What I Am Proud Of

I am proud of my awesome athletic skills. I love playing soccer and have played since I was very young. When I was 3, I played on my first team. At that time I did not even know the point of the game or what a goal was, so I had tons of fun doing cartwheels across the field at every practice. Since then, fortunately, I have learned how to play soccer. I love the running and teamwork parts of soccer. I have now been playing soccer for over half my life on the local teams. I have also gone to soccer camps almost every summer since I started playing soccer. I am currently on the Islanders rec team .

Gymnastics used to be a huge part of my life and I am proud of how much time and effort I put into it.I did gymnastics at Cascade Elite Gymnastics School for 3 1/2 years. Every week our gymnastics team practiced 3 days a week for 3 hours at a time. One of the 3 days we had an extra hour for gymnastics dance practice. I made a decision to stop gymnastics because the amount of time the gymnastics school was asking was to much. I wanted time to do other things. I enjoy the other things that I have time to do now but I miss gymnastics.

I am also proud of my running in track and field. Last year I placed 8th out of all the schools for the 7th grade girls 800 meter relay race. I ran the 100 meter dash and I got 6th place out of all the schools. I also got 8th place out of all the schools in the 400 meter dash. I am also proud of how well I did running the mile, which I did in less than 7 minutes, at school. I also ran the "graveyard run" (the run is over 2 miles long) in less than 16 minutes. I love sports and athletics and I am proud of it.

Favorite Person Writing Assignment

Maddy is someone I look up to. Not only do I look up to her because she is almost 6 feet tall, but because she is a good person and a good friend. If one of her friends is having a rough day Maddy is usually there offering them help and understanding. It might be hard to imagine Maddy as a very bossy 2 year old she used to be since she has changed so much. The first thing I notice about her other than her height, is her shoulder length red/brown hair and her freckles. I also notice that she always seems to be smiling and laughing. Wherever she smiles her colorful braces show over her white teeth. A lot of the time you can't help smiling back at her. She has a great fun to be around attitude. Maddy can joke around and be silly with her friends. At the same time she is a very hard working student. Did I mention she is a straight A student? Whenever I get off track during class she helps me get back on. Maddy is also pretty athletic. Doing volleyball and basketball and being good at both sports. I don't know how Maddy squeezes everything she does into her day because she is also a musician. She plays in jazz band and is a really great trumpet player. Maddy is a very good friend and a good role model. I don't know what I would do without her.

Ansel Adams- Short Biography

Ansel Adams was born on February 20,1902. He died of a heart failure on April 22,1984 at the age of 82. Ansel Adams was a American photographer and is known for his amazing black & white pictures. Some well know pictures that he took are Winter Sunrise taken in 1944 and Sentinel Dome taken in 1940. An interesting fact is that when Ansel was 12 he taught himself to play the piano and he wanted to become a concert pianist. A few years later he and his family went on a trip to Yosemite National Park and there he fell in love with the land. This was a turning point in his life and made him decide to focus on photography rather than his music I chose Ansel Adams because I really liked his pictures of the land and how it was in black & white. With the pictures in black & white you are able to focus on the land without the distractions of color in his pictures. My favorite picture is Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome. I really like this picture because the tree looks really interesting the way it twists and bends over toward the large boulders on the ground next to the tree. I also like the mountains in the background.

Ansel Adams- Descriptive Writing Assignment

Flat land surrounds me seeming to stretch on and on. With each step the loose rocks teeters under my weight. Boulders and rocks are scattered everywhere. Small patches of earth peeking out from in between the rocks. I look up and see huge mountains looming in the distance casting dark shadows. Small withering plants lay in the crevasses between the rocks. The sun beating down between the rolling clouds making the air scorching hot. Suddenly I feel very alone in the open land.

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