Christmas poem

Christmas is finally here,

with all its laughter and cheer,

it is so full of snow,

temperature oh so low,

getting many gifts,

going up ski lifts,

spreading cheer everywhere does Santa Claus,

he deserves a lot of loud applause

on his side he has nine flying reindeer,

on them are silver bells that you can hear,

he has little elves on his side,

whom will do as he abides,

at the north pole, the very top,

is where lies Santa's workshop,

there the elves make all the toys,

for all the good girls and boys,

he gives to the nice

but for the naughty there is a price,

they will have much fright,

as they receive coal dark as night,

but Christmas is not all about getting,

giving is much more befitting,

here is some advice,

be very nice.

Great Risk

Authors Note: My essay is about the theme, great risk, in different things.

I  have beads of sweat coming down my forehead. Will the old man see us? I can see the baseball as it is a foot away. I grasp the baseball with my sweaty hand and take off. That was the small risk of going into the mean old neighbor’s yard. Great risk though is risking your life. Risk is shown throughout many things but great risk is not shown as much.

In the Mark of Athena 7 demigods risk their life so that the world doesn’t end by the hands of evil. One of the 7, Annabeth, took a very great risk. She had gone alone to save a statue that would somehow save the world. Annabeth knew that she had to go alone because she is the daughter of Athena and Athena herself had chosen her for the quest. The risks were clear, since many children of Athena have tried and failed. As her last trial, which she knew was coming, she had to face a giant spider which was her greatest fear. Even though she knew she had to face her greatest fear she still took the risk of going on the quest.

Doom was not only ascending in the Mark of Athena but also in Fablehaven. A group of people had gone to a place where they could have easily died but they took the risk because there was an item at that place they needed. At the place they had risked their lives by doing dangerous things. One person had died while 3 got captured by the enemy. But all of this was not in vain because in the end the group had gotten the item.

Great risk is not only shown throughout books. It is also shown throughout life. People who fight in wars and battles for our country take huge risks. They risk their lives so that our country is better. Those people who go and fight wars, where they can easily die, are true risk-takers. But these risks are worth it, for without them we wouldn’t have our great country.

Great risk is not ringing the doorbell of the mean, old neighbor and running. It is risking your life for others. People do it in real life all the time like the army, navy, marines, etc. These books contain great risk, risk that cannot be matched to.

Fablehaven Prediction

Author’s note: This is what I think will happen in the 5^th book of the Fablehaven series. It is in the view of a girl whose name is Kendra.

My heart is racing as the Sphinx stands in front of me. He holds the 5 keys and is about to open the prison. Is the entire world doomed? I hold Seth’s warm hand since it is comforting to know I will at least be with my brother in the end. But then something happens. As I touch my brother’s hand, a dim light grows in between us. It gets bigger and bigger until it shoots out a beam of light that shines on the sphinx. I feel hope surging through me as the Sphinx falls to his knees. Is the war over? Has the world been saved? I think of these questions as I remember how it had all started.

The Sphinx was the person who had wanted to open the demon prison which could only be opened with the 5 separate keys. He had thought it would make the world a better place but it wouldn’t. Seth and I were part of the Sorensons who were the people against the Sphinx’s cause. My brother and I each had our own special abilities which together were more powerful than ever. The Sphinx had gotten the keys all the keys to the prison and was about to open up the prison but that was when “it” happened and the world was saved.

The Growing of Seth

Author’s Note: This piece includes details from the first 4 books of the “Fablehaven” series.

In Fablehaven Seth had always been a troublemaker who always made rash decisions. He had faced many hardships which had changed him. Seth and his acquaintances had to race with their enemies for 5 keys which would open the demon prison and end all life as we know it. In those intense times Seth had to become a person who made life or death decisions. He had made the right calls and that had saved everyone. This had changed him from mischievous to be being decisive.

Some people get advice from their elders about what they shouldn’t do. Seth was one of them but he didn’t listen. He had learned that he should listen to his elders after he learned the hard way because when he was not supposed to open the window to demons who could use illusions to trick him, he had been fooled and opened it anyways. The result of had his actions had caused his friends and family hardships. After that he had never opened the window to the demons and he also listened to most of his elder’s advice.

Seth might have listened to his elders but sometimes he didn’t for the good of his family and friends. He  and his friends had to get an item to succeed in getting one of the five keys but their grandpa thought it was much too dangerous, but Seth had used his instincts to get the item.  In his mind he had a feeling about going to meet a demon and that demon had gave him the knowledge to go and get the item. He was the only one who could do it and he had done it for the good of his friends. Also he had snuck in with his friends when they went on their mission but he had actually saved them sometimes. He had made the right choices and he couldn’t have done it without his decisive thinking.

Going to places in secrecy isn’t just Seth’s trait. In “Stormbreaker” Alex Rider had gone to a junkyard without telling anyone including his caretaker which is the closest person he had at that time. He almost got killed by his careless actions and also by some other people who were shooting at him. He had not just gone in vain. He found out some valuable information just like Seth had when he went to meet the demon. Both had taken huge risks which pay off though since they had both found out precious information and knowledge is power.

So Seth might have made some careless mistakes and took live-threatening risks, but in the end he had done great acts. He had located the item to which would help them get a key and he had also helped his friends and family live to see the light of another day. He was like people in other books like “Stormbreaker” but that wasn’t a bad thing because he had done fantastic acts just like the other character.

Prediction to 3:15

My predictions for 3:14 is that Troy will not end up like Dale did because in most movies and books the hero usually overcomes what others do not so I think he will be safe from what was going to happen. I think that he will be immune or something like that from whatever that was going to change him. 

I was wrong because he did change and end up like Dale.

After that I think Mr.Mason will save because Troy was the only person who had ever actually liked him him and Mr.Mason had felt sorry for him so he looked for a cure and found it because Troy just can't end up like that because most books usually have the hero survives in the end.

Demon Keeper Retelling

Author's Note: This a retelling a book "Demon Keeper." 

Demon keeper is about a boy that has the job of taking care of demons. Most of the demons are not so dangerous but there is one demon that has to be kept in a prison. The demon gets loose and he has to get it back in the prison with his newly made friends. 

Patriot's Pen

Author's Note: This is my opinion on the founding fathers of america. This essay is for the Patriots  Pen Essay.

If I could meet the founding fathers right now there would be many words I would tell them. They had done wonderful things but all the same had done things not as great. I would tell them to fix the bad acts they had done, so that the country could become even better than they had made it.

They had done wonderful acts for the country, yet they had made many mistakes. Some of the founders were actually hypocrites, even though the founding fathers had rebelled against slavery, some of them owned slaves. It was disgusting how they did the very thing they acted against. Back then women were treated worse than men because they did not have equal rights and were thought of as inferior people. Everyone should have a right to be equal. The founding fathers had committed some horrible acts and they should fix that if they could.

As opposed to the dark side of what they had done, there was also a side with light. The founding  fathers had done many wondrous deeds. They had created this amazing country. Our country is free unlike many others. We are one of the most dominant countries thanks to them. We can walk out on the streets safely without guns shooting at us and the sound of bombs breaking our eardrums. There are countries like that. We are a haven safer than most.

Not only had they created this wonderful country some of the founding fathers had created inventions that broke the surface of technology back then. Thomas Jefferson had made the clock so we can tell what time it is. Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals which helped many people who needed them. He had also made the lightning rod which saved many lives and buildings.

This haven that the founding fathers built is a magnificent nation. Even though there are many terrible things about the country, the miraculous part covers up for it. The founding fathers are admirable in the sense that they created this country even though they had done some atrocious things.  They had invented some things that we use every day. They did wonderful deeds for our country.

Cause and effect

Author's note: I was reading Touching Spirit Bear. This is easily one of the most important events in the story since it helped him heal.

One of the most major events was the mauling. Cole had attacked the bear out of anger and fear since the bear wasn’t afraid of him. When the bear got attacked it attacked back for defense and then Cole was defenseless against it. After being attacked he was laying on the floor and while that happened he thought about himself.

The cause which made the bear attack Cole was that Cole attacked it. After the attack Cole was laying on the floor and thinking about himself. He had thought about everything and that made him more understanding  and changed his direction towards anger to the opposite way. Since that happened Cole wanted to stay on the Island and get better. If the mauling had never happened, Cole would have never changed his direction from anger. He would have stayed the way he was and just grown worse. The event was a major part in Cole emotions. The mauling might have done bad to his body but did good for his mind.

Conflict/resolution

Author's note: This about the book Touching Spirit bear. It was about an angry boy who had to heal. I wrote this before I finished so I did not know the actual resolution.

I think that the conflict in the book is that Cole needs to get over his emotions. It is a person vs. self because Cole is fighting over his emotions. He has done many bad things and he needs to heal to get over that. Cole went to the island to try to heal but that wasn't enough. He is still feeling guilty for beating Peter up. To heal, he needs to heal Peter.

He will probably try to get Peter to do all the things Cole had done since that helped Cole, so he thought it would help Peter too. Peter will heal with the help of Cole and the island. So then after he is finally happy, Cole will be happy and healed.

Personal Narrative

Author's note: This was about the time I had gone to the Mall of america for Christmas and a crazy thing had happened there.

I had just bought something from the Mall of America when I had noticed something weird. There were lots of cops standing guard. In my head I wondered what was going on so I went walking through the mall.

 As I was walking I noticed most of the stores were closed so I tried to get to the other part of the mall when the cop had interrogated me. Somehow I got through with no trouble but that was when I saw it happen. There was a huge mob running towards me so I also started to run.

While I was running I saw a store that was open and I stepped into it and then asked someone what was happening. The person had told that there was a huge fight going on. In my head I was seeing two sides with weapons charging at each other. I wondered what was actually happening.

I was still wondering when I had gotten out of the Mall. Somehow I quickly managed to get out of the mall safely and was now going back to the hotel. In the bus that takes us back, we were all talking about the fight. One had said they saw people throwing things with chairs flying in the air. The weirdest thing I heard was that it all started by two girls fighting over some clothes.

There were a lot of stories and I don’t know which ones were all true and which ones were false but I do know that I will never forgot this memory. It was a day I had lots of fun but it was also a day that was crazy, a day that I will not forget.

Book Retelling about FableHaven

Author's note: This is my retelling of the book Fablehaven. It is about the first book in the series.

Fablehaven is about 2 kids that go over to their grandparent’s house but little do they know that their grandparents are the caretakers of a sanctuary for mythical creatures. Once they find out they are drawn into helping their grandparents fight off a demon trying to take over their haven.

7th grade things

7th grade things

Monster Fighting in a Car

Author’s Note: What is your favorite car. Mine Is a Lamborghini.

My favorite car has always been a Lamborghini. Now I have one, but I got it in a way I would have never expected. That way had gotten me into a mess and I now I had to clean it up.

I was walking down a deserted road since everyone was at the carnival but I didn’t feel like going. Then I heard a car whiz by and stop by me. I guy opened the door and told me to get in. At first I wasn’t going in but then I saw a monster running towards us. The driver said it one more time, “Get in. You’re in danger. I thought this road would be empty but I guess not so I have to save you.” I got in since I didn’t want to get eaten by that monster.

The guy drove away from that monster. We were driving until we were in a desert. He then went into a little garage. When we got in I thought that it was the smallest garage ever, but then it went through a elevator and went into a huge room. There were many people running around and there were so many cars and weapons. The guy in the car took me into a mysterious room.

There was another man there. Everyone else left the room. We were completely alone. The man told me that there were monsters in the world and the man that I just met was one of the agents fighting them. The man told me I got caught in the action. Most people can’t see the monsters but some people can and the organization recruits them. I just got recruited. They took to me to another room with other kids. There were teachers teaching everyone how to fight the monsters.

I learned for about a year of fighting techniques.

The leader of the organization was a big man with a buzz-cut and he had huge muscles. He said that I did okay since I made it this far. He took me and another group of kids to a van. They took us to room with cars. They told us each to pick one and then go fight some monsters. I picked a Lamborghini. I rode off and fought monsters. That's how my story started.

Alien Invasion

Author’s Note: What power would you choose to have. I would choose to have this.

I was in my yard playing baseball with my dad. We were just playing catch. I told him to throw a fastball at me and he did. The ball cam right for my face and I wouldn’t get it in time. Suddenly the ball just stopped in mid-air. I was controlling it. I threw it back at dad without touching the ball.

The day after a mysterious man came to our door. His name was John. He said he knew about what I could do and there were others. He said he could help me as well. I went with him to a school. In that school they taught us how to control our own powers. There were so many varieties. One person could turn into glop. Another could read minds. One person could eat anything. I was training until one day John told me he needed a team to stop aliens from invading earth. I said I would join him since I was the most powerful telekinetic at his school. Telekinetics can control things with their mind.  I went with into a room.

There were a few others in the room. I knew them all since they were in the advanced classes with me. One could control all the elements unlike most people that can only control one if they have the power. Another had to power to build almost anything . He built the spaceship we will be going in. There were two more people and they were actually brother and sister. They were both telepaths. Alone they were powerful but together they could get through the minds of almost anything.

I put myself into the crowd and talked with them when John told us that we would be departing. We all got into the spaceship and took off. We were riding for an hour before getting to the  armada of spaceships. We were facing a massive force of powerful aliens. We all attacked at once. The elemental guy set ships on fire and took them apart. The builder built a cannon and shot many ships down. The two telepaths persuaded the pilots to shoot each other down. I tore ships apart and tossed them into other ships.

It was finally get to the end of the battle. We were all worn out from fighting. We were about to destroy the last ship but then it sent a signal out. We didn’t what it was but we knew it couldn’t be good. The last ship was soon destroyed after he sent the signal. Suddenly more ships came into view. Twice as much as there were before. That signal must have been a call for help. We were too tired to fight this many ships.

We were on the brink of dying. The ships shot at us and we did all we could to deflect it but all that wasn’t enough. We were hit many times. Luckily our ship is being repaired by our builder. We had to retreat or we would die. Our ship was turning back but then ships got in front of us and on all our sides. We were surrounded. Something had to be done. I thought about how I once turned an apple to dust. If I could do that with all these ships at once, we might have a chance.

I got out of the ship and climbed to the top. All the ships had their cannons straight at me. They all shot. The bullets would have hit but right before I turned them into dust along with all the ships. After that last stand I fell unconscious for 20 years before waking up in a new era. Afterwards they told me everything that happened and that we won the battle. It was a glorious day.

3 Wishes

Author’s note: What would you do if you had three wishes. This is what I would do.

I was running from a angry mob that wanted to kill me. How I had gotten into this situation was a long story. It was a sunny day and I took a walk on the beach. I was walking until I had tripped over something. I looked at it and it was a jar. The jar had three holes in it. It said if you fill one with sand you get a wish.

I filled a hole with sand thinking nothing would happen but then smoke appeared. A man made out of smoke appeared out of thin air. He said I could wish something. I had to wish carefully. I wished for trillions of us dollars in mint condition. He granted me the wish. He disappeared with one of the holes. I filled another hole with sand. I wished to be the ruler of the world.

I wanted to save the last wish. Now that I was the ruler of the world. I ordered world piece. I made everyone wear a uniform. I also made them my servants. Everyone was not happy with this so they started a rebel and that is how I got into my messy situation. I didn’t know how I would get out of this. Then it hit me. My last wish. I had to use it to make everything back to normal. I took it out and ran to the beach. I filled it with sand and the smoke man appeared again. I told him fast to make everything back to normal. Whoosh.

Everything was back to normal. I was walking on the beach again and tripped on something. I just kept walking because I did not want to do anything with that jar. Normal is sometimes better than being a rich ruler chased by mobs.

Zombie Apocalypse

Authors note: What if all the people in the world except you turned into zombies. This is what I might do.

It was a beautiful day with birds chirping and flowers blossoming. I went to school and had started learning math. Suddenly the sky went dark and storms were brewing. Everyone was flapping their arms around as if they were puppets and someone was controlling them. Everyone was losing their hair and their eyes were bulging out. They were turning green and hideous. They looked dead but were alive. They were turning into the living dead. I was in a zombie apocalypse.

I ran around being chased by zombies. Luckily they were slow because their legs had gotten bloody and injured while turning into the monsters they are now. I had gotten away and found food to eat. I ate to keep my energy up in case I had to run again. I had to find a gun soon or I would die.

I found a store that had guns. I took a  and pdwr and a glock 17 also extra ammo for each. I looked up in the sky to see the storm. Was I imagining it or was there a beam of light in one place. Maybe that was causing all of this. I started walking towards it.

When I finally got to the beam there was a fortress around it and hundreds of zombies were there. I had to find away in. The back only had ten zombies around it. Good thing I had also taken a silencer for my glock 17. I shot the zombie in the back so the others did not see him go down. I kept doing that until they were all gone.

I opened the door and the fortress was actually just one room with the beam of light going into a machine. I shot the machine with my pdwr and nothing happened. I went up closer and saw there was a switch saying on and off. I was just about to turn it off when dozens of the zombies had now come inside. They must have heard my gunshots. I shot them all down but there were more coming. I flipped the switch to off hoping that this would end all this madness. Suddenly all the zombies were going through the same thing they did when turning into zombies. They all turned into humans.

This news had kept going for a year but blew away afterwards. This would go down in history. Everything was normal now that I wasn’t being chased by zombies. I had fame for a while until everyone forgot about the event. It was okay though because normal had never sounded so good.

Symbolism and Semantic Devices

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

1. It was sunny in the beginning of the book and since the sun it warm and comforting, that could mean comedy.
2. There was a dark box that was faded and splintered so that could mean tragedy since darkness it never good.
3. The flowers were blossoming so that could mean comedy because flowers blossom in spring and spring is a beautiful season full of things growing.
4. At the end someone was screaming it wasn’t fair in a contest because someone was about to die, so that could mean tragedy.
5. In the book there was a hush going through the crowd so it was silent because one of the people on stage were about to die.
6. One person had got hit on the head with a stone so that is violence because someone threw it at them and people kept throwing stones and that causes pain which can mean tragedy.
7. Since the husband and wife were caring for each other that can mean romance because love is romance.
8. In the book winning the lottery is a bad and that is ironic because in real life it is the exact opposite.
   

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The Switch

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I thought of writing this when I was drinking Switch. It gave me an idea of writing about a switch.

The Switch was magnificent. It was an elegant switch with golden lining and it was the most beautiful thing ever invented. The switch turned the sun on and off. I don’t how it is possible but it is. The switch is hidden from mankind and that is why they do not know about it. I am the first human to find the switch and because of that I caused an Armageddon.

It was a normal day for me. I  went to work and finished the project I was working on. When i was on my way home there was a road block and I had to go a long way to get home. I was on the highway when a car that was speeding by 100mph crashed into me. My car flipped upside down and rolled off the highway. I got out of it barely walking. I had half walked and half crawled into a cave. I went into there to escape the pounding rain. When I got in I saw... the Switch.
    
I turned it on thinking that it was a light switch but when I flipped it. It had gotten cold and dark. I thought it was broken, so I did no more to it. When I felt better, I left the cave and that was my greatest mistake. I left the switch off.

When I had turned the switch off, the Armageddon started. I saw the sun and it was dark and it was freezing everywhere. It was snowing in the middle of June in California. I looked at the temperature on my phone and I glimpsed that it was -50 before my phone and turned into an ice cube. I was pretty close to turning into an ice cube myself. I thought of the switch and how it got cold when I flipped it. I went to the switch and flipped it. I was getting warmer and thought to myself that this is a magical switch. A switch that was dangerous for mankind.     

The Storm

It was midnight at the kingdom of Lytheria. People were screaming in terror of the storm that coming upon them. What would happen to the people? Were they doomed or would something or someone save them?

It was thirty minutes after midnight. the king had called his people to the town square which was in front of the castle. They were going to discuss what to do. the king said, “there was legend that said there would be a storm. There was only one thing that could save the kingdom. It was the sword of legends. It is at the top of Mount Krawlion. Is there anyone brave enough to venture out to the mountain.”
“I will” shouted a brave adventurer.
“Thank the lords, there is someone to save us.”     
“Hey, I might not make it back, but the same fate would have happened to me even if i didn’t go.”
“You have point. Will you need any supplies?”
“No, I have all that I need.” After those words were said, the brave soul went to the forest which was in the way of the kingdom and the mountain.

The man who had gone to the forest was now halfway through. It was easy but that was the first half. The second half was not as easy. The man was walking when he had heard rustling in the bushes. “Who’s there?” the man shouted. He heard growl. He took a dagger out, but then something launched at him.

The tiger was licking him. It was only a baby. The man got up and started to walk away. The tiger had followed him continuously. The man finally said “Fine. You can come along.” He picked up the tiger and continued walking.

The man had gotten to the base of the mountain. He started walking up but then he saw the storm at the tip of the mountain which was the exact place where he had to go. He walked up more until he got to the tip. He walked into the storm. There was lighting being shot and the ground was on fire. It was a steaming oven. He had to get the sword and get out. He was looking everywhere and couldn’t find it. When he was about to lose his last bit of hope, he saw a shining light. He walked toward it. The light had come from a cave. He went inside with burnt marks all over him. He walked to the source of the light. When he got there it is was so bright that it hurt his eyes. He shot out his hand and put it into the light. His hand touched some thing cold and hard. He rubbed his against it until he touched leather. He grabbed it and took it out of the light. It was the sword. He went back out of the cave and plunged the swords high into the air. The storm that was brewing had stopped and disappeared into thin air. The man had finished the job.

When he had gone back to the king, he was rewarded with lots of gold and silver and he would be honored throughout history. The adventurer and lived a long life but had an ironic death. He had died when a storm and spit lightning at him. He is still remembered as the man who saved Lytheria.        

What it's like to be a bow.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: What you will read is the point of view from a bow and arrow. I got it for Christmas. This might make you wonder how it would be like to be a bow. I am happy that it does not happen to me.

I was a free piece of plastic until the day I heard machines whirring so loud that it was painful. I couldn’t bear being pulled and bended into shapes to fit the liking of a human. I was a piece of plastic, flat and straight. They made me into a bow that shoots arrows.

When I was in the machine I was tortured, but when I got out it was worse. I was in a plastic box unable to breathe. It was a nightmare come true. I was taken by a pair of customers. They had given me to a person about 12 for Christmas. I was being pulled on by that person many times, each time more painful than the last. I wasn’t alone though. I had my two arrows to be with. They had it worse actually. They were shot into hay many times. I can’t imagine what it was like for them being shot without free will. I empathize with them though.

I hope that someday I will be free in a junkyard, able to rest after all those years of agony. I yearn for that day. I hope that happens for my two little companions. Until that day I shall wait, I will wait for the day that I am free.