Cirque Du Freak

   Sitting on a toilet lid in the boy's bathroom waiting for the period to finish so I can go to nutrition. In nutrtion I always play soccer with my friends. In the other period my best friend Steven shows me a green piece of paper. Looking at the green flyer it says that it's a freak show. Steven and I are Planing to go to it. My teacher sees the flyer and he takes it and he explains to us why freak shows are bad. After his boring lecture on why we shouldn't go made us more confident on going for sure. Steven, Tommy, Alan, and I are planning how to get money for the show. After were done disscussing I go home. I tell my dad and mother about my day.Why bother telling my sister if she doesnt even care what I say. My parents bring up my best friend Steve. My parents have history with him. They think he's a bad influence because he a very big trouble maker and very time he gets introuble he sometimes brings me down with him. I knew Steven ever since I was a kid.
   I wake up and go to school. I see Alan and Tommy but no Steven. I walk up to them and they have no idea were he is. So we are guessing he doesnt have our tickets. Have way throught school Steven comes to school and he tells me he was at the dentist. During Recess Steven tells me that he went to go buy the tickets but Mr. Dalton my teacher that took the flyer was there with police men trying to stop the event. They try to catch one guy but he magicaly disapeared. Steve was about to leave but this guy was in a car and pulled up on Steve and gave him only to tickets. For them to decide who goes they made a game and I won. Steven automaticaly gets one because he want to get it.
   The show was on a Saturday night. I was hard to get away from my parents and they would get furious if they knew I was going out with Steven, so what I did was that I sneaked out. The show took place in a abandon theatre and they went. The show was called Cirque Du Freak. When then we go in we see a tall named Mr.Tall. Mr.Tall was the owner of Cirque Du Freak. Mr.Tall already knew alot of information about both Steven and I. We go in the show and we have fun. During the show a woman almost lost her hand but Mr.Tall saved her. There is also there is a guy with two bellys that evours anything. In the show there was a wolf man and a lady that can grow her bread at will. She can grow it very long that it can fill up the whole floor within seconds. There was also a guy who is very skinny that u can see all of his bones. Skin was just a little thin layer then was his skeleton. At one point of the show A man named Mr.Crepsley preforms with his teranchula Madam Octa. He tells us that the spider is very harmless. Steve reconizes Mr.Crepsley from one of his books. Steven really loves vampires, he reads all the vampire books he lay his hands on. I love spiders, i think there really cool and I like them all. Steve comfronts Mr.Crepsley and Steve soon finds out that he's a vampire. Steven wanted to be a vampire two so he asks Mr.Crepsley if he's vamire material. He tests him but he says he's not because he's evil.
   A week after the show, I remeber that Madam Octa spider and I really wanted it. So I left to go get it. When I get there I sneak my way throught Mr.Crepsley's room to go get it. I put it in my pocket and I left alittle note saying I took it. I leave back home. I had the spider for a while and Steve came to my house to vist. I think really hard if I should show the spider to him or should I keep it a secret. I know he wouldn't say anything so I show him the spider and I tell him I stoled it. I let Steve hold the spider, I told him that he's harmless. Out of no where the spider bites Steve with poison. I yell out out and my parents take him to emergency room. In the emergency room they tell me that he;s in a comma. I came back home and I saw Mr.Crepsley in my room with the Madam Octa. It was werid because he just looked at me and he smiled and left. I really want Steven to get better and I think this was all my fault. So I go back to Cirque Du Freak to tell Mr.Crepsley if he has an antidote for the poison. When I go to his room and I found him I ask him if he has an antidote for the poison. He said yes but he would give it to me easy. In return I had to be a vampire to help him. At first I say no but then I think about Steven and it was my fault he's in the hospital so I say yes. By being a vampire he mixed his blood with mine. So I became a half vampire. Full vampires can fly but I can only run fast. Mr.Crespley said that 5 human years equals 1 year in vampire, So it's gonna take me a while to age.
    After I become a vampire, Mr.Crespley and I make our way to the hospital to go give Steven the antidote. Mr.Crepsley gives Steven the antidote and he becomes better in a while. Steven starts going to school. I go home and Mr.Crepsley go back to the Cirque Du Freak. WhenI get home I go to my room and see Mr.Crespley there, Mr.Crepsley tells me that I have to fake my death in order for me to go places and help out Mr.Crespley on his vampire stuff and puts me a sleep. I dont want to go with it first but then I did make a deal with him. After I told him ok, he took out a potion that that makes me all stiff and I can fell anything.  So he threw me out the window and yelled help a couple times to get peoples attention so he vaniches away. My parents come out and take me to the emergency room but the doctor pronounce me dead.
   My parent throw a funeral for me. When I'm in my casket I wake up and I have a suit on. I fall asleep and I get waked up later by Mr.Crespley and he buries me out. Meanwhile I'm loosening up Mr.Crespley is burring my grave back. When I'm walking around I got jumped on by Steven with a stak and he tries to kill me but Mr.Chrespley comes and scares Steven and he tells us that when he grows up he's gonna kill me. When we get to Mr.Chresply's he just tells me "you ready, let go". (Words 1,237)

Darren Shan

The author of the book"Cirque Du Freak" is Darren Shan. Darren Shan was born in 1972 at Saint Tomas Hospital in London. At the age of three he started at English Marty's. Later on in his life he moved to Ireland with his mother,father and younger brother, and he never moved ever since. His first success was at the age of 15 when he was a runner up on a T.V script writing competition for R.T.E in Ireland. He received  primary education  in Askeaton and secondary education was in Copsewood College.
Darren Shan is well known for his vampire books. Before the writing buisness he worked in a cable company in Limerick. When Shan was 14 years old he bought his first ever type writer and started to write short stories, comic strips, and books. Shan made his first book a called Ayuamarca, his first book didn't sell very well. Later on he made a sequel to his first book called Hell's Horizon, that book sold fewer than the first one. His first successful book was Cirque Du Freak.

Cirque Du Freak won a lot of awards some famous awards are the Wyoming Soaring Eagle, the Sheffield Chilldren Award, Children Choice Award, etc. Cirque Du Freak is the push off for the Vampire's Blood Trilogy. The sequel to Cirque Du Freak is the Vapire's Assitant. They had now made a movie about Cirque Du Freak. Darren Shan many alot more books relating to Cirque Du Freak and other trilogies.

Shan is still continuing his carrer on make more books. The topic of them are most likely gonna be about vampires. Shan's first ever published book was at the age of 17. Shan might end his his whole trilogy with "Sons of Destiny. Shan has a website called www.darrenshan.com. The website is about recent updates about Shan and his books, also the realse dates of his new books. Shan came up with the idea of Cirque Du Freak on May 8,1997.

   

  

5 Stragety for test taking and 2 Paragraph Cst Prep.

5 test taking strageties

1.  Stay relax for the whole testing period
2. Do the easy questions first then come back for the harder ones
3. Do hesitate if someone finishes before you
4. Read the question multiple times to clearify what the question trying to tell you
5. Make educated guesses if you do not know the answer to the question

2 paragraphs for Cst Prep

For me to prepare for the California Standardized Test I would pay really close attention to the activities and review work that my teacher gives or tells me to do. The standards on the CST can be found in old tests and quizes that I have done in the past. Looking over my past work would give me the main ideas for that specific subject. Covering the same topic over and over would be best for me not forgetting. I would focus on alittle more on math because it's hard and I have geometery and kinda harder. Doing review problems and looking over exit slips would help me more. Looking over my cornell notes would help alot because they have alot of information and it makes it easier to understand the topic. By not missing a day at school is also preparing me for the CST because I can use two hours for a month or so to review.

Doing exercises like making flash cards, study buddy cards, booklets, etc. would help me remember more about the concept. Just going to bed early before the CST would help me be energized for the test. Also eating something in  the moring would help me be more energized. Also, doing problems from the benchmarks would help me understand more whats gonna be in test. Also doing recent problems from the past CST from last year to see what questions are gonna be in this one. Testing another student is also good way to prepare. I think it's good way because your getting other peoples opinion to make up a answer that is right.