Celebrating Middle School Writers
There is light Out behind the clouds Even though it’s dark In my head I know Truly that it’s there And even though I can’t see it I know it’s going to come out when we need it most Because people a long time ago Told of war and rain Even after all that A…
As I walk back down That yellow brick road As the pain shoots through me From words long ago. I once walked away, Full of anger and hate. All that pain and hurt, Always kept me awake. As my mind drifts back, Back to that day. I wish I could forgive, To go the other…
Ziad Ahmed’s response to a question asking, “What matters to you, and why?” on a Stanford application sheet, Ziad Ahmed wrote “#BlackLivesMatter” 100 times on his application sheet. “The hashtag conveys my frustration with the failure of judicial system to protect the black community from violence, systemic injustice, and political disenfranchisement.” says Ziad. A couple…
Eros The peonies were soft this morning Their many fingers like layers Of polyester and silk Such a romantic fabric And as they turned many shades Of sun-borne pink and Brooding, cold magenta They spoke one word “Love.” They said, over and over Again, until the word was hummed By all the surrounding trees Birds,…
Historical Figure: Deborah Sampson I, Deborah Sampson, am the first woman in the history of the U.S to disguise myself as a man and fight for our country’s freedom. I am the daughter Jonathan Sampson Jr. and Deborah Bradford Sampson. My mother was a direct descendant of the famous William Bradford, so we were all…
Persuasive Essay: Thomas Hutchinson Loyalty! Loyalty is where people are supporting someone or something. The colonies should be faithful to the Mother England! The Mother Country brought life to the colonies, and helped them fight their battles. After the Mother Country helped them so much, they decide to turn on the Crown and start mocking the…
Persuasive Essay about James Armistead Lafayette The war was imminent after the British came back. They already had too many screwups like The Boston Massacre, taxation without representation, Punishment of Boston, and the burning of Falmouth, “An outrage exceeding in barbarity and cruelty every hostile act among nations,” said George Washington. I believe that the thought…
There were a lot of kids. Too many. Griffin, Daniel, many that I couldn’t name. They were all causing trouble. Running along the drainage area. In the drainage area. Cutting trees with a knife. Writing on trees with a permanent marker. venturing into the sewer pipe. They were as loud as a bunch of monkeys…
Being a kid on Fox Island, Washington meant that my days were filled with fishing, boating, and skipping rocks across the Puget Sound. The only time living on the Island was not the best was during a storm. On this day, a storm was barreling down on us. The pounding rain had descended and the…
Original text by Ray Bradbury, starting page 112: Montag heard the distant voice calling, “Montag, you all right?” Beatty switched the green bullet off and thrust it in his pocket. “Well–so there’s more here than I thought. I saw you tilt your head, listening. First I thought you had a Seashell. But when you turned…