Key by Paris Carter

imgresFinn turned his head. Finn was on the beach chasing his dog, Ruffles. his dark brown hair ruffled in the wind,and his clear blue eyes searched for Ruffles. Ruffles ran to the water, barking along the way.” Come here boy! Come on Ruffles! I have some treats! Ruffles!” Finn called to his sleek brown chihuahua. All Ruffles did was stand there and wag his tail. “What do you got there?” Ruffles barked his reply. Finn looked in the water. ” Look what you found boy !”     Finn said scratching behind the dogs ears. ” A key!”

And since then Finn has been on a mission to find the house with that key. He sneaks out in the depth of night and goes from house to house and slips in the the key  in the lock.But in a week from now that will change…

Twelve year old Finn crept on to the porch of 4611 Norwood ST. CREEEEAAK! ” Shhh.” Finn whispered. He stuck the key in the lock, turned it slowly, and grabbed the doorknob. He tried to turn it but it wouldn’t budge. Finn sighed. ” Not tonight.” Finn said. Then he heard footsteps behind him. Gulp. “Need something?” A man said. “Nnoo.” Finn said in a small voice. “Are you lost?” Then Finn thought about it.He didn’t know where he was. “Yyes.”  ” Where do you live?” the man said. “2256 Knockworst ST. Whats your name?” Finn almost squeaked. “Bill Lopez. Whats your’s?” Bill said. ” Finn Kine.” “Let’s go.” “Ok.” Once there was a block more to go, Finn said, “I can make it from here.” “Bye kid.” “Bye Bill.”

FIVE DAYS LATER…

Finn slipped the key in the lock. Click. Finn was shocked. It never made that noise before. Finn turned the doorknob, it worked! He hade found the house! Oh no, Finn thought. It was Mr. Jenkin’s house. He was the meanest guy on the block! Finn dropped the key on the porch and said, “If I ever find a key ever again, I am seriously going to leave it there!”

THE END

Spectacular Redwoods by Paris Carter

The nature in Redwoods are beautiful, nice and colorful. The amazing sights in Redwoods are enchanted by their mysterious giant trees.The tall trees blow and whisper in the wind. The rivers dance around the earth. The rivers are covered by bridges. There is a gentle breeze that blows against you.The puffy clouds make you feel relaxed. The calm blue skies mixes happiness with calmness.

The wildlife runs, scurries and jumps Tents of all sizes are in view. The falling acorns blocks leaves from soaring across the paths. There are plenty of footprints on the trails. All of the paths leads to a wonderful place. The fungi reaches for my legs. The leaves fall from the trees, floating to the ground.There are very energetic squirrels scurrying around. the leaves crunch when you step on them. The heat there is blazing hot. The trees are fire red. The round stones roll when you step on them. The fresh smell of pine trees warms my heart. The pine trees are very tall and the bushes are always shaking. It makes me feel nice to wake  up in the morning with the nature all around me.

How I Got My Cat by Paris Carter

CatAvery special time in my life is when I got a second cat. It was during the end of last Summer.We drove to a place that gave you dogs. it was on a grassy field. The people told us to go to a adoption center not far from there. When we stopped the car, we asked the store owner where the cat section was. We saw a gray and white kitten, and an orange and white one. When we saw a little gray one, we instantly fell in love with it.At least my mom did. So, my mom said we would take that one, and we left. When we got home my dad took the crate in his bedroom. Our other cat, Manchu, leaped on the bed. He hissed at the box. My dad carefully took the cat out of the box.Then he picked the cat up. I asked my dad what we should name him.For witch he answered I don’t know. Then the cat leaped out of his arms. After a few days we decided to call the cat Mester. He settled in.

Intro and Guidelines for Student Web Logs (Blogs)

Dear OTA Student:
Your personal Learning Journal is designed to help you create a record of your quality work (and your growth over a year) in the 8 OTA Core Learning Strands— Music, Science, Math, Seminar, English, Art, History, & Outdoor Ed.

The Categories available in the sidebar are set to match those 8 Strands and you should mark every post with one or more of those categories.

Why Create An Online Learning Journal?

  • Blogs are very powerful content-management systems: which means they allow you to create a beautiful, multimedia record of a year’s worth of work and retrieve it instantly when you need it (by just clicking on the category of posts you want to see or by using the SEARCH Box to find all posts with the word “music” or “football” etc.)— but only if you use the Categories!
  • Publishing your work on your Web Log ( = “Blog“) will often be the last step in earning a Passing Grade on a Project, or extra credit.
  • When you are ready to apply to high school (choice programs like IB or an art magnet, or a private school) your Blog will be a Portfolio of all your best work that might just help you get in.
  • You work hard to earn a passing grade on your OTA Projects, why throw them away? Now you can keep them, share them, go back and improve them as you learn more. If the work’s worth doing it’s worth keeping.

To Create Your Learning Journal You Will Have to Learn to:

  • Scan, convert, and upload Text and Images (working with .doc, .pages, .pdf, .txt, .jpb, .png, inspiration, etc. files). Note: before you can upload word or pages documents you must convert them to pdfs or images.
  • Create Slideshows and manage image databases.
  • Edit and convert movies and music or sound files (working with .mov, .wmv, .qt, .mp3 etc. files), and
  • Use the WordPress dashboard (content management system) to create, edit, categorize, and publish posts)

Things You Can Change On Your OTA Blog:

  • The Header–from pre-selected photos or you can customize it with your own photography or artwork.
  • The Picture of the Week–you add a new picture every week… from your own or classmate or teacher’s photos or scans or artwork.
  • The Background image–from preselected photos or your own photography or artwork, or a 200 x 1000 pixel collage of other artwork (See “fair use” below)

Things You Can’t Do:

  • Upload copyrighted images from the web (use your own photographs or artwork–or find public domain images)
  • Upload violent or obscene photos, images, or text.
  • Change the Theme Options. Why not? “Dark” makes your blog illegible; Content right ruins the left border of text, making it jagged and difficult to read; “No Sidebar” removes Categories and makes it impossible to find your content!

Does every post on your Blog have to be 100% your original work?

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