D.A.R.E Essay

Throughout this  sixth grade year we have had this program called DARE, and it is to try to keep kids off of drugs.What DARE stands for is Drug Abuse Resistance Education.Our assignment is to write an essay about what all we have learned through DARE. I have learned a lot of important things and I have also done lots of fun things with Deputy Thomas.

I think that DARE was a really good program for kids because it teaches you a lot and to make good choices.For example if one of your friends asked you to smoke anything or drink anything you should not do it you should avoid them.It teaches kids that once you get one that kind of stuff you end up edicted to it, and it is hard to quit what you are doing once you are edicted to it.Most kids after they see what those things do to you they don’t ever want to do it.

What I learned is to say no to every drug no matter who is doing it even if it is my friend or family.I will not do any of that because I have seen what those things do to you. In DARE  we used these things called D.U.I goggles and it makes you see through a drunk person’s body and it is really hard and once I did that I did not ever want to be like that and see that way.Also another thing is I don’t want to look like Smoking Susie and she is a doll that smokes all the time she had so much tar in her and she was all Wrinkly and her teeth were yellow and I never want to look like that.

The DARE program has helped a lot of kids I’m sure because it has helped me and all of my friends see what that is like and now we never want to do any drug at all.Deputy Thomas has taught us all a lot this year about being drug free and it has helped me a lot and I am glad that we had the Dare program this year thanks to deputy Thomas.

I think that I will make good choices in life now that we had the DARE program because we learned about a lot of things that could happen if you are on drugs, and I don’t want to be like that when I get older,  and that will happen if you are on drugs.If kids did not have DARE I think that there would be a lot more kids on drugs than what there are now.I will make good choices in life because that is the good thing to do  and I want to be drug free that is what I promise myself and I will do it.

Here is one of the main things we learned about, we learned about Marijuana.Even though it is against the law to grow it people still grow it and get in trouble. Some of the things that we have learned about Marijuana is there is more tar in Marijuana smoke than in tobacco.Also Marijuana effects your brain and body.There a lot of facts about Marijuana. Marijuana smoke has fifty percent to seventy percent more of some cancer causing chemicals than tobacco smoke.

Another one of the main things we learned about was smoking.Some of the things that we learned about that is smoking is it is the number one cause of lung cancer.There are more than two hundred poisons in tobacco.Over 400,000 people die each year from tobacco related causes.Also smoking can cause yellow teeth and smelly breath.We learned so much in the DARE program that is why I liked it.

Another thing that we learned about is alcohol.We learned a lot from this and there are a lot of bad outcomes when someone drinks alcohol. Even if someone is not drinking they can still get hurt by someone else like a drunk driver or anybody body else that has drunk lately.Alcohol is illegal under the age of twenty one.When people drink it is not very good because other people can get hurt by others around them.

This DARE program has been so fun this year and been so helpful, I am so glad that we had this DARE program, but we couldn’t have had it if it wasn’t for Deputy Thomas,it has helped me a lot,  I’m not sure about everyone else but now I am sure that I am going to say no to every drug and stay drug free for the rest of my life, that is my pledge to myself.

Letter To Mr. McGuire

     Here is my letter about the strange,weird,surprising,totally unexpected things that are in my book.I know you love to read a lot of books.This was one of our assignments in The Reading Workshop. 

March 16, 2012

Dear Mr. McGuire,

I am reading a book now called The Secret Language Of Girls by Frances O’Roark Dowell and it is a really good book.Well first of all the main characters in my book are a whole bunch of girls that are having a sleepover and some boys that they like.I thought that I should tell you that to give you an idea about the characters that I am going to be telling you about.Marylin is the kind of girl who is always down about everything.Kate is in cheer leading and  is the kind of girl who likes to do lots of things with her friends.

Well the first thing that I thought was surprising was when the girls had a sleepover.There was a girl who stayed the night and she just got up out of the blue and started to dance her cheer leading routine song and asked everyone if they like her new dance.

Another thing that I thought was weird in this book was at the beginning of the book they are asking each other weird question like do you think that bugs have dreams,  and they are talking about how they wish that they could trade toes and saying good things about why they would want each others toes.Like Marylin said that she had crooked toes, and Kate said she has toes like two plump peanuts and they would trade if they could.

All of the  main characters in my book are very surprising, like the things that they say are surprising like when they talk about bugs having dreams and talking about how they wish they could trade each others toes if they could find a way too.The kind of things that they say and they even said  do you want some peas for dinner and they are talking about rollie pollies.

This book was very interesting to me but it was also very weird to me in a way.They always talk weird and do crazy things for some reasons one funny thing that was very exciting was Kate went lighting bug hunting and she caught seven lightning bugs and asked Marylin what she would trade for seven lightning bugs,  and Marylin pulled out of her pocket a half of a piece of gum and Kate would not trade she said that is wasn’t enough.

This book was very strange to me.You could read it but it is kinda girly,  but it is not as girly as everyone says it is.It is a pretty good book.I hope you like my post.

Florida

I have never been to Florida but I want to go so bad.My mom said that she might take us and we are gonna go with one of her friends and her kids that she has.I hope it will be fun but I cant wait until she decides where we are going because she hasn’t yet.She said that we could either go to Florida and go to a lot of fun things to do in Florida, or we could go to new jersey and do fun things there too.She hasn’t  made up her mind yet but I hope that she picks Florida because I have never been there and it seems very fun.

The most thing that I would want to do in Florida is visit  Disneyland, also go to this beach that has all clear water also I would want to go to the Florida aquarium I heard it is really cool by a lot of people.I think that I would have a lot of fun there.I don’t really know a lot about New Jersey so I don’t know if I would have fun there or not but anywhere I go this summer I hope it is fun.

Dear Mr. McGuire

I am doing an assignment in The Reading Workshop.I have to write some things that the author does to make my book exciting.

March 1st

Dear Mr. McGuire,

I am reading a book called House Of Dark Shadows.The author’s name is Robert Liparulo.He is a really good author.This book the first books that is in its series.There are a lot of main characters in this book.The main characters in it are Xander and his brother David.

One of the things that the author does that makes the book really good is at the beginning he shows a picture of the inside of the house and where everything is at the house that they are going to be moving into.It helps me understand the book a lot more.It helped me a lot more than it would have if it was not there.

Another thing that  the author does that makes the book exciting is he makes it really scary in the beginning and at the end.He makes the characters in the book go on a lot of scary adventures and see a lot of scary things.Whenever they go on adventures even in the house it somehow always ends up being scary in the end.That is one of the reasons why I like this book so much because it has a lot of scary things in it.Whenever they go in the woods it is so exciting that I do not want to stop reading. I want  to read until I finish reading  the book, and see what happens.This author is so good at giving details in his books.

One other thing is that the author he makes everything sound so realistic.That makes everything in the book exciting for some reason when people do that it makes it sound like you are in the story not just reading it and I like it when books are like that.That is why I like to read these series books.They are so exciting to me.Whenever I read I think that I am really  in the book with the real characters.I love when that happens.He is such a good author.

I hoped you enjoyed my letter.You should try to read the series sometime.I am only on the first book but I am almost done and I can tell that they are going to be really good.I would only read them if you like adventure and scary books because it is a mixture of both of those things.I love reading this series. I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in this series they are so good.

Sincerely,
Megan M.

The person I Follow

My motivation would be my big sister Kayla.I have always wanted to be able to ride horses like her, and barrel race like her.I thin it is so cool how she can do it and I wish that I could have enough courage to do something like that, like she does but I don’t.I want her to teach me sometime but we don’t have horses anymore.I don’t know why I have always wanted to be like her but I have ever since I was little.My sister is not  much older than me she is fifteen and I am eleven.It is not that I want to be like her it is just that I wish I could be able to do the things that she can it is amazing to me.

I thought that the program was awesome the amazing things that he could do with the basketball.It meant a lot to me, his moral to it all was you can do anything as long as you practice and practice until you get it.Also everything that you do is your fault no matter if it is good or bad.

House of Dark Shadows

I am reading a book called House of dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo.It is a series book.It is is really good book so far I am only on page thirty-one though.I am at the part where they are house hunting (trying to find a house) and they are staying in a hotel until then.

I really want to know what kind of house that they are going to move into but by the front page of the book if that is the house that they are moving into it is not very good.This book is one of those kind of books that are exciting and make you want to know what is going to happen next, and makes you want to read until you figure it out.I like how they are a series book because I like to read series books, and when you read the books it feels like they never end.

In the book David and Xander are the main characters.It is really scary they hear noises coming from the upstairs and they don’t know what it is and the boy keeps on seeing shadows and nobody believes him until they see it.There was a story that the real estate person told them about it that the man killed his wife and then left and went somewhere.She wasn’t going to say anything because the little boy was in there with his dad, but he told him to tell him and she told him and now he is even more scared about the house and he is finding more and more things that went on with that house.

I cant wait to read more and see what happens next and see if they are going to find out more about the house and see if the ghosts are really there to harm them or not and what they are going to do about it.I like the kind of books where I get lots of questions and want to read a lot and see if I can figure it out.I really like this book and I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in the series and see what happens it seems so good.

One reason I read a lot though is because I am a good reader and I love to read.When I read I don’t want to stop until I am don’t with the book.That are some things that you should know about my book that I am reading.

If I was the Best

If I had an amazing talent it would be acting.I am really good at acting out things.I would be well-known by a lot of people around the world.I would impact the world by teaching people how to learn to act things out.One reason I like to act things out is because I like to play charades a lot.Another reason I would impact the world is by encouraging people to do more and to get up and do things.

If I was an amazing actress I would try to do my best to encourage a lot of people to try to be an actress.Little kids would love to want me to teach them to be the best actress they can be.Even grown ups that wanted to do it I could try to teach them too.It would be amazing to have a talent like that so I could encourage people to do that.Also just to be that good at something.

I would act to many different things not just about on thing, like I would not just be on cartoon actors I would be on grown up things too.People of all ages would like me and want to watch me do things.That is what I would do if  a had a talent like that.

Happiness

I think that everyone has a happiness in them somewhere.I try to be as happy as I can because laughing is very healthy for you.Also when you are happy and nice to other people I think that it gives them courage to be happy to and laugh.Most people think that I am a nice person because I am happy.I do not like when I am sad and other bad things it is just a lot better and healthier to be happy and I am happy because when people talk about me and other things I ignore it I don’t start drama and that makes me more happier.

I mean everyone always has some times in life when they are not very happy like for bad reasons, like family or friends are moving.Reasons like those but other than that I try to be the happiest person I can be because being mad or mean is just boring so why do it.Some people think it is fun but I don’t.If I am sad I think about all the good things that could come out of it, and try to make myself happy.When I am happy it makes me feel like I have more energy.Like I said I think that I am a happy person most of the time and other people think that I am too.I like being happy more than I like being sad or mad it is boring.When I see someone new I try to be nice to them and I try to be their friend and not be mean to them.Thats is why most people think of me as being a nice person.When i am happy i like to do things a lot more than when i am mad.These is why i like being happy.Also why i am a happy person.

I wish that I could make everyone in the world happy every day.I usually have a smile on my face when I walk to school and when I get home.When I smile it makes my day feel a lot better.When i am around my friends i smile a lot too.That is because my friends make me smile a lot.I smile because it makes me feel like anything in the world is possible if you are happy.

Some Of My Dreams

Here are some goals that I would like to do in life

Then I want to live the rest of my life the fullest!

The Perfect Time

I remember on a hot summer day while I was a softball tournament I had not been hitting the ball very well.Some girls on the team were making fun of me because of it!It was almost my turn to bat and I was the last batter up then the game was over.I was thinking to myself I am going to hit this ball to the fence all the way behind everyone then see what everyone thinks!I was finally me up to bat I stood there on home plate hoping to hit the ball so far out they had to run to get it.I saw the ball coming towards me I gripped the ball tight and aimed the bat right and the ball and it was right there I closed my eyes and swung.I hit the ball I finally opened my eyes after I heard the ball hit the bat and I saw it,it soared through the air like nothing it went close to the fence like I was hoping it would I ran as fast as I could and I got a home run.

All of the girls on my team were screaming by now they were so proud of me and they told me that they were sorry for not believing that I could make our team win!We went and got ice cream after that because we won. I got the team ball for making the last run, but I did it by me believing that I could make it go far and make us win.It meant so much to me because almost all the girls on the team didn’t believe in me at all and I just had to believe in myself and I got a home run then they were so proud of me.Those are one of the times that I will remember for the rest of my life.