Jenna

Mrs. Roskamp

8b, LA

12 February 2016

It was after volleyball on Thursday at about 8:15 Addi walked into her room to play her guitar. She went to the spot where she normally keeps it and it wasn’t there. She called her mom upstairs to ask where it was. She had no idea where it was. A few other things in their house were gone too. They started to think that they were robbed. One thing Addi didn’t know is that while she was at volleyball Zach drove Logan DeWitt to ask Mr. Potter if he could date her. Tyler also really liked Addi and was very mad that Logan was going to get there before him. Tyler raced him to Addi’s house, but then all the sudden Tyler disappeared. Marissa had also been over because she was waiting for Addi to get home. Logan walked out almost in tears, Zach asked how it went and Logan said he said no. Logan started to walk home. Tyler was listening in the corner and decided this was his shot. He walked up to Mr. Potter and asked, he said yes. Tyler was super excited and he drove home and was going to tell Logan. In between them asking Zach was nowhere to be found. Marissa went to pick Addi up from volleyball then they went to Addi’s to hang out. That’s where we end up at the beginning when Addi walks into her room. Marissa said she really had to go to the bathroom so she ran to the bathroom. All the sudden she got sick and called her mom and went home. After Marissa went home Tyler came over and asked Addi out. She said yes and they drove off. Logan is very sad but will hopefully get over it someday.

The culprits were Marissa and Zach. While Tyler and Logan were asking Mr. Potter, Marissa was talking stuff and throwing it out the window to Zach and he was putting it in his car. Marissa lied about being sick and Zach picked her up and they drove off.

The fist tower did not go well at all. It was really wobbly and fell over. Then it hardened like that and we tried to fix it but the base just kept breaking more. In the test we set the egg in and then it just rolled out. We managed our money well and so we had enough to buy a new egg. We ripped the bottom part off the tower so it was just the top triangle was out tower. That was really sturdy, but it was only 19cm. That was better than 0. We tested that one and it stood up the whole time. My favorite part was seeing it stand up the 2nd time. My least favorite part was when we tested it the first time and it fell out right away.

Jenna Pierce

Mrs. Roskamp

LA, 8B

26 October 2015

The title of my book is The Outsiders. It is written by S.E. Hinton. S.E. Hinton’s real name is Susan Eloise Hinton, but her publisher thought she would sell more books pretending to be a boy. This book was about Ponyboy and his gang. Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash and now his brothers and him live together, but if they get into any trouble they will get separated. One day they started fighting and the oldest brother, Darry, hit Ponyboy. Ponyboy ran away with his best friend Johnny. They ran to the park. At the park they saw a blue mustang with a group of Soc’s, the rich kids of the town, following them. They started drowning Ponyboy in the fountain. Johnny was so nervous that he killed the boy who was drowning him. They decided to run from the police. They went to an abandon church and stayed there for a while. A fire started there and they saved a bunch of kids. Johnny got so hurt that he got stuck in the hospital. He didn’t get any better and he died. The gang suffered after that. In the end the Soc’s and the Greaser got along better after the whole incident. This story shows the theme, friends always have your back, in many parts of the book, such as, when Ponyboy got jumped, when the church started on fire, and when Johnny dies.

The first time they showed this theme was when Ponyboy got jumped. He was walking home from the movies alone and then a couple Soc’s started beating him up. They took out a knife and cut his hair and on accident cut his head. The gang finally found him and saved him. That is one example of when the gang had each other’s back. When Pony was hurt they took care of him.

One of the next times they showed the theme was when the fire started. When Ponyboy and Johnny saved the kids they didn’t get out in time. Ponyboys back started on fire and Dally hit him so that it would go out. Johnny got stuck and Dally had to go into the building at carry him out.

One of the last times they showed the theme was when Johnny and Dally die. They all supported each other even though everyone was sad. They worked through their problems together not against each other. When someone was down they lifted them up.

This story shows the theme, friends always have your back, in many parts of the book, such as, when Ponyboy got jumped, when the church started on fire, and when Johnny dies.

I liked this book a lot. It has a lot of good themes and everyone can relate to it differently. Everyone can learn something from this book.