The+da+Vinci+Report

__The da Vinci Code(report)__ __Wednesday July 27, 2011__ __﻿__ Va bene! Today was the last day of the Young Writers Camp before Open House. The day had started off as usual, children waiting for their teacher... I had decided to follow in the footsteps of the to-be 7th graders! As their teacher Ted DeVirgilis took them to their classroom, the children started doing their morning pages(which seemed like a great idea I, Leonardo da Vinci should of done)! In Jack's story, he said that his French evil reverse self in another dimension replaced him yesterday to observe the classroom. I was surprised but the story summed up to a decent story. Then there was Ivan(though he just wrote standards), and my disciple Gordon(with his story on this Mojave Desert, have you any idea what this is?)(what is a Mojave Desert?) You are wondering how is it possible for me to write this, but I'm actually using telepathy to communicate with him to write this. Oh the future world of technology is facinating...

After that was done, the good-mannered Mr. DeVirgilis talked about Open House. Even though it was boring(no offense),but I listened intently to everything he said. He wanted us to share our stories to parents and bring food. This is pretty excited so I'm pretty sure I am going to attend this party uninvited. After the speech Ted made, he taught the kids a new way of revising. They had to slow down action in their stories/memoirs and make it more compelling with a good lead. Then Ted read a paragraph in a story about the U.S president as he was a kid, Obama. It was his memoir and is was meant to show the pupils how to slow action and excite the story. Surprisingly, Obama like the death of chickens and found it a fortune. Bleck! It was a good idea to turn vegetarian. Then they started to revise. Everyone had worked long and hard when Ted had called them to break. I decided to stay and read people's story. I had actually found them quite exciting.

When the children came back around 15-20 minutes later, the children were working on their stories again. I find them great because they were full of truth and imagination. Ahh the mind of a child. How I so miss that. Then to my surprise, Ted had called the children to align their desks in a circle. I was confused at this method but i realized this was used for reading stories! Some people had shaky starts on their memoirs/stories but thanks to Ted's help, the story had became much better. I found it odd how Ted and the others were laughing about Edgar's story that needed revising and saying how great it is. They say its a thing called sarcasm, I had never heard it before! Its a way of saying something but not meaning it. I don't know how it works in this time or if its an inside joke, but I found it insulting. Either way, everyone had shared their pieces nad pushed back their desks. I guess it was about time to leave. As they were leaving, Ted took them to an area displaying facts. It was interesting but I didn't have much time to study. The children were taken to a courtyard where they slowly left. I was disapointed at the sight but at least I have discovered new things. This is Leonardo da Vinci here and I want to say grazie for this experience.