Cause and Effect

Author's Note: I wrote this to show my skill in Cause and Effect. It tells how much I enjoyed this vacation. It also tells how if I didn't go on a vacation how that would turn out.

It was during the summer when my Family and I were going to go to the Wisconsin Dells. We usually go somewhere special every year during summer. I've been to Florida a couple times, and South Carolina. But this was my first time going to the Dells. I was hoping for there to be large water slides, a nice place to tan, and even yummy ice cream.

The cause of why we do this every Summer is so we can enjoy ourselves, and to also spend time together. The reason we go on vacation Is to get away from the colder weather, and to get a break from school and jobs. The effect of going on vacation was fantastic. It had good effect on me because I got to go on water slides, and eat ice cream. Unfortunately I got no tan. My family also got some really cool souvenirs.

If I hadn’t gone on vacation it would have been quite boring, because my Mother would have been at work, and I would be stuck at school doing assignments, and WKCE Testing.

Dough Boy

Author's Note: In this Retelling Piece I talk a little bit about his life and the current problems he has with his weight.

This book is about an over weight teen whose parents got divorced when he was younger. A new Father came into his life and he was a little over weight as well. They got along great. But later in the story his daughter comes around & she’s a skinny pretty girl who is trying to get Dough Boy on a diet, but he refuses.

My Questions to the Founding Fathers

         

Author's Note: This is about the Founding Fathers and what they've done. I talk a little bit about slavery and women's rights.

The Founding Fathers were creators of the Declaration of Independence. They were Political leaders. They all came from the 13 colonies. They were known as delegates. Some of these delegates were George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Dickinson, John Day, and many others.

I want to say thank you for the United States. But some of the choices you made were poorly chosen. Why did allow slavery, and made Women not have any rights. You only allowed freedom if you were a white man. You damaged the United States because of the choices you made. Racism still lives on this day.

If you allowed freedom to everyone, people today would feel equal. It has affected the World. Maybe someday we can all get over one of the biggest mistakes made. But in all of the bad choices you've made it took a big part in winning American Independence, and Creating the United States of America. So thank you for all you’ve done to let us live here in peace.

Summer Break

Author's Note: In this story it kind of explains how my summer went. It also explains a little about how I felt when the first school day was arriving.



           My summer sure was boring, I didn't do much. We didn't even get to go on a
vacation, my Mother didn't have enough gas money. We were supposed to go to the
"Wisconsin Dells" & have a fun time at "Noah's Ark." Besides the fact of me not
           going on a vacation, let me explain how the rest of my summer went. I got to hang out with a lot of my friends. I couldn't believe I would go to bed around 4:00 in the morning. It was hard to sleep in 80 degree weather, when the air vent in my room
wasn't even working. We got rid of my cat, it's pee reeked the whole house.
          Our bunny died, & the same goes with our gold fish. They lived for some
good years. I guess when you got to go, you got to go. All we have left is our dog, named Ginger. My   Summer could have been worse. Hopefully next summer I get to do something a little more exciting. Almost                          
           my whole summer, I worried so much about School. I thought it was going to be the same as last year. But I   guess they Changed a lot. Turns out, I shouldn’t have worried about a new grade. I also had my birthday over   summer. I got a bunch of stuff. I guess in the end things didn’t turn out as bad as they did.

2Pac

The life of 2Pac, 2Pac was a hip-hop legend his real name was “Tupac Shakur” he made music like no other. He was a man who really had a very hard life. His mom was the only one who could take care of him. His dad died when he was just a baby. But when he got into the rap career he was working for "digital underground." He ended up becoming a million air and sold over 75 million records.

His music talked about some sadness, some anger, & hatred in his life. What he wanted to tell everyone was just don’t give up, live your life, and be happy. Some of his best songs were “keep your head up”, “Staring at the world through my rear view”, and “Pain”. He was making music when he was in West vs East. he was a W.E.S.T side gangster.

Some people look at him and think he was a bad man. He did nothing wrong. He really only wanted love. He was growing up with kids doing a lot of drugs. 2Pac got a bunch of law suits & went to jail. Police treated him like he was a piece of dirt. He saw a lot of racism and made a song called changes, which inspired me to change my acts. He loved children, he would make songs with children. He looked so happy to put children in his music videos.

But 2Pac now is dead. You might wonder how he died? He was killed by a drive by. What happened was a gang member got beaten down by the west side. Apparently 2Pac was involved in it. When the gang found out about this beating, they went to find 2Pac. When 2Pac and his friend Suge Knight were heading to this party he came to a red light. A man rolled down his window and shot 2Pac 5 times. He survived the shootings and was rushed to the hospital.

His friends came to see him every day. Until eventually he died of cardiac arrest, & loss of blood. People say that "Biggie Smalls" killed him. After 14 years they finally found the man behind the killing. It was Suge Knight. From this day I will always pray for 2Pac to rest in peace. God bless 2Pac. But what would 2Pac want for us to do. Well he would probably just want us to live are life’s and be happy.

Oil Drill in Alaska

 About it: This book tells why not to drill for oil in Alaska because animals are important and we need to keep them safe!

What can be dangerous about this oil drill? It could affect many animals! As the machines do their job it also lets off gas into the air! That gas could poison animals! Most people do not think it Is not a good idea! But on the other hand the reason these people want to drill to find oil is because a lot of people have been dying lately because of fighting over oil.    

My honest opinion is I am against this oil drill for the safety of our animals! The animals are not used to human beings being around them! So they might attack! If this happened it would take all the animals homes away!

But we should at least try because when people die it affects families! But if animals get oil on them they can’t breed so then the population will be zero! But we have a great men trained and always prepared we can win this!

So we should all stand up and fight for oil and keep are animals safe!

Even if the gas prices are going up we can’t risk this! That’s why you have to earn things in life for the reward!

Jesse James

        This is about a wild west legend that had a hard life as a young man and as grown man. In the story you will find out how he if different from me.

                                                                           Jesse James

            Jesse James was different from me because he was an outlaw and did a lot of crimes over and over again. He robbed a lot of trains and killed many civilians, and robbed banks daily. In his life he stopped for a short while with robbery and killing. Because he got shot and decided he was done and made a deal with the government. But later he started the crimes again because of war. Then he was once wanted again.

            Another reason Jesse James was different from me is because he lived in west of Missouri. He was a legend for what he did. He owned his own gang so there isn’t a possible way he could be similar to me. He’s a man who got shot and faked his death more than once. He lived a hard life. His dad died when he was younger and since he was a famous outlaw he always kept his eye out for enemies.

            So as you can see he is completely different from me. My opinion of him is he seemed like a very nice man, besides his thug ways. He always seemed to have wanted peace. He would always give things to the poor to help them survive. Most of the money he made he wouldn’t keep it.

            Out of all I really liked the book but we have big differences. Some things to mention about this book is Jesse James wasn’t the bad guy in the end because in his partner known as the new recruit gang member felt like he wanted to be as famous as Jesse James so he decided to shoot Jesse James in the back of the head. But he didn’t see what was coming. As we know Jesse James helped the poor. So that just made Jesse James more famous. His new recruit was left in the dust.