NCAA

I think Uconn is going to win the NCAA tourney. Uconn has many good players one of their best players is Kemba Walker he is averaging 25 points a game that is really good the only one who did better was Jimmer Fridette lost to Florida. Uconn are the most likely team to win. Though I want kentucky to win the NCAA tourney. They have Brandon Knight who hits key three pointers to keep Kentucky to stay in the tourney. I hope Kentucky can win the NCAA tourney.

Metaphors

I'm a sprinting Robert on the soccer field.
I am a friend that is short.
I am a jumping kangaroo that is happy.
I am Cristiano Ronaldo when shooting in a goal.
I am Kemba walker when hitting a game winning shot.

Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders

Nick Majeskie

" I had timed the jump perfectly and rebounded the ball. I could see the other teams center that is seven feet tall come crashing into me. Then my grandma came rushing on the court (She is the head coach). She told me I had a one and one coming up on the free throw line and she told me to make the first one and miss the second one so Al could rebound it and put up a shot to win the game" page 13. This is what had happened in the last seconds in the basketball game when the Lewisville Raiders won the state championship. The short story Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders, written by Rae Rainey, clearly show that this is a romantic mode of literature.

The short story mode of literature is romance. If the story is the romantic mode of literature then there is a plotline. In a romance plotline there is only two things. The two things are at the beginning there is a minor conflict in the story. The minor conflict is that they need a coach. They find a coach and the coach is Granny Ed. In addition in the plotline the end ends with life symbolism which is when something good happens. The life symbolism in the story is that they won the State Championship.

In addition to a plotline there are characteristics. In a romance there is a lot of characteristics. The first characteristics is everything seems better than it really is. It shows this by is when the Raiders need a coach and they find one and it is a grandma. What if she got sick there was no assistant coach so they would have to forfeit or if she got hurt from old age. Another characteristic is that it is a fantasy vision and unrealistic. It is unrealistic when they won the championship because what team has a grandma as a coach and wins state. The next characteristic is when the main character is in control and can't do wrong this showed when Sport jumped up and got the rebound and was fouled and made the foul shot and missed to help win the game. Finally good is powerful and evil was weak. The Raiders won and the Tigers lost.

The last part is the purpose. The purpose is when you escape to a world of innocence. That showed when it had a happy ending. Which is when the Raiders won state. Everything goes right for the characters in the story and everything did go right because they were supposed to be really bad since they lost their real head coach.

This short story seemed to me to be a romantic mode of literature. Everything about it followed the romantic mode of literature. The plotline, characteristics, and the purpose matched. I liked this book because it had a happy ending and they won state. Granny Ed and the Lewisville Raiders was a romantic mode of literature.

Childhood memory

My favorite childhood memory is when I was 7. My family went up to the Dells and we went golfing. I remeber that it was so fun up until the 9th hole. On the 9th hole that hole was very wet. When everyone got to the green this jet of water shot out and hit me in the face and I fell down and I fell in the mood. Yet I didn't care so I was walking around covered in mud and wet and I still finished the 18 holes. I had lots of fun that day.

This reminds when my dad beat a pro golfer in one hole of golf. When my dad won he got 100 dollars and a free pass for four to golf at a near by golf course. When he won he won he was jumping around with joy. I have never seen my dad be that happy but, he spent the free coupons on his friends not family.

Now my dad doesn't let me golf because of baseball and he doesn't want to mess up my swing my dad also loves baseball and now he takes me to a highschool varisity coach to have hitting lessons. I love going to the hitting lessons because they are fun and I get to do them with Robert.

Pumpkins

When my family came home from Cooperstown and Nigara Falls. There was a pumpkin vine and there was two huge pumpkins and over time. More grew and grew now we have up to ten pumpkins but, some are really small and we are thinking about sell some and making pumpkin seeds. We made some last year but, my mom burned them, they still tasted pretty good. Usually we don't get pumpkins but, this year we won't have to. That reminds me when we bought a huge one it took very long to rot.

Birthday

My birthday is in a week. On my birthday first I go to school. After school I would do my homework but, I usually don't have any. After that I would chill out at my house until I would decide where I want to eat. After eating we come home we open presents and then eat cake then do things with the presents I got then go to bed.I love my birthday I always have fun on my birthday.

Fetch Response

Fetch Response

Nick Majeskie

3/9/11

"When I walked into the room for my interview with the professor a great big dog came hurling at me. Once the dog reached he knocked me down to the floor. The professor told me to play with the dog while he got ready. I was playing with a ball and I would throw the ball he would bring it back. After a while it was boring me and I decided to throw it out the window then the dog jump start out the window." Page 59. This was the beginning the short story Fetch, written by Robb White. This book shows how a cliffhanger is written because at the end of the story it didn't have an ending. There were many things I enjoyed in this story but, many more dislikes.

I didn't like this book. There are a couple reasons why I didn't. One of the main reasons was it was a cliffhanger ending. The book ended when the professor said “I need to know what type of man I'm bringing on this expedition" on page 61. There could be many ways the book could have ended now since there is a cliffhanger. To me the ending wraps up the whole story and summarizes what had happened. Also the cliffhanger leaves the story as a tragedy mode of literature or a comedy.

As well as having a cliffhanger it was too short. I had no clue on what was happening all I know was a professor was taking college kids on some expedition. They could have at least said what the expedition was about. Since it was short it didn't have enough detail it was hard telling what was going on. They writer could have expanded the story. He could have at the end put down if he got the job or not. Then if he did then tell what expedition they were going on and tell the adventure of the expedition.

Finally the book was hard to understand. The short story was hard to understand mainly because of the cliffhanger ending and the lack of detail. This short story could have had a lot more understanding if Robb White took off the cliffhanger ending. As well as taking the cliffhanger ending add more to the story. This book was very hard to understand.