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 * February 19, 2008 **

Do you have any pets?
 * Dear Ms. Johnson, **


 * I have a pet. Her name is Cecilia. She is a dog. She used to be really scared. She can’t fetch a ball, but she sort of understands how to fetch a stick. She is rather calm and a little scared. I think those would be the two good words to describe her personality. Of course, I don’t know what she feels like inside, but that is what she looks like on the outside and when she does things. My dog is pretty old. She bites when you fire her up, but it’s not a real bite, just one that means she’s fired up and happy. If you say “Ow!” when she is biting you, she stops biting. I like my pet and I’m sure she feels more or different than I think she does, but this is how I think her personality is when I watch her. Cecilia is great. She loves to lie down on the couch and she wants everyone to give her attention. She is a koikahundje. A koikahundje is a Dutch hunting dog. **


 * Fondly, **


 * Emma B. ** 


 * February, 4, 2008 **

What is your family like?
 * Dear Ms. Johnson, **

Hope you liked my letter!
 * My family is awesome. The only problem I have with my family sometimes is when my siblings are annoying. But it’s normal in a family for the siblings to be annoying sometimes. I have one sister and two brothers. My big brother is annoying sometimes because he always hogs the computer, hogs the ball when I play games with him, and hits me so I cry. My big sister is irritating because she won’t let me into her room. I can understand it, because she’s 13 years old, but I still hate it. My twin brother is annoying and makes me angry a lot. He’s sometimes mean to my friends, and a lot of stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I love my brothers and sister, and I couldn’t live without them! But they can be **//__very __//** annoying most of the time! My parents are great. The things I dislike are when my dad goes on a business trip for a long time. Then I miss him __so__ much. He is going on a trip soon. For 4 weeks! I don’t want him to go. But he has to. It’s his job. I also don’t like it when I have to clean my room, although, sometimes I listen to music from my boom box or get my sister to help. Then I just pretend that I have to go say something to my mom, and don’t go back into my room. Then my sister ends up doing all the work! I’ll tell you how my family looks, quickly. Everyone in my family has blonde hair except for my dad. He has brown hair. They all look like me except for the glasses. Only my twin has glasses. My big brother and big sister wear contacts. So does my dad. My mom is the only one in my family with perfect eyesight. My sister also //__just__// got braces! **
 * Well, I’m done.

Fondly,

Emma B. **


 * Run Don’t Walk**


 * A hot day,**
 * Sweat trickling down your back,**
 * Walking on an island,**
 * Close to the ocean,**
 * The palm trees brushing against you,**
 * They’re hard leaves,**
 * Scratching your skin,**
 * A crab scuttles,**
 * Across your path,**
 * You start running,**
 * The air brushing against your face,**
 * Your hair flying behind you,**
 * Soon you turn around,**
 * Running back,**
 * Where you started,**
 * You reach the ocean,**
 * And stop,**
 * Catching your breath,**
 * You look out across,**
 * The water,**
 * The salty smell,**
 * Reaches your nose,**
 * Calms you,**
 * You breathe slowly and steadily,**
 * A light breeze flapping your shirt,**
 * The sun shining down,**
 * As you think,**
 * Run Don’t Walk.**


 * Emma Belanger**
 * November 2007**

Indigo Indigo dips the tips of her fingers, Into the deep ocean, She dives into everyones favorite color, And blows into sweet blueberries, She glides out and into a rainbow, And everyone gazes at Indigos stripe in the sky, She floats away, And into her deep and beautiful, Indigo midnight sky. Emma Belanger October 2007

I think I am doing all right in school. I think so because I try my best to listen and work and so on. I think I’m doing well at writing poems, since I like it and it’s my favorite thing to do in school. I can get better at trying not to doodle as much on my folders (although, I can never stop doodling even if I try) and maybe not talk while Mr. M is giving directions and raise my hand before talking in class. Maybe I could try to stop being the boss of everything (like people say I am). I think school is all right and I’m doing okay.

   