f you were to ever come to the United States, i would highly recommend visiting the Upper Peninsula or as we like to call in the U.P. its a really abstract place. there are so many things up here, but not to many urban things here. We mostly have woods and cool weather throughout the year. There are really nice places to visit and site-see all around. There is a lot of nice beautiful animals living in the U.P. There is over 300,000 people in the U.P.
There are a lot of beautiful places to go in the U.S. but the best place in my opinion is to go the U.P. We have our own places and amazing things to see. i would be glad to know if you did come and visit the U.P
 
If you were to visit the U.S, I would recommend you come to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There is a lot to do here. We have four seasons all of which are nice to do things in. During the spring we spend some time just enjoying it outside if it is nice. In the summer we do every thing from playing in our backyard to swimming in our lakes. In the fall we like to go to football games and do other random things if we are not watching a game. During the winter, we have all kinds of activities such as skiing, snowboarding, and much more! We also have the larges wooden ski jump in the world.
 
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan or the U.P. is a great place to visit for an assortment of reasons, as many tourists say. One of the biggest reasons is because of the scenery. The U.P. Covers an area of 42,416 square kilometers but its population is only 311,361 meaning that its population density is about 7 people per square kilometer. This means less people to obscure the scenery. 
The residents of this humble state are called "yoopers" derived from UP-ers. Yoopers, in general, love to hunt, fish, ski, and swim in the summer time. While the U.P. Is generally known for being cold (and lets not forget we get 250-640 cm of snow a year) it gets its fair share of summer sun.
 
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Blog Post Assignment #2 
In a well written paragraph explain the view from your bedroom window. If the view from your window is less than interesting, describe your home and/or neighborhood. Use strong imagery and as many Radical Revisions writing tools as possible. The purpose of this assignment is to practice your own writing skills while giving the students from Langa, South Africa  insight into life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. 

 
Outside my bedroom window the view is obstructed by a large cherry blossom shrub, it stretches the length of my house plus some. The cherry blossoms have a short period of blooming in the spring but in that short month it is a beautiful sight. In the fall the branches shed the blossoms and leaves to transform into a tangle of thin twigs. In the winter the shrub droops and hangs from the weight of the heavy snow, the cold winter also brings icicles that hang from my house's shingles about an arms reach away. When spring comes again with calm storms the icicles melt and drip away, the rain transforms my outdoor view into a waterfall. If you you look down, a river forms from the eroding dirt around my house's foundation
 
When I look out my bedroom window I see other houses. Off in the distance I see the lights from the Iron Mountain Bat Cave, along with street lights on the main road that I live by. In my yard there is a huge oak tree with leaves changing colors and about to fall. I live with my mother and brother(he is 5 years old). We each have our own room. The duplex is split down the middle so I live right net to my neighbor. In my back yard I have a fire pit, a trampoline, a shed for our bikes, and a swing set for my brother and his friends who come over to play. About 400 meters away from my house is a park. I live 1600 meters away from Kingsford High School, I either ride the bus that the school provides or I walk. I live in town, but not directly downtown. When I look outside my bedroom window I don't only see my yard I see where I visit my friends, where I practice cheers for cheerleading, where my family has a weekend bonfire to relax from the hard week.
 
My bedroom is on the first floor of my three story house. I see many thing out my window and these things consist of a wide variety of trees, the trees are maple, poplar, pine, oak, and cedar. I also see my trampoline and a lot of wildlife, some of the wild life I see out of my window are: white tailed deer, squirrels, many different species of birds, and my two dogs. In the winter months I see a thick, sparkling, blanket of snow. I also see snowmobiles and four wheelers driving around in the winter. My house is called a log cabin, it is built out of large trees that are stripped of their bark and cut with flat tops and bottoms to be stacked onto one another. That is what I see out of my window and what my house looks like.
 
The view from my living room window is my neighbor's house across the street and their front yard. You can also see the road that people drive on, although not very many cars drive down that road, many a couple every hour. My house is 3 stories, the basement, the main floor, that has the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, and the attic. There is an indoor front porch that goes mostly around my house and is mostly all windows, you can see our front yard and as you walk around the corner on the porch you can see the back ally that kids ride their bikes a lot. The view from my living room window is the my neighbor's house across the street and their front yard. You can also see the road that people drive on, although not very many cars drive down that road, many a couple every hour. My house is 3 stories, the basement, the main floor, that has the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, and the attic. There is an indoor front porch that goes mostly around my house and is mostly all windows, you can see our front yard and as you walk around the corner on the porch you can see the back ally that kids ride.
 
When I'm sitting in my bedroom on the second floor of my green house, it's very quiet in the town. I see many colorful things. I see leaves on the trees changing colors from green to yellow or orange. There is a maple tree right outside my bedroom window which is purple. I watch cars and trucks go past my house.There are always two trucks parked outside, they are purple and black. Across the street there are other houses that are green and white. I see many dogs walking past also, they're all different sizes. That is what I see when I look outside my bedroom window.
 
The view from my bedroom window is a very nice view of our back yard. We have a nice big garden, full of fruit and vegetables. We have a big yard with long green grass. We have a clothesline in our back yard, were we can hang up our close in the summer-time. We have 4 trees in our yard, on of them being an apple tree. Every year we take the bad apples and give them to our grandfather, se he can feed them to the deer. We have a big deck with a charcoal grill right in front. Also in my view is the many bird feeders that my grandma put up all over the yard. I see many birds outside of my window, my favorite bird is they blue jay.

    Mrs. Sutton's English 10 Class Kingsford, Michigan USA

    We are a sophomore English class of 28 students. (One of us is a foreign exchange student from Italy.) Most of us are 15 or 16 years old.

    We live in Kingsford, MI, a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our school, Kingsford High School, has a population of about 650 students. Most of the students in our school come from middle class backgrounds of Caucasian descent. Our school's mascot is a Flivver car because in the early 1900's, these Ford cars were mass produced  in our part of Michigan.  Our town is named after Edwin G. Kingsford, one of the leaders of the Ford Motor Company.

    One of the main employers in our area is Verso, a paper mill. Other large employers are the Dickinson County Hospital and a hospital for military veterans called the Oscar G. Johnson Medical Center. 

    Because we live where snow covers the ground seven months of the year, most of us know how to ski, snow shoe, ice fish, snowmobile, and ice skate. Those of us who don't like winter sports enjoy the warmer months of the year by swimming in the lakes and rivers, hunting or fishing in the woods, hiking on trails, or just hanging out in town with our friends. 

    At our school, we can participate in many sports like football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, track, cross-country, basketball, and softball. We can also join all sorts of school activities like student council, drama, choir, band, class government, and so much more! Those of us who don't like sports or school activities spend our free time playing video games, listening to music, and shopping.  

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