Bridge To Terabithia By Katherine Paterson

I jumped out of my bed and looked at the clock. It was only half past midnight? I went to the bathroom and came back to get some more sleep before it was time to wake up for school. I was nearly out cold when I had remembered something that once again made me jump out of bed: I completely forgot that I had the largest English project due that was worth more than half of my final grade for the first quarter of my seventh-grade year. I scrambled around my room until I found my bookbag and grabbed my binder. The rubric stated that I must have a presentation representing the book “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson and I also needed a two-page paper explaining my thoughts on the novel. Luckily, my mother had purchased a bundle of poster …show more content…
Trying to be as creative as I could be in such a small amount of time, I used my stencils to spell out “Bridge to Terabithia.” Then, I began to color in the letters with bold and exciting colors that would jump off the page to my classmates when I presented the board. I then went onto my computer to print off a picture of a bridge to use as an example for my illustration. The novel is based on two students who become friends after the new girl, Leslie, moves next door to the main character, Jess. The two created a world of fantasy in the woods near their house and they ended up visiting their new world every day after school. One day, Jess hadn’t gone to their fantasy world called Terabithia, but Leslie, however, went without Jess. There was a creek in Terabithia, which ended up being the cause of death to Leslie, as she drowned while trying to cross it. Jess struggled to keep Terabithia alive afterwards, but eventually he created a bridge and became the new “leader” of the fantasy world he once shared with his best friend. For my representation, I decided to draw a bridge that was brown and appeared rather aged. Then, I added a yellow glow around the bridge, which was to symbolize that Jess created a new, refreshed fantasy world for himself, but the glow was his sign of Leslie who would live on forever in Jess’ fantasy land. For my main ideas, I decided to type them …show more content…
I, once again, was on my computer and began typing out the essay. I made sure to include all important details as well as a list of the main characters. My project seemed to be coming together more greatly than I thought due to my procrastination. Once again, I checked the clock and it was now six in the morning. I had finally completely my project within a decent amount of time and just enough time to get myself ready for school. I put my project somewhere where it couldn’t get damaged, got my clothes ready for school and made my way to the shower. When I was finished, my mom was in the kitchen enjoying her morning routine of drinking coffee. Before I could begin telling her of how great my project turned out to be, she informed me that my school district had closed for the day due to terrible weather conditions outdoors. In disbelief, I peeked out of the kitchen window to see a white blanket covering my entire backyard. All I could think was how irritated I was due to spending all of the early morning hours forcing myself to stay awake in order to complete this project. All in all, I believe that I learned my lesson of procrastinating on an important project since I could be spending my snow day with friends instead of catching up on much needed