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My poems:

Clerhiew

Joe was a tall flower

So high we thought he was a tower

He was struck by lightning

Now he looks so frightening

Cinquains

Horses

Very pretty

Running prancing eating

Always standing very proudly

Prancing

Quatrains

Little bumble bee

Flying so high

To see what he could see

Waving good bye

Tanka

Full of energy

Rambunctious and exiting

Fuzzy and warm

Can be small, large, fat, or slim

Cute lovable good dogies

Diamonte

Teenager

Stupid wild

running dating yelling

Cars zits briefcase jobs

Working learning marring

calm intelligent

Adult

My Proud Papers

Kidnapped By Aliens

Bring Bring "All right, tonight for homework

pages 437-438, problems 1-45. Oh, and remember to

study for tomorrow's quiz on chapter 23. I'll see

you guys tomorrow." "That class is such a bore!

Drake and I are the only ones who seem to under

stand it, maybe that’s because the rest of the

class are complete idiots. " Hey Drake wait up "

"What's up my main man Bob?" "Nothing much, but

uh hey do you want to go skating?" "Sure man,

I'll meet you at the park in an hour." "Ok man,

the only thing that could keep me from coming is

if I get captured by aliens." "Like that will ever

happen." I was not expecting that these words

would become a complete prophecy of what would

happen to me in a few short minutes. Anyway way, I

was walking home and turned the corner to my large

house a couple of blocks away, as I entered I saw

my little bro listening to Linkin Park and playing

computer games. "Hey Tim, could you turn that

down?" I thought I listened to my music loud.

"What do you want, can't you see him playing a

game?" My brother's funny, all he cares about is

his video games. So I grab my skateboard and head

out the door. I notice a strange green light

above me … "What the Devillllllllllllllllll." A

few hours later I wake up inside a strange little

ship. I hear some voices. "HJKDHJIKE GFGA YRTA

HUMAN ." "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH who the heck are you

guys?????" "We are aliens from the planet

SASGDFGDGHGHH. We are here to run tests on an

average human." Hold on buddy, I'm not an average

human. I AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH……." "Quick plug

him up before he wakes up. Oh no he woke up!!!! "

" What the devil are you guys doing to me stop

it!!!!!!! " "We are running tests, now this will

only hurt for a little bit"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH……………

………… That’s all I remember of those aliens

VICTORIAN

CHRISTMAS

COMPARISON

Were Victorian Christmases better than modern day

Christmases? Many people think that modern

Christmases are better than Victorian Christmases

because of the new and better technology that we

have. A modern day Christmas includes hundreds of

thousands of flashing, dazzling, bright Christmas

lights, waving Santas, and snowball throwing

snowmen. When people look back to what it must

have been like in the Victorian age they think to

themselves, do I want a little wooden pull toy

that my father spent hours and hours making or do

I want the newest and the greatest video game

system? Most people would want the new video

game, I sure would, but if I did open up a

handmade toy from my father I would also be very

grateful. Yes, it would not be as "cool" as the

new video game system, but it would have come from

the heart and would be more special. I think that

Victorian Christmases were celebrated better than

modern day Christmases because the people of

Victorian times knew the true meaning of Christmas

by focusing on love, caring and religion during

Christmas time.

Today most kids expect lots and lots of presents,

and do not care how much they cost. In Victorian

times, a child would receive fewer presents.

Today most people go off to a store and grab

things off the shelves that are on their family's

Christmas list. A child may get lots of presents,

but how special are they? A Victorian child would

receive a few special presents from Mom and Dad.

They were home made and designed for each child.

An example of some Victorian presents are a wooden

train made by the father or a windup toy solider.

The mother would make a doll, a book, or clothes

for the family.

Music too has changed over the years. In

Victorian times religious carols were sung, now we

have "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". We all

laugh in Grandma's face when the song is playing,

but does it have true meaning for Christmas. A

Victorian carol such as "What Child Is This" has

more meaning than "Rocking Round the Christmas

Tree". Some examples of Victorian Christmas

carols are: "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Deck the

Halls", and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Some

modern Christmas carols are: "Jingle Bell Rock:,

'Rocking Round the Christmas Tree", and "Frosty

the Snowman". We laugh and sing these carols, but

they do not have the same meaning as the

Victorian Christmas carols. They do not include

the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Christ

and giving from the heart.

Decorations have changed a lot over the years

too. In Victorian times decorations were a lot

simpler. Victorians would have live Christmas

trees and would put real candles on the branches

and light them on Christmas Day. They would also

make wreaths out of real greenery and put

pinecones on them. The Victorians would use fruit

to decorate and they would make Christmas

ornaments out of a cone shaped paper filled with

dried flowers. They also made ornaments from

ribbon and lace. Today many people have

artificial trees with blinking lights and plastic

Christmas ornaments that light up. Today you can

buy projectors that project Santa and snowmen on

the sides of your house. The decorations of today

are really cool, but they are not as meaning full

as the Victorian decorations, which were often

made by the family.

To me a Victorian Christmas was a time for

caring, celebrating religion, and giving gifts

that came from the heart. This was shown by the

gifts that were made, the carols that were sung,

and the decorations that were homemade. I feel

that Christmas celebrated in Dickens's time was

more meaningful than today!

Chief Joseph Questions

My opinion is that Chief Joseph was a great man. He led an Indian tribe called the Nez Perces

(this was a name the French gave them because they wore nose rings) after his father died. I

think that this message means that the Nez Perces were a great tribe and they were ready to

change with new white explorers and traders. The first white explorers (Lewis and Clarke)

treated them with the greatest respect, so did the first French fir traders. The Nez Perces

welcomed the first explorers and traders. The Nez Perces treated the white people with respect

and became their friends. They were not yet ready for the white settlers that took more and

more of their land.