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On Monday morning I wore my green ugg boots< /span>< ;span style=""> to school for the first time since I had started at
It was the day of the poetry festival, and I was excited. At my old school, I had won the poetry ribbon every year. I’ span>m horrible ugg outlet, too shy to be popular and I’ span>m not cute span>— span>but I do write good poetry.
&l t;/span> &l t;span lang="EN-US">The poem I wrote for the Edison Roetry Festival was about my dad. I had a good feeling about sharing how special he was to me, even if it was just with the fifth grade and Mrs. Baker.
English class was not until after lunch period on Mondays, so by the time we started poetry, I was so nervous my mouth was dry as buy uggs span>< span style="">. When Mrs. Baker called on me, I had to clear my throat, take a breath and swallow about ten times before I could speak. I didn span>’ span>t even bother to look at my paper. I’ span>d spent so much time perfecting the rhymes, and ugg black< /span>< ;span style="">, that I knew the poem by heart.
&l t;/span> &l t;span lang="EN-US">I had just started the third< /span> running shoes< /span>< ;span style=""> when I noticed Mrs. Baker was glaring furiously at me. I stopped in the middle of a word and waited for her to say something.
&l t;/span> &l t;/span>“ span>Linda, you are supposed to be reading an original work, a poem you made up yourself, not reciting something you learned. That is called plagiarism!
&l t;/span> &l t;/span>“ span>Oh, but it’ span>s not. I mean... I did make it up, it’ span>s about my dad. span>” span> I heard a “ span>Yeah, right!< ;/span>” span> from somewhere behind me, and someone else giggled.
&l t;/span> &l t;span lang="EN-US">I felt as if I