The Notebook Retelling

The Notebook is about a girl and a boy who fell in love when they were young, but were eventually separated. Many years later they saw eachother and started falling in love all over again, but this time she had a secret.Now a Major Motion picture. Read more to find out what her secret was and if their love will  last.

Big Families

Author's Note: "I have grown up all my life surronded by tons of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Big Families can be lots of fun but can also be a pain sometimes."

I have a big family. My Dad is the youngest of 9 and my Mom is the youngest of 8 children. Growing up with a big family is always a lot of fun because there are lots of people to talk to and hang out with. Since my parents are the youngest in their family most of my cousins are much older that me. My oldest cousin is 37 and has two kids already and most of my other cousins have graduated from college and have already started their careers. Family reunions are also a great experience for me because I get to catch up with people I haven't seen in a while. Also I don't get to see my cousins and aunts and uncles very frequently because they are all grow up and busy a lot, but we use Skype and Facetime to keep in touch. For example my cousin Leah is currently studying abroad in Santiago, Chile so we keep in touch with her by emailing, texting, Facetiming, and Skyping.  Family is very important to me and the more family I have to more people I have to go to if I get in trouble or am going through a hard time. I know that my family will always be there to support me no matter what happens.

Growing Up

Author's Note: " Growing up isn't easy and sometimes I miss being a little kid. I hope other kids my age can relate to this."

I miss having childhood innocence. I miss believing that fairy tales could be a reality: that happily ever afters could really be. I think that’s one of the hardest parts of growing up, missing being a kid. When I was in kindergarten I let my imagination run wild, but now everything is different. My friends are different,my family is different, my surroundings are different and because of all those things I am different. I’m not a little kid anymore but I’m also not ready to live on my own. It’s hard to figure out what category I fit under. It frustrates me that nothing can end the way I want it to. In the beginning it’s all smiles but why do goodbyes always have to end in tears. I guess I just miss being a little girl. 2 years ago all I wanted to do was grow up, that’s what every kid wants to do. But I think I grew up a little too fast and missed out on all the great childhood experiences that I missed out on.  I wish I could go back but I can’t so the lesson I will pass on to my children and friends are to enjoy your childhood and make sure you act your age.

Hopeful Haiku

Author's Note:"A haiku is a poem in which the first sentence is 5 syllables, the second is 7, and then the last sentence goes back down the 5 syllables. I wrote two of them because I thought they were very diverse from each other, one is happy and one is sad."

The bright sun shimmered
The waves danced across the sand
This was home sweet home

I feel so alone
In a world full of people
I can’t be myself

Stranded

If you were stranded on a desert Island what would you bring with you?

• Matches
• sleeping bag
• flashlight and batteries
• knife
• book
• flare gun
• first aid kit
• water bottle
• sunscreen and bug spray
• granola bar

If you were stranded on a desert island what 10 things would you bring with you?

Backpack: I would bring a backpack because it is great for carrying things while on the go. It’s portable and can hold a lot of the things I would always want to have with me if I was stranded.

Flashlight and batteries: If the dark I still need to be able to find my way through the woods or the jungle so I would need to bring a device with me that will help me see in the dark. The extra batteries are just in case the first ones die.

Sunscreen and Bug spray: I would bring sunscreen and bug spray because normally islands are very humid and I wouldn’t want my skin to burn. I would bring bug spray because there are a lot of tropical bugs and I hate bugs so I wouldn’t get bitten.

Flare gun: If there were any ships even within a 100 mile distance and I shot the flare gun at night then maybe someone would see the lights and come to rescue me.

First Aid Kit: I would bring a first aid kit in case I cut myself or got sick I would then have medicine and band-aids to help me recover from illnesses or injuries.

Water bottle: I would bring a water bottle so I would have something to hold my water in.

Semantic Devices

Semantic Devices

Is It Really Worth It?

Author's Note:" I oringinally wrote this paper for a Social Studies report, but I found that I had such strong opinions about this topics so I thought, why can't I write it for Language Arts too?"

Alaska is known for many things, such as their cold winters, dogsled races, and the breathtaking Northern Lights. When I hear the word Alaska I think of their wilderness.  I think of all their rare animals that don’t live anywhere else in the world. People pay every month to keep that area pure and not touched. Do you think that it’s fair for the government to just swoop in and take all that away from them? Drilling in Alaska is a bad idea because it will hurt the environment, it won’t boost the economy, and it could kill off many endangered species that cannot be found anywhere else.

                       

Drilling in the U.S. has been a controversy in the U.S. since 1977, but one of the main concerns about this is how will it affect the economy (1)? If the U.S. decided to start drilling it would take 7-12 years to get all set up before they would start producing oil (1).  Currently the United States uses about 21 million barrels a day, and only 6 million of those are produced domestically (2).  According to msnbc, a U.S. news site, drilling for oil will open up jobs but if the oil will only last us 6 months then by the time the oil is gone they will be unemployed again (1). Another great point to bring up in this case would be that by drilling for this oil the U.S.’s economy will not grow, we will simply gain back what we have already lost (3). Lastly the U.S. uses 25-30% of the world’s oil supply, so the best thing that the Unites States of America can do at this point would be to develop alternatives to oil so that we could save more (3).

The ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) is not ready to give up their 19 million acres of land that has been devoted to being a sanctuary and safe place for animals to roar freely (4). This environment is the largest protected wilderness in the entire U.S. To these people this wilderness is their life and they believe very passionately that this land should stay the way it is. Although this does have a lot of affect on the animals it also effects the environment as well. If the drilling is approved it could permanently contaminate the landscape and could have mountains of sewage slush if a pipe breaks or something doesn’t go as planned (1). One mistake and all of it will be gone.

A lot of people argue that this will be a good thing and will help America but what they don’t know is how much oil is actually down there. The oil will only last for approximately 6 months (1). Also the oil is not all in one place it is spread out along the entire ANWR. There is about 10.4 million barrels of oil left in Alaska and what most scientists and trained professionals are thinking is that only 5.7 of those barrels are actually retrievable (3). Are we really willing to take that risk, I mean what if even less than that amount is retrievable. Another main point is how will we repay the people at the ANWR for the oil, we just took their precious wildlife away and destroyed it completely just so that the U.S. could gain some money(4). What will we do when the oil there is gone, we will have destroyed the environment and animals completely so what will happen to that environment?

                  

Killing off endangered species, poisoning the environment, and hurting our economy are all reasons why we should not drill for oil in Alaska. In so many ways drilling is wrong.  I mean honestly, the government has told everyone to saty away from the ANWR yet they want to just change their own rule? Why wouldn’t the United States’ rules not apply to them? What makes them any better than the rest of us? If it could hurt the environment and the animals then we all have to ask ourselves: is it really worth it?(4)

Source 1: "Arctic Power - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - SHELL OCS Plans Inch Closer to Reality." Arctic Power - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. http://www.anwr.org/Headlines/SHELL-OCS-Plans-Inch-Closer-to-Reality.php.

Source 2: "Arctic Refuge drilling controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Refuge_drilling_controversy.

Source 3: "Oil Drilling in Alaska | Environmental News, Articles & Information | Global Warming News | EcoWorld." Environmental News, Articles & Information | Global Warming News | EcoWorld | Environmental News, Information & Articles on Climate Change, Global Warming and Sustainability. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. http://www.ecoworld.com/animals/oil-drilling-in-alaska.html.

Source 4:"Would drilling more Alaskan oil cut prices? - Business - Answer Desk - msnbc.com." msnbc.com - Breaking news, science and tech news, world news, US news, local news- msnbc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2012. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12993250/ns/business-answer_desk/t/would-drilling-more-alaskan-oil-cut-prices/>.