Example: Backwoods Boy

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 pg. 410*

Example: Zlata
"The new sections of town are being badly destroyed. In the middle of town it's quiet."
pg.352

Example: Zlata "I got chocolate, vitamins , a heart shaped soap, a key chain, a ring, and earrings.

Example: Water
Hellen is descriptive when she said,"Miss Sullivan had tried to impress me that M-U-G is mug and that W-A-T-E-R is water, but I Persisted."

entertain

inform

persuade

Reflect #381 "I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me."

Inform
The Shout Out #388 "Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball"

Persuade
Preserving a Great American Symbol #403
"Wooden baseball bats sould not be replaced with metal ones."

Entertain Preserving a Great American Symbol #404
"Radar-enhanced gloves?"

Water #379 "One day I was playing with my doll."

Jackie Robinson #396 "Robinson signed with the Dodgers in 1946."

Jackie Robinson #396 On April 15 26,623 fans came.

Hellen Keller wrote to inform people about her life.

I think she is very descriptive.

I also think Hellen is a great exaple for everyone. She shows us that you can accomplish something eventhough its hard.

I admire Hellen Keller because she learned to speak when she was deaf and blind.

Example: Jackie
Robinson

Since Jackie
signed with the Dodgers, fans insulted him and so did players.
pg. 396

Reflect

Example: Zlata Some of my older girlfriends were keeping a diary and in an attempt to be "older".

Zlata #353 "The cellar is ugly, dark, and smelly."