Steven Gerrard Passion by Bode

Steven Gerrard is a professional English soccer player born May 30th 1980. He was born in Winston Merseyside in England. Steven Gerrard played for Liverpool Football club. He was the captain the Liverpool international and also for England National team. Gerrard spent 17 seasons at Anfield. His Liverpool debut was in 1998. He is known for his long shot goals.

 I am passionate about him in his career because I really soccer too and he’s on my favorite team. He became one of the greatest midfielders in his generation. I play midfield mostly. I want to be just like him when I grow up. I hope I can have as many achievements as Gerrard.

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Gerrard helped me in my long shots, because of the move he is famous for. I noticed he likes to take a shot with the ball on a bounce which means the ball is bouncing and at the right time he kicks it and it goes flying into the back of the net. I tried what he did and ever since I’ve been 100% better at long shots. Sometimes when I am tired and want to give up, I think about how much Steven put into to get on Liverpool, then every time I keep going.    

 

 

My Day – By William

I usually wake up around 6:25. I get dressed, take a shower, brush my teeth, and usually go downstairs around 6:45. My mom makes me breakfast, and it’s usually toast and hot chocolat. I finish breakfast at 6:55, brush my teeth, and get ready for the bus. My mom or dad drives me to CLS (the Rhinebeck elementary school) and we see the Dutchess Day bus. A few minutes after the Dutchess Day bus leaves, the Poughkeepsie Day bus arrives. When I arrive at school it’s 8:15, and Laura usually says that we have to “catch class” because we are late.
Classes go on until break at 10:05. I usually have a bagel and I take a full one because I know that Bud or Cormac are going to take half of it. I try to eat fast because I like going outside to play basketball with my preschool friends, Wynn and Tomas. At lunch and recess I usually eat the cafeteria food and then go outside to play basketball with the 8th graders. The bus usually leaves around 3:15, and I usually play “I spy” with a nice 3rd grader named Kishi. When we get to CLS it’s 4:00. When I get home I play basketball outside, and then go inside to do homework, and then watch TV. I have dinner with my family, and then go to bed around 10:30, and then the cycle starts all over again.
What are your days like?

December Sky – By Nachman

December Sky

The sky,

misty grays and white,

woven together,

a blanket, resting gently over the child.

 

Across the dark blue oceans,

the water swaying, side to side, to its own rhythm,

across continents,

green tree tops, and yellow-white sand

 

Below the blanket of sky,

one patch,

once green,

but is now many shades of gray.

 

Looking up,

from the ground,

from the mud and leaves,

and from brambles and branches,

 

To the right,

a brilliant patch of white,

and back,

the tiniest strands of brave, new, fresh blue

 

While the rest of the sky,

the rest of the blanket,

smothering the earth,

is gray, and white, with a hint of steely silver.

 

In front,

the stream sits,

the water unmoving, still,

a dam of leaves blocks its motion

 

It has no current,

It has no life.

 

Ice nibbles away at the edges,

not strong enough to penetrate,

not weak enough to finally lose its hold

 

Spanning the dead stream,

a once mighty tree lies,

its trunk crusted with mold,

plants growing through the cracks of the remaining bark,

 

Its mighty trunk,

so sturdy, strong, impenetrable,

yet fallen,

sprouts into branches,

 

Started as a great trunk,

Ended in a meaningless twig.

 

Then past the still,

past the dead river, and the once mighty tree,

 

Life emerges.

 

A small bird breaks into flight,

its wings a blur,

and the first birdcalls ring out through the peace.

 

A flit of movement,

brown, grey, black, chestnut,

its tail wags,

as it darts onto the log,

 

The first call from the bird is joined,

one that trills, in powerful bursts of sound,

one that tweets, again and again,

and from somewhere, a putting noise

 

Left

a flash of yellow

a car honks

a door slams

 

The peace

the silence

the serenity is broken

 

The forest is different.

 

The trees are the same,

still silver-gray-brown,

monuments reaching to touch the sky,

to break through the white-gray blanket.

 

The placid stream is still itself,

the ice still nibbles at its edges,

 

The once mighty tree still

lies

broken

across the stream

 

But the life is gone.

 

No darting squirrel,

no flitting bird,

and no more song.

 

The chorus of the birds is gone.

 

Only a small, putting, sound remains

 

Slowly

one bird calls

and the air is pierced

pierced by the brave, blue, strands of sky

and pierced by the chorus of the birds.

 

Life has returned.

A day in the life of: •Aydin•

Edublogs Challenge #3

In the morning, I  get up at 7:00 to go to school. I go downstairs and eat breakfast. I usually have bacon or serial and I then go back upstairs and get dressed. After that, I brush my teeth, and pack my bag. After that, I usually have free time for about 20-30 minutes. During this time, I usually go up to my room and browse the internet play videos games on my TV. I also have to walk the dog in the morning.

When it’s time to go, I get my bag and get into the car to go to school. Getting to school only takes about 5-10 minutes on a normal day. Then of course I get to school.

School starts at 8:15 — at this time I have advisory. In advisory, we usually talk about how the day (or week) is going to be like or just standard school talk. Another thing that the middle school does in the morning (8:15) is middle school meeting. In middle school meeting, we just talk about what the next couple of days will be like for the whole middle school. Usually a school day takes about 7 hours including breaks. There are 45-90 minute academic and arts classes (Math, Science, Spanish, Humanities, etc.), and 25-40 minutes of break/lunch times.

At the 25 minute break, I (and most students) just go to the cafeteria to get some snacks (Cinnamon buns, Muffins, Bagels, etc.) and hangout. After break, I usually have a 90 minute academic class. Next is lunch (40 minutes). At lunch the middle just eat lunch and go outside or stay inside (optional). For lunch I usually have steak or whatever the cafeteria has to offer. Then, it’s common time or a 45 minute academic class.  

Common time is basically a block where we can stay in the middle school learning commons and silently read or do homework. I like this period!!!

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After that, I pack my bag and head to my moms office to drop my stuff off, school is over. After school I have to stay for an extra 1-2 hours because my mom works at the school. During that time I usually go to the after school and play with other kids that are in after, or just stay in my moms office and do homework or play games.

 After that, I go home, do homework and then I just have free time for the rest of the night)(I usually go to sleep).

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