Life is short, Break the Rules, Forgive quickly, KISS SLOWLY, LOVE TRULY, LaUgH UNCONTROLLABLY… And never regret ANYTHING that made you SMiLe.

In the last couple of English lessons we have been reading a book called “The Giver.” We have only read to chapter ten so I can only give a brief explanation about it. The Giver is about a boy of eleven years of age called Jonas. He lives in a community that has lots of rules and is perfect. Each December all the citizens go to a big auditorium and go up a year. Say for instance the ones go to be twos. When they turn twelve they get assigned their jobs. Jonas was not assigned job he was selected. He got to become the next Receiver of Memory.

After having read this chapter our teacher asked us to write about our own future. He asked us what plans/expectations do you have for your future? He asked us what are our dreams and how are those ideas influenced? He also asked us what other expectations do you feel are put on you by your parents, culture, or school?

My plans for my future are vague. But I would like to become an actor.  This has been influenced by the school plays I have been in. Even though I have not been in very many now that I am “Bugsy Malone” in “Bugsy Malone” I have found that it is fun to be on stage and produce a show. After that when I feel that I am too old I want to become an author. The first book that I want to write is going to be called “A War Creating Pollution.” It is going to explain the war that Capital and Communism have been having since the the Industrial Revolution started and how it is creating so much pollution that humans are not going to be able to live on the earth much longer. But I also want it to tell people that there is still hope and if we slow down the process of production we will as humans live on the earth much longer. If we can do this we will not only save our species we will save the world around us. Now people have trouble understanding what the world is. I am not going to go in to depth on that topic now but is you read my book (which I hope to publish by the time I am fifteen). The person who inspired me to write this book is my English teacher “Jabiz Raisdana.” He is a man who has opened my eyes to the world it really is. That is why i want to dedicate the book to him.

As for the last question I was asked I feel that that my parents want me to be successful. To me the word “successful” means to have a good job that gets enough money for a enjoyable life. Also I think it means that once I do retire I will have some thing to do. I think my plans for my future all come under this definition. Also my parents want me to have a good education. To me this means that I have to try harder at school. I think that my teachers at school want very much the same for me as my parents. I think that my school expects me to listen to the teachers and take in what they say.

To finish this post I whant to ask who ever is reading this post “What do you want to do in your future?’ Please leave your answers in the comments box.

Lately in class I have been writing a magazine article about something I enjoy. I am writing about skateboarding and the design of skateboards. To write the article I have been using the six traits of writing. The first two traits are “Ideas” and “Organization.” (You can read my paragraphs about them below.) The third and forth are “Voice” and “Word Choice.” I will be writing about these two traits together because the words you choose affect the way something sounds or what voice it has. So for example if you were writing about global warming you would use words like “…depressing the world” or “…eating away at the earth.” But then you wouldn’t use words such as “…awesome…” or “…hard rock…” because it is not the type of voice that you want your readers to interpret. These words would be more appropriate in a article about skateboarding or BMX bike riding. Now this is where synonyms come in handy. For those of  you that don’t know what a synonym is, another word that has a similar meaning to the word that you want to use. They are good when you want to use a type of voice but don’t know the right word. You have to be careful when you use a synonym because you have to make sure that it is in the right context. An example is the word cool it could be cool as awesome or cool as in it is cold.

In the organization part of the magazine article we used a facts chart. We used supporting facts fore our ideas.

I also made a survey with questions. This is it: MY SURVEY. We also used transitions. Here is a list.