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Our Homepages for Writing The menu project is my favorite project. It was the best and most fun in my opinion. I also enjoyed listening to the choices of topics and foods. By the end of class I couldn't wait for lunch. I usually get my stomach growling in period 5 but in period 4 it sounded like a thunder storm was approaching. This project also wasn't that hard so that boosted it up on favorite choices. The only thing I suggest is to have people bring in their favorite food in and share it with the class.

**//__A Found Poem From Walter Dean Myers by Jordan__//** Sometimes she’s needy when you don’t have anything extra to be giving And its music that’s more than just head music Hair live a halo around her black face Foreverness And the righteous speakin tongues Wake up Lazarus! Wake up Paul! Can I get an A-men Fists pumpin on the fire And how the gentrified evolution Chicken instead of sticken Sin of compromise “He bops!” “Be hop!” He bobs! She bops! We Bop! Be bop! Be-bop! Be-bop bo dee and Be- Bop Be-bop a bo Dee! Last call! That’s all! The last straw crumbled weeks ago A puppet on a rubber band Thorned her bleak fern fingers Our glances meet I race recklessly across A thousand frantic highs Under the 125 sign That night The world Both sides I push my horn into a cab Uneasy in his stretched humanity And melody he took with him Jordan Candiotti Civil War Piece We were all standing their and suddenly from behind us we heard gun shots. We all dropped to the ground for cover and luckily we were all saved. We individually crawled to cover and looked for our guns to use in self defense. We stood up in unison and very slowly I’d have to mention. We took cover anywhere we could behind trees, behind the tent, and even lying on the ground so low we blended in. Our drummer boy hid behind a wide bush. Some of us peeked out and looked to find the enemy. They were arising on the horizon and the adrenaline was killing me. My heart was beating faster than Olympic sprinters. Suddenly from habit I reloaded my gun so in case we had to run up in self defense I would be able to hold my own. A few others saw me do this and they repeated the sequence. We started walking out to the enemy as usual. No cover except if you made your own or used your surroundings like the nature around you. Most of the land was plains so we couldn’t hide well. Right when we started getting close enough we found out are “enemy” was part of our squad. The fight we thought we were going to go through never had to have happened. From a distance our men looked like sitting ducks on the enemy squads. The gun shots we heard were our squad capturing the other team. We retreated back to where we walked away from and waited for the rest to come up to our area. As they got back we gathered in a circle, picked up our flag, and held it high with unity.

Jordan Candiotti Starlab Piece At starlab a man named Mr. Science, our guide, took us into a room and showed us an inflated dome which was the starlab. He explained the rules which were if we are to loud and he starts counting quit down. If he gets to five we have to stop the starlab. Another rule was when you sit, sit on your bottom with your legs crossed. Also he pointed a flash light to where each person had to sit. When starlab was over he pointed a flash light at us to get out too. Anyway once we got in he put a filter on a speacial box and the nothern hemisphere popped up on the top. He showed us where locations were like Connecticut and Asia. He showed us these locations with a laser pointer that showed a red V when pointed. He pointed the laser at the top so we all know when he started and then he glided it down to the destination. After he showed us the locations he put a star filter on the box. This showed stars all ontop of the dome and I thought that was amazing. He said he was going to show us a constilation called the big dipper. He showed us this constilation and then told us how to locate the north star. You look at the two points on the left of the big dipper and go straight down in the direction those two dots are pointed in. You have now found the north star, or polaris. The north star is part of a formation with another six stars that looks like the little dipper. He also showed us other constilations like a dog, a hunter, a bull, and the seven little sisters. For the dog one of the stars is red. The seven sisters was really hard to see but he showed a blown up picture on the oppisite side of the blown up dome. There was on star in the sky that got brighter and brighter every night and now it is a cloud of gas. He put on a filter that had african animals on it and the animals were the constilations. I thought that was cool because I didn't have to strain my eyes to see any of the stars because some of the stars were nice and bright but some were dull and hard to see. I think starlab was superb.

GRAMMAR GUIDE **Noun** is a person, place, or thing. Ex. Jordan is a name which is a person, school is a place, a ball is a thing. Compound nouns are nouns made up of two or more words’ classroom is made up of class and room. Homework is made up of home and work. Common nouns name any one of a group of a person, place, or thing. Proper nouns name specific people, places, or thing. A ** Verb ** tells what someone or something does or is. It shows action or condition. Verbs show what something/someone does or did. Action verbs show someone doing something or something being done Ex. entertain, jump, announce, throw. Some are visible actions and mental actions Ex. feel, imagine, love, dislike. Linking verbs join nouns or pronouns with words that identify or describe them. Common linking verbs all forms of the verb be: am, are, is, was, and were. Helping verbs come before the main verb. They help express the meaning of the main verb. They are verbs made up of several words like had jumped, might have talked, would have understood, and could have been waiting. The verb supporting main verb are helping verbs.
 * Pronouns ** stand in for nouns. Prevent people from having to use the same nouns over and over. Ex. Jordan can be he or him. Nicole can be she or her. tree can be it. and a group of people can be them or they. Personal pronouns refer to people and what they speak or write. First pronouns Ex. I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, and ours. Demonstrative pronouns point to people, places, and thins like you point with your finger. 4 demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, and those.
 * Adjectives ** are words that make language more specific. They tell what kind? How Many? Which one? How much? It modifies nouns and pronouns. They make writing more specific. Adjectives are also called modifiers.
 * Articles ** are frequently use adjectives. They are definite or indefinite. Both indicate that a noun will soon follow.
 * Consonant articles ** use the word a because the next word is a consonant.
 * Vowel articles ** use the word an because the next word starts with a vowel.
 * Proper adjectives ** are an adjective based on a proper noun. This answers the questions what kind? or Which one? Suffixes make proper nouns proper adjectives.
 * Possessive adjectives ** are adjectives showing possession. Ex. __My__ coat is cold. My is modifying the noun that follows.
 * Adverbs ** modify other words. Modify other adverbs and adjectives. Answer the questions Where? When? In What Way? And to What Extent?
 * Prepositions ** help the reader understand the relationship on one word to another. Prepositions can be used as adverbs as well. Prepositions are made up of two words sometimes. Ex. My shoes are __beside__ the bed. Beside is telling where the shoes are. A preposition will always be part of a prepositional phrase. Adverbs stand alone. Prepositional phrases always have nouns and pronouns in them.

My response to Pablo Picasso. I think his words are very powerful. His words were very powerful when he talked about the world meeting its own destruction. It was kind of confusing when he talked about the plastic.

My thoughts on the Inauguration are that it was very interesting. I thought this because I've never seen one until today. I also thought it was cool when President Obama walked out because the crowd was so loud. President Obama's speech was good because it was for whole world to hear. He reminded us that we have to work hard and be responsible to the world and each other.

Jordan Candiotti L.A.3 12/4/08 NC Piece

When classes are over, there is an incredibly fun playtime called transition time. You play games, sometimes go back to your cabins, and even go to the rock wall room. During transition time you basically have fun and play. You also go back to your cabins to make sure you have everything. I remember my friend didn’t feel well so we walked up the extremely steep stairs to the nurse. We sauntered through the dining hall and found Nurse Ruth. Once she started curing my friend I was jealous. He got to drink ginger ale for his stomach. He soon sipped all the golden liquid from the can and we power walked back to the cabin. Once I got into my cabin, cabin 7, my ear drums just about popped. It was as loud as a roaring elephant. I took my shoes off and sat down on the incredibly soft couch. I joined into a card game and just as I got settled in we had to leave and get into cabin lines on the black top. Every day our cabin sang songs from either quiet sing like Woody or a song from entertainment we learned in the dining hall, like David Hasslehoff running on the beach. Another thing we did at transition time is climb a fabulous rock wall. It is gigantic! It fills every single piece of the wall. It also has parts that bulge out. Those are extremely hard because you’re feet seem to go into the wall. Their is a room height brown tree in the middle of the room. You climb it with the smooth stubs that stick out it. If you fall you’ll just fall on the fake brown chunks that are safe and soft. The tree is also fake so you can’t hurt you’re hand while attempting to climb it. There is also a fort up on the top of the climbing wall. Except you climb up the wall vertical instead of horizontal. In order to get in you have to climb straight up to the top of the wall. Then you extend your arm, leg, or hand into the triangular fort. Now, when you’re in the fort you could either sit there or talk to people or you could slide down the ramp into the wall inside the fort. If you’re afraid of heights don’t come up into this fort because you have to jump down to get out. My favorite part of transition time is definitely games. My favorite game that is actually one of my favorite sports is basketball. I usually got on a good team, but even if I wasn’t it was still fun because nobody cheated. I made my goal for the week in basketball by shooting and making a three pointer. Another fun game that I don’t play much is four square. It was challenging because the squares were smaller than the ones here at Memorial. I still did okay and had fun. The other game I played was tetherball. Basically the rules, are hit the dirty yellow ball around the tall silver pole until the string is completely twirled around the pole. I never won because I guess that just isn’t one of my talents. I also wish the string holding the ball was longer so I could reach the stinking thing. I had to jump to reach it every time. Transition time is the best time of the day!

If I could travel backward or forward in time I would celebrate the holidays in the year 2008. I would celebrate here because of the wierd presents I would get, the cool Christmas decorations, and the awesome clothes I could get. Lets get started with the wonderful Christmas presents of 2008. I want to get an ipod touch. If I get this ipod it will remind me of when my sister got her ipod video in the sixth grade for Christmas. This would be a great present because my mom and sister always listen to junky music so I could put my style of music on this wonderful creation. Another bodacious present I want for the holidays is one pair of Pheonix Suns tickets. I would want these tickets when the Suns are going up against the Lakers. I would definetly want these tickets before anything else I get for Christmas because these two teams are my favorite teams. I know this sounds odd, but I want a ball inflater because I lost mine and my basketballs are always going flat. I'm down to one ball. Thats what I want most for Christmas. I'm going to talk about the cool Christmas decorations that are inside and outside my house. Inside my house are tree ornaments and stockings. The tree ornaments are these cheap plastic things that look like real gold. That is until you touch it. Also the tree ornaments come in plenty because I always get at least one for Christmas. I usually get cool ones. I remember the time I made one for my mom in first grade. It was a snowman made out of foamy material and had a jolly face you could look at all day if you had to. The stockings are awesome too. Mine is of a raindeer and it looks like a raindeer's head is sticking out of the stocking. My sisters had a snowman and the reason I say had is because I found one that has Edward from Twilight on it and she loves that series more than the computer. Next I'm going to talk about the outside decorations. Mostly these are lights and not just lights but very colorful rainbow lights. They go on the edge of the roof and I always think they are going to fall off the roof. These are the only decorations we have outside and they are plenty. I forgot to tell you about my small snowman that has a chalkboard. On this chalkboard we count how many days are left until Christmas. These are all of the decorations outside and inside my house.

favorite paragrah. We traveled to the space store and got all the equipment we needed. The shuttle was too much money so we used our ratty old jet packs. On our way to the moon I saw some bright magnificent stars. Finally, we got to the moon. We found Dr. Fruit quickly because we saw footprints. I took out my laser gun aimed at the bomb and fired. Screws and bolts flew everywhere. Dr. Fruit got up calmly, sauntered to his space shuttle, and flew away to the aliens. “I guess he was serious about living with the aliens.” I croaked. Jordan C.  Favorited sentence. Everyone got what they wanted except me; I’m going to be late for school. Jordan C.

Favorite topic sentence. After I heard the news, I boosted up my super speed and throttled to France. Jordan C  Descriptive Segment. A mystical creature walked out with black shoes, red jeans, and his head was an, uh, apple. Jordan C.

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My teeth chattered as I saw a pack o wolves chasing squirrels. It's October and the enchanted leaves are falling. I sauntered down the sidewalk to the baseball field holding warm coffee. There is a huge hole at third base. Big foot must have plaed here. A ferret was strolling along and his claws were digging into the dirt. He was following a hamster who was in an awesome ball. I was walking back home wondering what it's like to be in a barrage. Just then I saw purel on the absouloutly filthy floor. Its case is as shiny as a crystyl. It got dark and I went to bed. I had a dream that a ghost named Repunzel was singing to a self portrait in a castle. I woke up the next morning and wondered if today was going to be as cool as yesterday. From Jordan C

NC Introduction. When classes are over, there is an incredibly fun playime calld transition time. At transition time you play games, somtimes go back to your cabins, and even go to a rock wall room. Read this piece to find out more about those subjects.