Thanksgiving Poem

This is my Thanksgiving Poem I shared with my family

The Nutcracker

Tonight, I saw the Nutcracker ballet. As I've probably said before, I am a dancer. A competitive dancer. so seeing this was so cool. It was so amazing! I could follow the story through movement, not words.  Plus, all the dancers were amazing, Especially the sugar plum fairies (which happen to be my favorite). Since I am not on pointe yet, it was really cool to watch a different kind of ballet since I still do ballet. I got to see leaps and jumps and turns and flips,All while people will balancing on their tip-tip toes. I loved seeing all the little kids dance, because they were spot on (and funny!). I liked how the kids ran around the stage and jumped up and down. I also thought the special effects were cool, like the smoke and the lights. I think that this is one of the most amazing ballets ever. So the next time you ever happen to be at the Detroit Opera House, I recommend seeing the Nutcracker.  

the Wall pt VIII

We took off to the meeting hall. I was shivering the whole time. I wasn't cold, I was nervous. I didn't know what to expect.
We pulled up to the spot and dropped off the bicycle. We walked in. I could hear the chit-chat of other people. Liliana Went to the ten year room, while I went to the graduate room. I took a seat next to my friends. My best friend Estiha and my other friend Alli were talking.
"Silenia, are you nervous?" Alli asked.
"Of course." I replied.
A person came up to the pedestal on front of the seats.
"Attention! We have gathered you all here for many reasons. We have gathered you to challenge you, to Help you, to care for you, but most importantly to salute you." The speaker said.

Quiz AHW

this is a personality quiz on what devic matches your personality. I just made this up so don't take it seriously (unless you want to). 

1. first thing you do in the morning after you wake up is:

A. You go and brush your hair, you can't have a messy blob

B. You pack up your homework, you can't forget anything

C. You run around and play games, trying to annoy your parents

2. Your favorite school class is:

A. Art

B. Math

C. Gym

3. When you have no school you're always:

A. Texting your friends 

B. Doing tomorrow's homework, and the next day’s, and the next day's.

C. playing games with your neighbors

4. Your favorite thing to do in the winter is:

A. going to holiday parties

B. sitting by a fire and reading a book

C. going outside, it's winter, people!

5. When you're sick, you tend to:

A. keep your status up to date

B. Study for the nearest test

C. try to teach your dog how to play Tic-Tac-Toe 

6. Whenever you’re typing, you always use:

A. French Script Font

B. Aharoni Font

C. Curlz MT Font

7. The worst feeling ever to you is:

A. Feeling neglected, I need friends

B. Feeling stupid, I know I’m smart

C. Feeling bored, I need to do something

If you had mostly A's put an A in the comment box. If you had mostly B's put a B in a comment. If you had mostly C's put a C in a comment. I will tell you the results, or email you the results, or put the results in a comment.

The Wall part VII

Okay, today is the Grouping Ceremony. The ceremony were our groups and jobs are decided.
"Girls, Wake up!" The Children Watcher called.
I heard Mrs.Anderson, the Children Watcher, call and quickly woke up Liliana, my 10 year old sister. I'm 14, so I'm in charge. I quickly pulled out her uniform dress out of her drawer. believe me, it's so annoying having a little sister to take care of.
I did Liliana's hair, got her shoes, gave her breakfast, and finally got her on the backseat of my bicycle. I was so happy she was 10. that was the year she got her own bike. Plus, I'd be leaving her. she'd still have the Watchers to help her, but NOT me.  

Forensics Published Piece

I sat quietly in the classroom. It felt so big and spacious. Me and my friend, Arya waited silently till it was our time to perform. We were third in line to perform. This was my first forensics competition and I was so nervous. A forensics competition works like this: you perform in a class room with other people in your category. You have to perform for three judges in three different rounds. In each round you go up to a table and draw for order. When you draw you get a piece of paper with a number. That number tells you when to go. Then you go up and perform for a judge. The judge ranks all the people in the category. then after all the rounds are done, you go to awards and see what place you were in. then you get the comments the judges wrote about your piece the next day.  I was in a duo (which is just one of the many categories) and I had a hilarious piece called action news by Jonathan Rand. All the other duos were really good. One of them was an episode of a popular T.V. show. Another was about a game of bingo.
"Hey Arya, are you nervous at all?" I quietly whispered.
 "I'm really nervous, but I know we can do great." She answered.
"We’ve worked so hard so we'll do great!" I said.
 "A1 duo" the judge announced. 
We quietly walked down the stairs to the performing spot. The other team from our school went up before us and was super amazing. They had good movements, great blocking, they were loud. I thought we were going to do great. I wondered what would happen if a chair fell over or some big distraction started happening.  But that wouldn't happen. We were going to do great, I quietly thought to myself.
“Judge ready? “Arya said.
“Timer ready?” I said.
“Wait one moment.” The judge said.
“Now go.” The judge said.
"It’s 5:59 and you’re watching WOMG action news..." Arya and I said. 
Oh No, we started, I thought. But we were doing great, I thought again. I thought we were going to win. Actually, I KNEW we were going to win. 
It felt like my lips knew exactly what to say without me even thinking about it. I thought I had been practicing a lot, so I knew exactly what to do, when to do it, and where to do it. 
We were close to the end of our piece. We only had about two paragraphs left. We were almost done.
"Achoo!" I heard in the audience.
Our coach had told us to not get distracted. So we didn't. We kept going.  We put our heads down and finished. I felt my fingers wiggle. I felt so happy. I thought we had done amazing.
About five minutes later everyone gathered in the Media Center of the school for awards. Since it was our team hosting the competition, our coach came up and talked a little about awards and placements. 
"We are giving awards to places 1-3." Mrs. Basset said.
“At least I'd get a medal no matter what I because there's only three duos,” I thought to myself.
The man announcing the awards had started speaking.
"First category, poetry. In 3rd place, Charlie Anderson. In 2nd place, Kate Adams-Boone. In 1st place, Vanessa Brown!" The man said.
"Next category, Declamation...”
"Next category, DI...” The man told the crowd.
I dosed off for a while, not paying much attention. I saw a lot of different people come up for a lot of different categories. Some categories had a lot of people. Others just had one person. Finally I heard them announce duo.
"In 3^rd place, Layman and Mastrangelo." The man announced.
I realized that they were calling the duos by last name.
"In 2^nd place, Delewen and Greenfield."
"In 1^st place, Nelson and Goel!" said the man.
I thought I miss heard. But I didn't. We won! I was screaming with joy! Arya and I were so, so happy! We never thought we would win. We ran over to our parents and hugged them.
"We won, we won!" We screamed.
“Calm down!”Our moms said.

We were super happy we won. But we learned something important; if you dream and believe big, you will reach and achieve big!  

The controller

When you see something you hear something. and when you hear something you feel something.but this feeling is no ordinary feeling. this feeling makes you think of something. something big. and when you think of that big thing, it makes you think of something smaller. then that makes you something even smaller. this goes on and on until you think of such a small thing that you can't think of anything anymore. this whole process goes on in seconds. this is the story of the person that knows what goes on. SWell, not right now. 800 years in the future.
"Every Child Is Destined For Greatness" says the big news board.
me and my best friend Lainia Keely, were walking to the Meeting Sector to go to Honoree Ceremony. it happens once a year. it's were all the people of Arisna honor the children. Mostly the 15 years. Which I just happen to be. By the way, i'm Alisa Estyes.