Northrop Frye -- His beginning ~

"Literature is the world of the imagination — the place where anything goes that's imaginatively possible, but nothing really happens."— The Educated Imagination

"There are two halves to literary experience…imagination gives us both a better and a worse world than the one we usually live with, and demands that we keep looking steadily at them both."— The Educated Imagination

These were only a few quotes from our top elf, here at the North Pole, said Santa as he continued on about all his precious little elves. Northrop is so imaginative, and creative, I don't know what or how we would have came up with our whole North Pole/Santa Clause idea, nicely done again Northrop! We really owe it to you.

As Northrop continues to listen to Santa rave about his amazingness he just sits back and enjoys it. But then, right at that second he gets this wonderful idea, and stands to share " Fellow elves, Santa, I have just came up with an idea that I think everyone will enjoy", Santa just starts to glow as he's always loved Northrop's ideas... "How about we have a festival, a writing festival?" Santa gets more and more curious. "We all know how much I love to write, and I think I could influence a lot of people with my passion for writing, we could call it the 'Frye Festival' how does it sound Santa, everyone could participate ! Elves, you and Mrs.Clause, and the children all over the world, what do you say Santa !?"

It took some time for Santa to really think about this, and consider everything, but he realized how much fun it could be, and there could be prizes! Also how much of a good thing it would be for students, and children and everyone to get involved in... So, at that point Santa called Northrop into his office, and they discussed everything that they would need to do to get this show on the road. "Ho! Ho! Ho! I love your ideas, your such an amazing little elf Northrop", Santa exclaimed for about the hundredth time that day.

After a couple of months the 'Frye Festival' was all complete we had come up with a few great essay topics including texting, weather , and many others, or another option is to write about Northrop; a short story. I was so excited to give out the posters, and fill in everyone about this great event! Soon enough it would be here, and we could do it every year! It could be a tradition every year children from everywhere come together and listen to literature, and they can write stories and win! It's a great way to pull them in, to get them interested in reading and writing!

Soon enough Santa would be all over the world, and back again, so we had to finish the toys super fast! Then while we were suppose to have January off, after our hard work all year, we had to prepare for the 'Frye Festival'. It was going to be hard, not having our break this year but the Frye Festival was definitely going to be worth all of it. We were all working our very hardest to put this all together, and once we had the festival done and decorated, we had to focus on working on our writing. It was a little hard to get going, but we were almost there, and it was almost time.

It was finally time, time when we would all gather together with all of our pieces of work, the celebration together, and everyone was so excited. We were on our way to the Frye Festival. Northrop got out of his seat and went to the stage where he would do the welcome, and open the festival. After he sat down, there were a few guest speakers, and then it was time to get the show on the road; the first person went to the stage and began reading her story ... "Literature is the world of the imagination........"

How to creep ~ Justin Bieber on Twitter

Some people may think that creeping is the worst possible thing you could ever sit and do with your time, however I think it's actually quite fun and entertaining. Its even a good thing to do , if you can find out everything thats going on in Justin Biebers life & guaranteed be the end of this "how to" you'll be the perfect creep.

All you need for this how to, is a computer, and access to the internet.

I'm going to teach you , how to be the perfect creep of Justin Bieber.

Step One -- Go to the computer, get online, and go on twitter, and find "@justinbieber"

Step Two -- Once you get there, follow him, and creep all his tweets.

Step Three -- Creeping his tweets are quite simple. Go to the very bottom the there will be a button that says "more" keep clickin it , until you get far enough down , and you'd like to actually start creeping.

Step Four -- Begin reading (if you see a lot of "tweets" that have RT infront of them, this means that he is responding to fans, his comments are found after the equal sign)

Step Five -- Once you've read his tweets, you'll probably know lots, since he tweets a lot ! You'll be able to know where he is at all times, when his new songs will be released, also a lot of silly things he likes to tweet about. (Ex: one time, he got so excited for ellen, he ran over to his grandmother and almost tripped, because so excited about seeing the show that day :) )

Step Six -- After your finished creeping tweets you can check who he follows, if they're from Stratford Ontario, its most likely his real friends, from before he became famous. If you find any, creep them, because they often talk to Justin, and you can see what he's like in reality.

Step Seven -- If you find someone like "Chaz" (Justins best friend) you could then creep his profile because he has a lot of Justins other friends.

If you follow all these steps, its guarteed you will know just about everything Justin Bieber does in a daily basis, who his friends are, and what kind of fun things he does in a day.

Grammar Exercises -- #1

1. The team won its game. Did you win yours too ?

2. They left their books there.

3. I hear you're about to graduate.

4. It's nice that they're friendly.

5. Although I get a lot of colds, I feel alright now.

6. Who's prettier than you?

7. Are you tired? I'm out of breath too.

8. Run back and fourth from here to there.

9. You're about to loose your book.

10. Everyone will accept their prize, except you.

11. Do you know whether or not he will give me my prize?

12. Many people choose to live in larger cities.

13. Is the doctor through with my exam ?

14. What effect does the school prinicpale have on you ?

15. What did he advise you to do ? Did you take his advice ?

16. There are a lot of your friends in the boat.

17. I will buy a book by Ray Bradbury.

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Teenage Pregnancy Issues --

As we all know, more and more teenage girls these days are getting pregnant. Sometimes or hopefully it’s not planned, because it is a huge responsibility to put on a “kid “ themselves. Each year the numbers of births increase, not including abortions, and it really is an issue. For everyone; not only the mother itself, but the father, which most of the time leaves the mother, also the mothers parents who usually will take the baby in as their own, and everyone else surrounding. However, to me the biggest issue is should the teenage mother be made to go to learning centers, or remain in their own public everyday school?

I personally think when teenage girls remain in public schools, with younger children, it does put a major influence on other young girls. A lot of the girls will get the idea that if this girl is going to have a baby then it may be okay for them too. We never know with children these days, they can and will get anything they try for, and who knows if they really did want a baby bad enough, they probably could find a w\ay to do this, I don’t mean children as in elementary, but higher middle school level. They still may not know the difference. I believe that the perfect place for young teenage girls who still have a remainder of school left , should go to learning centers, for many obvious reasons.

Learning centers are a great place for teenage girls. For many, many reasons. One being at public schools, some teenagers are to the extreme nasty, and will do a lot of teasing, where as in a learning centers the girls would be surrounded by people just like them, and will feel perfectly comfortable. Some girls may not like the idea of going to a learning center, as it will make them feel out of place, but when you’re walking around in a public school, with a huge baby belly and only at the age of possibly fifteen, there is going to be worse case scenarios there than anywhere else.

We all know, a girl cannot get pregnant by herself, therefore it is not only her responsibility. So now the theory is should the father be made to leave school as well, and go to the learning center with the mother? I believe he should, why should she have to leave all her friends, and go to another school by herself, when partially she, herself didn’t put herself into the problem alone.

At the end of the day, we all know that every person is equal, however not all people consider things like that. We all know things happen for a reason, and maybe things don’t turn out like we want them to, but there is absolutely nothing we can do. Maybe it is best the girls go to another school, just for the simple reasons, we don’t want everybody to make the same mistakes we did, and we do want people to go outside of their door feeling comfortable , and confident about themselves.

Because He's Black ●○●

The title of the article that i read was titled "Because he's Black" by James M. , i found this little article on Teen Ink , and thought it was a great persuasive piece!

With this piece having thirteen paragraphs , the very first paragraph caught my attention for sure. It started out telling me which day it was , and how they were nervous to go to school, becuase of color, and seeing that a black man, had just got the honor of president of the United States of America. Also how it would be a hard day for the races, they blacks would be bragging, and the whites would have to deal with it. They make the topic very clear, in the first couple of lines; racism.

This whole piece was put together great ! Everything related to the thesis statement. The author gives lots of information about the percentages of votes, and how racist we really are, how everything is just falling apart piece by piece. An example of this would be: " The overwhelming responses were from McCain supporters who believed Obama won “just because he is black.” This is racism to the extreme, and it's something thats becoming a huge issue, and eventually it's going to get worse, and worse ..

The author somewhat backs up their information with what they know and researched on the pst oresidents, and how the votes went according to race. The writer does seem to understand why people are so racist, but she makes it very clear that it doesnt matter, everybody is equal.

I think this article was very well done, I could not find any mistakes, i agreed with everything they had to say! I liked it because it really has become a huge issue, and to me it's silly, everybody has value, and they should not be treated like dirt just becasue of their color.

Telling the Story ~*

Today was the day, the day I was finally going to go to my first circus! I've been waiting for this day for so long, to see all those silly goofy clowns with the big red noses, and those huge clumsy elephants, I just simply could not wait!

I got ready as quick as possible, as my mom was roaring my name for me to hurry. I quickly threw on my favorite t-shirt, brushed my teeth, and ran out the door. We drove for quite a long time, or what seemed a long time, until we finally got to the humongous red circus tent. You know me , I wanted to do some exploring, so my mom went inside to get our seats, while I snuck off to the other side of the tent, where all the actors, and clowns, and animals could be found.

When I got there, a furry brown dog tripped me, and snatched my lollipop right out of my hand, I most definitely wasn't going to let him just run off with it, I wanted it back! So of course, the dog ran the other way and I chased him. First we ran through a colorful tepee, then through an old mans shed(which was extremely dirty) and then over a lawn chair, and through the bushes! Finally, i chased him all over the park and over two cars, until I caught him, and was in the middle of nowhere.

My heart was beating like there was going to be no tomorrow, the circus! I forgot about it, and chased this silly dog , until I got lost! What am I ever going to do ? I know! I'll retrace my steps... Okay, so after my mom went in the red tent, I took off, and thats when that dumb dog took my lollipop, so after that we went through that weird tepee, oh and that old mans shed. Then over those lawn chairs, and finally through the bushes, and all over the park.. then the very last thing was when we went over two cars.

Look! Theres the two cars ! I quickly scrambled over them, and through the park, and back through the bushes , and over the lawn chairs. I could see it! I can see the big red circus tent! I ran back to that tent super fast, and i made it just in time for the final act, what a relief. As the circus finished up , and i got home, I thought to myself , what a day ..