Acrostic Poem

L-ucky
O-riginal
G-reat
A-erospace & Engineering
N-ice

S-uper

Riddle Poem

I’m launched from the man in the middle

I’m going 90 miles per hour

I reach the batter but he swings and misses

I smack into the glove of the man behind the plate

As the guy on the other side

Throws me as hard as he can

I get ready to be caught

I finally reach the glove and it clasps me tight

When the pitcher throws me

The batter digs in for the fight

I go straight for him

And he swings and I hear a bang

Answer: Baseball

Concrete Poem

Glogster

Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

Logan Self

Mr. Allam

English II Hour 4

10 March 2011

Are true friends really ‘true friends’? What you think are friends can instantly turn on you even for something that isn’t necessarily your fault. Just like what happened to me. One of my good friends, Brutus, did this to me. He stabbed me in the back just because he didn’t like what I was doing as a king. So if he was a ‘true friend’, he would have just talked to me about it. I would have resigned as a king if there were enough people that thought I wasn’t doing a good job. So just keep in mind, what you think are true friends might not be ‘true friends’.

Some people, like Brutus, would rather be one of these people and turn on their friends. They think they can have power by doing this. They would rather kill one of their good friends than just talk about it and resolve it an easier way.

First, your friends can instantly turn on you. Before you instantly turn on one of your friends, especially for something that isn’t necessarily your fault, think about it and talk to them. They might change just for you. They might think the same way, but they just need somebody to tell them. So you could actually be helping them and yourself. So please before you turn on good friend and loose a good friendship, think about what you’re doing and talk to the person.

Second, talk to the person. If you’re having issues with somebody, the best way to resolve it is to talk about it. If you hold it in, you will eventually do something bad, like killing a good friend. Talking to them could actually help both of you, not just you. So before you turn on somebody, talk to them about it, it might just save both of your lives.

Its better to trust your friends but always keep an eye on them just in case one of them ‘pulls a Brutus’ on you, you will be ready. I wasn’t ready and learned my lesson the hard way.

POW #4: Does the opposite sex ever just make you mad?

Dear Brutus,

My wife has been bugging with me too much lately. She thinks I have time to pay attention to her all the time. For goodness sake, I am the king of Rome! She made me stay home today because she was sick, and the people of Rome are wondering what has happened to me. I need some advice to solve this conflict, so if you would like to help me, please send me some!

Caesar
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Dear Caesar,

I understand your difficulties. My wife is the same way. I advise you to sit down and have a nice conversation with her and tell her that she has to understand that you are a king of one of the biggest cities in the world and you don't have a lot of time to pay attention to her. Tell her that you will spend as much time with her as you possibly can but she has to understand your situation too.

Brutus

POW#3: Letter to Dr. Berry

                Should we really have two extra days at the end of the school year? Well some say we should. I am here to say its non sense. We should not add two days on at the end of the year because it’s not the students’ fault that it snowed and school was canceled or because teachers don’t get paid, they get paid if we have the extra days or not.

                Some people say we should add the two extra days because the students didn’t learn anything those two days and should have to make them up. Others say that the teachers don’t get paid if we don’t have the extra days. Well they are all wrong.

                First of all people say we need to make up the extra days for education purposes. Well we had no control over the snow and not having school those days. It wasn’t our fault that school was canceled because of natural causes. So why should we have a consequence for something we had no control of? This means we should have the extra two days because of this reason.

                Second, people say that it’s not fair to the teachers because they don’t get paid for the two days we missed. The true fact is that the teachers get paid the same amount either way, if we make them up or if we don’t. Even if they didn’t get paid, they aren’t going to get rich off of two days of work. Plus they got these two days off too. It would be different if they had to work those two days and didn’t get paid. The district would also be losing money if we made these days up because the schools would be using extra electricity and supplies. So we shouldn’t have to make up the snow days for this reason either.

                So unless there is another reason that we should have these day made up, I can find no reason why we should have them. The two reasons that I have stated here aren’t good enough in my opinion to have them.