Period+2+Visit!

I just have to say that the visit with period 2 today went amazing. Susie and I were so excited to talk to you guys (literally– we counted down the hours.) It was so cool to go up to some of the kids that had written some brilliant stuff and compliment them. Thank you Mr. D for letting us come in! We must do it again sometime!

A little note from Susie: Thank you guys so much for agreeing to the insane :D We literally walked into your class and asked you guys to write a poem in five minutes. They turned out //amazingly.// It was so great to see all my eighth grade friends again. Keep writing guys!

To reitirate: To check the wiki stats, click "Manage Wiki" over on the left. Scroll down and click "Wiki Statistics". Then you have full access to all sorts of great info. Admins- the student leaders of the wiki. How to be a leader: -comment on people's work -help others on the wiki -always be polite -offer ideas for contests and the wiki I can't wait to hear about positions in your wiki this year. As I said, you're all in GATE for a reason.
 * NO SELF BASHING!** We don't want to see any more. I'm dead serious. (I have yelled at people, and will continue to. --S)

And for all of you that don't like writing or don't think you should be in GATE, let me tell you something. In 6th grade, I hated writing. To me, it was tedious and a waste of time. I would have rather been online. In 7th grade, I had a certain teacher (no names). I soaked up all the energy that she gave off and slowly started to like writing more and more. I learned so much about prepositions, direct objects, indirect objects, adverbs, diagramming sentences, etc. etc. I started to incorporate little details I learned while reading, along with my extended vocabulary (all from reading), and I started to like writing. Same thing with Shakespeare. I didn't care for it until 7th grade when Mrs. -bleep- introduced //Much Ado About Nothing.// She introduced sonnets, too, but I didn't really get into that until 8th grade. The point is that I finally felt that part of me just clicked when I started to like writing. So don't dimiss it! Good writing comes in handy in college apps and job apps. As for being in GATE, I literally should not have been in. I didn't take the test in 3rd grade and bombed the 4th grade test. In 5th grade, I believe you only had to get 85% or higher. I got 72%. However, my 5th grade teacher petitioned and after a couple of months I was in GATE. So, take these two anecdotes and turn it around- it's possible to like writing, and you're sitting in period 2 for a huge reason! Don't doubt what you can do; take it from me!

As for the poems from the "special activity," I will post them up in hyperlinks below. If it is yours, you can choose to edit the page and write your name at the top of the piece. If you choose to remain anon, go ahead. Either way works. I put the title as the first few words if you did not make up a title. These aren't in any order, but the first 5 are the ones that were read aloud. (SA= special activity) Thank you Harrison for reading a select few!
 * And for the two people who didn't write anything, __Susie and I will find you!!!__**

"Limerick"- SA 1 "Vision Blurring"- SA 2 "Gummy Bears"- SA 3 "Anger" -SA 4 "Birds eye" -SA 5 "Recklessly Running"- SA 6 "Piano Lessons Haiku"-SA 7 "Annoying Guys Haiku"-SA 8 "Don't Know What to Write Haiku" -SA 9 "Sally short story"-SA 10 "Two Free Verse and One Haiku"- SA 11 "Bananas"-SA 12 "Round 80"-SA 13 "Jump Off A Cliff"-SA 14 "Blowing In The Wind"-SA 15 "Write Everything That I'm Thinking Of"- SA 16 "Don't Know What to Write About"-SA 17 "Pink Highlighter and Noodles"-SA 18 "Brain Dead"-SA 19 "I Am In Class"-SA 20 "Lalalalalalalalalala"-SA 21 "Picture of a Little Girl"-SA 22 "I Like Computers"-SA 23 "Listen Around"-SA 24 "Sounds of Scribbles"-SA 25 "Looking for a muse"-SA 26 "Nerves"-SA 27