Kendra Wiersma

Mrs. Roskamp

LA, 8C

26 October 2015

Theme Writing

My theme writing is over the book “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer. It’s part of the Twilight Series. This book is about a couple, Bella and Edward, and they have a baby and then the Volturi, the rulers/enforcers of the vampires, come to kill the baby. But they stay strong in what they believe even though they could be killed for it. Stay strong in what you believe.

Stay strong in what you believe. You can find this theme in the book in many places. But one place that I think really yells this, is when Bella finds out she’s pregnant. Edward starts freaking out, so Bella calls Rosalie, Edward’s sister, and tells her what happened and that she needs to meet her at the airport when they arrive back in Washington, to help her convince everyone that it’s a good idea to keep this baby that they have no idea what it is or what it’s going to do. But no one want to tell Bella to get rid of it after she has this set of mind that she’s going to keep it. I think this really yells that you should stay strong in what you believe because she knew this thing was and could be the end of her.

Stay strong in what you believe. Another part of the book where it shows this theme is when Alice for sees that the Volturi are coming. The Cullens, the vampire family, decide to split up to find witnesses even when they could run away and never be found. But instead they stay strong in their belief that Renesmee is not an immortal child. They knew that their lives could be taken if they didn’t stop the Volturi to see this child. They stayed strong in what they believed in.

Stay strong in what you believe. The last thing I can think that shows this theme is when after the Volturi come and stop to see what the Cullens have to say, the Volturi leave and they celebrate. They believe that what they have done is right. After that they live a long happy life where they don’t have to worry. They believed that Renesmee is not an immortal child and that payed off.

I really liked this book. I think that younger kids shouldn’t read it but I think it has a great theme. I like how it makes you think. And also it gives great detail about what’s happening and what everyone looks like. I think this is a great book. Some people might not like it because it includes vampires and werewolves but I think it’s a great book in general. Stay strong in what you believe. It’s worth it.

Kendra Wiersma

Mrs. Roskamp

La, 8C

16 September 2015

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Matthew 7:24-25

I’ve always wanted to be an 8^th grader. To pick out the theme the year before and get to live it and breath it and show the kids about how to live the life God wants us to. And I’m finally here. Our theme this year, “Built on the Rock”, means a lot to me as both an 8th grader at ZCS and as a Christian in the world.

I can use this verse as an 8^th grader to help kids know that they can live on Jesus when they need him. Everyone is looking up at you. Your the big kid of the school. It sounds intimidating, but it really isn’t. Being an 8^th grader means being responsible for the way your class acts and how you act. You have every single little kid looking up to you. No pressure. You follow in the foot steps of the 8^th graders of the year before. You can do what you want. Your responsible.

I can use this verse as a christian. There are people all over the world that love and follow the same God that you do. It’s kind of mind blowing. There are people on the other half of the world that are thinking and following the same person your following. There are also people up in Heaven who are praising the same person. They are actually with Him. They live with Him. He loves them and us. He loves everyone.

Our theme this year, “Built on the Rock”, means a lot to me as both an 8th grader at ZCS and as a Christian in the world. We need to believe this verse and keep it in our mind constantly. This verse helps us when we are down and need a strong foundation to keep us standing. He loves me and you and everyone else in the world even if they don’t know him yet. Let’s live this verse out and show the world the strong foundation of God.

Kendra Wiersma

Mrs. Roskamp

LA, 8C

10 September 2015

 

The heart card reminds me of my heart surgery. I had my heart surgery on July 28, 2015. We left our house at 5:00 in the morning. My eyes could hardly focus. We got to Helen DeVos Children’s hospital. We went into a little room where she started my IV. I heard a POP from something that numbs my skin. It sounded just like a pop can opening when all the air rushes out. Something warm ran down my finger and dripped of the end of my finger to the ground.I looked down and saw blood dripping down my hand. Gross, I know. Next the anesthesiologist came and gave me medicine called anesthesia to make me go to sleep. Believe, that’s the weirdest form of sleep you will ever be in. The last thing I remember is them talking and asking what kind of music I like to listen to. The next thing I knew was waking up in the recovery room and wondering where my parents where. Thankfully there was someone in there to tell me where I was. Next, my parents came in and then they took me up to my room. Another one of the weirdest feelings I’ve ever felt. You feel like you’re being dragged down, and down. Then I got to sit in a room for 6 hours, making sure I didn’t move my legs.

 

The book card reminds me of a good movie I watched this summer. I had Olivia Muth over to watch a movie and eat ice cream. She brought over her computer to watch Netflix. We decided to watch Twilight. One of the best movie on the world. My eyes started teary eyed. I felt a little tear drop fall down my face. It’s such an amazing movie. It has so much love and devotion in it. The ice cream in my mouth started to melt and dripped down my throat. It tasted so good! I had chocolate chip ice cream. Yum! Then we went over to her house for a sleepover and had a Twilight marathon. We stayed up until 5:00 A.M.Those movies are the best.

 

The flag card reminds me of the Fourth of July. For the fourth of July we went up to camp at Brower Park. It’s in Mecosta County. I love going there because we always go there with my grandparents friends the Nynheuisis. They have a boat so we always go out and tube and look for turtles. When we go tubing, I can feel the water splashing up onto my face from Ian spraying me. Then we go and get ice cream every day. There is a shop along the river and we go and get ice cream. I love the monster one. It tastes so good! It’s so much fun because we tube on a tube called Big Mable which you sit on. It’s so much fun!