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You have a chance to move to this planet, but you have to convince the rest of your family that it’s a good idea. Maybe real estate’s cheap. Maybe it’s a chance for adventure and a brand new start. Write a persuasive argument.
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Mar 27

nonfiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

Noquell_21

Please mom?

Dear mom,

I know you said that this was a bad idea but just hear me out. Living on Mars costs half as much as it does on Earth! We get to grow our own food to eat, recycle our own oxygen, and have brand new jobs and skills to use! Now if this wasn’t persuasion enough, let me tell you boy does it get better. The brand new jobs are phenomenal! We get to help build housing for those that are planning on making the big move, go exploring in the deep material rich caverns that weave their way through the planet’s crust, and even explore above ground for new life forms and different places to build towns. There’s even better wifi and technology so we could keep in touch with grandma and grandpa when we move. Not to mention we could keep our very own slime ball as a new pet! No one really knows where the slime balls come from but they’re very low maintenance and it would be super easy to have one as a pet.

Posted: 03.27.20

Mar 26

nonfiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

aparker

The Day I Wanted to go to Mars

Hi, my name is Allyssa and I am 15 years old. One day I was getting ready for school. I was wearing a black sweatshirt with pink sweatpants. I also had on and pink and white shoes. My hair was in a ponytail. I was brushing my hair when my mom yelled for me to get the mail. I got the mail and went back inside. I went through it and saw a letter for me. But, I couldn't open it because I had to go to school.

After school I opened the letter and it was a letter saying I would have a chance to go to Mars!

I didn't really know what to think because I never thought I would get a letter like this! A letter like this.

The letter read:

Dear Allyssa,

You have a chance to go to Mars on Saturday, April 6, 2020. You are the lucky winner!

Please email us back.

From, The Aagency

Posted: 03.26.20

Mar 26

fiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

diyaakulkarni

The red planet. An orange star far off into space. One space behind the home planet we call Earth. The planet where humans believed the only life in the universe existed on. Until now. The second smallest planet in our solar system has now become a home to people from Earth due it’s slow but steady death. The planet we once called home, meeting it’s fate. Death. Death to all living things. Slowly but surely dying. The emissions that people chose to take no precautions with catching up to us when we least expected it. The only thing left, is to start over. On the red planet.

Posted: 03.26.20

Mar 26

fiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

alyssap

A Chance For Mars

   One day there was a sign while I was walking. I read the sign. The sign said someone could move to a planet. I went home and told my family about it. They said that was nice but I couldn’t move there.

   The next day, I went back to the sign and read it again. In my mind I pictured how nice it would be if I could move to a planet. I went back home. I tried to tell my parents of how nice it would be to move to a planet. I talked to them but couldn’t convince them.

   I tried but then got an idea. I told them that it was cheaper than buying a regular house. They believed me. I went to the building that was on the sign. The building was huge. I went inside and asked for the person that was making it possable to move to a planet. The guards at the front door brought me to him.

Posted: 03.26.20

Mar 25

fiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

farmer boy

mars

Mars

“Mom, please?” I asked.

“I said no, we are not moving to Mars.” My mom said.

“Why, mom?” I asked. I have really wanted to move to Mars ever since they opened land for sale. NASA said over the news that land was cheap on Mars. I thought mom and I needed a new start and Mars was the perfect place to do that.

I had been bugging my mom to move to Mars for months. I had tried everything I could think of that would get her to move. I tried pleading to her to move. I also had tried to be really, really nice to her but that didn’t work. All I got from that was more chores. My last option was to try to persuade her to move to Mars. I decided to sleep on the idea for a while. I woke up in the middle of the night and I have the perfect idea...

I might have to wake her up really early to get her to agree with me. I woke up early this morning and I finally got mom to wake up. “Mom, can we move to Mars?” I asked.

Posted: 03.25.20

Mar 21

fiction 0 comments challenge: Mars

kira_collins88

Mars

Okay, listen. Mars doesn't get the best rep. I can see why. A big, ugly, red blotch lightyears away compared to the fresh breeze on Earth? Sometimes I wonder why I chose it too. But I can tell you one thing for sure: It's nice being the king of a planet.

See, when they asked me to come on over, I wasn't hesitant. Earth had gotten too small for me. Life for Alastair Singleton was getting simply tedious. I mean, how long can you expect a guy to lounge in his Malibu mansion before he craves something new? I've been to each and every corner of the Green Planet. (That's what us Mars folks call the Earth, in case you wondered). Gotta say, Puerto Rico was a real blast. Aprendí algo de español, you know how it is. But I felt like I could be doing so much more.

Posted: 03.21.20

Mar 17

essay 0 comments challenge: Mars

danieljw1296

Go To Mars

Hi, Mom and Dad. As you might know, the climate here on Earth is failing rapidly, with only the poles- where we live- being able to support life. However, I have a new living arrangement for us: Mars! Humanity is fully equipped to send a family to Mars. When you move into a house on Mars, you can experience a new culture, live safely, and save money.

Posted: 03.17.20

Mar 09

poem 2 comments challenge: Mars

A Sports Person

Why Can't We Live On Mars?

Oh, Mars would be the place to go where everything lasts, and it never snows.
Everyday you could see canyons and the mud on your shirt, from lots, and lots, and lots of dirt.
Redness, Redness everywere, that would probally stick in your hair,
Don't worry now or don't be afraid cause Mars would definitly be to your aid.
I wouldn't want to go anywhere else,
but the only problem is we don't know no how to live there!

Posted: 03.09.20

Feb 27

poem, fiction 1 comment challenge: Mars

Crescent_Moon

I Want To Move To Mars

Sometimes when people
are a pain in the rear
they make me want
to move away from here

I rack my brain for
a place far away
A place where I
could go and stay

There is one place
beyond the stars
out of this world
way out on Mars

Just imagine how
nice it would be
no one else there
no one but me

The only problem
is how to get there
I'd need a spaceship that
would fly me anywhere

Another problem
would be one of air
and how to breathe
once I was there

But if I could
learn to survive
I imagine that on
Mars I would thrive

I might get lonely
up there on my own
maybe I could bring
all the friends I have known

Now that would be dandy
my friends and I on Mars
just having a good time
up there in the stars

Posted: 02.27.20