Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Online Inquiry: Descriptive writing (DUE BEFORE CLASS ON FRIDAY)

From your 8 subjects assigned on Monday, you will need to revise and clean up your BEST descriptive sentence from ONE of the subjects.  This is the one representative sentence, which will be for an ASSESSMENT grade! Yep, this ONE sentence. It must demonstrate your proficiency in handling the skills you have been learning the last week. SHOW DON'T TELL!

You will need to sign in... Use your gmail address from the school. Then hit REPLY to this post.
You will then write your name and class period.
Then write your sentence. Do NOT label what you are describing.
This will look like:

Lara Schulenberg- 1st Hour Honors Teacher
Her voice, deep, wise and involved, infuses a comfort and security into a complex existence.


66 comments:

  1. Caitlin Buckner- 6th Hour Honors
    A gruling time for some teens, filled with puss infested faces and hand-me-down clothe inhabited with holes and rips in the shrunken shirts and baggy blue levi jeans.

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    1. With tears screaming out of her blue eyes, she let the letter slide out of her cold, shakey hands. She knew this would happen again.

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  3. You wake up in the morning, feeling groggy and hazy, tired from the previous nights activities and you get prepared for the first day of the week, the worst day of the week. - Grant Johnson 4th hour Honors

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  4. He gazed into my eyes, and it was then when I realized that nothing else in the cruel world mattered, because he and I were together, in a tunnel of serendipity. - Mallory O'Donnell, 6th hour, Honors English 12

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  6. Eyes beaming harshly on the back of his neck like a dragon's breath, staring wonderously at the innocent ground rather than glance towards the uproared crowd and only fathoming for one desperate wish. - Konnor Long 6th hour, Honors English 12

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  7. He's so skinny that its funny, tall and so lanky that he could easily touch his knees and his goofy posture distinguishes his silly walk.

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  8. Katie Cole- 4th hour English Honors 12
    Feeling uncomfortable about how adjacent he was, I hastily glanced to my right and lurched over into the fast lane.

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  9. Hannah bomar- 4th hour English Honors 12
    Right from birth, a bond noone can break, love in her brown eyes, with endless smiling and tears of joy.

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  11. Sarah Clark-2nd Hour-English Honors 12
    He sits down exasperated letting the chair envelope him; he raises his hands and places them so that they hide his face.

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  12. The moment where the mind is forced to arise from its dark and gloomy state, and to come to the realization that that there is a new beginning in the midst and it's time to get to work. Michael Mason-6th hour English 12 Honors

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  13. The sizzling aroma of the fresh cooked hot dogs and juicy hamburgers overwhelm your senses while the laughter and giggles of your friends and family closely ignite your heart with warmth and togetherness.

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  14. The flowers wilted, and the chocolates melted as John was left stranded at her doorstep, dateless.

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  15. Lindsey Wendleton-7th hour- English 12 Honors.
    The delicious flavors and noises of hot dogs and BBQ,anticipating the athletic event to begin,and the sensation of being surrounded by friends.

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  16. The swift rush anger came through her body so, that it felt as if there was a race track in her veins, the heartache of the following days of profusely crying made her body limp and numb. Brittany Mann- English 12 Honors Hour 4

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  17. Sam Hall- 7th hour-English 12 Honors
    A feeling greater than sadness, yet lesser than depression; one that seems to eat away at the soul and puncture the gut with overwhelming agony.

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  18. Their fingers laced in yours; their head gently nestled on your chest, and the small giggles coming from their mouth when yours is just inches away all add to the feeling that everyone wants, but not everybody understands.

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  19. Soft eyes, caring personality, voice so soothing it puts her children at ease with enough love to care for her ignorant and curious children despite the hardships. Brad Lightfoot- English 12 Honors Hour 4

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  20. Saber Khan - 2nd Hour English 12 Honors
    As tough as steel and as fragile as glass, a man never knows when it comes or goes.

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  21. The first day of the long, dreaded school week has made its presence once again.
    Tracey Grant- English 12 Honors, 4th hour

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  23. Driving to Kauffman Stadium, pulling out the green lawn chairs, smelling the beer and brats on the fire, and seeing the sea of blue shirts flood past us into the stadium ready for the game.
    Becca Bishop Honors Hour 6

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  24. Makenna Kitterman - English Honors 12 - Hour 7
    Pixie dust and flower petals lay amongst the cool summer grass, toes wiggling gently through the strands of green leaves causing a slight tingling sensation, almost tickling but not quite. Serenity and security take a nap over your heart but perhaps the most enjoyable feeling is the light tingles of fairy wings kissing your lips with great softness when suddenly the magic makes its way inside.

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  25. Alexa Olvera Hour 6 Honors
    This bewildered sensation burries itself alive within you unforeseeing how at its boiling point, it will disintegrate like the rotting of a ill-scented corpse.

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  26. A mom's eyes filled with sorrow and pain leaving the thought of,"where did we go wrong", while a dad is looking at the ground murmuring, "that he has given up on his only son."

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  27. Walking through the rancid, grimy halls with a crowd you are amoung five days of the week and do not precieve and possibly never even meet, trying to puzzle out a justification to the last seventeen years of your life, frightened of not knowing what the forthcoming has to hold how how abrupt it is going to appear.

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  28. Walking through the rancid, grimy halls with a crowd you are amoung five days of the week and do not precieve and possibly never even meet, trying to puzzle out a justification to the last seventeen years of your life, frightened of not knowing what the forthcoming has to hold how how abrupt it is going to appear. Ashtyn Schlobohm, Engish 12 Honors, 29 August 2012

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  29. It's the start of every game, students pour into the parking lot, freshly cooked hot dog smell lingers in the air, the students are covered in bold black and crimson body paint.

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  30. sluggishly walking back to my car, I attempt to postpone the announcement I will have to regretfully reveal, as my family gathers around the dinner table with smiles that will soon turn to furrowed brows.

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  31. The judgemental, hostile land where there's different cliques and groups that rival one another.

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  32. Hot summer day with BBQ smoke in the air and a cool refreshment in hand, chatting with your good friends while waiting for the baseball game to start.

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  33. As a blush and luscious representation of an angle approaches me, I lose all feelings of fear and nestle into the open arms of blinding light that brings inner peace to my troubled life.

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  34. Natalee Snyder 7th hour
    There are always flowers for those who want to see them. There's always good days if you want to have them.

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  35. Kaylie Spurck, English 12 honors
    She sat outside in a lawn chair, stuff her face with the remains of her cheese burger, as she awaited for the football game to begin.

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  36. Some people tremble in its presence yet others rejoice in it, but to all, it is essencial for life.
    English 12 Honors 7th hour

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  37. Her blue eyes sparkled with tears as he drew back, kissed her forehead, and dashed off in to the starry unknown.

    English 12 Honors, 4th hour.

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  38. As he gazed into her emerald eyes, she filled his body with endless indescribable emotions yet left him breathless when he tried to utter her name.

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  39. Amy Hunt- 2nd Hour Honors
    She woke up in agony with dark circles under her eyes; the thought of starting another long, overbearing week of lectures caused her to get out of bed despondent.

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  40. Ian Jenkins - 4th Hour Honors
    As the vexatious sound of the alarm clock rang throughout the room, a disgruntled, middle-aged man awakes only to realize that he is late to another long, tedious week of work.

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  41. Eric Lupardus-7th hour honors
    That worse feeling ever, where you feel like you not only failed certain people but you feel like you failed yourself.

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  42. Mckenzie McLaughlin-2nd Hour Honors
    It gleamed like a rippling kaleidoscope, reflecting pools of green and blue against the shattered glass.

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  43. Lauren Anderson- 3rd Hour Honors
    Satins hands hugged me with such embrace that I grabbed the cool liquid to scare the painfully hot air away.

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  44. Jordan Barba- 7th hour Honors
    soothing eyes, bountiful soul, meaningful tone to the softest ears, epitome of the devil, ignorant body language, despite the hardships and confusion.

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  45. Jonathan Hinderks - 6th hour Honors
    The life-giving blood of the universe, churned in its vast depths, it carries the sustenance of life on its nourishing and soothing shoulders.

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  46. Bailey Doerflinger- 7th hour Honors
    I had fallen and scraped my knee on the coarse concrete- I figured I was going to fall into the dreaded, black sleep that was death in only a matter of minutes. My agonizing pain and fear subsided due to the warm and tender kiss only my guardian angel could provide.

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  47. Nichelle Christopherson - 4th hour Honors
    I brushed my toes across the clear, blue surface only to feel a rush of icy shudders zip up my spine causing even the hairs on my neck to stand in a soldier like stance.

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  48. The need for this familiar liquid turns my taste buds to sweat and transforms my simple need into a immediate necessity.Matt Scaletty - 2nd hour Honors

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  49. Sierra Betz- 7th hour honors

    Passion burning in our eyes, feelings never so powerful and baffling. At that moment, as if it was fate, we knew.

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  50. Vilune Sestokaite- 2nd Hour Honors
    Undoubtedly disheveled, yet unblemished, her lengthy, golden yellow tresses were fastened up into an eminent bun that was perfectly pieced together as if it were a puzzle, but also had just the right amount of textured waves enclosing her girly face structure.

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  51. Brielle Magee -2nd Hour Honors
    Looking back on the last few months she noticed something, even though the entire world seemed to crumble into pieces around her, leaving her stranded, seeming desolate of hope, the girl sitting across from her was there for her though it all.

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  52. Nathan Auffert- 2nd Hour Honors
    All the brats, hot dogs, and hamburgers sizzling on the grill is leaving an aroma of the worlds best smell; sitting in a lawn chair admiring the magnificent stadium here in lovely Kansas City, or tossing that ball with someone literally feeling each and every stitch on the ball as it rolls off your fingers: 7:10 rolls around, "Play Ball".

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  53. Her toes hit the soft blue carpet as she raced in a dazed hurry to silence the screaming alarm that declared the weekend has concluded and that work demanded her attendance.

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  54. Tailgating: The scent of fresh cooked hot dogs wofted into the air, causing the mouthes of passing sports fan's to water.

    Brandon Lane, English 12 Honors, 7th hour.

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  55. Cool and dark, a single touch of shifting, lapping water can steal your breath away to somewhere deep that no light reaches.

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  57. Keonna Williamson- 7th Hour
    The desire to have embrace with tender affection that I know comes from his heart; reassuring me that he can nurture my unique long lasting love.

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  58. Austin Cox- 6th Hour

    The stern bold hard stare as my father gazed at me, my eyes starting to water as he shook his head.

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  59. Dylan Roller - 7th Hour English 12 Honors

    The sweet smell of barbeque lingers in the packed parking lot as fans sit and sip on chilled drinks in the sweltering air. The burgers, brats and hot dogs sizzle on the small grills, as energy begins to surge through the parking lot as they throw the football while imagining themselves making the game clinching touchdown pass.

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  60. Gia Westley- 2nd Hour English 12 Honors
    A gentle heart warming touch that leaves your heart fluttering and sends an electric shock through your body.

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  61. Anthony Martinez
    6th Hour
    English 12 Honors

    Everyone would go to hell and back to experience warm, fuzzy feeling that makes your heart beat as mighty as a gorilla pounding on its chest.

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  62. Keaton Black
    2nd hour
    English 12 Honors

    The smell of charcoal float in in the air and the fans having their radio cranked up on the pre game talk show where they are discussing who has the advantage of this game.

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  63. What felt like receiving bad news of an incurable disease was similar to the sight of my red marked testing paper. Confusion and depression drowned my heart knowing that this semester would come back to haunt me one more time.

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