SEBASTIAN BRICE
Fred: I knew mine was better! Now go home, I have to harvest the remaining wheat before the snow melts and rots it.
Matthew: Okay, see you tomorrow… don’t forget, it’s my birthday.
Fred starts to harvest the wheat field when lightning strikes him and everything goes dark.
Silver medal
And the silver goes to… Helen Liu and Sarah Xu! Both young ladies worked through at least eight drafts, and the results are exciting, informative essays about two very important battles in human history. Read the essays and write comments!
HELEN (HANYU) LIU
Athenian hoplites, heavily armed foot soldiers of ancient Greece, marched with dignity and pride resting on their shoulders towards the battle that changed the ancient world – the Battle of Marathon.
JESSICA YAN
Tremendous amounts of mathematical calculation must have been required, and it was astonishing to know that people had to work so hard on the measurements to construct the magnificent building, the size of an enormous beast, glowing golden in the sunlight.
WILLIAM GAO
Lincoln had a very difficult time maintaining this, rendering himself to himself worthy of respect while his fellow countrymen were slaughtering each other. While attempting to end the Civil War, he also had to attend to problems in his family, and to passing the 13th Amendment. He needed to be able to trust himself before others could trust him to be able to reunite his divided country. Lincoln strove to represent the United States as a whole during his time as president.
SARAH XU
Scipio smiled inwardly (it was never a good idea to show your feelings before a battle) seeing that Hannibal’s first line of men were frightened recruits that had likely just been picked up along the way. Scipio’s soldiers had bulging muscles, hard, chiseled features, and fierce, determined eyes. Scipio felt a twinge of fright, though, about what must be skilled, decorated veterans at the back.
JASON LI
Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, had only the humble goal of proving himself worthy and respected to his contemporaries, “by rendering [himself] worthy of their esteem”. Lincoln as a man was motivated by his sense of morality to achieve great things politically so as to ensure the dignity of his fellow man and the unity of his nation. Through his achievements, he will be forever known in this country as a hero.
And the Gold Medal for the first published Famous Battles essay goes to… SAMMY XU from Hong Kong! Way to go Sammy! This essay represents a great deal of study: from photography to journalism, from war correspondents to famous battles, the nonfiction unit in the autumn of 2012 was brimming over with Read more…
SAMMY XU
I, Prince Estabrook, tried my best to hide all sense of fatigue. I, with my fellow militiamen, listened to Captain John Parker and his orders. Captain Parker was a local farmer turned commander, from Lexington, and had been appointed the leader of our militia. I was an emancipated slave from Ashby, Massachusetts, a town 40 miles away from Lexington. I had traveled down to Lexington a few months ago so I could become a Minuteman and fight for America’s freedom.