The neighborhood

Little Jonah never went outside before. His parents were always afraid if he went out into the world he would get hurt, so he spent his days inside, looking out the window, wondering when the day would come that he could leave his house and be able to do something outside. A day like any other, Jonah woke up, in his room filled with toys that were now boring to him. It was filled with lots of new toys that were what every kid dreamed of, but those toys weren’t as fulfilling as going outside and playing with friends. This day wasn’t just like any other; his parents were going away on a trip and trusted his grandparents to take care of him. His grandparents bickered about everything so when he woke up, decided that this was the day he would get outside and live his life.

Once he finished his breakfast, he grabbed some cookies and a few juice boxes, put them in his lunchbox and walked out to the front door without being noticed. His grandparents were too busy fighting about the way eggs were cooked to notice him. Jonah was sort of afraid to open the door, after all, there had to be a reason that his parents didn’t want him going outside. Jonah shook his head and realized that he had to do this; just going out for a day wouldn’t hurt anyways. He slowly turned the doorknob a bit, and peeked behind him to see if they were looking. He cracked the door open a little, and slipped outdoors and kept his eyes shut. As he closed the door, he slowly turned around and opened his eyes. He couldn’t believe how beautiful it was outside, and the feeling of fresh air hitting his skin was wonderful.
The first thing he saw was a wagon from a local child, but no one was around, so he grabbed it, and sat his lunch box in it. He looked around, wondering where to go first, and began hauling his new little red wagon until he got to a little teepee that was set up and had strange sounds coming from it. He slowly stepped inside to see a man dressed in odd clothes beating on a drum and making weird noises and had paint all over his face. Jonah stared blankly at him and the man soon looked up, startled and said “Small child why are in my peaceful place of home.” Jonah still dumbfounded replied with “I-I don’t know...” The strange man could tell Jonah did not understand what he was doing and began to feel bad for him “Would you like to learn how to make wonderful music like I make?” Jonah’s face calmed a bit and he nodded. The man was kind and offered to let Jonah keep on his drum as long as he promised to continue playing and teach others, so Jonah agreed and went on his way. He began walking down the sidewalk until he got to what was considered his neighbors.

When Jonah looked outside he always noticed a little girl that was next door who often had friends over and played in her front yard. Seeing this always made Jonah sad and now was the chance to finally meet her. Jonah slowly made his way up the steps leading to the yellow house and stared at the door. He made a little knock, but knew he didn’t make enough noise for anyone inside to hear. He knocked again, and waited a few seconds then began to hear faint footsteps becoming louder until the door finally opened up. A women, most likely the mother, looked down at him, turned around and yelled out to her daughter that one of her friends were here to play. The little girl came down slowly, knowing she had no plans to play with someone today, and went over to the door. “Who are you?” she said staring at Jonah, a boy she had never seen before. “I’m… Jonah, your neighbor.”, he replied. The girl looked at him and said “So you are the boy who always stays up in his room looking out the window, I’m Tabby, what is your name?” Jonah replied by telling his name, and she then invited him in for tea. Jonah knew it was getting at least three o’clock and he needed to come home soon because he grandparents could already be worried sick. “I’m sorry, but I can’t I need to go home soon, but I will come over again and we can play.” Tabby frowned a bit, and said it was fine and said goodbye to her new friend.

Jonah knew he had to get home, but noticed a beautiful forest beside Tabby’s house, and decided to venture and see it, since he did not see live nature before.
When he got into the forest it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. He sat for awhile, and just took in everything that he missed out on. Going home would be awful, and he knew he would miss seeing all of this, so he decided that when his parents got home, he had to make things change. He noticed it was beginning to get dark, and he had to get home before anyone noticed he was gone.

Jonah left the forest and hurried back home. First, he peeked in the window, seeing if his grandparents were around. He could see them in the kitchen once again, sitting at the table, having some tea, but soon both of their hands flew up in the air and they began to bicker once again. He slipped into the door and slowly ran upstairs to his room and sat on his bed. Jonah was so played out from his adventure today, but knew it had to be done again. Soon his eyes were open again and it was daylight. He could hear his parents downstairs talking to his grandparents about their trip. He started downstairs to finally tell his parents how he felt and what he had done, and hoped more than anything that they would understand and would allow him to go out. He walked up to his parents who were glad to see him, and asked them to sit down. They began to look worried and slowly sat down. He explained to them how he felt and that he had secretly left as they were gone. Surprisingly his parents were perfectly fine with him going outside and only made him stay inside so he could learn the real meaning of life and take everything into consideration.

Common Word Errors

1- The team won its game. Did you win yours
too?

2- They left their books there.

3- I hear you're about to graduate.

4- It's nice that they're
friendly.

5- Although I get a lot of colds, I feel
all right now.

6- Who's prettier than you?

7- Are you tired? I'm out of breath,
too.

8- Run back and forth from here to
there.

9- You're about to lose your book.

10- Everyone will accept the prize except you.

11- Do you know whether or not he will give
me the prize.

12- Many people choose to live in large cities.

13- Is the doctor through with my
exam?

14- What effect does the school principal have on you?

15- What did he advise you to do? Did you take
his advice?

16- There are a lot of your friends in the boat.

17- I will buy a book by Ray Bradbury.

EXERCISE 2
I scored 73%


EXERCISE 3
I scored 37 out of a possible 40.

Top 5 television shows of my choice

Doctor who – 1
1 girl 5 gays - 2
American Horror story - 3
South park - 4
New girl - 5

Since I watch a wide variety of television shows, I chose the top 5 that I am watching at the moment. From these 5 shows, I basically went from least to greatest, which is what shows I’m excited to come out for me to watch during the week.

New girl – Number 5
Who’s that girl is about a girl name Jess, an offbeat young teacher who deals with a bad break up, and finds an apartment to move into with three single men. Although she is very odd to them, they create a close bond, in which they look out for each other. This show is at the bottom of my choices, but still outweighs many shows that I watch. The reason I chose this show for the least favorite is because the first season was very funny and interesting but I find the new season to be sort of repetitive and not as funny or interesting as the first season.

South park – Number 4
South park is an animated television show about four irreverent grade schoolers, in the town of South park, Colorado. The boys run into many funny and weird situations. This show is definitely 13+, and has a lot of sexual and violent humor. I enjoy watching this, even though sometimes it’s not as humorous at times. It’s nice to watch this to get a good laugh at times, and I think the stories they make for episodes are very comical and different, and not something people would really hear every day.

American Horror Story – Number 3
American Horror Story follows the Harmon family. Ben, Vivien, and their daugther Violet move from Boston to L.A after Vivien gives birth to a still born child, and also because Ben had a affair with one of his students named Hayden. They learn about the many deaths and murders that has happened inside the house, and get a visit from each ghost. This is a very interesting television show to me, you don’t see many ‘scary’ shows today. The story is great and it always keeps you on edge so its clear why its number 3, and not on the lower end of my top 5.

1 girl 5 gays – Number 2
1 girl 5 gays is for sure my second favorite of out my choices. It is a talk show that has 5 homosexual guys and sometimes girls who speak with Aliya Jasmine and discuss a wide variety of questions, 20 questions in each episode. This show is definitely not for children because a lot of sexual topics come up in these questions. I really enjoy this show because it shows the gay pride that Toronto has and also opens you up to what people have went through. It can be funny, sad or interesting, and there sometimes is even drama between cast members.

Doctor Who – Number 1
There was no competing for this category, Doctor Who was for sure number one. You cannot, not fall in love with The Doctor, who is a Timelord and can go to any time in the past or future. This show can be funny, qwerky, sad and will usually always keep you on edge because you easily fall in love with the characters. The Doctor regenerates in every couple seasons so he is the same person on the inside, but his appearance changes, which spices up the story. He always has people who come along with him through time. Together they change situations that could go bad.