Semester I Student's Choice & Reflection
Trapped In The Future
Mrs. Lehman
English 1-3
February 11, 2019
Nadia Vargas
My name is Sally Will, I hate school. Teachers always yell at me for talking too much and I never get anything right. I started to think and I resolved my situation by thinking of skipping school for a week. I wish I could but my parents would never let me. As I got home from school on a Tuesday afternoon, I ate and relaxed for a bit. Once my parents got home it was time for dinner. My mom started to make chicken Alfredo. My mom, dad and I ate dinner. You’re probably wondering if I have any siblings and no I don’t, I’m the only child. I got ready for bed and was praying that a snow day would come. While I was putting on my fluffy stripped pajamas I wanted to tell my parents I was sick. I was thinking of the best excuses to use. I climbed into bed slowly and laid in my silky sheets.
I eventually started to fall asleep and I had the most exciting dream about not going to school anymore. I stayed home all day and watched TV whenever I wanted. I ate all my favorite foods. I suddenly woke up from my alarm ringing. I knew I had to get ready for school. I went to the bathroom and shut the door and looked in the clean mirror. I screamed in shock, I was older and as in older I mean like a wrinkly, short gray harried old lady. I rushed down stairs as fast as my old self could. There was no one, I was all alone. No noise, no mom or dad. I checked the date it was January twenty-second and yesterday was the twenty-first. I was wondering why weren't the days far off? That’s when I knew what had happened, I was wishing that I didn’t have school, my wish came true. I didn’t want to go to school anymore and my dream was about staying home, eating and watching TV.
The only way I could stay home is if I was already old. I soon figured out that I had jumped into the future. I did whatever I wanted to do. I was home alone with no one. I spent days and days alone. It became a week and I missed my parents. I missed my friends at school. Allie, Alex and Brinny were my friends since elementary. We are all still friends in 9th grade. I thought about them and I wished and pray to go back to how it was, I wanted it to be normal again. It was getting late and I decided to go to bed. I went up the stairs and opened my door, I climbed into bed wishing my wish would come true again.
I woke up and went straight to the mirror and I was the young sally Will again. I wasn’t old, wrinkly, and I even didn’t have gray hair. I went down stairs and saw my parents making breakfast.
“I missed you guys”. I said.
“I missed you too”. My parent said.
They seemed very confused on why I missed them but I knew if I explained they would never believe me. I was happy that I was normal again, now I will never regret what I have. I have a education and wonderful parents. I didn’t tell anyone what happened. I went to school and the whole time I was worried that if I fall asleep, I might go back into the future. It was lunch time and I was hanging out with my friends. I wanted to tell them what had happened but every time I tried; I just couldn’t get the right words out to explain.
After school I got home and did my normal schedule. I cleaned a little bit and watched tv until my parents got home. I was watching Stranger Things it was very interesting because the new season just came out. My parents finally got home around six. They made dinner and after dinner I took a shower. When I got out of the shower the only thing going through my head is that I better not go to sleep. I wanted to see if I didn’t fall asleep maybe I won’t go back to the future. It was around nine when my parents told me to go to sleep. I wrote down in my note book for the first time in months. I wrote down the date so maybe if I did go in the future then I would know what the date was. I wasn’t sure if the date would change or not. I went to bed terrified. I was so nervous that was sweating in my bed. Soon enough I fell asleep soundly and peacefully in my bed.
I woke up the next day, it was Thursday and yesterday was Wednesday the fourteenth. I remembered I wrote down that date in my note book. I went to go look in the mirror and nothing had changed. I still look the same. I went down stairs to see if my parents were still here. They had left for work, so I got ready to go to school. I walked a couple blocks to get to my school. When I got to school something didn’t seem right. Everything didn’t look the same. The school was different, cars looked newer, everyone walking around the school was different. I had never seen these people in my life. As a student walked by,
“What grade are you in”. I said.
“I’m a junior, Why?” He said.
I had never seen that guy in my class and I went home. I didn’t go to school. As I was walking home, I finally had noticed my surroundings. There were new houses built that I've never even imagined seeing. I knew that I had to be in the future again. I got home and waited for my parents to get home. I finally decided to tell them I didn’t want to go to school anymore. They got home after a couple hours and I told them. They agreed with home schooling me and I was happy that I was getting home schooled. I started home school the next day. I was wondering why was everything different? This situation wasn’t new to me, I had lived going into the future again. I knew that things would go back to normal.
The only thing that was the same was me, my house, and my parents. It got late and I had to go to bed hoping my day wouldn’t be this crazy again. I felt like I was sleeping and waking up a lot to just get another situation I don’t know how to deal with. Months went by and I was still home schooled. I started to think that I might be stuck like this forever. The generation I once lived in was changed with a brand new one. I didn’t have the new technology some people have. I didn’t even know how to work any of it. I did extra classes in home school so now I was a senior. I had almost completed my senior year. After two months still stuck like this it was time to graduate. My parents and I planned my party with some family members. I couldn’t believe my life had changed but it kind of felt the same just in a new generation.
I wasn’t close to any of my friends anymore so I didn’t invite them to my graduation party. The group fell apart after I got home schooled. My graduation was in a week and my eighteenth birthday was tomorrow. I just wanted to go to sleep so when I would wake up it would be my birthday. I woke up and still nothing. had changed. I know I was stuck in this generation forever. My life had been changed for the worse and I had to live like this for the rest of my life. I still don’t know why this all had to happen to me. I was trapped and I’ll never be able to go back to my own generation.
Student’s Choice Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
I started to think of what my story was going to be about and came up with a idea. I decided to write about a girl who can't change her life back after being in the future a couple times. She lives her life and misses her old life. I went into detail with some of the situations to let people know what was happening.
2. Is this paper narrative, expository, or argumentative? How do you know?
I think that this paper is a expository because I explained what happened to the character and informed them on what is going on in the story.
3. Tell me one thing you learned from writing this paper.
I learned that their are different types of writing and explaining in detail can help readers know whats happening.
4. What are you particularly proud of in this paper?
I'm proud that I could come up with an ending because I didn't know how do it off my Storie and I'm also proud about the Story.I think is interesting and a little confusing.
5. What does this paper show readers about you?
It shows that I think of many different situations so that the reader can be more into the story and it shows that never regret what you have in life because it all can be changed.
Trapped In The Future
Mrs. Lehman
English 1-3
February 11, 2019
Nadia Vargas
My name is Sally Will, I hate school. Teachers always yell at me for talking too much and I never get anything right. I started to think and I resolved my situation by thinking of skipping school for a week. I wish I could but my parents would never let me. As I got home from school on a Tuesday afternoon, I ate and relaxed for a bit. Once my parents got home it was time for dinner. My mom started to make chicken Alfredo. My mom, dad and I ate dinner. You’re probably wondering if I have any siblings and no I don’t, I’m the only child. I got ready for bed and was praying that a snow day would come. While I was putting on my fluffy stripped pajamas I wanted to tell my parents I was sick. I was thinking of the best excuses to use. I climbed into bed slowly and laid in my silky sheets.
I eventually started to fall asleep and I had the most exciting dream about not going to school anymore. I stayed home all day and watched TV whenever I wanted. I ate all my favorite foods. I suddenly woke up from my alarm ringing. I knew I had to get ready for school. I went to the bathroom and shut the door and looked in the clean mirror. I screamed in shock, I was older and as in older I mean like a wrinkly, short gray harried old lady. I rushed down stairs as fast as my old self could. There was no one, I was all alone. No noise, no mom or dad. I checked the date it was January twenty-second and yesterday was the twenty-first. I was wondering why weren't the days far off? That’s when I knew what had happened, I was wishing that I didn’t have school, my wish came true. I didn’t want to go to school anymore and my dream was about staying home, eating and watching TV.
The only way I could stay home is if I was already old. I soon figured out that I had jumped into the future. I did whatever I wanted to do. I was home alone with no one. I spent days and days alone. It became a week and I missed my parents. I missed my friends at school. Allie, Alex and Brinny were my friends since elementary. We are all still friends in 9th grade. I thought about them and I wished and pray to go back to how it was, I wanted it to be normal again. It was getting late and I decided to go to bed. I went up the stairs and opened my door, I climbed into bed wishing my wish would come true again.
I woke up and went straight to the mirror and I was the young sally Will again. I wasn’t old, wrinkly, and I even didn’t have gray hair. I went down stairs and saw my parents making breakfast.
“I missed you guys”. I said.
“I missed you too”. My parent said.
They seemed very confused on why I missed them but I knew if I explained they would never believe me. I was happy that I was normal again, now I will never regret what I have. I have a education and wonderful parents. I didn’t tell anyone what happened. I went to school and the whole time I was worried that if I fall asleep, I might go back into the future. It was lunch time and I was hanging out with my friends. I wanted to tell them what had happened but every time I tried; I just couldn’t get the right words out to explain.
After school I got home and did my normal schedule. I cleaned a little bit and watched tv until my parents got home. I was watching Stranger Things it was very interesting because the new season just came out. My parents finally got home around six. They made dinner and after dinner I took a shower. When I got out of the shower the only thing going through my head is that I better not go to sleep. I wanted to see if I didn’t fall asleep maybe I won’t go back to the future. It was around nine when my parents told me to go to sleep. I wrote down in my note book for the first time in months. I wrote down the date so maybe if I did go in the future then I would know what the date was. I wasn’t sure if the date would change or not. I went to bed terrified. I was so nervous that was sweating in my bed. Soon enough I fell asleep soundly and peacefully in my bed.
I woke up the next day, it was Thursday and yesterday was Wednesday the fourteenth. I remembered I wrote down that date in my note book. I went to go look in the mirror and nothing had changed. I still look the same. I went down stairs to see if my parents were still here. They had left for work, so I got ready to go to school. I walked a couple blocks to get to my school. When I got to school something didn’t seem right. Everything didn’t look the same. The school was different, cars looked newer, everyone walking around the school was different. I had never seen these people in my life. As a student walked by,
“What grade are you in”. I said.
“I’m a junior, Why?” He said.
I had never seen that guy in my class and I went home. I didn’t go to school. As I was walking home, I finally had noticed my surroundings. There were new houses built that I've never even imagined seeing. I knew that I had to be in the future again. I got home and waited for my parents to get home. I finally decided to tell them I didn’t want to go to school anymore. They got home after a couple hours and I told them. They agreed with home schooling me and I was happy that I was getting home schooled. I started home school the next day. I was wondering why was everything different? This situation wasn’t new to me, I had lived going into the future again. I knew that things would go back to normal.
The only thing that was the same was me, my house, and my parents. It got late and I had to go to bed hoping my day wouldn’t be this crazy again. I felt like I was sleeping and waking up a lot to just get another situation I don’t know how to deal with. Months went by and I was still home schooled. I started to think that I might be stuck like this forever. The generation I once lived in was changed with a brand new one. I didn’t have the new technology some people have. I didn’t even know how to work any of it. I did extra classes in home school so now I was a senior. I had almost completed my senior year. After two months still stuck like this it was time to graduate. My parents and I planned my party with some family members. I couldn’t believe my life had changed but it kind of felt the same just in a new generation.
I wasn’t close to any of my friends anymore so I didn’t invite them to my graduation party. The group fell apart after I got home schooled. My graduation was in a week and my eighteenth birthday was tomorrow. I just wanted to go to sleep so when I would wake up it would be my birthday. I woke up and still nothing. had changed. I know I was stuck in this generation forever. My life had been changed for the worse and I had to live like this for the rest of my life. I still don’t know why this all had to happen to me. I was trapped and I’ll never be able to go back to my own generation.
Student’s Choice Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
I started to think of what my story was going to be about and came up with a idea. I decided to write about a girl who can't change her life back after being in the future a couple times. She lives her life and misses her old life. I went into detail with some of the situations to let people know what was happening.
2. Is this paper narrative, expository, or argumentative? How do you know?
I think that this paper is a expository because I explained what happened to the character and informed them on what is going on in the story.
3. Tell me one thing you learned from writing this paper.
I learned that their are different types of writing and explaining in detail can help readers know whats happening.
4. What are you particularly proud of in this paper?
I'm proud that I could come up with an ending because I didn't know how do it off my Storie and I'm also proud about the Story.I think is interesting and a little confusing.
5. What does this paper show readers about you?
It shows that I think of many different situations so that the reader can be more into the story and it shows that never regret what you have in life because it all can be changed.