Nick
What’s out there
I wonder
Deep down, dark and dank
Drawing for me a blank
What’s out there
Nothing to be seen
Don’t know what to expect
What does it all mean
What’s out there
Giving me no clue
What do I do
It’s covering the blue
What’s out there
What I don’t know scares me
Forcing me to believe
There’s something there to beware
What’s out there
The darkness looks down on me
It’s dark eyes like colorless balls of light
Lighting up my fear as I sleep every night.
Whats out there?
#Webelieve
faces
faces
so many faces
faces
like resin
hard
and
cold
hungry
heartless
feasting on gossip
spreading it around
like evil jam
on a sandwich
sly words
left and right
will you give in
or continue to fight
it’s all a game
which side are you on
are you a player
or are you a pawn
false faces
sculpted faces
caring on the outside faces
they can manipulate you
without any traces
By Lily
Up in front of all of your friends
All your friends staring at you,
Worried about what they think,
All your friends thinking about your presentation
Up in front of your enemies
Laughing at you
when you mess up,
judging you,
Talking about you,
Up in front of all your teachers
Looking at you,
Thinking about you,
Grading you,
Having the power,
Up in front of everyone
staring at you,
judging you,
only thinking about you,
Then you finish.
And you become one of the people
It’s a way of life,
the darkness always comes,
it is sent from heaven straight above.
don’t be scared,
don’t fret,
it’s not real,
unless you think about it.
Overpowering you,
thinking about it more and more,
you start to feel it hover over you like a plane,
consuming your state of mind until you fall to the floor,
begging the dark angel not to kiss you to sleep,
never waking up again you raise to your feet.
Is it just space, or on top of a cloud,
are you going to meet God,
or go straight down?
Your friends and family miss you,
you have nothing to do,
you don’t even notice they start to forget about you.
Don’t be scared,
don’t fret,
the darkness doesn’t consume you,
unless you think about it.
By: Olivia
Afraid and alone
Two dreadful feelings
I’m scared, where is everyone?
Did they leave?
Where did they go?
Why am I not with them?
So many questions,
Yet no answers.
Mother, Father, my brothers, my sister, my friends
Did they disappear too?
I feel so lost
No one is telling me where they are
My world is off-balanced
I’ve never felt so scared, so ignored and so shutout.
Do I have to face my problems
With these cold, dreadful feelings
Slowly pushing me down
Making me feel like a coward
And, that they left for reasons
Reasons that I’m not aware of
I just know
That they’re gone
That I’m left stranded
And pushed away from the rest of the world
1. My connection to the book a one for the Murphy s reminds me of the time when I first met my grandparents.
2. Analyze: Carley is lonely and very courageous and outgoing. Carley reminds me of myself because she has gone through many very challenging times in her adolescent life. She makes me wonder what it would be like to have to live with someone you do not know and who treat you like a daughter/son. Carley must be very scared about having to move to a new house and she is trying to make it feel like home. Carley just wants people to understand her and what she is going through.
3. Question
Why do you think Carley wants to go back to her mom?
Why did Mrs. Murphy step in front of the police officer and protect Carley?
Why is Carley so scared of her new family?
Why did Daniel try not to accept Carley?
1.Connection
Carley reminds me of me because I seem to look like I don’t care but really do.
2.Analyze
Mrs.Murphy is very caring and loving.For example she will do anything to make Carely happy and protected.Also feel like she belong into the family.This mean that Mrs.Murphy will do anything for Carely even though she is not her own child.Therefore,Mrs.Murphy thinks about others.
3.Question
Why do you think Carely don’t want to do the project with Toi?
Why did Mrs.Murphy protected Carely from the police officer?
Why is Carely surprised about the Easter basket?
Why did Daniel
1. Mrs.murphy reminds me of my mom because she always asks how I’m doing and cares about how I feel.
2. Mrs. Murphy is a very nice and caring lady. She loves Carley the same way she loves her biological children. She always cares for Carley and how she feels, she tries to relate to Carley’s situation. She always wants to make things right wether it’s with Carley or even clea2.ning something, she always cares for people like a nurturing mother.
Questions:
1. Why does Daniel always get frustrated or mad when things don’t go his way or not doing it right?
2. Why did Mrs. Murphy not get mad or frustrated when she found out that’s Carley’s skipped school?
3. Why do you think Michael Eric get a seizure or get sick in the first place do you think he will be ok in the future?
1. Connection
Carley reminds me of the time when my friend carlos didn’t come to school because he had to do somthing with his family .
2. Analyze
Carley is cool and chill. For example,she doesn’t panic or get really scared even when michael eric had a seizure yet she still can be an emotional person especially when it comes to her real mom. This means that she is a strong enough to step up and be a leader when she is needed. Therefore Carley is one of my favorite characters in the book.
3. Question
1.Connection
Carley reminds me of the time when my friend Diana went to foster care because her parents die and dint had any family.
2.Analyze
Mrs.Murphy is kind and helpful. For example, Carley asks for orange juice and Mrs.Murphy went and got it for her. Yet, Carley feels bad because she didn’t want to betrayed her mom. This mean, Carley feels bad and sad. Mrs.Murphy is being kind but Carley didn’t accept Mrs.Murphy.
3.Question
Why is Carley sad about a new house?( foster home)