The Adventure of Tommy

“Holy ole jump ins Tommy, where were ya?  You only live two or three minutes up the road and I told you to come over about half an hour ago.”

            “Oh Jimmy give me a break, I went for a little adventure.”

            “Well I gotta be home in about ten minutes, so does Chris and Shane.  You’re no fun Tommy.”

            “Well wait a sec till ya’ll go; I gotta tell yous what just happened to me.”

            “You better make it quick; you already wasted all my play time.  We were gonna go down to the park for a swing, but so much for that plan.”

            “Well, it went like this…….”

            So I just left the house after ya’ll called and got to the side walk.  When I looked down the road I noticed Miss McCully out washing her car so I figured I would be nice and go for a visit.  When I went up to her and asked her how she was doing this fine day she just ignored me, so I figured I would just wait around.  After a while she was still ignoring me so I started raining down questions on her.  She eventually got fed up with me so she just spun around and drenched me with the hose.  I figured then that she didn't want me around so I started on my way again.

            Once I got up the road a little ways I ran into Mr. Huffington, the delivery man.  I stopped and asked him what he was up to.  He said he was on his way to deliver some chips to the grocery store when his truck broke down.  He seemed to be awfully busy because he wasn't saying anything, so I figured I would treat myself to a bag of chips from his truck.  When I started to walk away he was screeching and hollering something at me and I figured it was about the chips, so I started running.

            I ran back behind Mrs. Jane’s house and ate my chips.  They were salty and crispy and … Sorry kinda got outta hand there. So, as I was saying I ran behind Mrs. Jane’s house and I noticed that she was staring at me the whole time with a sour looking face on.  She scowled at me saying “What in the good father’s name are you doing back here you rotten little scoundrel!”  I tried to explain to her I was running from the delivery man, but she didn't really want to know in the first place.  She took her paper out and started to role it up so I went on the run again.  I jumped up on her shed, hopped on top of the fence and climbed up her neighbor’s tree.

            I really think the worst mistake I made was climbing down from that tree.  I ended up in Mr. Roger’s back yard and worst of all he was mowing.  The old grouch started chasing me around the yard just yelling and hollering like a mad man.  Luckily, his granddaughter was in her play pen and started screeching at the top of her lungs, so he had to stop the mower and calm her down.   This gave me a chance to escape.  I hopped the fence and ended up behind Killer’s, the old German Sheppard, dog house.

            Actually, maybe that was the worst mistake I made, I was never so scared in my life.  I figured it would be safe if I climbed up on his dog house, but that only got his attention.  He put his front paws on the side of the dog house and started barking like I don’t know what.  I was so scared I booted him right in the snout and he backed right up and started whimpering.  I jumped off of the dog house and ran straight here.

“Well that’s my adventure.”

“All of that happened in half an hour.  Holy crab apples!”

“You bet it happened in half an hour.  It was quite the crazy time.”

“Sounds like it.  You are lucky you had a good reason for being late.  Well we gotta go; we will talk to ya tomorrow.  Same place, same time.  Next time come straight here Tommy!”

Exercise 1

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

(alright)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
73%

Exercise 3
40/40

My Top Five Shooter Series

                I am doing my assignment of my top 5 choices for best shooter series on Xbox.  This is fully my opinion and all of the series I chose I have played most of the games.  I will start at number 5 being my weakest choice then I will make my way to number one, which will be my strongest choice.  I will base my opinions on the campaign or story mode of the game and the multiplayer of the game.         

 

                Number 5 on my list is the Gears of War series.  The series includes a total of three games.  Gears of War follows the troops of Delta squad and their mission of saving the remainder of humankind from the Locust Horde.  This series has a well put together story that features a lot of drama and hardcore killing action.  Over the course of the series Marcus Fenix and the rest of Delta squad face plenty of problems.  My overall experience with the campaigns was good, and I really enjoyed playing the series.  Gears of War 3 kind of ruined the series for me because I didn’t find it as enjoyable as the others.  The multiplayer of the series is definitely not my favorite.  I am a bigger fan of first person shooter, which Gears is not.  It is fun I have to say, but not my favorite.

                        Number 4 on my list is the Borderlands series.  This series consists of two games.  The Borderlands series is about a group of vault hunters who search for a treasure filled vault on the planet of Pandora.  The campaigns of these games are very long and fun.  There is always something to do on Pandora whether it is story missions, side missions or just killing bandits.  The planet of Pandora is very large, in both games, and there are tons of things to see and do.  Also, this series features tons of guns, shields, class mods and grenade mods.  The multiplayer of this game is a four player co-op of the campaign.  This makes the enemies stronger, but better loot is dropped.  This series is one of my favorites because there is always a lot to do in the games.

                Number 3 on my list is the Mass Effect series.  This series consists of 3 games.  Mass Effect is a third person sci-fi shooter which follows the story of Commander Sheppard and his mission to save the galaxy from various alien races.  All three of the games from this series have a very good story and get progressively better for each sequel. There is a lot to do in this game whether it is the main story or the few side missions.  The multiplayer was only introduced in Mass Effect 3 in which you team up with three other players to complete a short mission with varied objectives.  You also earn credits in which you can buy crates with various goodies for use in the multiplayer.  The multiplayer is very fun and it is a different experience every time, but a competitive mode would be much more enjoyable.

               

                Number 2 on my list is the Call of Duty series.  This series consists of eight games.  This is a first person shooter series in which the games often switch between the battles of World War 2 to modern times to the Cold War.  Each game has a campaign mode which is enjoyable, but not the strong point of the series in my opinion.  I find that the campaign has many different environments and many weapons, but the combat gets boring a few missions in.  The strong point of the series for me is the multiplayer.  There are many different game modes to play and many different guns and perks to experiment with.  Call of Duty multiplayer is set up so you can play however you like and that is why I enjoy it.  The Call of Duty series also features a co-op game mode called Zombies.  In Zombies you fight zombies who increase in difficulty as you progress in rounds.  Zombies is possibly one of the best things about the series although it is only in two of the games.

               

               Number 1 on my list is the Halo series.  This series consists of seven games.  This is a first person shooter sci-fi series about the conflicts between the human race and an alien race named the Covenant in which most of the series revolves around the story of Master Chief.  The campaign of these games have a great story to them and the series also has a long and deep back story behind what is shown in the games.  Each game has beautiful environments for each level and very fun combat.  In my opinion the greatness of the series declined with the release of Halo Reach, but will hopefully be regained with the new game Halo 4.  The other Halo games, at least the ones I have played, have a great story especially the ones that follow the story of Master Chief and Cortana.  The multiplayer for this series is very enjoyable.  The maps are beautiful and the series has many guns to fit with each player’s preferred style.  The multiplayer of the series has many modes and maps that vary in size for a game mode that goes along with it. Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST have a co-op multiplayer mode called firefight in which you and your team fight against groups of Covenant.  This game mode is fun if you are not in a competitive mood.  Halo Reach and Halo 3 have forge mode in which you can build and create your own maps which is very fun if you are feeling creative.

                

                The games I have just listed are my top 5 shooter series.  I used my opinion and thoughts for each.  These series are all very fun, and I recommend each if you are a fan of shooter games.  I hope my thoughts and opinions of these games have helped.