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Hey, my name is Mattis. I am a German exchange student and somehow I ended up spending my year here at Kempsville High School. My departure date is June the 20th. I have a little bit mixed feelings about that: on one hand I am happy to see my family again and can not wait to leave, on the other hand i like America and I do not want to leave that soon. Well i guess their is nothing i can do about that. Otherwise i enjoy going to the beach, playing soccer, running track, trying to surf, and doing stuff with my family and friends.

-check out german culture [] ! My club is not doing good right now (Werder Bremen). We will catch up again.

**__ ANNOTATED LOG __**


 * A. **** SOL Pretest...........................(September 15, 2010) **
 * In my SOL Prestest essay paper I wrote about the government`s responsibility to support the public.


 * B. **** American Dream........................(September 25, 2010) **
 * In this piece, I discussed what my American Dream was, when I arrived in VA Beach.


 * C. **** Gatsby Essay............................(October 30, 2010) **
 * The midterm essay was about the American Dream and how I see it in the book `The Great Gatsby`


 * D. **** Persuasive Essay – Topic Strip. . . . . (December 5, 2010) **
 * The topic I chose to write about was the bad side of being a celebrities and why they are bad role models-


 * E. **** Persuasive Research Essay. . . . . . . . ( Jan 21, 2011 **** ) **
 * In my Essay I wrote about the threat that illegal immigrants are for the American public.


 * F. **** Midterm Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( **** Feb 1, 2011  **** ) **
 * In my midterm I explain the fact why I deserve a 100 for my essay.

learned from it.
 * G. ** ** Narrative Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . .( ** ** Apr 26, 2011) **
 * In this essay I describe my beach district race and what I

** H.Extended Methapor Poem. . . . . . . . . .( ** ** Mar 22, 2011) **
 * In this poem I compare my room to my life.


 * I. Self-Reliance Project. . . . . . . . . . ( Mar 31, 2011  ) **
 * I made a gloogster about my life in America.

** J.Application-Cover Letter – Resume. . . . .( ** ** Apr 13, 2011  ) ** ** K. SAT Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .( ** ** May 13, 2011) **
 * I wrote my application to the international school of Eerde, which I will attend next year.
 * In my SAT Essay I write about the importance of different viewpoints and opinions.


 * L. Reflection Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . ( May 31, 2011 **** ) **
 * In my Reflection Paper I explained how I grew as a writer over the year in English 11.

**M. Bonus Gatsby Rap. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(May 31, 2011)**
 * The Gatsby Rap was a creative class activity, where me and my group wrote a dialog about one of Gatsby´s parties.