It's a Haunted Place

Authors Note: This is my Predictions piece on the Shinning. 

The book The Shinning is a great horror book about a boy who interviews for a summer job, but doesn’t know what is to come for him. My prediction for this story is that the hotel will be haunted and they don’t know it.  I think this because I the book it says many people have died in this hotel in World War 2 and because I have seen shows on this hotel and it says that it is haunted.

In the story the man who is walking him around is talking about how you don’t want to go in the basement. That to me seems like a sign to something down there that they don’t want people to know about.That maybe because Its a bad place or there may even be something down there that may scare him away or any costumer.

Too add is that they said that the first person to stay at this hotel after World War 2 said they were hearing things at 1 A.M. I think that means that the hotel was used in World War 2 and that means that most likely people died in the hotel so they came back to where they died.

The hotel is mostly is haunted and there are people stay and working there so who knows it is something some may never know. The hotel may also be haunted but not to harm any one or anything. 

On The Run

Authors Note: This is my theme essay. 

Don’t you like having a normal life being able to do whatever you want with your friends and even by yourself. Even just going to school and have some friends to talk to and laugh with. None of this is that way for John in I Am Number Four. He has to survive his way through life with the guidance of Henri and his powers.

The book starts out with John at a party and they are all having fun up till number 3 dies. Then the party gets out of hand John is sitting on shore and his leg is glowing and everyone there is freaking out and there are even some people taking videos. The videos get all over the internet and that will give his location up. After a while Henri shows up to get him and they run away. That morning they leave to because otherwise the Morgidarians will find them. John after that is on the road to survival.

At the house though left back is a picture of him and there old license plate. The Morgidrians can smell they are close. John is still on the run, but they are after John. John finally gets there to Paradise, Ohio where he will live for a while, but the Morgidarians are still after them.

There is a magazine company house that wrote an article about the Morgidrains and they want to figure out who wrote it so Henri goes up to the house. After a while John get worried because Henri is gone for a long time. When John gets there it is a old and dark house he walks in and sees light from downstairs so he goes down there and there is Henri looked p in the corner. Not too long after the Morgidrains show up so John has to use his power that aren’t developed all the way. After a while of fighting they are on their way home and no sign of them for them.

Survival is a big thing in this book and it is one of the only themes in the book. That is because of all the big parts in the book that you remember have to do with survival. The theme survival is use in most of action books and even horror books.  

Letter to Marko

Authors Note: This is my character development piece. 

Dear Marko,

I am Adam. A 13 year old boy from Pewaukee, Wisconsin. I just read your book The Winter War, I thought it was a good book, but I am wondering about some things.

I thought that in the book you started out to be a worthless boy because you had polio and didn’t have many friends. In the book though you got to have worth because you were asked to be in the war and you had many big duties, and you even got a lot of friends in war.

I the story you had a pretty bad life with your Dad leaving for war and  your family moving to a different country. What was it like being on your own with no family? It seemed like you were fine because you had many friends to.

I the war you seemed happy also because there were so many people there and you have many friends. In the war though were you ever scared or worried? In the war you do get attacked so did you ever have bad thoughts about that after the war?

From,

Adam 

Find The Chest

Authors Note: This is my story to get graded on the writing rubric. 

James Price thanked his parents for the lovely meal. The brand new car they gave him for his birthday was perched on the street.  Now comes the long trip back to Madison. He is on his way home in the country. He hasn’t seen a house for miles. After driving for a while, he sees something in the distance. He can’t quite figure out what it is. It looks like a deer or a tree. When he approaches it disappears. When he gets to where it was, it comes back and it is a man in the road! James slams on the brakes but is unable to stop and hits the man. The man goes flying through the air. James rushes out of the car fearful that the man is dead.

 When James gets to him he says,” Where did you come from?  You came out of nowhere! Where do you live?”

The man only replies, “Find the chest.”

Puzzled, James says,” What do you mean?”

Right before the man can say anything he dies. Then James looks around and when he looks back the man is gone.

After the long and hurtful trip home, James opens the door to his house and it is trashed. There is graffiti all over the wall saying, “ get out! You don’t need anything from here”, “You are in danger,” “Find the chest.” James is convinced that a bunch of his friends did it. James walks up stairs to his room and his whole room is destroyed. All the lights are smashed and it is pitch black out so he can’t turn them on. James walked down the hall to Jeremy’s room. Jeremy is one of his roommates. His room is perfect. Just the way he left it. He walks down to his other three roommate’s rooms and they even look like someone cleaned them. James is really confused at the moment. He is thinking that someone is after him. James looks at the ceiling and sees the ladder to the attic. He knows he must go up.

James struggles to climb the old ladder. After a step brakes on him he becomes even more fearful. James is up in the attic and sees the only working light in the house. He turns it on and it flickers a lot. After a while it stays lit and doesn’t flicker. James looks around and right under the light is a chest.  James takes a good look at it and turns to go.

James Walks out to this car to go back to his parents house to stay there till his roommates are back. Finally he gets to his parents house and tells them all that has happened to him, but he leaves out one thing... the chest. After a while of watching TV and worrying about what is happening, he falls asleep. Mr. Price, James’ Dad, is up all night thinking about what is happening to his son.

“ Breakfast is done”, yells Mrs. Price from upstairs.  

 James wakes up and on the table his Mom had made him his favorite meal, pancakes and bacon with orange juice. Mr. Price wakes up after a long night up.

After they are done eating Mr. Price sits down James and says, “ James all this that is happening to you happened to me as a kid in college.  Now, listen very carefully.  Is there a chest up in the attic?”

James says, “ Yes. Why do you ask?”

Mr. Price says,” I put that up there when you moved there, I have to, otherwise the ghosts that are in your house will get me and kill me for what I did”.

” So how do I get them to go away”, James said

Mr. Price says,” Get the chest and open it and everything will go away. It won’t be in the same spot anymore when you get home”.

James left and thanked his father.

On the long drive home James has no people walking in front of him or anything. He finally gets home and the house is worse and there is no chest anywhere in site. So he walks out of the house to look around and there on the roof is the Man he hit with his car, standing there pointing at the chest.

 James says,” How do I get up here?” .

The Man says,” Use your jumping power, just jump”.

James jumps and gets up there and right after he reaches for the chest he is pushed off the roof by one of the ghosts and he jumps right back up and grabs the chest to take with him. James runs to his car and drives to his parents house. It is about 11 P.M. when he leaves and finally gets there at about midnight. James runs inside.

James yells,” I Got the chest!”.

Mr. Price says in a faded voice,” We are too late”.
James says,” What do you mean?”

Mr. Price says,” I forgot to tell you….. you have to open it by midnight, and it is 12:17”

James says,” Well what will happen? What are you taking about! I did what you asked.”

James Dad looks to the side and there is the ghost that pushed him off the roof pointing at his Dad.

James yelling,” Get out of here! No one wants you here! I found the chest and you should be gone!”

Mr. Prices last words are,” Goodbye James, I’m one of them now.”

I finally Got Them

The book the Winter War is a great piece about the famous Winter War in Finland. What is the war for though? These war was started so Russia could get land from Finland. One of the conflicts of the book was that Marko found these horses in a Russian stable. These horses were beautiful Marko has never seen anything like them and plus he really wants them. The horses are owned by the Russian so they can get around on them from base to base. Due to this country vs. self conflict resolution Marko has no chance of getting these horses. There are guards everywhere protecting them to.

The resolution of this event is that Marko is the hospital with his mom and his mom takes him in a room with his friend and outside there are the horses the Russians left back from the stable the same ones. Marko runs outside to the horses to get them. That was the ending of the book. 

Our Founding Fathers

Authors Note: This is my essay on the Founding Fathers and what I would say to them. 

Our Founding Fathers of a America were the people who wrote the and signed The Declaration of Independents. What else did they do though is that all they did? Did they fight is wars?  Were they president. I mean what could these people have done to be so famous?

One of the main things they did was sing the Declaration of Independents. What was that though? The Declaration  was a statement adopted by the congress.  This was wrote for independents for America. The Founding Fathers were also a part of the American Revolution war. That wasn’t what they are known for though they are known more for the Declaration of Independents which all the founding fathers singed.

What would anybody say to them though? I think I would more like ask them question like Why did you guys write the Declaration of Independents? Or maybe even What was it like back when you were living was it nice or was it bad and not a place you wanted to live? If it was so bad what made it that way?

Even though that might not be enough information to know about them well with what I asked and know I think I could talk to them and know what I was talking about and could have a good conversation with them. 

I'm Not Like Others

Authors Note: This is my new Cause and effect piece. It is still on the book I Am Number Four.

I Am Number Four is about boy who has super powers. This boy is special because he is like no other. He is one of the nine who escaped from there planet Loric. These un like human people are being hunted down  by these big beasts. This boy is number four he is the next to be killed. In this book no one supposed to know he has these super powers. Every time someone figures out he does he has to move to a different city in the world. During apart in the book though one of his best friends figures out he has these powers, but they stay in that same city.

Now that he knows he has these powers is not a good thing because if more people get to know he has these super powers he will have to move or these big beast will know where he is and will come and get him. It was a bad idea not to move though. After a while these big beast find him and a big war starts. 

They Know Where We Are

Authors Note: This is my cause and effect piece.

One of the best books I have read so far is I Am Number Four. Even know I’m still reading it I still think it is really good.  The book is about a boy name John and he is part of a group and there are only 5 left in this group because the other 3 are died and John is number four. That means that the Morgidrians are after him. But you may be thinking what are the Morgidrians. The Morgidrians are these human like things who try to killed the numbers but if they hurt any of the numbers but four they get the same thing they do to the number to them. Well I just got done reading this Part in the book were John and Henry by the way Henry is John guardian and he helps him live his life. Anyway what happens is that Henry finds this article in a magazine and wants to figure out who wrote it so Henry goes to the magazine companies factor to ask who wrote it but what ends up happening is the Morgidrains show up. When they show up John has to fight them and after awhile they leave.

What is the effect of that happening though well first of all the Morgidrians knows that John is near. Another thing is that John doesn’t want to leave because he has many friends and a girlfriend. Henry later in the book decided that they can stay and live there but if there are any signs of the Morgidrians they leave. 

Fighting For our Country

Authors Note: This is my conflict resolution piece.

The Book The Winter War is about this boy named Marko. What does Marko do in the book though. Well the conflict is that Russia wants land from Finland, but they won't give it to them, so Russia Starts A war with Finland called the Winter War. Which Marko becomes a messenger in to help his Country. 

Well how is this War ended? The War was ended because at the end Russia and Finland came to an agreement that Russia would get some land but Finland still won the War but lost at the same time because they had to give land to Russia still.

My Journey For a Home Run

Author’s Note: This is my personal narrative on my first home run.  

“ Adam you are on deck”, Says Coach. Just got on deck When Conner is up to bat. We are losing. There is still a lot left to the game it is only the third inning so we still have a chance to win. I start to swing my bat.  well I swing Conner takes the first pitch for a ball. Still swinging my bat nervous to get back up to bat. Conner takes another pitch for a strike though. I’m standing there think when am I going to be up I want to hit. Finally I’m up after Conner grounding out to the 3^rd baseman.

I get up to bat after Conner grounding out. I look at the pitch he is starring down his target trying to get the pitch from his catcher. I’m nervous think am I going to hit the ball, where is it going to go, and am I going to get on base.  He gets in the wind up. He starts his motion. Throws the ball I feel it hit my bat. It just feels like I just have a single, so I just star running as hard as I can around the bases well looking at the ball so I know where it is.

I’m  get around first and I look and see the ball it is far out in left center field. So I book it around the bases. I’m heading for second, now third base I look After rounding third I look and I see the short stop with the ball. I think in my head am I going to be safe is he going to get me out? I just sprint towards home and all my teammates are yelling up I touch home and the short stop still has the ball so am safe. I was so happy after that happened and I still am hoping I can hit another home run again.

I’m Sitting on the bench, barley able to breathe. Everyone is coming to congratulate me but I can’t even talk to them. After a while of sitting on the bench the inning ends and I’m playing first so I don’t have to run that much.

The Winter War

The Book The Winter War by William Durbin is Abouta boy named Marko who goes to war to help his country. The reason for the war is because Russia wanted land from Finland and Finland wouldn't give it to them. At the begging of the book Marko's city is bombed.Then Marko's Brother, Sister and Grandma leave Finland to live with there cousins. After the war is starting and Marko and His Mom start working at a hospital for the injured men in the war. After a while Marko gets asked to be a messenger in the war. The messengers are the people who deliver messages to the Headquarters. As he is delivering messages he gets to meet his new friend his name is Carla and they deliver messages together. There is one thing Marko doesn't now though.  At the end Marko figures out Carla is a girl and they move together because everone in Carla's family is died because of the war.  

Second Base

Two outs, bottom of the 9th, winning 4 to 3. I really want to beat those Yankee badly. Derek Jeter up. Saying to myself, “just get this last out.” Swing and a miss! Strike two. Count is 3-2. Next pitch... going at Jeter. He is starring at the ball... He hits a line drive hit to me. I dive, then I look in my glove there the ball is right in my glove. Now thinking in my head I just made the last play to end the game. Here come my teammates congratulating me. All of them very happy because we beat the number one team, the Yankees.

Rainbows

Authors Note- I wrote this for writing circles and to write about rainbows.

What is the point of rainbows you may ask yourself? I think that rainbows don't a purpose or a point they just appear when they do and people look at them to see all the colors. But why do rainbows appear? They appear when sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun. Now knowing this rainbows are still going to be interesting to look at but now I know how they happen.

Color

Authors Note- I wrote about blue to see what i could come up with my writing.

Blue is a great color to me.... I like it because it is used for many things like walls in rooms or stores, paintings like water, and football fields like Boise States. Other things I like about blue is that most pro sport teams use blue like the Packers old jerseys, Blue Jays, Brewers, and many more. A good thing about blue is that it goes with anything almost and can substitute it with almost any color.

Realtionships

Authors Note- I am Writing for writing circles so we can see my thoughts on relationships.

Most of the time relationships don’t work, but why do we have relationships? I think most of the time people in middle school have relationships to get more popular. Have the time that is the only reason, then they break up with them and tell everyone that they broke up with them to get even more popular. Think that way about relationships in middle school are pointless, but don't get me wrong they can mean something like they really like the person or love.