Three Grammar Writing exercises

1. The team won its game. Did you win yours, too?
2. They left their books there.
3. I hear you're about to graduate.
4. It's nice that they're friendly.
5. Although I get a lot of colds, I feel alright now.
6. Who's prettier than you?
7. Are you tired? I'm out of breath, too.
8. Run back and forth from here to there.
9. You're about to lose your book.
10. Everyone will accept the prize except you.
11. Do you know whether or not he will give me the prize?
12. Many people choose to live in large cities.
13. Is the doctor through with my exam?
14. What effect does the school principle have on you?
15. What did he advise you to do? Did you take his advice?
16. There are a lot of your friends in the boat.
17. I will buy a book by Ray Bradbury. 
    

Time Capsule

If our community decided to store a Time Capsule that would only be opened a hundred years from now I would want to place in it these 5 items:

1. Money
2. Latest Iphone
3. Picture of our foods
4. Latest Makeup
5. Picture of my house

Money

The first item I chose to put in the time capsule was money.  I would want to put at least a five dollar bill in the time capsule so the people of the future could see what our money looked like.  This is important so they could compare the differences between the money we had and they money they have.  Also on our bills they give information on our prime ministers and lots of other interesting things.  People of the future may find all that information important and interesting.  The bill also contains Canada’s popular sport which is hockey which gives future people an insight on our activities.  Also maybe 100 years from now the five dollar bill might be worth a lot more money or it could be worth a lot less and that would be pretty interesting for people 100 years from now.

Latest Iphone

Another item I would place in the time capsule would be the latest Iphone.  The latest Iphone is the Iphone se.  In our day the Iphone se is very advanced and popular it has everything we ever wanted on it and it’s so simple and easy to use.  The people of the future may find it interesting because god only knows how much technology will improve by then.  Future people might look at our Iphone’s as old phones the same as we look at phones even 50 years from today.  Maybe Iphone won’t even be a thing a hundred years from now, maybe people will abandon phones altogether who knows what will happen.  Either way it would be interesting for the people of 2116 to know what kind of phones we had and how much technology has advanced since today.

Picture of our foods

This would be an important item so the people knew what kind of food we ate.  Maybe they would want to know if our foods were healthy, fattening, full of sugar and things.  Maybe the future people will be all about dieting and eating healthy foods or maybe people will continue eating the same foods. A picture of our foods will give the people information about our culture,  traditions and things, also might give them information about how we cook our food.  Cooking in the future may be a lot different than it is today maybe new stoves will be invented, new microwaves, or anything that will get cooking done faster or differently.  Maybe the people of the future will have much fancier foods or anything could happen.  They might even get some ideas from our foods.

Latest Makeup

The latest makeup would be important to put in the time capsule because god only knows what kind of makeup trends will be out in 2116 and it would be interesting for them to know what kinds of makeup we put on.  Maybe instead of wearing makeup from Sephora or other places there will be another much better makeup trend out.  There’s even the possibility that people in 2116 will abandon makeup altogether and go back to the natural look it would be hard to say.  Makeup is something most girls wear nowadays, it’s a very common thing and lately makeup has become very popular when wanting to create a bunch of looks, especially for contouring and things.  

Picture of My House

This will be important to see because the future people will be able to compare their modern houses to ours.  Houses in the future will more than likely be much bigger and fancier than ours today because of how much technology and things that are being made.  People are making new things everyday so it will be hard to say what kind of houses the people will have.  I can only imagine the houses will be much bigger and much more advanced will lots of spaces and fancy things in their homes.  Also with a picture of a modern house there will be a background of probably a nice lawn with maybe a pool outback or something.  Future people will be able to get an idea of the things we owned and the scenery around us.

Letter:  

Dear future people,

   I am a 16 year old girl, I go to Blackville school and there are 5 people in my family.  My moms name is Brenda, my dad's name is Scott, and my brothers names are Chris and Nathan.  I am a middle child, my older brother is Chris and my younger brother is Nathan.  My family members are very nice people, they’re kind, caring and very understanding.  My mom is really short like me, my dad is pretty short too, however my brothers are both quite tall for their age.  Our hobbies are boating, snowmobiling, going for Sunday drives and just doing fun stuff together as a family.  Some recent events that happened were on Jan. 7, 2015 Masked gunmen killed 10 journalists and two police officers. Eleven others were wounded.  A massive manhunt that consumed France for the next three days ended during two hostage sieges that took place simultaneously, one in a kosher market and another in a warehouse near the Charles de Gaulle Airport. Four of the hostages were killed.The two brothers who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices died after an hours-long standoff with police at the warehouse. Another gunman who took multiple hostages at a kosher market in eastern Paris was also killed in a police raid. His accomplice, Hayat Boumeddiene, escaped and is still on the run today. An al-Qaeda offshoot branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack.  Another recent event was on Feb.10, 2015 New England and New York state are enduring the third winter storm in less than two weeks. The storm shattered snowfall records for a 30 day period in Boston that were previously set during the blizzard of 1978. Some snowbanks reached higher than seven feet tall. An event about to take place is Adele begins her 25 world tour in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on leap day. That concert and all the rest on the tour are sold out. Adele performs in Vancouver July 20-21, in Montreal Sept. 30-Oct. 1 and in Toronto Oct. 3-7. The tour wraps up in Mexico City on Nov. 15. Adele hasn't toured since 2011. Her third studio album, 25, debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts in November and has stayed there. It's been breaking all kinds of sales records, but is not yet the biggest selling album of the 21st century.

Children's story

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WI77xaH2JdYj0kNdvZUPzyAtHzxRtZPgJWhI-YDP0tw/pub

Tips on Writing Stories for Children

  The information I found particularly helpful were the elements that editors, reviewers, and to some extent readers will look for in your story. The elements talked about were the theme, plot, story structure, characters, setting, style and tone.  The information that was similar when analyzing the children's stories were the plot, dialogue and the story line.  The information I found helpful in the article on "Writing Good Dialogue" is to make the dialogue interesting, make it have a purpose and to not make up boring and pointless sentences.  Also the article told us that dialogue shows the relationships between characters which was helpful information.  I think the theme should be part of the rubric. "Is the story easy to read and understandable for young children" should also be part of the rubric.

Analyzing children stories

  The first children's story I read was called "The Brave Monkey Pirate".  The main character in the book was a monkey named Modi.  Modi was a monkey who was a pirate and afraid of going to the doctor for a shot.  In the story there was dialogue with Modi's mother and father.  the dialogue was modi's mother telling him about his doctors appointment and the dialogue with his father was him telling Modi to take his ship and follow the map to the treasure.  Also his father told him he could have ice cream when he got back.  Another dialogue was the crab wizard giving Modi a rock and explaining what to do with it.  The dialogue in the story helped encourage the little monkey to go to the doctors for his shot, it helped him get over his fears.  The conflict is the little monkey is afraid to go to the doctor to get a shot.  Some children may be able to relate because most children hate going to the doctor for shots and it can be pretty nerve wrecking when you're young.  The conflict is resolved by giving the monkey a special rock to squeeze onto when getting the shot and he will be given ice cram afterwards.  The message or lesson is to not be afraid because getting a shot isn't as bad as what it seems.

   The second children's story I read was "Little Miss Mary And The Big Monster Makeover".  The main character is a young girl named Mary.  Mary was very spoiled and a loved to shop more than anything else until she then finds a new interest besides shopping, which was giving monsters makeovers.  The dialogue in the story is Mary shopping with her mom, then she was talking to a monster.  The way she talked to the monster without freight was important.  Since she talked to the monster without freight the monster was shocked and they became friends.  The problems and conflicts in the story were Mary is so spoiled she spends lots of money shopping which means her father has to work all the time to keep making money.  Another problem is when the clothes wouldn't fit the monster and they all tore.  Some children may be able to relate to the conflicts like maybe money wise, some children get carried away and tend to want lots of expensive things and come off as being spoiled like Mary.  The conflict is resolved when Mary realizes that some people aren't as lucky as she is and she wants to help others like give makeovers and things to monsters instead of buying more for herself.

   The third story I read was "Fruit Salad".  The main character in the story was the apple.  The apple was old and sad.  There is lots of dialogue in the story, at first the fruit are talking about what they are going to do then when they split apart, but when they meet again they admit they are sad and resolve the problem together.  The problem in the story is all of the fruit are too old to be eaten so nobody wants them and they're upset because of that.  I guess children can relate in a sense that maybe they feel left out too sometimes and it also makes them upset.  The conflict is resolved by the fruit working together and finding a place to go, which ends up being where all the old fruit goes and they are all happy there and make new friends.  The message in the story is there's always a place to go when you feel abandoned or left out.


   The three stories are similar by each having a problem or conflict that needed to be resolved.  They were also similar in the way that most young children could relate to them like being afraid of going to the doctor for a shot, being spoiled, or feeling abandoned or left out.  The stories are different by having different conflicts and meanings.  Also there are different messages given in each story.  These stories would be appealing to younger children because they're not too long, there's pictures and they all have a meaning children can understand or relate to.        

Perfect soft Chocolate chip cookies

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pAp_J_yf3ZFuXJgoo5V4Vkp-75DFXQW6K-hQO4mKdlA/pub