D.A.R.E Essay

   D.a.r.e is a fun activity that sixth graders get to do.  D.a.r.e is to keep kids off of drugs like tobacco,marijuana,alcohol etc.  Our D.a.r.e officer is Deputy Thomas.  There are three types of gateway drugs. D.a.r.e stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

     In D.a.r.e I learned that there are over 200 known poisons in tobacco. Also I learned that marijuana can cause cancer and brain problems. Did you know that many drugs people use now is found in your medicine cabinet like cold medicine,cleaning supplies,etc?  Alcohol damages every organ in your body.

    Cigarettes contain a substance called nicotine, nicotine causes addiction. Tobacco can affect your body devilment. It is illegal to sell tobacco to people under the age of 18 in the U.S.A. Something sad is that 3,000 non smokers die each year from second hand smoking.

     Marijuana users have a greater risk of cancer. A good thing is marijuana is illegal in the United States. People who smoke marijuana have more colds and upper respiratory problems. Tar is found in marijuana. Plus there is more tar in marijuana than tobacco.

     If you drink alcohol you are putting yourself and others in danger. You are not allowed to buy or drink if you under the age of  21. Alcohol can cause your body to slow down and lead to coma or death. Mixing alcohol and medicine is very dangerous. Beer, wine and liquor all contain about the same amount of alcohol per severing.

    In D.a.r.e we do a lot of fun stuff. Mr.Dip lip is a guy that chews tobacco. With Mr. Dip lip we seen what tobacco can do to your teeth and mouth. Then was The Jar of Tar. The Jar of Tar showed us how much tar there is in cigarettes. We also played The D.a.r.e Family Feud Game. During this game we had to answer questions about D.a.r.e and what we learned.

    Durgs are very dangerous. They cause you to act weird, they can make you harm other people and your self. These are all reasons I will not do drugs. You should all stay off drugs and never think about doing drugs.

New Moon

New Moon is the second book in The Twilight Saga. In New Moon Bella spends a lot of her time with Jacob Black. I don't want to tell you a lot about New Moon because I don't want to spoil it for all the people that are reading Twilight. I am going to tell you one thing New Moon is filled with action and suspense.

Should Endings be Happily Ever After?

I like books that end sad and gloomy. A lot of books I know of end happily ever after. But that gets boring and I hate it when you know what is going to happen in the end. Take Fairy Tale books for a example (not The Twilight Saga) they always start out bad then end in happily ever after. Then lets take Freak The Mighty for another example. It started out really good then at the end Freak dies.

I think that Freak The Mighty was a good book because of its ending. Why do I think this ? I like books that end in a bad way. When Freak died it left me thinking and I wanted to find out more but I could not because there was not another book so I had to think about was going to happen next.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. Mr. McGuire came up with a new way for the sixth graders to use their online book journals. I think having a blog is really weird but fun.

Grading Students' Blogs

   When you grade a blog you should always look for spelling mistakes. You should always look for spelling mistakes because when you are trying to read and you come along a word that is misspelled and you can't read it that takes away the fun of reading.

   Then you should look for punction mistakes.  mistakes can lead to a disaster. Lets just say you are reading a paragraph and someone has a comma instead of a period. It messes the paragraph all up.

           Grading Scale
A- To get a A  I think think everything should be spelled right and correct grammar.

B- to get a B I think you should only have maybe 2 mistakes.

C- to get a C you should only have 4 mistakes.

D - to get a D you should only have 7 mistakes.  

The Main Character in My Book

If I wrote a book, the main character's name would be Cliea. My book would  relate to Twilight but not really. Well anyways Cliea would fall in love with a werewolf instead of a vampire. Cliea would have short blonde hair. Cliea also loves animals and mythical creatures. Cliea is a 16 years old. Cliea drives a bright yellow Porsche.

Cliea has a sister named Rachael and as you know Cliea falls in with a werewolf.Well the werewolf Cliea falls in love with has a brother and Rachael falls in love with him. Cliea loves her whole family and Cliea gets really good grades.