Personal Narrative: Outdoor E. D.
It was the day of 5th grade Outdoor E.D. and I was excited. Outdoor E.D. was where the students travel to a hill or forest and play games outside in groups all day. Every 5th grader from Blackberry Creek Elementary was being drove to LeRoy Oakes in St. Charles at the beginning of a new school year. We all were divided into groups of about 20 kids and the fifth graders were wearing our blue Outdoor E.D. shirts. The day started off well because I figured out I was in a group with my best friend Faith. Us and our group was directed to the bus with the others and we headed off to a day of games and nature. After an interesting game, my group and I headed to the next one right before lunch. I dragged my black bag while we walked from how tired I was.
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"It seems interesting," she replied. We sat down on the grass and listened to the adult helper explain the game. It was called Baseball Balance and the goal was to balance a ball while going up and down hill. There was a short pole with strings coming out that we held while the adult put a ball on the top of the pole. If you beat the first challenge they put a larger ball on top and, if you lose control you start all over again. I could tell the competitive were interested. We started to play and the first time there was lots of failure. Once we understood it, we became more determined to go further into the game while the teachers took pictures. After about 7 minutes, my teacher suggested "Maybe you're able to beat the high score!" as she took more pictures.
"I know what I want to do now," I then spoke.
This was our last challenge and we had a small playground ball on top of the pole. You could easily knock it off so we tried not to take our eyes off of it. It fell off many times, but I was almost to the top. I just had to move a little closer and we could beat the other team.
One step closer. I was almost
"It seems interesting," she replied. We sat down on the grass and listened to the adult helper explain the game. It was called Baseball Balance and the goal was to balance a ball while going up and down hill. There was a short pole with strings coming out that we held while the adult put a ball on the top of the pole. If you beat the first challenge they put a larger ball on top and, if you lose control you start all over again. I could tell the competitive were interested. We started to play and the first time there was lots of failure. Once we understood it, we became more determined to go further into the game while the teachers took pictures. After about 7 minutes, my teacher suggested "Maybe you're able to beat the high score!" as she took more pictures.
"I know what I want to do now," I then spoke.
This was our last challenge and we had a small playground ball on top of the pole. You could easily knock it off so we tried not to take our eyes off of it. It fell off many times, but I was almost to the top. I just had to move a little closer and we could beat the other team.
One step closer. I was almost