Jasmine

=**CREATIVE WRITING JOURNALS**= Jasmine Lee 1. August 14th TOPIC: WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT A GIRL NAMED DOT, BUT USE NO LETTERS WITH (i, j) Dot always cares about everyone. She's so sweet and everyone feels envy when they see her. She's young, pretty, and smart! Who could want more? However, she has a problem- she can be very messy. Her mom hates that aspect of her, but what can she do! Her teacher always complains about her neatness.

2. August 16th TOPIC: FREE WRITE On Friday, one of my friends came to visit from California. Her mom is a college science professor and her dad is the owner of a restaurant, the Fresh Corn Grill. In addition, her mother is Korean, and her dad is American. However, only my friend, Ally, her brother, Nick, and her mother, Lena, came to Korea. Her dad just couldn't fit it into his schedule. Her mom had a surgery yesterday. In fact, that was one of her main goals in coming to Korea, since she knew that Korea had a good reputation for surgery. Her surgery was for her eyes because she didn't want them to droop down when she got older. After thinking hard, she decided to go "Dr. BK" for her surgery. It was successful, but expensive. Next Friday we will meet them at Itaewon and shop. After that, I will sleepover at their house, and the next day my mom will join us to go to Insa-Dong. They will leave on August 24th. I hope they have a great time in Korea!

3. August 14th TOPIC: Describe someone who looks bored. Don't use any form of the words yawned or stared or sighed. He tapped his fingers on the desk and glanced at the clock. 2:13. 37 minutes left. His eyelids were getting heavy, and he was oblivious to Mr. Brandon, the science teacher, 's voice droning on. He started drawing little stickmen on his book, but it didn't make time go any faster. He put his head on the desk, and almost dozed off. He had nothing to do... and there was still 34 minutes left!

4. August 20th TOPIC: Close your eyes briefly. Think of one object that’s in the room and focus on it without opening your eyes, recall as much detail as you can about it. After three minutes or so, open your eyes and write about that object without looking at it. (This exercise was done in class and timed. The painting of the cat is not normal, not average like other cats. If you are color blind, it might seem so. But if you aren't, you'll realize this cat is different shades of green, with piercing red eyes. This cat is different shades of green because of where the light is hitting it- it is like a shadow. The cat seems young, and it's actions suggest that it is playing with an imaginary ball of yarn. If I were to go up to the picture and measure it, I think it might be about as tall as my hand, and as wide as my fist. His/her tail seems bushy- I can tell by the many thick pieces of fur sticking out of the tail. The background is plain white, and has nothing else (apart from the cat) whatsoever. However, there is also a distinct black signature, but I could not read it from this distance.

5. August 22nd TOPIC: Silly is a middle-aged man who combs his remaining limp strands of hair into an elaborate swirl over his bald spot, gluing them in place with hair spray and hoping no one will notice. Silly is is a golden retriever who slinks sheepishly off the sofa whenever his owner comes home, hoping-despite the piles of hair all over the cushion- that she won’t notice he’s been sleeping there. What else is silly? Give three more examples. Silly is a boy training to be part of the circus runs from class to class on with his hands. He wants to spend all his spare time practicing. Silly is a 2 year old who cuts up a pencil case for fun. After, he cries because it is ruined, and tries to glue it all together again. Silly is how a boy wearing sunglasses, a coat, and a hat when it’s midnight on a warm summer night in Korea looks.

6. August 24th TOPIC: Describe your bedroom the way you want it to be. I want my bedroom to be nearly the way it is- Small, simple, and crammed full of stuff. Most people would want their room to be bigger, to have a bigger shelf, or even to have more furniture, but I’m happy with my room right now. I’m used to the placement of everything, and when I lay down in my bed everyday, the though “this is home” always comes to my head. However, one thing I would change is my wallpaper. Instead of having a soft blue with stars scattered upon it, I would rather have a solid color of light orange. First of all, my current wallpaper seems a bit like it’s for children younger than me. Also, it makes me feel a bit dizzy. 7. August 25th TOPIC: Make a list of 40 things that happened to you this month. They can be funny, embarrassing, happy, or infuriating. 1. On the 2nd week of school, I dropped my tray at lunch. 2. On the first day of school I met my friends again after 3 months. 3. Last last Friday my friend visited from America. 4. I went to Itaewon last Wednesday with that friend to shop for clothes. 5. My mom blamed me for something i didn't do. 6. I started oboe. 7. I came back from summer camp in America. 8. I didn't get H1N1! 9. I had a lot of fun there. 10. I was the smallest person there. AGAIN. 11. I got my macbook!!!! 12. I got a bad grade on my math quiz. 13. I got a good grade on my science quiz. 14. 7th grade is similar to 6th grade. 15. Carol got mad at me because she said I had the same magnet that she did. 16. When Carol lost her things at our summer camp and requested for them to be sent back to her, they actually came to me. 17. My brother is always embarrassing me in front of my friends on video chat in iChat. 18. In Varsity Band, I slumped down in my chair, and Mr. Londgren said, "Well, some people are very tired. Like the oboe!" he exclaimed, pointing at me. 19. My dad threatened to cut off the network connection i had through my macbook at home if he caught me doing something else rather than what I should be doing one more time. 20. I practiced oboe for 4 hours and put in a lot of effort into it because I couldn't make a good sound, not knowing that my reed was broken in the first place. 21. I had to wear a mask around at school because I had a cough, and everyone thought I had H1N1. 22. My mom won't let me cut my hair! 23. After school soccer started!!!! 24. It was my grandpa (on my mother's side)'s birthday! 25. We had my grandma (on my father's side)'s birthday party. 26. We went to Phoenix Park to play at the swimming pool. 27. I got a new phone. 28. I met some new friends at school. 29. I met an old friend from 5th grade and we went to Lotte world. 30. I quit flute. 31. I started oboe. 32. I went to my friend's birthday party. 33. I started a new diary. 34. I made up with 5 of the friends I fought with. 35. I came back from summer camp. 36. I started facebook. 37. My brother started violin. 38. SOCCER STARTED!!!! 39. I still love sports as much as ever. 40. I am awaiting the swimming season to start. Soccer started: Afterschool soccer is my favorite time of the week. I love doing the warm-ups in the company of the soft breeze, and running back and forth on the green field. I am on Team 1, the best team of all. We have Sol, Rachel,Jenny, and Hayrim...all the best players. I feel we are lucky, and we are the stars of the program. We have not lost one game so far, and I hope we can keep on our winning streak.

8. August 26th TOPIC: Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something, but don't use the words hiss, scratch, or pounce. The mouse slinking to the hole in the wall caught the kitten's eye. The cat rushed over and caught it by the tail. The mouse, frightened, started going berserk and ran to different directions. It finally got loose, its red eyes big and its tail flailing around. It rushed to the mouse-hole. The kitten rushed to the mouse-hole and scraped at it, with no success. The mouse was gone, and the cat had lost her meal.

9. August 28th TOPIC: Free-Write I love and hate my brother at the same time. He annoys me a lot, like when I'm trying to do my homework, he comes to me and bugs me. He also cries a lot, and is six years old. However, he also helps me sometimes and shares with me when he has something I don't have. He is also always there for me, like I never am for him. Although sometimes I wish I didn't have a brother... especially when he tattle tales to Mom, I think I'm better off with one.

10. August 31st TOPIC: Free-Write On Friday, I went to Phoenix Park for 2 days and 2 nights. This was because as soon as we arrived, it was about 11:45, and so as soon as we arrived, I hit the sack. The next day, I got up at 10, only to find out that my mom and dad were gone because they went out to play golf. Me and my brother went to breakfast with one of my dad's wife and kids who came with us, and after that, we stayed at the game room for a while. 30 minutes later we all went our seperate ways- the kids off to the playroom, and me going to the PC room. We were there 3 hours each in total. At night when our parents came home, we all went to the singing room (no-rae-bang). We stayed there for 1 and a half hours, and we met some of my dad's other friends there who had also planned to go to the singing room with their family after they came back from golf.

11. Fatima is a very spoiled teenage girl. Show that she is spoiled, by describing what happens when she doesn't get a car for her birthday.

“MOM!” Fatima shrieked. “YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED TO GET ME THAT LIMITED EDITION RED FERRARI ENZO! IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT’LL GO WITH MY BUGATTI VEYRON, PAGANI ZONDA C12 F, AND PORSHE CARRERA GT! Mom, it's my BIRTHDAY. You can't go around deciding what I don't or do get on my birthday, especially by YOU." "Calm down, sweet heart. You just used up your dad's paycheck this month, and we don't have any money left to buy it for you. Just wait until next month." "Mom, but you promised!!!!!!"

12. Describe what you feel right now using your sense of smell. If you feel frustrated, write about what your frustration smells like. Use vivid words. Don't skimp on adjectives. I feel happy right now. I am full after my delicious snack, and the air smells like soft bread and sweet strawberry jam.

13. What kind of cartoon show might appeal to the over-age 65 audience? Imagine the show. Then, in 100 words or less, describe the show and its main character. I think that the kind of cartoon show that might appeal to the over-age 65 audience is a show about a ridiculous child. He is a short, tubby boy who always seems cute and adorable in front of other people, like family friends, but he is a trouble-maker when within the family. He also cries a lot, and can be like a girl sometimes. The television show is about how he asks his mother for manicure for his toes, but ends up spilling it everywhere, and when his mom’s friend comes, he simply blames it on his mother.

14. Electricity is recent discovery. 12 things to do when there is no power: -Knitting -Eating -Reading -Drawing -Writing Stories -Playing sports -Hanging out with friends -Take a shower -Make origami -Take a walk -Recording the day's events in my diary -Play cards

15. Free-Write Place this sentence in a paragraph where it will make sense: Bea had never before wanted to be a bee.

"What happened?" Thought Bea. She had just woken up. She looked around. Everything in her room was... huge! When did everything get so big? She tried to run to the mirror on the other side of the room... and she found out that in her way, there was a huge mountain. "Wait... This isn't a mountain! This is my bed!" She tried to climb up, but she couldn't. She tried to crawl under it, but there wasn't enough space. She hacked her brain for some ideas. "If you can't go through it... and you can't go under it... You have to go around it! She happily went around the bed and approached her mirror. "Oh. My. God." Black and yellow stripes? Wings? A stinger? Bea couldn't help the fact that her name was "Bea". In fact, she liked it! It was unique, cool, and short. But a bee? Bea had never before wanted to be a bee.

16. List 10 things you do on a rainy day. Then pick one and do a free write about it. -Knit -Read -Write a story -Invite someone to my house to play -Visiting the mall -Watching a DVD -Go on Facebook -Download songs from LimeWire -Play with my hair :D -Play a video game

Many people think knitting is for grannies. However, I love it. It makes me feel sophisticated and professional... being able to do things most children my age don't do. It's a mystery... even to me, how my hands do a repetitive, but easy movement with my knitting needles and watch a small, loose cloth generating from it.

17. Write a rhyme paragraph. Each sentence must begin and end with the words that rhyme with each other. -School, in my opinion, can sometimes be cool. Friends and I will make amends. Studying will keep you from going into the park and muddying. Lunch is when you and your buddies meet and eat chips with a CRUNCH!

18. Free Write = poem HAHAHAHA by Jasmine Lee :D Ha ha ha ha I can't stop laughing. Ha ha ha ha Even when I'm graphing

You might tell me to stop You might yell at me Even when I do a belly flop I'll be having a jubilee

Its not easy, laughing like this Not being able to control yourself But its nice to always be in bliss Whenever someone says "you look like an elf".

So never say "Stop laughing" 'Cause its not gonna work. Instead, try laughing with me And don't be a jerk!!!

19. Use this metaphor to spark a poem: a chest of childhood Toys and dolls and dragons and rings Power rangers and gameboys and other little things None of that is supposed to matter when you are about fifty You start earning money and becoming more and more thrifty You forget about that chest of childhood Hidden under the great 100-year old oakwood And you become that big mature adult You think, with a pang of exult And you go on to think about those ridiculous kids Who think you're not looking and take off the cookie jar lids. "Boy," You think, "they are dumb." You forget that you were like that when you were young

POEM: The Reading Girl

Oil Painting by Bremen Johann Georg Meyer Von (Date unknown) Poem by Jasmine Lee Some people read of dragons, of princesses and kings while others dream of couples, weddings, and diamond rings

People fall into the story of their valued book However, novels are something not even beggars want to rook

This red-haired girl with big blue eyes And little orange freckles who never cries

Fell in love with the romance of Romeo and Juliet The only tragedy she’ll never forget

On her face she had a dreamy look When R and J died, she cried until she shook

There was never a story that touched that little kid As much as that one did

And now I dearly hope that you Can find the perfect book too.

20. Freewrite People going hysterical Whether or not clerical Something big has happened That'll make everyone's heart beat fasten It's the first time ever Anyone has ever been so clever Everyone, gather 'round A new scientist is sure to be crowned Most creative Punctuative I am proud of myself Of inventing something that'll bring me wealth No one could have made something quite so smart Anyone will call it a work of art! Only when you see it with your eyes Will you stare in surprise! Have you ever seen Anything shine with such a gleam Anything as perfect and cool That the teacher will let you bring to school It'll be the most awesome thing you'll ever recall My huge, great, lovely gumball!

20. Blurp! Slosh Snort! Write a paragraph incorporating at least ten onomatopoetic words. Onomatopoetic words are words that sound like what they mean. Examples: boing hiccup beep plop swoosh ﬁzz `` Paragraph:

My words: Crackle Crash Howl trudge Splat Thud Zap Wham Screech Poof

Paragraph: It was a cold winter night. The fire was crackling, and everything was peaceful. We could hear the wind howling outside, the thunder going "Zap!". Suddenly, we heard a screech outside. Dad must've come. My brother and I got the table ready as he slowly trudged to the door, and when he entered, we enclosed him in a warm hug. He dropped his bag on the floor with a thud, tired, and for once my mom didn't care when he splat snow on the floor. Not yet, anyways. I looked around. Where'd my brother go? It was like he disappeared with a poof. Suddenly, I heard a crash from upstairs. I rushed up to my brother's room.

Write What you See 1. I find appearances to be deceiving when I see a person for the first time. If she's ugly, I might think she is weird. if she's thin, I might say she's anorexic. If she's fat, I might tell everyone she's a pig. However, when I really get to know that person, she might be the nicest, coolest person I've ever known. 2. There was once a weak rabbit who never got anything to teat. Everyday he got beaten up by the strong rabbit, and he always got his food stolen. One day, he found some wood shaped in the form of a carrot. An idea forming in his head, he smoothed it out on a rock, and painted it orange and green, and got it ready. It looked real, and he became hungry just looking at it! Finally, it was time for the bully rabbit to stop by. "Hey, weakling! Did you get any food today?" He yelled. When he saw the "carrot", he said, "Ooooh, yum! Thanks, weakling." He snatched the "carrot" and ran away. When he got home, we tried to bite into the delicious-looking carrot. "Ahhh!" He yelled. All his teeth broke.

21. Freewrite Nowadays many people are worried about H1N1. The symptoms of H1N1 are that the person has a temperature of about 37.7ºC or over, has a sore throat, coughs, chills and fatigue, body aches, headaches, and occasionally vomiting. Educational institutes everywhere (whether that is schools, academies, or private classes) have people taking their students temperature to make sure they don't have the highly contagious influenza. H1N1 can cause death- especially with the remedy not available in Korea yet. Also, if you get the flu, you have to stay home for a week. Fun right? No. Well, some of the victims don't think so. They can't go near to anyone- not even their own parents- and some friends that find out what happened to them tease them when they come back to school; others might avoid them at all cost from then on. H1N1 can cause death- especially with the remedy not available in Korea yet.

22. Freewrite People watching me They don't know who I am They don't know that I have a future, a dream They don't know that I have thoughts, memories Or even a mother, father, or son. But they don't know my story And they never will They think I'm an old beggar Dying in the streets. Well, they don't know my story. And they never will

**Red Blushed And All Cut Up ** By Paul McCann She was found to wilt With words she scours Ivory towers. The thick walls she built Well tarnished with guilt She hides, she cowers In empty bowers With her red wine spilt She can never sip And she has not health. She's buttoned her lip. She hears no one else In walls ten miles thick, she grieves for herself.

=The Other Team All Cut Up= I was found to win. With talk they shatter Radiant matters. The zero goals they score No one could care more I aim, it goes in To the hollow tin With my head held high The other team sighed. And they could not abide. They have been black-eyed. I can see no one else Under my eyelids I cheer for myself.

23. They say opposites attract. Use at least five pairs of opposites in a paragraph about some kind on transportation (e.g. weak/strong;loud/quiet;high/low)

My examples: loud/quiet big/small expensive/cheap good/bad happy/sad

You have to ponder a lot before buying a car. The first thing you should decide is whether you want a **big** car or a **small** car. If you have a big family, you would probably prefer a big car with six seats or more. If you live alone, with your husband, or with just one or two children, you could get by with a smaller car with four seats or less. Another thing you should worry about is the cost. If it is **expensive**, like a Ferrari or a Lamborgini, you might not be able to afford it, and you might have to buy a **cheap** car, like the Matiz. Different cars are from different companies, and if it is a very distinguished company, the cars would probably be very costly, much more than less popular car companies. If a car is cheap, the quality might also be **bad**, and expensive cars’ quality would be **good**. For example, for a good car, the engine would be **quiet**, but for a bad car, the engine might be really annoying and **loud**. If you follow these directions, you’ll be much **happier** than the people who are **sad** after they buy the wrong car for them.

24. Weave a story around this mixed proverb: Silence is a great healer.

I always get bad grades for drama. I don't know why! I put in a lot of effort and try my hardest for everything. Sometimes I get some things wrong, but who cares? At least I tried my best, right? Apparently, my teacher doesn't feel the same way. At parent conferences, he went on and on for 15 minutes about how I talk too much in class. I don't think I talk too much! Do you know the feeling you get when you saw that big show yesterday and you've been waiting hours to talk about it to the girl who loves G-Dragon as much as you do? Or how you went to the to-die-for concert yesterday with 20 different famous singing groups as a VIP? These things just HAVE to be excused. My drama teacher misunderstands EVERYTHING, and he won't permit me to explain it to him. If he thinks that way, I GUESS i could understand my low participation points, but why do I always get low grades for my PROJECTS, too? One day, after seeing the F for my most recent project. I thought I had done pretty well on that! So, after class, I stayed after and asked him about it. “You didn’t follow the directions,” he said. “Yes I did!” I insisted. I HAD done the project. I described Lee-Seung-Gi better than I could have imagined. He couldn’t say that I didn’t follow instructions! “The instructions were to pick a topic about SCHOOL. And anyways, it was supposed to be an essay that you could read, not a poster. This has been happening from your very first class. You don’t listen to instructions because you can’t waste your valuable time to TALK, and you do the whole project wrong.” I looked down at my shoes. I couldn’t show him my reddening cheeks. So THAT was why I had a 64 in drama... He sighed. “Jasmine,” He started. “Silence is a great healer. If you are just a bit quieter, your grades will shoot up.”  “Thank you,” I said, and ran to lunch.

POEM The Tyger William Blake Sneaker! Sneaker! Smelling bad In the closet that is the fad, What immune nose or muzzle Could survive your nasty trail? In what roomy shoeboxes See in thy long laces? On what ground dare he escort With the foot that would hurt?

And what nose, and what nostrils. Could stop the movement of thy body? And when thy body began to move, What humiliating person? And what humiliating arm??

25. Write a paragraph that starts with this sentence: The grass smells red. The grass smells red. The grass //is// red. The next door neighbor got hit by our car when we were backing out of the parking lot, and landed on our yard. The whole place smells bloody. The man lie on the yard. //Is he dead?// I can’t help wondering. But what I’m really worried about is //Are we going to go to jail? Are they going to pay money? Are they going to KILL US?// I force the thought out of my head, and concentrate on the old man, sprawled out on the ocean of green, his face half-hidden by his own fluid. I’ve always been scared by this man. Everyone has. He never comes out of his house, never turns on the lights, never opens the creaky door to his old mansion.

26. Chris walks into a room. By describing only the reactions of the others. in the room, let us know something about him.

Chris walked into the loud classroom. Suddenly, everyone quieted down and stared at him. One girl started whispering, pointing at him. A boy stuck out his tongue at him. The class bully, Dudge, walked up to him. "You loner! No one wants you, and no one NEEDS you! Just get out of this place, will you?" he spat, and others just stared at Chris impatiently. "No one wants to be near him anyways. I was surprised when I saw that Dudge DARED to be so close to him. His germs could actually KILL people!" Samantha exclaimed. Everyone snickered. "He's going to cry," Peter teased in a mocking voice. "He needs his mommy!"

27. Freewrite

I 'm so excited! The swimming season is about to start. I can't wait! There are three things about this swimming season that I'm worried/excited about. First of all, I'm nervous because I couldn't go to the mandatory meeting yesterday because I had to leave school early to go to a big hospital. It turns out that I'm diagnosed with sciolosis, and I had to see if I was okay. My mom is worrying dreadfully because she is afraid that when I grow up, I will be very short/have physical problems with my body. There are effects now- As you can see, I am very short for my age. Also, my shoulders are not even- my right shoulder is more slanted forward than my left one. Even with this excuse, I'm not sure I got into swimming. Second of all, I love the breaststroke. The breaststroke is my strong point in swimming. Another thing I'm good at is staying underwater and swimming as far as you can without coming back up for another breath of air.

28. Write from the point of view of a freshly scrubbed floor. (1~2 paragraphs)

Ahh... I feel like I'm back to younger times. Clean. Nice. At least the pain is over. Being wiped, rubbed, and polished seems to hurt a lot. It makes me squeak, too, as the scratchy rag is being pushed around on my body. However, now that that's over, I feel new. I feel like I did when the house was remodeled at first and I was put to use. I am born again when I am washed. I am washed once a year, and the rest of the time I get a massage from the people walking over me. It's heaven. I wish you knew how it felt to be a floor, especially at this time of life.

29. Some say you can tell a lot about a person by the vehicle her or she drives. Picture a car. (Or is it a truck? Or an SUV)

In your mind, rummage through this car. Check it out from every car.

Describe the car and the man or woman who goes with it.

The car is a sleek, red ferrari. People stare wistfully as they see it pass by. The comfortable seats inside are heaven, and the speed seems unlimited. While other cars make large motor sounds as they pass by, this one goes by, silently and smoothly. The woman who goes with it is a highly successful criminal. She covers the windows at all times so that people outside do not see her face. She always wears sunglasses and a black suits. She is tall, lean, and has long, black hair. She has bought her expensive car with all the money she has stolen. Whenever she arrives somewhere new, she drives up with her noiseless car and quietly sneaks in, and then does what needs to be done.

30. Freewrite

My favorite book is __The Mysterious Benedict Society__. It is the best book I've ever read, and it taught me things too. I want to recommend this book to everyone I know. So far I've read the book 4 times. I like this book because it starts out with a big test, which four talented, but very different, children take. The test is also out of the ordinary. They use strategy to pass it. After they all pass and meet Mr. Benedict, suspense takes over. They are to go on a mission- to visit this mysterious institute for orphans. What will happen there? And what will they do? Read the book to find out.

31. Freewrite

I know I've already written about the swimming season being about to start, but now it HAS started! It is not everything I hoped it to be, because now I seem pretty bad because I have gone up a level. However, it is really fun! I'm the best at breaststroke in our team (even though I'm the worst at freestyle) and am pretty equal with others at butterfly. I'm not sure about backstroke, though. I don't do it a lot, but I guess I'm okay at it. We got timed for freestyle and breaststroke on Tuesday (which determined who was the slowest/fastest in our team) by swimming a 25 (across the pool once). I got twenty-two seconds for freestyle and twenty-five seconds for breast. When I told my private swimming teacher, she was happy when I told her my time for breast, but was extremely angry when I told her my time for freestyle. She went on and on about how the order, from fastest to slowest, of the different types of strokes were freestyle, backstroke, fly, and then breast. "How could you," she exclaimed, "only have a three second difference between the fastest and slowest stroke! I could do a 50 faster than you could do a 25!" I think I will have to practice freestyle and fly (fly because I'm pretty bad at it).

32. Freewrite

I think Creative Writing was a very good addition to this year's classes (electives). In my english class, we don't really learn anything (just review what we already know and do activities). Creative writing is like a real english class, and so it kind of seems like it substitutes for it, which makes me extremely happy because english has been my favorite subject since 2nd grade (I might like it even more that PE), but this year, that fondness for english is decreasing because English isn't really fun in our class, and again, we don't really learn anything. Overall, I'm very happy with this class, and am thankful that the school has made a class like this, even if I might've not liked it the first time I heard about it.

33. Reflect on the process of writing a short story. What did you learn from the process?If you had the assignment again how would you approach it?

To be frank, I really enjoyed the short story assignment. It was exciting to make up a story, spill my thoughts on to a piece of paper, and read it over when I was done. I wrote in a different style than I normally do- Whenever I write stories, I usually focus on making more and more events. I did that for this time too... except I used more adjectives to help the reader (or listener) visualize what was happening, and how. If I write about both of them together, obviously, it'll take too much room and I wouldn't be able to finish in four pages. I found this out after I wrote the rising action, and it turned out that I had ALREADY written four pages! I was stunned, and looked back. I had written five events for the rising action! However, I didn't want to delete my descriptive words, so I deleted my climax and one of my rising action events and used three events for the rising action and one that was normally an event for the rising action for my climax. It was a really nice assignment, and I got an A on it!!! Yay!!!

34. Free write

35. Three people are stuck in an elevator: a teenager with green hair and many piercings; a pastry chef; a church organist Write a conversation they have as they wait.

Church Organist: No, no, no! The elevator can NOT stop right now. I have to get to the church quickly, and only God knows how long we'll be here! We might be here for hours!

Teenager: Why'd the elevator stop?

Pastry chef: Because the electricity has just gone out. What if the cake's frosting melts? It's the best cake I've ever made, and the most expensive, too- seventy-nine bucks! No! Why now? WHY THIS CAKE?!?!?!

Teenager: Well, I've promised the guys that I'd meet up with them to skateboard. I guess it'll be delayed... Dang.

Pastry Chef (to teenager): Umm... I was just wondering... but did you DYE that hair?

Teenager: Oh yeah! Cool, ain't it?

Pastry Chef: Teenagers' style is so VULGAR these days! When I was young, it was fashionable to wear your hair short and neat, with your normal hair color. You look like a girl like that! Wouldn't you agree, Church Organist?

Church Organist: It is a SIN to dye your hair. Ugh... those piercings!

Teenager: (fingering his ear with 5 piercings) Oh, these. They hurt a lot, but it was worth it! They make me look so totally tough!

Pastry Chef: Oh my.

Teenager stomach grumbles

Teenager: Umm, Pastry Chef?

Pastry Chef: Yes?

Teenager: Umm... what'd you say was in that big black bag of yours again?

Pastry Chef: Oh, just a cake. The frosting should be dripping by now.

Teenager: Could I... Umm... Check?

Pastry Chef smiles lovingly

Pastry Chef: Sure! Why, you're not ALL bad, are you?

Teenager: Nope.

Takes the cake out, rips a piece off, and stuffs it in his mouth.

Teenager: The icing IS dripping, but it still tastes delicious!

Pasty Chef: (very angrily) Wait until I get my hands on you....

elevator makes a "ding" sound signaling it working again and arriving at the first floor

Teenager: Bah! (rushes out the door, his mouth still full with cake)

36. You are paying $10.00 per word to advertise in the classified section of the Upscale Times, a newspaper for a very wealthy area of town. You want to offer your services as a dog sitter. Write a convincing ad, but don't spend more than $200.00.

Are your dogs tiring you out? I have ten years' experience, will keep them happy, and be their, and your, friend!

37. Great grandpa Rotondo doesn't understand what a video game is. Or an iPod. Or text messaging. Pick one of the above and explain what it is in terms that even the most un-technological person can understand.

A portable phone is called a cellphone. We send text messages through those. Text messages similar to sending postal mail to other people, like you do to me, except its mobile. You use your fingers to press the buttons on your phone to represent letters. After that, you choose the person who you want to send it to. When you send it, the person with that phone receives it. The benefits of text messaging is that it is quick, simple, and easy. You don't need to go out and buy stationary, envelopes, etc. All you need to do is jot a small note in and click okay, which will begin sending it, and will succeed in less than ten seconds. You don't have to write a whole story, like people tend to do with postal mail. It is cheaper, too. However, there ARE some drawbacks to mobile phones. You can't use them in several places, like the elevator, because the connection does not go through. You can't call anyone, either. You have a limit to how many letters you can write, which could make you angry because you can't tell someone something you might really need to.

38. Free write

When the first semester ends, two of my favorite classes/electives, Creative Writing and Drama II, are ending. I am very sad. Although I have english and Drama I next semester, I really enjoyed both classes. Creative Writing let me do the things I

39. What would you do with three wishes?

If I could have three wishes, I would use them for three different things. I would wish that I got a new phone, a DSLR, and

Write What You See Boy 1 . What does the look on the boy's face mean? What might have led up to such an expression? -Is happy, but drowsy and can't keep his eyes open, even though he is smiling. -Is gloomy but is trying to cover it

2. Can you come up with a reasonable caption for this picture? -That cupcake that mom spent 5 hours making didn't really taste that good... -I didn't eat the cookies! My dog did it! -Mom, did you notice that you have a big blotch of hot chocolate on the back of your apron?

Girl 1. I am frequently lost in books, but my all-time favorites are the Mysterious Benedict Society series. Not only are they my favorite books, but they are so attention grabbing and smart that you cannot close your book until the mystery is finished. It is interesting as well, seeing that the members of this society are all different, and have all been chosen to go on a specific mission. They all help out, even grumpy and stubborn two-year old Constance- She is the main character in the third book, which I had bought last Sunday and finished the same day as well.

2. I think books tap the imagination because we have to imagine what happens in the book, especially in chapter books where not many pictures come out. We all have to visualize how it looks, and even if there ARE pictures, it won't have everything. Therefore, you have to go through the story in your mind based on different ways to understand things.

3. One of my favorite fictional character is, again, from the Mysterious Benedict Society. Although I like all the characters there, I'll choose one to write about. Kate Wetherall is one of the four who are chosen to be in the society. Unlike Sticky, who is known for how well he memorizes things, Renie, who is known for being so smart, and Constance, who is known for being stubborn and mean, but still smart for a two-year old, she is outgoing, strong, and strategic, even though she might not have the brains. However, she has Sticky and Reynie for that. She is always ready with her bucket, which contains simple, but essential items for escape. Her father is a secret agent who has been brainwashed. She is efficient, outgoing, strategic, and always ready, which is why I like her so much.

Birthday 1. She is an american girl with a harry potter cake. Therefore, you can conclude that she likes creative writing.

2. The party was at a mini-golf park at the I-Park mall last last year. Many people attended. It was Rachel and Megan's birthday party. Boys and girls came. The food was pizza and coke. We played minigolf I thought it was really fun. However, I hung out the boys after, and it was fun. One thing that happened there was that my brother, me, and the boys threw balls at each other in the kid playroom.

3. My ideal birthday party would be with many people at an amusement park, like Lotte World or Everland. We would stay for a long time and have lots of fun and meet a star. Afterwards, we would have a sleepover.

40. What's your idea of the perfect vacation?

41. Freewrite

42. As this is being written, a show called "What Not to Wear" is popular on the cable channel TLC. Imagine more possible shows on a "what //not// to do" theme. Describe at least one idea. (Don't forget to give the show a name.)

What Mistakes Not to Make at KIS - TMC (The mistake channel)

Everyone makes mistakes. You can't live without making mistakes, and moreover, you can learn from them. However, there are some things you know not to do, and shouldn't do if you can control it. The main ones you shouldn't make are being caught speaking Korean, play games on your macbook in science class (or //any// class, for that matter), and talking back to the teacher. There's nothing good about being caught speaking Korean anywhere outside of Korean class- Actually, you shouldn't do it, whether you get caught or not. This is an international school, meant for students who are efficient at english, rather than Korean.

Assignment : Snow White: Dwarves POV It was a fine day. The mine was bringing up plenty of jewels for us, and we were enjoying it greatly. As soon as we were satisfied with the amount of jewels we had found, we skipped gleefully back home, singing a tune at the top of our lungs. It was the happiest we had been in a long time, and we savored it. However, I stopped abruptly all of a sudden, my smile slipping off my face. One by one, all the other dwarves slammed into my back. "What's wrong, Doc?" I heard Happy ask. "Can't we just get home?" Grumpy exclaimed. I pressed my finger to my lips and gestured to the bright lights in our house and the smoke coming from the chimney. Everyone gasped, and immediately hid. We sat in silence for a while, and then I took charge. "Let's try going in," I suggested. We cautiously piled into the house, and searched all around. However, it seemed like there was nothing out of place in the cottage. Wait... where were the cobwebs? The muck that the plates were incrusted in? The dust which covered every chair and table? It dawned on me and my brothers that someone had broken in... and cleaned up everything! We examined everything a little closer, until a tapping sound erupted. We were suspicious now, and scared, but we continued on. Suddenly we heard a shriek! We rushed to our hiding places. We couldn't stay like that FOREVER, so we urged Dopey to go and check out the 2nd floor. Dopey, not being able to speak, could not argue He approached the bedroom step by step. He flew out of the room and set to running down the steps. He had seen a monster! We all ran outside again, and after mustering up enough courage, we all went up to the 2nd floor... together this time. Grabbing our axes, we got ready for the kill.On the count of three, I through aside the covers. Everyone froze. There was a giant person! She was beautiful, but nonetheless a giant. She yawned and woke up. As expected, she was as surprised to see us as we were to see her. We covered our ears with our hands when we heard that awful shriek again, and hid behind the foot of the bed. "Oh, I'm sorry. Come out, please," coaxes a soft, but beautiful voice. Entranced, we popped our heads up behind the bead and gazed at her lovingly. One by one, she guessed our names. Was she psychic? Was it written all over our faces? After that, she introduced herself as Snow White, a.k.a. the Princess. She told us that the queen wanted to kill her, so she had run away. We were frightened. The queen knew everything, and she most positively would know that the princess had come to the Seven Dwarves' house. She could transform into anything, she could even become invisible! What if she decided to come "visit" them? "Oh, but I can care for you, I can clean, and I can... even cook!" The girl pleaded. Upon hearing that last word, 'cook', we jumped to our feet and agreed ectastically that she could stay. Cook! What a wonder! She lead the way as we scrambled down the stairs to the kitchen. We were all fighting over the single loaf of bread on the table when Snow White yelled at us to freeze. "You have to wah your hands first," She scolded. We dragged our feet outside, and approached the tub of water. We washed and sang, gleefully splashing water upon our faces. However, we noticed that ONE person was being lazy and uncooperative, as always- Grumpy! We snuck towards him, and then grabbed him from each limb and threw him into the tub, making him wash through force. Suddenly, we heard the clinking of a bell and a quiet voice calling, "Supper's ready!" We rushed inside, leaving Grumpy still in the tub with water in his ears and soap on his nose. The next morning we had to head make to the mine. Sad to have to leave the princess, even for a monment, I bid good-bye and took by hat off to her. She kissed my bald head! I was so happy I could have fainted, and wandered off in the general direction of the mine. My men and I finally reached the mine after Dopey got his eleventh kiss from Snow White... So unfair. Today, like yesterday, was also a very find day for mining and we worked very hard and got many jewels. However, we had not done much when we saw what seemed like a zoo of animals race over to us and started dragging us in the direction of our cottage. I was scared, but curious, and allowed myself to be taken, as the other dwarves had. As we approached the house, we saw a figure exit the small cottage... A figure that was certainly NOT Snow White. As we got closer, we found out that the "figure" was a witch. We charged after her until we cornered her on a cliff, hiding behind a giant rock. She was trying to push the rock down the hill, as to kill us.We were petrified. She cackled, smirked down at us, and then used all her remaining strength to push the rock. However, before she could succeed, the part of the cliff she was standing on broke off, and she full down the huge canyon. The rock, as if attached to her, followed her down. My brothers and I were not harmed, but what had happened to the princess? Our deer returned to the scene, only to find the princess sprawled our on the floor.... dead, a bitten, bright red apple lay a few feet from her white hand. We could not bear to plant her underground. Instead, we made her a glass coffin for her and let it stay above ground, in the sunlight. I had never cried so much in my life. Endless tears trickled down my cheek for weeks as we mourned. However, one day, one well-dressed man stopped by. He was the prince. He approached Snow White and kissed her. She immediately woke up, and let herself be taken by him and put on his mighty white horse. She said goodbyes to each and every one of us, and gave us another kiss. We felt sad that she was leaving, but nevertheless, we smiled and waved as they disappeared into the horizon.

43. For the last two days you were not in school because of the weather - "snow days." As advanced we have become in the 21st century, we still can not control the weather. Do you think this is an advantage or a disadvantage?

I think this is a disadvantage for several reasons. Those reasons are that they can ruin plans and we can not fix major problems that the weather causes. Sometimes school, family meetings, or parties may be canceled because of the weather. This happens all around the world. The weather might somehow prevent someone from getting somewhere easily. For example, yesterday and the day before were canceled due to the snow. However, Monday was also my birthday. This caused my birthday to be an overly horrible experience for me because I had to stay in the bus for over four hours, and when i tried to walk to the nearest subway to here when we arrived at school and they told us to go back home, I spent two hours walking around in the 10 cm of snow there was. One example of problems that occur because of the weather include drought. These problems do no good for the people there, and only hurts them and makes their lives harder unless they are rich and have mansions with mass air conditioning. One example of these people is the poor people in Africa. It is impossible to farm with a drought because the plants can not be watered due to the lack of rain. In conclusion, I think life would be much easier for everyone if we could control the weather because we can go on with our normal day without disturbances and so we can fix disasters caused by nature.

44. Write a letter to yourself as a ten-year-old child.

Hyundai Apt. 93-705 Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-Gu Korea, Seoul

Dear Jasmine, How are you doing? How is life nowadays? Are your best friends still Michelle Jung and Lina Yang? I remember you had lots of nicknames, like Jas-MINE, Jazzy-Yo, etc. Are you still struggling with your problem with chapped lips, as I last saw? And how's Ms. Bedard? I know you thought she was strict, but she ended up being really nice and a good teacher, didn't she? I know she liked your poems! You wouldn't believe it, but my life has taken a big turn these last two years. I'm not even considered friends with Michelle any more, and last time I saw, I got in a fight with Lina and we agreed not to be friends, but over that, we got into ANOTHER fight. Don't get me wrong- it's not like I fight with every person I see (although I was KIND OF like that in 6th grade)... it's just that I moved to another friendship group and they kind of drifted away (I actually moved because of LIna, though). (Not many educational things changed, but friends sure did.) Also, I'm not friends with Justyn Park and Philip Bae, your best boy friends, anymore. They also drifted away because I guess I ended up not being 'cool enough' for them in 7th grade, which I'm fine with.

45. Freewrite It is almost the end of the first semester. It's so hard to believe that its already been six months since 7th grade's started! As many people say, time flies! It's also been a very good year so far. It's very nice that I've made it through so well. However, there's one thing everyone's been dreading- the finals. As 7th graders, it is our first time taking these big tests that count as 10% or more on our grade. This time, I will have finals in three subjects. Wish me luck!

46. Write a memory related to a holiday. It was the Christmas of 2006, and it was the one time of the year where Santa Claus visited our cozy little home. I was excited, but swayed at the idea of my cousin asking to stay over. My parents encouraged me to go, assuring me that my present from Santa would be at home, safe and sound, and it would be there by the next day when I could come and open it. My cousin and I had a great time and slept at 2 AM. We had lunch and then met up with my parents and brother to have dinner. I couldn't keep still. I rushed into the house and searched everywhere for my present. It was not until 10 when I asked my mother, "Where is my present from Santa?" My mom's jaw dropped. I started crying, and was very depressed as I did not give up searching. Finally, my mom spurt, "Why don't you go buy some cup ramen? I'll make you dinner." I walked down to the minimart next to our house and came back home to hand it to my mom. She look panicked. Glancing back at the clock, she said, "I told you to buy TWO cup ramens. Go buy one more." I went through the same procedure as before, too sad to argue. When I got back home, she hurriedly urged me to look on top of the piano, that she'd seen something. I looked, and then felt my jaw drop. There were two presents- one for my brother and one for me! I knew I checked there....Until I realized that the handwriting on the decorated wrapping paper was not santa claus'. I knew that handwriting- and it was my mother's. It was since then that I stopped believing in Santa.

47. Madison is so HAPPY. In one paragraph, show that she is happy, but don't use the word 'happy'.

Madison was jumping about. She was elated that she had gotten such a high score on her math test! Whereas her other peers had got scores in the range of 80% to 90%, she had gotten a 106% for getting everything right, including the bonus question. She was delighted to see her grade, and couldn't keep still. Elated, she was kind to everyone the whole day, which accounted on her mood.

48. In one sentence, describe something (not someone) that is very ugly. Create a vividly ugly image, with words.

The hurricane whirls round and round like a top, destructing everything in its path, causing screams of agony as it hits aside every building in sight and killing families, huddled together praying.

49. Write from the point of view of a remote control.

Like everyone who lives in our house, I have my working hours and break hours. However, they are opposite with mine. When Mr. Kaster goes to work at 7 AM and comes back at 6 PM, I am sleeping on the bed, laying back, relaxing. However, when he comes, my insides tangle up and I am afraid. He enters the room, towering above me, and grabs me in his rough hands. He sits down, points me at the TV, and pushes me again and again as he surfs through the channels. I am dying as I try to live through the pain as he pushes my buttons. My bruises number and some of my body parts even fall off. It is not fun to have an abusive owner!

50. "If you don't risk anything, than you risk more." What does this mean?

You risk more because if you dont risk anything, you might lose an essential chance to find an easier, faster way of doing something because you haven't tried it, so you don't know whether it could be good or not. A good example of this might be, generally, the elective of Creative Writing. Some people might've not wanted to take this class because they thought they would've been teased and called nerds, or maybe even not be willing to take another English class over the normal one. I sure felt that way. However, it turned out being a great class which helped all of us improve a lot and have fun with english at the same time.

51. Freewrite

Its the new semester soon! I have some new electives to take place of the old ones, and some of my favorite classes are ending. Creative writing is ending, and now I am to take Drama 1! It is the same case for Drama 2; Now, I'll have PE! We'll get our report cards next week. I think I did pretty well; my GPA is bound to be around 3.75, as it was before the finals.