Mrs. Quam's Student Writing

Perfect date

2010-08-21T12:02:00.003-05:00

For most
dinner, a movie
and maybe bowling too
but my perfect date
would just be
with you

Mixed Feelings

2010-08-10T08:50:00.002-05:00

I can't wait,

for this time of year,

but I'm sad,

so I shed a tear.

This road has turned a different way,

happy or sad,

I cannot say.

Summer

2010-08-03T14:33:00.002-05:00

Hi to anyone that is probably not reading the blog! I just decided to see who was reading the blog! how is everyones summer? :]

Awesome

2010-06-05T00:00:00.003-05:00

Are you doing any thing fun this summer I am I will be going places being with my Friends and family!!

What about you are you doing cool things like me.

My Beloved

2010-05-19T10:50:00.003-05:00

Oh my beloved,
we may be apart,
but you'll always be in my heart.
He may keep us away,
but we'll be together someday.
Oh my beloved,
you are my light,
my day,
and my night.
My dear beloved.

Night

2010-05-19T10:41:00.004-05:00

I wait all day,
waitin' by hay,
waitin' to see my light,
waitin' to see my night.
The stars, the stars,
they give me dreams,
they let me see beyond the seems.
Oh, they give me dreams.
The moon, the moon,
lights my way,
it gets me away.
Oh, it lights my way.
As I wait by the hay as an old lady,
I'm fianlly taken,
I think I'm dreamin',
for I'm bein' taken,
to my night sky!

Favorite Colors

2010-05-19T10:39:00.006-05:00

I love light colors My Favorite COLORS !!!!!!
LIKE
YELLOW
BABY BLUE
PURPLE PINK
I LIKE SOME DARK COLORS
LIKE
BURGUNDY RED
FOREST GREEN
GRAY
MOSS GREEN

Blog Reflection

2010-05-19T10:33:00.002-05:00

I think the blog was a great idea because it gets us involved with technology. I don't blog at home but if we kept going i would keep going. if you need anything to improve on, each student gets their own blog, and they get to name it.

Greek Drama

2010-05-19T10:29:00.002-05:00

Did you know that in Greek drama only men were allowed to perform on stage? Well I didn't think it was fair when I found that out! The men have to wear these masks so that when the people watch the performances they can see the actor's expression from all the way up at the top of the bleachers! They also wear masks to make the performance more funny if it were comedy or more dramatic if it were a tragedy. This is something really weird and different but they would start their plays in the morning and end the plays at night. If I were in the audiance I would be so tired! Guess what it's all one play! There are only two things the plays would be about, they are tragedy and comedy!

7th Grade

2010-05-19T10:20:00.002-05:00

When I get to 7th grade I will be the ruler of the school... I still have a bunch of questions! Will I still have my same friends? Will the teachers still be nice or mean? I'm so worried about 7th grade how will my selective be? How will homework be? Oh I need to calm my nerves!

My favorite kind of ...EVERYTHING

2010-05-19T10:16:00.006-05:00

My favorite kind of ... Everything!!!

ice cream sundaes
lots of songs such as
1. Miley Cyrus
2. Justin Beaver
1. Sean Kingston (sometimes)
I love lots of songs!!

I also love icecream
chocolate
vanilla

From The Feilds

2010-05-19T10:11:00.004-05:00

At dusk until dawn they're just a myth, but when midnight comes they awake from their dens.
The fields are forbidden for a living soul. For which one enters will never return. There will be no funeral for there is not a body to be found, and no sound will be heard . The fields are forbidden to thee outside world, if you enter this field. Those who we fear you will not hear the sound of death. For which when something will rise. You will hope to close your eyes for you will not survive. . . This field.
15 year old Nate Starling and his twin brother Sam and their 4 year old sister, Jessy. Had a normal life in New York city. That is until their father had left them from a nasty divorce with their mother, and moved to the most deserted place in the United States of America. Right on the border of Nebraska and Iowa. Then almost 6 months later all three kids leave New York and spend the entire summer with their father on the border, but something that the kids didn't know is that Their fathers house is in the middle of a cornfield and the only way to get to it is to drive a mile on a dirt road to the house. Then strange things start to happen.
like whispers, and knocking on the front door but no one is there, but thats only the begining. The kids learn that these disturbances are a sign of warning, and someone wants them out, but over time they figure out that it is not someone, but something.

More Chuck Norris Jokes

2010-05-19T10:09:00.006-05:00

#1 When Chuck Norris plays monopoly it affects the world economy

#2 Chuck Norris' pulse is measured on the richter scale

#3 Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird

#4 One of things Chuck Norris will not roundhouse kick is time; unless it tries to tell him what time it is.
#5 America isn't a democracy it's a Chucktatorship

#6 To eliminate obsolete pennies Chuck Norris stretches them into $5 bills since Lincoln is on them both anyway.
#7 If you work in an office with Chuck Norris don't ask him for his three hole punch.

#8 Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay's potato chip

#9 Dynamite was originally developed by Chuck Norris to cure his indigestion

#10 Chuck Norris can gargle peanut butter and blow bubbles with beef jerky

Destiny

2010-05-19T10:08:00.007-05:00

I stick my head through the metal bars
My eyes scan the trees,
The road,
The pastures,
And the sky,
But you still aren't there.
A girl comes up and
Says my name, Destiny,
She pets me,
But I don't notice
Because this girl,
Wasn't you.
The lights go off
And I decide to give up
For the day.
I eat and I dream
I dream about you
About how you came
Every day.
How you would brush me,
How you would laugh,
Last of all I dream of you riding me,
In the arena,
The show,
And the trails.
I wake up and remember
Maybe today
You will come.
I stick my head through the metal bars
My eyes scan the trees,
The road,
The pastures and the sky,
But still you aren't there.

Teachers

2010-05-19T10:08:00.005-05:00

Teaching us
Engaged in our learning
Active
Caring
Humerus
Engaging
Responsible
Sweet

Respectful
Open
Caring
Kind

Books

2010-05-19T10:07:00.003-05:00

Why do we have to read books in the first place? Most of them are boring. I don't who would like to read books. If you do, why? What's the point of them. All the are, are just pieces with words on them. Then slapped together with sheets of more paper or some hard stuff. If you are in love with nature and still love to read books then your messed up. Because in order to make books they have to cut down trees and guess what that does? Kills trees and that gives us less oxygen. Let put that in an easier way, books kill nature! get it, got it, good. So if you like nature stop reading book and stop this madness now! and save the planet by not cutting down any more trees. If not you may die if they keep cutting down trees. I'm not kidding you might die if people keep cutting down all the trees. So what do ya say, ya with me.

Lost

2010-05-19T10:06:00.004-05:00

My mom had a beautiful palomino mare last year.
We found her dead in the pasture three months after we bought her.
She was only five years old.

Last week we found an even more beautiful mare.
She is also a palomino.
She also is pregnant.

One week later.
She had the baby.
It is half horse half donkey.
It is a Molly.
(Molly: a female baby mule)
Her ears are bigger than her head. (Jennie: a adult female mule)
She has a small brown body.
A delicate graceful head.
Her mane and tail are black.
The thin tall legs that support her body are brown with black tiger stripped legs.
And to top it all off she has a little nose as white as snow.
We named her Penny but she costed a lot more than a penny.

Baby Blizzard is her mom.
Her coat shines the color of golden flakes.
A creamy white mane falls to her shoulders.
A flowing tail is to the ground.
A white snip makes her face look smaller.
While under her mane on her face in white is the shape of a Continent.
It is Africa home to the zebras.
$1,500 dollars worth of training in her makes her a legend.
We call her Baby.

Then one night we get a call. Its Gabe.
"Hurry, Hurry!" he yelled." some one just left Chucks with a truck and trailer and Baby is Gone. You got to come to Winterset and help me look for your mare!

So we left west Des Moines that Sunday night to find our selves in the country in the middle of the night looking for Baby and Penny.
We almost hit 32 deer.
I counted them all.
My mom saddled Monty and off she went down the road.
Alex and I drove around town telling people about the missing mare and foal.

expect Penny to be with Baby if you find her. Penny will most Gabe called again." She wasn't stolen the trailer was Chuck's. She got out of the pen so most likely get eaten tonight.

So sadly and unwillingly we went home.
I got no sleep to worried.
For all I knew I could be sleeping peacefully while Penny was being attacked and torn to shreds.

They were both found the next day with nothing more than a scratch.

Summer

2010-05-19T10:04:00.005-05:00

Super
Up all night
Miles of fun!
More fun than anything
Exiting
Running everywhere

Paper points

2010-05-19T10:03:00.003-05:00

Wow this paper point is so hard. So much research and pictures. Cant believe that we doing a paper point. I enjoy it, but one thing it's so hard.
Even it's due on a Thursday. I haven't even started yet. I'm going to do a power point and printed out. Yes now my favorite teacher ( Mrs. Quam) said " It's do on a Friday.
Thank you Mrs.Quam, thank you.

How to make a ghillie suit

2010-05-19T10:00:00.002-05:00

step 1. take camo pants and shirt and lay them out.

step 2. take the jute twin (Walmart , target ,or hard ware store) and cut them into stripes. (2ft min 3ft max and 2 1/2ft perfect)

step 3. take volly ball net and lay it out on pants and shirt and cut out net pants and the net shirt.

step 4. glue netting down on pants and shirt (use shoe goo) (Walmart).

step 5. tie twin to the net (takes a while) (make it thick).

Cost $30 min $50 max

Sun Shinning Threw

2010-05-19T09:48:00.000-05:00

2010-05-19T09:47:00.000-05:00

25 of the best sayings I've every heard

Strength is nothing more than how well you hide the pain -Logan Lovell
It is about whether you win or lose (other wise the game is pointless), but it's how you react to the results -Mr. Madden
Size doesn't matter strength does -Brandon Kuhn
The warrior doesn't come when wanted, but when is able to be put to the best use -Ikhala Birych
There is nothing to fear but fear itself -FDR
Everyone is interested in going to heaven but so far no one wants to die -Anonymous
Never argue with a fool, people may not know the difference -Anonymous
It is always better to understand a little than misunderstand a lot -Anonymous
Time has been a great teacher but seems to kill all of it's pupils -anonymous
When life hands you road blocks its your choice to step over it -Anonymous
Cracks in sidewalks are only reminders that you are never to strong to fall apart -Anonymous
Good advice costs nothing and is worth the price -Anonymous
If there is something to earn you need something to lose or you don't get it -Anonymous
Happiness doesn't mean life is perfect it just means you've decided to look past the imperfections -Anonymous
Even when you face something as big as a bear, it only takes something as small as a knife to kill it -Anonymous
War doesn't decide who is right or wrong, it decides who is left -Anonymous
Chase the dream not the competition that comes with it -Anonymous
Don't take life so seriously, nobody ever makes it out alive -Anonymous
Money doesn't make happiness, but it makes the misery more comfortable -Anonymous
Be kind to your enemies, THEY HATE IT -Anonymous
If it's true that you sleep 3 years if you're 10 then why waste 7 years your alive doing nothing -Anonymous
It's impossible for a man to change the direction of the wind, but it's possible for a man to change the direction of his sail -Anonymous
Sometimes you have to have an enemy to know who your friends are -Anonymous
What it meant to be will always find its way -Anonymous
In a time of peace prepare for war -Anonymous

Time

2010-05-19T09:46:00.006-05:00

Time flies by so fast.

I don't know why.

Maybe I'm having fun,

or is it just me?

I hope it's normal.

Tick, tock, tick, tock.

When I'm bored,

Time

slows

down

lot.

2010-05-19T09:46:00.001-05:00

The True Warriors

Who are the true heroes in today's society? The Jocks? The Populars? I didn't think so. The true warriors of today are the people who can think outside of the box. Not that small little thing they call "the field" or "the celly". They some how believe that they are the cool people but when it comes to facing fears the just scream and run or act tough to impress but are really in need a new pair of pants. They think that the people with few friends are losers or nerds but are really the people who will always have someone to rely on. Those Popular people have people who say they are their friends only to be safe but inside they hate them. I have 4 core friends who would stick with me any day, any time, but would know when to turn down an invite to trouble. Our personalities are a perfect mix to the point were we are unbeatable. Those boys who think that they are so "Gangsta" can call me whatever they want but when that day comes I'm going to be the one pulling their butts of the floor after they are knocked down. Some people may say that I am doing this to impress or look tough but I'm just pointing out the stuff that they are to blinded to see in the first place. I hope that this has opened up some peoples eyes to realize that they aren't the warriors, just the people who should rely on them. And just for the people who don't get it here's a little saying that I live by. Size doesn't matter strength does and strength is nothing more than how well you hide the pain.

LATE

2010-05-19T09:44:00.003-05:00

I woke up
at 8:05 thinking I was late.
So I hopped out of bed,
combed my hair,
and brushed my teeth real fast.

I picked out a non-matching outfit,
I really was in dread.
I didn't want to be late,
Oh-No! Oh-Great!

My bowl of cereal fell on the floor.
No time to clean it up.
Then another thing fell,
my cup of ice cold OJ!

I looked outside ready to cry,
but it was so nice today.
I looked at the calender,
and noticed that today,
of course,
was Saturday.

from mountain top glory

2010-05-19T09:43:00.010-05:00

From mountain top glory, to dark valley below we often feel where did god go.
The valley of darkness seems like defeat, but god desires to train our faint feet.
Walking in the valley takes practice and skill he's training you for good and not ill.
In beauty we seek him when you are alone. thought we don't feel him were close to his throne.
Go back to the basics his word is so true, there in the quite god will meat you.

Stuber

2010-05-19T09:43:00.009-05:00

Super

Talented

U Know A Lot

Bright

Eager To Teach

Rules

Blog Reflection

2010-05-19T09:43:00.006-05:00

I think the blog was fun posting stories and other writings.I would like to continue the blog but i think we need to get on more. Also we need to post more stuff because some people only have a couple things.

JORDAN

2010-05-19T09:40:00.006-05:00

Jelly filled donuts

Omg!

Reading

Daredevil

Athlete

Naps

My sisters keeper book contract

2010-05-19T09:39:00.007-05:00

I did a book contract on the book my sisters keeper. I researched and found out that there are different types of Leukemia. The kind that she had in my sisters keeper is acute promyelocytic leukemia. I learned that it is a rare type of cancer that affects you bone marrow and can spread. I did not know that there were different types of cancer before I read this book.

Quam

2010-05-19T09:39:00.005-05:00

Queenly

U Knew It Was Rachel

A+! as a Teacher

My Awesome Teacher

Scene from Sandlot

2010-05-19T09:38:00.004-05:00

Squints-Pitch it in here(waving his bat around in the air)

Kenny-OK this is my heater. I dare you to hit it(going into his windup)

Kenny pitches it and Squints swings and misses

Ham-Haha that's strike one

Sqiunts swings and misses two more times

Ham- That's strike two and three

Squints- Shut up Ham(throwing his bat down)

Ham-Oh yeah, well you play ball like a girl(smiling)

Smalls, Yeah Yeah, Benny, Tommy, Timmy- What did he say

Squints-Okay we'll see. Pitch it again Kenny

Kenny- Okay it'll be faster this time(going into his windup again

Kenny pitches it and Squints hits a fly ball to left center

Smalls-I got it, I got it

The ball hits Smalls glove and falls to the ground

Kenny- Come on you're killing me Smalls

THE END

Recommendation

2010-05-19T09:37:00.008-05:00

I recommend the book Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams, because it is a very good suspenseful mystery. Peter Abrahams did a great job of making the reader want to solve the mystery themselves!

2010-05-19T09:37:00.005-05:00

Summer

Summer is almost here

Summer, I do not fear.

The sizzling sun,

After summer has begun,

We'll have tons of fun!!

Owwwwww!!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-19T09:35:00.014-05:00

I was at my friends house for a Christmas party and all the snow had melted, so it was really wet out side. We were playing basketball on their sport court. The ball rolled away into some trees, and I was on the sport court by myself. I got board so I decided to do a slam dunk without the ball. I slipped and fell once I grabbed the rim! I landed flat on my face and I started screaming! Blood was spewing out of my nose. My friends rushed over and saw me. They ran inside telling the adults that I was dead, because it looked like blood was coming out of my mouth. It was late so when I was all better we didn't go to the ER. Two weeks later, my nose wouldn't stop bleeding and I was vomiting blood! An ambulance took me to the hospital and we found out that I was about to die. They saved me, and told me an ardery was cut by a scab in my nose.

Blog Reflection!

2010-05-19T09:35:00.012-05:00

Question: What did you think of the bog?

Answer: I liked it! It was an awesome way to get our writing out there for other people to read!

Question: Would you continue blogging? YES! If the whole class keeps checking, then we can keep up with what everyone has been up to! Please keep it open!

Question: Anything to improve/change?

Answer: It would be nice if we got on more often!

Be Strong

2010-05-19T09:30:00.001-05:00

You may feel very stretched out,
so very long.
But, unless you want to fail,
you have to Be Strong.

It'll get better

2010-05-19T09:26:00.002-05:00

It'll get better,
I promise you,
It'll get better,
in a day or two.

You may feel flt,
like a dead rat.
As sick as a dog,
or a lump on a log.

You may feel like your in pieces.
Like your in a shredder,
but I promise you,
It'll get better.

Blog

2010-05-19T09:25:00.002-05:00

Blogging is a good way to share your writing. I think that sometimes it was hard to choose what to put onto the blog. I don't plan to blog over the summer. If we blog next year I don't think we should have to blog as often. I like reading other people's writing but sometimes it is hard to find, I think that if we were to continue this we should find a way to make the blog more organized.

A+

2010-04-23T14:08:00.000-05:00

When you get an A+ you feel happy and joyful for the rest of the day. Other kids who get A+ all the time don't get to feel that joy but there parents encourage them to keep up the good work.

September 9th, 2009 9/9/09

2010-04-23T14:01:00.000-05:00

When I see you my heart stops beating, it feels like it's going to break in half. The only thing that's is holding it together are couple threads of happiness, and good memories that we had. But I don't know what to think of you now. . . you, and your blond hair and blue eyes. You changed in 6th grade, it wasn't like 5th grade because you changed. No more saying "I love you" no more. . .nothing.
Because you left me alone, and you didn't care about me or anyone anymore. You use to be nice, loving, sweet, kind, and funny. you loved me, but that all changed in 6th grade. you looked at me in 6th grade and you didn't smile like you did in 5th grade. Months passed and still no word from you. Then one day I spoke.
"Why did you leave me?" and these were the last words you ever said to me.
"I don't know" all in 6th grade.
- Things are going to change in your life, but you need to take a step forward and take a change to be prepared at life.

Friends

2010-04-23T13:58:00.000-05:00

Everyone thinks that they have nice and good friends, but they just might not, friends are the type of people that give you shoulder to cry on, friends are supportive of you, friends DON'T laugh with you they laugh at you! That's a friend in my opinion!

Hungry Horizon

2010-04-23T13:50:00.000-05:00

Sunlight light shines bright.
As well does the soaring kite.
The sunlight is finally dieing.
As the plane is also lying.
The yellow and orange sunlight starting to get eatin by the hungry horizon lining.
The lights finally start to get dim when they flicker out.

My Black Belt Essay

2010-04-23T13:48:00.000-05:00

Tae kwon do

Over the past four years I have learned a lot of things from my experience in Tae Kwon Do. It has helped me learn right from wrong. It has also helped my focus and this has helped me raise and keep my grades up in school to where I have no B’s or C’s on my report card. It has made a huge improvement on my behavior at home. Since I have been doing Tae Kwon Do, my sister and I don’t get in as many fights as we used to. I am very proud of my decision to join Tae Kwon Do.

I started Tae Kwon Do in the AIM HIGH program. There I learned the basics, including things like self control, goal setting, indomitable spirit and some other things. These are the things I think about when something happens and I want to get angry. When I remember those things it will usually calm me down and not lead me to bad behavior. That is also how I have been successful in keeping my grades up and paying attention more in school to what the teacher is saying to me and the rest of the class. Based on these basic things, I have been able to change my actions at home and at friends’ houses. They now usually want or have asked me to come over again, so I can do some other things there as well.

During those four years I have really enjoyed the instructors because they are really nice and they always know what moves are the right ones for me. The instructors that I have had in the past include Master Farrell, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Shepek, Master Miller, and some of the most recent instructors are Mr. Bishop and Mr. Minor. There are still more instructors that I have not mentioned but the ones that I mentioned are the first that came to my mind.

During my second or third year, my younger cousin came to watch me at Tae Kwon Do and decided to start going to Tae Kwon Do in Sioux City, Iowa. One day when I went to watch him do his Tae Kwon Do stuff and while I was sitting there watching, I noticed that they had some of the same things that Farrell‘s had but with different names. For example, instead of a 360 roundhouse kick, they called it a tornado roundhouse kick. I thought that was kind of funny. I think that he will really enjoy Tae Kwon Do just like I do.

Also in the AIM HIGH program I learned about healthy food choices and how they can really affect your everyday life. Because of that, my dad and I have limited pop to only once a month, besides on our birthday month and then we are allowed to have two pops and only two pops. Now since my dad and I have been doing that I can guarantee that we are a lot healthier than what we used to be when we could have as many pops as we wanted.

The last thing I wanted to mention is what I learned AIM HIGH stands for. The A for Attitude, the I for In, and the M for Motion, the H for Having, I for Integrity, the G for Goals, the H for Humility. All together that would be Attitude In Motion, Having Integrity, Goals and Humility.

Farrell’s has made some really positive changes, not just in my life, but in a lot of other people’s lives as well. Thank you Farrells for what you have done for me and many others as well. Once again, thank you!

Books

2010-04-23T13:46:00.000-05:00

Pick a book,
but only one.
You can read another.
Only when your done.

Books five knowledge.
Knowledge they supply.
If there weren't any books,
I think I would die.

Like A Moter.

2010-04-23T13:42:00.004-05:00

Bright lights shine from the window.
Ice breezes fly threw the night.
Pink covers cover my neck.
As well does the fur of my cat purring like a moter.
A black shield then covers my eyes
and I appear in a colorful sky!

Grandpa's Garden

2010-04-23T13:42:00.000-05:00

Every year it tries to grow,
Only to fail and grow old.
The stems go limp
and tears they cry,
but still every year, they will try.

My Empathy Paper

2010-04-23T13:41:00.000-05:00

Empathy Paper

For my empathy project, I went to the Lutheran Church of Hope and packaged meals for the people in Haiti. What I learned from the experience is that what they are getting compared to what we get at our houses, was amazing.

The project started when we arrived and got signed in. Next we had to watch a video on what to do and how to do it. We were assigned to a table and worked with another family. We all had fun packaging meals. Everything that went into the meals was dry. To package the meals, we had to put some dried vegetables; some protein, which I think was soy; vitamin powder; and, some rice in a bag. Then we had to weigh it to a certain weight. After that we had to seal it tight on a heat strip. The sealed bag was put on these squares and then after we had two bags on each square we could start putting the bags into the box. The last things were to tape the box shut with a tape gun and then put it with a bunch of other completed boxes. I think all together Lutheran Church of Hope packaged 2.5 million meals. But our group packaged 3024 meals in all.

We did this because many people lost their homes, and family members because of the horrifying earthquake. They need food. What I thought was amazing is what we get compared to what they get in Haiti. Put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel if you had to just add water to all the stuff that we put into the meals? So think about what you get, stuff like hamburgers, ice cream, steaks, and pork chops.

I still had a lot of fun packaging meals, and we also got to meet some new people while doing it to that was a good thing.

Life~Haiku

2010-04-23T13:40:00.000-05:00

Life is valuable.
Live your life to the fullest.
Death always follows.

Grateful

2010-04-23T13:39:00.000-05:00

When you are grateful you don't ask 'why does he/she get that and I get this?' when you are grateful you say 'mom/dad do you need any help with that?' and even if they say no you jump up and help him/her. when you are grateful you don't ask 'can I have that instead of this?' When you are grateful you kiss your parents and siblings every night before bed. When you are grateful you don't sit o the couch all day while your parents clean you get up and say 'mom and dad you have done enough for the day it's time you sit and time I clean.' When you are grateful you run to a stranger that is crying and you try to think r yourself in their shoes, you help them you don't leave them to sit and cry. That is what gratefulness is to me!

Work~Haiku

2010-04-23T13:38:00.001-05:00

I have been chosen,
For a job I do not want.
But with work, comes pay.

Pepper

2010-04-23T13:37:00.000-05:00

Pepper is a horse I will get for A+'s and A's.
She is a pure black 20 year old mare.
She likes to run and nothing else.
A horse trainer I know said its like someone has her in over drive.

The Kite and the Key

2010-04-23T13:36:00.008-05:00

You have probably heard of the story about Ben Franklin and how he caught electricity with a kite and a key. Well the story started like this oh wait sorry my name is Jim and I am your narrator for today. So back the story.

It all started on an ordinary school day. Thomas lived four houses down the right and across the street from a rick man named Benjamin Franklin. Thomas lived in a middle class house and has the of a professor at PUFTFI which stood for Philadelphia University For The Future Inventors.Thomas really hated that there was only candles to light up his house.

One day during a lesson his favorite student Thomas E. gave him an idea of somehow catching the brightness of lightning. But all he came up with was that lightning is attracted to medal.Finally at around midnight that night he went home.The next morning the idea hit him "What if i flew a kite with a medal frame and a medal wire during a lightning storm and at the end put a key and catch the power in a glass bottle" said Thomas very excited.

He got to work very early that morning and when he got there he wrote down his idea on a piece of parchment and stuffed it in his pocket. The school day went by very slowly and then it was finally time to go. On his way home he tripped and sliced his knee open so he quickly ran home and cleaned t up. He was done bandaging his knee to find that his blue prints for his project was gone. "It must of fallen out when I tripped. He searched all evening but no luck.

Over at the Franklins he was scanning the piecing of parchment he fund in the street. Lucky for Ben there was a huge lightning storm tat night but Thomas still had the idea in his head. On his way to the tallest hill in town to find Benjamin Franklin soaking wet flying a kite with a key. Horror struck Thomas sat there and watched Mr.Franklin catch a crackling stream of power into a glass bottle. The next day there was a huge celebration for Ben and he was twice more rich than he already was. After a while Thomas grew old and died but one weird thing was that Ben too his job and someone told him that Thomas .E and Ben spent an awful lot of time together.

Top Ten Things I like

2010-04-23T13:36:00.005-05:00

10. Fudruckers cheeseburgers
9. Bulldogs (the dog)
8. Syracuse Orange (wesly Johnson)
7. Larry the cable guy =)
6. Oklahoma Sooners
5. Movie: Stepbrothers
4.Movie: Public Enemies
3.2010 Lamborghini Gallarodo Spyder Supercharge
2.Yamaha Raptor 350 (Sport atv)
1. 2010 Chevy Camaro ss

Bored

2010-04-23T13:35:00.002-05:00

Being bored

On school days

Really happen

Everyday

Duh!!

Thunder Storm

2010-04-23T13:33:00.003-05:00

The lighting flashes,
Thunder booms in the distance,
and the rain pours down

Fear

2010-04-23T13:31:00.004-05:00

with out fear there's no courage. With out courage there's faith and with out faith your just an open target ready to crack. there's many thing to fear in the world but with out conquering them you'll will die. some people in the world die from there fears but the only thing to fear is fear its self. way did god make people have fear? I do not know but he may be trying to tell use something. my be its that you'll never accomplish any thing if you keep running away from what you fear the most.
some times people can't go to sleep just because something happened to them that will not go away and that will haunt them forever. everybody in the world fears something and if you say you do not thank again. even the biggest or strongest or even your a dare devil you all fear something so don't hide it ,your not the only one.

Words that i picture in my head

2010-04-23T13:30:00.011-05:00

Sports
bravo
Handy Manny\ Hannah Montana
Football
Baseball
Dora
Track
Softball
Bruce Lee
Chuck Norris sushi
Captain crunch sushi
Waterfront resteraunt

Uninvited

2010-04-23T13:29:00.007-05:00

It is my 16th birthday. I'm going to have the worlds coolest party!!!!! I'm REALLY popular at school and everybody likes me. For my party I am inviting 117 people.

(2 days later) " Hey Sam! Hey Ivy! Hey..."
I couldn't believe my eyes. The guy of my dreams was at MY party! I ran to my best friend Ivy.

"HE CAME!!!!" I screeched.
"Oh my gosh! Really?"
"Ya!!!"
"Well..."
"Well what?"

Chuck Norris Jokes

2010-04-23T13:29:00.006-05:00

#1 Chuck Norris was bitten by a cobra and after five days of excruciating pain... the cobra died.

#5 The easiest way to determine Chuck Norris's age is to cut him in half and count the rings.

#7 Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee never actually fought off screen if they had the world would be imploded and we would all have been vaporized.

#8 Chuck Norris died ten years but the grim reaper is afraid to tell him.

#10 Chuck Norris tamed the first dinosaur.

#11 Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light not because he is afraid of the dark but because the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.

Grocery List

2010-04-23T13:29:00.005-05:00

Cookies ~ We have to get some sort of sweets! Also, nobody absolutely HATES cookies. So why not get some?!

Milk ~ Everybody needs calcium. Even though milk isn't our favorite thing, we still have to have it! But don't get the milk that tastes sour. That is just plain gross! So get the good kind.

Carrots ~ Carrots are always good for you! Did you know they are good for your eye site? So then lets get some! Also, lets get some ranch dressing to dip it in too.

Sleepover

2010-04-23T13:28:00.006-05:00

Sleep......NEVER!!!

Laugh a lot!

Eat snacks!

Eat even MORE SNACKS!

Please don't leave yet!

Overly hyper!

Very tired but worth it!

Everybody excited!

Reason to watch FIVE movies!

2010-04-23T13:28:00.005-05:00

The colors
the colors
oh
red, white and blue.
Such simple
colors
but
what do they mean
to you?

Breathe~Haiku

2010-04-23T13:26:00.002-05:00

Cherish every breath.
As the next might be your last.
With life will come death.

Communications

2010-04-23T13:25:00.004-05:00

Communications is okay. It isn't the worst selective i have taken, and it isn't the best! We have been on the computers for a long time now. I think in May we get use our cell phones, but I'm not quite sure. My teacher, Mrs. Moyle is really nice. I wished she didn't change her name when she got married because I have called her by her original name she used to have. We got to send three emails, one to a friend, parent, and teacher, in paper air plane form around the room!!! This class is okay so far. :-)

3 Ways to Get Rid of the Hiccups

2010-04-23T10:13:00.002-05:00

1.Hold your breath
2.Drink some water
3.Let them pass

No restriction ( Sam, Cole, Antony,and Jason)

2010-04-23T10:10:00.004-05:00

We beleive that we shouldnt have any restrictions on our clothing because we see it everywhere else and we should be able to express our selves. I think it should be our choice if we wanna sag we should be able to if we wanna wear shorts that shorts that dont go to our fingertips it should be our choice! Post a comment if you agree.

Random

2010-04-23T10:03:00.003-05:00

My pencil is on
this paper trying to figure
out what to write.
But random things
keep coming out
and it will never stop.
I like jelly filled donuts
and tacos too!
What nail polish should I pick
Hot pink or Electric blue?
Omg did you hear what happened
to Sam?
Poor thing!?!
Great I got a F today!!!!
Oh no my lead is running out.
I should spare my last few word.
I'll get back to you later
if I can ever find some lead.......

What sport? x3

2010-04-23T10:01:00.001-05:00

I grip the bat harder as the huge ball come flying toward me. I swing. Strike 1. I swing again. Strike 2 . What am I doing? I think. I swing for the last time. Home run.

Trying to escape

2010-04-23T09:59:00.002-05:00

Trying to escape

I'm trying to escape this horrible dream
I'm running but stopping
I'm swimming but drowning
I'm jumping up and falling down
nothing is right
I am trying
to escape this horrible
horrible dream

What sport? x2

2010-04-23T09:58:00.002-05:00

I'm breathing hard. My lungs on fire. I see the ball fly towards my and I catch it. I tuck it in my arm and I run as fast as I can towards the In-zone. I doge 3 people and finally make it to the black and gold colored area. I stop and drop the ball on the floor. Championships here we come.

2010-04-23T09:56:00.011-05:00

THE BUCKET LIST

Go to Paris
Puke on a ride
Surf
Go to Vegas!
Fly an airplane
Win Americas Funniest Home Videos
Go to the Super Bowl
Be the president
Skydive
Make a movie
Invent something
Win the lottery
Drive an expensive car
Die in my sleep, it would be the best way to go

I'm a Fast Talker

2010-04-23T09:56:00.008-05:00

Heyi'mafasttalkerIliketotalkfastandIhateperiodssoeventuallythiswillsoundlikegibberishbutonlymyfasttalkingbrotherswillunderstandwhatIamsayingbutthequestionis Can You?

Soccer!

2010-04-23T09:54:00.006-05:00

In soccer there are two teams. Each team has one goalie, three full-backs, two mid-fielders, one striker, and one sweeper.

The goalie is one of the most important player because they block the ball from getting into the goal. The goalie is the only person who can touch the ball with there hands, but they can only pick it up if the ball is inside the goalie box. If they touched the ball outside of the box, it would be a handball and would be a free kick for the other team.

Now lets talk about the full-backs. They try to take the ball away from the attacking offense and feed the ball up to their own offense. There are three positions, right, left, and center. The right and left cover the sides of the field and the center defends the center of the field and can help the sides if they are in trouble.

The sweeper gets the ball from the defense and passes it up to the striker or the mid-fielders.

The strikers job it to push up as far as the other teams defense will let him without going off-sides. When the Striker goes up as far as they can, he passes it to one of the mid-fielders. Or if the defense are back far enough he can go up farther and take a shot on the goal.

Now I'll talk about plays. A throw-in is when a player kicks the ball out-of-bounds, and the other team gets to throw the ball in down the side-lines to one of their team-mates. A goal kick is when a player on the other team kicks the ball out on the end lines. It is usually the goalie who kicks it in, but another defender can kick it if they want to. A corner kick is when the other team kicks it out on the sides close to the end lines.

Lastly I'm going to talk about off-sides. This happens when you dribble the ball past the last defender. To avoid this, all you have to do is pass it to one of your team-mates who is behind the last defender.

Baseball and Softball are Out

2010-04-23T09:54:00.004-05:00

Have you heard? They are officially taking baseball and softball out of the Olympics! Can you believe this? I can't!I can't give you very much info on why softball should stay, because I don't watch Olympic softball, but I do watch some Olympic baseball, and it is ridiculous why they took it out of the Olympics.

Baseball is a favorite sport of America, China, Japan, The Diminican Republic, and many more countries! It can't be because of not enough teams! Also, it can't be enough fans. Millions of Americans watch baseball, and I don't know about other countries, but I'm sure the people from the countries I listed watch a lot. If I'm wrong, the many other sports in the Olympics should be taken out too! It also can't be from not enough compitition. All of those countries I listed are fierce rivals! All of them have a great chance at winning. So why are they taking out baseball?

What sport?

2010-04-23T09:53:00.002-05:00

I looked up at the rim. Sweat gliding down my face. I bounce the ball twice, now three times. I put my arms up and throw the ball. 3-2-1-BUZZ. It goes in without touching the rim. My teammates come and topple on top of me. The crowd's beaming screams pounding in my ears. The guy with the microphone comes and hand me a giant, gold trophy and my teammates lift me up on to their shoulders. I walk out a CHAMPION.

Page 20

2010-04-23T09:50:00.002-05:00

Page 20 is weird. Not old enough to drink moderately but old enough to drive. Not old enough to get married but old enough to date. Not old enough to get a high paid job but old enough to get a small almost unpaid job. Not old enough to go to hit the clubs but old enough to hit the mall. Page 20 is weird. I don't like it at all.

opinions on propaganda

2010-04-23T09:48:00.020-05:00

I think that bribing/propaganda in school is good and not good. Why part of me thinks it is not good is because if you don't have common sense and got paid for finishing a book in grade school you might go up to your boss and say " Hay I finished this book now pay me."

But the good things/advantages to getting rewarded in school is that you will learn to work hard for rewards or in real life a paycheck. So like I said my vote could go either way. Although in a way the school already gives you a reward for hard work by giving you good grades and getting into advanced classes. I feel now that I wrote this I am leaning towards not giving money in school.

What Did I DO

2010-04-23T09:48:00.018-05:00

Why me? People are calling me names were they are showing it more than me, I have a kid hold my book and he losses it, I get the computer that is glitched/ cracked and it's the last one, and a teacher mistakes me for cussing when I didn't come close. I guess I can't have all good things. Like I got the movie Avatar on DVD (BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!), I get to have a sleepover with someone who loves the movie as much as me, my grades are all A's, my foot is heeling quickly (I can actualy WALK!!!), and my teeth re shiny white not ugly yellow. PICKLE JUICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer Days!

2010-04-23T09:48:00.017-05:00

Sun tan!
Unique ways to have fun!
Many late nights to come!
Mostly everyone is out of school!
Every kid outside!
Rivers and pools to jump into!

Doing many things outside!
All the time its hot!!
Young kids getting ready for school, while the older kids don't care.
So many days, why does it have to end?

Tom Sawyer Acrostic

2010-04-23T09:48:00.014-05:00

Trouble
Ostentatious
Miscevious

Sneaky
Abhor
Woebegone
Yearning
Epidemic
Regretful

2010-04-23T09:48:00.011-05:00

What is art?
A delightful creation of work?
A misshapen that turned out to be history?
It can tell a story or tells you a secret.
Or is even a hidden message.
Colorful or Dark?
Bright or plain?
It doesn't matter.

Art is a unique creation just like us

Why I don't like my parents

2010-04-23T09:47:00.012-05:00

They make me mad at every minute of my life even when they buy me something because what I really want in my life. Also if it goes on the Internet they put every little safety filter they have on the stupid device. For example my iPod touch (F.Y.I, they didnt buy it for me[typical]) they blocked the app store, Safari, youtube iTunes, explicit songs and every other feature they have on it. How stupid is that? "My parents" stupid.

School?

2010-04-23T09:47:00.009-05:00

why is school so long? We almost spend more time at school than we do at home. I understand that we need school to learn but why so long and so early. we spend 8 hours at school then sometimes we have 1 hour of home work. Is 8 hours not long enough? the only time we have to do something fun is on weekends and breaks. We don't need 9 hours of work to be smart.

2010-04-23T09:47:00.008-05:00

Why?

That girl makes me mad
acting all sad
she knows what she did
why act so surprised
all she says are lies
not a surprise
that little brat
a little twit
having a fit
why a lie just to get by
just to get by
to make me mad
to make me cry
why did she do this
so mean like a devil
that red head
with makeup all over her face
is she jealous
I beat her in the the mile race
why did she spread this rumor around
now all I feel
is blue and
quite down

A New View

2010-04-23T09:45:00.008-05:00

All of the sudden I was swept off the desk and thrown on the ground by the shredder. There was no way he was going to shred me, I know more about him than he knows about himself, I even know what his foot and hand print is. Well I guess I just have to get over it or I would die, I had to find a chance to run or at least to hide. There it was, he opened the door, this might be my one and only chance to live. I got up and ran over to the scissors on the ground, cut myself into a ninja, got a marker and colored myself black. Now it was time to move, I ran over to the door and slipped into the hallway. I ran as fast as I could and got to the next room safely, now I have to think about getting down the stairs. Well I guess I have to try and jump, but then I got another idea when a breeze on my back blew me into the hallway. I'm flying and surviving the stairs. Now that I was down on the main floor I had to get outside, he had to open the door because it was way to heavy.........

Game Tonight

2010-04-23T09:44:00.007-05:00

Tonight I have baseball game at 8pm. It's kind of late for a school night.I wonder how it will go. I am really excited. I am glad the season started. We won our first game by 1 run.

We play the Dowling MAC. They are a new team this year. Some of the kids from a team called the Westside Stars are on this team, and the rest I don't know who.

I know I'm not pitching because I pitched in the first game. It's OK. I just want to work on my hitting before the tournament this weekend. I am ready physically and mentally. I wonder what the outcome will be.

P.S. I wrote this Tuesday night before my game.

Tough life

2010-04-23T09:44:00.005-05:00

I've got a tough life,
I always get hit and thrown,
Nobody cares about me.

I remember the day i first got hit,
It was good until that day,
the day they hit me over the fence and forgot.

The home run was great,
until they forgot me,
Nobody cares about me.

TXT LINGO

2010-04-23T09:43:00.015-05:00

ROTFL- rolling on the floor laughing
GTG- got to go
IDK- I dont know
IK- I know
BRB- be right back
IDC- I dont care
ILY- I love you
<3- Heart/ love
(:- smile face/ happy
):- Frowny face/ sad
DYH- did you hear
LOL- Laughting out loud
2GTBT- to good to be true
LYL- love you lots
TT4N- ta ta for now
TTYL- talk to you later
CYa- see you
CYaL8er- see you later
<3?- do you like me
HBU- how about you
WBU- what about you
C- see
U- you
L8er- later
?- what
UR- your
Wht- What

Dull April!

2010-04-23T09:43:00.006-05:00

April....... why does it have to be so dull?
Always gray skies and always raining.
Dull dull dull... YUCK!
But people always say once April is gone it always gets nice out!
Some people say April showers bring May flowers.
Hey, you know what.... that story is so true!

15 things I want to do before I'm 15

2010-04-23T09:42:00.003-05:00

Get straight A's on a report card
Get contacts
See all my friends from Cedar Rapids
Get braces
Get braces off
Get the 4G phone from Sprint
Get over my stage fright
Stay up 48 hours
Get my mom close to getting a pet
Have a friend now
Go to New York
Have a different hair color
Read the Brothers Grimm
Cook something without burning down the house
Go to California

Flowers

2010-04-23T09:41:00.009-05:00

The fragile petals
sway in the wind
soft and smooth,
unlike metals
Pink, orange, purple, blue,
all different, like
me and you.
Clouds give a precious drop,
the help and guidance,
making the flowers pop!

Propaganda

2010-04-23T09:41:00.008-05:00

Kids are getting money for reading and other rewards for doing good things.

I think that if kids keep getting rewards for doing something good they will always want something and when they don't get something they won't do what they are supposed to or they will just quit. On the other hand it does help them act well and do what they are supposed to. I think that kids should be given prizes but they should stop by fifth grade. Another opinion I have is that teachers or parents shouldn't just give prizes to certain kids they should give it to everybody or nobody.

Propaganda

2010-04-23T09:41:00.006-05:00

Bribes are great, but later its hate.
Propaganda is bribe, and destroys your vibe.

Life Speed

2010-04-23T09:40:00.006-05:00

Life
It goes fast sometimes
And sometimes slow
Too bad that the great times go fast
And the bad times go slow
So enjoy the fast times
And make the slow times faster
You only live life once
Live it fast

Nature

2010-04-23T09:40:00.004-05:00

Oh nature, Oh nature,
so beautiful and sound,
never make things difficult,
or turns thing around.

Except for on your bad days,
when your angry or depressed.
Ever towns person terrified,
and wanting you to be at rest.

You give us the birds
and the sweet song they sing.
You give us the rain as it goes 'pling-pling'

Oh nature, Oh nature,
I want to thank you.
for giving us everything.
Thank you. Thank you.

Spring Break

2010-04-23T09:39:00.004-05:00

Over spring break, I went to my aunt and uncles house! They live in Minnesota! It was allot of fun!
Here is a list of all of the things we did.

-Went to Sea World!
-Make angle food cupcakes (Calvin, their dog ate three of them
and one of them had a toothpick! oops!)
-Made peanut butter cookies, and my uncle flipped the actual cookie instead of the pans! oops!
-We ate Mac and cheese! Love it!
Check out my aunts blog to see her version of our stay at her house!
I was so exited that we got to see their new house they just got a new house! I love to visit them!
To see what my aunt is up to with her house projects click here.

Ode to Hawaii

2010-04-23T09:38:00.002-05:00

Your palm trees
attract me
to your full of sand beaches
I lay down and relax
seaside
Poipu, and Wailiea
then I jump at my chance
to
go and swim
in
the salty
saltwater
the waves
smash
and
crash
in such powerful
ways
oh I love Hawaii

April

2010-04-14T17:11:00.003-05:00

Storms, storms, out of control

People go out for tornado patrol

Pitter, patter, rain dyed from the sky

The flower buds like a secret spy

In a number of days, they reveal themselves

To some flowers, the bees are like elves!

Weed

2010-04-14T17:06:00.001-05:00

Stuck in the ground, not free.

You deserve it, right were you should be.

As people go by, you get trampled and pushed,

Finally, someone comes along, and you are smushed.