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Persuasive Writing Process

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Reflection

I started out with an on demand piece, which meant to just find a topic and then try to write about it. I chose friendship problems because I said something that was mean to black people. (I obviously didn’t mean to!) Then, Rhea got mad at me. So, I ended up writing about friendship problems. After that, I decided that I liked the topic so, I said that I wanted to do friendship Problems, but Ms. Rago said NO. I asked, why? Ms. Rago said, because your topic is WAY TOO BIG. You need to narrow your topic down. So, I tried to narrow it down but I didn’t really know how. That was because she was going to teach us how to. I really struggled on that part of the process. Then I started to write. When I was done writing, I had a teacher check over it. Then I was done!

My Essay on Friendship Problems:

Friendship Problems

Did you know that 45% of adults have problems making friends? Did you know that 70% of people find that making friends isn’t easy? It’s time we make solutions to friendship problems!

Well, I believe that we should have a solution to friendship problems because bullying can cause friends to break up while also causing enemies. 

One reason is that a bully can easily either cyberbully, or spread rumors. One example is that starting rumors can be bad because it may lead to suicide, someone taking their own life. Another example is that cyberbullying and rumors can hurt a lot of people’s feelings, especially the person itself. One last example is that the person can think people are talking behind their backs.

Another reason is that bullies usually pick on 1 person at a time but sometimes friends bully each other too. One example is that friends trust each other and when that breaks, it’s really devastating. This is all terrible, but there is a way to stop it by standing up for one another. If it’s 1 against 2 I think 2 people can beat someone who just picks on people. If you want to be nice about it then you can just kindly say to stop or you can find a grownup to help if it is a bigger situation than you can’t handle. Another example is when secrets friends tell get exposed, which can be really embarrassing.  

Bullying also prevents you from having fun during recess. One example is that if you’re walking around during recess and people are talking about bad things about you, then nobody will play with you because they might either think your a bad friend or think you’re weird. You also may be fighting with friends all recess. One last example is that you may be upset for the rest of the day and may take up class time.

All these reasons show that we should have solutions to friendship problems.

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My Expert Book: Ballet

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I came up with this topic because I love ballet and I started it when I was 4. I started with deciding my topic and then I planned my first chapter. I then started to write the chapter. When I was almost done, I started to plan all my other chapters and subheadings. Once I finished all the chapters, it was time to do my slides. It was all really fun! It was time for pictures!😃 I accidentally did more than one picture on the first day of doing pictures, but my friend Ellie corrected me. Then I made my cover and then was done. The most difficult part about my book was picking which chapter I should put on my slideshow. The most difficult part of the book was writing my introduction. All the other parts I did but I had them checked. My favorite part of the book was writing my About the Author. I learned that it’s best to take your time. What I learned about myself is that if I just take my time then I’ll have a good book. My final project turned out really well. I tried to make my book long and strong just as my teacher told us.

This is my expert book.


Thank you for reading!

Personal Narrative

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“How many more minutes ‘till we get there?”, I ask.

“2 minutes!”, I hear.

“Okay.”, I say dully.

“Wanna play tic tac toe?”, Tara asks.

“Sure!”, I answer. I sit up a bit taller.

“Tic tac toe, give me an x, give me an o, give me a three in a row! Rock! Paper! Scissors says shoo!”, We both say.

“I win!”, Tara says.

“Okay.”, I say dully but also happy.

“Line line number nine spiders crawling up your spine, dot dot electric shock!” Tara chants.

.   .   .

 

“We’re here!”, Exclaims grandma.

“YAY!!”, Tara and I cheer. We race to our team. 

“I win!”, I giggle.

“Actually,”, Rhea says with a smile, “it was a tie.”

.   .   .

 

“Let’s go!”, Arabelle shouts. We talked and chatted our way there.

“How ya doin’?”,asks coach Eric while giving high fives.

“Good.”,I say.

“Just good?”,he asks. Then, he smiled his fun smile.

“First, I go!”, says Elexa as she puffed out her chest.

“Okay.”, Eric answers. Elexa hit. I didn’t notice. Elexa ran. I still didn’t notice. Elexa ran to me because I was on third base. Elexa ran and bumped right into me!

“Elexa!”, I groaned.

“Well, that’s what you get for not paying attention”,  Elexa said rather selfishly. Just then, Bill came. He beckoned Eric to come.

“Would you like to sub for 16?”, Bill asked.

“Sure!”, Answered Eric.

“What’s Eric doing?”, I asked our helper.

“Playing a game.”

“A real game?”

“Yes. A real game.”

“Well, at least it’s my turn to hit.”

“Yes it is!” She answered. Her first was too high. 

“Sorry!” I haven’t thrown in years!”. Her second was too low, and her third went towards my thumb and hit it!

.   .   .

 

“Wanna play on the zipline?” I asked.

“Okay but then let’s play on the spinning thing” says Elexa.

“Okay” I answered. We had tons of fun pushing and getting pushed. 

“Now can we play on the spinny thing?”, Elexa asked. 

“Sure!”, I answered. 

“Let’s walk on it!”, Says Elexa.

“Yeah!”, I exclaimed. 

“Woah!”, I cried. I fall on the outside of the circle.

“You’re out!”, Elexa giggled. 

“Time to go!”, Interrupted mommy.

“Why?”, I asked.

“Because everybody has left and it’s too late.” Mommy answered. 

“But I am still here!”, interrupts Elexa.

“Go. Now.”, says daddy as he walked to us.

“Oh fine.”, I say grumply. We go home.

 

THE END!

Personal Narrative Reflection

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It was challenging for me because I’m a slow typer, but I persevered through it. Also, Ms. Gelosa helped because at the end of my story, she helped me type it. I loved typing my story because writing is one of my favorite subjects. It was a pretty hard experience trying to brainstorm ideas for my story in the beginning, but in the end, I caught up a bit and then Ms. Gelosa came. I love going on computers since they have a keyboard.