Feb. 2009 -The class assignment was to write a descriptive paragraph about a personal event that included sensory images. Several of these came from very emotional events in the students' lives. The authors names are at the bottom.
I remember when I was 14, I came to the United States because I was going to see my mother for the first time. I had spent 11 years without seeing her. I was sitting in a car waiting to see my mom and get to the place we were going to meet. I was nervous because I didn't know what to say or what to do. I was excited. My hands were wet. I was feeling butterflies in my stomach. My heart was beating so fast. I felt like my heart was going to come out from my chest. The moment was getting closer. I started to see illusions. I was imagining my mom like an old woman with an ugly face full of marks. I was going crazy because I was so excited. Then I saw her. She was getting out of her car. She ran to hug me. We started to cry. I couldn't stop crying. It was amazing. She looked beautiful, the most beautiful mom ever. She was crying a lot. Then we went home to my new home. I felt like Cinderella in a castle. It was the best day of my life. It was just amazing, wonderful.
One day I was playing the soccer championship at my school “Venice” and it was the final. I remember that my team was losing 1-0 and everyone was as mad as bulls. The coach didn’t put me in because I didn’t go to practice the day before that day. I was thinking the worst thing when I was watching the game. Suddenly a thought came into my mind to tell coach to put me in and I was going to score. I was sweating but I grabbed my pants and I went to tell him. Then he told me to warm-up. I was happy but at the same time I was as nervous as Ronaldo when he made his debut in Real Madrid against Barcelona. When I started playing, I couldn’t concentrate because everyone was yelling at each other but suddenly, I heard a sweet voice in my head and that was my mom. I thought I wasn’t going to play well but my mom gave me the strength to continue and score. Finally I made two goals and we won the championship.
On my first date in my life, I was shy in the beginning. I was shaking like when I'm waiting to find out my grade on some test. I was feeling like I hadn't eaten anything for a whole week and my stomach was like a hole. But I wasn't hungry, there was just a hole.
