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Periodical cicada

Periodical cicada

Topic: Cicada’s lifeThesis: Cicada’s life is weird.Conclusion: there’s always someone weirder I. ThesisII. Nymph stagea. digging formb. eats tree root sapIII. Adult stagea. new formb. mates and diesIV. Conclusion If you think your life cycle is weird, at least you’re not a periodical cicada. Their life cycle is really weird. If you were a periodical cicada, you’d spend 99.5% of your life as an underground nymph. You’d have big front legs that are good at digging. You’d eat the sap…

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Dog parks

Dog parks

Topic: Dog Park Thesis: The dog park is good for both dogs and people.Conclusion: If the city has an empty space and wants to put something there, they should consider a dog park. I. ThesisII. Dog parks help dogsa. exercise off a leashb. play with other dogsIII. Dog parks help peoplea. dog lets out energyb. socialize with other dog ownersIV. Conclusion A dog park is a park for dogs to play off-leash. It has a fence around the park so…

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Early aerial photography

Early aerial photography

Topic: early methods of aerial photography Thesis: These are some of the earliest forms of aerial photography.Conclusion: aerial photography has developed rapidly since then. I. ThesisII. Balloonsa. exampleb. 1858III. Pigeonsa. exampleb. 1907IV. Conclusion Early methods of aerial photography were developed long before airplanes. These are some of the earliest methods of aerial photography. Aerial photography first began in 1858. It was done using a balloon. It was the first photograph taken from the air. Next, pigeon photography was invented in…

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Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Agree or disagree: Zoos are good for the public.What makes someone a responsible adult? I can lay down on the ground and wiggle forward like a caterpillar.I can do most anything a caterpillar can do.I can sleep outside in my sleeping bag and and not pay rent.It’s so easy to do, I do it all the time.

Angle in the sky

Angle in the sky

Agree or disagree: TV is good for kids.How to greet a space alien? Maybe from a window. Maybe from over a wall.From somewhere I don’t see, someone else is also watching me.I looked up at the sky and saw an angle. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.Protecting our blue ball from way up high.

Yoga at the park

Yoga at the park

Parks are good for _____. I wish I did ____ everyday. I went to a park and sat in the grass.I sat under the shade of a tree and took off my shoes. I did some yoga.There were a few cars napping in the shade and a guy and his dog playing fetch across the park.It was so quiet that I heard myself think, “this ain’t so bad”.

Dead lizard

Dead lizard

I’m uncertain about _.Is it better to take risks? Went to the bus stop, but didn’t get on the bus.At the bus stop, I decided to go back home. Halfway home I changed my mind again. I kept going back and forth.I’m uncertain about the future. I’m not following any direction.The only direction now is Belen. I don’t know how it is I go.

Tap the root

Tap the root

Observing wildlife is good because _.If you saw a rat in your house, what would you do? It is cool and dark underground, even on a hot day.The sunlight burns the surface of the sand, but the tunnels below the surface are cool and dark.In a dry gully growing in deep, coarse sand, is a flower with a deep taproot.I long to dig down and tap the root. I wish to enter a tunnel in a hill under the sun.

Cat Angel

Cat Angel

Why paint the wall with a cat angel? I should spend more time _______. Cat angel, cat angel, this is for you. Nothing I could do, still I did this for you. The sun feels warm on my hat.  I glance often at the place where you sat. Goodbye angel cat

Kangaroo rat

Kangaroo rat

Teach me a word in your language. I think a lot about ______. I am like a kangaroo rat. Under a hat, hiding from the sun. Rain-fed, walking down the ditch. On my way home to my cactus.