Part one

Hello my name is Sydney and I am a cell. I live with my host named Amanda, she is very kind and tells the puniest jokes ever, one time we were at the mall and she said “what was the biologist wearing on his date with a girl?” … “designer genes!”. I laughed so hard I almost lost my GALT gene. Amanda is my best friend, but we get bullied a lot because Amanda has stickler syndrome. It all started on the day we were born, there was a mutation in the COL2A1 gene on chromosome 12 in region 12q13.11-q13.2. which is type i and symbolizes STL1. I was scared and didn’t know what was happening. There had appeared to be a mutation caused by connective tissue that is distributed throughout the body and a group of disorders through connective tissue. Amanda’s body does not make collage properly. The hardest problem to face is Tessa. Tessa is a girl in Amanda’s class who finds it amusing to bully Amanda. Stickler syndrome makes it so Amanda is nearsighted, has hearing loss and small eyes and ears. everyday we go to school and then Tessa and her entourage come over and say “you have small ears” or “you look different” this hurt Amanda’s feelings but she knew she was different and she liked that, she liked being different than everybody else and liked being special. Amanda’s best friends name was Lexi. Lexi has been Amanda’s friend since they were young and Lexi always has Amanda’s back. Years later Amanda had decided to go to college and unfortunately Amanda and Lexi had to part ways. They still stayed in contact but it was different then being together. Amanda zoomed through college like a pro and one thing led to another and she fell in love. Amanda worked in a small coffee shop on the corner of the street everyday a man would order the same drink at the same time for the next two months. Eventually the man had asked Amanda out. 5 years after that Amanda had gotten married and had a baby girl who had stickler syndrome also (stickler syndrome has a 50% chance of passing down to children) and that’s when my best friend sally the cell was born.

Part two

Overall I had really enjoyed this project and found that it helped my understanding on stickler syndrome by creating a story about it. Some questions that I had to research were “what is stickler syndrome” and also “what effects does stickler syndrome have?” after a bit of researching I had found out that stickler syndrome effects your eyesight, ears, nose and hearing. I found some great websites and sources of information on the following websites: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stickler-syndrome/home/ovc-20261037, and http://www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-conditions/chromosomal-genetic-conditions/stickler/. I enjoyed writing this story and liked the idea of incorporating science into it. While writing this story I had tried to use the four E’s and grammar tools as well. I had found out lots of information about stickler syndrome that I wasn’t aware about before and next time I think ill work on the plot of my story a bit longer.