Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Mechanical Pencils (2nd article/poem. MP2)

Led pencils or mechanical pencils,
Call them what you will.
They break and run out
Always annoying me until…

I look in my book bag
And discover something distressing
I have no other pencils
Or writing utensils.

I’m stuck with this plastic push thing
Angrily I get up,
And ask my teacher quietly,
“Do you have a different pencil for me?”

“No I don’t,” she replied
And I think to myself,
She’s such a lie.

Slowly, I slip out the classroom door,
Down the hallway to science once more.
I walk inside and ask him for a pen.
“Yes, I have a pen and sure you can…
Borrow it”

Thinking of how this pencil caused great grief
I return to English
and sit down in my seat.
Led pencils are such a pain.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Front Page Articles

Please post extra articles here for the front page. I need approxametly 4-5 articles depending on length.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Article 1. MP 2. The Stepfather Movie Review

The Stepfather is a newly released movie that hit theaters on October 16, 2009. It is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality. I went to Cinema Movies 10 to watch this movie with my two younger step-sisters (9 and 11). They were scared to watch the movie and ending up hiding their eyes almost the entire time. I wouldn't recommend this movie for anyone under the age of thirteen.
A man named "David Harris" is shopping at a store and runs into a family with a mother and three kids. One of the children is away at military school. When the child at military school, Michael, returns home he finds that his mother is engaged to "David". Michael starts to suspect that there's something different about "David" and that he might not be who he said he was.
The movie falls into place keeping you guessing the entire time. If you read a synopsis of the movie before going to the theater, you would probably expect that "David" is a serial killer, or something along those lines. So throughout the movie the director's throw in suspenseful music that gets you on the edge of your seat in scenes where you think "David" is going to kill someone when in reality he doesn't.
I enjoyed this movie a lot, although I think in some ways it could've been better. At the beginning the scene is set as a family of 4 is laying on the living room floor and "David" walks out of the house with a suitcase packed. When you're watching this scene it's hard to tell whether the family is dead or merely sleeping. Because "David" only kills victims by way of strangling, careful not to leave any evidence, you don't see any blood or tell-tale signs that the family is dead or has been murdered.
*Spoiler alert*
At the end of the movie, "David" escapes from the family. They show him working at another store with a different name as a family of a mother and 2 kids approach him. He shakes the mom's hand and gives them his number. Already, you know what is going to happen. A lot of people think this means, "Oh! Sequel!", but in reality does it? If they made a sequel to this movie, it would be extremely similar to the first one. It would follow the same plot line. Guy goes undercover as a step-father, kid figures out that he isn't who he says he is, guy kills family and/or gets away. Hooray.
So really, I would rate this movie as a C for effort. It has a good plot, but it was extremely predictable.

--Sam S.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

To All Editors

Please post an articles from your section of the paper from ALL WRITERS as a comment on this post. Once they are posted, I can edit them and then send them off to Reilly to be edited again.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

2nd Article. 2nd Marking Period.

Novelgames.com is one of the few gaming websites that isn’t blocked at school. It offers a collection of classic and updated versions of a lot of games. Some of the games include Snake, Tritris, Crazy Taxi, Battleship, and Montris. Some of the games are multiplayer and some are single. Some play against computers and some are downloadable to your computer.
I enjoy Novel Games (NG) because it provides entertainment during those times in school when you just don’t have any work to do. Since they put in the new LightSpeed blocking system on school computers, almost every games site is blocked. NG is one of the few sites I know of that remains unblocked. So, if you ever find yourself out of work to do and bored during school, go to NG.
Now teachers, you may not be all excited to hear about this games site that is unblocked but trust me, some of the games are educational. So, the kids in your class won’t be mindlessly clicking away on some pointless videogame called “Poke the Penguin”, but rather playing a brain-enhancing game such as Word Vine.
“Word Vine?” You may be asking. Word vine is a game of connecting similar words with each other. For example, you may have the three words, apple, sauce and tree. The game asks you to put the words on the vine as “leaves”, connecting words that are similar. So you would make a chain that goes in the order like this: tree, apple, sauce. Apple and tree go together, and apple and sauce go together. The game offers about 60 levels of word entertainment that can make your brain want to explode. Trust me.
So, the next time you’re in class and want to do something because you’ve finished all your work, give Novel Games a visit. Check out some of my personal favorite games such as, Daisy Petals, Crazy Taxi, Word Vine, and Snake. Believe me; you will have a lot of fun. But remember to ask your teachers if you’re allowed to be playing games once you’ve finished your work, because you don’t want to get in trouble.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Movie Review...1st Article, 1st Marking Period.

Orphan
By: Samantha Steinhauser

The recently released film Orphan that hit theaters July 24, 2009 struck the box office, making $12,871,483 on opening weekend. The basic plot line is a family that recently lost a child adopt a 9-year-old orphan named Esther. She seems like a normal, extraordinarily smart child as they get to know her. But as the movie continues, the family notices something wrong with Esther. *SPOILER ALERT* Esther seems to be trying to hurt or kill the family through a series of events such as, taking the parking brake off the car while the blood-daughter is inside. Also, by burning the tree house down while the son is inside. Esther takes advantage of the children in the home by threatening to harm them. The mother is not as naïve as the father and realizes what Esther is trying to do but no one will believe her.

I personally think that Orphan was a fantastic movie. I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under the age of 13 because it is slightly graphic and terrifying. Orphan is rated “R” so no one under 17 is admitted unless they have an adult over the age of 21 with them. If you’re going to watch it, I suggest seeing it during the day with a group of people to make it less nerve-racking. But I hope you eventually see the movie, Orphan because it is a truly amazing movie.

--Samantha Steinhauser

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Editor's Post

All editor's,

When you finish editing your articles for EVERYONE, post them all here as 1 comment so I can edit them and post them to Reilly.

Thanks,
Sam S

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Social Networking Spread a.k.a 3rd article (dont want printed)

Facebook
By Sam Steinhauser

The new social network that is sweeping the nation is known as Facebook. Facebook is almost like Myspace, but it is much simpler. With one internet window, you can IM, message, view profiles, and much more. On Facebook you can hook up with old friends, meet new friends and communicate with current friends. ‘
On Facebook you are required to confirm that you know the people on your friends list personally. You can communicate with your friends in a variety of ways. You can IM, message, comment and photo comment. When you sign up for Facebook you also have the choice to make your account mobility enabled. This allows Facebook to send you updates to your phone, yet another way to communicate.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Uninvited (Movie Review/2nd article for new marking period) Written 4.23.09 (print?)

Released in January of 2009, "The Uninvited offers ironclad proof that Hollywood should give up the ghost already when it comes to remaking Asian horror movies," Says a writer from the Los Angelos Times. The movie is supposed to be a "horror " movie. The main points of the movie are that Anna, a teenageer, thinks there is something evil in her house. Anna is prone to bad dreams and hallucinations. Her mother had died in an explosion (along with her sister), and her dad is already dating again. The end of the movie was very disappointing.
This movie was also extremely confusing. If you missed one second of it, you would be completely lost. At the end of the movie you don't expect what happens.
*SPOILER ALERT!*
Anna kills her dads new girlfriend because she thinks that the girlfriend killed her sister. Then it flashes back to the explosion and ecplains how Anna caused it by silling ol from a lamp on the wooden floor and it catching fire. Anna gets arrested and goes back to a mental instutuion.
I would not reccomend this movie to anybody. It was not worth spending 5 bucks on a movie ticket to see it. If you're going to go to the movies to be scared, don't see this.

The End.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

First Article for the New Marking Period (print?)

New Moon is Stocking Up on New Blood
By: Sam Steinhauser
Jamie Campbell Bower has been cast to play Volturi leader, Caius in the Twilight sequel, New Moon. Campbell Bower says “Shooting has already begun, and I’m going over in June”. He also admits that being part of this popular series is quite exciting and he feels like it is a great thing to be a part of. Campbell Bower joins Noot Seear and Dakota Fanning as the members of the Italy-based clan of vampires. This casting has been slowly announced. Jamie says he knows who else will be cast in this glorious sequel but he isn’t allowed to tell. He also says, all the rumors online about new cast members are mostly false! He feels like he won’t get the same admiration as Robert Pattinson but still wants to be recognized for his work.
On another note, Alex Meraz has been cast as a werewolf. 7 things about Alex that u might want to know are…
1. "The camera loves him," agrees Trujillo. "Everywhere we go people are always saying, 'Good God, who is your friend.'"
2. He played in “New World”
3. He’s a serious dancer
4. Alex has studied mixed martial arts, and can kick vampire butt.
5. Getting the key role in Twilight was no fluke for the young actor.
6. Alex is madly in love with his Vietnamese-American wife Kim. They have a child named Somak.
7. And finally, he’s ripped. "I sometimes have to tell him, 'I hate you, put your shirt on,' " says Trujillo.

"Date Movie" Movie Review (Feature Article) By: Sam Steinhauser

“Date Movie plays as if the worst two of the six writers of Scary Movie scribbled it down on the back of a cocktail napkin while on the way from their hotel to the set,” says Joshua Tyler. Date Movie is about a girl who is rather large and is trying to find her dream husband. Her family is very make-shift, having an Asian daughter, a Caucasian daughter, and an African-American father, none of which were adopted. Julia Jones, the rather large girl goes to a guy named “Hitch” who is supposedly a match-maker. He gets Julia to be extremely pretty and not fat anymore.
Julia then has the confidence to ask out the British guy who she finds attractive. The movie takes already funny movies and twists them a little to try to make them funnier. I found this movie hilarious. It was very unrealistic and stupid, but it was funny. I wouldn’t recommend this movie for younger viewers because they may not understand all the jokes and parodies.
Part of the movie was where they filmed a cat on the toilet, kind of constipated looking, for about 5 minutes. It clearly wasn’t even a real cat. It was funny at first but after like 30 seconds it got boring. There was also a part where they showed pointless flashbacks that had nothing to do with the plot line. I found it un-amusing.
So overall I would give this movie a C. It was hilarious but some parts were just totally unnecessary. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has seen Kill Bill and Lord of the Rings. Also, fans of the Scary Movie series may enjoy it.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Feature Article. Movie Reveiw.

“Date Movie” Movie Review
By: Sam Steinhauser

“Date Movie plays as if the worst two of the six writers of Scary Movie scribbled it down on the back of a cocktail napkin while on the way from their hotel to the set,” says Joshua Tyler. Date Movie is about a girl who is rather large and is trying to find her dream husband. Her family is very make-shift, having an Asian daughter, a Caucasian daughter, and an African-American father, none of which were adopted. Julia Jones, the rather large girl goes to a guy named “Hitch” who is supposedly a match-maker. He gets Julia to be extremely pretty and not fat anymore.
Julia then has the confidence to ask out the British guy who she finds attractive. The movie takes already funny movies and twists them a little to try to make them funnier. I found this movie hilarious. It was very unrealistic and stupid, but it was funny. I wouldn’t recommend this movie for younger viewers because they may not understand all the jokes and parodies.
Part of the movie was where they filmed a cat on the toilet, kind of constipated looking, for about 5 minutes. It clearly wasn’t even a real cat. It was funny at first but after like 30 seconds it got boring. There was also a part where they showed pointless flashbacks that had nothing to do with the plot line. I found it un-amusing.
So overall I would give this movie a C. It was hilarious but some parts were just totally unnecessary. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has seen Kill Bill and Lord of the Rings. Also, fans of the Scary Movie series may enjoy it.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Rabid Squirrel Found Outside School!Could this be a serious issue?
Just last Friday, while a Charter student (name withheld) was outside of our school, Cab Calloway, a furry, brown lump landed on his head. Another student passing by noticed the Charter student struggling to get the brown fur off his head. Eventually a large crowd was gathered around the two students.
The brown lump was later realized to be a rabid squirrel. The squirrel was wild and is now being held in captivity for testing. The Charter student was bitten, clawed, and is also being tested for rabies.
In this near death experience only one child was harmed. The helpful student is being tested but has so far had nothing suspicious. All ends well when you can catch a rabid squirrel…except…

The squirrel was found to be female and it is not known whether she has rabid kids. If rabid squirrel babies are running loose around the school, this may be a serious safety hazard. Superintendent, Robert Andrewjeski, is moderating the situation. As of March 1st, many school cancellations may be headed for Cab Calloway!
In a recent interview with Dean Rumshlag, she gave her opinion on the situation.
“In my opinion, all the kids should not continue going to school while the squirrel(s) remain loose. If we all just stay away from the school for a month and let the local animal control find the babies, there may be a chance that the situation could die down.”
Dr. Hocking was in agreement, “Students should not have to worry about their safety while they’re at school. Coming to school should not be a life or death situation. Hopefully Dr. Andrewjeski will come to his senses and cancel school for as long as it takes to catch the squirrels.”

To protect yourself from being a victim of one of the rabid squirrel babies, we advise that you where a strand of nuts around your neck with small amounts of lead in them.

Will we have off school? Or will we all be put at risk?....

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

7th Grade Staff Blogs

7th Grade Staff

7th Grade Editor: Reilly Megee (http://ccsapapergirl.blogspot.com/)

Copy Editor – Sammi Steinhauser (http://sms10396.blogspot.com/)

Jessica Fogal (http://ohyesitsjess.blogspot.com/) & Rachel Jastrbski (http://rachelnews17.blogspot.com) News Editors
News Reporter
Kayla Irby (http://kaylabby96.blogspot.com/)
Sammy Swanson (http://swammysas.blogspot.com)
Phoebee Byrd (http://foofooscreamsrawr.blogspot.com)
Nelson Hernandez (http://mrhernandez12blogs.blogspot.com)
Philip Paverd (http://jumpingtuna.blogspot.com)
Features Editors – Miranda Rosaio (http://potatorock.blogspot.com/) Amy Su (http://mewspaper.blogspot.com/) Aubrey Arnold (http://wolfinessisamazing.blogspot.com/)
Feature Writers
Kira Alajandro (http://xxkiraxcomm.blogspot.com) (horoscopes)
James Austin (http://rockerofthenight.blogspot.com)
Catherine Brady (http://catbrady.blogspot.com)
Niya Thompson– Fashion (http://niyaalubbsu.blogspot.com/)
Naz-jee Salters-Parker – Music (http://nazie1996.blogspot.com)

Sports Editor – Maddie Hill (http://ccsasportsgirl101.blogspot.com)
Sports Writers
Brianna Jeffreys (http://artisticbriana.blogspot.com)

OP/ED Editor – Kim Ha (http://callowaywriter247.blogspot.com/)
Opinion Writer
Shelby Robers (Photo) (http://mhmitsshelby.blogspot.com/)
Brittany Quimby (http://xcabienewsx.blogspot.com/)
Nik Eastburn (http://dawildkid.blogspot.com/)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

ATTENTION ALL EDITORS (BESIDES REILLY)

This is the newest post so that you can post your section of the papers articles and I can edit them. This is so I don't get 2nd paper articles mixed with 1st paper articles.

Thanks guys,
--Sam S.