Punctuating Dialogue Pre Quiz

“Now you know why I couldn't wait to get here” said Esteban,

“Wouldn't it be wonderful to stay and watch the sunset” Peter asked,

“I'd love to do that” said Gilda but we forgot to bring flashlights to guide us back down.

“Maybe you forgot to bring a flashlight” said Carol. I never go hiking without one.

Hooray cheered Gilda Does that mean we can stay?

“Maybe we should ask Harry” said Ray. He's the one who has to carry two backpacks.

Oh, right said Harry. You know as well as I do that the race was a tie.

Tan said “I'm starving” Let’s eat first and argue later, okay?

My Blurb

Malcolm faces problems and situations off and on the court. He has to deal living in Queens Bridge and choose if he is going to keep up what he doing or do what he loves. He has to make a choice fast because if he doesn’t he will not have to choose the street is going to choose for him.

Story Mountain

The main character is Malcolm and he lives in Queens Bridge and the beginning of the story is Malcolm playing basketball for is school team and just wrapping up the game with 41 points, 11 assist, and 7 rebounds with the score is 110 to 59. He saw his friend that became a drug dealer. Malcolm is playing basketball and trying to go to the college and get out the projects. He started to hang out with the wrong people and doing the stuff he stopped. He realized that he going nowhere if he keeps doing what he doing. He has to choice the street life or education and his future.

Independent reading fiction story

I heard Ms. Ryan’s voice in my head: “You need help, kid”
As the kid in the back of the class don’t say anything when people bother him as he sitting in his chair they making fun of him because he is skinny everybody is bigger than him. He gets bully and has to give up his lunch money to the bully. The bully named was James and bigger than Jason, he took Jason money and pushed him around in the hallway for the 2 years. Jason told the teachers and his parents about him getting bully by James. Nobody did anything to stop it.
As Jason coming to his English class with his books in one hand and his lunch in other hand. James took his lunch and pushed him on the ground as he fell and Ms. Ryan ran to Jason and ask him,

“Are you ok?” Jason answered,

“Yea” Ms. Ryan said,


“What Happened to you” Ms. Ryan said with a concerned look on her face,

“Nothing” he shouts as he running away

Jason stayed in the bathroom till it was time to leave from school. He ran home he went straight to his room and slam the door and went to his bed and started to cry. Jason tried eating more than usual eat for but nothing happened to him.

His father came in the room when he noticed that he didn’t come in the kitchen to get his cookies and milk.

His father went in to room with a concerned look on his face as he asked,

“What happen in school today?” Jason smashed is headed in the pillow with anger the same as when he first went to the school.

Jason’s father called the school to see what happen and why he was crying and Ms. Ryan picked up the phone.

“I was wondered why my son Jason was crying?”

“He is getting bully and we should have a meeting but Jason is not going to talk about it”

I’m come to the school tomorrow for the meeting”

“Ok”

Jason walked to school early and tried to avoid the bully and his dad follows him to school to see who’s messing with his son. Jason hides beyond a car before James seemed him. The dad realized that he was getting by James. The father knows the James’s mother they is cousins but James and Jason doesn’t know that. He called his mother and setup a meeting to see why James and Jason are not getting along.

James and Jason were in the kitchen by their trying to talk. James was looking to find something to eat and Jason was scared to talk to him because he always takes his lunch money.

Jason asked James,

“Why you always pushing me and taking my lunch everyday?”

James replied,

“I don’t know I guess because you don’t do anything to defeat yourself when people pick on you”

James tried to take his grandmother sweater that she made for him before she died. Jason told James when he was trying to take the sweater,

“Don’t take my sweater, it’s mine”

Jason punched James in the face and James ran to his mother and said Jason hit him.

The next day Jason saw James and he said,

“I’m sorry for being a bully to you these years”

Jason was happy that he didn’t have any more problems with nobody else.

Sebastian's Voodoo My Story

“We need to get out of here” James whispered

“I got a plan; I’m going escape and grab the knife so he won’t kill us” Joe said

Voodoo master walks in the room as Joe trying to get off the hook but the master grabbed him before he escaped. Voodoo master praying Sebastian book before he kill the Joe.

“Now it’s time to die and soon I run the world and destroy Everything and Everyone”

Joe was trying to run away but when he finished the master killed Joe. Michelle and James are the only two dolls left in the world. Its 11:46pm left till 12 o’clock.

The master left the room.

Michelle scream at James

“We need to get out of here” James respond

“I know but clam down I’ll figure out something” Michelle replied

“Think of something fast because he going to kill us before 12 o’clock”

It’s 11:52pm and the master walks in the room storm in the room with fury and rage. Michelle was frightened and was panicky that she didn’t know who the master was going to grab next her or James. The voodoo master grabbed the knife gracefully as he about to choose a voodoo dolls, James falls from the hook while he grabbed Michelle.

“Please save me James” Michelle yelled

“I’m save you don’t worry just stay put” James respond

“Where I’m go he got me trapped” Michelle replied

“Just shut up so I can think of something” James replied  

Voodoo master started to do his pray after he kill people. James took Michelle and drag her from the master as he was about to start his prayer. They started to run to away from him but it’s nowhere to run. Michelle and James running on the table while of all the people that died is laying there; They running terrified and scared stiff as master trying to grab them. James and Michelle hide by a toolbox and the master went to moving everything from the table so he can locate them before 12 o’ clock.

“Its 11:57pm we got 3 minutes till we all survive and he die” James whispered

“HELP ME” Michelle yelled

Voodoo master capture Michelle and tied her down. The Master yelled with rage and anger,

“Now it’s time to die and soon I run the world and destroy Everything and Everyone”

As soon as he finished the prayer he lifted the knife with fury and James jumped into the knife and Michelle. The Voodoo master falls as he about to kill both of them and started to burn as everybody was coming back alive.

James and Michelle started to find Joe and ask him where the key to the door is because Joe was the only one that knew where the key at was. Joe got the key and opens the door and started to let the doll leave the room and grabbed the knife that Voodoo master used to everybody and brought it with them so they have control of the power.

Sebastian's Voodoo

I didn't have no reaction to the film. One of the Voodoo dolls escape and the dolls started to stab himself as he stabbing himself because he was trying to save the other voodoo doll. The overall message of the film i didn't get the concept of the film that the director was trying to emphasis in the short film. The filmmaker wanted to just based it on how you think the story went because people have different opinions and it made it more powerful.

My Struggles with reading and writing

My struggle with reading is to finish a book without having to abandon it. I spend week’s reading and when I lost interest in the book I stop reading it and switch to another book. That has become a habit but I have to be more consistent reading the book every day. My struggle with writing is when I start writing I really don’t know where to start from its better if I have a guideline to describe a beginning of the writing piece.