Persuasive Essay - Convince Your Teacher Not to Assign Homework on Fridays

My teacher shouldn't assign homework on Friday. After Friday is passed, the weekend will be coming. During the weekand, students can do a lot of things such as watching a movie, reading a novel, playing outside, play balls, and going to the field trip, etc. Students are usually busy in ordinary days, so they need to relax on the weekand. If I am one of the students, I will go to watch a movie or play basketball on the weekand because these are my favorite entertainment. Sometimes I go to the threater once a month and rend a DVD once two weeks. If I want to play basketball, I will play in the afternoon because the weather will not very hot at that time. relaxing is not always bad for students, they should have a suitable rest to do anything they want on the weekand. If teachers give a lot of homework on Friday and want students to finish it during the weekand, they will be crazy and full of stress. That's why assigning homework on Friday is not available to students and me.

reader response - 5&6

5: If I were to run away from home, I would go to complete something I wanted to achieve. I ran away from home not because I hated my parents and my annoying younger sister, I wanted to complete something by myself. I didn't want my family knew because I was afraid that they would reject and I didn't want them to worry about me. So, something I wanted to complete was to go to my classmate's house to do the project, and this project was very important for all students. I didn't want my family know because they didn't want me to go anywhere that was unfamiliar and strange although my classmate were my best friends. After that, I went to his house to finish the project in three hours. After finishing the project, I went back to home, and then my parents blamed me because I didn't tell them first. I made them worried and they felt anxious, and than I learned a lesson: I shouldn't leave home without parents' permission and didn't let them think that I was going to run away.

6: Tell about any "good" memories you have: the good memories I have is when my family and I went to Europe during the summer. Actually, I loved to travel everywhere becuase I couldn't learn some different culture and geography from any country. I thought this is a good memory becuase we went to Paris, Italy, Switzerland, and Venice in one week, that was a lot. This was the first time my family and I went to Europe, so we were very excited to go there. Of course, buildings in Europe were different from where I lived. Buildings in Europe were beautiful and they looked like castles, and they were made by fragments of the brick, not cement. Not only this scene made me interested, but also the special scene in Venice. Venice was also called "The City of Water" because this city was located on the water. My family and I went there to go by ship and there were a lot of churches which were attractive. Although the weather was hot and dry, I also had a lot of fun there and we took lots of pictures there, too. After finishing this awesome trip, we were tired, but fun.

Quick write-Extreme pressure

What qualities enable people to perform well when facing heart-pounding fear or stress?  Think about your own experiences or those of someone you know, as well as new stories or fiction you’ve read.  Then, jot down your thoughts about people taking action when the stakes are high.

When people face heart-pounding fear or stress, concentration and calm enable people to perform well. Actually I have my own experience: The thing that I would face heart-pounding fear or stress was presentation because I usually shaked my hand when I faced in front of the audience. Therefore, I thought the only way was to be concentrated and calm before I was ready for any presentation. These were the only way because people couldn't just run away to avoid the presentation, this method was not only acceptable, but also was embarrassing, people couldn't learn anything with that way. After that, I think people should focus on what their try to present later, and do anything without nervousness and irritancy, they have to be calm before they start to present their project. Overall, I hope when the stakers are high, I will take this action to demonstrate that I can be a good presenter in the future.

Reading Response Journals

1. The best memory I have with my family is to go to Europe. Four years ago, my family and I went to Europe for one week during the summer break, we have been to Paris, Italy, Switzerland, and Venice, that was a lot. Venic among these places was the most interesting place for me because the land is placed on the water, and it's also called " City of Water". That's why my family and I would like to go there again next time. Why I choose this event as my best memory I have with my family because we always stayed, chated, and played together during the travel, we could share our own feeling about this trip or talked something fun to each other. That's why I think this is a great memory I've seen.

2. Without my family, I can't live for very long time because family is very important for me. Although I have some best friends in school, I still think that family is the most important when I am bored. When I feel terrible in school or somewhere, the first people I would like to talk with are my family because they know me more than friends. When I encounter some trouble in public, family can help me cross the difficulties. That's why I think it is harmful and painful without my family.

3. My family roots go back to hundreds and thousands years ago, it takes very long time to look for my family roots. Actually, although my family and I know what the roots' last name, we can't clearly know what they look like. Every February of year, we have to go back to my mom and dad's hometown to see their relatives, and we have to do the manism, this is what we should do during the new year. That's why every these days, we can know more about the manism and sacrifice to our ancestor.