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= Hey i am Mariah Sumpter = =I love to play soccer and i am in the marching band at Kempsville High School.=

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**A. SOL Pretest.....................................................................................................................................( ** **Sep 20, 2010 )** o My sol pretest I talked about how the government should be in charge. I hit on key points on how the government is good for our country and that people should listen to them.

**B. American Dream.............................................................................................................................( ** **Nov 18, 2010 )** o This piece was based on the book the great Gatsby that we read in class. This was one of my favorites to write because I got to talk about what I want to achieve in my American dream **C. Gatsby Essay......................................................................................................................................( ** **Feb 1, 2011 )** o This piece is based on the book the Great Gatsby that we read in class this year. I personally loved that book.

**D. Persuasive Essay.............................................................................................................................(Dec 22, 2010 ) ** o This piece I wrote about how celebrities are not the best influence on little kids and teens. I used the little girl I babysit for named Emma as an example throughout my entire story.

**E.Persuasive Research Essay..............................................................................................................(Jan 20, 2011) ** o This piece I wrote about body piercing and tattooing and the effects it has on the body. I used my best friend Kayla as a prime example of what not do when getting piercings and tattoos. **F. Midterm Essay ...............................................................................................................................( ** **Jan 27, 2011 )** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">This was a letter I wrote to myself about what I want to accomplish this last semester as a junior. I wrote what I wanted to do and what I needed to do. I talked about my future college life. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">G. Narrative Essay...............................................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Apr 26, 2011 )** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">This piece I wrote about the time I rode my first roller coaster and how I hated it. I went on to tell about how now I love to ride roller coasters and ride them as many times as I can. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">H. Extended Metaphor Poem..............................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Mar 22, 2011)** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">The Poem I wrote was comparing myself to a thunderstorm. I like this piece because I really got to express who I am. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">I. Self Reliance Project .......................................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Apr 4, 2011 )** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">The self reliance project let me express why I am who I am. I talked about the hard times growing up and how it changed me and how different I am because of the decisions that were made for me. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">J. Cover Letter And Resume.................................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Apr 25, 2011)** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">I can read this and know what I have to give to my future employer and a college that I am looking into going to. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">K. SAT Essay ........................................................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Apr 26, 2011)** o <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">This was wrote about winning does not require people to be against someone else; people can reach their goals through cooperation just as well as they can through competition. Winning is not always the result of selfish individualism. People achieve happiness by cooperating with others to increase the happiness of all, rather than by winning at others’ expense. Ours is not a world in which the price of one person’s happiness is someone else’s unhappiness. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">L1Gatsby Rap ....................................................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Nov 18, 2010)** <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">i. I wrote this with Lauran Queenan, we had to write something using the vocabulary from the Great Gatsby book and we decided to write about a bad friend. <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">**L2. Poe Parody...............................................................................................................(Apr 26, 2011)** **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">i. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">This was a group project and I worked with Jessica Newman and Lauran Queenan and we all did a parody of little red riding hood using one of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories to help us write it. o **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">L6 Creative Writing .......................................................................................................( **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';"> **Apr 26, 2011)** **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">i. **<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif';">This creative writing piece was allowed to be whatever piece of writing that we did this year. I chose to do a piece from my journalism class I used an editorial about New York City. <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">M. Reflection ...................................................................................................................................................................................