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=Exposition/Inciting Incident=

One day before move-up day I got some big news, It was lunch time so everybody was in the cafateria except me of course I didn't want to go to lunch, lunch was boring. Once I got to the big Green room I relized it was ziti day because the wonderful scent of zitis sauce went staight up my nose, so I went into the kitchen and got my ziti. Then I went to my table and sat down. I said hi to everyone. Kieth, Joe, and Greg all said hi back. Once I opened my ziti and took a bite I relized that there was enough butter to fill a pool so my taste buds screamed bacause I hate butter. So went back and got it changed. "So is everybody excited for move-up day", Keith said, "I'm not going". I asked, "What are you doing then". He said, "I'm not going to Washington middle school I'm going to Princeton". I was as stunned as if someone hit me right across the face. I didn't eat any of my food after that. I didn't wan't one of my good friends to leave. Later that day when we went to Washington middle school I had a wierd feeling of all the change that I was going to go through in middle school. A sixth grader took us around to see all of my future classes in middle school, and the principle Mr. Green gave a speech. But it all didnt matter a so shocked that I didn't notice anything. After school when I was suposed to be doing my homeworek I just thought about how wierd it would be without one of my good friends.

WHERE ARE YOU? DESCRIBE THE SETTING. WHO TOLD YOU THE BIG NEWS? BUTTER IN ZITI? TELL ABOUT WHAT THE CHARACTERS LOOK LIKE. HOW GOOD OF FRIENDS ARE YOU AND KIETH? GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

=Rising Action=

The next day at schooI was still stunned. I barely talked except to Keith I talked to him a lot about him leaving. "So your really going to Princeton this isn't a joke", I said amazed. "It's no joke" he said, "I just have to get good grades and stay out of trouble. But lately that hasn't been workng out to good, I have a C in math and I got detention last week for getting into a fight." "Well I could help you wtih the grades part, I like math so I could help you wih your homerwork and studying", I offered. "Sure", he said. So that night I went over to his house to help him with his studying for the test the next day. We went over many things but at one point he stopped because he hated studying and we had been doing it forever. I couldn't get him to start again so I went home. The next day in math the test was very hard. It was so hard that it made the smartest kid in the school look stupid. It took me the whole period. I didn't think that Keith could ever get a good grade on it and he didn't the next, day he came to me and said he failed. "Do you wan't my help", I said. "Yesssssss please, the test was laughing at me yesterday.", he said. That night I asked my mom to drive me to his house of course she said yes so I drove down to his house. On the car ride I was bored because I didn't have my phone or my ipod.I was stunned when we pulled up to their house.It was a humengous tan house, with a porch that ran around the house and had two couches and a table. The yard was huge also and it had a big green rocker that I loved to swing on. But the best part was their living room, it had the most comfortable carpet I ever felt. Two couches that let you sink right in, a big brown chair, and a big winding stair case that led to their upstairs. "Hello" she said to me. "Hello" I said back. "Keith is in the living room" she said. So I ran there and lept on the big couch. After we talked we went over our homerwork and a lot of other stuff to. I stayed there the whole night and it was worth it too, Keith learned a lot. But the part that I couldn't help, came back to haunt him, his behavior. He got detention for fighting again. The next week we had another math test and this one was even harder. I was scared when we got the tests back the next day. I got an 80! If I got an 80 I was scared to see what Keith got. Next period I saw Keith jumping up and down int the hallway yelling and screaming. "I got a hundred I got a hundred!" I was so happy but next week was the Princeton test where he would be tested by Princeton and If he didn't do good on that he couldn't go. So we kept on studying together and he tried to stay out of trouble, and in one month he got the result. The first thing he did was go to my house. Nock Nock Nock went the door. I was so scared when I came out to my porch .He was frozen, didn't say anything and didn't have any real expression on his face until he screamed, "I PASSED!" I was very happy but sad at the same time I would barely ever see Keith after this school year.

HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM LEAVING? DESCRIBE THE SETTING WHEN YOU WERE HELPING KIETH STUDY. WAS THIS KNOWN ABOUT KEITH AND HIS FIGHTING? TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHAT HOW HE GOT INTO A FIGHT. HOW DID YOU FEEL KNOWING HE GOT INTO ANOTHER FIGHT?

=Climax=

I didn't now how I could face Keith not being there, but I had to. It was 2007 now and we were just going to Washington middle school it was our first day and I was nervous like any kid would be on there first day, except I was ten times more nervous than any kid was. I was nervous that all kinds of things were going to happen to me. Like I would get detention, or I would get F's on all my tests, and I even had nightmares about my first day. "So are you ready", I said to Robert another one of my friends outside Washington school before the day began. He said ,"I'm not sure but I know I'm scared." "I don't think I'm cut out for middle school either", I said. "Let's go break some legs", he said. So we walked in. In the front of the school was a showcase and lots of pictures I stood there a while before I went into the auditorium. The auditoriumm was very nice and kind of big, with a cool and kind of cartoon looking stage that looked like it was getting ready for a play. It had a bash walls, and a lot of woden chairs. At our old school there was no auditorium just one big gym that we used for everything. Once I got there I sat down my backpack, and started talking to some of my friends that I haven't seen for a year. But then Mr. Green walked in and I got quiet. I had seen Mr. Green one time before at move-up day but that was it. He was a tall man with shart hair that frightened me a little. All he had to do was put up his hand and everybody got quiet. That was freaky I thought to my self. Then he gave his speech that talked about Washington school. At the end I thought I was going to pee in my pants I was so scared. But then I went to homeroom and got my schedule and from there everything got less scary and easier. Going through the classes I liked my teachers and the opening day of school was kind of fun. I also got a good schedule with a lot of my friends. After the longest seven hours of my life was over I stayed and talked with my friends. "That wasn't so bad" I said to Robert. "Hey what are you talking about I was never scared not at all", he said in return. After I walked home from that exhausting day I called Keith. "Hey how did your first day go", I said kind of aukwardley over the phone, since it might've been my first time talking to him since baseball season was over. "I was terrified at first but then it got better", he said. "That was exactly like my day", I said. "Did you make any new friends yet", I asked. "No why are you competing", he yeld and hung up on me.

TELL ABOUT HIS DAY. GOOD DIALOGUE HERE.

=Falling Action=

The next day I was a little sad, but I was also a little annoyed because I tried to see how his first day went and he got mad at me. That day the doors went click clack as I opened it and there I was again for my second straight day at school. I went to my gray locker with stars and pictures inside it and told Robert what happned. Robert has the locker next to me so I told him everything. "That's weird, he probaly misses all of his friends and thats why he got all weird with you", Robert said. Robert was also a good friend of Keith. "You know what, that is probaly it I have to call him up and say I'm sorry", I said. I was sorry that I got mad at him because he was the one going through all that change and I wasn't doing anything to help him with that. I wanted the day to end so I could call him back. But of course it was school so it took forever. But once I walked home on the farely nice day with my firends I called Keith. Except he didn't pick up on the first try, and I knew he had his phone because Keith always had his phone on him. He was alwaysing hanging his navy blue envy on his built like it was a big prize. So I called him two more times and on the third time he picked up. "What do you want, I don't want to talk to you!" he said annoyed. "That's not a very nice way to pick up the phone" I said trying to make a joke. "Realy what do you want", he said realy heated up. "I was just calling you to say sorry for yesterday I didn't relize what you had to do in changing school and if it seemed like I was trying to compete I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to seem like that." I said hoping that he still wouldn't be mad. "Yeah I just was a little mad about going back to school and going to a different, bigger one I just felt like I was back against the wall I'm sorry", he said. So we became friends again and I felt like things were going better.

WHERE DID YOU CALL FROM? WHAT WERE YOU FEELING WHEN THE PHONE WAS RINGING BEFORE HE PICKED UP? HOW DID HE FEEL? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THINGS WERE GOING BETTER?

=Resolution=

The next day was saturday so I slept until about 11:00 because of school and everything that made me so exhausted. But when I got up I smelled pancakes and syrup so I rushed downstairs. Unfortunatley there was none left it was only the dirty dishes that were sitting in the sink. Mom saw how disapointed I was so she made a B.L.T. (my favorite) for lunch. Crunch went the sandwhich as I bit down. It was great the tomatoes were sweat, the bacon was crisp, and the lettuce was perfect. After the meal I called Keith. We just talked for a long time about school, our friends, and more. Then after we were done with the phone call. I went to my Mom. "Mom, I think sixth grde is going to be a fun year." I said. "Yeah me too" she said.

THEME? YOUR THEME FROM "BELLE PRATER'S BOY" NEEDS TO BE PUT IN HERE. YOU CHOSE ONE FOR YOUR PARALLEL, ADD IT. DID THE SANDWICH YOUR MOM MADE HELP YOU FEEL BETTER? DID YOU FEEL BETTER KNOWING YOU AND KIETH MADE UP?