My favorite authors - Barbara Parks

I loved reading Junie B. Jones books when I was in the first and second grade. Even now in the seventh grade still love reading them over and over. My kindergarten teacher even read them to us during naptime! Out of that whole series my favorite book is probably, Junie B. Jones is a Barber Shop Guy. In this book Junie B. Jones Changes her name to Pinkie Gladys Gutsman! She wants to be a beautician and cut her father’s hair, and well if you want to know more you will just have to read the book.

I have the beginning of every book that Junie B. is in kindergarten memorized, or at least I think I do. “My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. But I just like B. and that’s all.” I like how Barbara Parks makes Junie B. sound like a kindergartener, for example, every once in a while Junie B. mispronounces a word, like the word apology, Junie B. would say Mrs. says I have to give her a ‘pology. Or the word announcement Junie B. would say Mrs. clapped her hands and told everyone that she had a ‘nouncement to make.

First Semster portfolio -Piece I liked to Revise

It is a place poem. It is about my room and how messy it is. I got my ideas from how much I like this house and room out of the others that I’ve lived in. I like to revise this piece and make it longer because it only made it to the minimum length which was 15 lines. I think that I can make it to the maximum which is 30 lines.

My Room

I have a secret place
Where posters cover the wall
Clutter on the floor
You can’t see the ugly orange carpet
Books over flow the shelves
Biggest room in the house
My Jonas brother’s sanctuary
Trip over things every time you enter
Finally time to clean
Picking things up
Finding things I haven’t seen in a year
Done
Too clean for me
Mess it up again
Home
My room a place of Joy!

First Semester Portfolio - Favorite Piece

This is one of my favorite pieces because it is one of my funny memories. I have never gotten any kind of stitches before. I don’t really remember the ride up because I was really dizzy, all I can remember is that I was really nervous because I knew I would have to get stitches. These were just butterfly ones no needles or thread or anything but I was still really nervous. This piece is a short 12 sentence story.

Bloody Apples
One day I was peeling apples for my mom to make Snicker’s salad for Thanksgiving. When it is done, it tastes like a little scoop of heaven. But we were a while away from that part. My mom said, “I am going to go to pick some apples from the tree out back; please start to cut the apples. I started to cut the delicious Macintosh apples. As I was cutting the apples, and I sliced a tiny piece of my thumb off. Although I was bleeding, I continued to cut apples, because I did not realize it. I looked at the bloody apple, inspected my finger, and yelled for mom. We stopped making the salad and drove 45 minutes to Corsica! We got there, went to the doctor and he stitched me up. That is one thanksgiving I will never forget! I still have the scar on my thumb!

First Semester Reflection

I never was very good at English because I never really liked is so I didn’t care about. But now English is my very favorite subject. In elementary school all we did for English was do spelling lists and occasionally write a story or two. In sixth grade we had to do assignments from books that the school got in 1995! The book taught us how to write! I mean, we are old enough to read and be in the 6th grade I think we know how to write!

What I think I need to do is to turn in my assignments and get to class on time to become a better student. I learned that I am NOT responsible being thus this morning, we were at school and we had to go back home and get my binder! My mom was very angry with me because she had to be to work at 8:15. Seventh grade has been a very good year for me so far socially but not so much academically. The second semester will be much better academically and socially I really would like to make new friends.

I learned that I am a procrastinator and I wait until the last minute to get things done. I need to get more responsible, and I need to learn how to spell responsible. All in all, I think if I try hard enough I will and can succeed and become the best student possible.