Here is a photo slideshow on the pictures we used for the project.
Here is a trailer made by our group members to give you a clearer look on what the story is about.
Dear Mr and Mrs Burke,
I am Jesse Aarons, who lived just next to your apartment. My life in Lark Creek Elementary had changed immensely after meeting Leslie. She turned me into a whole new person. I am really sorry for your loss, as I can understand your grief, seeing as she was the only true friend I ever had. However, I do hope that we can get over her loss and carry on with our lives smoothly.
I would never ever forget the encouragement and knowledge that she gave me as it had taught me a lot of values. Leslie meant as much to me as she did to you.
Deepest Condolences,
Jesse Aarons
See this? Seems as though everybody wants to get rid of her quickly, but, she's dead. I have to accept that fact.
Here are the designs of Terabithia maps i had made.
This is a song that Leslie wrote for me. I found it really nice so I have posted it on the blog.
When I close my eyes I can see your face and
the sun shining true on that special place and you,
you will always gonna be my king
I will always gonna be your king
I will always gonna be your queen
You know we can be always anything
Remember now
Chorus:
What ever may come, were ever
you're lost remember there always be a place for us
castles we build crumbles who dust don't worry there
always be a place for us.(A place for us)
When I close my eyes I can hear you laughing but
night it will fall and the day will pass,but you,you will
never really know what you find
You never really know what you find
All you gotta do its open you're mind
Just gotta left the real world behind
Remember now
Chorus:
What ever may come,were ever you're lost
remember there always be a place for us castles
we build crumbles who dust don't worry there always
be a place for us.
oooooooaaaaaa
uuuooooaaaaaaa
You you always gonna be my king
I was always gonna be you're king
I was always gonna be you're queen
You Know we can be always anything
Remember Now
Chorus(2)
What ever may come,were ever you're lost remember
there always be a place for us castles we build
crumbles who dust don't worry there always be
a place for us
Dead. Never coming back. How could she leave me in this state? She had made me enter a new world, and before i felt comfortable in it but to late to return to my old self, she just went and died. Now I'm all alone again. Leslie, where are you when I need help? So what if I am now the fastest runner in the fifth grade, Leslie is dead and is not coming back. She is going to be cremated and I would never get to see her again.
Ms Edmunds called me in the morning today asking me to go to Washington with her. We went to the Smithsonian and National Gallery. She even bought me a lunch worth 3 dollars. Seems like the perfect day don't you think? All these came crashing down on me when i reached home. Brenda blurted out the shocking truth, that Leslie was dead. I refuse and cannot believe it. I am going to see her tomorrow and tell her about my trip to Washington.
It has started raining heavily these days and the creek has started flooding. Leslie thinks that some 'evil spell' has been put over Terabithia, and that we should go and seek help from the Spirits. I know that no matter how high the water in the creek rises, Leslie would still cross it. This made me think whether I was worthy to be the king of Terabithia.
Easter. The only day that we go to church. Leslie wanted to come you know, despite my warnings that it was very boring. She said she had not been to one before. Mom nearly disagreed as she thought Leslie did not have any dresses. Only nearly, which means she still came. She found everything really interesting, or so she said. May Belle tried arguing with her that it was really scary. She ended up asking Leslie what would happen if she died, telling her that God would damn her to hell if she did not believe in the Bible.
It's hard to believe that Janice Avery was crying in the girls' room. Imagine the school bully, sitting on a toilet seat crying. How would that seem? Yeah, it's unbelievable but it is a fact. Feeling responsible, I told Leslie to go into the toilet to find out what happened. Turned out that Janice's father beats her. Janice got so mad that she told her friends, Wilma and Bobby Sue, about it. If they are considered friends, that is. They spread it all over the school, and even the teacher knows about it. There was also a rule which Janice had broken, and that was that nobody could mix their personal problems with school. Well, Leslie advised her to pretend that the story about her father was not true and everyone would forget about it. Surprisingly, they became friends. The smartest girl and the school bully. Wow.
May Belle made a confession to me at night that she followed me and Leslie to Terabithia, although she did not know it was called that and still does not. I forced her to swear that she would not tell Mom. Never. Ever.
Bill. Bill. Bill. Its pretty difficult for me to get used to calling him by his name. I'm referring to Leslie's father, Mr Burke. I found out that i was quite useful to Bill when i went over to help repair his house. Bill insisted on painting the walls gold, and we were really glad we did. I got alarmed by what Leslie said as i thought she was about to let out our secret. However, she did not. Terabithia was still our very own secret.
Today i gave Leslie a Christmas present, which was a puppy. She look extremely excited when she saw it. I felt proud of the present i gave her, and moreover it was FREE. Prince Terrien it was named, as it was male. She gave me a wonderful present too. A box of water colours and brushes and even some art paper! Today is seriously a day of great joy.
Janice got up the school bus, and whoa, did she look mad. We told May Belle that we were the culprits of the letter hoax. May Belle got her revenge alright, and she looked mighty happy about it.
Remeber yesterday, about the letter to Janice Avery? I shoved it under Janice's desk early in the morning and guess what? She took the letter seriously and waited for Willard after school, as indicated in the letter. All I can say is that, she got punk'd real bad.
(Notice that there are two spelling mistakes in the letter. Can you spot them?)I nearly had to fight one of the school's biggest bullies today. It all started when my sister bragged about her Twinkies loudly on the bus and attracted unnecessary attention. I warned her but she taunted me instead of heeding my advice, saying I was jealous. True enough, her Twinkies got stolen during recess. My stubborn sister wanted revenge no matter what and tried forcing me to pick a fight with Janice Avery. Well, I didn't fight with her as Leslie managed to save me. She told May Belle that I would get kicked out of school for fighting with a girl, and that we would figure out a plan to avenge her.
We did. We wrote a letter to her pretending it was from the school hunk,Willard Hughes. It was pretty exaggerated, but Leslie assured me that Janice would believe every single word. Here's what we wrote in the letter. Disgusting, eh?
Phew, at least i didn't have to fight. Wonder what would be Janice's reaction when she receives the letter tomorrow.
Today i was sabotaged by Janice Avery, and forced to walk 3 miles back home. She purposely fell when she walked past my seat on the bus and blamed it on me. Miz Prentice ordered me off the bus so, i had walk back to Terabithia to meet Leslie.Leslie was reading a book on killer whales, and told me a story about Moby Dick.
Scuba Diving. How scary it seemed to go deep underwater to explore. That was Leslie's favorite hobby. Mrs Myers then wanted us to write what we had learned after watching a television programme on an underwater explorer. This was when i discovered that Leslie did not have a television set. Leslie got so upset after being teased by Wanda Kay that she took the back seat which was dominated by the seventh graders. It took all my courage to save Leslie out of that tight situation. But the best part of today was, we had created our very own country, TERABITHIA. Being a ruler of something is kind of cool. Whats more, in order to go in to Terabithia, we had to swing the "enchanted" rope!
Thanks to Ms Edmunds and her beautiful music, i have finally made my first friend. So did Leslie. I have changed my mind about her. I did not need to announce it. Feeling that this would be a new start of my life, i let our friendship begin.
Today was a day of great disappointment. This was the day i would be the fastest kid in the fifth grade, but i lost to the new girl during the first heat. Embarrassingly, she beat all the boys, leaving everybody stunned. At the beginning, i felt sorry for her. However, seeing how she defeated me in that race, i am feeling a mixture of anger and disbelief. Her name is Leslie... Leslie Burke.
Here are the roles for our group :
Chris - Group Leader
LyeJun - Blog Moderator/Designer
Min Feng - Secretary/Designer
Bilal - Designer/Write-Ups
Lexus - Editor/Write-Ups
Jeremy - Editor/Write-UpsHere's the character introduction
Jesse Aarons
15
16/2/1994
Lark Creek Elementary
-The Writers-
