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How to survive a shark attack Imagine two, huge and black eyes looking up at you in the water. As soon as you panic, you start to swim fast. The shark catches you and you are it a shark stomach, the shark swallowed you whole. You may also know that if you were going in the water, you should take a look at this first. Well, most times you are at attack and there are ways out of it. I feel that you shall get to work and survive this shark attack. So, obviously you are going to hear…

I racked my brain, repeatedly, trying to find ways to improve this. The conflict was definitely lacking. In our Character Creation class, we were told to think more about our antagonist, and I didn’t really do that. Snail is a cool senior, but his skills in class are lacking. This is why his relationship with Lyla originally formed. I took this into consideration during my final revision. She is leaving and Snail knows that. He is paranoid and insecure about his life without her, so he lashes…

As I was fast asleep I heard someone breaking in! I jumped up and dashed from my bed to see a bunch of travelers in my cave, with my food. I ran at them attacking and eating some of the men. Then a man jumped on me tied me up and gouged out my eye. As I was screaming I said, “who is doing this!” The man told me nobody. I screamed “Nobody is gouging out my eye!” The men ran off leaving me alone, in total darkness. I screamed and stumbled across the ground! I felt my way to the water and…

when i moved One day my mom and dad told me and my brother we are moving. I was sad but I still packed and enjoyed the last days with my friends at school and they came over. It was hard moving but we had to move. After one day we started cleaned and got boxes the second day we had started packing and after a week went passed we had my room packed and my brothers room too. After two weeks we had mostly everything packed just the tv to go and we are done and we packed everything to not move to…

Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Knott had been at Hutal, a small town in a remote region of southern Afghanistan, for roughly a week when a cat caught his attention. The day he appeared from behind a concrete barrier trailing blood from an injured paw, Knott decided to take action. He approached his commander: "I have a refugee in my intelligence office." The commander was at first shocked and disapproving, but after seeing the cat, he left the office - returning a few moments later with armload of tinned…

June 13, 1805 I become the first white man to ever see the Great Falls, which the Indians had told me to look for because it meant that I was near the Missouri River. When I got there, their was a total of five falls, all together. Each falls measuring about 12 miles. Once we were there we had to leave and continue on our journey. Unexpectedly it took us one month to pass the falls. What was on the other side of the falls were the Rocky mountains. June 30, 1805, we have discovered a new…

Life is Hard Is your life hard? There’s no way it can be as hard as Andrew and his dad’s problems. In the story, “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting, life is hard. Andrew and his dad go through many problems as they live through the rough life of the airport. At the beginning of the story, life is hard because Andrew and his dad have to live in an airport. It specifically says, “My dad and I live in an airport”. Living in an airport can make your life stressing and hard. Also, they have to try…

Gabby P Carlos’ Christmas “Ok Carlos! We are going on a date, watch Lauren while we are gone” said Bailey, mother of Lauren. She was wearing a red coat and a red hat with a pair of red shoes. Jack was the father of Baby Lauren, he wore a kaki outfit with a black bottom. As soon as they left the house, Carlos told Lauren to get on his back so that they could get down the green carpeted staircase. “Can I go look at the beautiful tree Carlos?” asked Lauren.…

8th Grade Basketball It was a very hot day. The blacktop was scorched with heat as my feet started to burn because it was so hot. Ms. Sandoval wanted me and another person to pick the last two names out of the hat. He was on the team too. My hands were shaking, trembling with fear and anxiety. I stared at the thin pieces of paper inside the fedora. I knew I had to pick an 8 to pick myself. The other kid who was trying to get on the team was standing beside me. He picks one of the…

One dark and stormy night, I was transporting a load of duck tape on my cargo ship. When all of a sudden the weather started getting rough. The waves were getting so big that we were taking on water. The next thing I knew I was on an island. I had to survive all alone with nothing but my duct tape. All I had was duck tape so I used it to make a big S.O.S on the beach so it would be visible from an airplane. By that time the day was old and the sand was hot so I had to protect my feet. I made a…