Tanner’s

Anthology

2013

HMS

Tanner Mcelhaney

MC Publishing

Huntsville

May, 10, 2013

Table of Contents

General Introduction~1

Acknowledgments~2

Part one: Basic Writing

Intro~3

Lazy~4

Fitting in~5

Greek God~6

Part two: Imaginative

Intro~7

Sandstorm~8

Edge~9

Grumpy Man~10

Train~11

Part three: responsibility

Purpose of rules~12

Schools responsibility~13

Logical~14

Great Impact~15

Acknowledgements

Dedicated to my friends, who

inspire most of quick writes.

Part One

This is the first part of writing in

my anthology. These pieces of

writing are very basic and early

pieces of work. This reflects how

much I have grown in writing since

the beginning of the year.

Crimson tide

I couldn’t have asked for a better

day. Here I was cheering on crimson

tide. What better ways to spend an

afternoon than watching the

razorbacks lose?

Lazy

As a symbol, I represent laziness.

Everything I do I find a way to

slack off or do it half way. At

home all I do is play games, eat, and

sleep. I even sleep at school. Being

lazy has its ups and its downs. You

don’t have to get up and do stuff,

but you may feel the need to use

the bathroom, or get something to

eat.

Fitting in

People find ways to “fit in” in

different ways. They may join a

sport, join a club, or just hang out

with a certain group of people.

People may also act and maybe dress

different if they feel the need to.

Greek god

If I had to choose a Greek god I

would like to be, it would be

Poseidon. I love to be in the water,

and to be able to control it and the

things in it, would be awesome.

Part two

In this second part of my

anthology, I included some of my

imaginative writings. They range

from half a page to a whole page.

This part, I would have to say, is my

favorite part of my anthology.

Sandstorm

All of the sudden everything was

still. No one moved. It’s like life its

self-had frozen. There hasn’t been a

sandstorm in years, and many people

thought there never would be.

When all of the sudden, people

panicked. They knew something was

wrong. Strong winds began to pick up

and blow sand everywhere. The sand

covered everything and anything In

its path.

Edge

In the town of edge, there lived a

dragon. This wasn’t a mean or cruel

dragon, but more of a happy dragon.

It was a peaceful day when it all

changed. The birds were chirping,

not a cloud in the sky. The dragon

decided to take a nap on the street.

Down the road a bit, was a traveler.

He was a traveling merchant, and

had the biggest, heaviest cart

around. The traveler had not

seemed to notice the dragon

further up the road, or he would

have stopped. But, he didn’t. he kept

on going until he ran over the

dragon’s tale. The dragon roared

with pain. He shot up into the sky

like a rocket and let out a fiery

scream. He destroyed everything in

his path. That day, that sunny

perfect day, turned into a

nightmare.

Grumpy man

Long ago, in a forest unknown to

man, there was a village. In that

village lived very grumpy men. The

reason he was so grumpy, was

because a giant called ethan. This

giant loved to be annoying, and

drove people crazy. One day the man

got really annoyed. He grabbed a

stick and beat the crap out of

ethan with it. But he beat him up

in a good way. He helped him up.

From that day on, ethan became

more and more annoying.

Train

I didn’t know where the train was

going. After paying my fair, I

simply stood on the platform

waiting for it to take me away

somewhere, anywhere but here. And

that’s when it happened. A gun fired

from the left. I looked over to see

three masked men. I knew I had to

get somewhere, and quick. But

where? I headed to inside the train

station. I was about to open the

door when I felt a gun to the back

of my head. All of a sudden I felt a

bag over my head. I was knocked

unconscious. I woke up in a van, along

with a few other men. All of the

doors seemed to be sealed shut. The

glass was unbreakable. I look out

the window to see the masked men

pouring gasoline all over the car.

as I started to realize what was

happening, it was too late. One of

the masked men pulled out a

lighter, and through it on the van.

It bursted into flames. i felt the

heat instantly. I had to face a

simple fact that there was no way

out, and I was going to be burned

alive.

I woke up on a bench at a train

station. I was covered in sweat and

extremely hot. A train pulled up

and I boarded. Not many people were

on the train, just a couple other

men. As the train began to leave,

three masked men got on the train.

Part three

The last part of my anthology is a

collection of writings about

responsibility and logic. It

represents how serious I can be.

Purpose of rules

The purpose of most rules is to keep

you safe and out of trouble.

Following rules would decrease

the chance of you getting hurt.

Life without rules would be bad.

People would go crazy.

Schools

responsibility

Schools have lots of

responsibilities for there

students. They must have

guidelines, or a set of rules they

have to follow.

Logic

Reason can develop a great solution.

Reason is logic, and logic is right.

If you have a good logic system, you

don’t need emotion.

Emotion will make a solution

stronger by stating how you feel.

Great impact

A group of friends decided to smoke.

One of the friends older brother

was going to get the cigarettes for

them. As they began to smoke, one

friend changed his mind. He knew

what smoking can do to you, and he

didn’t like it. His decision not to

smoke changed everyone’s mind. The

threw the cigarettes away and

decided to forget about it.