Cookie's piece

Author’s note: Recently my friend, Shelby Clark, her Guinea pig, Cookie died from natural causes. He will be missed very much and in honor of his death I shall be writing a piece dedicated to him. I will be focusing on staying in the same tense and having good description for this piece.

Your body had stiffened up. Your legs grew weaker and you dropped to the ground like a graceful ballerina. As your back hit the soft hay of your cage your head bobbled up to see the fluorescent light that used to give warmth and energy to your cage, but what then seemed like nothing but a blinding light that kept getting bigger. Your eyelids slowly started to close, as your heart beat had gotten slower and slower, until it was hardly there and you opened your eyes for the last time. You looked around and saw your sister Oreo had been staring mournfully at you with her big black eyes begging for you to stay awake. But you didn’t, you couldn’t. You were so tired you had to lay down and sleep. A sleep that you would never wake up from again.

Little things

Author's note: My favorite band, One Direction just released a new single called Little Things  and I love this song so much so I decided to write a story off of it. I will be trying to have a high proficient thesis statement. Also I will be trying to have advanced word choice. 

Imperfections. Everyone has them, but that doesn't mean you are ugly, or stupid, or even ignorant. You might not love the sound of your voice on tape, or you never want, to know how much you weigh. The truth is that they make up, well you. In the song Little Things by One Direction, those five boys tell you that those small imperfections are what make you beautiful, no matter what you think.

When someone listens to this song, they can't help but have one or two tear drops fall from their eyes. The song was just amazing, it has so much emotion in it. It had really helped people realize that everyone is perfect just the way they are. No matter what anyone else says about them. They are p-e-r-f-e-c-t period. No one can change that no matter how hard they tried. They will never change that.

Another lesson this song says that everyone judges other people without getting to know them. For example, you could see a really stick skinny girl and envy her. But truth is she might be suffering from Bulimia. Or you could see an overweight girl and think she's fat, but the truth could be that no matter what she ate or how much she exercised she would gain weight. You might even notice a girl that is in great shape, that you call an over achiever. Though she might over exercise her body so she can get any scholarships she can get, so she can go to the college of her choice that her parents might not be able to pay for so it becomes cheaper. You might even see a really smart girl that is like three years ahead of her class, that you call a nerd. She might stuff her face in a book, because she doesn't have any friends and she tries to drown her sadness into her work. As you can now see you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

Now you can see that this song is very meaningful, and has taught me a lot about things I didn't realize were a problem before I heard this song. Even though these are some of the biggest things I learned a lot of small things also. Like even though this band is now super stars worldwide they are still down to earth and care a whole lot about their fans. I found this out because in one of their interviews they had said that this song was dedicated to their fans, and to remind them that they are beautiful no matter what anyone says, and that is exactly what I learned in this song. That everyone is perfect. And that is why, 'I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you’ve smiled, you've never loved your stomach or your thighs.'

Sandy

Author's note: Recently a hurricane hit the east side of the U.S. This hurricane was named Sandy. I will be writing a piece in response to this tragic event. I will be focusing on I staying in the same tense and not switch tenses like I usually do. I will also be trying to have a good thesis statement by connecting it to a real-life event.

The wind whipped the telephone poles outside of my house to the ground. I winced as I heard the snap of the cable cords as the big wooden pole hit the ground with such a huge force that it shook the ground under my feet. I quickly grabbed the food from the cupboard, and sprinted to the basement, trying to get away from Hurricane Sandy.

Quickly I reached my parents' room where everyone in my family had been camping out during the hurricane. Quietly I creaked open the door listening to my family laugh and enjoy themselves for the first time since the hurricane hit. I slowly opened the door only to find myself laughing as hard as everyone when I saw what had happened.  The baby had painted the walls with the breakfast from that morning.

Once everyone had finished laughing my mother went upstairs to grab a towel. I walked over to the corner and started to create dinner. I organized everything so everyone would have an equal amount of food. When I finished the dinner I picked it up and turned around to bring it to everyone. Then Wham! I tripped over the toys my sister had left out right behind me.

I sat up and saw all my family laughing so I couldn't help but laugh too. Once we all finished laughing I picked up the food and took it to the bed and sat it down there and said, "Eat."  They all dug in greedily but left enough for me to have a decent meal.

I ate all the food that was left over. Slowly I trudged to the bed that we all had been sharing and climbed in. As night fell, I slowly drifted off to sleep into a deep slumber. Hopefully everyday will be like today.I thought to myself right before I went to my own dreamland, where there would be no hurricane Sandy, or nothing else that can hurt my family. Or me.