Skating I skated around the rink I felt the slightest breeze I heard the Coach writing with a pen “Today we have a test?!” I asked my friend. “You better start practicing!” “How do you know?” I asked her. “Because I just took class,” she retorted. “That makes a lot of sense,” I concluded. Read more…
This is an example of an expository essay where the student followed three different patterns: Sequencing, Cause and Effect, and Description. Good job, Jonathan! Hurricane Irene The Mid-Atlantic Region is experiencing some winds up to fifty miles per hour and most states in that area are in very high chances of flooding. Both regions Read more…
Fifty Back Finals I was in the water, ready for action. All I could see while I was in the frigid water was the diving block in front of my face. I was thinking, “Will I get first? Will I get last? Will I drop time?” Then, cutting short my daydreaming, the official sounded the Read more…
SIG, Princeton Reflection My feelings about the Summer Institute for the Gifted before I left for the sleep-away school, were: nervousness, worry and fatigue. I felt the opposite while I was there. I had a fascinating and memorable time. A few months before SIG, my mom announced that I was going to Princeton sleep-away Read more…
THE HOBBIT The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is truly a masterpiece. Tolkien brought in the idea of something new, which would eventually be a hit all over the world. Tolkien created the genre we know now as fantasy. In 1937, when the book was published, it was misunderstood and was perceived as “a Read more…
