Week One - Describe it!

[Alex Gandy]

Read the following passage from Ch. 4:

"Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience.  Summer was our best season:  it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Through imagery, Lee defines summer in a way that is very specific to Jem and Scout.  Choose your own "something" you look forward to; it can be a season of the year, a recurring event, etc.  Mimic Lee's structure in the passage above and define your "something" in an equally descriptive way.

Here is my example:

Awards season was on its way; I waited on the edge of my seat.  Awards season was my biggest yearly event:  it was sitting in a dimly-lit, warm theater away from the frigid winter winds outside or curling up on my plush couch in pajamas to watch the flick with the most "buzz;" awards season was all the great talents dominating the screen at once; it was thought-provoking, emotionally-stimulating films shattering the usual vapid expanse of box-office fluff; but most of all, awards season was Hollywood brought to life.

NOTE:  You are imitating down to the grammatical structure!!

[Weston Smith]

Fall, who doesn't like fall? Football season is here! JJ Pearce football is one of the most exciting sports. Sitting in the stands talking with friends, then suddenly everyone's heads turn like meerkats and the ref's hands go up. Touchdown Mustangs! Everyone gets up in excitement, high fives go around, and everyone cheers in excitement. The season of Fall is Mustang football.

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Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:49:38 -0500
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[Meagan Kelly]

Revue season was on the way; the Pacesetters and I were crawling out of out skin with excitement. Revue season was our most rewarding time of the year: it was dressing up everyday, and looking for the P girl; Revue was the applause of everyone in the audience; it was the color of satisfaction as everyone saw our hard work; but most of all, Revue season was food. 

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[BLAKE GRABSKY]

My imitation of this grammatical structure is also about summer. I go to a summer camp every year, and it's something I'm always looking forward to.

Every day I get closer and closer to summer. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't remind myself that I'm getting closer to summer. Summer is break from everything: it's waiting for my at the end of the finish line, or cheering me along the way; Summer is all of my closest friends, it's hundreds of different personalities bonded together in a special community; but most of all, summer is my second home.

[Amy Schmitt]

Halloween was on it's way; Meagan and I awaited it eagerly. Halloween was our favorite holiday: it was munching on an assortment of treats in colorful wrappers, and trying to find the perfect costume; Halloween was the color of leaves changing; it was tons of children cheerfully trick-or-treating; but most of all, Halloween was a night off. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Weston Smith <w.sm...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Ali Quarles]

Auditions for region were on they way; I grip my fears daily. Auditions music fills your time : it was countless hours of repeated scales, or of paper-cutter etudes; auditions were a place for destiny;  music placed on a black and white paper; but most of all, auditions were the end of a long journey.

Alison Marie Quarles

[Charlie Tapken]

The end of club volleyball season is on its way; Everyone filled with the dread of it not ending but the anticipation of making it to nationals. The end is always the most intense part: It's what you have been working for all year, training gets harder, passion and love for the game gets stronger. Everyone just waiting on the edge of their seats seeing who will make it with suspension building because the game can change in a minuet. It is the time were all your hard work pays off; Nationals season was the most inspiring season. For now and for the next season.

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[Shaye Murray]

Christmas was approaching; though not as fast as I'd like. Christmas was the best time of year: it was Christmas music filling the air around me, or the frosty air enveloping everything it touched; Christmas was goodies and treats; it was the smell of pine trees and  peppermint cookies; but most of all, Christmas was family.

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[Igor Do Nascimento]

Graduation is on the way; the other seniors and i wait with impatience. Graduate is our main goal: It is taking responsibility over our own lives , it is developing decision making skills because our adulthood is about to start, besides it will be summer, and summer is everything good to eat; It is hanging out by the pool, sleeping late and waking up late, but most of all, graduation is independence!!!!

[Mikayla Lewison]

The announcement was coming; my team and I were huddled in a circle all holding hands and bowing our heads. NCA (National Cheerleader Association) was our biggest competition of the year: our performance represented 8 months of repetition, hard work, and dedication, or it was the passion we all have for our gym, Cheer Athletics that pushed us through the year; this was our moment of stardom, we were pushing for that national championship title- we were defending it from CheerSport in Atlanta; it were the words, "and our national champion in the large senior restricted division is cheer athletics pumas..." that said it all. We did it, we won; but most of all, my 35 other sisters, were starving for that one goal that we just met.

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[Emma Preston]

My next figure skating competition was on its way; I was getting more and more nervous as the days went by. Competing is my favorite part of being a skater: it's the adrenaline rush of performing in front of bleachers overflowing with spectators; it's the confidence and pride of being able to show off all my hard work; it's the worry in the back of my mind that I won't be able to pull off my double loop quite right; but most of all, competing is the desire to win.

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[Kennedy Curley]

March Madness was right around the corner. It was the best time of the year, and not one other tournament deserves to be in the same conversation it. This tournament is a time filled with glorious competitions with friends and families, with the potential reward of pride for another whole year. You don't ever know what will happen. It's better than the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, and World Series all combined (except when Duke wins). Hopes for exciting games and upsets cloud minds throughout the day and shift focus to this epic mass of games put together. More than anything, though, March Madness is the opportunity for any team and its fan base to stand above all the rest.

[Ashley Muchin]

The spring trip was on the way; I awaited with the usual excitement. The spring trip was the highlight of the year: it was sitting on the long beach, in the sun's blaring heat; the spring trip was everything fun to do; it was a ton of sounds in the beautiful sky and land; but most of all, the spring trip was meeting all the wonderful friends I have.

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[Caroline McCoy]

Christmas was on the way; I counted down the days. Christmas was enduring long hours on the road with my family: it was driving through the neighborhoods in Phoenix when the lights were all lit up, or decorating the Christmas tree with your best friend; it was my mom putting out the little village that glows at night when we are all ready to go to sleep; but most of all, Christmas was making memories with some of our closest friends.

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[Caren Aguilar]

Akon was on its way:I was awaiting it with great anticipation for the arrival of the event to start summer. It was an pact wait, filled with preparation for the costume that I would eventually wear to it. Akon is a way to express your love of anima, while also indulging your love of everything else in animation and art/cartoon style cartoons, but most of all it was a time to show off your cos-play costume to the other akon goers.

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[Owen Lee]

"My birthday was on its way; I waited patiently as it came along. My birthday was the best: it was strawberry cake,  or trying to guess what my presents were while they were still wrapped; my birthday was colorful streamers; it was fireworks; but most of all it was a day all about me.

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