horror

I dragged my limp leg behind me as I fled for my life. The gravel road made it hard to have a solid footing as blood ran down my left leg from the puncture wounds it had left.

 I couldn’t get that terrible scene out of my mind. Me hiding in the living room, the darkness making it impossible to see where it was coming from, the terrible growling noise it made as it crept closer, then my blood curdling scream as it bit down on my leg with it's porcupine teeth. If I hadn't grabbed the broken lamp beside me to stab it, I surely would have died.  

 I quickened my sluggish pace as much as I could. The barn only a few hundred feet away. If I could make it inside I could radio for help. If, I could make it. My head was pounding, sweat poured off me, I had to make it, I had to live. I could hear the sound of clawed feet crunching on gravel nearby. I dove into the nearby bushes and prayed I hadn't been spotted.

 One dinosaur-like foot stepped inches from my face. I held by breath, not daring to make a sound. Its black scaly snout sniffed around the bushes, and saliva oozed from it's murderous mouth. Suddenly it turned away, as if something had caught it's attention. I hid for a few more minutes until I half ran half limped to the barn.

 I quickly shut and locked the doors behind me. Reinforcing them with chains, just in case.  I caught my breath as the adrenaline shot through me body in waves, making me shake and shiver. After some strength returned to my body I wobbled my way towards the radio, which was across the barn near the tool rack.

 "Mayday, mayday I need some assistance, does anyone copy? This is Markus Dwayland, I live on the farm down Manchester road I need immediate assistance?! Hello?! Hello?! Is anyone there?! I need help now god dammit!"

 The hairs on my body stood on end as I turned slowly towards the sound of growling coming from the dark corner of the barn. A black scaly snout, dripping needle teeth, bat-like wings with sharp talons and large clawed feet is the sight I am greeted with.  it was here.

mystery

1. Establish setting.

•  Large yacht is open for all types of parties for all types of people. Party goer has been murdered and off duty detective is on scene. Detective and  detective's partner were there because of partner's bachelorette party (other parties also taking place on yacht not just bachelorette party.) Detective is male, partner is female, victim is male, hostess is female, criminal is female (criminal's gender is found out later.) 

 

2. Unsolved crime.

•  who murdered the victim in such a public place and why?Body found in one of the private rooms within the yacht. Victim had been stabbed with jagged circular object. Detective smells perfume on victim and finds a long brown hair on bed. There is a red scuff on corner of bed and heel print of criminal from stepping in victim's blood.

 

3. Story of criminal -who? Why? How?

• Criminal is female party goer who had been having an affair with the victim. She murdered victim because he threatened to tell husband about affair if he wasn’t given money. Female stabbed victim in private cabin within the yacht with broken wine bottle and threw it over board after use. Hostess also sleeping with victim so suspicion on her at first.

 

4. Detective -who? How crime solved?

•  Detective is a young male pursuing a promotion in the force and solving this crime could be his chance. Partner is a young female. Detective and partner have been friends since childhood. First detective thinks it is hostess because she was wearing same perfume found on victim and has long brown hair. She confesses to have been sleeping with victim but did not murder him. Her heels are not right size or color so he concludes it is not her. Detective solves crime by seeing wedding ring tan line on criminal's finger. This sparks curiosity as to why married women would be at this event and not wearing her ring. He then notices she is wearing purple sandals with a fancy red dress and matching red jewelry/purse so sandals look out of place. He later sees Instagram photo with her in background wearing red heels earlier that night. (Red shoe scuff was left on corner of bed at crime scene but she threw them over board with broken wine bottle and changed shoes.) She also has a small cut on her right hand were the broken bottle nicked her.  Detective questions her and she cracks, spilling out all the details about her rage towards the victim and her reason for killing him.

 

 

Image of what yacht should look like

 

Fantasy

Magic abilities- Force field, invisibility, fire, ice and healing.

How he/she became magic- Born with magic abilities.

Price- Must be trained to perfect abilities and must be strong enough to perform certain spells ( strength comes from age, experience, and lineage.)  

Conflict- very powerful magic user conquering cities by force and killing innocent people in the process, magic users and non-magic users must band together to defeat him.

Restrictions on magic- cannot kill innocent people with magic, only defend your life or the life of others. If you do kill innocent people with magic you become evil and soulless. Also, using powerful magic before being ready drains energy and can lead to death.

Name- Rhianwyn.

image of what my fantasy world should resemble

what my character should resemble

 

sci-fi

Setting-  The year is 3570 on a futuristic planet very similar to earth. The planet is called Paradisus and has lots of natural resources such as oil, water and minerals. The inhabitants of the planet have taken great care to keep their planet healthy and there are two moons that  orbit Paradisus.

 Conflict- Paradisus has been invaded by aliens called humans. They are harvesting all the natural resources on Paradisus to supply their own planet, earth. They have killed or enslaved all the inhabitants of Paradisus.  Humans have bionic suits attached to their bodies in order to prolong their lives. They have also run out of resources on earth. Their bionic suits and hardship have caused them to lose their humanity, making them ruthless and willing to do anything to survive. The main character is a slave and wants to stage a rebellion to free his people and save his world.

 Character - Zadicus Prong is a twenty five year old Paradisian. He was made a slave at age seven when the humans invaded. He has dark features such as his skin tone, hair, and eyes. He is athletic and strong because of the hard labor and training he was forced to do as a slave.  He is cunning, strong willed and brave.

 

Link to what my character should resemble

 

 what my sci-fi world should resemble

 

Post Seven

Personally, I am a fan of poetry. Lots of students dislike poetry because it is a more personal subject. I feel like poetry is a good way to express yourself. I enjoyed the challenges that came with writing poetry.

In the beginning of this unit I was nervous. I am not very good at rhyming words to make them fit into a good poem. Although this was a struggle for me, I asked for help from several students in class. The more I practiced the better I became.

What helped me a lot was following these steps while creating a poem: Opening line must hook reader, each line should convey idea, effective lines end with strong words, line length helps show expressing or mood, last line should be powerful like first. I  found incorporating  literal, figurative, metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron(two contradictory combines for a new term), understatement and pun(play on words) difficult because I am not used to using most of them in my prior courses (except in English a bit.)

The fact that there were so many things due very close to each other stressed me out a bit. My other courses are also time consuming. Although the assignments where small I found myself falling behind because of the fact that there were so many. I did not always have the chance to take time and work on them as much as would have liked to so I was a little disappointed because I felt like I could have done better if given more time.

I was surprised at the amount of difficulty I was having with this unit. I still enjoyed what we did in class and the new challenges I had to over come. For example when we had to present spoken word poems to the class I was shocked at the amount of talent that was shown. Secondly I was not able to present my poem on Friday, but I did perform later. I was very nervous to go up and present but I faced my fears and did it. I was glad that I had that opportunity. Lastly the randompedia was difficult for me because I am not good at writing lyrics. Although it was difficult I finished it and was happy with the end result.

What I am basically stating is that the poetry unit was fun, yet difficult, and that I enjoyed learning new techniques about poetry. 

Post Six

VERSE

I need another DJ
Playing on the turntables
Put the good songs on replay
Plug in the power cables

I’ve helped to jump-start careers

People in the club with beer
Paul Wall and Chamillionaire
Yeah I ain’t no scrub, no
You see me in the club, so

CHORUS

They call me OG Ron C
DJ clubs and make them beats
Even Riff Raff signed with me
I’mma keep producing records all day

This time
I make a beat to go with the rhyme
I produce records you design
I’mma keep producing records all day

VERSE
My Man
Keeping DJ Screw’s music alive
Joined up with him back in 9 5
So our DJing can survive

And I been doing this since 87, Been in the game for so, so long
And when MCs and DJs need me, just write it into an album
Seen me at the club befo’
I really do like my flow, no, so

CHORUS
They call me OG Ron C
DJ clubs and make them beats
Even Riff Raff signed with me
I’mma keep producing records all day

This time
I make a beat to go with the rhyme
I produce records you design
I’mma keep producing records all day

BRIDGE
oh, got no lyrics, got no game
Got no bad MCs I can blame
Just don't kick me out the club
I'mma tell you everything

CHORUS
They call me OG Ron C
DJ clubs and make them beats
Even Riff Raff signed with me
I’mma keep producing records all day

This time
I make a beat to go with the rhyme
I produce records you design
I’mma keep producing records all day

CHORUS
They call me OG Ron C
DJ clubs and make them beats
Even Riff Raff signed with me
I’mma keep producing records all day

This time
I make a beat to go with the rhyme
I produce records you design
I’mma keep producing records all day

All the records all day
All the records all day

If anyone is interested in hearing more spoken word poems and other topics Suli Breezy talks about, the link below will take you to a YouTube page with all his videos. He is most known for his spoken word poems called "I will not let an exam result decide my fate" and "why I hate school but love education."  I personally like one of his segments called "she's not" it is a two part video so check it out when you have the time.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sulibreezy