Stuffed Pets

 I think that the sentence the landlady said suggests that Billy will be killed and stuffed. I think that way because she said that Christopher and Gregory were still upstairs, but their names were written on the guest book two and three years ago. If they weren't killed and stuffed, then where were they? And why didn't they come down at all? And also when the landlady said that Gregory's skin was really good, it made the readers feel creeped out. The literary device is "forshadowing". It gives out clues about what is going to happen to Billy and makes us feel nervous. To me, I think that foreshadowing is a good way to write stories especially stories like this one. It made me unable to stop reading it, and wasn't satisfied when I saw the ending.

The Landlady's Perfect Guest

The kind of guest that the landlady accepts are only guests that are really young, tall, and handsome. They don't have to be young actually, but they have to ve young and tall. Christopher isn't that young but has a perfect skin. I think what happened to the guests is that they were killed and stuffed by the landlady because it's been two or three years already, and the landlady said they were upstairs. And the parrot and the dog were stuffed after they died also. So I think that the two guests were killed and stuffed by the landlady.

The Landlady-Predictions

I first started to suspect that things in the boarding house were not normal when Billy read the guestbook, and found out that the last entry was two years old. How could a boarding house in a place like that have only two people in three years? It's almost impossible. Also, the way the landlady talks is kind of creepy too. I predicted that something bad happened to the two other guests, the story makes us think that they are dead also. And, I believed that something bad was going to happen, but the story didn't write about it in the end.

Bed and Breakfast

   I had a fight with my parents today, and they kicked me out of home. I was angry and sad and I went on the train. I had no idea where the train was going and what I was going to do. I got off the train and started walking blankly. When my stomuch rumbled, I realized that I needed a place to rest and eat. I looked around, and saw a building on the other side of the street. There was a sign in the window that says, "Bed and Breakfast". There are yellow flowers in a vase and green curtains in the window. I looked closer and saw a young lady sitting in a rocking chair, sipping her tea. Beside the rocking chair was a flowery sofa that seems really comfortable. There was a fire place and the fire was burning. Beside the sofa, was a black piano. There were many photographs on top of the piano. I looked to the other side of the room and saw stairs, and beside it, there was a big box that had dust on it. I wondered what it was, and when I tried to see it more carefully, the lady turned around and said, "It's time to wake up!" I didn't have time to figure out what she was saying, and I woke up. I felt relieved and sat up.

Advice Letter

   Dear Advice Column Lady
My name is Alfonso and I have a problem. I asked a girl out, her name is Sandra. i promised that I woud bring an extra bike for her, but, my bike's chain broke, and my brother doesn't want to borrow me his.What am i supposed to do? This is my first date, and i do not want to ruin it. And, Sandra is really cute. I met her because I helped her brother come down of a fence. Well, that's not important. What am I going to do? I don't have money to afford another new bike!
                                      From the desperate Alfonso

Broken Chain- Thinking Critacally

The question is asking which of Alfons's feelings do girls have?

Because the world is made up of girls and boys, so what Alfonso thinks, I think that is what everyone thinks. So, I believe that everyone are insecure about their looks. Everyone wants to look good in front of other people, especially the opposite gender. Everyone wants to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Also, everyone feels shy but also looks forward for the first date, and are shy. If anyone is about to miss their first date, they'll all be really nervous. It is what Alfonso did when he felt like he couldn't go to find Sandra. He says in the story that he doesn't want to be the most handsome guy in the school, but wants to be over average. I believe that this is what almost everyone thinks. Some people may want to be the best looking person in the school, but the percentage isn't really high. Because if you are really that good looking, people want to be friends with you and may harass you.

Popularity v Intelligence

I think that the advantages of being popular are that when you need freinds, there will be someone for you anytime. Also, if you're at school,you can ask anyone to do almost anything for you.
The disadvantages are that you have to look nice because people "think" that you should look nice. It could be tiring. Also, some people like you so much that they would start harassing you so muc they would harass you. It is annoying!!!
The advantages of being smart is that you could get good grades and go to good colleges.
But, the disadvantages are that people may think that you are nerdy and dislike you. Some people may be jealous too.
If I could choose, I would be a smart popular kid, because I think that even if you are smart, if you are mot happy on school, you will not like it also.
In order to be popular, a lot of people act like they are a little more stupid, and they have to act like they like to do some things they do not like.
Also, I think that being unusual is not good AT ALL because I think that if you are unusual, people may think that you are weird and may not like you.

Grade 8 English Journal- What do 13/14 years old think about?

I think that ALOT of 13, 14 years old teenagers starts thinking about the opposite gender. For example, I always talk about cute boys with my friends, and we try to look pretty all the time also. I also believe that teenagers think about being popular all the time. Nobody says it to other people, but secretly, they trying sqeazing into the popular "circle". They do whatever the popular people do always, they try to look good and pretty, and sometimes, they would be mean to the unpopular people.