Troupe’s
New Hair Style Attempts
Troupe McLeod
2/2/07

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGG!!!! Long hair! If I
don’t find some kind of style for you soon my dad will give me a
hair-cut! So, just cooperate!! Ok? I have to make a style with you so
that my dad won’t cut my hair. The style has to be out of my eyes!
I’ve tried and tried and tried and tried I guess we are going to just
have to get you cut. Just kidding!! Hair I sure hope that nobody
laughs at you and I but even if they do they would get a load of us so
don’t be discoraged.

First attempt, The Elvis Presley look:
I worked on this one for a while thinking it would look really cool. It
looked cool in my mind before I actually tried it. Then it turned into
a tangled look. I was trying to get like a wave in my hair, but it
turns out you have to have a special cut for that to happen.

Second attempt, The Mow-hawk: This was going to be
an awesome hair style except for the fact that my hair is SOOO thick and
HEAVY that it kept falling over. Arrgg. I put gel in and
it stayed!………………………………… FLOP!!! Darn it. I tried again. Flop! And
again, FLOP! And again, ahhhh its in my eyes, its in my eyes!
Last attempt, Regular Hair Style:
Ahhhhhhhhh! Back to good old me where my hair is brushed down covering
my eyebrows and ears. My hair looks great today.
“Hey dad what do you
think?” said Troupe.
Dad replies, “OK son, time
to go to the bank.”
“OK?” I replied. “Hey dad
we just passed the bank!”
“I know son, that’s
because we are not going to the bank, we are going to get your
hair-cut.” said Dad.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” I SCREAMED.
Sorry hair.
I could not find a hair style that kept you from getting cut.
Now we have to go to Tennis practice and I’m sure that everyone is going
to laugh at you and I.
We got to tennis lessons and now they are all saying, “nice hair
cut Troupe!” Did you hear that Hair, they said your hair cut looks
GREAT!! I looked in the mirror to see why they liked it and then…
Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Where did my best friend go? Hair, Where are
you???!!!
Editor's Note: Don't worry, Troupe found a style for now that allows him
to keep the long hair.

I am a Cell
Troupe McLeod
2/21/07
Hi I am a
living cell. I have many exquisite parts in me that help me to
survive. In this report I will be describing how I relate to two
things: a human body and a car. I will tell you how I relate to a human
body, and a solar panel / gasoline car. I picked these two things to
compare myself to because they are so complex I knew that some things on
them just had to act in the same way as some of my parts.
Here are
some of the comparisons of me, a living cell, to a human body. My
nucleus is basically like the human brain. It does my thinking and it
tells me what to do just like a human brain does. My membranes protect
me from poisons and germs just like the human skin protects the insides
from getting all germy and dirty. On my membranes are proteins. The
proteins on my membranes are like little bumps. They are kind of like
the white blood cells in the human body because they take care of bad
things and destroys them. They do this the same way my membrane
proteins do. My cytoplasm carries my energy and other things that I
need to move and stay alive. My cytoplasm does this the same way a
human’s veins and arteries carry the blood to all the human cells and I
just so happen to maybe be one of those blood
cells. The mitochondria in me helps me breathe the same way
lungs help the humans to breath. My ribosomes are like the marrow in a
human’s bones. My ribosomes make membrane proteins exactly the same way
a bones marrow makes blood for the human body to run. Those are some of
the comparisons of some of my parts to a human body.
Vrrooommm, vrrooommm!! Now I’m going to
start describing and comparing myself, if I were a plant cell, to a
car. My cell wall protects me from the outside. It is just like a
car’s frame and body. They are similar because they both protect the
insides and they help form the shape. My cell chromosomes support me
and they make me what I am. I can
relate my chromosomes to a car’s chassis because a car’s chassis is the
main part of a car and it is an important part of a car to make a car
move. My chloroplasts take in energy from the sun and they turn it into
sugar for me. It is the same as on a solar panel car. The solar panels
take in the sun’s rays and turn them into energy for the car to run on.
The Vacuoles in me store my energy and
food and other things just like a gas tank in a car holds all of the gas
a car needs to run. Those are just some of the comparisons of my parts
to a car if I were a plant cell.
In your
body you have tons and tons of cells. Make good use of all of them. If
ever you are bored you can play games and be creative just like I did.
It sure does take time and it is fun. It is not only fun but its true
and it will help you with science class!!

Creative Writing #6
Large Family
Troupe McLeod
2/28/07
Hi, this
is Troupe McLeod. I am now 18 and I will be explaining what it’s like
having seven brothers and sisters including myself.
But first, I’m going to tell the names of all my siblings and
their ages. Troupe McLeod, eighteen (that’s me); Thomas McLeod,
fourteen; Brent McLeod, eleven; Caroline McLeod, eight; Rebecca McLeod,
eight; Lane McLeod, six; and Tyna McLeod, two. Now let me explain what
it’s like to have six brothers and sisters.
Life with
six brothers and sisters is never boring. First of all it seems as if
you are always going to the store. Now that I am eighteen and I can
drive my mom tells me to do most of that! It is fun every time I go.
After finishing all the shopping I get to get one thing under twenty
dollars! That’s the good part! I also enjoy helping with taking my
brothers to their basketball practice. The girls have their own game;
volley ball!! The easiest one to take care of is Tyna because she does
not have anything to do yet except sit in day care. Another reason that
life is never boring with six brothers and sisters is that when we eat a
meal we always have big meals and lots of delightful conversations.
That is why life is never boring whenever you have six brothers and
sisters.
There are also some
advantages of having six brothers and sisters. One of them is that
there are definatly more people to play with. It is also really cool
when we all get to play with my new XBOX 360 with eight controllers and
many games that I can teach my siblings how to play.
Much fun!!! There are also a lot more places to go because you
have more birthday parties and ball games to go to.
We also get to go to arcade places with pizza and lots of
games. For example one of the places is Chucky Cheeses. We get to go
to these kinds of places a lot more often than if I was single child.
Another thing is that you definitely learn how to get along with younger
kids. So this proves that there are a
few good things about having six brothers and sisters.
Although
there are a whole lot more disadvantages in having six brothers and
sisters than advantages, I am only going to name a one. I would
definitely get in trouble a lot more often. If I don’t make all the
kids happy at the same time things will go all wrong and then I will get
in trouble. That is one of the disadvantages of having six younger
brothers and sisters. Phew!! I can’t
wait until collage!!
Some
people in this world like to have lots of little brothers and sisters
but I am not one of them. I hope this report was a report that will be
of great help if you have younger brothers and sisters or you are about
to.


