Week 4, activity 2
On the internet we had to Google ourselves. What interested me the most is that the third website was a page about a picture I drew at the Garden Road School when I was in first grade. I had said that it was a picture of a rock in a storm at sea but it looked more like a blue piece of paper with a gray dot in the bottom left corner. When I looked at other images I did not find a picture of me.
In One for the Murphys, I think that there are two heroes. The first one is Mrs. Murphy because she fostered Carley. Another reason I feel that Mrs. Murphy is a hero is because she bought things for Carley and is taking care of her. The second hero is Carley, because she gave Michael Eric Mr. Longneck when he was at the hospital for his seizure. In the beginning of the book Michael Eric asked for Mr. Longneck but Carley said no. Carley also is a hero because when Mrs. Murphy and Michael Eric were at the hospital, Mrs. Murphy told her to put out the Easter baskets, so she was like a substitute Easter Bunny. Carley also helped Adam by getting Daniel to sleep in Michael Eric’s bed as Adam was missing Michael Eric a lot. Carley felt that Adam just needed someone to stay with him overnight. These two characters are heroes in my opinion.
Week 3, activity 5, Town and country
A con for living in a city is the population. I think this because when places are heavily populated it gets loud and distracting. Also usually there is a lot of traffic which makes traveling slower.
A pro for living in a town is produce. In cities fruit, meat, and vegetables have to be imported. In towns it is normally at farms nearby which makes it taste better and fresher.
A pro for living in the city is the airports and train stations. In towns most of the time you have to drive far to get to airports and train stations. Airports and trains both are very important for work and traveling.
This summer I had a lot of fun. First, I went to Texas by myself (of course my cousins picked me up at the Dallas Fort Worth airport). In Texas I watched a lot of movies, and ate Mexican food for six nights, and it was really good. There were two kids named Ben and Natalie, five grown-ups named Angela, Ryan, Jeffrey, Julia, and Andrew, then there was one toddler named Penelope. Penelope only behaved when I was around, and when I left she asked me if an airplane was as big as me. Obviously I said no, and told her it was bigger than her house. Jeffrey had a lot of medieval legos, and we played with them. In the game you had an island, a king, and an army. I had the biggest cavalry of 7 men (equivalent to 700) . The men were equipped with swords, helmets, 4 lances, a crossbow, and a shield. I also had three archers, and obviously took over the world (an equivalent to 300. I also went to Six Flags. Unfortunately it started raining when we got on the first ride, but we stayed anyway as it was just a drizzle.
My family and I went to Rhode Island for a week in July. We were joined by two friends, and surprised by three others. Unfortunately we went there to spread my grandmother’s ashes. Even though it was very sad we still had a good time.
For Labor Day I went to my favorite Aunt’s house (her name was Theresa). I had never been there before but I wish I did because it was fabulous . The best thing about the house was either the seventy degree pool or the separated sleeping cottage.
Before I could go to school, I had to have a chicken pox and a tetanus shot. I used to have a terrible fear of needles. Right when the nurse put in the tetanus shot, I was about to say Ow when she took it out, and did the next one. Then I was told to have a blood test. When I went to get it at Labcorp in Fishkill, I was told I had to be fasting. Then I went to a Labcorp in Poughkeepsie. On the door it said Beware Vampire on Duty – my mom is a phlebotomist so my dad took a picture. As I was inside the lab the phlebotomist told me I needed nine vials. She put the tourniquet on, and I closed my eyes. As I felt the needle go in I asked, “Did you get the vein?” Unfortunately she missed but got it the second time. When she was done she asked, “Are you okay?” I said “yes”, and left. Then the receptionist told me that I didn’t need to be fasting. Unlucky me! After that my dad and I went to a diner where I got Gluten Free french toast, and sausage. For dessert I ordered delicious cheesecake. Now I am not afraid of needles. I made my mom a Vampire on Duty sign.
At the end of the summer ,I learned that I had been soy free for nothing (3 ½ years running). That was at a Thai restaurant thirty minutes from my house.
I had an absurdly absolutely fantastic summer.
Doom of the Goblins
At home, two brothers Max and Paul were preparing to go Trick or Treating. Max and Paul both got tons of candy. They walked down Statue Avenue to get home when they saw something that they would never forget…
A bunch of goblins were looking at them. The goblins had yellow fangs, were about two and a half feet tall and had green faces. Max and Paul screamed louder than ever. Then the brothers saw a goblin bigger than the others. He grunted something to the other goblins. The goblins started advancing on them. The chanted something that sounded like a battle cry. Max and Paul started running the other way. But they froze when they saw more goblins surround them. Then the goblins started to close in all the while chanting that awful battle cry. Once they got so close that the brothers could have touched them. In fact one of them tried to grab Paul’s arm but Paul punched him in the face. The hand had felt very slimy and globby.
Trying to move north, south, east, and west but there was no escape and the goblins moved to intercept them. Then they remembered that Max had a cell phone. Dialing 911 the police answered. Max told them what happened.
One minute later the goblins thankfully disappeared when the police came. Max and Paul were escorted home where they ate their wonderful candy. Of course no one believed them and they never forgot that night. But every halloween they felt a strange feeling in themselves…
About me
My name is Quinn. My mom is training to be a nurse while my dad designs stuff on Vectorworks. I am in sixth grade and eleven years old. I have two cats named Huckle and Lowly, and I have nine chickens. My descendants are from Croatia, Hungary, America, Lithuania, and Russia.
I love soccer. I am on one travel team called Northwest United and one school soccer team. Believe it or not they have been unbeaten for three seasons. I also play tennis and I skiing. I play with legos and read in my spare time. I watch sports and cartoons too. Often I try to write books but I never seem to get past chapter three. My chores are undoing the dishwasher, giving the cats food and water, letting the chickens back in their coop, vacuuming, wood stacking (only in winter and fall), and making my bed.
I like school a lot. My favorite subject is math, humanities, or p.e. I am dyslexic and dysgraphic as I have been my whole life. I used to go to Kildonan but now I go to Poughkeepsie Day School. Those were some facts about me.