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Another April by Jesse Stuart

2008-04-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

THINK IT THROUGH

(1) What is the terrapin doing as Grandpa leaves?

(2) Grandpa calls the terrapin his "old friend." What do you think he and the terrapin have in common?

(3) Has the boy's attitude toward his grandfather changed? Support your opinion with examples.

Poetry

2008-04-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

Ipod

My teacher took my ipod.
She said they had a rule;
I couldn't bring it into class
or even to the school.

She said she would return it;
I'd have it back today.
But then she tried my headphones on
and gave a click on Play.

She looked a little startled,
but after just a while
she made sure we were occupied
and cracked a wicked smile.

Her body started swaying.
Her toes began to tap.
She soon was grooving in her seat
and rocking to the rap.

My teacher changed her mind.
She said it's now okay
to bring my iPod into class.
She takes it every single day.

A Poison Tree - a poem by William Blake

2008-03-28T06:53:00.000-07:00

I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I waterd it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole.
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see,
My foe outstretchd beneath the tree.

Alliteration - sunned it with smiles
Speaker - man
Imagery - " And I waterd it in fears, In the morning glad I see"
Repetition - I told, my wrath
Rhyme - " Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles."

Independent Research - Indira Gandhi

2008-03-17T19:01:00.000-07:00

Indira Nehru Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917 and would be the only child of Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru. Being influenced and inspired by her parents, Indira Gandhi rose to power in India and eventually became prime minister. She dedicated her life to progress in her country despite the overwhelming problems and challenges she encountered.

Indira Gandhi was a women of courage and strength in a country that has been known to be very repressive toward women. In this society like most of the world for its time, women were only seen as wives, sisters, and mothers. Women had a social status that was below men. In India's society is blood tries are passed down through the male side of the family or patrilinear. Women in India were often forced to live in seclusion, having limited mobility. In India there are many different religions; Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Muslim etc., and a caste system social class system in which you are born into for life. Many women had become political leader and would help Indira in her time of need.

Indira was voted the greatest women of the past thousand years by BBC news succeeding Elizabeth and Mother Teresa. Indira, felt was very important because during her political campaign she led her people and government at a time of rocky and harsh times. Helping to pass on the knowledge and understanding she had of what the Indian government should be. She showed the world that if given the opportunity to women could do any task just as good as men. Indira was a symbol of not only courage but a symbol for women's rights.

How is Cesar Chavez courageous?

2008-03-14T06:56:00.000-07:00

(1) Vocabulary - definitions and sentences:

Nonviolent -> not violent; free of violence.
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Union -> organized group of workers.
Motto -> sentence that expresses the group's goals.
Fasts -> periods of time without food.
Tactics ->methods used to get results.

(2) Re-read and think it through questions:

How was Cesar like the other children of migrant workers? How was he different?
- He was like the other children when they migrant and it was hard for them to study. Lot of children go to school when they could. He was different in ways, like he finished eight grade which was high education for most migrant children. And he love to read.

Find two events that led to changes in Cesar's life.
- The events that led to change in Cesar's life is that he work full time for the Community Service Organization and he held meetings to talk with workers which make more workers joined the CSO.

Do you think this is a good motto? Explain.
- I think yes, the motto express more workers to joined.

Why do you think the farmworkers followed Cesar?
- I think the farmworkers followed Cesar, because he proved that farmworkers had power. Together they could bargain with farmers for better wages and working conditions.

Why do you think Cesar tried a boycott?
- I think Cesar tried a boycott, because the knew the public supported the farmworkers. So, he tried a boycott which meant that no one would buy grapes unless farmers met some of the workers' demands.

The No-Guitar Blues by Gary Soto

2008-03-04T07:50:00.000-08:00

(1) How does Fausto get a guitar?

Fausto got a guitar from his grandfather garage which is old base guittarron.

(2) Do you think Fausto was right to give the money to the church? Why or why not?

I think yes, Fausto was right to give the money to the church, because he always feel guilty and even though if he wouldn't. Instead buy guitar he wouldn't feel good himself, he would feel guilty because of taking money from the guy.

(3) How do you think Fausto is feeling when he offers to wash the dishes forever? Explain.

Fausto was feeling exciting, because it was the happiest day of his life that because he got the guitar which he want it.

So many television shows inspire young adult today. Like American Idol, which is, one of the various reality televisions shows today. Over 18 million people watch the show twice weekly. American Idol pertains to business as well as entertainment.

To challenge on American Idol you have to be a U.S Citizen between the age of 16 and 24. If you are under the age of 18, you have to be with somebody who is an adult. The show starts with many people who are competing to be finalists, but only twelve will make it. At the end of the season, only one of the twelve will get to be the American Idol and get a career in the entertainment industry.

In addition, each show has theme and all twelve finalists has to perform according to the theme. For example, let says on Tuesday they perform and on Wednesday, the result of Tuesday’s performance comes on unless there are some other wrong different things found about a contestant and they are disqualified.

American Idol contestants face different challenges such as being eliminated from the contest, and career opportunities after the show has end, but also is a great opportunity for the contestants to carry something with you like special careers in the entertainment industry.

To conclude, almost all the television shows and musician start with big number of peoples and end with the best one who can perform better than the others, that because many contestants are eliminated by the voters disqualified by the producers, at the end. One who won the show they have great opportunity to get careers for their life long. They have chance to makes lot of money when they start their careers.

Compare & Contrast between Cinder Edna and Cinderella

2008-03-02T18:01:00.000-08:00

The differences and similarities between Cinder Edna and Cinderella in many ways. They both lives changed by different ways because of their different personalities.

Cinder Edna wasn't much to look at. On the other hand, Cinderella was quite beautiful. Cinder Edna sang and whistled while she worked. Moreover, she had learned a thing or two from doing all that housework. And Cinderella sat among the cinders to keep warm after her work. Ia addition, Cinderella believe in godmother. On the contrary, Edna doesn't believe in godmother. Instead she had used her cage cleaning money to put a dress on layaway for just these kinds of occasions.

In addition, there are many similarities between them. For instead, they both forced to work for their wicked stepmother and stepsister. Also they both felt in love with different man. Equally, they are neighbors with similar lives.

To conclude, for all the similarities that these two girls have in common, they have twice as many differentiations.

Cinderella - 2008

2008-02-26T08:06:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella. Who is beautiful, smart, and intelligent. She is very hard worker, and creative. One day she is invited to the party. She is so exciting about going to the party. She was looking for what to wear, because there will be lot of people some of them she never met. She was preparing for her dress and what to goes with them she match it.

Speech

Cinder Edna

2008-02-26T06:50:00.000-08:00

Vocabulary Homework - find definitions and use the following words in sentences:

1. to scrub -> Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

My mom had to scrub the floor everyday.

2. wicked -> evil or morally wrong.

Today outside the wind was wicked.

3. cinder -> a small piece of partly burned coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it.

My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.

4. spunky -> willing to face danger.

My teachers are spunky sometime when the student behaves badly.

5. to trim -> make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts

My brother was trimming the fat off some pork chops.

6. occasion -> a particular time or instance of an event.

On one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning.

7. orphan -> a child whose parents are dead.

My cousin was orphaned at 12.

8. casserole -> a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven .

A chicken casserole.

9. to stumble -> make a mistake or repeated mistakes in speaking.

I always stumble over the words

10. profile -> an outline of something, esp. a person's face, as seen from one side.

Somebody in school caught in my blog profile.

Underground Railroad

2008-02-13T07:47:00.000-08:00

1. The Underground Railroad was a highly organized system.
- False

2. Many of those involved in the Underground Railroad were,
- b. Free blacks

3. Why would the escape of a small percentage of slaves cause so much trouble?
- The daring escapes were often exaggerated when reported in the various newspapers.

4. Harriet Tubman was not important to the Underground Railroad.
- False

5. How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affect escaped slaves?
- a. It made people angry with the law so they joined the anti-slavery cause.

6. The first Canadian African American newspaper was produced by,
- c. Josiah Henson

7. What might have happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed?
- It might happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed most of the slave would not get free. They would die by get bloody beat from there leader. I also think that if the underground railroad hadn't existed most of them won't win freedom.

8.Why did so many escaped slaves move to Canada?
d. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

You are a member of the Underground Railroad. A small group of runaway slaves has come to your home to be hidden. All goes well until a neighbor who is not sympathetic to the cause becomes suspicious. What do you do?

If it becomes problem to my neighbor I would still rescuing them. I would pick some way to help them to get away from these enemy to become free. I will help them to hide until they win freedom. Moreover, I would give hope to them, that one day they might be able win freedom.

If you were a slave who was planning to runaway, what kind of plans would you make? How would you know when the time was right to leave?

If I were a slave planning to runaway, I would plans to make a list of things that will help me to escape. For example, I would make a place to hide and cover my scent so that nobody can't see me. Also I would get help from my other friend so that they can help me to get into the place where they have freedom for everyone. In addition, I will do everything to get to this place by running at night, hiding during the day, taking food where I can find it and fearing the sound of every nature things. I would know when the time was right to leave by been carefully in the dark night when everybody is sleeping or everything is quiet down.

Word

Meaning

Sentence

slaver

owning slaves

dangerous

likely to cause harm

The business is in a dangerous financial position.

successful

turning out well

yoke

animal harness

The yoke of marriage

actually

in fact

treasure

extremely

industrious

runaway

10.

former

11.

various

12.

bondage

13.

trickle

Writing

2008-02-08T07:25:00.001-08:00

Writing:
Write an essay about how people are influenced by their environment. Discuss how both the formal education and the everyrday acquisition of life skills affect the person. Make sure your essay is well organized and of sufficient length.

There are many ways people are influenced by their environment. Like indoors and outdoors environment. In addition, the indoor would be the people who are educating and the outdoor will be people who are the everyday acquisition of life.

The formal education would be students who study indoor. For example, the kids have to go to school everyday to learn and when they grow up they want to become something important to their future. Moreover, they study for future, instead of wasting time in play out that doesn’t related to education. Also education is important to everyone, because without education there you can’t get good jobs, which wouldn’t pay you enough that will not be enough for your family. Another example would be when you study hard for your major to come alive, which you stick for couple year to get finish what ever you want to become. After all you get the job and you can make or buy any things you want because you have lot of money to buy it.

In addition, the everyday acquisition of life skills affects the person by many ways, for instead, like person who are working and they have finished their study, now they focusing on job, making money and in the vacation day having fun family, friend, act। They are also having fun by going to lot of beautiful place, which I called hard work brings success, because when you work hard you will become successful one day and will have lot of time and money to spend on all these beautiful things that you were dream to go to these places when you are little.

In conclusion, I things that both the formal education and the everyday acquisition of life skills affect the person by different ways, for example education have to do something about learning and become successful when we grow up. Moreover, the everyday life skills affect the person by doing works for live. For example, people who already grown up and have family, kids to take care off them. They have to work long hours to get some money. So, that they can buy foods and rent for their apartment.

Comparison & Contrast Essay on Angela And Syed

2008-01-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

There are many differences and similarities between Angela and me. We both have many different and similar views on personal attitude, sharing and attention spans.

The differences between Angela and me are that I am a boy and Angela is a girl. Angela is six feet tall; on the other hand, I am five feet tall. Neither Angela nor I came from the same country. In addition, Angela have white skin color however, I have brown skin color.

The similarities between Angela and I are that we both have some class and teacher in common. We both like to write and read a lot. In the same way, we worry a lot for bringing report card up and passing all the classes with high average. Moreover, the most important things are that we both are friend.

In conclusion, for all the similarities that Angela and I have in common, we have twice as many differentiations.

Compare and Contrast between Two House

2007-12-20T16:21:00.000-08:00

There are many differences and similarities between houses on Duncan and Arla. However, one is better than the other one. On the other hand, I think that more people would choose to live in house on Duncan Street, because Duncan has better conditions that Arla doesn't have.

There are many similarities between the two houses. Both the houses share some things in common. Both the houses have the same two bedrooms, bath, living room, kitchen and dinning room. Also, both of the houses have the carport in common, which is important for some of the people who have their own car, so that they don’t have to look for parking space to park their car, because both the houses have securely park. Futhermore, the utmost common between two houses is that they both cost $90,000.

In addition, there are many differences between the two houses. They have different location; one is locating Duncan Street and another Arla street. The house on Duncan Street is better than Arla, because it is made of brick and Arla is made of wood, which needs to paint. The house on Duncan has big backyard, however, the house on Arla has no backyard. Moreover, the house on Duncan has low heating bills, which is $40 in March, on other hand; house on Arla has high heating bills, which is $120 in March.

In conclusion, the house on Duncan Street is better than Arla, because it has more advance conditions than the Arla. Even though, the two houses cost the same, you can save more money on Duncan by paying low heating bills. On the contrary, it is a very nice house, which has big backyard, and made of brick.

Comparison and Contrast Essay

2007-12-17T16:16:00.000-08:00

I remember the first time in my elementary school I met these two girls, named Arianna and Lisa. They are my best friends. On the other hand, I have see them almost everyday in school, so I have began to notice very big differences and similarities in these two girls interactions. They have very different and similar views on personal attitude, sharing and their attention spans.

Arianna has one of the more unique attitudes I have realize since I was friend of her. She is a very sweet girl, but only when she wants to be. On the other hand, Lisa is very fanciful and easily lead along. She is usually always smiles and behaves except for when it's time to eat lunch. She gets hungry so fast, and she skips the line to get the lunch first. When two of them together, I constantly hear Arianna talking too much, she is always bossy around Lisa, she more likely has big mouth. Lisa doesn’t fight back Arianna does. When we have to share something to each other Arianna is almost incapable of sharing anything.

On the contrary, they have some of the personal attitude, sharing and their attention spans in common. For instance, they both are best friends, and refer to each other as such. Similarly, when something is hard for them they both make statements such as “I can’t do it”. In addition, when they get into class and it about to start they ask teacher for bathroom pass everyday.

In conclusion, for all the similarities that these two girls have in common, they have twice as many differentiations, neither of which bothers them. I wonder if they are going to be my friends forever, but I don't have to think very hard to know that they will.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Reading the Newspaper

2007-12-16T15:30:00.000-08:00

There are many advantages and disadvantages of reading the newspaper. Newspapers are one of the traditional mediums used by businesses, both big and small alike. People read newspaper to find out information, news, and what going on around there world. However, there are many pro and con about reading the newspaper.

The advantages of reading the newspaper are good in many ways. For instance, you can increase you neologies by reading the newspaper. You can also find information around world. In addition, many people buy newspaper just to read the advertisement from the restaurants, movies, subway and discount stores. However, reading the newspaper has become a habit for most families. It has something for everyone. For example, you can reach certain segments of your market by placing your advertisement in different sections of the paper such as sports, crosswords, news, comics, classifieds, etc.

The disadvantages of reading the newspaper show that it is wasting of time by reading the nonsense article. In addition, people who making the newspaper they wasting the papers company and killing more trees. Moreover, you have no assurance that every person who receives the newspaper will read your advertisement. They may not read the section you advertised in, or they may simply have skipped the page because it contained little or nothing else of interest and which is wasting of papers.

Different people have different opinion of reading the newspaper. Some people would read the newspaper, because they like, and they would find some interesting articles to read or something else. Other people would not read, maybe they don’t know how to read or they would just get a newspaper and look at the pictures.

In conclusion, I am more likely to be advantages of reading the newspaper, because when I get newspaper from subway and start to read it I learn something, which increases my neologies. Reading the newspaper can help people in many ways. For instance, it can help people known the today news, sports score, crosswords, comics, etc.

Argumentative Essay

2007-11-29T06:14:00.000-08:00

Global Warming

The global warming is an event that will affect many people and animals all over the world. Humans will be affected the most due to global warming things like temperature increase. Many people believe in global warming although some people disagree.

Supporters of global warming argue that the global warming is good when the globe to be a little warmer. They want warmer sunshine, and less good cold. Moreover, some people believe that the world uses greenhouse gases to help capture the sun’s energy in keep the Earth warm that is needed to sustain life. However, without these greenhouse gases, the Earth would reduce to zero degrees Fahrenheit

Opponents of global warming argue that global warming causing lot of problem to our society. They believe that pollution may harm crop, and in some cases it may kill crops, because the kind of pollution that can be associated with global warming is carbon dioxide which is beneficial to crops. In addition, the increase in the population of the world may be affecting us in more ways than previously thought. The increase in population is directly related to global warming based on the fact that as the population increases. However, increasing and spread of disease around the world. People also believe that global warming causing problem, for example burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal causes greenhouse gases and which is escape into air and that these gases are causing most of the warming. Another cause is deforestation which mean cutting down trees.

Global warming is a very difficult problem to fix. People are having a hard time agreeing on what to do about it. For example, everyone agrees that wasting energy is a bad thing to do. But some people think that the federal government should make laws about it, while other people think it should be up to each person or business to decide what to do.
In conclusion, I think that we may not be able to stop the process entirely, but we can try to keep the climate from reaching a point that we can’t stop it. If everyone in the world stop polluting and begin keeping their environment clean it would help. Global warming many not be stopped but it can be reduced.