Journal #3

The NFL's Bad Boys

The article is about famous football players who have gotten in trouble with the law. It was about Michael Vick ben Roethlisberger, Terrell Owens, and O.J. Simpson. Even though they got in trouble.

Journal #2

Dreaming of Hoops

The NBA lockout last October 12, 2011 because of the economy.  It been no game for three months and missed 68 games. So, the boys decided to go to the basketball league and travel different states to against other game. It keeps them on the body shape and also skills. The January started open the NBA. The reason why they did not play was because of money. The players wanted more but the owners did not want to give it. Finally they settled.

Memoir

“Basketball”

My mother always gave me presents of shirts with basketballs on them, Nike

basketballs, a basketball cake, and other things. In the future, I would like that my own

house look like a ball, round and big. I want my clothes to have basketballs on them,

any food I eat to be shaped like basketballs, and an HDTV shaped like a basketball.

That is what I want. I want anything and everything with only basketballs and no other

type of ball.

I passed the ball to someone to make sure the ball had enough air. I was

shooting the ball during the warm up before the start of the game. I am practicing with

the ball, balling on the street. If outside the house there was a ball, I would be excited

to grab it. After I shoot the ball into the hoop, I run back to defense. If I shoot and miss,

I will accept that and move on. When I was a sophomore in high school, I played the

position of wing. I was good at shooting three pointers and driving the ball in for a

layup. I love basketball, it is very important to me. The ball is like my girlfriend, I will not

lose it.

When I was younger and living in Chicago, I wrote my name with a magic marker

and it said “Joshua”. Many of the boys who went to the park to play had basketballs and

I didn’t know which one was my ball. I want to prove to them which is mine because it

had my name on it. I hate it when anybody steals my ball. It is immature and wrong.

Anyone can go to the store and buy a new the ball. The basketballs are cheap, pricing

about $20.00.

If I am bored, I go and play with my brother and a basketball. That is better

than doing nothing. I always go play hoops outside at the park with my younger brother.

I would do that every year but only in the summer, it is too cold in the winter to play

outside. I hate that when I play with the basketball a lot, it loses air. It wastes my time

because then I have to fill it with air.

The basketball is made by many different companies and in different countries

around the world. I like the basketballs made in the United States better. Two

years ago I used a ball from Europe and I did not like the way it felt, it was weird, not

comfortable. I like the basketballs from America they are better than the European

basketballs. All the basketballs used by the girls and boys teams are from America, the

ball cannot change to any other country. The new basketballs that are being made do

not seem bland; they have a different kind of new ball design. I never thought a new ball

design could look so good; much better than the old one.

My Best Memory of Basketball

When I was a freshman in high school I played on the boys' varsity basketball team. I was surprised that I played so much. I knew I had enough good skills to play. I played on the varsity basketball team for four years. I never felt afraid of playing on the varsity boys' team and knew I had to be brave. All the boys on the team we are senors and I was the only freshman. I told the coach that I wanted to play on the junior varsity team but he said no because it would be too easy for me, when my team scored points, we all scored. it was not left to one or two people to score. Some days I wish that I could be back in the high school.

As thinking made visible

My hometown was a wonderful (or choose your own adjective) place to grow up.

1. The Chicago city have a wonderful because there are so many different shopping clothes styles

2. I love to shopping clothes styles and these are the best shop in Chicago city.

3. My mother is a wonderful cooking food called Puerto Ricans.

4. I have so many deaf friends in there and they are wonderful friends ever!

5. My wonderful most beautiful girlfriend.

Reading Journal

Can Special Basketball Shoes Really Make You Jump Higher

Special shoes can cause increased level of jump high. Also it will be improve jump high. The basketball shoes make people who can running as fast and jump high. It helps them feel very light in their shoes. People also feel comfortable with the basketball shoes. Everyone thinks that basketball shoes will help to dunk but it's not true.  Mostly boys wants to be emulate who famous basketball player shoes because they have enough skills. Some boys thinks that it can be succeeded with their shoes, but its not true. People likes basketball shoes with the design and looks good. They also like to use shoes match color with uniform. 

Spike Lee

     Who would love basketball so much that they would buy so many Michael Jordan sneakers and posters?  Spike Lee would.  Spike’s clothes look like the 80's styles, he looks like someone who is ready to go play basketball. He looks happy in his room and he likes to be there.  He wears a small hat, glasses, jewelry, sport shorts. Under his short’s he wears tights, he also wears long Nike socks and Michael Jordan shoes. He stands and his face looks up but he has a weird expression on it. 

     There are many Michael Jordan shoes all around because these are Spike's favorite shoes. His favorite is Michael Jordan. The coolest posters are hung all over his room, they are of Michael Jordan. Spike's room has many boxes with sneakers on them.  He has many of the same kind of sneakers all over the room. There is so many things in this room that you don't know that it is a bedroom.  The bed is small and has boxes with shoes on them. The television is very small; the dressers are hidden because there are so many objects in front of them. On the table near the bed, Spike has a box of Wheaties cereal. The picture on the box is Michael Jordan. He has a bicycle in his room too. Spike also has a real basketball hoop in his bedroom.
    
     Basketball pictures are hung on the walls with posters. On the small table, he has a basketball. The posters are of pictures of Michael Jordan playing basketball or they are about his Nike sneakers. It is hard to see that the wall is blue and the only window has the Nike logo. There are baseball hats on the wall and above the basketball. The room is messy but it is his style so it is nice. Spike is good with being a creative director and an actor. By looking at this picture, you can see that Spike Lee is one of the biggest basketball and Michael Jordan fans. He probably never missed a game that Jordan played in.

Forget about Recess

This story is about a few schools in New York that decided to have a recess coach come and work with the kids. They found that before the coach, many kids were just running around and pushing others.  There were many students getting in trouble for it.  The coach is giving the kids social skills and to get along with others.  Also that they can have fun without an iPod. Some of the kids do not like the idea of having someone tell them how to play.  Others do like it because they are learning new games every week.