What If
What if I could fly
What if I could turn invisible
What if I could turn my dream into reality
What if you could do anything
If you could save people
Or save humanity
But sometimes not every dream can be
Reality
When
When the night is cold
When there is no more gold
When we have given up
The whole world will stop
In its place and never move again
Until the earth moves we shall not live
Gala Letter
Dear, Fresh & Easy
Hello my name is Nicholas Riffle, I go to OTA (Old Town Academy), my parents buy
groceries at your Point Loma store. I was wondering if you can donate some coupons or a gift
card for our school Gala April 25. It will be auctioned off at our school so we can get money
because we are charter school. Please send it to our school, 2120 San Diego Ave. San Diego
CA 92110. Thank you for your time and consideration!
Sincerely,
Nicholas Riffle
“42” Movie review
“42” the movie is about the first African American to play American professional Baseball and his name was Jackie Robinson. The movie starts out with Jackie and his team getting gas at the gas station. Jackie politely asks to use the restroom at the gas station. The man who owns the gas station tell Jackie that he cant use the restroom there (because he was African American). Jackie says “Fine” and tells his team that they will gas some where else and the owner stops him and lets him use the restroom.
After that he gets offer to play for the Milwaukee Brewers, he trains with them, then starts playing for the New York Dodgers. Not everyone likes him on the team, after awhile people started to like him, and he is now in the baseball hall of fame.
I would rate this a 9/10, i would recommend this to people who like History and Baseball.
The Snow Man
One cold winter day a boy named….. I forgot, but anyway he had a dream to make the biggest snowman IN THE WORLD. But there wasn’t enough snow for him to make a big snowman. So for Christmas he asked for four tons of snow to make his giant snowman. He was making the blueprints for the snowman, then he was surprised, the snowman would have to be 60 feet high, he thought to himself that he is going to get a big ladder.
When Christmas passed, he looked out the window every day and waited for the snow. One week later, it came all four tons of the snow. Right away he got to work, he started with the bottom it took three months to make the bottom, (then He thought how long will this take me?). Then he started with the middle. After a month he gave up, he didn’t want to do it anymore it was almost impossible.
It was one month after he quit the snow is melting and the giant ball of snow is melting fast. He has been in room for two weeks now not caring about the giant ball snow, he was just thinking about when summer would come and not think about the snow at all. When Summer came it was one of the best times of his life. The whole time he never thought about the snow.
Sadly, Winter came again and he was thinking about the snowman. He went outside looking for reminders of the snowman, but nothing was found of the snowman. He was deeply depressed, when he grew up every winter he would be depressed. Every winter he would stay inside and look at the spot for hours.
Exxon Oil Spill
Folk Tale: The Strange Man
Once apon a time a small town in the Himalayas, it was a small poor town that no one went too exalt the people who lived there. Then they say a unknown man with all black robes can walking up the steep trail to the town. Everyone looked at him and dis-liked him for doing absolutely nothing. He went to the butcher shop and told the man who owned the butcher shop and said “Can I help?” and the owned said “No leave now!!” and he did and went back down the steep trail. The next day he came back up to the town and walked up to the blacksmith and said “Can I help?” and the owner said “Get lost you stranger!” and so he did and went back down the steep trail until the next day. He went back up the steep trail and went to the poorest shop in the town he said “Can I help” and the owner “Please help I’m going out of business” the stranger mumbled and left. The next day the poor shop owner had the biggest nicest shop in town, there was a note on the ground that said “Your welcome From: The Stranger”.
Newsela: Attack of the Glitter Green Bugs
Glitter Green bug sounds like a shiny peaceful bug, but sadly its not, it kills ash trees and sadly by the end of this year all the ash trees will be gone in the eastern coast of the U.S. They cocoon themselves on the side of the tree and when they hatch into a worm then they burrow into the tree and kill the insides and then gets out of the tree and turns in to a green bug then flies away. One of my classmates named RT thinks its bad. I think this will be very bad as well. The author says, “Things were already looking bad for trees in the United States”.
Algernons PROGRESS REPORT 1-4
Progress Report 1
I am Algernon, a lab mouse that is having a surgery to make me smarter I guess. I don’t really think this will work because how will you make someone smarter buy giving them surgery. I can’t rely say no because I’m a mouse, what can I do I’m small and helpless. So they won’t give me food or water which is annoying because I’m hungry. I am kinda scared that I’m getting surgery, but if I’m to scared ill be scared of everything. So wish me luck! P.S Give me food when I’m done. P.P.S Also give me water.
Progress Report 2
I feel no better, I actually feel worse. I should have skimped away, but if this works I will be REALLY smart which is what I want. I feel really nauseated and weak. In a couple of minutes I’m going to do a maze, to prove that if I am intelligent or not. And I hate how the doctors are giving me shots and taking blood from me, it hurts. But the hurting stops and I forget about it. Im about to go do the maze so wish me luck once again. P.S I don’t like the food they give me P.P.S the water is fine.
Progress Report 3
I’m actually getting good at the maze and today I play a man named Charlie who had the same surgery as me. I’m pretty sure I will beat him the first time because when I got the surgery I wasn’t smart at first and now I am. I have beaten all the scientist who work here and I have been getting grumpy lately so tell the doctor who brings the black and white bow-tie to tell her niece not to squeeze me.
Progress Report 4
I’ve beat Charlie 4 times and he is now starting to beat me and I bite him and I don’t know why. I have not been feeling well and I don’t want to wast my energy on the maze and Im sick of the CrackerBarrel Cheese they give me its terrible. I think this will be my last progress report because I’ve been getting terrible headaches and its hard to breath so this is my final Progress report. I feel bad for Charlie because he had the same surgery as me so he might die too. P.S goodbye.

