Sea World Adventure

I went to Sea World with my family. When we got there my dad went to go rent a wheelchair for my mom, while my mom, my sister, and I found seats for the Shamu show. It felt like I was a whale while I watched Shamu leap out of the water. It was a really good show, and my mom asks me, "Do you want to come back for the Shamu Special?" and I said "Yes." When it was over we went to a seal and walrus show. It was funny when they released and found out what Surlaw was at the end. Tomorrow we’re going to the teaser. After the show, we went to see the Clydesdales. As I pet one it seemed as if I was a horse. The next day was really fun. I wish I could go back soon.


The End

[ I do not feel that this is really a huge turning point in my writing capabilities, however, it represents the start of the bigger journey of my life. This trip to Sea World was the begining of my dreams to become a Marine Biologist. Though the main reason for this sample making the cut has nothing to do with the writing ability, I do develop some key strengths that I have found useful in later writing, I started explaining how I was feeling at the time this happened. While I watched Shamu, I felt like a whale (though I did, of course, mean dolphin:) ) and while I pet the Clydesdales, I felt like a horse. From this point, the skill definitely required a lot of tuning, but it had to start somewhere and that somewhere is here.]

Write a Story about a Fairy, a Monster, a Troll, and a Frog

. There once were three scary, little animals. There was a monster, a troll, and a frog. They went around scaring people and they screamed. Then one day, a good fairy came when they were asleep. She tapped each of their faces three times until they had no faces at all. Now they have a different name. They used to be called Scares but now they’re called Non-Faces. Then magic happened. They had a dream that the fairy gave their faces back to them.
. When they woke up they had their faces again. After that they learned a lesson and they never scared another person.

THE END


[During this writing assignment, I was developing my imagination and creativity. I think this was really the first time I was able to really ignite the spark of creativity and run with it. This short story really improved my ability to express all the crazy ideas brewing in my mind. I remember how in awe I was of what I had written. I could hardly believe it came from me. It probably seems a little silly to you that I found it to be so impressive, unless you have recently been writing with a 2nd grader. To me though, it was an inspiration within. This was really the start of my writing interest, the first time I felt I was a good writer. I am sure if I had never had this one little paper handed to me, I would not be nearly as good of a writer as I am now.]