Authors Note: This is a true story and will help you with a real life situation

My parrot

My dad brought my parrot home over 20 years ago, as just a little baby. He was so little that my dad had to feed him with a spoon. Later on in life my mom dad brought home a baby boy from the hospital. Later that same boy is now 6 years old and now he is not so smart and he puts his finger in the bird cage. The Bird…Luigi is now 7 years old on year old than Steven. Steven has his finger in the cage poking the bird and the bird had enough of the poking and bit his finger nail off. Steven screams with pain. My mom and dad rushed down stairs and saw a gallon of blood dripping down his finger. Steven ended up with no finger and 3 band aid. Steven now knows as a 19 year old from experience not to stick his finger in the bird cage.

The First Day!

Childhood memory-

Authors Note- This is a true story about a little 6 year old girl who is now 12 years old and she is telling her story.

It’s the night before your first day of kindergarten and you are excited. You wake up the next morning and you are nervous, because you don’t know any of the kids that are in your class. You get outside and you are waiting for the school bus to come up your road and pull up at your driveway.  Here it comes a big yellow school bus, thinking thank god that my mom is coming on the bus with me for the first day of school. You are trying to find a seat on the bus. My mom finds one by this other mom with a daughter my age. Our moms start talking and then say how about our daughters have a “Play date” Saturday. Me and her both say yes! at the end of the day we are super excited about school and can’t wait for the next day so we can see each other. But before anything we both are really tired and fall asleep right away when we get home.

first time for everyone

Authors Note- This story can help people get over their fear, because one you try your fear it might be fun after all.


Roller coasters-

When your best friend is scared to death of roller coasters and you guys go on a class field trip to Six Flags Great America. She is scared of every ride there and her body is shaking out of her mind. All you can do is tell her that if she goes on that she will have a lot of fun and not be scared over roller coasters. The first roller coaster ever she goes on is “American Eagle”. It is almost out turn there is one group in front of us. Now it is our turn to get in the Train. We  are on our way up the hill to get to the drop, you see that your best friend has tears in her eyes. You feel bad for making her come on a ride that scares her. But at the same time you know that she will have a lot of fun. We are at the top to the hill and the giant drop is coming. You look at you best friend and tell her that it is going to be okay and that she is going to have a lot of fun. We go down the steep hill. Your best friend look at you and yells “OLIVIA I DID IT! I MADE IT DOWN MY FIRST ROLLER COASTER!” you look at her and say, “good job Danielle I am so proud of you”. Once we get off she tells you that the ride was a whole bunch of fun. I tell her that we are going on a bigger and faster ride. She stands in fear, and looks at you like a statue. we will see how this goes.

Friends

Friends are like stars the don't always show that they are there but they always come out
~unknown

this quotes is telling us that you might not always think that your friends are there, but when you need them, they always come out and are willing to help you.

Symbolism for Secret Room

The Secret room

1.    “NAIS, NAZIS, GO AWAY!”

-This helped me because it was in the beginning of the book and it kind of tells me that there is excitement! And to not stop reading because I won’t know what happens otherwise.

2.    “The Jewish and Christian children have to be serperated”

-this makes me think that the world was unfair.

3.    “My voice was low and thick with anger!”

-       This tells me that she was really angry that her voice would change

4.    “Her brown eyes were brimming with tears”

-       Makes me wonder why Leah is so upset

5.    “The Nazis made all these rules and laws about Jews”

-       Makes me wonder what rules were made

6.    “Leah Dashed away the tears that spilled down her cheeks with the back of one hand”

-       Makes me think that she feels bad for her Jewish friend, because she sees what the Nazis are doing to her and her family and the rest of the Jews

7.    “There is no safe place in the world for us.”

-       Makes me wonder if Annie thinks that the only thing out there is people who hate on Jewish people”

8.    “As I read the sign, a sick feeling crept into my stomach”

-       Makes me feels bad for Annie

Semantic Devices Power Point

Semantic Device

Semantic Devices Power Point