Memorial Day

Yesterday was Memorial Day. It was really fun because my neighbors and I walked to the parade which was pretty boring. So we went to the beach and skipped stones. Later that day after lunch, we got our swimsuits on and went through the sprinkler and later we blew up water balloons and we made little ones. With the little ones, we put them in the freezer and then they frozen inside. Sometimes the balloon blows up and pops. It was a really fun Memorial Day. After Dinner we walked down to the waterski show and we played in the lake again. We skiped rocks and we left during the show because we had school the next day.

Women's Basketball Essay

Do you watch men's basketball or women's basketball? Some people don’t even think that there is a women's basketball. Women's basketball has been around just as long as men's its just that women have to do a lot of jobs around the house, like take care of the kids. Although women's basketball is not as popular as men's, it still should be just as important.

Women's basketball started in 1892 and men's started in 1891. In the olden days women didn't have that much freedom. It only started a year after men's did. Basketball was invented in Massachusetts by a guy named James Naismith. The first ever women's basketball game was on April 4th, 1896, played by the two college's Stanford and Berkeley. Although the first two games were between Berkeley and Stanford it was invented at Smith College. Back when it was invented the rules were different by the genders. Another name for women's basketball was net ball but it all eventually changed to basketball. Women's basketball steadily became more popular throughout the years. It started to go into to different countries, and also got into the Olympics in 1976.

Men's basketball is really popular because every night when you go to the sports channels there are rarely ever women's basketball on. It is mostly the NBA or MLB(which is men's baseball). Also the NBA players really only do it for money it seems like they are not really wanting to play when you watch them. They show off there skills but they are doing nothing good for their reputation. The women that play for the WNBA are more intense and more exciting to watch because they are playing because they want to not because they want to show off like the men do. They also don’t get paid nearly as much.

I think that people don't want to watch the women is because they think that the carrier is not going to last if they decide they want to have a family. Also people around the world believe that women are not as tough as men. That is not necessarily true because there are many women that work their tails off in any thing they do just to get where they are now. Everything is the same about men's and women's other then the ball size. The ball that women play with is size 28.5(28 and a half). It's only because they have smaller hands. In 1976 the women got a bronze medal for the Olympics in basketball, in 1984,1988,1992,1996,2000,2004,2008 and in all of those years the women got gold medals in basketball against all of the other countries that participated. The WNBA was only created in 1996, which was not that long ago. Looking at the players and teams the WNBA has come a long way, but not as far as the NBA.

In conclusion, Women's basketball should become more important to basketball lovers. Watching the WNBA or Women's college basketball should have more people believing that they are just as good as men.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is a famous singer that is really popular. She is 25 years old and has been in her singing career for a few years. Some people think that she is inappropriate at times, which she is because of the clothes she wears. Lady Gaga's real name is Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta. She was born on March 28th, 1986, in New York City. Lady Gaga is left handed and she began to play the piano at the age of 4. She wears many interesting clothes for all of her concerts, some examples are bubbles, meat and just swim suits. I think that she wanted to be a person that wasn’t afraid about what other people thought of her looks or her beliefs. She had a very large nose before her career as a singer and she eventually had her nose job and now it looks more normal. People probably made fun of her for her nose and that is probably one of the reasons she wears those clothes. I also think that she wears those clothes because she wants to make a point about something that she cares about.

Creative writing piece # 2

Focus on the rim! Sweat dripping down her forehead. Jennie the star of her team was at the free throw line waiting to hear the buzzer ring and her team to win. She was one of the out side shooters. Lately she has been making a good percentage of shots. She was on fire this game, which was good because it was the most important game of the year. Jennie's team was first in state for years in a row and they were working towards there 3rd year winning state. Another great player on Jennie's team was Madi. She was a great shooter also but was tall enough and strong enough to be in the post.

Later in the state championship game they were up by 1 point with 2 minutes left. Anything could happen in those 2 minutes. They could end up loosing. Jennie was taking up the ball as point guard. Along with Madi following her along the side. Since there was only two minutes left they thought that it would be better to waste the time on the clock by passing the ball around. Jennie passes to Madi and Madi drives to the hoop and gets fouled. The ref blows his whistle and Madi is at the line. Her first one she made the second one she missed, now they are up by 2 points. The other team had the ball and Jennie and Madi's team decide to press them and when they trap on the side lines it doesn't work and the offense gets passed them. They let them score so now the score is tied at 35 with 30 seconds left they throw the ball in and Jennie dribbles down the court and passes to Madi and Madi shoots a three and swish! Jennie and Madi win the game by three to win the state championship. Jennie and Madi start to cry it is so exciting. It was the best moment of their life!

writing circles: Matt!!

If you never meet Matt you will really miss out. Matt is probably the best brother you could ask for. Matt is in 4th grade and loves sports, just like me. He just turned 10 and also is a really smart guy. He is fun to be around and all of my friends love him. Here's a story about a time we made Matt really happy!

This year during the Opie Tounement Matt's team got into the championship game for basketball. Matt thinks that all of my friends are his sisters. So during the game we decided to make a cheering section for him. It turned out that matt lost but did really well. If you ever meet matt you will love him just as much as I do!! I also think that all of my friends have a hang shake with him!!:)

writing circles: Soccer

This weekend my soccer team had two games. We won the first game 4 to 1. Then on Sunday we tied the best team in the league and we had a good lead for a while and then they tied it and started winning but then there was not much time left and we ended up scoring again and tieing the game. Unfortunatly I don't get to play, all I get to do is watch. One good thing about watching is seeing what other people do wrong. Also when I get to play again I get to watch what people do when they are playing my old postion. Also when you are there sitting and watching the games you can get tan. Yesterday I got really sunburned and right now it really hurts!!

Creative Writing Piece(1): Soul Surfer

It was a normal day in Hawaii. Bethany and her friend Alana, went to practice surfing for their competition. Bethany is now a famous surfer. This is a true story and is also a very good movie. Bethany, Alana , Alana's brother and father. They are all amazing at surfing. After a few waves later and Bethany and Alana were floating on their board and talking. Bethany's arm was resting in the water hanging off of the board. Then all of a sudden a shark was swimming around them and they didn't even know. The shark came up and bit her arm. It was a good thing that Bethany didn't go into a coma. It was really scary for her friend and Alana's Dad because he was the only adult there and had to take his swim shirt off and rap it around her shoulder. In the process of trying to save Bethany's life, Alana's brother had to run through the part of the ocean and through the forest to call and ambulance. When Bethany and Alana went out surfing, Bethany's dad had to have knee surgery.


When Bethany was all healed she able to do many things with only 1 arm. It was probably hard at first to be able to figure out how she was going to survive off of 1 arm. There were some things that she was not able to do, like put her swim suit top on or tying shoes(not like you wore tennis shoes when you lived on the beach). This was probably my favorite true story that I have read about and watched about in movie form! I recommend this for any one who likes true stories.

Creative writing piece 2

My family and I have a cottage. It is in Westfield, Wisconsin. A lot of people ask me where that is well it is about 2 hrs away and is right by Stevens Point. We go up there a lot during the summer. Like on holidays and just whenever we are bored or when we have free time. It is close enough that we can go there for a day. It is pretty small. There are three rooms in the cottage with two beds in each. We are normally outside all day and are right next to a lake. The lake all you have to do is walk in the front yard and you are on the lake. This year I am happy because I might be able to bring a friend. Last summer I learned how to get up in the deep water on 1 ski. Also last year my brother, Matt, learned how to ski on 2 skies. Also last year on labor day my friend up there, Daley and I went double skiing together. I have to say the best place in the world is up north. It is very fun, and there are many activities.

The Lovely Bones

This book is about a girl that gets murdered. She was walking home at night and her neighbor asked her if she wanted to have a coke with him in a secret place he made. Mr. Harvey was her killer. She was taking a short cut through the corn field so she could get home faster because it was getting dark out and she was really hungry. It was very suspicious because of all people why would he murder her? She thought that he was a nice neighbor. Obviously you can't judge people by their looks because Susie would have never thought that it would be him to kill her. Susie told Mr. Harvey that she wanted to go and eat and he like grabbed her by the arm and pulled her down and she got killed. After that when she makes it to heaven she tells about her life and about her heaven and how she wishes that she could have changed the whole cornfield incident.

State Basketball

This year our basketball team went to state. We won all 7 games by a lot, except for the last two games which were really close. The last 2 games were against Deforest and Eisenhower. We won the championship by on point and it was really exciting. At half time we were down by 25 points and ended up winning by 1 point. It was probably the best moment of my life.