Creative Writing Number 3

     For today's blog post we needed to create a short story with a certain kind of conflict in it. I have chosen to have a person vs. person conflict and person vs. self conflict, I am using my same characters that I used in my other creative writing about characters.

     Halley and Connor have been friends for a very long time. They met each other in Grade 2 and have been super close, Halley and Connor are now married but it didn't go as smooth as you would think.

     When Halley and Connor were in Grade 11, Connor started having feelings for Halley that were more than just friends. Connor told Halley he had more feelings for her but she said it would be better if they just stayed friends. After lots of talking Connor promised her that he would never hurt. Finally, Halley gave in and said she would go out with him. They were going good for a couple of months then they started arguing a lot and said it wasn't going to work out. They promised each other that they were still going to be as close as they were before but that just didn't work.

     Halley then started getting mad at herself and saying if she had said "no" then she would still have her best friend to talk too all the time. Halley was acting so different now, she didn't want to do anything. I was trying to cheer Halley up and do things with her like go shopping and everything but she kept saying no. Halley would always see Connor in the hall and she would  feel heartbroken. I thought I had to do something about this because I couldn't keep seeing my friend so upset, so I went and talked to Connor and told him that he should try talking to her so they could work things out and become friends again.

     One night Halley and I were hanging out and Halley got a text from Connor asking her if he could meet up with her and talk. Halley and Connor met up at the park and talked things through and said that it was silly that they weren't talking to each other because neither one of them did anything wrong, so they decided that they were going to go back to the way things were and become friends again and go back to the way things were and just stay friends for now.

     They stayed friends for the rest of Grade 11 and everything was normal, it then came time for grad and both of them thought that they should go together but just as friends, they went to grad just as friends and came home more than friends and ever since then they have always been together and have been by each others sides through everything and I have never seen my best friend so happy before!

Creative Writing Number 2

For my blog today we had to create a character and talk about the life of our character. My character will be talking about her life and things are important to her.

     Hi, my name is Halley and I am 40 years old. I am 5'6 and have brown black hair with medium peach skin. I am a middle school teacher who teaches English and Math. I have been teaching for 15 years and have met so many wonderful people through the years. Teaching is something I love doing and always try to make the learning and teaching fun and enjoyable for the kids and myself. I get to and from work every day by my Black GMC Acadia. One thing that I love doing at my school is teaching the students dance, one saying I always use is "dance like no one's watching." I graduated high school and then went to the University of Winnipeg and got my teaching degree. Whenever I'm at work I always like to dress fancy and look professional but at home I like to look casual. I don't only have my teaching family I have my actual family. We live in Winnipeg in a very friendly neighborhood. We have a very beautiful two-story house with a double garage and a pool in the backyard. I am married to a very lovely man named Connor and have been together ever since high school. Connor owns many of the Ricki clothing stores which makes us well off, and we are able to provide lots of stuff for our children. We have 4 amazing children Jordan(15), Nicole(13), Liam(9) and Cassidy(6). I love my children a lot and I do the best I can to be a supportive and fun parent. We have two fish and a Cocker Spaniel named Marley who is 3 years old. Another Important thing in my life is my best friend Samantha. Samantha and myself have been friends ever since kindergarten and practically grew up together, doing everything together. Samantha also has 4 children who are the same age as mine and also have grown up together. Samantha's children call me Auntie Halley and her children call me Auntie Samantha. Samantha was my maid of honor for my wedding and I was hers for her wedding. One thing that Samantha and myself have done ever since middle school is have a girls Saturday and go shopping and get our nails done, now we include our daughters once in a while for a little treat for them. When we are together the boys always do something so they are not left out (we never know what it is they do though, they say they can't tell us.) We also do many things as families like go on trips and go out for supper. Every little bit we parents just go out and the kids all hang out together. Our families get along so well and that makes everything better and we love that! Now that you know a little about my life you should know that I care so much about my family and friends and am so fortunate that I have such wonderful people in my life!

Creative Writing Number 1

     For this blog post we had to write about our bedroom and what it looks like. My room is not a big room but it is not a small room, i find it a bit squishy with all my stuff in it but it is big enough that I can have everything I want in it. I have my twin sized bed against one wall, my mirror and desk against the other wall then my closet with my dresser inside of it and a window facing my backyard with a whiteboard underneath it. My room is a turquoise color that is almost the color of sticky tack.

      At the head of my bed I have a lime green green fabric board hanging on my wall with pictures and cards of me and my friends, I call it my memory board. Also, on the wall hanging beside my desk is my grade 5 and grade 8 pictures. Outside my window I can see my trampoline and the field behind my house. Hanging over my closet is a shelf with all my trophies and pictures or special things people gave me, like my aunt always gave me all the Sarah's angels for my birthday so I have all of them up in my room. In the summer when I have my window open I can smell all the chlorine from my neighbours pool. After Easter or Christmas my room has a very strong smell of Chocolate and Candy. My room is pretty neat most of the time but at times it is very messy, like after my birthday or Christmas I put all my gifts in my room because I have no where to put them so they are all on my floor in my room. I have never really thought I had a lot of stuff but writing this thinking about it I would need my own storage box just for all my belongings because I have so much stuff. My room always gets the sun during the day so I don;t even need to have a light on because the sun is so bright. When my friends come over we will sometimes hangout in my room depending on if it is clean and looks presentable. My room is a place to me that I love going and it always seems to make me feel so happy because it is my place and it makes me feel safe and that everything is going to be okay.

Literacy Blog Number 6

                  
                      

This is the book cover I chose because I find that it represents the book the best. The font isn't that big so it doesn't pick take away from the picture because the picture in the cover always tells you a bit more of what story is about. I chose this cover because it is really colourful and doesn't look like a cartoon cover it looks like an actually picture was taken. I think this cover relates to the book a lot because it shows Titania sleeping in the forest with the fairies surrounding her and in the book it takes place a lot in the forest and everyone keeps falling asleep in the forest and getting the magic love juice poured on them. I think its Titania because she is one of the first girls to fall asleep and get the flower juice sprinkled on her eye lids and also because she has all of her fairies surrounding her. I also think this is the best cover because in the other covers in has bottom with his donkey head and hat isn't the whole point of the play, bottom getting his head turned into a donkey head. I feel that  this book is mostly about the lovers falling in love with everyone else by the flower juice and it all happens when they are sleeping. Just by looking at the picture the scene where Titania fell asleep and Puck came and sprinkled the flower juice on his her eyes came in to my mind and that's what I think the whole story is about so that's why I chose this cover. Also, this picture isn't really busy and it doesn't have so many things going on at once and that is just like the book, there are many things happening but they all aren't happening all at once.

Literacy Blog Number 5

In this blog post we need to compare something from our book that is the same as MSND.I have started reading a new book called "Someone like you" By: Sarah Dessen. It is about a girl named Halley and her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend died and Scarlett finds out she is pregnant. Hally ow has to be the best friend she has always been and help out her friend. Halley's mom Julie is really over protected and I am relating her to Egeus. Egeus is Hermia's dad and wants her to marry Demetrius and not Lysander but Hermia really likes Lysander. It took me some time to really think about what is the same between the two books and I came up with that Egeus and Julie are both really over protected parents and want their daughters to do what they want. Hally likes this boy named Macon but her mom does not approve of him and wants her to continue dating Noah from before the Summer but she doesn't want to and that is just like Hermia because she wants to run away with Lysander and get married and she does not want to do what her father says and that is just like Hally. Something that I thought was really opposite is Helena and Hermia are best friends and Scarlett and Hally are best friends. But when Hermia and Helena need to stick together they end up getting into a big fight over the guys and when Scarlett and Hally are in a terrible situation they come closer together and stand by each others sides and help each other out and don't let each other go.

Litracy Blog Number 3- Spring Break 2013

 

     This Spring Break doesn't feel like all the other Spring Breaks because we have SNOW on the ground. I am still really excited for Spring Break because I have some fun days planned! My grandpa is taking me, my brother and my cousin out for breakfast one day and I am really looking forward to it because I haven't seen my cousin in along time so it will be fun to catch up with him. Also, I am going to the mall with my friend to go shopping at Polo Park and then we are going to see the movie "Identity Thief" which will be fun because I have watched the trailer and it looks like such a funny movie, after the movie we are going to have a sleepover which will be really funny cause we get along really well and we have the same interests so it`s always easy to find something to do. We are also going out for supper with our friends at Boston Pizza that we haven't seen in a while which will be fun . I am really excited for Spring Break because I haven't been busy for a while and it will be fun just to relax and hang out with friends. I wish their was no snow for Spring Beak because then we could do more things but I'm just hoping the weather will be nice so we can enjoy the outdoors. Other than that I just plan to sleep in everyday.

 

I chose this picture because it is a very bright picture and I'm excited for Spring Break. For some reason it doesn't feel like it is going to be Spring Break next week but it is, so when I saw this picture I was getting more into the feeling that is Spring Break next week. I chose this picture too because the sparklers remind me of Canada Day and summer and that is something that I want to come soon because I have an amazing summer planned too. So seeing this picture is getting me excited for two things. I really like Spring Break because it is giving you a break just in the middle of the school year just to relax and do whatever you want. It`s giving you a break from all your school because after Spring Beak everything goes crazy because you are getting ready for you exams and concerts.

 

 

I also chose this picture because I am going to be seeing a lot of friends I haven`t seen in a while which will be fun. So this picture is representing all the things I am going to be doing with all my friends. I am really excited to see all my friends because we have been planning this for a long time so talking about it is making me even more excited. I wish we could see them more but we can`t because we are all really busy with school and sports, so during Spring Break all the sports are winding down so we always plan a day during Spring Break to see each other.

 

Literacy Blog Post Number 3

     In today's blog post we need to talk about something we like about our book. I am reading the book "That Summer", By: Sarah Dessen. Something I like about the book is how the author describes stuff. she is very descriptive and I'm never asking myself where it is or anything because the author always says all the details we need to know. Also, she always tells us how the characters are feeling so you don't need to try to and guess, even if she doesn't tell you exactly how their feeling just by the description you can clearly tell. when describing stuff she always is super descriptive and I like that because many times when you read some books they never tell you things and that is what I dislike about something things. Also, in this book the story is very easy to follow along and I'm never unsure of anything or questioning what is happening. That is one key thing in a book that needs to happen, you need to be able to know what is going on and some authors can't do that so it makes the book very confusing. Sarah Dessen did a really good job writing this book and those are the reason why I really like. I like the main idea about it and what is happening in the book, so the makes it better.