This article was about man named Jake Olson who had a dream to play on the Trojans college football team. The thing was that Jake was blind, but that didn’t stop him from playing. He started playing as a long snapper on the Orange Lutheran High School. He was an amazing man, and a gosh darn determined one too.

One thing that fascinated me most about the text is that Jake Olson, the blind player was blind and he snapped the game winning snap to the kicker who made the field goal that won the game!

I chose a color to represent the text and that was yellow. I also chose a symbol and that was a smiley face. I chose yellow and a smiley face because they both mean happy because i’m happy for Jake that he can still play football amazingly. It’s awesome!

“It was not war, it was murder.”(source: Zipcon.net) The Civil War was a time of terrible battles. It was really bloody, dangerous, and just awful. It was the north side of the U.S. against the south side. Well, the south side seceded from the U.S. so technically they weren’t part of the U.S. The south side wanted to have slaves but the north side didn’t. There were many battles throughout the 4 years of war. The first was Bull Run. There were a lot of battles, over 10 of them. But the first, and one of the most important was Bull Run. It’s important to understand why it was important, how the battle for layer out, and who won. Bull Run was one of the most important battles of the Civil War, it was tough. “Sunday, the 21st about 2 o’clock the drums beat the assembly, and in ten minutes we were on our march for Bull Run”(Source:Eyewhitnesshistory.com) That was a quote from a soldier fighting in the battle. The battle took place at Prince William County, Virginia on the 21st and at 2 o’clock. It was bloody with body’s and guns on the ground everywhere. It was awful family and friends dead with shotgun shells in their heads. The north had 28,400 soldiers and the south had 30,800 soldiers all together. Both sides had at least 2,000 casualties. Both sides suffered a lot.

The history books said that the Union won the war, and that’s true, but the lost the first battle. It was crazy. “Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.”(source:zipcon.net). The battle started out, and for most of the time, the Union was winning because they had more troops but they had not as good generals. The Confederacy had less troops, at the beginning,but better generals. It was a pretty good match up. Near the end, when the union was winning, the southern, or confederate soldiers, whichever you call them, came for backup. The tired, battered, and bruised Union was forced to retreat, losing the battle. The Confederates won,but, here’s some more details on how.

The Confederates got backup from Gen. Joeseph E. Johnston. “Confederate soldiers under Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston arrived from the Shenendoah Valley by railroad and the course of the battle quickly changed.” There were at least 2,000 casualties and over 1,000 soldiers dead on each side. The backup had an amazingly huge effect on the battle. It upgraded the southern army to over 30,000 soldiers! The Union retereated, and so did Union picnickers that were watching the battle. They were running for their lives but the Confederate soldiers were too tired to chase them. That, is how the battle of Bull Run played out.

That is how the confederates won in a little bit more detailed version. Now this, is why it was important First, it was the first battle of the Civil War which kicked off the whole thing. Second, it proved that the war wasn’t going to be just swift and easy, it proved that it will take a while, a long while. Last, it proved that both sides were super tough, super hard to beat, and that neither would go down without a fight.

Once again, there was many battles, but Bull Run was the first and it’s important because it proves that the Civil War wouldn’t be easy. It would take hard work, a lot of blood, and a long time. That’s why it’s important to know how it played out.

This is a wordle about life as a slave that says that it was awful.

Life as a slave was very, very horrible. Being a slave meant barely any food, about one pair of pants and one shirt a year, and lots of time being whipped. If you were a slave you would get whipped a lot no matter who screwed up anything. It was awful, the conditions, the food, just everything was just awful!

Do you think everyone is equal? Do you think your’e equal even if you don’t act or look the same? Well, in Wonder, I think Auggie is equal to everyone, no matter how different he looks.

First, Auggie is loyal, just like all, or most, other kids and takes care of his friends. He’s loyal and keeps his friend’s secrets. He forgives them for everything. For example, in the book, on Halloween, Jack was saying some really bad stuff about Auggie but he forgave Jack and they were best friends again, cheating off each other’s tests, having playdates, and making each other laugh.

Secondly, Auggie is very funny like other kids. He makes many people laugh by many different ways like jokes. He can even turn is own face funny. In the book, he even joked about some “Ugly Dolls” one kid had. He said that they were all base off of him and that made everyone laugh. He was the funniest kid in the whole entire 5th grade. In the book, it said he made Jack laugh so much that they got in trouble.

Finally, Auggie is very caring like other kids. Hr always cares for his friends. He helps them get up when they fall down. He makes them smile when they feel like frowning. He also forgives them. He forgave Jack after Halloween. He seriously cares!

Now, after you’ve read my essay, don’t you think Auggie is equal to everyone else? He acts the same, talks the same, the only difference is how he looks. He’s no different from everyone else!00

It felt nice, hitting him with my stick, helping my teammates. I was playing a lacrosse game against a team named Alpha, and I had just knocked their biggest guy to the ground. 

We were playing in Poway,on an indoor field. By we, I mean my teammates and I. Our team was the Foot Hillers. We were alright, but our players were really good and we had a great goalie. They’re super nice.

We had won half of our games and Alpha wasn’t that good, so we were ready to start. We took our place s on the field . Tweet!! The whistle blew and the face-off started. They got the ball but we took it. Alex, (my teammate) passed the ball to me, then i passed it to Sisco (another one of my teammates) and he shot and scored!

 At halftime, the score was 8 to 9 we were winning!! Coach Max was telling us what we could work on. “Communication: he said. “That’s what we could work on.” Then the whistle blew and we took our places on the field.

In the third quarter, we did very good. The face off started and we won it. I was running with a defender right behind me when all of the sudden, BAM!!! Toby, ( my brother and teammate) had hit the defender into a wall! Then I ran, shot, and scored!

In the fourth quarter, we did all right. Tweet! The whistle blew. We were kinda tired though. We got the ball but one of Alpha’s slammed Alex to the ground! I got pretty mad so I hit him with my stick until he was off balance. Then I hit him in the face and he fell over!

The game ended. The score was 11-9!  We won! After the game I got soda and ice cream and celebrated with my family!

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The time of European Exploration was a time of inspiration. Of hope. Where people would share their thoughts about exploring and then bam! They were controlling a fleet of ships to sail to Asia! They were all about discovering new land to claim for their own land. It’s wasn’t about them. It was all about their country they weren’t selfish they were finding land for the other people in their country. They were inspiring… and famous but that doesn’t really matter. It’s that they were nice enough to put their lives at risk to help their people. And some of them died but they’ll be remembered forever.  I think. No, they totally will.  They will because they were selfless men and women that almost died to help their country. Like Marco Polo, Cabral, Vasco Da Gama, and many many more! They are heroes. If they  didn’t do what they did we probably wouldn’t be Americans. They helped, didn’t think about themselves, and made us who we are today. Americans!

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     Lacrosse is a hard sport where 10 players try to score on a goal using sticks with nets on top of them. Yet, there’s still much more you need to know about lacrosse and it’s background.

    First of all, the indians invented lacrosse. They invented it long ago when everything was made of wood. There were less rules about contact, you could literally hit them over the head with the wooden stick. Plus, to make things worse, they had no gear.

    There also are many college lacrosse games. Everybody watches it tv. In fact, it’s gotten most popular sport in the pas 3 or so years. Two teams that are popular are Syracuse from New York and Noter Dame from Noter Dame. 

    There are four positions. Middy , goalie , attack , and defense. The field is divided into two parts. The defense has to stay on one side, the goalie can go anywhere on the field, so can the middys, but the attack men have to stay on another side. If they go on the wrong side it’s a penalty. Middy and attack score while defense defends. The goalie blocks all the shots like a boss :). 

    One player’s name is Paul Rabil. He won won both MLL MVP and offensive player of the year at least 2 times. He has been on many teams.  Currently, he plays on the Cannons.

    As you can see, lacrosse is an awesome sport. And you need to know all about it or else you will get crushed. And positions are important, so be careful and play great! : )