My Hero

I think that there are a lot of people that have potential of being my hero. But if I had to choose one, it would probably be my dad. I look up to him a lot because he has accomplished so much in his life. He was an athlete like me throughout his child hood, and all the way into college, which I hope to do also. He now owns two Anytime Fitness clubs, and has taught me that in life you can be very successfull. I help out at these fitness clubs all the time because I know that I can help him out by having him have less work. Overall, I really look up to my dad, because he is my hero in life.

1 Year to Live

There are so many things that I want to do before I die, but how am I going to accomplish them all in just one year? If I only had one year to live, I would do adventerous things, and go outside of my comfort zone because it's going to be the last 365 days of my life. First off, I have always wanted to go sky diving, so I would make that number one on my list of things to do. Next I would like to go to New York, because I have always dreamed of going there and shopping, and having the time of my life. I just haven't gotten to it yet. I would also like to travel to somewhere outside the United States, like Jamaica, or the Bahamas, somewhere that's completely different compared to Wisconsin. Where ever I would go, I would do fun things in the ocean. Like jet skiing, or parasailing. Something that I haven't tried before. Basically I would do things that I never dreamed of doing, I would try something new, and not do the ordinary. The last year of my life would be the best year of my life if I got to try and do some of those new things. That's what I would do if I only had one year left in my life.

Spring Break

My spring break this year wasn't very exciting. I just stayed at home, and hung out with friends. But one day my brother, and 2 cousins wanted to go to a skatepark, so I decided to go along. They brought their scooters, and I just watched. I was sitting on a narrow piece of concrete that slanted downwards and decided to stand up and walk down it. I found that this wasn't the smartest idea because I was wearing flip flops. I started to walk down it, and slipped backwards and landed right on my tailbone. It hurt so bad, and I'm pretty sure I bruised my tailbone. Luckily it was on the last day of break, so it didn't ruin any of my other plans. It's really hard to sit down, or get up from sitting for a while, but it has definetly gotten better, and will hopefully go away for good very soon, especially with sports coming around the corner. Otherwise my spring break was spent with hanging out with friends and family, and most importantly sleeping in really late.

Civil War Questions

1. One cause of the Civil War was slavery. The North and South disagreed on laws about slavery, so it resulted in some causes for the war.

2. 1 important battle was the Battle of Gettysburg, the reason for this was because it was totally unexpected, and was one of the most deadly battles. Plus so many south soldiers died, that it brought the South down, which caused them to lose the overall war.

3. 1 influential person would defenitly be Abraham Lincoln because he was the leader of the North, and lead us to vicotry in the Civil War. He was an important person because he made all the calls, and made important decision.

Interview

Reporter: So Annie, I hear that your dad is stationed in Gettysburg, in the battle of Gettysburg? How is life without him?

Annie: It's different. Not having him around all the time is really hard, and he was like my best friend. So it's very hard for me to pretend like everything is ok, when it's not.

Reporter: I know what you mean. My dad was also part of the Civil War, and it was very hard for me too. Now how has your mom and sister taken this situation?

Annie: It's going to be hard for anyone that knew him because he was such a great person, and if anything happens to him, it would be devastating. My mom is found crying at random times, like while eating dinner, or while sewing a dress. Anything that reminds her of him makes her cry. My sister is still very young to understand the concept that he may not come back, but she can tell that something's wrong.

Reporter: I hope that everything is ok. When does he come home?

Annie: I hope so too. And I'm really not sure. Whenever the battle is over I guess. But I really don't know how long that's going to take. I'm hoping he will come home soon, just so that I can give him one last hug just in case something were to happen to him.

Spring

Colors begin to fill up the empty fields,
As beautiful flowers sprout from the gruond.

Pinks, yellows, greens, catch your eye,
As you walk through the grassy hills.

The humid air swirls around you
As the sun is shining bright on your back.

The trees are just starting to grow leaves,
With all different shades of green.

Instead of a long sleeve shirts and jeans,
you start to bring out the shorts and tank tops.

Spring always brings a smile to my face,
because I know that I'm that much closer to summer.

Dialogue

This scene is going to be about two friends talking about random things at school. This is based off of a true story.
1:Taylor
2:Jayla
3. Random seventh grader

All of our friends are standing around before a volleyball game, talking and socializing.

2: Taylor, can I please have a dollar? I'm so hungry.
1: I have only have one, sorry.

Taylor walks over to the vending machine and tries to input her dollar. It doesn't work.

1: Jayla why isn't it working????
3: It's not plugged in.
2 and 1: Ohhhhhh
1:Wow Taylor
2: Obviously if you put money in there, nothing's going to come out.
1: That made no sense
2: Exactly

This is one of the many random conversations that we have on a daily basis.

Civil War

I think that this artile was very interesting because I learned a lot of new things. It had a lot of good information, and really went into detail of everything they talked about. You could use this for research because it talks about some of the main topics that people are doing for their stories. I think that one of the most interesting "10 things you should know" was about the new technologies that were used throughout the war. One was called telegraph lines, which carried the news of the battles to people that wanted to know information about it. It was faster than what you would have thought for their time period. They also had a wide range of guns including rifles and muskets, which were very useful during the war.

If I had to write a "10 things you shoud know" about Asa Clark I would include.....
1. We are a Public School
2. We have a dress code, limiting us on what we can and cannot wear
3. We are located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
4. Our age group is 7th and 8th grade
5. During the day, we have 5 class periods and then a resource at the end
6. Each class is 70 minutes long
7. We have a very good acamdemic program
8. We are the Pewaukee Pirates
9. We have a good athletic program too
10. We start at 7:30 a.m and end at 2:45 p.m