Creative Writing: The Egypt Game
This story takes place in a university town in California, on a street called Orchard Avenue. The street is home to a mysterious old man who everyone just refers to as the Professor since they don 't know what his real name is. The neighborhood around the antique shop is filled with families and their kids. All the kids spend time playing outside together. The Professor is the only person who witnesses the beginning of the Egypt Game. One day he looks out his window and sees three kids walking into a fenced-off storage yard. There are an African-American girl and her little brother, and a blonde girl named April who has recently moved into the neighborhood. The little boy has a plush octopus with him that he won 't let go of. The Professor
Creative Writing: After The Cold War
443 Words | 2 PagesKristina and Trey gathered all of their little belongings mostly caring about the lockbox containing about $3,600 of the finest mexican glass a.k.a meth. Rushing out of their little apartment as soon as possible after seeing a wanted picture in the newspaper of kristina stealing money illegally with a fake id. She thought it was odd that she had very very little remorse about getting up and leaving without saying goodbye to her baby that wouldn't even recognize her, her mom which she stole her identity and money from. It didn't phase her and she kept loading what little belongings she had into Trey's mustang. They rushed onto the snowy freeway still tweaked as usual, but exhausted from no sleep like usual and running from the police and the mexican drug lord that they owe and weren't planning on paying back.
Gordon Korman's Schooled
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Is3350 Unit 3 Assignment
992 Words | 4 PagesWhen that book was completed, the teacher tried to engage Benji in another center, but he remained looking at a book. Another student came up and asked Benjy if he had ever been to a water slide, and Benji responded “no”. Benji put his book up when the teacher announced it was clean up time, and then he went over to two boys and helped them put away the toy trucks on the floor. School Psychologist Summary and Recommendations:
Feelings In Charles Baxter's 'Gryphon'
480 Words | 2 PagesFeelings for Miss. Ferenczi A few weeks the book “Gryphon” written by Charles Baxter took us to a magical world of Massachusetts. By a school we got bus got dragged all the way to Five Oaks school (Just kidding). Swirling in to 4th grader Tommy’s shoes. It was the regular usual boring day in Mr. Hibler’s class.
Creative Writing: The Cubs
605 Words | 3 PagesIt was a beautiful day for the beautiful game of baseball to be played in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, Chicago: breezy, sunny, but not a scorching hot, sweat-bead kind of day. Merely six miles south of Wrigley Field, we boarded the CTA purple line el train, along with clusters and clusters of Chicago Cubs fans also getting on each and every rail car from who knows where. But, let me tell you, I was in awe; I have never been with so many true fans who knew, not only baseball, but knew the Cubs! “Who’s ready for the Cubs to crush the Astros!”
Summary Of The Lesson By Toni Cade Bambara
2028 Words | 9 PagesYou can see she was a tough one to crack. At first, she didn’t care for anything the Mrs. Moore was trying to teach them. Had this story been added to the course, it would had offer the opportunity for each student to express their own ideas and meanings of the story. It would had given everyone the chance to interpret the story, especially since we all come from different
Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front
274 Words | 2 PagesIt’s spring now and the winter was terrible let me tell you. There were 10 people dying every day from starvation or freezing to death or disease it was terrible. When we were marching there from the last battle we heard that there was going to be food there for 8 months turns out there was only food for 8 days. General Edwin and a bunch of other soldiers and commanders asked if they could leave and George had to let them go he just asked them if they would come back in the Spring ready to go. Hundreds of soldiers deserted valley Forge and went back home to their families.
'Mr. Richard Dadier In The Blackboard Jungle'
291 Words | 2 PagesOn his first day of teaching his students try to hit him with a baseball trying to scare him but Richard remains unafraid. On that same a student nearly raped a teacher but Mr. Dadier hears the teacher screaming and stops the student. The next day Artie West realizes that Richard Dadier got his friend in trouble and got him put in jail. He becomes enraged and later that night him and
Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front
171 Words | 1 PagesThe man looked onto the battlefield close and far as the dirt landed and slid off his face the sound of bombs were muffled the cries of men were sharp and penetrating he stood over the breech with such comfort while a hundred thousand fear riddled eyes stared from behind he turned his face deep wrickled and rugged filthy his eyes with dark bags underneath from nights with no sleep but the faces he saw were much different men no more than 30 with their whole lives maybe not even 10 minutes ahead of them he's seen it a hundred times before he knew these men were divided they were there together but they were going in it alone with this in mind the man stared back and spoke "At the edge of our hope... At the end of our time... WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE
Creative Writing: A Hero's Journey
487 Words | 2 PagesAnother day was so much like the one before, and the many before that. He walked the house and grounds, slowly, letting time pass as it must. Alone, present but not present, for can one truly be there if no one knows of it? Like the saying he’d heard more than once over the unmeasured time of his existence: If a tree falls in the forest but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? He ambled through the back yard, pausing under the tree from which he’d been hanged, cursing his tormentors, vowing to haunt them for all time.
What Is Breaking Free From Social Classes In The Lesson By Toni Cade Bambara
584 Words | 3 PagesSocial classes, a term used to describe the division of society, usually based on social or economical richness, has existed for a long time. One is usually born into a social class and is in that class for the rest of their lives. African American’s in the 70s, suffered a lot with gaps of different social classes as they were on the bottom of the social ladder. This can be illustrated in the short story, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, with a group of kids that live in extreme poverty and depression. Toni Cade Bambara conveys the lesson of breaking free from social classes through symbolism of both the paperweight and the sailboat.
Summary Of The Lesson By Toni Cade Bambara
330 Words | 2 PagesThe story “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara illustrates how a young girl of the name Sylvia decides to ignore the help of her new neighbor Miss Moore. The little girl and her fellow childhood friends get the opportunity to take a field trip to a toy Museum; Miss Moore is the host and her intentions are to expose the isolated kids to show them that there is more to life than living in poverty. Bambara’s word choice portrays the vocabulary that the little kids possess, and they do not know nearly as much information as Miss Moore does because she has a college education. She attempts to educate the kids with numerous facts, but the kids disregard it because they are too fascinated at what the museum has to offer. Sylvia has a foul attitude and
Texting While Driving Analysis
1628 Words | 7 PagesA story was writing by Alex Kotlowitz, about two boys and their mother, Lafayette and Pharaoh. Lafayette was ten years old and Pharaoh was seven years old. They were living in a neighborhood in Chicago. The author was asked by a friend to write an essay for a photo, since the author was working as a freelance journalist. The author never met them before, he only saw a photo of Lafayette, and the author explained what Lafayette was wearing such as a Kangol cap was too big for him.
Creative Writing: Above The Clouds
680 Words | 3 Pages"Alec Ramsay and Black Minx are out in front, five lengths ahead, AND THEY ARE UNDER THE WIRE!" the radio in the barn blared. I had just finished jumping my palomino "Above the Clouds" but I call him Cloud for short. Blackwater Ranch was owned by the Leigh's but they were at a horse show, so I was watching the ranch for them. I took my hunt seat saddle off Cloud's back then removed the saddle pad and set it out to dry.
Of Mice And Men Paragraph
702 Words | 3 PagesIn Of Mice and Men, George demonstrates that you can be friends with who ever you want which can make unique friendship and being open minded, because he has a friend that has trouble controlling himself, but George still continued to help him and stay beside him. The story takes back in the day during the American great depression and people struggles to live in America. The two main characters in the story are George who is the sharp eyed hard worker and Lennie who is handicapped and has bad control of himself. George and Lennie are searching for work and Lennie who happens to cause trouble for George which gets in George’s way a lot and because of Lennie they had to leave the town, because they were interviewing job with the manager
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