‘’The Matchbox Diary’’ written by Paul Fleishmann. This story is about a grandfather explaining his whole though life story to his granddaughter. He couldn’t read or write, so he talks about how he made his diary out of matchboxes. Every day he would put an object in a different matchbox, which gives its title, ‘’The Matchbox Diary’’

This story connects to many different stories, one in particular, ‘’This is The Rope’’ These two stories have one huge thing in common! They both share a very important symbol that’s been passed on many generations in their family! The matchboxes and the rope. These two objects will bring you back memories every time you set your eye on them.

‘’This is The Rope’’ is about a little girl who finds a rope under a tree, yet does she know, it has been passed down three generations in her family! The rope has been used for everything in her family and this is their most prized possession. This poor family used a rope to do everything from a skipping rope to a rope to dry the sweet-smelling flowers. This family never gave up though. They were dedicated and they did everything they could. Everything they had were very important. I think this a good message because it goes to show how even if you’re not a rich and wealthy family, you may still succeed! Continue reading →

Last month, I tried out for the AAA hockey team. 80 different kids were trying out for the team. Some came from St Jean, Candiac, Ste Catherine, St Constant and 3 more cities. I really played the best hockey I could. I knew if I made this team, it would be a big step up in my hockey career. The team I was trying out for was the Riverains Junior AAA, D1.

This past week, the results were in… I took my iPad went on the website and hoped to god. As I scroll down the list, I see my name. I felt so relieved! I ran to my parents to tell them the good news. I then ran to the phone, and call my friend to see if he made it! Of course, he did make it! We were so proud of ourselves and we both couldn’t wait to hop on the ice! Monday, I had my first practice with the new team. I got to know everybody and I even made some new friends! I got to meet my new coach, and I even got to keep my number! #43.

This Saturday, I will be playing my first game! I can’t wait to put on that jersey! The team even bought us new gloves and helmet to match our uniform. This was my post on my new AAA hockey team!

Do you play hockey? If so, for what team and what level?

This past week I’ve been reading several different articles in a magazine. Many of these articles share different ideas of cool, and different types of popular.

I think it is very important to be accepted before getting popular. How I got accepted was pretty simple. I tried to make friends by talking about my interests, and tell them about myself. Another cool way, is to have something unique. For example, in the small story “Purple’’ Danitra wears purple everyday of her life! I think she would easily be recognized here at St Lawrence. When you have something unique, people will always remember you. Although, this could be bad as well because people can know her as ‘’the purple girl’’ I’m sure she wouldn’t like that. In another story, ‘’My Sister is Crazy’’ is about two siblings that wear different things on their head. The brother is making fun of the sister by saying she wears a pyramid on her head. The brother wears tinfoil on his head. This is mostly a matter of uniqueness. I think they both have different tastes but I think it’s important to be unique.   Here are some other pros and cons about being popular and unique…

In one of the story’s, ‘’Nice Shoes, Kid!’’ a kid named Stan is very unique! He stencils shoes for fun, and then wears them around the neighborhood.  He gets many compliments and one day he got asked from the most popular kid in school to make him a pair. I think Stan’s idea of cool is really cool. Super unique and special. I think if he was at St Lawrence, he would get a lot of attention, and he would be the coolest kid in school. I think it’s cool when other people look up to you! You would feel special, and feel like a leader. Something I would like, would be that people would always want to do what you do. Follow you, if you’re doing something, they would do the same thing. I have experienced that before, and it really got on my nerves. Being popular, would kind of be annoying sometimes. I just want to be myself, and do what I want to do! For example, in the mini story ‘’Something On My Mind’’ the little boy wants to be popular and cool. He tries really hard, and when popular, he hates it! He wants to cry, he wants to just be himself, but if he does, he knows he will get bullied.