Patriots Pen Essay

I am very proud of my country. A lot of other countries are poor and want to have what we have. Another reason that I am proud of my country is because if any other country is in need of help our country will be there to help that country. I wish every country could have people who protect their country and help them whenever they are in danger.

Also other countries don’t have a source of food and or clean drinking water.  Other countries are poor and can’t do anything about it. Also their government is too greedy and won’t help any of their people if they are in need of help. Our country is lucky enough to have a good government to help us in our time of need and when we are in danger.   

Our military I believe is one of the best in the world. Because if a other country attacks our country our military will be there to protect us in minutes. America has been a lot in the past few years with the terrorists. America has been looking for the people that have caused the 9/11attack on New York in the Twin Towers. Over time America has prevailed and we kill Osama Bin Laden and Schiedam Usane. Another reason that I think that our military is one of the best is because we have so many different types of uses for the one military

So in conclusion yes I am very proud of my country. I am also proud of every man and women who serve this country and all who have died for it.

Cause/ Effect

Author's Note: This is a piece analyzing the causes and effects of WWII as seen in the novel D-Day, by Anthony Beevor.

n the book D-Day, the author, Antony Beevor, will tell you about the stories of soldiers that fought in WW II, from 1939 through 1945.  You will also learn more about the history of WWII. This book will teach you about hard times and learning to trust people that you will work with for years to come.

This book is much like the book”World War II”. It tells you about the hard life of some soldiers in the war and what had happened. It will also tell you about the stories of veterans of the war and soldiers that are in the war now in Iraq. Some of this book will teach you the tactics of the enemy and America’s tactics. Also it will give you some of the journals that some of the soldiers had written in the war to their families.

WWII was one of the most frightening battles in US history. Everyone that had a relative that was in the war can relate to the pain of those who fought in WWII. Both countries in the end regretted that either country started that war. There was over 6 million casualties in WWII and could have been prevented.

My grandpa was in WWII so I can relate to those people who were scared for the loved ones in the war. My grandpa told me stories of how he was saved by a little Chinese boy in Omaha after he was shot and got left behind by his whole platoon. Then he told me how when he went up onto the beach and most of his friends got shot while he just stared and watched. When he said that he left he wished it was him down dead on that beach and not his friends.

Hunger Games Conflict and Resolution

                                                  Hunger Games Conflict and Resolution    

The conflict in Hunger Games is that a girl named Katniss is going to go to the hunger games instead of her little sister Prim. I think that this can be resolved by Katniss refusing to go to do the Hunger Games or win it. One way she can do this is by not fighting anybody or not getting killed.

 Another way she can is by trying to form an alliance with people that she can trust of be able to beat later in the Games. Also she can try to protest against the person who rules the Hunger Games. 

Retelling Piece

Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everden who is forced to enter the Hunger Games because her sister  got picked in the reaping and volunteers for her. She ends up meeting a boy named Peta who is also from her district and they fight together in the Hunger Games. In the end only one of them can win.

The Hit That Changed It All

    I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a warm summers day. My baseball team the Pewaukee Pirates had a tournament that day at Five Fields. We went in there knowing that it would be a tough that we would be playing tough teams. 

We were wining all the games up until the semi-finals. We had to verse Waunakee. They were much harder than the other teams. When we played the first inning we were couldn't make an outs. After the first inning it was 3 to 1. We were starting to lose this game. All of my teammates were thinking that we are going to lose, but after a couple more innings things were looking better, the score was 6 to 5 in the ninth inning. It was the last inning. We ended up tying them 6 to 6. Then we went into extra innings.

They put the California rule into effect. Which means the batting team starts out with a man on 2^nd and one out. We held them for there at bat. Then it was our turn. So my teammate in front of me got to go on second base. So when I was up to bat the first pitch was a ball and the catcher missed the ball so my teammate stole 3^rd. Then he threw it 4 more pitches. Two were strikes and 2 were balls. The count was full. Then pressure was on. I stepped up to the plate, as he got ready to pitch the ball. Then as I saw the ball leave his hand I thought about all the time that is I had let my team down but not doing what I was supposed to do. But this time it was going to be different. Then as I swung the bat as hard as I could,  I heard the pop of the bat as it hit the ball. It hit the ground and when right to the short stop I started to run to first I while I was watching my teammate run to home plate. I looked at him when he slide into the plate. As I stood on first base my team watched suspense, the umpire said safe as I cheered for joy. After my coach ran towards me and lifted me up onto his shoulders as my team cheered for me. So even though we went on to lose the champion chip game I still felt proud about myself for helping my team.