Rafael Nadal  

 

                                                     By Matt

 

Rafael Nadal had a interesting life. He is a great tennis player! someday I wish to be like a great tennis player like him. Im a BIG fan of the exciting sport called Tennis. If you don’t know what Tennis is, well GET TO THE PROGRAM but there is lots of ways to explain Tennis. Tennis is not exactly a game. Its a competitive, sweaty, and it’s a HARD GAME. Rafael Nadal conquered it and had became a great tennis player. Now that’s called Grit

 

He didn’t start out liking Tennis. He used to be a pretty good football (soccer) player. His Uncle, Uncle Toni wanted him to play the not so well known sport called Tennis. In the past Tennis was not really a popular sport. Uncle Toni saw an aptitude for Tennis in Rafael Nadal.

 

When Rafael Nadal was 8 Years Old, HE WON THE UNDER 12 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT. I only won my first Under 12 when i was 10 years old. He won it when he was 8!! and then he started losing. He was getting frustrated so Uncle Toni stepped up his training. He turned professional at 15!!

 

When Rafael Nadal was 15, he won ATP world tour!!!!!  He almost lost match and that match was 3 HOURS!!!! thats calledGrit! When I play a match, I usually finish off my opponent in 1 hour or 1 hour and a half but my gosh thats a long match. 3 HOURS!!

 

Rafael Nadal has an interesting life. as I said at the beginning. Now I have told you about Rafael Nadal’s life. I wish someday I could have the skills like him like the footwork, shot tolerance, and agility. Man, thats a lot of skills!

 

THANK YOU FOR READING AND COMMENTING!!!!

 

Click here to watch Tessa & Joud's 9/11 newscast.

 

 

                                                                                                     Manhattan, NY

                                                                                                     September 11, 2001

 

Dear sister,

 

Today is a very bad day, a plane has crashed into the North Tower just ten minutes ago!

Joud, and I got stuck in the rubble, but no one is hurt. Joud is having a panic attack, because she thought she heard a crashing noise, so I peaked through a tiny crack in the rubble, and saw that the South Tower has just been stuck by a different plane!! Please wish us luck!!

 

                                                                                             Sincerely, your sisters

                                                             (Tessa, and Joud)

P.S. please DO NOT tell mom, and dad, we don’t want the to panic. When we get home we will tell them.

 

 

East Chenango ave. 9405

Denver CO. 80111

September 15th, 2001

 

Dear sisters,

I am so sorry this is happening, I wish I was with you guys, and so does mom, oh by the way mom knows, she found the letter under my bed, and read it, she was crying all night.  I told her not to tell dad because he is already stressed out, but she told him, I am really sorry!!  Dad was right, I shouldn’t have left you guys in New York alone, this is all my fault!  But everything will be ok!!  I miss you, and hopefully I will see you soon!!!!!!

 

Sincerely, your sister

     (Stacy)

 

 

 

 

 

Here is where I got all this information

 

9/11

Written by Tessa and Joud

 

9/11

I can’t describe that day

I am angry, sad, and mad

it makes me feel this way

9/11

       it brings my eyes tears

       it’s hard, harsh, and tragic

this is one of my fears

9/11

      the worst day ever

            it was so horrible

I’ll remember this day forever

 

 

The People

                                                    Written by Tessa

The brave firefighters who lost their lives

The courageous jumpers who wanted to live

The poor souls that burned to death

The people that live today….

 

We Will NEVER Forget

 

 

Bibliography

These are the links we used if you would like to check it click it

 

Click HERE to go to Scholastic.com 

Click HERE to go to Bainpop.com

Click HERE to go to Classbrain.com

Click HERE to go to schooltube.com

(This one is very sad)

Click HERE to go to Nick.com

Click HERE to got to nationalgeographic.com

Click HERE to go to wordpress.com

Click HERE to go to cnn.com

Click HERE to go to newsday.com

Click HERE to go to history.com 

Click HERE to go to skyscraper.org

 

Thank You Very Much Mr.Torrance for giving Joud and I these incredible links!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 Micheal Jordan

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I Got My New Dog

by Ty

 

One regular Christmas eve day I was helping my mom put the tree together and my mom told me to turn around. So I did and i said “ Why do you want me to turn around” my mom said “ what do you think you got for Christmas eve Ty” A xbox,a wii,a new pair of shoes. Turn back around and see so i did that to when i turned around i saw a little black dog at  my legs. At the time my sister was at her friends house across the street. So i ran over there and grabbed her and said come home NOW! when

Now Mojo acts way different then he use to a long time ago when he was a little puppy. she got home she saw a little new black dog she said “I CAN NOT BELIEVE WE GOT A DOG!” my mom said yah TayTay.

 

          The next day we all sat around in the living playing with Mojo the whole Christmas day. After a while my mom was like if you are having so much fun with him take him to the park and let him of his leash and chase him around. So me and my brothers and sisters took off to the park. Mojo was so hyper when he saw a different dog at the park. We let him play with the dog for a little while then we took his leash and we played a lot and Mojo spotted another dog while Mojo was off his leash so Mojo started running so we had to run after him.

 

       When we got home Mojo was tired so he laid down in his soft green bed and took a nap. After a while Mojo was dead asleep but, he was not in his bed he was in my lap. So i did not want to move him but i did because my friends were here to see him. When he heard the doorbell he sprung up like a bolt and started to bark. When he saw my friends. He sniffed them and started jumping on them. After a while while he took another nap but this one was a short nap but that night he stayed up all staring out the window and barking all night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     ISHI …….Have you ever thought about being the last of your Indian tribe.  I just read a book called Ishi and he was the last of his tribe yahi tribe. Ishi was a really understanding guy. The book Ishi was a really challenging book for me. Say if you were looking for a easy book you should not choose the book Ishi. Ishi has many brothers and sisters he has close to five or six brothers and sisters.

The book started out not that fast or that slow so like a medium speed. The book started like this…. Ishi one day went up to black rock his like favorite rock then he saw the saldu he hid behind the rock. Some of his enemies were the saldu but also he  {Ishi}  had some friends in the saldu tribe.

In the middle is where it gets interesting. In the middle of the book there is a cave called green cave. To ishi and his brothers and sisters Green Cave is a “scary” place only because he saw Elder Uncle basically dad of ishi bury the bones of the ancestors of the yahi tribe in Green Cave. Ishi said that “ The bones of many lie under the earth of Green Cave.” The thing Ishi hates about the saldu is that the hunt on Ishi’s upper meadow when they have there own land and dear so that is mostly  why ishi hates the saldu. saldu throw away treasure {treasure to ishi is not to the saldu}. There are many tribes there is the Watgurwa the Saldu the Wanshi and Ishi’s the Yahi. There are two people named Jubka and Kaltsuna are fishing in outer ocean. During the days ishi is learning to stay up all night and not eat for a long time. Jubka and Kaltsuna are the makers of the arrows ishi and brothers and sisters shoot from there bows. It tells you on page 38 that the saldu are enemies of the yahi tribe. Saldu are and have been looking for ishi with dogs but the dogs can’t pick up ishi’s scent so ishi hid in the Gorge of Yuna Canyon. On page 77 something has a picture of ishi’s journey {{{{{MAP}}}}}

     At the end of the book If you were wondering who the five moons were you would find out on page 119. One day ishi found some blue and white beads what he considers treasure they are very special to him. Something very bad happens Ishi’s mother dies. Ishi’s carried her to ancestor cave and made a cleansing funeral fire after which he buried her with her few treasures, her digging stick and a basket of acorn meal. Ishi thinks it is time to go his father but, ishi does not really have a father. “While my soul wondered, those lost ones have been calling me.” As ishi was running higher and higher up the mountain calling, praying, and crying.

     There are many characters. Grandfather the tribe leader of the Yahi tribe he is like the dad of Ishi. Grandmother is the wife of grandfather, she does not really take care of the tribe or Ishi or anybody accept herself. Tushi is Ishi’s sister she always has ishi’s back.

     Ishi is the main characters the book is formed all around ishi. Ishi has two siblings. Ishi really knows how to take responsibilities like when he heard about when his mom had died he stepped up and took responsibilities when ever he had to even when he had to take a chance in green cave he did not just make his brothers and sisters go in there because they were scared but, he was to. Out of my eyes I think ishi is a very brave, confident man.

     I found that being the last of your tribe might be hard but, ishi found a way to problem solve that was really interesting to me just imagine being the last one of maybe your generation it would be kinda scary if it was me. I also found this very interesting. Why did they not have a dad and in the book they did not mention anything about the dad what ever happened because the dad should of been there for him and he in other Native American books the dad is the main character and he is the leader so that made it very interesting.

     Overall I liked this book but, it was really hard for me but I succeeded so that made me really happy. If I had to rate this book one to ten one being the worse ten being the best it would be a seven because it was challenging and not that understanding but ishi the person was. Also at some  parts of the book there was some very weird or not understanding that good. I still liked it though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oral

Have you ever wondered of being the last of your tribe well if you read the book ishi you will find out. Hello folks I am ishi and I am now the last of the yahi tribe now let me tell you about my life elder uncle is my uncle obviously grandfather is obviously my grandfather but he is kinda my dad. Grandfather was the leader of the yahi tribe but he died so now it is down to elder uncle and he died so we all rely on me, now it is down to my mom but she died too that was the saddest day of my life. she was always my leader now it is my turn to step up and be leader of the yahi tribe. A lot of people died. Now I have to take care of the people and especially timawi and tushi my siblings. My favorite place to be is black rock I find it really interesting the scariest place to be is well this might be embarrassing but this cave called green cave it is only scary because I saw some bones getting buried there by my uncle and grandfather. Well enough of that. Me and my tribe hate the saldu who are our enemies. Who was that was that them i think it was I better go tell the tribe to hide and I will go hide in my favorite place {pause} black rock of course. I heard the dogs they were after me of course cause I am the leader I will go hide in yuna canyon you will have to read the book to find out the rest so bye I have to run before they catch me don’t forget to read about me and my world. Ohhh gosh there they are.