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These are some of the writing pieces I have writen in the years 2008-2009 in my L.A. class♥

Menue Reflection

I really enjoyed this project. Though it took me a long time to acomplish, it might be my favorite project so far in L.A. next to the poetry project. I've always thought it would be cool to have my own resteraunt, and menue, and things like that. I LOVE cooking, and food of course. It wasen't hard for me to think of what kind of resteaunt I would be doing, I love Mexican food and I love seafood so I thought, "Why not put them together?" And that was it, I was having a Mexican seafood resteraunt.

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I See In Front Of Me…… __//**

I see in front of me a bowl. A bowl with something steaming inside. A bowl with something steaming inside that is letting of an amazing aroma. I see in front of me a bowl. A bowl that is letting of an amazing aroma. An amazing aroma I can’t explain. An amazing aroma that smells better than all the flowers in the world. I see in front of me a bowl. A bowl that holds something delicious. Something delicious that is covered in something wet. Something that is covered in something wet and red and saucy.

I see in front of me a fork. I see in front of me a fork that is silver and shiny. I see in front of me a fork that is silver and shiny but will soon become dirty. I see in front of me a fork. I see in front of me a fork that is used for eating. I see in front of me a fork that is used for eating things that are covered in something wet and red and saucy. I see in front of me a fork. I see in front of me a fork that is coming towards my mouth. I see in front of me a fork that is coming towards my mouth with something sticking into it. Something sticking into it that has a mouth watering flavor.

I see in front of me tubes. I see in front of me tubes that are sprinkled with parsley. I see in front of me tubes that are sprinkled with parsley and cheese and sauce. I see in front of me tubes. I see in front of me tubes that are flopping off my fork. I see in front of me tubes that are flopping off my fork and steaming. I see in front of me tubes that are flopping off my fork and steaming that send a sudden burst of hunger through my body. I see in front of me tubes. I see in front of me tubes that are being devoured. I see in front of me tubes that are being devoured with every crunch of my teeth. CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH.

I see in front of me tubes that are steaming, and letting of an amazing aroma; that is delicious, and covered in something wet, and red, and saucy; with a mouth watering flavor. Tubes that are sprinkled with parsley and cheese and sauce, that flop off my fork, that are being devoured with every crunch of my teeth.

I see in front of me PASTA.

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-Francesca

You may think That cats are cuddly and cute**,** But they have a secret side Silent, mute.

Filled with mystery Filled with stealth Filled With Suspicion Filled with health.

They come and they go, They slink and they stretch, What’s inside their clever minds You can never catch?

__**Mama and Her Babies **__ A Found Poem from Alvin Schwartz -Francesca

Upon my mama's head Are golden ribons And her hair is as white as snow.

Fudge, Fudge, tell the judge, Mama's had a baby!

Whay am I always the little meatball That runs down the street?

When the judge heard the news He Said Birds, Birds, Chatter and flee, Turn up your tails,And good luck to thee!

I didn't know what he ment, But that's okay

Fudge, Fudge, tell the judge Mama's had a baby!

Dear Journal,   April 15, 1865 You’ll never believe it, the most tragic event happened today. I will remember this horrible day for the rest of my life. As you know from my last entry, the North took over and won the American Civil War. To celebrate this event, President Abraham Lincoln and his beautiful wife, Mary, went to a play at Fords Theater today to see a wonderful play. It turns out that I was going to see the same play at the same time at Fords Theater today also. I was so excited. Then came the worst part. During the middle of the film, I remember a man walking in and disappearing somewhere. After that I don’t remember much except for a loud gun shot. I turns out that the man who disappeared was an actor named John Wilkes Booth, and he shot President Lincoln right in the back of the head and killed him. It was so terrible. I will dread this day forever.

A man from the Children’s Museum came to our school and did a presentation called Star Lab. When we finished the experience, my teacher instructed us to write a story about it on our wiki. This is what I wrote, I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I did.

__**Star Lab**__

As soon as the small door leading to the amazing star lab opened, I felt a whoosh of cold air blow around my face. I crouched down and slowly crawled like an army man towards what seamed to be a never-ending black hole of plastic. The tunnel was pitch black until I saw a faint light. I turned a corner and peered into a dome-shaped room. In the center was a small chair and some equipment I didn't recognize. I sat against the wall of the oddly-shaped in closer as I waited for some of the other students to find their way. When everyone was finally seated around the perimeter of the dome a man <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">stepped forward introducing himself as "Mr. Science". All of a sudden, <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">during this demonstration, the man showed us different <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">constellations and how in different places, people thought the same grouping of stars were <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">totally different pictures. Mr.Science explained that here, in America, most people think that a <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">certain grouping of seven stars is called the "Big Dipper", but how in Africa, they picture it as an elephant. I have to say it was a very interesting <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">experience. After we finished our <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">forty -five minute class everyone filed out <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">through the dark tunnel for the second time. This time, getting out of the tunnel seamed to take a much shorter time. When I got out of the tunnel, it was so hot. I guess my body adjusted to the cold <span style="font-size: 15pt; background: #f5f4f4; color: #926fdc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">temperature in the dome. Next thing I knew, I was walking to my next class ready for my next adventure.



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In my town, there is an emusement park called Quassy. Quassy is having a compitition were students write a piece about why their mother should be Quassy's mom of the year. Whoever wins will get to go to Quassy for free on Mothers' Day With our moms and celebrate. This is what I wrote, Enjoy!!

My Mom __

Who do you know that takes care of not one, but two families, is caring, loving and will always be there for you? My mom. I believe that my mom should be Quassy’s Mom of the Year.

My mom is very a hard working woman. It’s hard enough to take care of one family, but my mom takes care of two. That means double the groceries, double the laundry, double the work, and double the time. My mom is an only child; she’s the only one that does everything for her parents because they can’t do a lot of things because they are elderly. As you can see my mom is a busy, hardworking person. She needs a break.

Even though my mom’s busy running from one house to another, she’s always there for me. She’ll always take me to where I need to go. Whether it’s something as small as a ride to soccer practice or a drive to a friend’s house, she’ll get me there. She’s always so kind and caring. She cares for me when I’m sick, she comforts me when I am sad, and she sticks up for me when I need somebody by my side. My mom is such a generous person. She needs to have a day of fun.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">As you can see, my mom is an encouraging, comforting, and hard working person. She needs a day of fun at Quassy. This is why my mom should be Quassy’s mom of the year.



<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #00ccff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I wrote this grammar guide because my teacher instructed my class to. I hope you enjoy learning about grammar.

Grammar Guide

Noun Definition: Noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. They can be living or nonliving.

Example: __Sarah__ lives on Main Street. In this example // Sarah // is the noun it is a person.

Proper Noun: Definition: names a specific person, place, or thing. Usually a proper noun is capitalized.

Common Noun: Definition: names any one of a group of people, places or things.

Example: __Mrs. York__ is my math __teacher__. In this example // Mrs. York // is the proper noun and // teacher // is the common noun.

Pronouns: Definition: takes the place of a noun.

Example: I noticed the __mouse__ before Naomi noticed __it__. // It // takes place of // dog. //

Verb: Definition: expresses the action or condition of a person, place, or thing.

Example: I __ran__ home from school. // Run // is the verb in this example//. //

Action Verbs: Definition: indicates the action of a person or thing. The action can be visible or mental.

Example: I __understand__ the assignment. // Understand // is the action verb in this example.

Linking Verbs: Definition: joins a noun or pronoun at or near the beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end.

Example: // She // __is__ a // jockey //. // Jockey // identifies // she //.

Helping Verb: Definition: a verb that comes before the main verb and adds to its meaning.

Example: I __was__ // sleeping //. In this example // was // is the helping verb and // sleeping // is the main verb.

Adjective: Definition: a word that describes something.

Example: The __chocolate brown__ // puppy // ate its food. In this example // chocolate brown // describes __puppy__.

Adverb: Definition: a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Example: I // carefully // __put__ the painting on the drying rack. // Carefully // modifies __put__.

Preposition: Definition: relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.

Example: My backpack is // on // the table. In this example __on__ is the preposition.

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Barak Obama just became the <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: white; color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">President of the United States. Because my class <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: white; color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">watched the Inauguretion my teacher told us to write to this prompt: Now that you have <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: white; color: #5300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">witnessed history, what are your thoughts? This is my story, History In The Making. Enjoy!!

<span style="font-size: 190%; color: #ac00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff0300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">History In The Making

Prompt: <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #421ded; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Now that you have witnessed history, what are your thoughts?

I have just witnessed history and I think it is amazing. I can tell my grandchildren about how I saw the first black person get <span style="font-size: 23pt; color: #421ded; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">inaugurated as the President of the United States. This event tells me that no matter what skin color or gender, no matter if you are poor or wealthy, you can do anything you want to if you try your best.

<span style="font-size: 15pt; color: #f62328; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">This next story was written around Christmas time. My teacher told me to write to this prompt:If you could time travel, what time period would you want to celebrate the holidays in and why? My story is titled The First Christmas. Enjoy!!

<span style="font-size: 19pt; color: #4c8104; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The First Christmas <span style="font-size: 19pt; color: #ac00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #4c8104; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Prompt: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #4c8104; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #eb2f2d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">If you could TIME TRAVLE, what time period would you want to celebrate the holidays in and why? <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #990dc9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #2b8410; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">If I could go back in time, I would celebrate the holidays at the very first Christmas, when Baby Jesus was born. It would be so magical to whiteness the first time, to see what Christmas is really all about and how it has changed over the years. I would actually get to see Mary, Joseph, and of course the baby Jesus. I wonder how the animals reacted when the baby Jesus was born, was there a twinkle in their eye, did they scene that something wonderful happened? This is why I would travel to the First Christmas. <span style="font-size: 160%; color: #2b8410; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

Around Halloween my teacher told us to buy a small pumpkin and write a story about it. I intitled my story Pumpkin Ball because in my story a pumpkin named Candace is mistakened for a soccer ball at a soccer game at her middle school. These are some of my favorite sentences and paragraphs from the story. Enjoy!! My Punpkin Piece Favorites

My Favorite Topic Sentence: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background-color: #e41bc1; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">Ya, ya, get em……Oh come on! O-oh hi, my name is Candace and I decided to watch the soccer game after school.

Favorite Sentence

<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background-color: #926fdc; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;"> The next thing I knew I was in the Pea Pod Hospital getting treatment for cleat marks.

My Favorite Paragraph: Ya, ya, get em……Oh come on! O-oh hi, my name is Candace and I decided to watch the soccer game after school. Today my middle school team, The Pumpkins, are playing against our arch rivals, the Rochambeau Squash. Right now the score is tied 4 to 4 and it’s getting pretty intense.

<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #cc99ff; line-height: 200%; font-family: Ravie; background-color: #211717;"> __ In class, my teacher brought up a picture on the screen and instructed us to write a story about it. This is what I wrote, Enjoy!!

Breakfast Story __ <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #cc99ff; line-height: 200%; font-family: Ravie; background-color: #996cda;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> I came down stairs for a delicious breakfast. I could smell it now, a ham and egg sandwich on an English muffin, with cinnamon rolls and a side of bacon all toped off with a towering glass of orange juice. MMMM, Yummy. When I found the kitchen I sat down at the head of the table and tucked my napkin into my shirt. I was ready to dig into the greatest meal ever. My mom sat the plate in front of me. “Eat up” she said. “Oh I will” I thought. The delicious treat was steaming. By then my grandma, my baby sister, and my twin brothers joined us at the table. I picked up a piece of bacon, when my horse Cocoanut came bursting through the door! She ate the bacon right out of my hands! Before she could eat anymore of my delicious breakfast, I picked it up and put it on the counter. My mom shooed her out the door leaving only the top door open so Cocoanut could stick her head in. I brought my breakfast back to the table and took a bite of my sandwich. It tasted so good. I picked up my cinnamon roll and took a large bite. It made my hands and face all sticky. This is the best breakfast ever, I thought, just what I need before a hard day at school. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background-color: #29e60a;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background-color: #29e60a;"> The entire 6th grade took a trip to a place called Natures Classroom for an entire week. When everyone got back to school, our teacher instructed us to write a story about our trip, enjoy!! Nature’s Classroom Piece

If you enjoy long hikes, finding newts, and catching giant water bugs, than come to nature’s classroom and pick an activity of your choice. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background-color: #3c9f3e;">I remember at Nature’s Classroom I was in Bobcat’s field group. Bobcat was one of the many Nature’s Classroom teachers. On the first adventure my field group and I traveled around the lake. When we came to a beaver dam one of the boys found a newt and named it Joey. And that is how we ended up spending our day, catching newts and naming them. I remember Sean put his newts in his water bottle and said they were having a pool party, ha ha. You should trying hiking around the lake at Nature’s Classroom. If you enjoy taking long hikes, roasting marshmallows, and enjoying beautiful views, I suggest you take a hike up Sunrise Mountain with a Nature’s Classroom teacher. On Wednesday my field group and I took a four hour hike up Sunrise Mountain. I remember the amazing view when we reached the peak. It seamed like you could see forever. At lunchtime my field group and I started up a big fire, perfect for roasting marshmallows. We were the second to last field group to start walking down the trail. On our walk it didn’t take long until we found an interesting distraction. Bobcat found a huge dead tree. The next thing we knew one of the boys had climbed up inside the tree so you could only see his feet. After about fifteen minutes we ended up fitting seven people in the tree. It was weird and funny. Then we started walking further and further into the forest and further and further away from the trail. We came to a tree that had fallen down on another tree, which was still standing upright. Bobcat knew it was the perfect place to build a shelter. So we started building. Everyone found dead branches, which were all about six feet tall and leaned them up against the two trees. The next thing we knew we were late for dinner, so instead of walking down the trail we had to run down the side of Sunrise Mountain through the woods. This was not easy, and most of us ended up just sliding down on our coats! If you go, I hope you have a nice hike too!! There are so many classes you can take at Nature’s Classroom. If you are interested in things that soar high in the sky, then I suggest that you take the Mentos class or the Water rockets class. If you take the Mentos class, I would back away from the soda unless you want to get sticky; because you will get to witness a gallon of Coak soda explode through the air!! If you decide that exploding Coak isn’t really your thing than try taking the Water Rockets Class. In this class your nature’s classroom teacher will give each group an empty, one-gallon bottle. Then he/she will instruct you to cut out fins for your rocket in any shape you please. Once you have glued your fins and nose cone on and you fill up your rocket with water, than you are ready to go. Then your nature’s classroom teacher will show you the way outside and put each rocket on a base. When he/ she pulls the string you will get to see your water rocket accelerate through the air. If you are into everything gross and weird than I think you would be interested in a dissection class, the Grossology class, or the Pond Biology class. If you take a dissection class you will be able to look inside anything from fruit to pigs. If you are known to get squeamish, than I would stay away from these classes. If you take Grossology, you will stir up a recipe of green jello snot and blisters made of Vaseline and toilet paper. Pond Biology is full of bizarre creatures you dig out from the pond. I remember that a boy named Jeff found a giant water bug in his net. It was amazing; I’ve never seen a beetle that big. It turned out to be as long as two quarters and a penny!! So come to Nature’s Classroom and pick a class of your choice. My long week at Nature’s Classroom was soo enjoyable because of the fun adventures every day. I hope I have encouraged you to come to nature’s classroom and live the experience for yourself. So what are you doing reading this, hop on a buss and come to Nature’s Classroom!!