Drew's English 1 Blog

Austin- Personal Narrative Update  Cade- Personal Narrative 

     Writing my personal narrative for english class has really helped me become a better writer. It has taught me the proper way to format a heading, and paragraphs. It also helped me tell a story from 2nd persons view, I have never one that before util now. The book I'm reading outside of class is very good and interesting. I only read books that are interesting, I can never get into a book that is boring.

"How are you doing Mr. Rodger." said Mrs. Tammy "Fine" said Mr. Rodger with a scowl on his face. "I noticed you parked in my yard, care to explain" exclaimed Mrs. Tammy "Oh my bad I did not notice" sarcastically stated Mr. Rodger. "Well you should really pay attention next time" said Mrs. Tammy "I said I was sorry" said Mr. Rodger. "When are you going to stop acting like a 2 year old" said Mrs. Tammy "Whenever you apologize for killing my flowers" said angrily Mr. Rodger. Mrs. Tammy did not kill his flowers, but he thinks she did, "For the last time I did not kill them." "Whatever this conversation is over" exclaimed Mr. Rodger "Fine then, goodbye" stated Mrs. Tammy

Dylan- Dear___Year Old Martha: The Treatment by Suzanna Young

     Mint Snowball is written by Naomi Shihab Nye. Mint Snowball has a very interesting first paragraph, it is all written in sentence fragments. In the first part of the story she tells us how lovely this snowball is, but at the end she tells us that this could be her meaning to life and is sad that she might never find it.      The mood change is defined by a significant space in between paragraphs 3 and 4. This narrative uses a great choice of words. The choice of word helps shape the voice of the story, and the voice of the story shows the reader a mood. This story has a clear voice throughout the story. If I was the person without the snowball, I would try to recreate it somehow and make it better.

     Dear 10 year old, listen to your parents. I know they are mean by making you brush your teeth, and make you do your chores. They know what you are going through, they have been there before.They will be mean sometimes, but that's because the have to. If you never listen to your parents you will not be ready for the real world.      Dear 10 year old, always be yourself. Don't change for anybody to be cool. You can be your own type of cool. As long as you have good friends then you are cool. Do not think since you make good grade you are a nerd, weird, and have no friends. If you aren't yourself, you are lying to yourself and your friends. So be yourself, and don't change for other people.

Dylan: Katrina and 9/11 Anna Katherine: This is Where it Ends pt. 2

     On the morning August 29th, 2005, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana. It was a category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, but when it hit land it was category 3. The storm started in the Bahamas as a tropical storm on August 23rd. They had time to warn people to evacuate, however 20% of the population stayed. Mayor Ray Nagin declared that the Super-Dome would be a last resort shelter. Katrina claimed the lives of about 2,000 people. Also, the damage spread across 90,000 square miles.      Although I was only 2 years old I do remember some things from Hurricane Katrina. I had family that lived in New Orleans, and did not evacuate. It was my aunt and her husband. They're house got destroyed in the storm. So came to stay with us for 2 months. They never moved back to New Orleans. They eventually bought a house in Baton Rouge, and are still living here. Resource: http://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina 

      I'm reading  The Underdogs by Mike Lupica is a very good book, I recommend it to anybody that likes sports. It reminds me of Episcopal last year and modern day. The Underdogs  reminds me of Episcopal last year because episcopal had to rebuild, and bounce back from the flood. As in The Underdogs  the team has to bounce back from not having enough money to support the team.       The Underdogs  reminds me of modern because a girl is going to play on the team. That is relevant because there been a lot of protest about women rights. Back in the day girls would never have been able to play on a football team with al guys. Now they can and that is great.