9 Questions

1- What are the three most important things you learned this year?
- I learned how to cite sources
- I learned how to punctuate properly
- Lastly I learned how to analyze quotes and explain them

2- What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?


The Holocaust Museum and Hopefully the party we are going to have

3- What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year?
 -they stayed up to help me with my Ixl's
4- What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?
- Probably nothing

5- In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements? What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?
Becoming a more serious person and being able to speak aloud without being scared

6- What was the most challenging part of this year for you?
-having to be up to date with the Ixl's and studying for the vocabulary tests

7- What was the best piece of writing that you did this year? Why do you think it is your best?
- I Believe Is my best writing piece because I poured my ideas and heart into it. It was originally 2 pages because I had so much to say about my statement but I didn't want to make it long

8- Of the books you read this year, which was your favorite? Why?
-Night because it was something that did happen and was interesting


9- What advice would you give students who will be in this class next year?
- Do your work and make jokes once in awhile but just have fun because this is an amazing class. This class has teached me so many things. Thank You Mrs. Larson you are a amazing teacher

I Believe

“Be Yourself”

May 18, 2017

    I believe that people shouldn't let others influence how they act in their daily lives.

 A few months ago I woke up and did what I do daily, but not this particular day. I started to think why do people follow what others do to fit in. Wouldn't people want to be different and stand out from the other people? Apparently not, because people want to fit in and be accepted by others. I started to think more and came to the conclusion that other people like to intimidate others and they get scared and they get influenced to do the same. All this stemmed from social media and it's sad to see a generation that many people call the closest to Einstein be the same generation that determines what the future is going to be like.

   After I talked to people about it, I started to change my mentality and try not to follow what others do. Also to be creative because most people in this generation try to fit in with people and don't be themselves just so they can get accepted by others. Honestly it won't matter because in the future they might not be your friends and you practically spent most of your life trying to be like others people should just be themselves and stand out from other. There are amazing, creative people in this generation. People can use these abilities they have to make a better future for everyone

Notes from the Midnight Driver 2

My book called "Notes from the Midnight Driver" is about a child named Alex. One night Alex decided to drink some of his fathers vodka and get drunk. He then choose to grab some keys to his moms Dodge and drive around drunk. Until he faced reality and crashed into the sidewalk and he got minor injuries but he thought he killed someone because a police officer on the scene said that there was body parts on the grass. Alex then started to tear up until the officer pointed out that he killed a lawn gnome and Alex then realized that there was no blood and that it was just a gnome.

My article is about teen drunk driving and it was interesting to find that most of the cases are high school students (16-20 yrs old) are at risk to get into a car accident because of drunk driving. It says in the article," The percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991." I asked myself what year does my book take place in because this might be a reason why. Another question that surfaced is why drunk driving decreased in the past few years. As I kept reading it was mostly because of new laws that were put into effect.

These two pieces of writing have many things in common. One of these things caught my eye, the topic of the two are very similar. The topic that is similar is both include drunk teens driving in cars and possibly killing themselves.

"Teen Drinking and Driving." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 02 Oct. 2012. Web. 12 May 2017

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the midnight driver. New York: Scholastic, 2015. Print. 

Notes from the Midnight Driver

In my book Notes from the Midnight Driver a boy named Alex decided one night to get drink a lot of vodka and drunk drive around his area. He then rode onto a sidewalk with the car and he hit his head really hard and he got a gash on his forehead. Later that night the police woke him and they were questioning why he was driving a car drunk and he thought he hit someone and killed them and he was trying to apologize to the officer when in reality it was a gnome who he decapitated. He was later taken to the hospital for his minor injuries. When he woke up again in the hospital he started to vomit and he had a hangover from the previous night of heavy drinking.

In my opinion this book to me is ok I expected more from the book. It's funny and has a good theme but I thought it would be more interesting. My favorite part so far is where he was taken to the police station and was hungover it was really funny because of what he did while there. He would make fun of the officer and he tried to be friends with him but I didn't work. Alex's nose was bleeding violently during this time.

My prediction for the future of the book is that Alex's mom will eventually find a boyfriend. Also Alex and Laurie will probably date by the end of the book or be close to. Also that the charges against Alex for drunk driving will be dropped or put her in jail. In my opinion he doesn't deserve those charges, although he did drive like that he's to young to be charged as a adult like that. He should at least get a fine or has to do specific volunteer hours for him.

All the characters are really interesting and they have a story behind them. I think Alex is reckless and or is rich. I think he is rich because he has his own lawyer and the dad has so much vodka that his son gets drunk. He also owns a Dodge which are expensive I don't know which car it is but they are usually expensive. When he crashed that car the mother or father didn't say anything about the car getting paid for the damage they got mad because they were arguing who let the keys on a counter and who left the vodka out for anyone to grab like in this case Alex grabbed it and drank a lot we can assume because he got drunk.