Mark S -- Blogmeister

May Freewrite
What do you think your ninth grade year will be like? Are you looking forward to it or are you dreading it? What do you expect it to be?
Ninth grade was not what I expected. It wasn't what I expected because I thought the year would be a lot harder than it was. I expected it to be a lot tougher because I thought that the teachers would make it boring. I also thought they would teach a lot of boring things and we wouldn't get to do anything fun at all. It turns out that all of the ninth grade teachers are trying to make the year fun for us. They schedule a lot of things that kids can do to make the year better and more enjoyable.
Some of the teachers don't do as many fun things as the others. I am going to write about some of the fun things that we did during the year and the classes and teachers that schedule these activities. One of the teachers that does the most activities is Mrs. Smith the Spanish teacher. She does things like group Pinatas, fried ice cream and Salsa. We got to go out on the track and break the pinatas after we made them. The salsa and fried ice cream we got to eat after she made it.
Miss Transue and Mr. Woolcock had a fun activity that the kids could do in the grade. You had to make an essay on a Science related topic for English and then you had to make a poster on it for Science. Then you got to take your poster to the gym and do a mini science fair for the fifth and sixth graders. This project was fun to do because you got to share some of the knowledge that you got from your research with the fifth and sixth graders.
Mr. Hein's class is fun everyday and it is enjoyable because he is one of those teachers who is easy to get along with. He is really funny if you play along with him. He makes the class fun and he also tries to do some projects to help out and make the class more fun and enjoyable.
This is what I thought of my ninth grade year and how it surprised me. It was not what I expected because of how nice the teachers are. Also the fact that they try to make the year better for you and easier to be there for the one hundred and eighty days that you are in school.

Dear Freshy

Freshmen of 2012 if you are dreading ninth grade then I am here to tell you that you have nothing to fear because ninth grade is pretty easy. As long as you do some of the things I am going to tell you in this blog.

If you want to pass all of your classes here is what you have to do. In order to pass Miss Transue's class you have to get all of your blogs done on time. If you turn them in late you don’t get the full credit that you need and that will hurt you in the long run. The book packets that she assigns you have to be in on time because they are worth the most points.
If you want to pass Mrs. Farr's class all you have to do is pay attention in class and take the notes. She gives you everything you need to pass the tests and do the worksheets. If you want to pass Mr. Bart's class you have to study hard for all of his tests because his class is hard to pass.
In Mr. Hein's class you have to take the notes and pay attention but his class is one of the more fun and easier classes to pass. If you are trying to pass Mr. Woolcock's class, you need to take all of the notes and pay attention in class and do good on all of the tests. He doesn't have to many homework assignments so the only way to really get points is to do good on the tests.

If you do all of the things that I have said in this blog you should pass ninth grade and have a fun year doing so. All of the teachers are good and easy to get along with. G
ood luck to all of you new Freshmen and I hope you have a fun and good year and pass with these tips that I have given you.

Mark S.

April freewrite

April is known for many things. I think that April Fools Day is the best part of April because it is so fun. There are many old April fools jokes that you can say like your shoe is untied. Over the years there has been many more that have been made that are really good too.

Some of the jokes that people play on this day are a little immature but are funny as long as you do them on the right people. Also some of the jokes that people do can hurt people and are only funny for the person that does them.

I think that April fools day should be about fun for everyone and not just for the person playing the joke. I think that people should play the jokes that are funny but do not hurt other people in the process. There is many things that you can buy to help in April fools jokes. Like the fake chicken or the snakes in the nut can.

March freewrite
All of the branches of the U.S. army are good and have many brave soldiers in them but i think the marines are the best and this is why.I think that Marines are the best branch of the military. Because they are the first ones there and they are the best trained in the military. If we have a mission that needs to be done that cannot be done by regular soldiers, they bring in the Marines to do the job.

If the military is confronted with a hard operation, they send in the Marines. Unless they need a small force then they call in the Navy Seals. I still say that the Marines are the best because when they hit they hit hard and they leave no one left which is their job.

I also say that the Marines are the best because they are the best trained. Some of the training that they do is hard enough to kill you if you are not physically and mentally strong enough. Therefore only the best of the best become Marines and that is why I think that the Marines is the best branch of the military.

They also have alot of branches in the marines like the snipers and the regular infantry soldiers. I think that this is important because they have the best snipers in the world and their infantry men have to be the best of the best.

Some of the shots that the snipers have to do to become a marine sniper are unbelieveable shots. And some of the training that the infantry men have to do is enough to kill a man. Lastly, to become a marine the men have to go through some of the hardest training in some of the academies that they have for our military.

constructed response

a Marxist would critisize the book The Hunger Games

They would criticize this book because in this book the upper class people are making the lower class people compete in a death match and are watching it on televisions and laughing about it. A Marxist would criticize this because it should The wealthy and the higher class being better than the lower class people.

Another reason they would criticize this is because the rich people make the contestants do interviews and if they like you or think you should win more than others they will send you things like water or food or weapons. Only if you deprive yourself and do good in the interview.

A marxist would criticize the book The Hunger Games. Because the rich people are making the poor people do things that they do not want to do.

Mark
Miss Melanie Transue

9 CP English

2 January 2012
Will and Mr. Halloway
If a wicked carnival came to your home town you would think that it would not help anything but I think that it helped will And his dad’s relationship grow. In the book Something wicked this way comes by Ray Bradbury Will and his dad have a growing relationship with each other because. Will is telling his father more things and he is also showing him more things and is letting him in on more things.
Will also trusts his dad with more things since the carnival came to town because on page 128 his dad asked him “you don’t stay out to long-? And Will trusted his dad and told “this week was the very first time after midnight”. And on page 129 “Dad!” “You aint got the stuff!” Who says!? Cried dad’s mouth, silently. And on page 137 his dad said “I’ll be all right, Will.” And then will said “anything I can do say or do to make you happy, I would.” But you can also say that they didn’t talk when will came into the house during chapter 8 but that was because mr. Halloway was in a bad mood.
Will is showing him more things like the rungs on the side of his house like it says in chapter 27. “Jim nodded and took them over to fumble among the cluster of thick moss and leaves on the side of the house until they found the iron rungs they had secretly nailed and placed to make a hidden ladder up to their room”. This shows that will trusts his dad enough to show him something that Jim and Will set up in private to start with. And on page 203 were they talk about the carnival and if it is evil or if the devil is living there and taking people’s souls. Also they are talking on page 206 and they say they are going to hide in the library. Although it also says that they do not talk in the beginning but it also is because Mr. Halloway is not as young as he once was and cannot do what he used to be able to do.
Will is going to try and tell his dad more about his life because on page 132 he says. “In a couple days, dad. I’ll tell you everything. I swear. Moms honor.” He also shows it on page 138 “promise, Dad?” “Why don’t you want me to go there, Will?” “That’s one of the thing I’ll tell tomorrow or next week or next year. You got to trust me, Dad.” “I do, son.” Dad took his hand. “It’s a promise.” And on page 134 “Dad am I a good person?” “I think so, yes.” I think he really trusts his dad. Although will and his dad didn’t talk during the bullet trick the only reason he didn’t was because he was under the witches spell.
In conclusion this is how Will and his dad relationship have changed throughout the story because will is trying to tell his dad more and show him more and trust him more.

Works Cited
Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1962.
Print.

Pick me last!

Did the witch swallow the bullet or did she die of the shock form finding out that there was a smile on the bullet.

ooh pick me again

Why do the boys not want to tell Mr. Halloway about the carnival 'till it is all over.

Why does the man go to the library every night? Is he upset every night or does he just like his job?

November free write

I think that soldiers are amazing and have huge guts to go to another country and fight against other men and risk your life for other Americans. I think that they should be praised for doing what they do even more than they already are. Soldiers are people who have risked their lives to help other Americans and gain America’s freedom and are still risking it today.

Veterans are people who have risked their life in previous wars such as the Vietnam War or World War Two for the lives of others. These people are just ordinary men and women who decided that they would go to a foreign country and fight for Americas freedom.

I believe that these men and women should be praised for what they have done more than once or twice a year. I believe that they should be praised more than they are because they are what made America the free country that it is today.

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