Narrative writing assignment:
Summer of 2009, you experience something really _________ (eye-opening, fun and exciting, sad, embarrassing, memorable.......or any adjective of your choice and fill the blank). Share this experience with your class by writing a paragraph with the most vivid and action packed language that you can think of.
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it was one of the first weeks of summer vaction, and my firend invited me to a cook out. it was a great time, i meet some new people, messed up a pair of brand new white vans playing ultimate frisbee in the muddy backyard, blowling after. it was an impromptu sleep over at a new friends house that started this whole adventure. we stayed up until about six playing madden 09, finaly tellin these unfamiliar friends about the weird school i go to, a 15 minute ballet class, you know, the usual things you do at a sleep over. when 6am came we were out like tranquilized animals. 15 mins later we find out that our friends grandmother didnt even know we were spending the night, and we had to sneak out. we creeped quietly down the stairs, and my stupid clumsy friend triped down the stairs, waking up the whole house, we ran out the door as fast as we cud, when out of nowhere a 70 year old cape verdean lady starts yelling at us in a gibberish that we had never heard before, luckily she cudnt walk, so she cudnt chase us, ultimatly giving up on her attempt to schold a couple of teenage boys, this is the badest thing i have ever done, and as lame as it is, this was the most rebellious i have been my whole highschool carrer...
The lady that took care of me when i was a baby was finally getting married to this guy she has been with for over 20 years. she personally told me and i was super excited i couldnt believe that my second mom was getting married and i wanted to be apart of it. she asked me and one of my bestfriends if we could do something special for her and her soon to be husband. My friend and i gladly agreed. she knew we were both dancers and wanted something special she could remember forever. she told me at the end of the school year. at that time i was in a sweet 15 which was my bestfriends cousin so i was with them the whole beginning of the summer. my friend and i tried to think of something that she would like. we thought of a merengue piece of maybe even a bachata piece but nothing worked. then one day while watching tv the commercial for the beauty and the beast movie came on we listend to the song and quickly remembered that the lady that took care of us would always play that song. we got the idea of a little ballet piece we could do. it was very difficult because we only had a week left before the wedding and we had nothing we searched the web for little clips we could use and found nothing. finally we came up with a piece. the day came and we were so nervous noone knew we were doing anything they just looked at us when the dj called our name we had prepared for a long time and we even had a doll to present her and her husband with a symbol of our love and how they will always be in our hearts. they sat on the dance floor and watched as we danced our way through the music our legs went high and low our hands as graceful as ever before and our expressions of happiness. at the end of the song my friend and i grabbed the doll and walked towards them they both were crying and we handed them the doll everyone started clapping and i stood next to my second mother and father. i was so happy that i finished the dance everything went so well i was exstatic. me and my friend even wrote a little something for them and we sat down to enjoy the night. that night the bride did not let go of the doll she held it as if it was a baby. that night i was so happy and i had so much fun everyone went up to me and my friend and said good job and that they were so amazed at our hard work that we put in. i was only happy to have been in her wedding and to have made her a happy bride and to make her special day even more special.
This happened while at Bates. I was placed in my ballet class and on the first day of class I realized that it wasnt the correct placement so I was kind of unconfortable because I didnt think that it was the right level for me. It was a class with begginners but the tracher was amazing and I really wanted her as a teacher because she worked really good with students that had body placement issues and how to work your feet and etc. So I borught it up to my teachers and counselor and they switch me to a higher ballet class. The problem with this ballet class was that I was in a class with all the ballerinas so I was intimitated. My first ballet class was horrifying; I couldnt get any of the combinations because I was too worried of the level I was in. After barr I wanted to cry. It wasnt because the combos were difficult I just felt like it wasnt my class and I couldnt handle what the teacher was giving us. So for sure, after that class I went to my dorm and cried my frustration out ! But I knew that because I had such a bad day that the next day was going to be better because I pushed myself not to believe that I wasnt going to be a ballerina so it was ok if I didnt get all the combinations. As long as I had a positive attitude and tried everything then I was proud of myself. By the end of the three weeks every combo in that class I had down pack !
The most amazing experience i had this summer would have to be when i had the privileged of working with Mr. Mosley personally along with a few other student in performing one of his pieces called "Bub". We rehearse Monday through Friday for 4 or more ours each day and performed Saturday. Mr. Mosley is a very intimidating man who expects the utmost form all his student so i knew that he would be expecting a lot from me also. I was concerned that i wouldn't be able to deliver what Mr. Mosley wanted so i knew who would be very frustrated with me and just have no Patience what so ever. The first rehearsal was sooo scary..i stayed in the back and tries my best to do every thing to the best of my abilities. and i was right i believe that rehearsal he called my names about 8 times. :-/....By Wednesday he pulled me to the front and center and yes, he was still calling my name out constantly correcting me. Then by Friday i was still in the center and enjoying every moment. i have never had an instructor like him that would constantly push me so hard by just calling out my name and constantly expecting more out of me every single rehearsal. The most amazing part was at the end of the show he said to me "Celine, your beautiful. You are an absolutely beautiful dancer." That was the most amazing feeling that i have ever had. =)
a word that i would use is growth
the reason for this is because of the fact that i learned alot about my self and knowing my self and just come to grasp with some of the thing that was holding me back from being where i would have like to be .
i made steak for the first time in my freakin life!!1&+ it wuz gOod!!!
my summer vacation was okay for the most part. i left school telling myself that during the summer im going to take dance classes. well it didnt work out that way lol it all started with me searching for a summer job. which didnt come easy considering i was 17 and many jobs required you to be at least 18. anyways instead of the summer dance classes i got help from my cousin who is a student at North Eastern, she helped me look at different schools and scholarsips. a high light of my summer will have to be my 18th birthday AUGUST 11th just to put that out there lol. i am now a young women more independent, focused, and ready for success. the summer vacation gave me time to think of what exactly i want to do after i graduate out of Boston Arts Academy. with that being said i also had to prove to everyone and myself that it takes dedication and SOP for me to reach my goals. then i went out brought my right dance atire hair pulled back and was ready!! i learned alot over the summer, faced some challenges, met new people but most important changed my attitude...im still the same MAGGIE though but will always be Kornilia.
Kornilia Floyd
-Kristina Hernandez
This summer i believe was a very eye-opening summer for me. In terms of doing things that would better me for my senior year. This summer i got the privilage of being apart of being a participant in doing the summer program at the Boston Conservatory. Being at the conservatory it showed me discipline in my art but aslo in my life. It helped me understand what it is to be a mature and more knowdegeable person. Dancing at the conservatory helped me technically. I understood where my body was and it showed me where i was technically physically and mentally in my dancing. listening to the lectures helped me understand how dance can be interpreted. It also helped with my understanding of how i interpret dance. Aside from being at the conservatory i didnt really do much. I spent the rest of my summer catching up with my best friend (Brett).I also spent time with family. I also went over to randolph/braintree to spend time with an old friend that ive knwon since the 7th grade and also to be with my sister (Roxanne).
Jordan
I'm gonna do another entry since Ms. Chan was hatin on me the other day.This is a good one.So over the summer i danced for at my church for this youth confrence we had in August.I got on stage and i jus did improve and used my dance as a communication and dedication to God and to reach out to the people. It wuz an interestin experience because after I danced so many people aproached me and told me about how they were touched by my dance. I inspired alot of people to wanna dance and brought out emotion in people. So it pushed me to keep doing wat I do.
In Jesus' name.Amen
Summer of 2009, I experienced what it would be like working with children, and helping adults who hadnt had english as their first language. It was a cool experience and it taught me how to be patient and allowed me to take on responsibility.
-- Michelle
Tiffany
Over the summer i went to my scholarship program called Balfour Academy it was my last year there after 6 years being there. Me and my friends all went out to TGI Fridays to eat and hang out. I had so much fun. that was one of my highlights. Another highlight of my summer is learning how to play my favorite instrument, the guitar. I'm still getting guitar lessons now, i love playing it, i love how it feels when i hold it and everything. When i first started i felt like the girl that plays the guitar at beyonces concerts. lol
JCummins
My summer experience for 2009 was eye opening and an accomplishment of self dicovery. This summer I participated in the Bates Summer Dance Festival. For three weeks I took ballet, modern, afro-carribean and improvisation. It was an eye opening experience for me because I took an Afro-Carribean class and we journied to different Countries such as Cuba, Trinidad and Tabago and Argentina. In this class I was able to find a method on how to pick up choreography. During my stay at Bates I felt accomplished because I realized that improvisation is the dance form that compliments not just my movement but the way I think and the way I handle difficult situations. I have to say that my experince for the Summer 2009 was just what I needed to start generating ideas for my senior projects!
My first job began during the summer at a program called B-safe. Knowing that I loved working with kids made me want this job, and because the pay was in a good, however, I never thought that I would be so passionate when it came to doing my job. Since the beginning, I tried to create a welcoming relationship with these kids and help them as much as I can. Throughout this process I learned so much about myself and about these kids. Each of them were different in their own way and each of them expressed that to me. I was surprised at the potential they had at such a young age and I respected that and made sure they knew that also. Being able to have them talk to me was even better. When ever one kid had a problem I would try my best to take them aside and speak with them and the amazing part was that for the most part, they would talk to me and I appreciated that because I know that not all kids would want to talk to someone who they either did not like or had no respect for. I felt like I made a sort of a difference with these kids and my compassion for them unveiled. I learned that when it comes to kids, that there is nothing that I can not do because I know that I already experienced that challenge while working with B-safe and I know that when ever I have the opportunity to work and help kids, I will do it with no hesitation, and this experience will have something to do with my senior grant.
- julie j
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