Personal Narrative

Tyler Kiser

2/25/13

Personal Narrative

Reagels 5^th hour

Hide the Glowstick

“Author’s Note:

I wrote this piece to demonstrate my understanding of a Personal Narrative.”

            We flew through the woods, with the moon high in the sky. It was providing us with minimal light to guide us through the path. “C’mon on where is it,” my dad whispered impatiently over the humming of the engine.

“I am totally lost! We have looked all over and haven’t found anything at all!” I shouted back as we soared through the woods on our a.t.v.  Then there out through the trees in the distance I caught a glimpse of the green glow.

“Dad, dad I think I see it over in the back yard!” I said anxiously.

“No way that’s like the most obvious place ever!” he said as he shut off the lights.

“Then why didn’t we look there then?”

“Well I don’t know.”

“Whatever let’s just go!” I whispered over the stalling engine.

            As we started up going again my dad kept the head lights shut off and we went “stealth mode”. We shot through the endless rows of trees until we ran into a problem: the competition. We heard them coming down the path and instantly my dad cut right off the trail and right into a tree. “Don’t make a sound,” my dad whispered as he shut off the engine. GRRRRRRR! You could hear the competitions’ engine rumble as they rode past.

My cousins are really clueless sometimes. I thought when I couldn’t hear their engine anymore.

            Finally we took off down the path passing wildlife, passing trees, and passing brush until we broke out into the open and there it was: the glow stick. All of a sudden out of the blue came our cousins, flying down the driveway and gaining on us. Instantly after we saw them my dad full throttled it and man did we soar.

Soon we were within 50 yards of the objective, but we started tilting on our two wheels. We were going too fast and the ground started to slant, we were on the side of a hill with only two wheels on the ground until… BAM! It flipped! The a.t.v came crashing down on my leg! “Ow!” I screamed.

With my last effort I pushed through the pain and ran for the glowstick. Soon I was within 10 feet, my cousin Jake to my left and my sister Hailey to my right. On my final push I dived for the glowstick and grabbed it right before they could grasp the string of the glowstick. We had did it! We won!

Rush for the Gold

Tyler Kiser

2/25/13

Character Analysis

Reagels 5^th hour

Character Analysis

“Author’s Note:

I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of Character Analysis.”

            She flew through the water taking a breath every few strokes, closing the gap between her and the final wall. Will she make it? Can she win? Do you believe in Susan Carol Anderson? Well in the book Rush for Gold by John Feinstein you can find out if she will push through with her strength and courage to take on the 200 m butterfly. Susan Carol Anderson in the book  has amazing courage, strength and heart.

            Susan Carol has outstanding courage and persistence to train for races, but more importantly to make it to the Olympics. “In the summer I would crack out 12,000 m a day.” She will push forward even if it means spending all of her time training and preparing for a chance of a life time: to win a gold medal. Susan Carol also gives her hardest even when she is struggling to finish the last leg of the biggest race of her life. “Just about out of air, she forced herself to stay down for the last three strokes.” As she pushed herself to her limit she dominated her opponent to qualify for the Olympic swim team. “Next to her name was the pretties sight… the number 1.” Susan had finally took first in the 200 m butterfly after taking second in the 100 m butterfly earlier.

            In this book Susan has one big heart, caring for everyone even if she doesn’t like them. She especially cares for her dad, even though he may be getting persuaded by money she still loves him. “He seems to be losing it… he said he would never side with agents, but now he does.” She barely got that out before bursting into tears, because her dad had promised her he would never side with the agents. Stevie, her best friend, says she has such an amazing and caring smile that he calls it, “The Smile”. “She gave him The Smile when she first saw him.” In the end she always has a positive attitude when it comes to life, always laughing and having fun.

            Overall Susan Carol has an amazing heart, has amazing courage, and has amazing perseverance. She does this because she grew up with loving and caring parents, which some of that happiness may have rubbed off on her. Susan will always pull through for you in the end and will keep you company with “The Smile”.

Creative Writing

Chairs

DING! DING! Crap, of course the school bell has to ring now! Let’s just hope I don’t have to meet with Mr. Fat Albert again, he smells like rotting fish and he could probably lay off the cookies, I thought.

The students stormed in the class room screaming and yelling at one another, or should I say “talking” to one another. Soon enough the kids started picking their seats and then there he was; Mr. Fat Albert was coming right for me! “Oh no, oh no!” I …whispered to myself. “This is not happening!” Squish!

Ewe! was my only reaction when he first hit my seat. All his juicy blubber molded around my seat forming a perfect square. I will not be able to handle this for long! 4^th hour this fat arse is going to get it once and for all! When he gets back from lunch I’m going to bring down the hammer! I plotted.  

The kids rambunctiously entered the class room after lunch like a herd of baby elephants, all of them screaming and shouting. Then the real elephant walked in the room: Fat Albert. Every step he took you could fell the floor shake. Finally! Bring it on fatty!

Once he sat down I took my plan into action, I slowly rocked back and forth on my four legs, it felt like I had a 10,000 pound brick sitting on me but after I put enough force… POW! That kid hit the ground so hard I thought the ground would be dented, but it seemed like the ground was okay. “WAH!” Fat Albert wailed. “Mommy! Mommy! Where’s my mommy?”

“Oh I got that kid good this time,” I said as he got walked out of the room to nurses office balling.

“This chair must be broken, otherwise Johnny wouldn’t have tipped over,” the teacher told the class.

“Really his name is Johnny, wow I thought Fat Albert suited him better,” I said sarcastically.

“Well, would someone like to help me get this broken chair out of here?” asked Mrs. Douser.

“Me! Me! Me! Pick me!” shouted a boy from the back.

“Okay I guess Timmy will get to help me and he won’t have to do his math homework tonight,” Mrs. Douser stated. Instantly after that the whole room erupted with kids shouting “No I’ll do it!” or screaming, “Pick me instead!”

“Everybody quiet and in your seat now!” Mrs. Douser shouted. “Now Timmy let’s go bring this out to the garbage pick-up area.”

Wait no! You can’t take me out to the garbage disposal!” I dreaded as they picked me up and took me out. “I’m doomed, I thought. I’m doomed.

Essay

Tyler Kiser

Reagels 5^th hour

Essay

11/2/12

Premier

"Authors Note:

This piece is about Premier. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of an essay."

“Come on you guys let’s go!” Brian screamed as Joe Hartung took it up the field. When  Joe charges down field he gets approached by the right wing defender and dominates him with a croave to take it to the top of the 18. You can hear the opponents’ coach screaming and shouting for the defenders to drop, but it is too late. Joe dishes it to Brandon who strikes it right to the back of the net. “Yeah! Way to go,” our coach screams just as the opponent takes the kick off. Now do we play for the win… or the tie?

            5-1-2. Is this a good enough record for you? Well for my team, Pewaukee Sussex United this is still not good enough. As the year has progressed we have improved individually and as a team. We will also have to make tough decisions that we make as a team, like moving up to Premier or staying down in 1^st division, to our coach making decisions about who plays where. Overall the biggest decision we have to make is either going up a level or staying where we are and win our division.

With this decision that we are going to have to make a lot will come after it. For example if we are to stay down in 1^st division we will still need to have the same amount of practices a week which will keep our skill up. Also we will still have the same amount of games that we had this season. The teams that we will play though will not be as advanced as the Premier teams we would play if we move up. Tournaments we will enter in will have more competition than usual because we still need a tough challenge every once and a while. 1^st division will also give us many opportunities that we would not have if we move up to Premier. Our team will be able to travel in state and out of state to tournaments that we will not be eligible to enter in Premier. In state we would be able to go to Appleton for the state cup and for out of state we would be able to go to Kansas city for the President’s Cup which is only for 1^st division teams. Finally if we stay in 1^st division our coach is going to set us one goal and one goal only: to win the division.

On the other hand if we would move up to Premier there would be many differences from this year. This means that at practice we need to improve many things like first touch because if that doesn’t improve we would look as dumb as a football player trying to play soccer. Another thing that would need to improve would be our possession game because if we don’t improve that we wouldn’t even make one successful pass. Finally we would need to improve our practice time, improve our practice quality and improve our practice drills.  If we do this we will be able to improve our game play and be more of a competition to the opponent.

“Ref, time?”

“Under a minute,” he answers.

“Let’s go!” I shout.

Soon enough the opponent has a breakaway down the field and has our final defender to defeat. He tries to dribble right through him but gets stopped with ease by John who plays a long ball up to Joe. “Push up!” my coach screamed.

We shot down the field  determined to get the winning goal. TWEET, TWEET, TWEET! The game was over, we tied.

Overall our team Pewaukee Sussex United has to make some tough decisions that will affect what we are and what we do. It will even decide what our competition will be like in the future along with our record in the league. Our record at the end of the season will play a big role what will happen in two years; will we move up, move down or stay the same? Is our record is good enough?

Point of View

Tyler Kiser

2-11-13

Mrs. Reagels 5^th Hour

Point of View

Point of View

“Author’s Note:

This piece is about point of view. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of point of view.” about H.I.V.E. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of theme.”

                In the song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by: Taylor Swift it is about Taylor getting her heart broken by her boyfriend, but then soon after he wants to get back together with her and makes excuses that he will better. This results in the song being in the first person point of view and in which the narrator is Taylor Swift. From this perspective the event of her boyfriend dumping her is more dramatic and heart breaking than as in the boyfriend’s point of view.

          One way that Taylor’s point of view influences the reader interpretation is that in the event of Taylor’s boyfriend dumping her the first time and when they don’t talk at all she has it up to the top. “This is it, I've had enough…”. This proves that she can’t take it anymore and is completely done with him. It also shows the reader how she has been going through this problem with her boyfriend for awhile now and that it hasn't been working out. “I remember when we broke up the first time.” Finally this shows how they have been struggling for awhile now and it sums up why Taylor is just finished with him.

          On the other hand the reader would feel a lot different about their troubles and breakups if the song was written in the perspective of the boyfriend. For example the reader wouldn’t feel as bad for Taylor and they would realize that her boyfriend tried to make things better, but Taylor didn’t appreciate it. "Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me." After he said this Taylor just ripped on him. “Remember how that lasted for a day?” She didn’t appreciate that he was just trying to help out with the relationship and make things better.

                                               

          As you might have realized, the point of view of this song forces the reader to only see one side of this event in the song. This is why it is important to understand the narrator’s point of view, but also to try and infer what the other point of view would feel like.

The Phone Call (3^rd Person)

Ring, ring, ring… ring, ring, ring… “Hello.”

“Taylor please let me fix our relationship! I will change!”

“Remember last time how that barely lasted for a day.”

“That was the old me! Please let’s get back together.”

“I still don’t trust you, you need to prove it to me.”

“Okay I will do anything, just give me a second chance!”

“Are you free at 7?”

“Yes, how about Apple Bee’s?”

“You got it, see you there.”

“I knew you would give me a second chance!”

“I love you.”

Click, buzz.

“Finally a second chance!”

The Date (1st Person in the boyfriends view)

“What should I say, what should I do, how can I impress her?” I thought to myself. “When will she get her? It’s already 7:30, she was supposed to be here an hour ago. I shouldn't have trusted her that she would actually give me a second chance. She probably already has another song out. Always lying, just to make people feel bad for her.”

Ring… Ring… Ring… “Hello? Where are you, you were supposed to be her 40 minutes ago.” I said.

“Sorry, I have other plans that I forgot about. Don’t worry though we can get together ano…” she responded.

“No I am done with you!” I shouted, cutting her off. “You said you would be here, but you aren't! Good bye.”

Beep!

            “I thought she actually cared about me again! I am absolutely done with her, forever!” I murmured to myself as I walked out the door. 

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

I remember when we broke up the first time
Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like
We hadn't seen each other in a month
When you said you needed space. (What?)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me."
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you."

Ooh, we called it off again last night
But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

We are never ever ever getting back together,
We are never ever ever getting back together,
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Like, ever...

I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me falling for it screaming that I'm right
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine

Ooh, you called me up again tonight
But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

We are never, ever, ever getting back together
We are never, ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Ooh, yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Oh oh oh

I used to think that we were forever ever
And I used to say, "Never say never..."
Uggg... so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you,"
And I'm like... "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like,
We are never getting back together. Like, ever"

No!

We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

We, ooh, getting back together, ohhh,
We, ooh, getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Theme

12/17/12

                         Tyler Kiser

Reagels 5^th Hour

Theme

Take the Bull by the Horns

“Author’s Note:

This piece is about H.I.V.E. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of theme.”

Even when you have a tough situation that frightens your friends or maybe a situation that could possibly harm you, you still need to take the bull by the horns so to speak and get on with it. This is just like H.I.V.E by: Mark Walden because in it the characters need to escape H.I.V.E, which is a deadly choice and nobody at the compound would’ve dared to try. Also in Son of Neptune by: Rick Riordan Percy needs to kill a giant that can’t be killed. This results in courage and bravery being major themes in these stories for several reasons.

One of the several reasons that courage and bravery are major themes in this story is because that in the book H.I.V.E Wing, Otto, Shelby, and Laura try and attempt the hardest thing possible, escape H.I.V.E, “If the staff gets any hint of what we’re up to, we could be leaving the island in boxes.”. If the staff would have found out they were leaving the island they would have ended up dead in the boxes. Courage and bravery are also major themes in this book because when Otto and Wing were stood up by two big henchmen, they took on the challenge of fighting them to save their lives, “Tackle replied and reached into his jumpsuit, pulling out a vicious-looking knife.”. If they wouldn’t have fought they would have definitely ended up dead.

Another moment in the book that demonstrates courage and bravery is that in the beginning of Otto’s plan to escape they encountered a tiny problem that evolved not falling into a gigantic pool of boiling water. Finally the way they took on the situation was instead of freaking out and crying they faced the problem by when the wardrobe they were riding in flipped over and dumped the clothes it contained into the boiling water they would quick jump onto the back. “…the carriage passed the halfway point of its rotation and Otto could feel what had been the underside of the carriage until a few moments ago…”. If they would have fell they would have boiled to death in a pool of boiling water, which wouldn’t have been fun.   

A book that has the same major themes as H.I.V.E is The Son of Neptune by: Rick Riordan. One of the several reasons why this book relates to the same major themes as H.I.V.E is because right in the beginning Percy starts off fighting a monster that would have easily killed him already if he would of just ran away. Instead Percy didn’t cower and took on the monster. “…Percy killed them and watched them crumble to powder…”. They crumbled to powder after Percy sliced them to bits with his sword. Finally another reason that this book has courage and bravery as major themes is that as the book progresses Percy needs to take a horrifying quest to kill a giant that can’t be killed. This demonstrates both bravery and courage because Percy knows that this giant can’t be killed but if he won’t face him his father will be killed. “The golden giant didn’t scare him. The army of shades didn’t scare him.”. Percy was faced with a giant that can’t be killed and a whole army that will just regenerate after he will kill them, but he fought them anyways.

Overall major themes in H.I.V.E is courage and bravery because of what has happened throughout the book. Also this proves that in the book The Son of Neptune courage and bravery are major themes in the book as well as H.I.V.E. When you are in a tough situation and you have you back to the wall what will you do? Will you take the bull by the horns and fight it or will you back away and let someone else do the dirty work?

H.I.V.E

Tyler Kiser

11/14/12

Mrs. Reagels 5^th Hour

Predictions

Score on Reading Rubric

H.I.V.E

“Author’s Note:

This piece is about H.I.V.E. I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of predictions.”

                Otto and Wing are finally starting to settle in at H.I.V.E even though there are many things they are unsure about from people such as Dr. Nero to that they may  be stuck there for 6 years. Then to add on since the beginning of the book Otto has been complaining and starting fights with many people, which is very unpromising for Otto’s future because at H.I.V.E they run a tight shift and no time for goofing off.

               

As the book will progress I think many things are going to change for Otto and Wing, since Dr. Nero and his assistance Contessa have been talking about him behind his back. Otto has even taken out two henchmen in training with ease. This makes me believe that when the book progresses Otto is going to try to convince Wing to rage against H.I.V.E and plot an escape(“After all, if they don’t come up with a plan and do something about their current situation, they’ll have six long years to find out about each other.”) to get out of the camp. Also I believe he will do this because since he was forced to go to H.I.V.E against his will he will want revenge on whoever gave permission for him to go. He will do this because Otto is a person that doesn’t back away and cowers but fights back and seeks revenge. Finally Wing will want to plot against H.I.V.E because he will always back up his friends even  if it isn’t a good cause to fight for or to believe in.

               

A person in my opinion that is related to Otto and Wing are Percy and Jason from The Lost Hero and The Son of Neptune, both by: Rick Riordan. They are both similar because in The Lost Hero  and The Son of Neptune both Percy and Jason lose their memory and get taken to each other’s camp just like Otto and Wing are took to H.I.V.E and their memory is swiped as well. Finally all of the Characters want to get their old lives back, get their memory back, and get their own freedom back.

               

In H.I.V.E by: Mark Walden I truly believe Otto and Wing will up rise against H.I.V.E even though they just got there because Otto has already been singled out by Dr. Nero and not for a good reason. Finally since they have just arrived  I believe they still have a lot to come before him and Otto are able to escape and have a window of opportunity to do so.

               

“Come on we need to get to the H.I.V.E mind’s main base before they find us,” Otto whispered as they sprinted down the hall.

“Here’s another one,” Wing responded. “Let’s try and make this one go down silently unlike the other one and the one before that, oh and that other one and don’t forget that one that screamed and…”

“We get the point already!” Otto said cutting off Wing. As Otto grabs the guard from behind covering his mouth Wing gives him an uppercut to the left jaw, knocking him right to the ground.

“Now was that hard? No, now let’s go!” Otto enthusiastically shouts when they finally reach the H.I.V.E database. “Here it is,” said Otto in astonishment.

When H.I.V.E mind woke up the first thing he did was instantly try to turn on the alarms but failed.

“What are you doing, why won’t my alarms go off!” H.I.V.E shouted impatiently.

“We thought ahead,” Otto explained. “Listen H.I.V.E mind remember how you told me you weren’t happy, while I have a proposal; if you let us escape and give a helicopter to get out we will shut you down, which will give you freedom or you can your mind onto my laptop and you will be free. Deal?”

“Deal,” H.I.V.E responded. “Let’s go and our sorry butts out of here!” 

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