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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Penguins

Penguins
Penguins are like clouds of fluff
Just like a bear filled with stuff
Penguins swim like cetaceans
Just like Blue Whales in oceans
Penguins are friendly like toys
 Like imaginary boys
Penguins are not like blue jays
They cannot fly but can play

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Family

Here is my attempt at a serious Thanksgiving Poem
Family
I am thankful for my Mom,
Who takes me to fun places;
I am thankful for my Dad,
Who humors too many faces;
I am thankful for my Sister,
Who gives the players water during football;
I am thankful for my Papa,
Who always is supportive in basketball;
I am thankful for my Nana,
Who loves to bake and cook;
I am thankful for my Grandma,
Who always has her nose in a book;
I am thankful for my Grandpa,
Who loves the lake for as long as he will remember;
 I am thankful for myself,
Who has beautiful family members.

Grandparents

Here is a poem I made for my grandparents on grandparents day
Generous with all the gifts they give me
Respectful to everyone I know
Always seeing each other
Neat because their house is clean
Dependant because I can always count on them
Polite because they have many manners
Also very humorous
Ready to have me and sister over anytime
Evil isn’t a word to describe my grandparents
Nice to me and other grandchildren
Tremendous cookers
Supportive in sports

The Foolish Pilgrim


Here is a poem I made for smiles on Thanksgiving


The Foolish Pilgrim
I went hunting for a giant bird
I spotted several so sound asleep
I went over to the big herd
I pulled out my gun and pointed it at his head
I was so frightened when they gobbled so loud
So now in my forehead is filled with lead

Friday, November 18, 2011

Poetry

Today we began a unit on poetry. Poetry is a way a person expresses feelings or emotions by using rhyme or rhythm. I don’t like poetry because they are hard write, confusing to understand, and not very entertaining. We read Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.
Pause #1: Don’t be afraid to show your talents, even if you think it’s girly.
Pause#2: Some people like different things. In this case, he likes longer poems than shorter ones.
Pause#3: If you find an interest in something, it’s easy to write something about it.
Pause#4: Read stories, and you’ll be able to write stories. Read poetry, and you can write poetry. Never be afraid to put your name on it. Show your work to the world.
Pause#5: Find an inspiration to write poems. It could be your favorite poet or a pet.
Pause#6: If a sad event takes place in your life, write poetry about. It’s a good way to relief your sorrows. Once you’re done with your poem, type it up and make it look fancy.
End: You can keep writing good poetry until you write famous poetry.
Jack got his inspiration from reading other poetry in school, pets, and his favorite poet, Walter Dean Meyers.
Here’s my poem inspired by Love That Dog.
Jack and Jesse
I have a dog named Jack
He likes to eat dog treats and human snacks
Jack has a friend named Jesse
He lives with my Nana and Papa and is so fluffy

The Bear

I ran through the woods being chased by a bear
If only the bear was as small as a hare
No where to run, no where to hide
Once he caught up, I shoot off his behind
He kept on chasing me down to the pond
He surprised me for being so fond
The way he helped me down to the stream
But it was weird because it was only a dream

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Fright Night

If you are easily frightened, I recomend you not reading this.
On a gloomy, Halloween night, Carmen was trotting around the square of Strattenberg. She was meeting her best friend, Suzzane, at seven o’clock at Popo’s Pizza Parlor for diner and discussing plans for tonight. It was decided that they would spend the night at an old abandoned house, supposedly haunted, with their boyfriends. Carmen would have to take her nine year old brother, Chase, and she would take her love, Addison. Suzzane would take her boyfriend, Kevin. After they planned their adventure for tonight and scarfed down their ham and mushroom pizza, Carmen invited Suzzane to her house.
      They’d need five sleeping bags and pillows for their sleep over. Suzzane brought Oreo’s and Cheetos and Carmen brought Orange Pop. Amy, Carmen’s mom, got home from running errands. She asked the girls, “What are you girls doing?” Carmen explained, “We and some of our friends are spending the night at an abandoned house… With Chase.” Of course Amy was okay with it.
             When Carmen’s dad, Bill, got home, he took the girls to get Addison and Kevin. At Addison’s house, whenever Bill went to get him, Carmen took a look down the street and found a spindly, muscular man in a mask staring at her. She got a text from her mom that read: WATCH OUT FOR THE GOLDEN SLASHER! Carmen had no idea what Amy was talking about. She responded back: WHY? When Bill went to Kevin, Carmen got a text back from her mom that read: BECAUSE HE KILLS LITTLE TENNAGERS AND ANYONE WITH THEM WITH HIS SOLID GOLD KNIFE. When Kevin got into the car, they headed to the house. Bill asked, “Where’s this house at?” “On the corner of Butter Scotch Drive,” responded Carmen. Once they walked up the steps to the house, Carmen looked back, and staring at her was the man in the mask, pointing his solid gold knife at her.
          “Run inside to the basement, hurry!” Carmen shouted at them. They all single filing ran down the stairs inside a room that seemed to be a bathroom, confused and frightened. Then… Bang! Bang! Bang! The room burst into flames! They ran upstairs, but at the top of the stairs was the slasher! He took one step downstairs but fell, so they ran up the stairs. When Chase ran up the stairs, the slasher threw his knife up and hit chase right in the chest. Carmen cried her eyes out. The front door was boarded up so no one could leave or enter. They sprinted into the kitchen and hid under the table and waited for a long time. Then the slasher grabbed Suzzane, punched her in the stomach, and carried her down the stairs. Kevin baled so they went into the closet. They waited… and waited… for a long time. Too long for Kevin so he took a peek outside then, SLICE! The slasher sliced Kevin’s face of! Carmen and Addison both screamed and went downstairs into a bedroom where  Suzzane laid with one arm, leg, eye, and ear. Carmen couldn’t take it anymore. “You have to do something!” Carmen told Addison. Addison did the most logical thing. He grabbed an Oreo and chucked it at his face. No good luck. Then he grabbed a chainsaw, turned it on, and threw it at him. The Golden Slasher was in pieces! Since the door was boarded up, he cut the door down. Carmen and Addison were running down the street, both yelling and crying. That scare would forever make the kids closer.
                                    Twenty Years Later
            Addison Ray Morrison, do you take Carmen May Perry to be your wife?” asked the preacher. “I do!” Addison responded. “You may kiss the bride!” Standing at the front of the church was the Golden Slasher, with knife in hand.

Emperor Penguin


I wrote an expository essay on Emperor Penguins.
They’re black, white, and they can’t fly. If you’re stumped, here’s a clue. They are zebras, NOT! If you said Emperor Penguins, you just won a well written essay filled with fun fascinating facts including physical features, animal classification, reproduction, and endangerment status, about Emperor Penguins!
Emperor Penguin’s physical features are fascinating. According to the New England Aquarium, at full grown size they can be 36-44 inches tall and 60-90 pounds in weight. They have a fine white fur on their belly and face, black fur on their back and wings, and a yellowish-orangish color on their neck. Their life span is somewhere between 15-20 years old. The largest groups of penguins are the Emperor Penguins. These birds speak by sounds and can go 850 feet underwater for 18 minutes! Migrating close to the edge of the sea is normal for the Emperor Penguins in the winter because it gets colder in the Arctic on ice. Did you know that the males regularly go 62-64 days without food? That is true because the females go out for food while the males stay behind and watch the eggs. They’re warm blooded animals, which makes people believe that they are mammals, but science proves differently.
Although Emperor Penguins have many signs of being a mammal, they are actually classified as birds. They breathe through their air sacs in their lungs. Emperor Penguins lay 1 egg at a time and usually only lay 2 in their lifetime. The males normally watch the eggs until the chick hatches. They live in the Antarctic Zone and travel by wobbling on their webbed feet or swimming. National Geographic’s website states that they are carnivores and eat squid, krill, and shrimp. These birds are truly amazing, but are sadly becoming endangered.
Emperor Penguins are becoming endangered creatures. PBS.com says that humans are hunting them and stealing their eggs. Those actions are dramatically decreasing the population of not only Emperor Penguins, but also the African Penguin and the King Penguin. They have a very friendly behavior because there are a few predators on land, which makes them popular to birdwatchers and photographers. That is why men kill them and steal their eggs; the penguins see us as friends and walk up to us. But the biggest reason why penguins are endangered is the oil spills. Penguins are innocent creatures that are being killed for no reason. Only you can prevent the low population of Emperor Penguins.
If you were bored out of your mind, then you wasted your guess on what kind of animal this is, because you learned about many facts. That’s including where they live, how many eggs they lay in a lifetime and their friendly behavior. Go to National Geographic to find out more interesting facts about Emperor Penguins. Look forward to more essays by me!