Moulton English

Gabrielle Buffaloe Ms. Asuncion English 9H, Block 3 9 December 2015 The Five Day             Every year, I go to a summer camp in Vermont. There are no electronics allowed there and you sleep in platform tents, which have a wooden frame and platform. There is a large tarp over the top of the frame. There are many things to do there including canoeing, swimming, sailing, archery, sports, arts and hiking. This past summer I was chosen to go on the five-day backpacking trip. Backpacking trips at the camp are normally two to three days long. There is only one five day each summer and there were only three campers chosen to go on it this summer. Those three campers were my best friend Amalia Dorion, another friend named Elizabeth Mullgrew, and me. Amalia and Elizabeth both took a while to decide whether or not to go because if they chose to go, then Elizabeth would miss the big biking trip that she wanted to go on. There’s o...

Gabrielle Buffaloe Ms. Asuncion                                                                                                         English 9H, Block 3 February 12, 2016 Should homework be given in schools?             The thing every student hates most: homework. Teachers say it helps kids learn, but to students it just feels like extra work. School already takes up seven hours of the day, add in time for e...

Gabrielle Buffaloe Ms. Asuncion English 9H, Block 3 November 13, 2015 Book Review: Queen of Shadows The book Queen of Shadows is the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas. In this book, Aelin, the Queen of Terrasen, returns from Wendlyn with the fae-prince, Rowan, to destroy the king of Arlan, who killed her family and took over her kingdom.  With the help of her cousin, Aedion, a courtesan, named Lysandra, and a group of rebels led by Choal Westfall and Nesryn Faliq, she kills the king, destroys her cruel former master named Arobynn, frees magic (the king had taken it away on the day that he destroyed her kingdom), and helps the king’s son, her friend named Dorian, get rid of the Valg prince, a group of demons from another world, that father let possess his body. Meanwhile, the wing leader of a group of ironteeth witches, named Manon, struggles to do what is right. The matron of the clan, her own grandmother, orders her to let a coven of witches b...

Gabrielle Buffaloe Ms. Asuncion English 9H 1 October 2015 Birds “The world was new,” he began.             It was her favorite story, and he knew it. She was sick today, and he was trying to cheer her up a bit.             “There were not any cars or planes or technology. Just the earth, and the sky, and the animals, and the plants, and the people. The people were good, there were not any wars, and everyone was happy.             “There was a little boy, who lived with his grandfather. This little boy was actually just about your age.” He poked the tip of her nose as he said it, and the little girl giggled. Then he continued on with the story.             “His grandfather taught him the ways of the world, how to respect all the creatures great and smal...