Great Opening Lines by Emily Wilkinson https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu Please post your favorite of the opening lines you wrote based on the models we read last week. en-us 2020-09-17 18:18:24 UTC 2025-11-03 15:37:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png Joelle Souma joellesouma211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776080290 The first thought that popped into my head was “Mom is going to kill me.” 

Chills ran through my body as I frantically looked for my final exam grade; I was shocked. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776080290 Ashley Cann https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776144798 I'm surprised that we didn't blow up the chemistry lab at least once, but we somehow made it out without a scratch and with decent grades.

 I remember the teacher lighting the magnesium on fire and watching it glow, and just knowing that this class would be a class that I would remember for a long, long time. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776144798 Nicole Bednar nicolebednar21 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776176350 I was in second grade when it happened.

I knew something bad was going to happen when I saw my mom talking to a police officer. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776176350 Emma Willingham emmawillingham21 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776192123 I had just walked into a group of familiar faces, but none knew my name.

High school was supposed to be a new start. 

The sounds of volleyballs hitting the floor and shoes squeaking welcomed me into my new life.]]> 2020-09-24 15:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776192123 alexandriasorensen21 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776199961 2020-09-24 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776199961 Emma Yates https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776236224 I feel the hands of God rest on my shoulders; "do not worry my dear," he whispers in my ear.


My life has been a consistent downward spiral since August 24th, 2017.]]> 2020-09-24 15:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776236224 I should have known that I sabotaged myself from the start. alexandrachristodoulou211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776246701   ]]> 2020-09-24 15:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776246701 Hannah Huynh https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776252932 She hit the ice, which I would expect from a clumsy girl like her, but after waiting a few seconds, I realized that she never stood back up. 

It was 2:00 in the morning, and after spending hours at the hospital, I just wanted to go home and sleep. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776252932 Angelina Reddy angelinareddy211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776268820 The Group was like radium—glowing, cancerous, and toxic.

Hi, I’m Pluto—the little planet on the outskirts of the solar system.

Or: Hi, I’m Pluto—the slow-moving planet on the outskirts of a swirling solar system.

]]> 2020-09-24 15:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776268820 Lily Jiang linxuanjiang211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776273962 The loud slap hastily landed on my face with the utmost anger, and I saw blood specks on the floor; The realization that it was my blood dripping on the floor, and feeling the subsequent physical and emotional pain, I was stupefied.]]> 2020-09-24 15:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776273962 Tamara Dardari tamaradardari211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776275866 I thought I knew so much when I really knew nothing at all.]]> 2020-09-24 15:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776275866 abigailmartinez211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776286952 2020-09-24 15:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776286952 Joshlyn Aguirre https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776293933 How did I survive for two months without the extension to my brain?


If you had said, “Never have I ever run through a lunchroom sobbing, but stopped to shoved my lunch in the microwave,” I would sadly have to admit that yes, I had.

]]> 2020-09-24 15:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776293933 Ruby Wu jiayiwu211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776304475 At that moment, I felt my world was falling apart. 

I was sitting on the couch and watching TV like I usually do on Saturday night while listening to my parents yelling at each other next door. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776304475 paulinekhajekian211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776307385 He was on the floor screaming for help.

I'm sorry, Bobo]]> 2020-09-24 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776307385 Reese Chapman reesechapman21 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776310387 I'm surrounded by 200 faces, but I feel so alone.

I felt like I had finally found my people but then why was I sobbing on my bed on a Friday night.]]> 2020-09-24 15:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776310387 Hayes Sullivan https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776310488 My arms were cocked back, ready to swing, and I knew that if I messed this up, I would never be the same. 

There was not a single person who didn't have their eyes on me, and I couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776310488 Kiran Pfaff kiranpfaffinger21 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776311661 . Get up, go to class, worry about where you fit in, return to a class you are lost in, drive home in silence with a distant carpool, struggle over new levels of homework, fall into bed and prepare to do it all over agin tomorrow. 
2. Stressful as it is, finding your place in high school will eventually work out. However, that does not mean that there wont be any bumps along the way. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776311661 Chloe Wong cwongg2 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776317788 I had never dreamed that I would have a war with my own mother about the nature of womanhood until the day we set foot on a women’s campus.

Independence in a child’s eye is a conspiracy theory. 

]]> 2020-09-24 15:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776317788 Zoe Grace zoegrace211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776383870 - I definitely was not supposed to read that. At least now I know what they think of me. 

- Well, how did I end up here? Locked in a small white room getting some sort of diagnosis I didn’t think I needed. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776383870 corinnegray211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776387164 2020-09-24 15:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776387164 Alex DLM alexandradelamora211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776618291 My teacher called on me and my heart stopped.

I knew I was doing something I should not be doing.]]> 2020-09-24 16:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776618291 Cici Wei zixinwei211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776664899 Among the many treasures in my mother's room, her favorite are the photos of us when I was traveling with her in my childhood.

In the quiet night, I sat by the window of the hotel, looking at the traces of rain on the glass.

]]> 2020-09-24 16:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776664899 Christine Barseghian christinebarseghian211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776683029 - As she called my name to go on next, I could already feel my palms sweating.

- I sat down on the marley flooring in the room and assumed my first position as I felt everyone’s eyes on me.
]]> 2020-09-24 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776683029 Teagan O'Hara teaganohara211 https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776684503 1. I was not born. Not at first, at least.
2. Sometimes I think, “Wow, I’m good at something,” but then I get asked to do it in front of an audience and that thought happily prances out the window, falls a hundred stories down, rolls into the street, and is hit by a car.]]> 2020-09-24 16:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ewilkinson23/wfabjpzk5va74spu/wish/776684503