THOMAS’S POWERPOINT

A.B.C book
 Basketball Game
 Basketball is one of the best sports ever invented. It’s so
much fun. I play on two different teams. One for
Westminster Presbyterian church (W.P.C) and the other is
Temple of Israel. It’s awesome especially this year because
we won the championship for both teams.
 The temple game before our tournament was verse
Prince of Peace. The y was winning by one. We had the
ball, to throw from the sidelines. Break!! He said, we all did
the plan the coach told us to. Quentin is a kid on or Temple
team that was wide open under the basket. Josh on the
sidelines throws it; Quentin catches it and throws it up it
lands in the basket. Yahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! We are
cheering, and jumping on Quentin. What a game.
 D-Day
 D-Day is a battle that was fought in World War 2. It was also called
Operation overlord. It was successful but also not successful. It is the
most interesting battle to me in history. D-Day was when we had
thousands and thousands of American soldiers land on Omaha,
Utah. Also there was Sword, Juno, and Gold that the British and
Canadians took care of. Then by the end of the day 23,00 men and
1,700 vehicles had landed after the beach was cleared. When the first
wave came it wasn’t pretty.
 If you have seen a movie on D-Day like Saving Private Ryan, The
Longest Day, Band of Brothers, etc, you’ll know what I mean. It was
gruesome, horrid, and sickening. The second they step on that beach
machine gunfire just blew them away. I’m interested in it because
my grandfather was in the D-day invasion. I’m also very interested
in World War 2. It makes you sad to think about those lives loss for a
good life like we have now.
 Fire
 Fires are scariest things. Wouldn’t be a fire be one of the worst ways to die. Fire is what
we use to keep us warm, cook food, and more. I bet you have a story about a fire. For Boy
Scouts I took a class on Fire safety at a fire station. The fireman told us some stories. One
was that the moral of the story was that it’s better for one person to die than two.
Meaning if a loved one is trapped or stuck in a fire, don’t go in and try to save them, I
hate to say it but it’s true.
 So he told us how he was once called to a fire of a family he took care of a lot. So, first
the fire started and everybody was out except the sister. There were two boys and there
mom home. Well the mom had a couple beers before, and was freaking out because the
sister wasn’t out. So one of the brothers ran in there to find his sister. He didn’t come out,
it was about 5mins past since the brother went in. So the second brother goes in to be a
hero. Well the second brother who came in found his brother and was carrying him out,
when. Bam fell down dead a couple steps before the door because he breathe in heavy
smoke in his lungs and killed him. All it takes is a couple big breaths and your gone. Well
the horrible thing is that the sister wasn’t even home. She was out with her friends. Don’t
try to be all superhero, gung ho or anything. As you see I have two pictures from
September 11, 2001.Sadly an estimated 2,752 people died among those dead were 343
firefighters, and 60 police officers from this horrible terrorist attack
 Hartwell bad Luck
 Lake Hartwell is a lake that runs through Clemson, SC and into
Georgia. My grandparents have a lake house and a cottage next to
Lake Hartwell. They also have a dock, paddleboat, kayak, and a
ski boat. It is so much fun tubing, skiing, kayaking, swimming and
so much more. Also you can enjoy Clemson games at the
stadium. But over the years we’ve had bad luck at Lake Hartwell.
 In 2003 the lake house burned down while my grandparents were out to
eat. It was sad because my grandparents dog, Knuckles, died in the fire.
Then they built a new, better lake house. Then during the fall of 2010,
someone stole our paddleboat so sometimes we would go out on the lake
to try and find it. Well, we heard that someone found a paddleboat so we
thought they had it. Well we checked it out but it wasn’t ours. But the
people who found the paddleboat also had a paddleboat that looked
exactly like the one that got stolen. I thought that was funny but I wonder
if they stole it.
 Refrigerators
 Refrigerators are the best things; they keep your
food nice and cold. But have you ever broken a
refrigerator, or the handle? And then taped it backs.
Probably not. Here’s a funny story.
 Well it was a normal day, and I was hungry. So I
went to the refrigerator to see what’s in stock. Well
it wouldn’t open so I gave it one hard last tug, and
the handle came off. Oh no, I thought. Well I was
about 5 and as a 5 year old, I thought of a
magnificent plan. Ya, I taped it back. Not expecting
anybody to notice. I even used the whole entire roll.
 Zoo Tragedy

 My worst thing ever happened ever at the zoo. I was about 2 years
old. I used to love my pacifier. Well it was my pride and joy. I didn’t
go anywhere without it. We were like peas and carrots. I called her
Baba. Baba was my reason for waking up in the morning. Baba was
my life. I named her the most beautiful name in the world: Baba. She
was addicting.
 The tragedy struck in early December of 2001. All survived except for
one. The most important family member Baba was gone (M.I.A). So I
was walking in my kitchen, going 007 modes. My sister, brother, and
a friend were there. I didn’t want them to hear because I was
embarrassed. I asked where my Baba was. She said we gave it to the
baby monkey. I cried and cried, this is my horrid story.
 Reflection
 I had lots of fun working on my A.B.C book. It
brought back many good, bad, and funny
memories. Like the BaBa story and the
Refrigerator story. Some letters were hard, and
some were easy. Others were fun, some were
not.