High he had loads of fun. He never had a dull moment. In 7th grade Adam got his first girlfriend. He took her to the dances and even paid for her. Motorized scooter. The first time he ever got on it he wrecked it. Adam and the scooter where a little scratched up, but not seriously hurt. Adam used to ride his red scooter to the Dollar General in Marengo all the time. His scooter got repoed tho that was really sad for Adam because he hates walking. When Adam was 13 years old he learned how to drive a golf cart. He crashed it into a couple trees before he got the hang of it.Adam used to ride it around town but now Adam just stays home and takes care of his dad after school. Adam is a happy teeager, but he makes it a point to every single day to annoy his friends and when he is not annoying them they think that he is ill. Adams favorite time of day is when his sister is sleeping. When she is not sleeping she is annoying Adam. All of his friends tell him that is karma for annoying them. Adam just laughs it off.…
The essays from Week Two and Week Three show many great techniques. These essays serve as models and give me great goals for my essay. In “One Afternoon” by John Rosenthal on page 174 when he is going through the records he talks about his feelings and his thoughts. This can be seen when he says “Patti Page’s ‘Doggie in the Window.’ I bought that? A small voice in the back of my mind said, Of course you did. And you still remember all of the lyrics.” Using this technique will help make my literacy narrative essay more interesting to read. In my essay I will use this method, when describing the first time I met my favorite author, Jamie Dodson, by saying, “He was sitting in a lawn chair outside of the shower building with his laptop plugged…
The steam from his drink coated his glasses, and behind the mug I could see a toothless smile and a dark shiny grey beard. He gestured for my dad and I to come in. I stepped my way up into the overcrowded room full of mustard yellow couches. Not only did the place looked run down, and about to fall apart but, the place smelled like the worst mixture of rotten foods you could imagine. My dad and I’s facial expressions to each other said it all about this place. Once we had found our way, we filled out some application forms. During the process, I stood beside my dad, searching to find another girl taking the class. I looked forever only to find that there were no other girls…
Prior to seeing Bombshells, I knew it was going to be a unique performance being a one-woman show. I was looking forward to seeing another production in the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater of the Milwaukee Rep, after having enjoyed seeing Cabaret there. I knew very little about Bombshells other than it being a one-woman show, which is why I made sure to get there in time to see the Rep in Depth. At first, I thought the Rep in Depth for this production bragged a little too much about the actress in this show Caroline O’Conner. I felt like they were talking about her career more than the actual production. However, in retrospect I suppose this makes sense; Bombshells was written by playwright Joanna Murray-Smith specifically for Caroline O’Conner, so it makes sense that they would focus on her. When I first sat down in my seat, I noticed odd the stage looked. There was simplicity to the stage design that seemed to work for this production after watching it. Also there was a great choice of music used in the production, some of which was original. After seeing the production though, it is hard to discuss much else other than Caroline O’Conner’s performance.…
Music blared from my cellphone as I folded my laundry. Jeans went in a pile at the end of my bed and shirts were folded in the center. Mom had come home a few hours ago and was napping in her room on the other side of the house, a few walls between us. I heard the front door of our apartment pop open, so I dropped my clothes and ambled out of my room, through the hallway, and into the kitchen.…
We were on our way to Canobie Lake Park. It had been a long two hours, but my dad was playing comedian albums from his phone, so we were preoccupied. “Are we almost there?” my brother asked. “No, were not stop asking.” Little brothers can be so annoying with their questions. We were almost there just five minutes to go. The view was so gorgeous. The lake was glistening from the sun. I had been to focused on the view and before I knew it we were at the…
So I went outside and hopped onto the fence to stare at the valley, then I hopped back down to play with my dog and before I knew it my dog had ripped a tear into it and just like that the jacket was ruined. So I was somewhat happy but what I had forgotten was that I had to go to school with that ugly jacket, because mom didn’t want me ruining it the first week. So I did and before I knew it, my friends were making fun of me, or so I thought. Even the nice girls wouldn’t talk to me, but that’s maybe not the reason. So maybe I should try and play something to get my mind off it, but what I knew was the jacket was still on and it would stay on for the rest of the week. But with a bunch of anger he knew in his head that he had another jacket after all. That other jacket was so nice that he couldn’t stop thinking of it, his teacher had to wake him up from daydreaming so much. But then just like that the week was over and he rushed home, threw on the jacket and right away, faster than a cheetah he flew out the front door off to school, and straight away when he got to school, he became the most popular kid…
In a seemingly ironic scenario of a writer writing an essay about his previous disdain for, then love of writing essays, Baker shares his previously antagonistic view of high school English classes and their required assignments. He describes his third-year English teacher, Mr. Fleagle, as “notorious among City students for dullness and inability to inspire” (para. 3). Baker injects a bit of a comical, but slightly annoyed tone when he describes Mr. Fleagle’s appearance and mannerisms, particularly the teacher’s constant use of the phrase “don’t you see” when trying to engage students (para. 6).…
A few minutes had passed since I last talked to Mrs. Morrow, it was getting boring. Mrs. Morrow made me think about old Ernest. How everyone hated his gut, but to his mom he was an angel from heaven. He would always tease you and make fun of your clothes and one time old Ernest and I almost got into a fight.…
Back when I was a littlun, my daddy worked in the meat factory and mama stayed at home cleaning the house and making me my dinner. My parents wanted me to be a smarty, so they made me go to school. They also said I was a good singer, so I decided to join the boys choir. Me and my best bud Charles would go down to the river to skip rocks, but sometimes we would go play chicken on the railroad tracks. Sometimes daddy would say “Stephen, wanna come a huntin with me?” and I would tag along behind him while he hunted for pheasant. I never really listened to daddy’s rules, so he decided to send me off to some fancy boarding school. It was at this point in my life where everything started taking a turn for the worst.…
I asked my teacher If I could do anything to save my grade, and he said “yes”. I have to do a theme, in order to raise my grade. Also, the last time we visited you, after you died I took Gone With the Wind. I felt like I needed to finish that book, because it would've made you happy. Since we won the rumble I wish we could get a prize, and that prize would be to bring you back from the dead. I really do miss you man.Sniffles*. Every time I go to bed I always think you’re alive, but everyone keeps saying that you’re not alive. I always wanted to ask you this question, how come you killed Bob? Was it because you were fed up with all this nonsense, or were you sick of everyone picking on us. If you didn't die you would be in jail rights now. It's all my fault I caused everything to happen. If I didn't jump out of that car to save the kids you wouldn't be dead. I can't say this enough man, I just really miss you man. Ever since you left everyone has been yelling at each other, and I’m so sick of it. I don't like violence, and you know that. Do things happen for a reason? Are family seems to be falling apart without you. Everyone is dieing Now I’m gonna go, and I pray that you will have a good time in heaven. The…
My mom leaned down and kissed my cheek, she told me to have a good day and reassured me we would get ice cream together after school. As my mom started to walk away my tantrum began. I could not fathom being away from my mom for an entire day! Tears began stinging my eyes as my mom’s figure faded into the distance. My classmates’ figures began to blur as tears spewed down my face and into my open, screaming mouth. The taste of salt from my tears only fueled the fire that began burning inside of me and intensified my…
Have you ever imagined of a room that sent such a good vibe that you thought it was too good to be true? Well, that is how this lunchroom was. When I walked in the first thing I say was the bright lit faces of the john Adams middle school students.Their faces were so astonishing that it but a big smile on my face. The poster filled walls were a bright baby blue with a hint of green. The tables were stunning. The colors were so remarkable that they were almost blinding. The pillars that stood high were covered with flyers of all colors. But the best thing of all was the smell coming from the cafeteria. It smelled like fresh pizza out of the oven. But what they were serving was much better than pizza, it was cheesy bread sticks. As my waiter…
The day had finally come. And this day was the first day of senior year and maddie was waiting for this day her entire life. It was the first day and maddie had noticed that there was a new student in her AP bio class. And boy, oh boy did she have the hot’s for him. She went up to him and introduced herself. “Hey im madison but people call me maddie” “i'm marcus,” “are you new? Cause you look new..” “yeah i'm new” he says with a laugh. “Well welcome to palumbo”.…
In elementary, I got through assignments by making my projects read like a boring fact book. This way was awesome for a high grade, not so great for writing interesting stories. The first report that I remember writing was in second grade. We had to do a project for history class about a president, complete with a two page report. We had three weeks to complete the project. I chose Thomas Jefferson as my topic. I had my poster made, with a lot of pictures and captions, done within one week of getting the project. My mom took me to the library to do some research on Thomas Jefferson. I found so much stuff. Then I sat down to write. I could not think of anything to put on the paper. The due date got closer and closer. I still had no report to turn in. Finally on the eve of the due date, I sat down and forced myself to begin writing. The day had arrived; I was presenting my project. Our teacher, Mrs. Mullins, called us up alphabetically. My last name is Hensarling, so I had to wait for a while. Finally, after what seemed like forever, it was my turn to present my project. I went to the front of the class and began presenting. Soon I was done. I turned in my poster and report on Thomas Jefferson. A few days later, Mrs. Mullins handed us our grades. I looked at mine and I got a “B”. I had never made less than an “A” before. I took it home and showed my mom. She said, “Oh,…