Marielle is a 12-year-old girl writing about her life story. She was born in the Philippines on November 18, 1998 to parents Mario and Aida. Her family immigrated to Canada on March 1, 2009, which was difficult due to leaving behind family and friends and having to adjust to a new country and language. One sad memory she had was injuring her elbow in an accident with her cousins. Marielle hopes to have a successful career as an artist, engineer, or architect and to have a happy family of her own with two children. Her overall goals are to finish school, have a good job, and live a long and happy life with her family.

1. Marielle 8-73
E.L.A - Writing Assignment
My Story – Final Copy
Your life is a story, like a novel. Every year something memorable (or would change your life)
could happen, like a chapter. I am Marielle Manlulu. I am 12 years old. November 18, 1998 was the date
my story begins....
My full name is Marielle Nicole Mendoza Manlulu. The name Marielle came from my dad’s
name,Mario. Everyone in my family has Mar, except for my mom, her name is Aida. My parent said
Nicole is a nice name to partner with Marielle. Mendoza was my mom’s last name when wasn’t married
and Malulu is my dad’s last name. I have one younger brother, his name is Marc Allen. He is 2 years
younger than me. I spent my 9 ½ years in the Philippines with my family.
Everyone has happy memories, but don’t forget that we also have some sad moments. One of
the negative memories in my story was when we migrated to Canada, March 1, 2009. We have to leave
our aunties, uncles, cousins, friends, the summer hot days, and the beautiful places in the Philippines.
One of the hardest part of that memorable moment was to start a new beginning, make new friend, get
use to the cold weather/winter, learn different subject at school and most of all, learn how to speak
English. Even though it was hard, it was fun and I enjoyed it. Another negative memory I had is when I
injured my elbow. My cousins and I were riding a bike with 2 side seats, they call it “side car”. I was
sitting on the side. My two other cousins were chasing us. They ran until they caught us, they hang at
the back. The sidecar went upside down, backwards. My elbow hit the ground and got scratched. The
blood was all over me. Luckily my cousins was a nurse and that time she visited us. She put medications
and made me feel better but when it got worst, they had to bring to emergency hospital. The worst
thing was,I didn’t get to attend my friend’s pool party. My friend’s family owned a new resort and they
were having a opening celebration that time. Until now I still have that large ugly marked on my elbow
and when I see it reminds me of that hurtful memories happened to me in the age of seven. Like any
good book predictions can be made. My future is yet to be unfold. . .
I have lot of goals to accomplish in my future life, but these goals are the important goals that I
can say because if I say all of them, it would take days and hours to finish. My goal in my life is to finish
school and to have a better job, like many people want. I would like to be an artist, engineer, or an
architect as a job because I have lots of good ideas and I am good at designing things, like a house,
buildings. I will achieve that by focusing on my studies. I want to be a successful mother of two children.
My life would be better if I had a chance to experience one or even more of these things: I want to
meetfamous people, singers, dancers. Actress or travel all over the world, if I get a chance to make this
happen, I would go to one or more of The Seven Wonders of the World. My main goal of my story is to
have a successful, happy, safe life with my family. I am in the 12th chapter or my novel and I hope it will
last longer than I can imagine. I can’t wait to see my future life!