Seventh Grade "Oh no! Am I going to be late?" "No! We’re like 20 minutes early. Calm down‚" my mom reassured me. It was my first day of school at Kraemer and we had been sitting in first-day traffic for the last five minutes. A mixture of stress‚ nerves‚ and excitement overwhelmed me. Just as I had finally begun to feel at home a Woodsboro Elementary‚ they decided to send me here- middle school‚ a different planet with a totally different population. I had transferred to Woodsboro in fourth grade
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Toy Story is a classic children’s film that really teaches kids life lessons. Who would have thought a Disney Pixar movie about living toys would relate to our everyday lives and god’s Beatitudes. Young children watch movies with hidden messages‚ that they will need to understand and fulfil later in life. The characters in this movie all show the basics of the Beatitudes and how to achieve them. The first Beatitude is “Blessed are the poor in spirit‚ for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This means
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1 OUR BEGINNINGS (1800-1900) (Primary contributor to this chapter: Cindy Tutch–White Estate; footnoting is referenced in the appendix). Much can be said about the founding process of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the involvement of youth in that process. Joseph Bates was often called “Father Bates” for a very good reason—he was the oldest‚ therefore a father figure‚ among those early pioneers. The others were literally all youth. James White was likely the second-oldest‚ being in his
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animals tried to run the farm‚ however Napoleon’s failure to lead well results in damaging consequences for the welfare and the interests of other animals on the farm. After the rebellion took place the animals put in writing the Seven Commandments by which all of the animals would live. From this point all of the animals were supposed to be treated equally and were to have a better way of life‚ but this didn’t happen. Napoleon who was an intelligent pig‚ made sure that he would be the one
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The exerpts were from the books Seventh Grade by Gary Soto and Charles by Shirley Jackson. The main setting in Seventh Grade was in French class where Victor acts like he knows how to speak French to impress Teresa. The main setting for Charles was at the luch table at home where Laurie told his parents about this really bad kid named Charles which was secretly him. The main setting of Seventh Grade by Gary Soto was in French class where Victor said random words that sounded french to impress
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The changing of the seven commandments on Animal Farm showed how Napoleon was altering the rules in order for himself to gain more power. When the animals first took over the farm they created seven commandments that were a set of guidelines for all animals to follow. Over time Napoleon and the other pigs changed some of the commandments‚ and this brought major changes on the farm. One of the commandments that was changed was commandment six which stated‚ “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell
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I was a seventh-grader at Cedar Ridge Middle School and I was in the prime years of my life. I had just made the tennis team‚ I was in higher level classes‚ and I was making new friends every day. I felt like I already knew what it was like to live. There came a day‚ though‚ that I became unsure of who I was and if I was doing the right things. The reason for this was a boy named Ryan‚ and little did I know that he was going to impact my life in ways that I would never have thought of. He was not
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that the rest of the rooms were towards the west. This can symbolize the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. The first room described in the castle; it seems to be beautiful and peaceful. “in blue—and vividly blue were its windows”. The seventh room in the poem is described as dark and having colors of blood. “closely shrouded in black velvet
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The past weekend was something of the unexpected. I thought I was going to be just doing something normal with my friends but it was not. One of my close friends coaches a seventh grade basketball team. They play in a private league and I was invited to come watch them this past Sunday. I went to just relax and talk to some friends who were also invited. Before arriving to the game I thought I would be more focused on what my friend would be doing as a coach. I was completely wrong. While I was at
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to be more popular. Some people make up lies about themselves or their family members. Lying about one’s self is bad because one is not being truthful about who one is. Lying to people one cares about can bring someone loneliness and sadness. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto and “Heartbeat” by David Yoo apprise us that Victor and Dave learn the importance of being themselves because regretful situations occur‚ and their classmates may never trust them again. Being truthful
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