Grades 6-8
Summer Vacation
For my summer vacation I like to go to the beach in Santa Cruz or sometimes even go to the lake in Modesto with my mom,dad cousins. Going to the Santa Cruz beach is so fun, because you could ride so many rides like when I rode the captain ship and when I rode that chairs I was so scared it was also fun. I love it when I go with my family because my cousins and I get to build sand castles and we get all sandy. It’s weird but fun. When we go to lake my uncle takes his boat and we ride with him. It is so fun because he goes super fast and you can feel the nice water splashing on you. I love doing fun things with them. When we go, we often have a BBQ to eat I think that is really good I like summer because I love hanging out with my family and having good memories.
-Abril
For my summer vacation I like to go to the beach in Santa Cruz or sometimes even go to the lake in Modesto with my mom,dad cousins. Going to the Santa Cruz beach is so fun, because you could ride so many rides like when I rode the captain ship and when I rode that chairs I was so scared it was also fun. I love it when I go with my family because my cousins and I get to build sand castles and we get all sandy. It’s weird but fun. When we go to lake my uncle takes his boat and we ride with him. It is so fun because he goes super fast and you can feel the nice water splashing on you. I love doing fun things with them. When we go, we often have a BBQ to eat I think that is really good I like summer because I love hanging out with my family and having good memories.
-Abril
My Watermark
When My Baby Brother Was Born
On August 9, 2012, my baby brother was born. It was midnight when I woke up from a noise. I went to my mom and dad’s room and I saw my mom packing. She told me she was going to the hospital because the baby was coming. My mouth dropped to the ground. The door bell rang and I opened It. It was my grandma. She told me she was going to stay with my brother and me. When my dad helped my mom to the car, I told her bye mom and love you. I saw the car drive away, when a tear of mine fell to the ground. I was happy that my brother was coming soon.
It day of school like always. When the bell rang to leave, I checked my phone and I had a lot of messages they were all pictures of my new baby brother! I was so happy I started crying. I wanted to see my baby brother so badly, but I had to wait for the longest time because there was a problem with my brother. He had to stay there for a while. I was only able to see him in pictures that my dad would send me. When I came back from school, the car was in the drive way and I knew they were home.I ran in the house and there he was sleeping! I asked if I could hold him and they said yes. When I was holding him, he opened his eyes and they were red. I asked my mom why and she told me the story.
When my mom was giving birth she stopped pushing, which made the baby get stuck! The baby stopped breathing, which made his eyes red! When he was finally out, he wasn’t crying, and my mom didn’t get to see him until later that day. They had to take him to the back because he drank all that liquid that made him stop breathing. When they were done they gave him to be with my mom. He was all better, he just had red eyes. When my mom was done telling me the story I asked her if the red in his eyes would go away and she said yes it would!
Now he is 9 months and getting bigger. He’s almost going to be 1 years old. The red in his eyes is gone now!
-Alondra
When My Baby Brother Was Born
On August 9, 2012, my baby brother was born. It was midnight when I woke up from a noise. I went to my mom and dad’s room and I saw my mom packing. She told me she was going to the hospital because the baby was coming. My mouth dropped to the ground. The door bell rang and I opened It. It was my grandma. She told me she was going to stay with my brother and me. When my dad helped my mom to the car, I told her bye mom and love you. I saw the car drive away, when a tear of mine fell to the ground. I was happy that my brother was coming soon.
It day of school like always. When the bell rang to leave, I checked my phone and I had a lot of messages they were all pictures of my new baby brother! I was so happy I started crying. I wanted to see my baby brother so badly, but I had to wait for the longest time because there was a problem with my brother. He had to stay there for a while. I was only able to see him in pictures that my dad would send me. When I came back from school, the car was in the drive way and I knew they were home.I ran in the house and there he was sleeping! I asked if I could hold him and they said yes. When I was holding him, he opened his eyes and they were red. I asked my mom why and she told me the story.
When my mom was giving birth she stopped pushing, which made the baby get stuck! The baby stopped breathing, which made his eyes red! When he was finally out, he wasn’t crying, and my mom didn’t get to see him until later that day. They had to take him to the back because he drank all that liquid that made him stop breathing. When they were done they gave him to be with my mom. He was all better, he just had red eyes. When my mom was done telling me the story I asked her if the red in his eyes would go away and she said yes it would!
Now he is 9 months and getting bigger. He’s almost going to be 1 years old. The red in his eyes is gone now!
-Alondra
The time I went to Disneyland
Last year I went to Disneyland. It was so fun because I was able to ride on all the rides. My favorite ride is Space
Mountain because it goes really fast even though there is always a long line. I guess it’s because everybody loves that ride. I was anxious and excited at first when we were driving up to Disneyland. When we arrived, I was so happy that l almost died because I was really looking forward to go to Disneyland. However, it took forever to get into
the park. When I got in the park, I was rushing to every ride but my mom said slowly down because I was pulling her to get on the rides. My sister, my dad, my mom, and I rode on the Abominable Snowman and it was so fun. Then we went on my most favorite ride in the world, Space Mountain They took pictures when we were still riding the ride and I was laughing when they took the picture. At the end of the ride they said, “Do you want to purchase pictures?”Mom then bought the pictures and my face looked funny. Then we went on another ride called the Matter Horn. It was okay but it wasn’t as fun as Space Mountain because Space
Mountain can go 0 miles to 90 in one second. The Matter Horn starts off slow but then it goes fast. For Space Mountain, however, it starts off fast. I love roller coaster that start off fast and I first rode on a fast roller coaster
when I was seven. After we were all done riding Space Mountain I told my mom that we are not leaving the park until we ride all the rides in the park. My mom
said it was fine and so we were able to ride all the rides. Afterwards, we left the park and we were all tired so we went back to the hotel and we went to sleep. I had so much fun at Disneyland and I will always remember it.
-Cesar
Last year I went to Disneyland. It was so fun because I was able to ride on all the rides. My favorite ride is Space
Mountain because it goes really fast even though there is always a long line. I guess it’s because everybody loves that ride. I was anxious and excited at first when we were driving up to Disneyland. When we arrived, I was so happy that l almost died because I was really looking forward to go to Disneyland. However, it took forever to get into
the park. When I got in the park, I was rushing to every ride but my mom said slowly down because I was pulling her to get on the rides. My sister, my dad, my mom, and I rode on the Abominable Snowman and it was so fun. Then we went on my most favorite ride in the world, Space Mountain They took pictures when we were still riding the ride and I was laughing when they took the picture. At the end of the ride they said, “Do you want to purchase pictures?”Mom then bought the pictures and my face looked funny. Then we went on another ride called the Matter Horn. It was okay but it wasn’t as fun as Space Mountain because Space
Mountain can go 0 miles to 90 in one second. The Matter Horn starts off slow but then it goes fast. For Space Mountain, however, it starts off fast. I love roller coaster that start off fast and I first rode on a fast roller coaster
when I was seven. After we were all done riding Space Mountain I told my mom that we are not leaving the park until we ride all the rides in the park. My mom
said it was fine and so we were able to ride all the rides. Afterwards, we left the park and we were all tired so we went back to the hotel and we went to sleep. I had so much fun at Disneyland and I will always remember it.
-Cesar
My Dog Bit Me
My dog’s name is Daisy. She is a German Shepherd puppy. She has black fur, brown face, and blond legs. A month ago, I went in the backyard to get food for
Daisy. She is often hyper in the morning. I went to pet her and she started to
bite my hand. I yelled because it really hurt. I felt very scared and I started to
shake. She didn’t let go until I said “Stop!” My hand was bleeding and I was crying alone. I felt worried she would still bite me. I ran to the garage to get away from her. The next day she started to chase me and but she didn’t bite. I think she felt bad that she bit me. I had a scar on my hand. She doesn’t bite anymore because she knows if I will yell stop.
-Chanpreet
My dog’s name is Daisy. She is a German Shepherd puppy. She has black fur, brown face, and blond legs. A month ago, I went in the backyard to get food for
Daisy. She is often hyper in the morning. I went to pet her and she started to
bite my hand. I yelled because it really hurt. I felt very scared and I started to
shake. She didn’t let go until I said “Stop!” My hand was bleeding and I was crying alone. I felt worried she would still bite me. I ran to the garage to get away from her. The next day she started to chase me and but she didn’t bite. I think she felt bad that she bit me. I had a scar on my hand. She doesn’t bite anymore because she knows if I will yell stop.
-Chanpreet
Hume Lake
The summer of July 2011, my family and I went to Hume Lake. My brother’s birthday was going to be on July 15th. We were going to go camping in Sequoia National Park and visit my brother, Cameron who lives there. The ride there was long… almost four hours. I got a really good nap out of all that. I listened to music
too. I watched all the stuff go by out the window. There were a lot of orchards,
and bushes, and trees, and houses, and dirt, and mountains. That’s about the time I got bored and fell asleep.
When we finally got there, my brother was waiting patiently for us at our campsite. He helped us set up. He visited every day until we had to go home. We saw the lake and rode our bikes around it. My brother drove us around on the small twisting roads, showing us his current house, Joshua Lodge, and some of his friends. My favorite place was the general
shop. It had this SUPER delicious ice cream, pink lemonade ice cream. When you
walked out of the general shop, you could see the Lake. It was glistening in the
sun.
After all that we went back to our campsite. We had brought some chips with us. When we opened the lid, the seal looked like a balloon about to pop. We were higher up in elevation where there is less air so the can filled up with more air. We set up a hammock between two tall pine trees. It was very relaxing to lie there and look up at the prickly pine trees and the clear sky. At night, we would sit out and look at the stars. Since we were higher up, we were closer to the sky and the stars were really bright and shiny. We looked for satellites. Satellites move as fast as an airplane, but look like stars. We also were roasting marshmallows. I didn’t like roasting them because they were so gooey and sticky. So I just raided the bag. At night, we went to sleep in our pop-up camper. My family has had it for years. I can’t really describe the smell, but it didn’t smell bad. There was a faint smell that smelled like my grandma’s house. I woke up to the best smell in the world, BACON. I got dressed and ran outside the camper to where my dad was cooking breakfast on the compact stove. I wanted to eat it all, but I had to save some for the rest of my family. After that, we rode our bikes around Hume Lake. If you looked closely, youcould see some cottages through the trees. I didn’t really see any animals besides the ducks on the lake and birds. It was neat sitting by the lake. You could see a dam on the other end.
Finally came the day when we had to go home. I was sad. This place was almost like Disneyland! Except without the rides… and castles, and princesses; although, I can do just fine without the princesses. Hume Lake was so beautiful. I also didn’t want to leave my brother. The drive back was just as boring as the ride up, except the ride up was totally worth it. The ride back was also very depressing. Every mile I knew I was going further and further away from my brother. You would watch the mountains go back behind smaller mountains, and then hills. Hume Lake was one of the best experiences in my life and nothing has topped it, yet.
-Claire
The summer of July 2011, my family and I went to Hume Lake. My brother’s birthday was going to be on July 15th. We were going to go camping in Sequoia National Park and visit my brother, Cameron who lives there. The ride there was long… almost four hours. I got a really good nap out of all that. I listened to music
too. I watched all the stuff go by out the window. There were a lot of orchards,
and bushes, and trees, and houses, and dirt, and mountains. That’s about the time I got bored and fell asleep.
When we finally got there, my brother was waiting patiently for us at our campsite. He helped us set up. He visited every day until we had to go home. We saw the lake and rode our bikes around it. My brother drove us around on the small twisting roads, showing us his current house, Joshua Lodge, and some of his friends. My favorite place was the general
shop. It had this SUPER delicious ice cream, pink lemonade ice cream. When you
walked out of the general shop, you could see the Lake. It was glistening in the
sun.
After all that we went back to our campsite. We had brought some chips with us. When we opened the lid, the seal looked like a balloon about to pop. We were higher up in elevation where there is less air so the can filled up with more air. We set up a hammock between two tall pine trees. It was very relaxing to lie there and look up at the prickly pine trees and the clear sky. At night, we would sit out and look at the stars. Since we were higher up, we were closer to the sky and the stars were really bright and shiny. We looked for satellites. Satellites move as fast as an airplane, but look like stars. We also were roasting marshmallows. I didn’t like roasting them because they were so gooey and sticky. So I just raided the bag. At night, we went to sleep in our pop-up camper. My family has had it for years. I can’t really describe the smell, but it didn’t smell bad. There was a faint smell that smelled like my grandma’s house. I woke up to the best smell in the world, BACON. I got dressed and ran outside the camper to where my dad was cooking breakfast on the compact stove. I wanted to eat it all, but I had to save some for the rest of my family. After that, we rode our bikes around Hume Lake. If you looked closely, youcould see some cottages through the trees. I didn’t really see any animals besides the ducks on the lake and birds. It was neat sitting by the lake. You could see a dam on the other end.
Finally came the day when we had to go home. I was sad. This place was almost like Disneyland! Except without the rides… and castles, and princesses; although, I can do just fine without the princesses. Hume Lake was so beautiful. I also didn’t want to leave my brother. The drive back was just as boring as the ride up, except the ride up was totally worth it. The ride back was also very depressing. Every mile I knew I was going further and further away from my brother. You would watch the mountains go back behind smaller mountains, and then hills. Hume Lake was one of the best experiences in my life and nothing has topped it, yet.
-Claire
My First ipad
I got my first iPad was when I went to my grandpa and grandma’s house. When my parents went to go to a store, my grandparents and I went to Walmart to get my iPad. I was excited because this was going to be my first iPad. Right when I entered the store I felt like I was getting little bumps on my body. When I saw the iPads, I wanted to hold the box because I already knew the iPad was already in there. When my grandparents were paying for it, I asked if I could get a case. They said, “Yes but hurry up because we’re going to pay already.’’ So I looked at the cases quickly and I found the perfect one. It was my favorite color green. When we went to the house, my mom was surprised that I had an iPad and a case with me. I kept saying thank you to my grandpa and grandma and they said, ‘‘You’re welcome.’’ My mom still couldn’t believe that I got an iPad because the iPad cost a lot of money.
When we left, my grandma and grandpa’s house I couldn’t wait until we got to our house because I couldn’t connect it to the internet. I had to wait until we got to our house. When we got to the house, I ran out of the car, into the house, and next to the computer. I told my mom to hurry up, but she told me that I have to have patience. While it was loading, my dad told me to clean up my room. So I did it fast so I could go use my iPad. Once I was finished, my mom was done with my iPad too!!! So I got my iPad and started to get apps, but I had to go to sleep early because the next day we had school.
-Giovanni
I got my first iPad was when I went to my grandpa and grandma’s house. When my parents went to go to a store, my grandparents and I went to Walmart to get my iPad. I was excited because this was going to be my first iPad. Right when I entered the store I felt like I was getting little bumps on my body. When I saw the iPads, I wanted to hold the box because I already knew the iPad was already in there. When my grandparents were paying for it, I asked if I could get a case. They said, “Yes but hurry up because we’re going to pay already.’’ So I looked at the cases quickly and I found the perfect one. It was my favorite color green. When we went to the house, my mom was surprised that I had an iPad and a case with me. I kept saying thank you to my grandpa and grandma and they said, ‘‘You’re welcome.’’ My mom still couldn’t believe that I got an iPad because the iPad cost a lot of money.
When we left, my grandma and grandpa’s house I couldn’t wait until we got to our house because I couldn’t connect it to the internet. I had to wait until we got to our house. When we got to the house, I ran out of the car, into the house, and next to the computer. I told my mom to hurry up, but she told me that I have to have patience. While it was loading, my dad told me to clean up my room. So I did it fast so I could go use my iPad. Once I was finished, my mom was done with my iPad too!!! So I got my iPad and started to get apps, but I had to go to sleep early because the next day we had school.
-Giovanni
I Got Bit In My Eye
On June 21 2007 I was at my house playing with my big dog named Oreo. Oreo and I went outside at 3:00pm to play catch with a tennis ball. Oreo found candy and ate it. Oreo throw up because he ate the candy. I began to panic. I grabbed him and started running when I was running he bit me under my eye, then I fell and scrapped my whole stomach. I was bleeding a
lot. I went inside my house and I was crying. My mom was really scared so she took me to the hospital. I had to stay at the hospital for two days because my skin got an infection. Oreo jumped out of my hands and scrapped his stomach, when he scrapped his stomach he got a cut on his stomach too. Oreo had to go to
the hospital to get stitches. I was CRYING A LOT because he had to get stitches. Three days later Oreo was well enough to come home. The next day, my dog was much better so we went outside to the back yard to play. First, I made sure that there was no candy on the ground. Then Oreo and I started playing catch. Oreo and I were all better!!!
-Cristian
On June 21 2007 I was at my house playing with my big dog named Oreo. Oreo and I went outside at 3:00pm to play catch with a tennis ball. Oreo found candy and ate it. Oreo throw up because he ate the candy. I began to panic. I grabbed him and started running when I was running he bit me under my eye, then I fell and scrapped my whole stomach. I was bleeding a
lot. I went inside my house and I was crying. My mom was really scared so she took me to the hospital. I had to stay at the hospital for two days because my skin got an infection. Oreo jumped out of my hands and scrapped his stomach, when he scrapped his stomach he got a cut on his stomach too. Oreo had to go to
the hospital to get stitches. I was CRYING A LOT because he had to get stitches. Three days later Oreo was well enough to come home. The next day, my dog was much better so we went outside to the back yard to play. First, I made sure that there was no candy on the ground. Then Oreo and I started playing catch. Oreo and I were all better!!!
-Cristian
My Water Mark
My water mark is my dirt bike because I was able to get as torn
up thing at the dump for free. But over the years I have had a lot of time whit
it and have been able to fix it up to race! I had to spend $311.39 to repair it,
but it was worth every penny! After 2 years of fixing it up I was in love whit
making things so after I fished making it I just had to make something else. So
my dad got my anther one and went on again but this one took 1 year to complete.
Now dirt bikes are my life. I win and lose but I have a lot fun as long as you
know I don’t crash I have once thought!!!!
-Dillon
My water mark is my dirt bike because I was able to get as torn
up thing at the dump for free. But over the years I have had a lot of time whit
it and have been able to fix it up to race! I had to spend $311.39 to repair it,
but it was worth every penny! After 2 years of fixing it up I was in love whit
making things so after I fished making it I just had to make something else. So
my dad got my anther one and went on again but this one took 1 year to complete.
Now dirt bikes are my life. I win and lose but I have a lot fun as long as you
know I don’t crash I have once thought!!!!
-Dillon
Summer Vacation
My friend had his birthday party at Lincoln pool. I went into
the changing room so I can put on my bathing suit. There was an old man just
leaving from the pool so my friend can have his party. But right when I was
about to walk out of the changing room the man put his towel on the ground. And
was butt-naked. I shrieked and ran out. I forgot my stuff in the changing room
but I didn’t care. 5 minutes after that, I went back in the changing room to put
my stuff in a locker, hopefully to know he was gone. But the man was still
changing. I ran out but slipped and hit my head on the concrete floor. I was in
pain, emotionally and physically. I just got up, got my stuff, put it in the
locker and tried to forget nothing ever happened. But I obviously couldn’t it
was glued to my brain. After the party was over I was the last one to be in the
changing room. My mom was waiting in her car. I picked up my bag with a wet
bathing suit in it and walked out. But what do you know. That old man was in the changing room, and was waiting for the party to be over the whole time. Now he was about to go in. he was changing again from his regular clothes to his nasty speedo. I almost fainted. I screamed and ran out the room I got into my mom’s car frightened as ever. She asked me if I was ok. I didn’t want to talk about it.
-Dylan
My friend had his birthday party at Lincoln pool. I went into
the changing room so I can put on my bathing suit. There was an old man just
leaving from the pool so my friend can have his party. But right when I was
about to walk out of the changing room the man put his towel on the ground. And
was butt-naked. I shrieked and ran out. I forgot my stuff in the changing room
but I didn’t care. 5 minutes after that, I went back in the changing room to put
my stuff in a locker, hopefully to know he was gone. But the man was still
changing. I ran out but slipped and hit my head on the concrete floor. I was in
pain, emotionally and physically. I just got up, got my stuff, put it in the
locker and tried to forget nothing ever happened. But I obviously couldn’t it
was glued to my brain. After the party was over I was the last one to be in the
changing room. My mom was waiting in her car. I picked up my bag with a wet
bathing suit in it and walked out. But what do you know. That old man was in the changing room, and was waiting for the party to be over the whole time. Now he was about to go in. he was changing again from his regular clothes to his nasty speedo. I almost fainted. I screamed and ran out the room I got into my mom’s car frightened as ever. She asked me if I was ok. I didn’t want to talk about it.
-Dylan
M y Watermark
When I was in third grade, my best friend, Sofia Maxey, was very angry at me, and on the last day of school too. So I was in school thinking what a wonderful day and summer I would have then suddenly first recess started and I went over to the big blue playground. There was the coolest thing that had just happened; everybody was doing the conga! But I did not want to do it, even if my best friend gave me V.I.P cards for us to go into the front.
So when I was playing freeze tag with my friends Chris Galcia, Connor McClure, and some others, it was time to go inside the classroom for some activity fun. That was when something happened; we got more recess time. “NOOOOOOO,’’ I screamed. It was the first time I had ever been sad about recess because I didn’t have many people to play with since almost everyone was doing the conga. All of a sudden, Sofia went on to join the conga line when she saw me doing something else. She started yelling at me and then suddenly the recess bell rang. She called me lazy, slowpoke, and she even called me a coward and unfit. But the worst thing she called me, actually two things…was a dork and a nerd. I was a crybaby by that time and that really hurt. When my friends heard me wailing away, they called a yard supervisor and I had very red eyes. When my teacher saw me she asked the people who saw what happened to me and my friends explained everything.
Then last recess started, and that was when tragedy struck. Sofia and I went to the playground and then she started chasing me. She said I was going to pay for making her not going to the conga. This made me very surprised! I was the one who did not let her go! What?! I said she could go to without me. I must have made my mistake. She started punching me and I kept shouting, “Are you my best friend?!’’ Best Friends would never have done this. That was when I went down, PAUSE! Okay, now we are back to where the horror struck. So once when I got to the ground, she ALMOST kicked my face. But I quickly dodged and I ran for my life to Mrs. Penny, a supervisor, and told her everything before *pant* Sofia came over. She was about to punch me when she saw that an adult was silently watching. Then she tried to look innocent because she knew that every time she did that everyone fell for it, except me. But this adult grabbed both me and Sofia and we rushed over to our teachers. She apologized and when the adult was not looking and she whispered something, “I will get revenge someday, crybaby!” Suddenly the adult heard all
-Ellie
When I was in third grade, my best friend, Sofia Maxey, was very angry at me, and on the last day of school too. So I was in school thinking what a wonderful day and summer I would have then suddenly first recess started and I went over to the big blue playground. There was the coolest thing that had just happened; everybody was doing the conga! But I did not want to do it, even if my best friend gave me V.I.P cards for us to go into the front.
So when I was playing freeze tag with my friends Chris Galcia, Connor McClure, and some others, it was time to go inside the classroom for some activity fun. That was when something happened; we got more recess time. “NOOOOOOO,’’ I screamed. It was the first time I had ever been sad about recess because I didn’t have many people to play with since almost everyone was doing the conga. All of a sudden, Sofia went on to join the conga line when she saw me doing something else. She started yelling at me and then suddenly the recess bell rang. She called me lazy, slowpoke, and she even called me a coward and unfit. But the worst thing she called me, actually two things…was a dork and a nerd. I was a crybaby by that time and that really hurt. When my friends heard me wailing away, they called a yard supervisor and I had very red eyes. When my teacher saw me she asked the people who saw what happened to me and my friends explained everything.
Then last recess started, and that was when tragedy struck. Sofia and I went to the playground and then she started chasing me. She said I was going to pay for making her not going to the conga. This made me very surprised! I was the one who did not let her go! What?! I said she could go to without me. I must have made my mistake. She started punching me and I kept shouting, “Are you my best friend?!’’ Best Friends would never have done this. That was when I went down, PAUSE! Okay, now we are back to where the horror struck. So once when I got to the ground, she ALMOST kicked my face. But I quickly dodged and I ran for my life to Mrs. Penny, a supervisor, and told her everything before *pant* Sofia came over. She was about to punch me when she saw that an adult was silently watching. Then she tried to look innocent because she knew that every time she did that everyone fell for it, except me. But this adult grabbed both me and Sofia and we rushed over to our teachers. She apologized and when the adult was not looking and she whispered something, “I will get revenge someday, crybaby!” Suddenly the adult heard all
-Ellie
The Beach
What I like to do in the summer is go to the beach. The beach that I like to go to is Santa Cruz because it is close to my house. If we could not go to Santa Cruz then we would go to pebble beach. The time of the year that I go is in June. When I go, I take a friend so I am not bored. I took Jason and Dylan last year to the beach with me. Sometimes we turn on music. We like any music. When we go to there we go on rides and to the boardwalk. We like to ride some rides at night. We go into the stores that are next to the rides. The ride that I like is bumper cars. We like to look at clothes and we look at the sunglasses. The things I see at the beach are people in the water. A lot of people like to find sea shells. Sometimes people bring things to dig with. What I smell at the beach is the salty ocean water. My friend and I like to go eat on the boardwalk.
-Cameron
What I like to do in the summer is go to the beach. The beach that I like to go to is Santa Cruz because it is close to my house. If we could not go to Santa Cruz then we would go to pebble beach. The time of the year that I go is in June. When I go, I take a friend so I am not bored. I took Jason and Dylan last year to the beach with me. Sometimes we turn on music. We like any music. When we go to there we go on rides and to the boardwalk. We like to ride some rides at night. We go into the stores that are next to the rides. The ride that I like is bumper cars. We like to look at clothes and we look at the sunglasses. The things I see at the beach are people in the water. A lot of people like to find sea shells. Sometimes people bring things to dig with. What I smell at the beach is the salty ocean water. My friend and I like to go eat on the boardwalk.
-Cameron
Ericia
Ericia was the best coach ever! She would push us until we got it just right and would reward us by not giving us so much conditioning. Sometimes I thought I couldn’t do that much conditioning. But she would tell me that I could and guess what? I did it! However, she wasn’t just an awesome coach, she was a great cheerleader. When she was at Power, she cheered on level 5! Sadly she moved cheer gyms. She broke my heart because she was my coach for 4 years! Now she cheers for the C.A Bullets and coaches tumbling classes at Famous. She said she loves her team so I’m happy for her, but still it breaks my heart. I think about her at every practice. She was a great coach.
Who stole the cheese?
“Hurry!” yelled Mrs. James. “What happened?” Mr. James asked. “Someone stole my cheese that was on top of the dresser!” Mrs. James called the police. The police rushed into the car, started the engine, and pushed the pedal all the way down. The car was speeding down Main Street to get to the house. As soon as Mrs. James heard the siren she rushed to the door and flung it open. She could barely talk because she was so frightened and worried.
Mrs. James told every mouse in the city. All the mice were just as frightened as Mrs. James. The police asked over and over again “Are you sure you looked everywhere?” Time after time Mrs. James would say “Yes, I’m sure.” The police also asked if anyone looked suspicious. Mrs. James said, “Well the giant, as other mice say, is the owner of the bug house.” “Well” said the police, “How has he been suspicious?” “He has been walking by our hole a lot!” “Ok I’m going to stand by the opening of the hole and watch him.”
After a few minutes the police stopped watching. He said that the giant hadn’t walked by once. He also said that she should look around the house again. So she looked around and didn’t find it. Finally, she remembered that she left it on the counter. They all laughed and laughed.
-Jewleah
Ericia was the best coach ever! She would push us until we got it just right and would reward us by not giving us so much conditioning. Sometimes I thought I couldn’t do that much conditioning. But she would tell me that I could and guess what? I did it! However, she wasn’t just an awesome coach, she was a great cheerleader. When she was at Power, she cheered on level 5! Sadly she moved cheer gyms. She broke my heart because she was my coach for 4 years! Now she cheers for the C.A Bullets and coaches tumbling classes at Famous. She said she loves her team so I’m happy for her, but still it breaks my heart. I think about her at every practice. She was a great coach.
Who stole the cheese?
“Hurry!” yelled Mrs. James. “What happened?” Mr. James asked. “Someone stole my cheese that was on top of the dresser!” Mrs. James called the police. The police rushed into the car, started the engine, and pushed the pedal all the way down. The car was speeding down Main Street to get to the house. As soon as Mrs. James heard the siren she rushed to the door and flung it open. She could barely talk because she was so frightened and worried.
Mrs. James told every mouse in the city. All the mice were just as frightened as Mrs. James. The police asked over and over again “Are you sure you looked everywhere?” Time after time Mrs. James would say “Yes, I’m sure.” The police also asked if anyone looked suspicious. Mrs. James said, “Well the giant, as other mice say, is the owner of the bug house.” “Well” said the police, “How has he been suspicious?” “He has been walking by our hole a lot!” “Ok I’m going to stand by the opening of the hole and watch him.”
After a few minutes the police stopped watching. He said that the giant hadn’t walked by once. He also said that she should look around the house again. So she looked around and didn’t find it. Finally, she remembered that she left it on the counter. They all laughed and laughed.
-Jewleah
Bicycle Watermark
When I was 8 years old, I rode my bicycle so fast that I fell and slid on the ground. I couldn’t go anywhere for a whole 4 to 5 weeks. My leg was hurt. My friend was helping me to get home after I fell off my bike. He was my best friend in Korea. He was very helpful when I got hurt. My friend carried my bicycle. I couldn`t walk very well after I fell off my bike. My mom was very surprised that I fell off my bike. Thank God that I didn`t have to go to the hospital. My mom put one big bandage on my leg. I still remember that watermark in my life, but I want to forget about this watermark.
-Joonseok
When I was 8 years old, I rode my bicycle so fast that I fell and slid on the ground. I couldn’t go anywhere for a whole 4 to 5 weeks. My leg was hurt. My friend was helping me to get home after I fell off my bike. He was my best friend in Korea. He was very helpful when I got hurt. My friend carried my bicycle. I couldn`t walk very well after I fell off my bike. My mom was very surprised that I fell off my bike. Thank God that I didn`t have to go to the hospital. My mom put one big bandage on my leg. I still remember that watermark in my life, but I want to forget about this watermark.
-Joonseok
Who Stole My Bone?
I am NOT a morning dog! I keep my bones everywhere. I even keep some right under my bed so as soon as I wake up in the morning I can chew on a bone or two. But this morning has already gotten off to a bad start. “My bones are missing!” Right when I noticed, I went down a couple of doors over to the Garcia’s. The older man in that house was a police officer. He had his own police dog too, her name is Fluffy. I told Fluffy about the robbery. He came back to the house with me and investigated the area. There was no broken glass or any footprints. There was no evidence for Fluffy to work with. He told me there wasn’t anything to work with and that he needed to head back inside.
I told Fluffy the next day that I had suspected Shaggy. Shaggy is the Johnsons’ dog. He is always in everybody’s business and that lately he hasn’t been talking to me. He normally will have barking wars with me through the fence. He will shout my name hollering “SPOT!” That night I just lay in my dog house thinking of where else I would have put the rest of my bones. “THAT’S IT!” I blurted out so loud that I think the neighbors could have heard me. I had buried some under my house and hid some under Marcy’s bed right next to her old box of toys and clothes she stuffed under there when she “cleaned her room”. Marcy’s my owner. I go inside every once in a while and get petted by Marcy. She will take me in her room and lay with me on her bed and sometimes when her best friend, Jack, comes over, they will both play with me. When she was downstairs I snuck some bones under her bed so I could eat and get petted. I hid the ones under my house because I needed to lay off some of the bones, but I can’t live without three bones a day. One in the morning right when I wake up, sometimes two, one after my lunch, and my last one at night before bed.
I crawled out of my house and used all my might to push it over some, but I only got it half way to where I needed it to be so I could get my bones. I hoped that Fluffy was awake still, but I went next door to get her for some help. I told her how I thought and thought and finally remembered where I placed my bones. He easily shoved the house over and helped me dig up the rest of my bones. We found my bones and I thanked Fluffy for all her help. I told her to remind me about the ones in Marcy’s room too. After Fluffy went back home, I went inside my house and had a bone and ever since I lost my bones, I have dug a hole in my house. The hole in my house is bowl shaped, so now I always put my bones in there.
-Josslyn
I am NOT a morning dog! I keep my bones everywhere. I even keep some right under my bed so as soon as I wake up in the morning I can chew on a bone or two. But this morning has already gotten off to a bad start. “My bones are missing!” Right when I noticed, I went down a couple of doors over to the Garcia’s. The older man in that house was a police officer. He had his own police dog too, her name is Fluffy. I told Fluffy about the robbery. He came back to the house with me and investigated the area. There was no broken glass or any footprints. There was no evidence for Fluffy to work with. He told me there wasn’t anything to work with and that he needed to head back inside.
I told Fluffy the next day that I had suspected Shaggy. Shaggy is the Johnsons’ dog. He is always in everybody’s business and that lately he hasn’t been talking to me. He normally will have barking wars with me through the fence. He will shout my name hollering “SPOT!” That night I just lay in my dog house thinking of where else I would have put the rest of my bones. “THAT’S IT!” I blurted out so loud that I think the neighbors could have heard me. I had buried some under my house and hid some under Marcy’s bed right next to her old box of toys and clothes she stuffed under there when she “cleaned her room”. Marcy’s my owner. I go inside every once in a while and get petted by Marcy. She will take me in her room and lay with me on her bed and sometimes when her best friend, Jack, comes over, they will both play with me. When she was downstairs I snuck some bones under her bed so I could eat and get petted. I hid the ones under my house because I needed to lay off some of the bones, but I can’t live without three bones a day. One in the morning right when I wake up, sometimes two, one after my lunch, and my last one at night before bed.
I crawled out of my house and used all my might to push it over some, but I only got it half way to where I needed it to be so I could get my bones. I hoped that Fluffy was awake still, but I went next door to get her for some help. I told her how I thought and thought and finally remembered where I placed my bones. He easily shoved the house over and helped me dig up the rest of my bones. We found my bones and I thanked Fluffy for all her help. I told her to remind me about the ones in Marcy’s room too. After Fluffy went back home, I went inside my house and had a bone and ever since I lost my bones, I have dug a hole in my house. The hole in my house is bowl shaped, so now I always put my bones in there.
-Josslyn
My Watermark
One night when I was 8, I was lying in my bed playing with a rock. I tossed it back and forth above my head carelessly. Then I dropped it, it fell into my mouth, and slipped right down my throat. I swallowed a rock! The next morning I told my mom all about the rock and what happened. She called the school and then we went to Doctor’s Hospital to get x-rays. After the x-rays they told us that we had to go all the way to Oakland Children’s Hospital and that I couldn’t eat at all that day. That was the worst. I couldn’t eat anything from 6 am to 7 pm. Thirteen straight hours of absolutely NO FOOD, it sucked! The next morning I woke up early, before 6, so that I could eat a lot of food. I practically inhaled a bowl of cereal. Most of the ride to Oakland was me endlessly pleading my mom to get me some food, but she said no consistently. I was already hungry when I got into the car, so you can only imagine how hungry I was when I got to the hospital. When we got to the hospital I was starving, and seeing people walk around with food trays made it even worse.
Then we finally started the procedure. The nurses gae me laughing gas and that other stuff that puts people to sleep. All I remember after that was “This stuff isn’t working, Ha ha ha…” and then I fell asleep. That stuff actually does work pretty well. I was asleep the entire time, all I can remember is this crazy dream about flying monkeys and giant rocks, it was pretty weird, they just kept laughing at me. Then I remember waking up with a terrible sore throat and a bag of pork rinds. Even though I had a sore throat I ripped through that bag of pork rinds and the Olive Garden takeout that came after. But it was all over and I could finally go back to school. Even though it felt like I swallowed a rock.
-Kylan
One night when I was 8, I was lying in my bed playing with a rock. I tossed it back and forth above my head carelessly. Then I dropped it, it fell into my mouth, and slipped right down my throat. I swallowed a rock! The next morning I told my mom all about the rock and what happened. She called the school and then we went to Doctor’s Hospital to get x-rays. After the x-rays they told us that we had to go all the way to Oakland Children’s Hospital and that I couldn’t eat at all that day. That was the worst. I couldn’t eat anything from 6 am to 7 pm. Thirteen straight hours of absolutely NO FOOD, it sucked! The next morning I woke up early, before 6, so that I could eat a lot of food. I practically inhaled a bowl of cereal. Most of the ride to Oakland was me endlessly pleading my mom to get me some food, but she said no consistently. I was already hungry when I got into the car, so you can only imagine how hungry I was when I got to the hospital. When we got to the hospital I was starving, and seeing people walk around with food trays made it even worse.
Then we finally started the procedure. The nurses gae me laughing gas and that other stuff that puts people to sleep. All I remember after that was “This stuff isn’t working, Ha ha ha…” and then I fell asleep. That stuff actually does work pretty well. I was asleep the entire time, all I can remember is this crazy dream about flying monkeys and giant rocks, it was pretty weird, they just kept laughing at me. Then I remember waking up with a terrible sore throat and a bag of pork rinds. Even though I had a sore throat I ripped through that bag of pork rinds and the Olive Garden takeout that came after. But it was all over and I could finally go back to school. Even though it felt like I swallowed a rock.
-Kylan
The Wallet Crime
My favorite wallet that had skulls on fire was stolen from me! My wallet was under my softest pillow on my bed. It could have been my cousin, Von, who had stolen my wallet. He steals my stuff sometimes. I kept my wallet under my pillow so that way my brother doesn’t steal my wallet. I have found my wallet! Von stole it from under my pillow. He threw it on the grass when he was going to Canada. My five dollars was still in my wallet when I got it back. I caught the thief!
-Mathew
My favorite wallet that had skulls on fire was stolen from me! My wallet was under my softest pillow on my bed. It could have been my cousin, Von, who had stolen my wallet. He steals my stuff sometimes. I kept my wallet under my pillow so that way my brother doesn’t steal my wallet. I have found my wallet! Von stole it from under my pillow. He threw it on the grass when he was going to Canada. My five dollars was still in my wallet when I got it back. I caught the thief!
-Mathew
My Watermark
I have a scar on my left leg. I got it when I was in track. I went to long jump when they said “Go!” I ran, I timed my jump wrong, and I did a flip and hit the ground with my left foot and it started to bleed real badly. My friend Ezra helped me and my mom got me a paper towel. A track staff brought a Band-Aid. I was in a lot of pain. It got infected but I did not go to the doctor. My dad put peroxide on it but I kept picking my scab. After a few months it became a scar on my left leg. This is how I got my scar on my left leg and it was big.
-Mariano
I have a scar on my left leg. I got it when I was in track. I went to long jump when they said “Go!” I ran, I timed my jump wrong, and I did a flip and hit the ground with my left foot and it started to bleed real badly. My friend Ezra helped me and my mom got me a paper towel. A track staff brought a Band-Aid. I was in a lot of pain. It got infected but I did not go to the doctor. My dad put peroxide on it but I kept picking my scab. After a few months it became a scar on my left leg. This is how I got my scar on my left leg and it was big.
-Mariano
Our family trip to Hawaii
A little while ago I went to Maui. It was really exciting! I got up at 7:00 in the morning. Then we drove to the airport. It took us about an hour to get there. When we reached the airport a nice man helped us with our bags. Then we had to put our big bags on a scale to make sure that they were light enough to go on the huge plane. Then we waited for my beautiful cousin to get to the airport while we were waiting we got something to eat. Then finally my aunt and my cousin arrived at the airport. To get to the security we had to go on a little train. When we arrived at the security we had to take off our smelly shoes and walk through an automatic censer. After that we stopped at a marvelous shop so we could get some yummy snacks for the plane. We got all kinds of snacks. Then we went and sat in the comfortable chairs and waited until we were ready to load all of the kind people on the huge plane. When they were ready to load us we got in the long line. When we got up to the helpful counter a lady, she checked our tickets. Then she let us through. We had to walk through a long hall way to get to the plane. Then we got to the door of the plane. We steeped in and we found our blue sets. Then we put our entire luggage in the shelves on top of us. When we were just about to take off the pilot realized that we didn’t have enough gas. It took us about 20 minutes to get gas and fill the gas tank. When you are taking off the plane has to roll on its little wheels before it takes off. We were not allowed to turn on electronics until we were at a certain height. When we were on the plane a lady came around and gave us delicious peanuts. After you get the peanuts they give you a minus. All of the stuff on the minus was really good. When you are high up in the air everything looks like Legos. When you get high enough to turn on the electronics they let you rent DVD players. My cousin and I got really bored after a while so we started playing games and board games. We also ate candy. Inside the plane the restrooms are really small. When I was walking to the restroom there was lot of turbulence so they made me go back to my seat. When you start going down to land it really makes your ears plug. Except if you were me because for some weird reason my ears never plug. When you are about to land the plane puts out its wheels. When you land it kind of shakes you a little bit. But when you land and you look out your window it is beautiful. When you are getting off the plane you have to get your carry-on luggage out from on top of you. Then you have to wait before you can get out. When you are getting out of the plane the pilot says I hope you enjoyed your flight and you say thank you for flying us today. When you are in the airport you have to go to a spinning thing that gives you your luggage. After you get your luggage you go and rent a car. My grandparent, my brother, my mom, and my cousin went to get the car. My aunt and I stayed with the luggage. I was happy I stayed because my aunt and I got Starbucks. My aunt and I both got smoothies and we also got a piece of cinnamon bread.
My family arrived with two cars. We were really hungry so on our way to our hotel we stopped at McDonalds and got lunch. It tasted really good. Then when we were driving to our hotel we saw whales in the distance. Then we got to our hotel it was really nice. Right after we got to the hotel we went swimming. There was a slide but it was already closed. So we just swam. Then it started to rain. The rain was warm. Then after a little while we had to go back up to our hotel. The next morning we were really excited to get down to the beach. When we went down we went in the pole first. The slide was open so we went down the slide for a little while. Then we went down to the beach. The first day my cousin got really sun burnt. It was really fun throughout all of the eight days. We had my brother’s birthday there. For my brother’s birthday we went and did the fish pipe. The fish pipe is a giant blown up ball that that you go inside and you run around in it. There were only a few in the world. I also caught a gecko. But I let it go. When we were snorkeling we saw a big sea turtle lying on the ocean floor. It was really exciting to see it. I have never seen a sea turtle in real life before so I was really excited. We also made puka shell necklaces. They were really cool. I still have mine. It took us a really long time to make them. It took us about an hour. We wore our puka shells for the rest of the day. One time my cousin and I left our shoes by the pool and then we found them the next morning. After a couple days we had to move to a different hotel. That hotel was nice to but I liked the first hotel better. It wasn’t our favorite beach either. There were huge waves and a lot of people got hurt. I was swimming in the water and then all of a sudden a big swell came in and I was stuck out there. My dad came in and got me. My aunt tried to come get me but she wasn’t big enough. So she lost her sun glasses. After a couple days it was time to go home. When we got to the airport nobody wanted to go home. When we got on the plane everybody was sad. The plane ride was really fun though. We got to rent the movie player again. It only took us four and a half hours to get home. That is really short. We had a great time. We were all sad to leave but we needed to get home. Besides we wanted to see our animals. I had a really great time I would definitely go back again.
-Mia
A little while ago I went to Maui. It was really exciting! I got up at 7:00 in the morning. Then we drove to the airport. It took us about an hour to get there. When we reached the airport a nice man helped us with our bags. Then we had to put our big bags on a scale to make sure that they were light enough to go on the huge plane. Then we waited for my beautiful cousin to get to the airport while we were waiting we got something to eat. Then finally my aunt and my cousin arrived at the airport. To get to the security we had to go on a little train. When we arrived at the security we had to take off our smelly shoes and walk through an automatic censer. After that we stopped at a marvelous shop so we could get some yummy snacks for the plane. We got all kinds of snacks. Then we went and sat in the comfortable chairs and waited until we were ready to load all of the kind people on the huge plane. When they were ready to load us we got in the long line. When we got up to the helpful counter a lady, she checked our tickets. Then she let us through. We had to walk through a long hall way to get to the plane. Then we got to the door of the plane. We steeped in and we found our blue sets. Then we put our entire luggage in the shelves on top of us. When we were just about to take off the pilot realized that we didn’t have enough gas. It took us about 20 minutes to get gas and fill the gas tank. When you are taking off the plane has to roll on its little wheels before it takes off. We were not allowed to turn on electronics until we were at a certain height. When we were on the plane a lady came around and gave us delicious peanuts. After you get the peanuts they give you a minus. All of the stuff on the minus was really good. When you are high up in the air everything looks like Legos. When you get high enough to turn on the electronics they let you rent DVD players. My cousin and I got really bored after a while so we started playing games and board games. We also ate candy. Inside the plane the restrooms are really small. When I was walking to the restroom there was lot of turbulence so they made me go back to my seat. When you start going down to land it really makes your ears plug. Except if you were me because for some weird reason my ears never plug. When you are about to land the plane puts out its wheels. When you land it kind of shakes you a little bit. But when you land and you look out your window it is beautiful. When you are getting off the plane you have to get your carry-on luggage out from on top of you. Then you have to wait before you can get out. When you are getting out of the plane the pilot says I hope you enjoyed your flight and you say thank you for flying us today. When you are in the airport you have to go to a spinning thing that gives you your luggage. After you get your luggage you go and rent a car. My grandparent, my brother, my mom, and my cousin went to get the car. My aunt and I stayed with the luggage. I was happy I stayed because my aunt and I got Starbucks. My aunt and I both got smoothies and we also got a piece of cinnamon bread.
My family arrived with two cars. We were really hungry so on our way to our hotel we stopped at McDonalds and got lunch. It tasted really good. Then when we were driving to our hotel we saw whales in the distance. Then we got to our hotel it was really nice. Right after we got to the hotel we went swimming. There was a slide but it was already closed. So we just swam. Then it started to rain. The rain was warm. Then after a little while we had to go back up to our hotel. The next morning we were really excited to get down to the beach. When we went down we went in the pole first. The slide was open so we went down the slide for a little while. Then we went down to the beach. The first day my cousin got really sun burnt. It was really fun throughout all of the eight days. We had my brother’s birthday there. For my brother’s birthday we went and did the fish pipe. The fish pipe is a giant blown up ball that that you go inside and you run around in it. There were only a few in the world. I also caught a gecko. But I let it go. When we were snorkeling we saw a big sea turtle lying on the ocean floor. It was really exciting to see it. I have never seen a sea turtle in real life before so I was really excited. We also made puka shell necklaces. They were really cool. I still have mine. It took us a really long time to make them. It took us about an hour. We wore our puka shells for the rest of the day. One time my cousin and I left our shoes by the pool and then we found them the next morning. After a couple days we had to move to a different hotel. That hotel was nice to but I liked the first hotel better. It wasn’t our favorite beach either. There were huge waves and a lot of people got hurt. I was swimming in the water and then all of a sudden a big swell came in and I was stuck out there. My dad came in and got me. My aunt tried to come get me but she wasn’t big enough. So she lost her sun glasses. After a couple days it was time to go home. When we got to the airport nobody wanted to go home. When we got on the plane everybody was sad. The plane ride was really fun though. We got to rent the movie player again. It only took us four and a half hours to get home. That is really short. We had a great time. We were all sad to leave but we needed to get home. Besides we wanted to see our animals. I had a really great time I would definitely go back again.
-Mia
MineCraft
Minecraft is an amazing world on the Xbox, PC, and phone. You get to do whatever you want. Minecraft is a block game and a block game is a game made of squares. There are three types of worlds: the first one is Creative, the second one is Survival, and the last one is HARDCORE!!! In the Creative world you cannot die, so in the Creative world you get to build whatever you want to. You can build castles, houses, jails, and a lot more stuff.
The next one is Survival world. In Survival world you have lives and you have to find your own resources to survive. You need to build everything out of your own materials. In Survival you have to explore carefully so you don’t die. You can build a giant house or a tiny house. You can explore caves and ravines. In those cave or ravines you can find abandon mineshafts or a rare strong hold. Mineshafts are abandon mines. You can find lots of budder (a.k.a gold). You can also find Redstone, Diamonds, Lapis Lazuli, and Iron. In strong holds you can find the End portal which I will talk about later. When you are on land you could find villages. In the villages you will find villagers, whom you can trade, items for stuff.
There are different biomes. The biomes are snow, swamp, extreme hills, flat, forest, water and jungle which is my favorite biome!!!!!!!!!! These biomes are located in all the worlds.
The next thing I will tell you about is the two portals. The first one is the Nether. In the Nether there are ghasts and zombie pig men. There is fire and lava everywhere. The ghast is a big square ghost that shoots fire balls out of its mouth. When the fire ball hits something there is a huge explosion and the impact shoots your guy back a little bit.
The last portal is the End portal. In the End Realm you will find Endermen and ENDER DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Endermen are harmless until you look in its eyes or attack it. When you make it mad by one or both of those ways, it will try to kill you. They will teleport to you and away from you to try to get you. The last part of this portal is about the ENDER DRAGON. The Ender Dragon is the final boss. It is super strong. The first thing is the towers in the end, and they will heal the dragon. That is what you have to do to kill the Ender Dragon, and you have beaten the game.
-Michael
Minecraft is an amazing world on the Xbox, PC, and phone. You get to do whatever you want. Minecraft is a block game and a block game is a game made of squares. There are three types of worlds: the first one is Creative, the second one is Survival, and the last one is HARDCORE!!! In the Creative world you cannot die, so in the Creative world you get to build whatever you want to. You can build castles, houses, jails, and a lot more stuff.
The next one is Survival world. In Survival world you have lives and you have to find your own resources to survive. You need to build everything out of your own materials. In Survival you have to explore carefully so you don’t die. You can build a giant house or a tiny house. You can explore caves and ravines. In those cave or ravines you can find abandon mineshafts or a rare strong hold. Mineshafts are abandon mines. You can find lots of budder (a.k.a gold). You can also find Redstone, Diamonds, Lapis Lazuli, and Iron. In strong holds you can find the End portal which I will talk about later. When you are on land you could find villages. In the villages you will find villagers, whom you can trade, items for stuff.
There are different biomes. The biomes are snow, swamp, extreme hills, flat, forest, water and jungle which is my favorite biome!!!!!!!!!! These biomes are located in all the worlds.
The next thing I will tell you about is the two portals. The first one is the Nether. In the Nether there are ghasts and zombie pig men. There is fire and lava everywhere. The ghast is a big square ghost that shoots fire balls out of its mouth. When the fire ball hits something there is a huge explosion and the impact shoots your guy back a little bit.
The last portal is the End portal. In the End Realm you will find Endermen and ENDER DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Endermen are harmless until you look in its eyes or attack it. When you make it mad by one or both of those ways, it will try to kill you. They will teleport to you and away from you to try to get you. The last part of this portal is about the ENDER DRAGON. The Ender Dragon is the final boss. It is super strong. The first thing is the towers in the end, and they will heal the dragon. That is what you have to do to kill the Ender Dragon, and you have beaten the game.
-Michael
My watermark
It was my 11th birthday I invited my friends. When they all got there we went bowling there was a deformed light blue bowling ball it looked like an egg and we called it Arlena. We called it my sister name. When we got home we watched scare face and we called it Arlena. Then we watched Wassobe Production there was a girl called Rolona and we called it Arlena. When they left my sister was hitting me until I got a bruise.
-Nolen
It was my 11th birthday I invited my friends. When they all got there we went bowling there was a deformed light blue bowling ball it looked like an egg and we called it Arlena. We called it my sister name. When we got home we watched scare face and we called it Arlena. Then we watched Wassobe Production there was a girl called Rolona and we called it Arlena. When they left my sister was hitting me until I got a bruise.
-Nolen
My Watermark
On my summer breaks I always go once a year to Atlanta, Georgia for a family visit. My dad’s side of the family lives there, and I usually go with my dad and older brother, but last year my brother was old enough to take me alone on a connecting flight there. Our first stop was at Houston, Texas and as soon as we said our good byes we got on the plane and there was a delay, so right when we got to Houston we only had twenty seconds to get on the Atlanta plane, but right when we got out of the plane we rushed and the plane had already left. We called our parents as soon as we found out the plane had already left. My mother and father were terrified and unhappy that they let us go alone. After they spoke to us we spoke to the front desk and they sadly said it was the last plane to anywhere. At this point my mom is saying they want us back in California. I was definitely home sick already. Since we were minors the lady working in the front desk told us to stay at a little hotel in the airport for minors because the next flight to Atlanta was at seven thirty in the morning, but it was closed.
My brother and I were tired of hearing bad news, so instead we called our dad and he booked the nearest hotel by the airport. After we went downstairs, got our luggage, and headed to a taxi. We finally got to the La Quinta Suite. When we entered the building the first thing the man asked working by the desk was “Where are your parents?” We told him that our father spoke to you did he not? The man said “Oh yes, yes he did but, he said you have an adult with you.” Well we told him, we don’t. And he said you have to be 18 years old in order to book a room, but thank goodness he told us he will let us in since we told him how our flight got canceled and all the bad news. While we went upstairs he was telling us there is free breakfast in the morning and there is dinner if you guys want. I never met anyone so kind and caring. The next day we woke up early, went downstairs, ate breakfast, and got in a shuttle to gratefully leave! When we finally got done with the security check and all the rough business, I lost my phone! I called, called, and called and went down to security but didn’t find it. Then my brother’s phone was ringing with my contact name on it. I answered and it was the man at the hotel, he said he will ship it to California. That was just awesome news for the first time! Soon we finally got on the plane and arrived gratefully in Atlanta, Georgia. We found out that everyone there thought we were dead or something. When my cousin arrived at the airport I didn’t want to say hi or I missed you I wanted to just cry, because I was home sick and paranoid.
When we finally arrived in Atlanta I honestly just wanted to sleep. It was tiring and I’m pretty sure sleeping would be a great idea because you don’t have to hear bad news every time. The lesson we learned was never to go on a connecting flight without an adult over the age of eighteen. We stayed in Atlanta for about 2 weeks at the most and I only had fun half of the time because I couldn’t stop thinking of everything that happened. Although I’m going to miss everyone, my dad called and he told us when our flight is and he told us the details, but we found out it was another connecting flight!! At Denver, Colorado right after the shooting, I just wanted to scream. When I got to the airport we had enough time to sit and relax for the Denver plane. We got on the plane and arrived in California, thank goodness. I got my phone, but I wasn’t worried much about it. I was worried most about having to ever go on a flight like that ever again.
-Rose
On my summer breaks I always go once a year to Atlanta, Georgia for a family visit. My dad’s side of the family lives there, and I usually go with my dad and older brother, but last year my brother was old enough to take me alone on a connecting flight there. Our first stop was at Houston, Texas and as soon as we said our good byes we got on the plane and there was a delay, so right when we got to Houston we only had twenty seconds to get on the Atlanta plane, but right when we got out of the plane we rushed and the plane had already left. We called our parents as soon as we found out the plane had already left. My mother and father were terrified and unhappy that they let us go alone. After they spoke to us we spoke to the front desk and they sadly said it was the last plane to anywhere. At this point my mom is saying they want us back in California. I was definitely home sick already. Since we were minors the lady working in the front desk told us to stay at a little hotel in the airport for minors because the next flight to Atlanta was at seven thirty in the morning, but it was closed.
My brother and I were tired of hearing bad news, so instead we called our dad and he booked the nearest hotel by the airport. After we went downstairs, got our luggage, and headed to a taxi. We finally got to the La Quinta Suite. When we entered the building the first thing the man asked working by the desk was “Where are your parents?” We told him that our father spoke to you did he not? The man said “Oh yes, yes he did but, he said you have an adult with you.” Well we told him, we don’t. And he said you have to be 18 years old in order to book a room, but thank goodness he told us he will let us in since we told him how our flight got canceled and all the bad news. While we went upstairs he was telling us there is free breakfast in the morning and there is dinner if you guys want. I never met anyone so kind and caring. The next day we woke up early, went downstairs, ate breakfast, and got in a shuttle to gratefully leave! When we finally got done with the security check and all the rough business, I lost my phone! I called, called, and called and went down to security but didn’t find it. Then my brother’s phone was ringing with my contact name on it. I answered and it was the man at the hotel, he said he will ship it to California. That was just awesome news for the first time! Soon we finally got on the plane and arrived gratefully in Atlanta, Georgia. We found out that everyone there thought we were dead or something. When my cousin arrived at the airport I didn’t want to say hi or I missed you I wanted to just cry, because I was home sick and paranoid.
When we finally arrived in Atlanta I honestly just wanted to sleep. It was tiring and I’m pretty sure sleeping would be a great idea because you don’t have to hear bad news every time. The lesson we learned was never to go on a connecting flight without an adult over the age of eighteen. We stayed in Atlanta for about 2 weeks at the most and I only had fun half of the time because I couldn’t stop thinking of everything that happened. Although I’m going to miss everyone, my dad called and he told us when our flight is and he told us the details, but we found out it was another connecting flight!! At Denver, Colorado right after the shooting, I just wanted to scream. When I got to the airport we had enough time to sit and relax for the Denver plane. We got on the plane and arrived in California, thank goodness. I got my phone, but I wasn’t worried much about it. I was worried most about having to ever go on a flight like that ever again.
-Rose
My First Club Volleyball Game
The gym was getting intense and you could tell. Teams were piling into the 2-court gym. Our team watched as they came into the gym. The other teams all looked good and as they have played together as a team for years. We paraded into the gym looking as ready as ever. We were all there to play and win our games. It was the first tournament of the season.
My first Club Volleyball game was about to happen and I was a nervous wreck!! I had never played in a volleyball game before let alone a Club Volleyball game. I was also in the starting lineup playing middle back, right where every server serves the ball to!! I was shaking like crazy and I am not a relaxed person, so with all the pressure not to miss the ball was building up inside of me. Thoughts were also building up inside my head, “What if I missed the ball? Or what if I let my team down?” Finally it was the first serve of the match. Zoom! The ball was over the net and coming straight at me! I was praying that I would not mess up, but the point was over in a blink of an eye. In a few rotations I was subbed out and my coach told me to calm down and breath. We lost our first game of the season, but that was alright, we had fun playing the game. We lost our second game that day too. Now it was time to play for elimination and if we lost we were done for the day. We played the next game and won! This meant we moved on to the next game and we won that game too!! Yay!! We were finally done for the day!! We got fifth place and that is awesome for us!! Most of my team, including me, were first year players or have never played before, so we rocked by placing for a first time!! At the end of the day we all wanted to go home and sleep! What a workout that day was! Go Club Manteca!!!
A Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
The 5 cramped hours in the plane were long and boring. Finally we were outside Oahu’s airport and our legs were feeling normal again. We were bused over to budget, our rental car agency. My brother and I were sitting and waiting on the couch in the rental car place, waiting for our rental car. Finally my parents got the keys to the car. I wondered what car would it be, what color would it be, would it have the accessories like a Television?
We started walking to our car and it was spot J16. We approached the J area. I saw a new, black, four door car just like a jeep! I was so excited! The car was a beauty, but then my mom said let’s put the luggage in the trunk. Click! The lights on the next car clicked on and it was this ugly brown car that looked cheap! The black car was in spot J15 not J16. I told my mom that the car was a cheap and ugly. She told me it was a Lincoln town car and it was a luxury car. We got inside and it was cozy and warm. So from then on I said it was ugly on the outside and cozy on the inside. I was just glad we had it for a week! Now we were going to hotel! Little did we know that our short 15 minute drive would turn into a Hawaiian roller coaster ride!
We were in the car pulling out of the budget parking lot and heading to the hotel! We found the first few streets fine. Then this one street my mom took was wrong! The spelling of the street’s name she should have taken was a one letter different than the street she took! My mom turned around and we headed back to the main road, but the street we needed was nowhere in sight!! We drove down the same streets 3-5 times and finally we found the back street to the back of our hotel. Yes, we were finally close to where we needed to be!! It was already an hour of driving around, just trying to find our hotel! It took my mom another 15-30 minutes before she actually found the entrance to our hotel! We drove to a beautiful hotel and as soon as I saw the hotel I could not wait to see the rooms!! Aloha Hawaii!
-Taylor
The gym was getting intense and you could tell. Teams were piling into the 2-court gym. Our team watched as they came into the gym. The other teams all looked good and as they have played together as a team for years. We paraded into the gym looking as ready as ever. We were all there to play and win our games. It was the first tournament of the season.
My first Club Volleyball game was about to happen and I was a nervous wreck!! I had never played in a volleyball game before let alone a Club Volleyball game. I was also in the starting lineup playing middle back, right where every server serves the ball to!! I was shaking like crazy and I am not a relaxed person, so with all the pressure not to miss the ball was building up inside of me. Thoughts were also building up inside my head, “What if I missed the ball? Or what if I let my team down?” Finally it was the first serve of the match. Zoom! The ball was over the net and coming straight at me! I was praying that I would not mess up, but the point was over in a blink of an eye. In a few rotations I was subbed out and my coach told me to calm down and breath. We lost our first game of the season, but that was alright, we had fun playing the game. We lost our second game that day too. Now it was time to play for elimination and if we lost we were done for the day. We played the next game and won! This meant we moved on to the next game and we won that game too!! Yay!! We were finally done for the day!! We got fifth place and that is awesome for us!! Most of my team, including me, were first year players or have never played before, so we rocked by placing for a first time!! At the end of the day we all wanted to go home and sleep! What a workout that day was! Go Club Manteca!!!
A Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
The 5 cramped hours in the plane were long and boring. Finally we were outside Oahu’s airport and our legs were feeling normal again. We were bused over to budget, our rental car agency. My brother and I were sitting and waiting on the couch in the rental car place, waiting for our rental car. Finally my parents got the keys to the car. I wondered what car would it be, what color would it be, would it have the accessories like a Television?
We started walking to our car and it was spot J16. We approached the J area. I saw a new, black, four door car just like a jeep! I was so excited! The car was a beauty, but then my mom said let’s put the luggage in the trunk. Click! The lights on the next car clicked on and it was this ugly brown car that looked cheap! The black car was in spot J15 not J16. I told my mom that the car was a cheap and ugly. She told me it was a Lincoln town car and it was a luxury car. We got inside and it was cozy and warm. So from then on I said it was ugly on the outside and cozy on the inside. I was just glad we had it for a week! Now we were going to hotel! Little did we know that our short 15 minute drive would turn into a Hawaiian roller coaster ride!
We were in the car pulling out of the budget parking lot and heading to the hotel! We found the first few streets fine. Then this one street my mom took was wrong! The spelling of the street’s name she should have taken was a one letter different than the street she took! My mom turned around and we headed back to the main road, but the street we needed was nowhere in sight!! We drove down the same streets 3-5 times and finally we found the back street to the back of our hotel. Yes, we were finally close to where we needed to be!! It was already an hour of driving around, just trying to find our hotel! It took my mom another 15-30 minutes before she actually found the entrance to our hotel! We drove to a beautiful hotel and as soon as I saw the hotel I could not wait to see the rooms!! Aloha Hawaii!
-Taylor