NJASK GO BYE BYE

Every year the teachers like to prepare the students for the NJASK. but you never notice how nerve wrecking it is untill your sitting in that chair ten minutes before the test even begins. But i dont hsve to worry about that anymore ecause the njask is DONE!!!  I dont know what i was so worried about, it was super easy and i had plenty of time.( eh ) I guess the teachers this year really worked hard to make the NJASK easier than ever. Maybe i will miss the NJASK, its the only week in the whole shool year with no homework, and you get to watch movies all day( except for spanish:\, that was back to learning). our teachers really helped us prepare for the big test. I guess the old saying is " everything isnt always as it seems " becuase next year, im not going to worry so much.

One Hectic Day

 Sam and MaddiJanes mom worked very hard to make a good living. Sam and MaddiJane were sitting on the couch watching their favorite t.v show when they heard something outside.


" Did you hear that?" Sam said as he walked to the window.


"Calm down, its just mom complaining about her old car again." MaddiJane answered. MaddiJane and Sams mom has been complaining about her car ever since they got a flat tire while driving to the beach.


"We should help her, I mean, she always complains about her car and she always tries her hardest to make us happy".


"That's a good idea! We should repaint her car so it would look even better!" MaddiJane said so proudly.


"Well she left for work so lets go!" The two kids left to the garage to get the paint.


"What color? Blue?" Suggested Sam. MaddiJane agreed and the two siblings worked on painting the car. They worked hard hours in the noon sun when Maddie pointed out something.


"S-S-Sam? Why is half the car purple? Maddi discovered


"What do you mean?" Sam looked at the car from Maddis point of view and his face went white. He automatically looked at the paint and realized that the horrible surprised was his fault.


" We can fix it, all we have to do is paint over the purple with blue." Sam suggested, hoping Maddi would agree.


"Not in ten seconds we can't".


"Why in ten?"


"Because mom is coming down the street right now!" Maddi yelled in a panic.


"It's ok, the car isn't that big." Sam said confidently.


"Sam! Its a HUGE can YOU-" Maddi and Sam realized it was to late.


"Surpri- What happened to my car?" Maddi and Sam's mom asked.
Maddi tried to explain.
"We just felt bad so we wanted to help. But then everything went all wrong.


"Come here you two." Mom said calmly


"I appreciate what you two did but I came home early because somebody was coming to fix the car for me. Maddi and Sam's mouth dropped.


"Why don't we go out to eat for all your hard work." Maddie and Sam's mom asked.


"Now that's a good idea." Sam said happily. The happy family left at sunset and was enjoying their evening together. All was well.

Quote Response

          Great people, did great things, when ever pessimistic said it was impossible, the only thing going through the great achievers mind was, " the impossible is possible." According to Napoleon Bonaparte, " Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools." This was something that when Napoleon said it, he was proud of it. The impossible is possible, but only when one believes they can do it, then they will succeed.

            As a sixth greater, I do get they feeling that what I want to achieve is so far away, and that I will never get there. This feeling is the feeling of impossibility. When I was in third grade, we had to learn the multiplication table up to the number twelve. It took me up to two weeks to get all of them right. In between those two hard weeks, I felt like i was never going to get them, I would always get so close, or it would be totally wrong. I told my dad that i just cant do this, it was too hard. I told him that a nine year old cant do this, its impossible. But my dad told me that all you have to do is work hard and practice, and in the future, you will succeed. So of course, i practiced and practiced and worked hard, but nothing came. So i asked my dad when will i succeed, and he said i will. Then after that i be came really mad and determined to get the facts right. Now, i can get all the multiplication skills off the top of my head. I knew that when i was nine years old, i was a fool. And now, the impossible, is possible.

          In a time of slavery, the slaves all sang a song and tried to get to the north in any way they can. They never gave up, even though their masters told them that it was impossible, the slaves knew that their masters were fools. During the civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr made one of the greatest speech in the world. He once said " I have a dream" A dream that he never gave up on. He is one of the reasons why this country is great to all different kinds of races.  He didn't give up even when he didn't succeed. He failed allot of times, but it came down to his dream coming true. He was not a fool even when people said he was of trying. This man is a great example of this quote.

          If you never make mistakes, you are not really trying. If you don't make a mistake, you are not really human. Great people made a lot of mistakes. Edisonn once said " I never failed 1,000 times, i found 1,000 ways not to do it. Even when he failed, the thought of impossibility never came to him. One day, you will have to face a time when you think that your dream will never come, that it will be impossible, but all you have to do is keep on trying, and in the end, the out come will always be the greatest one.

SUMMER IS DEFINITLY GOIN ON MY WISH LIST

Someone once said that time is a precious thing and that it is not to be wasted. The Edison school board  has decided to shorten the days of summer. This will affect the students from k-12. Summer is something that is on every kids wish list. If the school board shorten the days of summer break, then that means more complaints from the parents, the less of a nice break students have from school and the less of pressure.

Summer is a must have thing. It gives a nice break for students who have lots of homework and school work. When there is alot of homework, that means the less of free time. Since the edison school board already gives 183 days of school each year, and on those days you get either an essay to do, or a test, or even maybe just regular homework, that takes the time out of your regular day. Everyones day is the same, you wake up, go to school, do school work, homework, take a shower, and eat dinner. And in between all that theres sports, breakfast, lunch, and even maybe a little t.v. Summer makes everyday different. There is nice weather on most days, so either if you go outside, or go swimming in a pool, each day will be exciting and new.

Summer also gives students less of the jumbo sized pressure. No teacher wants their students to fail, of not do their homework. But teachers dont understand that your day cant juist be all about school work. You want everyday to be different, exciting, and you want to explore new things. With so much school work amd pressure, those things arent going to happen. The pressure that is on a little girls shoulder to do the school work is too much. You dont want to fail, and you dont want your teacher to get mad at you. on top of that, you dont want to go to sleep late because you are so tired, and you dont want to miss your free time. Bill Cosby once said that I dont know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. It may seem like students want to please their teachers all the time, but thats becuase some students actually do that. Summer takes you away from all that. Its a time where a kid can just be a kid.

Students will definitly complain that there is less of summer break, and with  that, theres a price.( i had to put this in.... if you get it.... KARMA!!~!!)  Kids will complain to their parents if they have to to get what they want. then, here comes the phone calls. Parents will say that their child is always complaunung about school and jow summer break is their only break. Studies show that more then 60% of kids dont get enough excerisice. Excersicing could be as fun as playing tag with friends, of riding a bycicle. When its a school night, you have so much homework that you can hardly even go out side ans enjoy the weather. But when its summer, kids can go outside everyday. Its actually been said that more than 50% of kids get more excersice on summer break when there away from school, then when there actually in school. With the less of summer, the more the complaints.

With the less summer, the more the complaints, the nore the pressure,and the less of a nice break. Summer is the everyday kids favorite seasin beacuase they're actaully away from school. Its a time when you could have fun and enjoy your self. When kids feel like they havent been more free. With the less of summer break, the more students you will upset

Say no to uniforms

                            FCAs                                                             Elena. Elias

1.     Supporting details                                                   March 16,2011

2.     Parallel structure                                                     English 6-1

3.     Sophisticated vocabulary                                        School Uniforms

Dear Superintendent O’Malley,

          “America has believed that in differentiation, not uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief, it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.”  (Lois D. Brandies) In America, we have freedom in not only speech, but in indivuality and expression. This freedom lays the path of progress, and also has advanced human happiness. But how many of us actually experience this freedom. America plays a big part in freedom, as citizens, we play the role of being different. A big part of teens search in his or her identity is through clothing. We play the role of being diverse. Everyone around you is different than you in some ways. The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity. Uniforms are breaking that chain of being diverse; therefore, uniforms are not a good idea. A uniform doesn’t allow you to express your uniqueness and individuality. Families that are above poverty lines might not get the financial aid from the district that is needed, and there has no significant impact on improving academic achievement by wearing a uniform.

          Wearing uniforms means that you have to hide your uniqueness and individuality. A uniform doesn’t make options for kids. If you block the freedom of choice, you block the freedom of mind. A big part in a teen’s search in which they really are is by the clothes they wear. A kid’s mind has to have so many paths instead of one. With uniforms, who are closing all these other paths and just using one. When a kid wears gothic colors, it shows their uniqueness or individuality. It tells people things such as “oh, that person is just like me”. You will never know what makes you unique or different if you wear uniforms. Uniforms for school are not a good idea. If you wear them for two, maybe even six days a week, then there is no being sure that you have found your real inner self yet. Without showing off your uniqueness and individuality, you will not find who you are and will show off dullness. Also, with dullness comes unhappiness, which leads to some things bigger.

          Families that are in poverty can barely afford to buy nice clothes, and uniforms only make it worse because they may not get the financial aid needed from the district. Families that are very poor can hardly be able to afford regular clothes. Therefore now, they would have to buy uniforms, another thing that they can hardly afford. Uniforms would just put more weight and it will be more difficult for the poor. Some people say that instead of purchasing expensive name brand clothing, you’ll only have to buy the uniforms. Most kids buy the uniforms and their clothing too. They’re not just going to wear the uniforms. Uniforms are just adding pressure for people who are above poverty lines.

          There is no significant impact on students improving their academic achievements. There is no significant impact on school achievements for students if you wear uniforms. Uniforms will just be a greater distraction because many people don’t like uniforms. They will try to ruin it as much as they can and instead of paying attention, students will be distracted by the uniforms. Uniforms may have a greater impact on school achievements. There is no hard evidence that it does however. Some people will not care if they’re breaking school rules by making the uniforms their own.

          America is a diverse country with the path of individuality and uniqueness quickly becoming longer. With uniforms however, it will get shorter. Uniforms lead to the decrease of being able to express your uniqueness and individuality. It will cause even more problems for the people who are above poverty lines and has no significant increase in academic improvement. Students should not wear uniforms. The United States is a diverse country and its citizen would like to keep it that way.                                         

   Sincerely,

 Elena. Elias

Board Room

Elena. Elias

          Every day, you see people walk by with the same old boring boots. Then you go somewhere else and you see the same type of boots you just saw ten minutes ago. Then you notice that that Boot Company only makes the same type of boots.  We would like your news channel to commercialize our product. It is new and is going to be very popular very quickly. If you are tired of the same old boots then I have some news for you because now there are Uggs!!!

          Uggs are new and improves boots. They are the most popular women’s sheepskin boot in the whole world. With the fur inside, it is more comfortable than other boots. They are made out of fur to keep you warm and ready for the winter. So now you could avoid layers of socks.

          Uggs are also unique. They come in not only basic colors, but they come in neon too!!! When you wear plain old boots, customers have to worry about whether it is going to match their outfit but with Uggs, it will go with anything making it the best boots around. They even come in different styles! For small children, they have swirls, for teenagers you have zippers or buttons, and for adults you have fur outside of the Uggs to make it original. There are even more selections to choose from. And to make it even better, to show our customers how much we appreciate them, for every two purchases, we allow them to design their own Ugg!! It is our new way of giving back to our faithful customers.  It will even never be released to the public so you can have the only pair.

           These warm stylish boots will get you ready for any type of weather!! In the winter, these genius Uggs will resist rain, water, and snow, so no more worrying about water getting in your shoes. Ugg boots are triple lined with heavy duty fur to ensure they are the best boots around.  So people’s feet will be saying “I’m so warm and comfortable,” while your mind will be saying “I love Uggs!” No more worrying about sweaty, stinky feet because with Uggs, the insides are made with climate controlled fur. Costumers don’t have to worry about taking off your shoes and feeling unclean.

          Even though these boots are expensive, costumers definitely won’t regret have them because it is real fur and are more comfortable than other boots. Uggs are the next big thing. We project that Ugg scales will sky rocket to over one billion this year. Not only have that costumers looked stylish with Uggs. It’s for a good cause too1 With every purchase, half of your money will go to charity, or will be donated to the people in need, because we all want to make the world a better place.

           I would like you to commercialize my product because it is new and it is great for every age. As I said before, Uggs are the new and improves boots, they are unique, they are warm and stylish boots that get you ready for any weather, and even though Uggs are expensive you won’t regret having them. These one of a kind boots will get very popular, very quickly, and if you commercialize our product, not only will it help our company, but it will help you as well.

Reflection

I loved the persuasive commercial!!!! Its was fun and exciting!!!! I like my perice  because there's dogs in it, it's weird, and its special. I feel I am good at editing, acting, and video taping. Some areas I could improve on is expression, vocabulary, and being more serious. Persuasive essay writing techniques and strategies I'd like to try next time are band wagin, counterargument, and bringing more people. The part of the writing process I enjoyed most is the script because it was easy, we got to make it our own, and we made a video out of it. My goals for next time is to put more dialoge, less narrorating, and use more persuasive techniques.  Three things I learned about myself throughout this project are we could write a poem, we arfe creative, and we could edit. Readers will see my mentors authors writing craft in my essay when i read the sections are about the poem, the claims, and persuasive techniques. Overral, I really enjoyed it!!