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 Tanning

Very hot

Being outside with friends

Thirsty

Pretty snow

Snowed in

Christmas with family

Very cold

Playing in the leaves

Windy

Leaves change pretty colors

Raking leaves

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I really appreciate a lot of people in the school this is my second year and I feel like I have been here a long time. I cant just chose 1 person that I appreciate the most because I appreciate everyone. I appreciate the principal and vice they try to keep our school safe and fun and I think they have done a good job. I also appreciate the teachers of course they have taut me a lot this year and without them we would not have the knowledge we have now. I really appreciate the lunch staff too. They serve us lunch everyday and they always have a smile on the faces. They make me laugh all the time. last is I appreciate all the students we may not always get along but we are all the same. We are all striving for a goal and to get out of middle school.

 I really appreciate a lot of people in the school this is my second year and I feel like I have been here a long time. I cant just chose 1 person that I appreciate the most because I appreciate everyone. I appreciate the principal and vice they try to keep our school safe and fun and I think they have done a good job. I also appreciate the teachers of course they have taut me a lot this year and without them we would not have the knowledge we have now. I really appreciate the lunch staff too. They serve us lunch everyday and they always have a smile on the faces. They make me laugh all the time. last is I appreciate all the students we may not always get along but we are all the same. We are all striving for a goal and to get out of middle school.

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Ice-skating

    Getting a metal in ice-skating was one of the best things that happened to me. I worked really hard and took lessons every Monday night. I was very determined the whole time. I got frustrated when I couldn’t get something right, but I would keep trying. I was very happy after I got it. I was also happy for my friends who got one too. I am going to keep ice-skating and practicing for a long time.

    I don’t think I will become a professional ice-skater but I will do it for fun and hopefully teach my kids how to. Ice-skating is different from other sports it’s not as competitive as other sports you are mainly competing with yourself to get it right. I have tried many things like ballet basketball swimming ect. And none of them have stuck but I think ice-skating is different and I will do it for a long time.

    I am not good at many athletic things but I think I finally found my talent. I know it will be hard and I have to work hard but I think it will be worth it in the end. When you first get on an ice rink it like learning how to walk again. You are not good at first but your get better. Falling on the ice does hurt but if you are dedicated to it you will just get up and do it again. I wish it would get cold enough in the winter were the lakes and pond would freeze so I could skate on them. I think it would be so much fun to be outside in the fresh air doing something I love.

    When the ice is wet and shiny the ice is just calling for you to skate on it. Every one has there passion and ice-skating is mine. My inspiration was watching ice-skaters on TV and seeing how graceful they look. I was thinking I wish I could be that graceful. I have always liked ice-skating. When I was little I always went with my friends but I pretty much forgot about it and just this year my friends from Maryland came up and they stayed at the carousel and there is an ice-skating rink there and we went. I found out how much I enjoyed it and asked my parents if I could take lessons. I did and now I love it and want to go as much as possible. People may not take this seriously and say ice-skating is not a sport but it is to me.        

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The Life of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson was a writer whose poetry was her life. She is considered to be America’s favorite poet even though she lived over 150 years ago.  People all over the world enjoy her poetry today.

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Emily father was a lawyer and treasurer for the collage. Her mother did not work. She was quiet and chronically ill. She had an older brother William Austin   Dickinson usually known by his middle name Austin. She also had a sister named Lavinia Norcross Dickinson known as Vinnie. Austin married Emily’s best friend Susan Gilbert.

Emily attended Amherst Academy she studied English and classical literature. She also learned Latin. She graduated from Amherst Academy in 1847. A year later she attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. She became ill and did not return to the school. Emily decided to back to the Dickinson house at age 17. She turned herself into a housekeeper and lived there for the rest of her life.

No one is sure when Emily started writing poetry. Only six or seven of her poems were published in her lifetime. All of them were anonymous. After Emily died all her poem were found. Over half of her poems were written during the years of the American civil war. She wrote over 1700 poems.

Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886.    

Some of Emily’s accomplishments was her famous poem “I am Nobody who are you” It is very small and simple. She wrote about things you wouldn’t ordinarily notice. She had an interesting point of view. Her devices were similes and metaphors. She favored them a little bit more.       

Emily Dickinson was very different from all the other authors. She did not have an immense life. She did not accomplish many things in her lifetime but after she died everyone found out how talented she was.

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