which we have gone over and what went on in them. Also it has my New Year’s resolution and gives my opinion on how I would pick something if I had the choice.
New Year’s Resolution Every year when the clock hits 12’ o clock all around the world, people make their new year’s resolution. For the year 2013 my resolutions are to: Actually do my homework so I can have better grades and someday get to go to a good college, also not complain about non important things so much and, try harder to do things for other people when they need it, and finally try to stay off my phone so much so I can actually do things to help my dad and not get it taken away for not cleaning my room, or not watching my brother or other things he asks me to help with.
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If I could be a Greek God‌ If I had a choice to be a Greek God, I would choose to be Poseidon. I would choose this certain god because this is the god of natural disasters. I like thunder storms so I would make one every day with thunder and lightning. And, I would make some natural disasters but only if it was safe for everyone around them so nobody would get hurt.
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Ruler of my own Island If I was the ruler of my own island, I wouldn’t have many rules. The ones I did have would be that you had to look out for each other so nobody would get hurt or lost, next you have to clean up after yourself, try to do things for yourself, you would have no bed time but you would still have to do everything your supposed to even if you didn’t sleep much, no sneaking out and meeting people unless you have someone else with you, you had to eat chocolate for breakfast every morning or it would be melted and poured in your mouth, you have to active and play one sport, you don’t have to go to school if you don’t want to, no parents on half of the island so you can do whatever you want to and not get in trouble, you can’t get grounded unless you do something really bad, you have to go to church every Sunday, also you have to have a horse so everyone can go riding one day, there can only be 20 kids on half the fun half of the island at a time, on the other side the parents have to do whatever the kid wants that is in reason. And lastly, don’t be mean to other people or make fun of them. And if you didn’t follow these rules you would be kicked out of the group.
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The so called “beast” The boys in Lord of the Flies were afraid of something that they think is either a beast or ghost. My opinion of that is they don’t have a good reason to be so scared because they haven’t seen it and the beast could just be an animal or something. Also when the little kid was outside he said he heard something but it was dark and he probably was thinking about it and scared himself since he was the only one to see or hear it.
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Biographical Page (section 2) In section 2 it is about how people fit into groups and gives and opinion on why it’s bad to treat people meanly. And it has things about the school and our mock trial we did on the case of the boy killing his dad and what the outcome of it should be.
Accepted
or
Rejected?
Some groups or so called “cliques” might choose to accept people or reject and bully. Most of the time, in the big popular groups, you’re not in there for how you actually are. You’re in there for what you have. That’s one of the top reasons why most people aren’t accepted by the pretty rich girls because you don’t have what they do, so they don’t think they need to be nice or your friend.
One sided thinking.. If everyone was thinking and going towards one sided the different way of you…you do don’t have to change your decision just to be like everyone else. You can stand up for what you believe in if you think it’s the right choice. You could also be a leader and show everyone else it’s okay to stand out and do what you want to if it’s a good reason.
The Newsworthy Case I think that the most newsworthy event was that there weren’t any finger prints on the bomb and Sawyer was also around where the bomb was placed. And if Casey was skilled in pyrotechnics he bomb would have been made accurate. Also Casey and other students that don’t fit in well have been bullied by Sawyer and that other kid ended up moving away because it got so bad.
Stop Bullying!! I don’t think people should be bullied because everyone has flaws and they don’t need people going around and pointing them out and making them feel worse. Also when it gets bad and they feel like nobody cares they start to self-harm and sometimes even commit suicide. Most of the time people aren’t bullied for their personality, it’s usually for their appearance or what they don’t have that you do.
Responsibilities
Biographical Page (Section 3) This section is about the spring break and vacations and traveling because we read a book about traveling called Travels with Charley. Also it has some made up stories. And what I think is good about some topics.
Spring Break pluses... Some of the pluses of having a spring break are that we just don’t have to be at school. Also we don’t have to wake up early and ride a stupid smelly bus with a bunch of little kids on it that like to scream all the time. And, you don’t have to sit in a boring classroom all day, next, I don’t have to worry about doing homework and do other fun things instead next, I get to stay up as late as I want because I wouldn’t have to wake up at 6 to get ready. Finally, I can play on my phone all day and not worry about it being taken away.
My least favorite season of all… The season that I dislike most is winter. I don’t like it because you can’t go swimming outside and get a tan, you’re stuck inside all day doing absolutely nothing. And if it snows and you go play outside, when it melts it gets you wet and even colder! Next, you can’t wear many cute clothes because it is way too cold. Also, when I go and ride my horses or feed them my hands get numb and I can’t really feel what I’m doing so I can’t stay out there too long. Finally during winter it is the easiest time to get sick. For me anyways. So when I get sick I have to stay in bed all day and do nothing at all. So, while all my friends are at school talking and hanging out, I’m stuck in bed with nobody to talk to or nothing to do except watch TV. And that get really boring really fast.
My favorite movie..! My favorite movie of all time would have to be Lifted. This would be it because it has a lot of singing parts in it and I like musical movies. Also the boys dad was in the war and he didn’t come back because he was killed in action and when my dad was in the war he came home and some people aren’t that fortunate so it makes me appreciate my dad a lot more now that I see that some kids don’t have a dad. But, he thinks that his dad is there when he has nobody else with and he ends up winning the singing competition with one of the men his dad was fighting with. And, he is being raised by a single parent now that his dad passed away and my dad has raised me by himself since my mom left. So this movie is very inspiring because if you set your mind to something you’ll probably achieve it.
Where I have traveled... Some of the places I have traveled are: North Carolina, I went there because we were going to the beach and to see some of my family. The beach was really pretty when the sun was setting and the sand was almost white. Also I caught a blow fish because when we were taking a walk it had washed up on shore and I got to get it and take it to the store that was on the walking thing so they could put it back out there safely. And I’ve been to the bayou in Louisiana because I was born there and we were going to try to catch a alligator with my uncle so we went out on his boat and it went really fast. Another place that I have been is, The Big Texan. It is a famous eating place in Texas. There was a lot of people there and the food was really good, epically the steak.
The day the purple banana tried to take over France!
ATTACK OF THE MAN BEAR PIG! The day started out pretty normal, like any other day you could say. Me and Kali were taking a walk in the woods when all of a sudden we see this huge, scary, chubby thing with big huge teeth eating some ice-cream... This thing was like ma and Kali put together plus one! Sooo we thought it would be funny if we went up behind it and took its ice cream. Well since were not so bright, we didn’t think of what was going to happen after that. Maybe it would be smart to plan ahead next time. Cause then all of a sudden we started randomly laughing so the man bear pig turned around and started to yell for her side kick team of shronkie look a likes to come and get us. Next thing I knew there was a bunch of those chubby, grumpy, and rude things chasing us!! I got pretty scared and I even think Kali peed her pants! We started running back to my house but there was like 15 of those things chasing and throwing things at us! Kind of unfair I think. We were passing the pond when we saw Caitlyn, Rebekah, Alexis and Bailey fishing but once they seen all them lil shronkies they took off running to because the man bear pig didn’t like them either!