Letter to the next president

Dear Senator McCain:

In anticipation of your winning the election for President of the United States, please let me express my appreciation for the grand example you have set for our nation. Your service is impeccable and undeniably places your opponent at a disadvantage.

First, your military service gives a tremendous insight to the many conflicts our country is currently facing. During the debate on September 25, your knowledge and in-depth understanding of the intricacies concerning the background in each situation was, to say the least, reassuring. Thank you for your service and your commitment to this country through those horrific conditions you endured, conditions in which you never backed down.

Since that time, you have devoted your career and life to further serving our country in the Senate as you have carefully and prayerfully led your peers and foes through many decision-making moments, again illustrating your true leadership abilities.

Why am I writing such a letter? As you have been and will be an example for so many, may I follow in your footsteps as an example for my students as we express our democratic privilege of voicing our opinions in this Letter to the Next President project co-sponsored by the National Writing Project and Google Docs.

Just as you never take being an American for granted, nor do I ever want my students to ever forget the many hard-fought freedoms that we are privileged to every day, every day within our classrooms, within our homes, within our towns, within our states. For without patriots such as yourself, we would not live in such a blessed nation as the great United States of America.

Again, thank you. Thank you, in advance, for your continued service to our nation.

Sincerely,



Taresa Goad

My Pioneer

Well I guess I am going to have to say that my pioneer would be my dad because when my family and I go camping, we make our own fire and we gather wood that has fallen from trees. Once when we went to the lake, I went and ask my dad if me and my sisters could go swimming at the lake swimming area and he said we could by we have to go and collect some wood first and then we would be able to go to the lake and go swimming.

I really think that my dad is my pioneer because we have an old fashion heater down stair in our house and when it gets really cold then he makes sure that there is wood in it at all times. Then one time when all we had was cold water, my dad put a big bucket of cold water on it and it became warm.

Indian captive By: Lois Lenski

Well this book is about a girl named Mary Jemison and she is 12 years old and is captured by the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois of western New York. They came and raided her house. Mary, called Molly, her family, and Betsey Wheelock, and her children, were captured by the Indians. They had to walk for days, with hardly anything to eat. Soon they came to a resting place. The Indian chief, Shagbark, took off Molly's shoes and replaced them with moccasins. Then Davy Wheelock was brought to the chief. He had already been given moccasins to wear. In a low and sad voice, Molly's mother told her that she and Davy would be taken on a long trip. Molly's mother told her to never forget her name or her father's name and certainly not to forget her own name. She also told Molly to pray at all time and to remember to speak in English.

Why I didn’t like this book? This book was not that good because it was just not my type of book that I like to read and it was just really boring and if I had to pick between that book and another book, I would pick the other book.

Characterization- the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.