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Menu Reflection

While writing my menu I asked myself a lot about what I was writing and I thought about the food. Once I could picture the food I could almost taste how it tastes and feel my mouth watering like menus at amazing restaurants do. I tried to use so many fantastic words in my menu. Every noun should have an adjective before it, was what I kept telling myself. I learned so much about writing with description and detail like always read it to yourself to see if you can picture what you wrote about. A Found Poem From Nancy Wood by Colleen Women danced where ever they went, That’s why water pays an endless tune, And the stream is running through me.

Bless the things that do not come out right, Bless the locusts and the drought To the waiting arms of the wind.

Beauty encircled two lives and, Offered by the mystery of sky, They made friends with the wind, Traveled on the wings of the stars Through memories of circles unbroken.

The faraway moon laughed.  My Dearest Daughter Elizabeth, I am writing this letter in the little spare time I have. General Bates’ troops are going to stay here until a battle starts. We are suspecting an invasion from the union states. All of our guns are loaded and ready to go. I am doing well, however your Uncle Samuel was shot in the chest while in combat. He is in the infirmary and is beginning to look better. I would believe that the plantation is in great conditions under your control and that your brother, John, is doing fine. If you do not here from me again do not fret. I am a strong man and will refuse to leave you alone in this country at war. If I am injured your freedom will keep me going. My time in this war is supposed to end in eight months. If I am not home shortly after that, do not worry. The army needs more men and I will stay if I can. Your Father, Sgt. Stephen Mallory

Today the green team got to experience starlab, an inflatable planetarium that you go into. Then they have a special machine that shines the stars and other pictures get up on the ceiling. At first they showed us a picture of the Earth so we could know where the constellations were from. After that we saw the night sky all around us. Constellations and important stars were pointed out to us. Sometimes a picture of what the constellation was thought to look like would be projected on the wall so we could see the stars take form better. I learned a lot and really enjoyed the presentation. My Guide to Grammar Nouns: nouns are a person place or thing-Proper [specific] and common [non-specific] **example**: in the sentence "The boy played with a ball." boy and ball are nouns Verbs: A verb is an action- there are linking and helping verbs **example**: playing and jumpng are verbs Adjectives: Adjectives modify nouns **example**: in the sentence "She is pretty." pretty is modifying the noun she Adverbs: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs **example**: in the sentence "When you reach the intersection,turn right." right is an adverb Prepositions: Prepositions tell where something is **example**:about, above, on, without Pronoun: Pronouns take the place of nouns-can be singular[one] or plural[multiple]**example**:she, he, it, they Article: one of three words-a, an, or the Picasso Reflection I think the way he said “…painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself spill apart” is very touching and strongly worded. Also I think that it has lots of meanings that you have to think about before you understand them. The way he uses the word drama multiple times makes you know that drama was an important thing in his vision of art. I take his words to mean that everything that is possible will happen and that art helps him warn others for what he thinks will happen, “reality finds itself split apart” and all that is left is art. After all of the dramatic changes the world is but a work of art.

Today, 1-20-09, I saw president elect Obama become president and make history. It was really exiting! His inauguration speech was touching because it not only talked about the future but about the past. One quote from his speech that I will remember for a long time is [I am not directly quoting him because I don't remember the exact wording]"60 years ago my grandfather wouldn't have been served at a local restaurant, but now an African American has been sworn in as President of the United States." I saw and heard from friends that people watching in classrooms and schools all over cried, at the history being made. I know that they will remember this day forever, I know I will. Seeing this event made me realize that the racial equality that we see now wasn't there not so long ago, that segregation was in this country 60 years ago, that all men were created equal but they weren't treated that way only decades ago. It was an exciting event.

This is my Nature's Classroom piece:  There is a fantastic program called Nature’s Classroom where schools can go to learn about nature and have tons of fun. At NC there are wonderful people, a satisfactory food and dining experience, awesome activities, great field groups, and it is so entertaining that you do not even realize that you are learning.  There are many fabulous people at Nature’s Classroom. The NC teachers are like camp counselors. They even have humorous names like Sea Star and Blair Claw. Also at NC your teachers are your chaperones. They even sleep in the cabins with you. Most of your friends will go. There will be kids that you don’t know there who will become your friends. Not only will your school be there, but other schools will be there too (not in your cabins, but at the camp).Just like camp, you have tons of fun with the people around you.  Another marvelous thing about Nature’s Classroom is the food (and dining) experience. One thing that makes this so spectacular is the ORT, ORT report, and ORT challenge. ORT is the edible food that is still on your plate after meal time that you took from the serving platter. The ORT report is how much ORT you have and an ORT challenge is an ORT goal. If you reach it your teacher or teachers may jump into the lake.   At Nature’s Classroom there are waitrons that set up the table, get the food, and clean up. Being a waitron teaches you responsibility because you have to come in early to set up. Before every meal there are announcements and a positive share for students to share something positive about their day or time at NC. Before they share they answer a laughable question. At the end of each meal there is entertainment. Yarrrrrrrr! (They have you say “Yarrrr!” after they say entertainment). During entertainment (Yarrrr!) there is usually a silly repeat after me song so you can do the comical actions and have lots of fun.  The people and the meals are not the only splendid parts of Nature’s Classroom, the activities are also exceptionable. One activity is the Underground Railroad Simulation (UGRR for short) where you are a slave and you try to escape on the UGRR to Canada. Another activity is the giant game of tag called Predator-Prey. In this game you are assigned a group of animals that will eat other groups or be eaten by higher species. Also there is TNL (Thursday Night Live) where your field group performs the skit that you make up for the whole school. The night hike is when you go into the woods at night to learn about your eyes with activities and games. It is tons of fun.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1920f5; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway; 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;">Part of your NC day is field group. There are many teachers for field groups. They have very hilarious names. Sometimes the field groups hike up Sunrise Mountain or to the lake. Also you play many exciting games. Another thing about field group is the team building challenges on the hiking trails. One that we did had a peanut butter lava sea that you cannot touch. You had to work as a team to get to your life boat on the other side of the lava. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway; 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: 12pt; color: #1920f5; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1920f5; line-height: 115%; font-family: Broadway; 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;">Nature’s Classroom is favorable experience. With people of all ages and sizes, superb food and dining, learning activities, and stupendous field groups everyone at your school will love it. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; 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: 12pt; color: #9980ba; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; 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 travel to any time to celebrate the holidays where would you go? I would travel 100 years in the future.

"Why 100 years into the future?" you may be wondering. Well, the answer is that I really want to get a piece of high-tech equipment for the holidays. In 100 years the technology will most likely be earth friendly. Even though I will probably be dead in 100 years it would still be cool to see some of my other family members.

Also I would bring my family because the holidays are about being with the people you love. Another reason I would bring my family is because my brother would want a game, my dad would want a cooking invention, and my mom would want a robot to do things for her like doing laundry and folding it or feeding the cat. If I brought them I could have them pick out their own presents. Then I wouldn't be lonely in the year 2108.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0daade; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;">Descriptive Sentence: If she won people would listen to her and realize that everyone’s only a pumpkin and way down inside everyone has a little motorcycle rock star that wants to be let out on an open road. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0daade; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0daade; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #548dd4; line-height: 115%; font-family: Jokerman; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msothemecolor: text2; msothemetint: 153;">A Topic Sentence From My Pumpkin Piece: Two weeks later there was a letter in Ashley’s mailbox addressed to Ms. Ashley Orangey from 123 Hollywood Drive Hollywood, CA. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #548dd4; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msothemecolor: text2; msothemetint: 153;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ffe800; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #31f6af; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Favorite Paragraph from my pumpkin piece: <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-spacerun: yes; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Two weeks later there was a letter in Ashley’s mailbox addressed to Ms. Ashley Orangey from 123 Hollywood Drive Hollywood, CA. Ashley ripped it open and read it out loud. It said <span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #f2ee0d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Dear Ms. Orangey, <span style="font-size: 7pt; color: #f2ee0d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You rock! You’ve placed first in our “Who Wants to be a Rock Star” competition. The judges loved how deeply the feelings in your song touched their hearts. We would like you to show us some of your other songs at our Hollywood headquarters. We will arrange a first class air trip for you to come here next month. See you then! <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Teens Rock Record Company, Hollywood” <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #5c00ff; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">This is my pumpkin piece: <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Motorcycle Rock Star <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ashley Orangey isn’t your average teenager, she is a pumpkin. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ashley doesn’t fit in or have any friends so she rides her motorcycle most of the time. Also she loves to listen to rock and roll. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Anyway let’s get to the story. One day Ashley Orangey was showing someone her tattoo of a motorcycle and they saw her scar, [she was in a motorcycle accident, but that’s another story] when she saw a boy handing out flyers that said “Do You Want to be a Rock Star?” in big bold letters. “Gimmie one kid!” she said to the boy as she grabbed one from him. She read it and said “I’ve got to practice! This contest for the next teen rock sensation is next week!” <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As she started to ride to her house she was thinking about what song to sing. She wanted it to be about her, a pumpkin, but there weren’t any songs about pumpkins. Ashley decided to write her own song about a teenage pumpkin who thinks she doesn’t fit in anywhere and then finds her place, rock. It would be about her life, the ups and the downs, the joyrides and the crashes, and most of all the rock! <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">She couldn’t believe it. Her lifelong dream could happen and all she had to do was win a contest. If she won people would listen to her and realize that everyone is only a pumpkin and way down inside everyone has a little motorcycling rock star that wants to be let out on an open road. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Two weeks later there was a letter in Ashley’s mailbox addressed to Ms. Ashley Orangey from 123 Hollywood Drive in Hollywood, CA. Ashley ripped it open and read it out loud. It said: <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">“Dear Ms. Orangey, <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">You rock! You’ve placed first in our Who Wants to be a Rock Star competition. The judges loved how deeply the feelings in your song touched their hearts. We would like you to show us some of your other songs at our Hollywood headquarters. We will arrange a first class air trip for you to come here next month. See you then! <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teens Rock Record Company, Hollywood” <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-tab-count: 1; msotabcount: 1; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #30f3dc; font-family: 'Snap ITC'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wow! Turns out even pumpkins can have happy endings by following their dreams.

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