Kalea Delgado Ms. Lehmann English 2-1B 17 November 2019
The Genie
And then… a mysterious, funnel-like bubble of fog came rushing out of the green bottle. I screamed mostly because it terrified me and dropped the bottle in the sand. I heard my dad yell, “Trixie let’s go. Your mom is going to be waiting on us!” “One more minute dad!” I yelled back to him. There was a tall man with a really long beard standing barefoot in the sand about twenty yards away from me. He was standing in the direction of where the fog came rushing out of the bottle. “Well, hello young Trixie.” He said in a calming voice. “Hello sir.” I replied back to the mysterious man. My dad must have heard me talking because he asked me whom I was talking to. The bearded man said, “My name is Artemis.” I giggled because that was a funny name and I’ve never heard that name before. “Hello Artemis! How do you know my name?” I asked. He replied in a deep voice, “I’m a genie, can’t you tell?” I really didn’t believe in that stuff and I haven’t believed in that stuff since I was five years old. “Very funny.” I replied in a smart-alicky tone. It sounded too good to be true. “Will you believe me if I grant you 3 wishes?” said Artemis. “This is absolutely crazy, there’s no way you’re a genie!” I said shockingly. “Whatever you say.” He shrugged. Then, a mist started appearing and he spun in circles. The mist went back into the bottle and he disappeared in a matter of seconds. From that day forward, I always questioned my belief in genies. It all seemed so real, how could I not believe it? I really did regret not believing him because I could have had a million dollars, all the candy in the world, or who knows what. If I just would've believed I could of had anything I wanted.
Student’s Choice Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific. We picked a writing prompt from the "And Then..." cards and finished writing the story. We had ten minutes to write and we had to use our creativity.
2. Is this paper narrative, expository, or argumentative? How do you know? This paper is a narrative because I used dialogue. I also told a story and I wasn't arguing or describing anything.
3. Tell me one thing you learned from writing this paper. I learned how to properly use dialogue and my literary devices.
4. What are you particularly proud of in this paper? I am proud of my creativity in this story and the use of dialogue. I didn't get very many corrections on this paper so I was really proud of that.
5. What does this paper show readers about you? This paper shows the reader that I am creative and I know how to use dialogue correctly.