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Excerpt from Patrick C.'s 9/11 Writing Prompt:

"As a kid we all LOVED acting out our favorite superheroes and always wished we could become our very own. However, believe it or not you can be a very important hero in our world. You may not be able to fly like superman or shoot spider webs like spider-man, but we can do what all superheroes are meant to achieve. Save lives. And all it takes is bravery and a big heart."

Excerpt from Brianna H.'s "Fears and Phobias" Essay (Body Paragraph 3):

"People have to find courage in life-or-death situations. Sometimes it helps to think about a loved one. In the article, “Running Into Danger on an Alaskan Trail”, Cinthia was face-to-face with danger but had to remain calm. The article explains, “I wondered, briefly and almost idly, if this is how I would die… A lifetime later, the bear turned and ran off, its backside swaying into trees. I had to get back to the trail, to the possibility of safety, yet I couldn’t step away from the alders. It was my only protection. That’s when the bear began circling around me in a wide arc. That’s when I knew I was in trouble, became really afraid.” In Alaska, there were a lot of bears near a hiking trail where Cinthia was going for a run, but she found herself in a bit of a pickle. She was so close to being eaten by a bear and the bear would not leave her alone. She was stranded behind a bush and wasn’t able to move. The article stated, “As I stepped from the shelter of the alders, I talked out loud, my voice surprisingly calm. I talked to the bear to show that I meant no harm, but mostly I talked to reassure myself. As the bear circled for a second time, I stumbled through devil’s club,...and I talked about the day my son was born, and how I recognized his face immediately. When I reached the trail, I kept talking. The bear followed, but I didn’t look back. A half mile later, I glanced over my shoulder, and the bear was gone.” By thinking about her son, Cinthia was able to remain calm at all times. Just talking about him made her at peace and worry-free. She was able to overcome her fear by thinking about a loved one she really cared about. Life-or-death situations are the scariest times to face fears but, loved ones can help people get through it."

Excerpt from Kaitlyn R.'s "Eleven POV" Writing Prompt: (Excellent use of figurative language)

"I mean, don’t get me wrong, Rachel’s nice and all, but she’s like a fragile pot that can easily break."

" And that’s when the greatest idea in the history of ideas just popped into my head. It was like a single kernel in my mind, popping into a piece of popcorn. I knew what to give Rachel for her birthday. A prank."

"Half of my brain thought that Mrs. Price was the craziest teacher in the world. The other half of my brain was filled with guilt, like the same way a balloon is filled with helium."

Excerpt from Ryan D.'s "W.o.W. Paragraph 1": (Excellent use of vocabulary)

"Freddy was deftly dribbling the basketball down the court. There were 15 seconds left in overtime, and his team was losing by one point. He thought back to all the practices where he was practicing lay-ups. He was engrossed in them, only focusing on making it, and there was no apathy in any other part of the practice, either. He was always conspicuous in practice, people always noticed how good he was. He already perpetuated the game by scoring a three pointer buzzer beater to tie the game. Now, as he was dribbling down the court, only the other team’s best defender stood in his way. He knew that he was impending doom because he had never beaten that defender before. He made a quick decision to take a jump shot, and he made it!"