15 minute freestyle writing

Harry Staley

4/28/11

Right now I am in the car and I am on my way to get my allergy shot. The weather is terrible, and there is thunder and lightning, and I have never seen it rain so hard. My mom just got very mad, because I got mad at her for putting dog hair on my pants that I just got. It was not the nicest thing to do, but the best part is she puts all of the dog hair on the floor of the car. The rain just let up a little bit, and I am at the four corners intersection in East Lyme.  Whenever it rains at my mom’s house like this we usually get flooded, not fun. I am just getting on the highway now and I will be going to mystic where I will finally get my shot. Hopefully, they will be open. Whenever I need to go they always seem to be closed or they can’t give me the injection, which is never good. It is very hard to see out of the car right now because of all of the water that the other cars are kicking up. I am so fond of the rain, but I love the lightning and thunder, it comforts me. I just past the weigh station in Waterford, and I will shortly be going on the New London Bridge. The bridge is always safer when its slippery out. The car is hydroplaning left and right, and it is the coolest feeling to watch the rain rush to your windshield, until finally squishing its contents all around the windshield.

First body paragraph about love

By: Harry Staley

Have you ever thought about what your love life might be like in ten years or so? In about ten years from now most of the kids in our English class might have found their true loves. It could be an old friend or maybe someone that was more than a friend when you were a teenager. It is even possible that children in our class could meet again and fall in love with another and get married. I believe romance is one of those things that will just come to me. I believe that one day off in the future I will have an encounter with an old friend, maybe someone from this school, and ask them out on a date. After a few dates, I might begin to date this girl, even if it is somebody that I am not very fond of today. I believe that love will slowly but surely make its way to me.

By: Harry Staley

Friendship the most important thing of life

Without friendship you are simply lost,

Friends are there in these terrible times of strife.

One must have decent friends at any cost

Never be afraid to make a good friend

The best decision a person could make

A good friend is with you until the end,

Choose carefully, to make sure there not fake.

The Metaphor for Friendship

The Connection of Weather and Friendships

An Essay by Harry Staley

8^th Grade English

Pine Point School

April 17, 2011

Have you ever compared a friendship you have had to the weather outside? I have and I have concluded that those miserable gloomy days can be related to friendships that weren’t the greatest. When the weather is sunny and beautiful, those relationships can be great. In this essay I will tell you about friendships I have had and how it relates to the weather.

Friendships are like the weather in many different ways. I think they are like the weather because the weather can be nice and warm or it can be cold and horrific. I know I don’t like those times when my friendships are cold and horrific because that means there is tension building up which usually leads to a fight - a not so exciting time for people in the predicament. Andrew is one of my best friends and I know that there has only been a few times where we have had our differences. Whenever Andrew and I hang out, we always have the best time. Whether we are playing lacrosse or playing Call of Duty, we never get sick of each other. I have a feeling that Andrew and I will be friends forever because we have grown such a strong bond over the years that seems like it would be almost impossible to break. Tony is another one of my pals that I could not see myself without. Whenever Tony and I are together, we are always in the happiest mood and it seems like we almost always have something to do. Over the course of this year, I have really spent a lot of time with Tony and our friendship has grown from that of an acquaintance to being the best of friends.  Tony and Andrew are the two best buddies I could ask for and whenever I’m with them my weather is sunny and 80 degrees not cloudy and cold.

After reading this essay on friendships I hope you have connected some of your friendships to the weather. When I was first asked to relate my friendships using a metaphor or an idiom, I really had to think about it and I came up with the thought of connecting my friends to the weather. It is quite obvious that when a friendship is like a stormy day, it is bad and can make me feel sad and when it is like a nice sunny day it is a good and makes me happy and cheerful. I am very thankful to have friends like Andrew and Tony and they will always be one of the best parts of my Pine Point experience.

1. One writing issue I am continuing to work on: One issue I am continuing to work on is thinking about what I am going to write before I write it.

2. One strong point I see in this piece of writing: One strong point I see in this writing is that it is all my writing and I am very proud of it.

3. One possible weak point I see: One weak point I see in this writing is that sometimes it seems like my writing mumbles on.

4) The grade I would give myself. B

By: Harry Staley

Friendships are like the weather in many different ways. I think they are like the weather because, the weather can be nice and warm or it can be cold and horrific. I know I don’t like those times when my friendships are cold and horrific, because that means that there is tension building up which usually leads to a fight, a not so exciting time for people in the predicament. Andrew is one of my best friends and I know that there has only been a few times where we have had our differences. Whenever Andrew and I hang out we always have the best time, whether we are playing lacrosse or playing Call of Duty we never get sick of each other. I have a feeling that Andrew and I will be friends forever because we have grown such a strong bond over the years that seems like it would be almost impossible to break. Tony is another one of my pals that I could not see myself without. Whenever tony and I are together we are always in the happiest mood and it seems like we almost always have something to do. Over the course of this year I have really spent a lot of time with tony and I have grown an acquaintance that would usually take years to build. Tony and Andrew are the two best friends I could ask for and whenever I’m with them my whether is sunny and 80 degrees, not cloudy and cold.

TS (Main Idea, Topic, or Thesis) Friendships are like the weather

Bell word Friendships

SD I think friendships are like weather, because they have many different moods

Echo word to be used: friendships

CM Friends can have stormy thought about you, and those are probably not the best times.

CM I know I do not like it when I have a friend over and we begin to fight.

SD Andrew is one of my best friends and there has only been a few times when we have had our differences

Echo word to be used: Friends

CM Whenever Andrew and I hang out we always have the best time, whether we are playing lacrosse or playing cod we never get sick of each other.

CM I know Andrew and I will stay close for a while because we have grown a bond that seems almost impossible to break.

SD Tony and I are the best pals ever

Echo word to be used Pals

CM We are always is a happy mood when we are together and for the most part we have something to do.

CM Over the last few years tony and I have grown an acquaintance that would normally take years to build.

CS Tony and Andrew are the two best friends I could ask for and whenever I’m with them my whether is sunny and 80 degrees, not cloudy and cold.