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**This year I'm a foreign exchange student in this school, although, I don't consider myself foreigner anymore, I've been too "americanized". :)** **I have lots of hobbies, but mostly I'm a big sports & physical activity fun. I've been playing basketball and swimming for all my life. This year I played volleyball and basketball for the school and I'm looking forward to do the same next year, maybe will try to swim too. You're asking me what do I mean with next year? I'm staying and gonna be KHS senior next, I'm really excited !** **Ok, I gotta go, still a lot of homework to do, "thank you" Mrs. Szymczak :D jk**  **Oh yeah, one more thing, I'd never ever ever imagined that one single thing such as accent can make your life so much easier and more interesting..**
 * Hey, how you doing folks? My name is Janis Plotnieks, kinda not typical name for America, huh? That's because I'm not !**


 * **I gues my favorite piece of writing was Extended Metaphor Poem, because I could've write anything that I wanted about my life, interests, and people around me, only in more interesting way - metaphor.**

**ANNOTATED LOG**
 * **__//EVERYBODY IS VERY WELCOME TO CHECK OUT AND READ ALL MY MASTERPIECES !!! I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THEM, BECAUSE IN EACH OF THEM, THERE'S A LITTLE EUROPEAN SITTING INSIDE :)//__**

**A. SOL Pretest - government...............................9/15/2010** //This is my mini essay about government in USA. It tells about trust and the meaning of gov't in 21st century//

**B. American Dream Paragraph...........................10/31/2010**  This is my american dream paragraph, which compares the american dream in the 1930's and now a days. **C. Gatsby Essay....................................................11/17/2010** This is the essay that I wrote after reading a book about Gatsby. Really interesting story about young and rich men and his lifestyle in 1930's

**D. Persuasive Essay...............................................12/15/2010** In this essay I fought why teen drivers should drive only from age of 18.

**E. Persuasive Research Essay..............................1/20/2011**  This is the persuasive essay where I argued why we should use electric cars in 21st century, not the usual cars that run on gas. **F. Midterm Essay.................................................1/26/2011**  This a midterm essay where i explained a specific goals for maybe next few years in my lif. That includes staying in the USA and finishing high school and playing ball. **G. Narrative Essay...............................................3/4/2011**  In my narrative essay I described a typical day in Latvia for a foreign exchange student. I think its pretty interesting and everybody should read it. **H. Extended Metaphor Poem...............................3/23/2011**  This poem is basically about my life. Its connected with the basketball, the game that i love and time, that we always dont have enough. **I. Self Reliance Project..........................................4/25/2011**  My self relaince project is about me, my life and the craziest stories of my life. It shows coming from europe to Us, relationship with parents and of course main interests. Stories make everything even better. = **K. SAT Essay.........................................................5/29/2011** =  This is essay where I discusted whether being successful can be destructive and how can it influence people's lives. **J. Cover Letter and Resume.......................................5/10/2011**  Cover letter and resume are just two imaginary applications for the job in aqua park. I made a phone conversation between two imaginary friends discussing book called "the Great gatsby"
 * L1. Gatsby Rap............................................................10/7/2010 **

** L2. Poe parody...........................................................3/14/2011 **  This is my parody version of Edgar Alan poe's famous story "Raven". It involves Justin Bieber so little screaming girls should enjoy. **L3. Theme For English 11.............................................3/27/2011**  This story is totally messedup. I dont even know why did we have to do that. I treid to do it that it rhymes, but i messed up and this was crazy bad. Dont even bother to read. **L5. Children's Story.........................................................5/13/2011** This was group project where we made up a story about happy Jamaican girl, that helps her grandma and grandpa.  In my reflection paper I explained how my overall English skills grew in English 11
 * M. Reflection Paper **

