Estevan Contreras Ms.Lehmann English 1-1A 12 March 2019 5th grade I woke up late, as most teens do. I did my normal routine of jumping out of bed faster than light and making a mad dash towards my closet, putting on the first shirt I saw, and reaching into my dresser for a pair of pants and socks. Honestly, my perfect attendance is the 8th wonder of the world at this point, and I don’t know how I manage it considering it takes me 10 minutes to get to school and leave home 15 minutes before the tardy bell rings. In common fashion, I arrived to class with 2 minutes to spare and took my seat next to my best friend. As soon as I sat down, she said, “You do know life is less stressful if your not rushing around all the time.” I responded, “Yes, it is, but what’s the fun in that? Life’s not worth it if you’re never in a rush or take a couple chances my buddy.” “ A couple of risks is fine, but you’re constantly late. To make up for it, you drive 110 mph to get here ‘on time,’ so that’s not a little risk. One false move in your car, and you could be dead,” she said. “It’s fine. I die, I die, you know” I said. “Its not ‘fine.’ You have family and friends that would miss you, I would miss you,” she said. The way she emphasized the I hurt me in a way you could never know. I liked her more than she could ever fathom. I know what you’re thinking. It’s probably just a little crush that I’ve had for like a week; you could not be further from the truth. I’ve liked her since the 5th freaking grade; I know the exact moment it happened, too. It went like this. We were in Mrs. Kurt’s room during break, just her and I alone in the room. Since I was still young and I didn’t have the crippling fear of talking to girls yet, I walked over to talk to her. As I was walking over to her, she stood up and our eyes met for what seemed like an eternity. I was staring deep into her eyes, completely entrenched in their bright, piercing baby blue color. They were so beautiful like, shimmering diamonds. After her eyes, I looked at every detail on her face, from her brow to her chin, then I looked deep into her eyes again. Everything just melted away; the room, the desks, the school itself melted away from my mind, and at that moment, I knew she was the one for me. That was the beginning and end of my happiness. It was the beginning because I found some one so special I would die for them. It was the end since now I know I could never get her. She snapped her fingers in front of my face to snap me out of deep thoughts of her. “You awake there, my dude?” she asked. “ Yeah, yeah. I’m here. Sorry. Started thinking,” I said. “Wow, You can think about more than wanting to play video games?” she asked. “ Okay, Ms. I ‘Only ‘Talk ‘About ‘How ‘This ‘Guys ‘Cute ‘Or ‘This ‘Guys ‘Rich,” I said. “Why are you so upset,” she asked. Honestly, let me just save you the trouble of having to read my complete breakdown. In short, I told her I like her, and that I’ve liked her for a long time. Now it’s slightly awkward between us, but it’ll fix itself. Three Weeks Later She and I have been dating for a week now, and I couldn’t be happier. So I guess life can have a happily ever after.
Narrative 1.List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you have applied to other writing assignments. I learned how to write dialogue and how to do it properly so now when I write papers require dialogue I can do it better. 2.Identify a challenge you faced while writing this paper (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you overcome the challenge? What did you learn? I had to fix a lot of punctuation errors. I fixed them by moving them or deleting the misplaced ones. I learned that I need to work on my punctuation. 3.What are the conventions of a narrative and how did you meet those in this assignment? You have to use dialogue and imagery. I did both well enough to ensure a good grade. 4.Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? I would give it a better ending and give it a less rushed one as well 5.What is one thing you're proud of in this paper? How I explained the feelings and thinking of the main character very well