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 A man elbows Sam in a crowd. After he is gone, Sam discovers that her cell phone is gone too. Sam calls her cell phone number, and the man answers Sam’s cell phone. Sam explains that her cell phone has personal information on it and asks the man to send her phone back to her. The man who stole Sam’s phone hung up. Instead of going to the police, Sam decides to take matters into her own hands. Sam is glad that she always leaves her phone tracker on so that she can track and find where her phone is at.

Sam has got a long way to go to find her phone because it has been traced to the Grand Canyon. Sam is going to make the trip to the Grand Canyon to get her phone back and to get her revenge on the man or men who stole Sam’s phone. Sam is going to have to make a long trip to get to the Grand Canyon because Sam lives in Minnesota and she has to make it to Arizona to reach the Grand Canyon. Sam is going to have to drive to Arizona because all the flights to Arizona have been canceled because it has been snowing.

She is going to have to find someone that she knows that has a truck so that she can drive through the snow and reach Arizona go to the Grand Canyon and get her cell phone back. While Sam is traveling the men who took Sam’s phone are waiting for Sam to reach them the men are not worried at all about what might happen to them. Sam is rushing to get to the Grand Canyon because she is trying to get there at a very early hour before the men who have Sam’s cell phone wake up and are ready to go.

Sam is ready for a meal because Sam hasn’t eaten all day and she didn’t bring any snacks with her on the long trip to the Grand Canyon. However, Sam hasn’t seen a restaurant for a while and Sam is really hungry but she can find a restaurant on her tablet. Sam has found a restaurant and has eaten a good lunch and bought some more food for the trip there. Sam has made it to Arizona but has to find a place to sleep other than in the truck. Sam found a cheap hotel nearby and checks in because Sam made a reservation online for a hotel room Sam felt happy that she got to actually sleep in a bed.  

Man V.S. Nature Sam is up in the forest without any food and Sam needed to hunt for his food and he didn’t bring any tools to catch anything so Sam had to make his own tools and weapons. Sam is up against high temperatures with no food and very little water. Sam is trying to meet his goal by going to find his family and to go back home. Sam is in the middle of nowhere and he has to find his family with the skills that he has learned over the years.

Sam is half way to finding his family however, Sam’s family is also trying to find Sam to make sure that he is alright. Sam is calling out for his family and Sam is now completely lost and has lost track of the direction that he was going in. However, Sam’s family hasn’t lost track of what direction they are going in because they have gone in a circle just searching for Sam in the forest to see if Sam is close to them. Sam is just going in a line and searching in some places to see if his family has been there.

Sam’s family has found Sam but Sam is injured from walking in the forest by getting pricked and cut so that Sam was really weak and not in real good shape. Sam’s family had to tend to Sam’s wounds and they had to help stop the bleeding from Sam’s wounds. When was fully recovered Sam and his family made their way out of the forest.

Should Stores Sell Violent Video Games to Minors

Stores should not sell violent video games to minors. I think that they should because even though they are not good for young people. Parents buy them for their children because their parents think their child is responsible enough to not try and do what is in the game at home.

Stores should not sell violent video games to minors because if they have enough money to buy the violent game and one of their parents is with them and approves for their child to buy the game the store clerk will ask the child’s parent if it is ok for there to purchase the violent game. The store would not allow a minor to buy a violent video game unless one of the minor’s parents is at the store also.

One reason is that the Supreme Court is debating to impose a law on a $1,000 fines on stores that sell violent video games to minors. This would work like this if a store sold a violent video game to a minor that doesn’t have a parent with them. The minors that start to come to a store and buy a violent video game with a parent it is okay.

Young people shouldn’t eat fast food because it can raise your cholesterol. It can also raise your cholesterol by all of the sugar and fat that is in the burgers and fries. Also, I you are Vegan then don’t eat the fries, they contain palm oil, which are oils from animals, so technically, and you are eating an animal. Don’t make people kill animals for your selfishness.

In the age when we have so much information at our disposal when we still make choices based on advertising and marketing. That is because the people who choose to make those choices are not paying attention to the information that they have. That information that those people do not use and just don’t really care about what they eat.

My short term goals are to keep my grades up by working hard in school. Also I plan to do this by doing my homework every night and turn it in the next day so that I can get credit for my homework. I also plan to do this goal by also trying to get good grades on my quizzes and my tests that I get assigned. I will also keep my grades up by participating in activity's that we play in class.

My long term goals are to make it to high school. However, that will mean I will have to keep my grades up and pay attention in class. I would get good grades on my quizzes and tests that I get assigned. I will participate in activity's that we play in class. However, I would try my best at doing my homework every night and turning it in the next day.

I woke up in the protection of my nice hard shell it was strong enough to not bounce so much while I am traveling around. It was fun to move around with my family because we have a nice swim every day and we have a nice slow walk every day. However, I am not the only one in my family that is a deep sleeper because my entire family is deep sleepers and most of the times I wake up before all of them. But when I wake up first I fall asleep first before my family and it is fun to have a nice and slow life that me and my family have.

My family is really protective of how we get around and the only two options that we have are by land and the other option is by swimming to where we need to get to. However, the bad part about traveling by land is predators that move on land. Also the bad thing about traveling by swimming is also predators that can only travel in the water. The good thing about traveling by land is that my family can hide inside of our shells to stay out of our predator’s sight.

Also the good thing about traveling by swimming is that my family and I can travel faster in the water than other water animals me and my family think that being faster than some water animals is good. My family is a fun bunch of animals because we don’t know when to stop having fun.

The independent English reading book that I chose was “The Burning Sky”. The author of “The Burning Sky” is Sherry Thomas. The genre of the book is fiction and why I chose it was because I like magic and it look like it was going to be a good book. The main character is Iolanthe and she is a mage in training. The setting takes place on the campus of the Conservatory of Magical Arts and Sciences.

The first ten pages of “The Burning Sky” were good I learned about the main character Iolanthe was a girl who had two personalities and she could control little bits of fire and little bits of water. She was going to light the walk way of a wedding with the little bit of fire she could control. But her guardian stopped her from doing so because Iolanthe would get taken away for the person that Iolanthe knew was getting married to. Iolanthe was trying to master creating a certain potion but she had trouble mastering it and she was doing so to try and get in to an elderly academy.

1. The hardest is "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those imposters just the same." The easiest one is "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you."

2.a. You need to be patient, you need to be smart, you need to be wise, you need to never give up, and you need to stay calm. 2.b. To similar conditions that I named were being smart and wise about what you are going to say and is it well thought out. 3.a. Kipling says how should a person regard other people is by treating them with respect. 3.b. Yes I think that this is a reasonable approach to life because you have to treat people with respect so that you can be looked at as a nice guy.

6. I think young people can relate to this poem today because people get into more and more arguments each day and young people today can get good advice from it by keeping calm and being patient with each other.

1. "Song of Myself" I exist as I am "I'm Nobody" I'm a nobody "Me" He says that he is like a flower for its hour

2. How I would describe each speaker's feelings are full of joy and somewhat sad.

3. The long lines and long sentences mean that the long lines have more meaning than the shorter lines.

4. The speaker shows that because there are more nobodies than somebodies in the world that we live in.

Responsibility is the best way to be nice. It is a great thing to take responsibility for what you have done wrong. Like people sometimes say take responsibility for your own actions. Like if you break something and you say it was not your fault just take responsibility. That it was your fault and do not try to blame someone else on what you did.

Taking responsibility for your actions is to not blame anyone else for what you did. The only person you can blame is yourself for what you broke stole or cheated on. So if you cheated on a test and you get caught don't try and blame the person that let you copy their answers but the right thing to do is to tell a teacher that you cheated and tell on the person that you copied off of. However, you also tell the teacher that they let you copy off their quiz, or off their test.

Another thing you should tell the truth about is if you break something that is important to tell your teacher, or important to your parents. Do not blame your dog, your brother, and or your sister if you have either one. If you broke a vase that your parents thought was important to them just do not blame anyone else but yourself and say I'm sorry that it was an accident. Say I was playing to rough and I did not see the vase until I bumped into it.

The other way to be responsible is to tell the truth if you stole some thing before you leave the store to return the item you were about to steal or buy that item that you were going to steal. Do not be a thief be kind even if it is a small business do not steal from the place. Be a nice person and help clean up the mess that you made in the store and return the item and make sure that you leave a tip if it is a small business. If you broke a teachers important item do not blame any of your classmates just tell the teacher that you broke the important item that the teacher thought was important.

The claim in the poem "The Road Not Taken" is that most people chose to only take one path in life and to not take the other path in life. The people that only took the path that everyone chose to take were not a bad choice but the other path was not even used but a few people had used it before. "Because it was grassy and wanted wear; though as for the passing there had worn them really about the same." This is saying that there was a path that was still grassy and not a black footprint in the path that was never taken. On the other hand, the path that was always taken was worn out and not as it was before anybody took that path.

Responsibility is the best way to be nice. It is a great thing to take responsibility for what you have done wrong. Like people sometimes say take responsibility for your own actions. Like if you break something and you say it was not your fault just take responsibility. That it was your fault and do not try to blame someone else on what you did.

The article "The markets booming for used electronics," is about as new electronics are coming out, more people are selling their old ones for some quick cash. Best Buy Co. Inc. launched a trade-in program in 2009 for items such as cell phones, video games and the computers to play them on. It has gotten more popular every year and is now accepting more than 11,000 different items. “The trade-in volume has doubled every year since 2009, Jeff Shelman, a Best Buy spokesperson, wrote in an email." The numbers keep on growing as well at Pawn America's 29 Midwest locations. In 2013, sales of used cell phones were up 14 percent. Laptop sales increased 30 percent, and tablet sales doubled. Works Cited **Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Feb. 3, 2014) "The markets booming for used electronics" ****Retrieved from: http://newsela.com/articles/used-electronics/id/2513/#articles/used-electronics/id/2513/ **

The article "Study says stop being a couch potato, get up and move more" a new study is telling older people to stand up and move around. It is not enough for people to get regular exercise as they got older, the study found. In fact, every extra hour of sitting nearly doubles the risk of disability for people over 60. This includes having trouble getting around the house and feeding themselves, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal of physical activity and health. If people sit too much it doesn't matter how much you exercise they get, the researchers concluded. Researchers from Northwestern's Feinberg Medical School, Rush University Medical Center, Harvard School of Public Health, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention participated in the study. Works Cited Los Angeles Times (March 3, 2014) " Study says stop being a couch potato, get up and move more" Retrieved from: http://newsela.com/articles/sedentary-health/id/2859/#articles/sedentary-health/id/2859/

The article "Parkour A Flashy way to stay fit," is that parkour treats the entire world as an obstacle course. Athletes jump around on everyday objects like benches and buildings, anything that they can get their hands on, to push them forward. Now, the sport is getting more and more popular. It is no longer just for the subculture whose YouTube-worthy acrobatics made it famous. Although the sport was once only for the outdoor anti-athlete, it is becoming the go-to sport for people who just want a good workout.

Works cited Health (March 4, 2014) "Parkour A Flashy way to stay fit" Retrieved from: http://newsela.com/articles/parkour-fitness/id/2935/#articles/parkour-fitness/id/2935/

The Outsiders Review Jacob Krekler Period 3 3/4/14 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is an excellent book. It shows how the main character changes over time. For example, in the book’s final chapter, Ponyboy reflects, “I saw that I had expected Darry to do all the understanding without even trying to understand him.” Ponyboy also shows change and empathy with his other brother when he writes, “I realized that I had never had paid much attention to Soda’s problems.” By showing Ponyboy’s change throughout the book, Hinton makes the point that anyone can change for the better, no matter how bad their circumstances are. Ponyboy changes his own life and his friend’s lives. Ponyboy is helping the Socs out with their problems that they have that they are too afraid to tell their other friends about their problems. Ponyboy also has to deal with his own problems like Johnny dying and Dally getting shot and killed.

Ponyboy is still feeling sad about Johnny dying. Ponyboy really misses his old home because Soda Ponyboy and Dally all had to go and live in a foster home because the three of them couldn’t live in a house all by themselves. Ponyboy, Soda, and Dally really miss hanging out with Two-bit, Darry, and all of the other greasers that were in the greaser gang. Soda was really upset that he was sent to a foster home because Soda lost his job because of it. Ponyboy is upset because he was taken out of school.

My life in two years when I’m in high school I hope to be planning for college and getting ready for whatever high school is going to give me. I’ll try and be prepared for the things that high school will give me I will try and make the best of it. I’ll be get good grades and finishing all of my homework and turning it in on time. I will make the best of my old friends and I’ll also try and make some brand new friends in high school.

When one of my school days is over I will go home and talk with some of my friends on my walk home. When I get home I will work on my homework until I finish it and when I have finished my homework I will watch YouTube for an hour or so and then I will take a short walk around my block. Then hopefully by that time my mom or dad will be home and we will make dinner to eat and I will play video games for another hour or so until I have to go to bed and before I go to bed I will talk to my mom or my dad if I can get a part-time job somewhere so I can earn a little money.

In the story “The Monkey’s Paw,” Sergeant Major Morris foreshadows the bad fortune brought by the monkey’s paw. When the White family asked about a previous owner’s wishes. Morris replied. ”The first man had his three wishes, yes,” was the reply. “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” The other part is where he foreshadows them is when the old man said “What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey’s paw or something.” Then he said “Nothing” really hastily.

Comparing Family Guy and American Dad Jacob Krekler 2/19/14 Period 3

Family Guy and American Dad are both alike because they are animated shows. However, both Family Guy and American Dad are funny and have families to take care of. Family Guy and American Dad are fitted with a good base of workmanship. They are both filled with friendship and have dumb remarks in them for you to enjoy.

However, Family Guy and American Dad are very enjoyable for the people that enjoy other people’s stupidity and weirdness. Mostly Family Guy and American are fun for the people that enjoy the dumb remarks and funny places that they both go on. On the contrary, both TV shows have picked up speed in the different seasons that they both have and they seasons will keep on going until the producers run out of ideas for both TV shows.

Compare and Contrast Greasers and Socs Jacob Krekler 2/18/14 Period 3

The similarities the Greasers and Socs have are that they have a big fight or a rumble as the Greasers and Socs like to call it. The Greasers are just as violent as the Socs are and they both like to pick fights either with each other or fights that they get into with someone that they don’t know. The Greasers and Socs are also in common because they are so problematic with one of their friends or have a really big problem that is embarrassing to tell others of the gang. The Greasers and Socs are also alike because they have to be careful of whom they run in to then they would have to call for their gang members to come and help them out with that person or the people that they run in to. The Greasers and Socs are also alike because some of the Greasers and some of the Socs are going to school to get a good education and or good grades. The other halves of the Greasers and Socs have jobs to support the gangs’ well-being. The Greasers and Socs are strong gangs that play train and work hard at what they do either going to school or doing his or her job that they have to support themselves and the gang. The Greasers and Socs are different in power of land they have but even if they are poor or rich just remember that they all are poor on the inside even though the outside of us show that they are rich but they are all poor and helpless on the inside.

**Is Cheating Getting Worse** //In a recent study it shows that there are more students that are cheating and that many are cheating not just to survive, but to thrive and get a better grade and that is why more and more students are cheating. What have you observed about cheating at your school there is not a lot of cheating at my school because they are growing up into a more mature stage of their life. If there seems to be more of it, why do you think that is I think that there are a little bit of cheating in my school because some people just think that they are not smart and I believe that is how there is more cheating.//

Root Words Jacob Krekler Period 3 2/11/14

Prefixes: dis, un, pre, re

Root words: cover, employ. cook, do

Suffixes: ment, er, ing, ed

**Words:** 1. Discovering 2. Unemployed 3. Uncovering 4. Employer 5. Employment 6. Employed 7. Undo 8. Doing 9. Recooking 10. Cooking 11. Cooked 12. Covering 13. Uncover 14. Redo

2/11/14 I think the meaning of the song Beat-It (by Michael Jackson) means that you want to try and stick up for yourself but you don't want to hurt others. It also talks about how people are bullying in the song quoted here: You Have To Show **Them** That You're Really Not Scared You're Playin' With Your Life, This Ain't No Truth Or Dare **They'll** Kick You, Then **They** Beat You, Then **They'll** Tell You It's Fair So Beat It, But You Wanna Be Bad (I bolded Them, They’ll and They to define that people are doing this) This quote defines that you want to get stronger but you can’t because they tell you what to do and bully you.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 2/5/14

1. Where was Hinton born? (Coincidentally, this is where the novel takes place.) Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The novel that S.E. Hinton wrote was the novel //The Outsiders//.

2. What influenced her to write // The Outsiders // ? What influenced S.E. Hinton to write //The Outsiders// was that she was not satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults.

3. What year was // The Outsiders // published? // The Outsiders // was published in the year of 1967.

Chapter 4 Context of the Outsiders Jacob Krekler Period 3 2/4/14

**Reformatory:** Means “a school like prison.” **Explanation:** Is an institution which is for youthful offenders are sent to a school like prison. **Bewildering:** Means “to become confused.” **Explanation:** Ponyboy writes: I am so bewildered at what is happening right now. **Corn-poney:** Means “unsophisticated.” **Explanation:** Is not sophisticated. **Premonition:** Means “to have a strong feeling for something.” **Explanation:** To have a strong feeling for something that is about to happen.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 2/3/14

The Xbox 360 symbol is representing that you are trying to over achieve in gaming. The Xbox 360 symbol never changes no matter what it stays the same and it is waiting for that over achiever to come into our world. That person will work with people and to be competive against friends and random people that they come across. If you are already a gaming fanatic then try your hardest to become that over achiever and compete with your friends and be patient with the beginners who are new to gaming. Remember work hard and play even harder.

My life in twenty years Jacob Krekler Period 3 1/30/14 My life in twenty years I would hope that I have landed a good job that pays well. I would have made it through college or am still trying to finish college. When I am finished with college I will be searching for a job and with good pay to try and keep up on bills and supplies. I will hopefully have a family of my own to help take care of and to help to support them with a good education and have good schools that are nearby and are good for them to make some friends. I will be on top of it all with my family helping with homework playing with them and just relaxing with my family. I will work hard at work and when I get home I will help my family with work that they need help with and don’t understand. If my family wants to go on vacation I will make sure that my family will be happy with it and we will have fun every single day we are there. No matter what I will support my whole family every step of the way no matter what tries to get in our way we will get past it.

Goals and Strategies for Semester 2 My goal for next month is to work harder to turn in my homework on time, pay more attention in class, get all the signatures that I need, and I will be respectful, and I will try to keep my grades up in class. My first goal is to work harder to turn in my homework on time by doing it the night before I have to turn it in. My second goal is to pay more attention in class by not being on the computer during class while someone is talking. My third goal is to be more respectful to others while someone is talking I will not be on my computer while that person is talking. My fourth goal is to try my hardest to keep my grades high and above a C D or F in class.

Getting all of my signatures is completely different. Getting my signatures means that I have a homework sheet that shows whether or not I’ve done my homework or not. My teacher has to personally check and see if I got that signature. Since I don’t normally get a paper that needs a signature I normally ok and won’t get in trouble for needing a signature.



Jacob Krekler Period 3 1/16/141.Do you have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from yours? How do these conditions affect your relationship?No I do not have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from mine because I don’t have any friends that have a different social, ethnic, or a different economic feeling of the things I believe in.2. To what extent does a person’s environment determine their success and happiness? Is it possible to overcome your environ- ment? If so, how? The extent to a person’s environment determines their success and happiness is that they had set a goal for themselves and they are trying their best to achieve their goal that they had set for themselves. I think it is possible to overcome your environment because they always have one goal after another and it may become too much for those people who give themselves to many goals to reach.3. How is a gang like a family?A gang is like a family because if one gang member needs help he or she will call for the rest of the gang to come and help or if one gang member gets hurt the rest of the gang will help you feel better of help with like cuts and wounds and help you get well.4. What do you think it takes to make someone a hero?What I think it takes to make a hero is courage being trustworthy to others being helpful and being nice to others that is what I think makes a hero.5. What is your definition of an “outsider.”Doesn’t have a lot of money isn’t treated fairly than others and is also unwanted.





School getting rid of sports Jacob Krekler Period 3 1/6/14 Schools that have athletic programs keep the school spending more and more of the school funds if they keep them they are going to have to get rid of them they will not have to spend so much money like each month or each week. Schools are starting school earlier than 8:00 am so after school the people who take sports have time to practice after school and the students are not getting enough time to learn. Because some schools have sport teams that means that they should make school shorter for after school sports but what they are doing is just cutting the amount of sleep each and every student gets and school getting out early just for sport practice is not really pleasing to most of the students who want to learn and to not get out of school early for sport practice.

Scrooge Questions Jacob Krekler 12/17/13 Period 3 1. In your opinion, what is the meanest thing Scrooge does in Act 1? The meanest thing I think Scrooge does in Act 1 is that he doesn’t want to give any money to the poor and he asks is there no work houses are there no prisons for the poor to go to instead of giving money. 2. (a) Who is Jacob Marley? (b) What clues does Marley give about his personality as a living person? (c) When Marley was living, in what ways were he and Scrooge alike? Jacob Marley is one of Scrooge’s best friends when Marley was a living person. Marley gives us clues of his personality as a living person one of those clues were that he was a really hard working man who didn’t travel the world while he was living. Marley and Scrooge were alike when Marley was living they were both really hard workers and they never traveled anywhere but to work and back home. 6. (a) What hints are given that Scrooge may change for the better? (b) Do you think people’s personalities can change dramatically? Some hints that are given that Scrooge may change because he doesn’t want to die alone and to not like anyone. No I do not think people’s personalities can change dramatically because they can’t change dramatically unless they are really trying to change but it doesn’t work.

Compare //A Christmas Carol// to anything Jacob Krekler Period 3 12/16/13 //A Christmas Carol// is very much like the movie //Beauty and the Beast// for many reasons. First of all, both Scrooge and the Beast were very rude to others at the beginning of the story. Second of all, Scrooge and the Beast were very greedy and they both lived alone with no one what so ever. Third both Scrooge and the Beast were both independent people and they both don’t like visitors. Fourth is that they both find happiness in life like Scrooge found the joy in Christmas and to enjoy having friends and family members that he has wronged earlier. The Beast found happiness and he found love with a beauty of a girl and the girl made the Beast whole and he turned into a prince. Scrooge and the Beast are both truly in love with the way they turned out. Scrooge loves the way he turned out because he learned the reason he hated Christmas and he realized it wasn’t all about spending tons of money he found out that it is a time to spend it with family and enjoy all the time that you have spent with them. The Beast also loves the way he turned out because he found a soul mate that he can talk to and when she kissed the Beast he was lifted of his curse that he had got. So they are now both enjoying life while they still have it and to not be so grumpy and hateful to the people around you.

Scrooge’s Persona Change Jacob Krekler Period 3 12/10/13 The early Scrooge didn’t like Christmas at all, didn’t care for the poor people, and he wouldn’t let his co-worker have a day off of work for Christmas so he can spend it with his family. The reason early Scrooge didn’t like Christmas was because when he was a boy his father held a grudge on him because Scrooge’s mother died in child birth and his sister got married and died Scrooge’s nephew has Scrooge’s sister’s personality and Scrooge didn’t see it. Middle Scrooge had no intension of helping out the poor in any way because he just got so annoyed by them because the poor people asked for money. Middle Scrooge said is there no work houses or are there no prisons for the poor people to go to. Late Scrooge loves Christmas a lot now because he found out what is going to happen if he continues to be grumpy and hateful towards others. Late Scrooge likes the poor people now because he has got to keep the promise he made and pays for a child size turkey for his co-worker to have and late Scrooge gave money to the poor people. Late Scrooge gave his co-worker the day off because it was Christmas Eve and Scrooge wanted his co-worker to enjoy his Christmas Eve with his family. Also late Scrooge has gone to visit his nephew and his wife and to have dinner with his nephew on Christmas Eve and to enjoy his life while he still can.

Compare //The Pearl// and //A Christmas Carol// Jacob Krekler 12/9/13 Period 3 Some of the similarities of //The Pearl// and //A Christmas Carol// are that they both have poor people and rich people in both. Rich people in both are characterized as stingy, selfish, rude, and uncaring in both stories. Poor people in both are characterized as humble, loving, caring, and are happy with what they have. In both stories they have an injured kid that has been treated with love and can’t be helped very much. Some more similarities in both stories are that money can’t buy you happiness in life because money isn’t everything. In both tales they are trying to get the message across to you the reader to not care about what you own or don’t own and want but do not need just take pride in what you already own. It doesn’t matter if you have enough money or have any food to eat little scraps to eat just be thankful for what you already own and take care of the ones you love. What both of these tales have in common are that they are prepared for anything that comes at them.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 12-5-13 Description of E. Scrooge Scrooge is a sad old man who is lonely and always works and doesn’t like Christmas because he was turned down by his true love on Christmas day because he was working too hard and missed his date with her. Scrooge tried to tell the girl he loved her but he is working really hard and he can’t stay for long because he has to work because his true love likes money but she doesn’t have money to bring to the wedding if Scrooge and his girlfriend got married. But since Scrooge worked so much his date with the girl he loved she thought that Scrooge wasn’t going to come. Scrooge got to the park where they said that they would have their date there but Scrooge was stuck at work and while they were walking in the park and she said I don’t have any money to bring to the wedding we could’ve had but Scrooge had no answer for her. The girl who loved Scrooge was upset that he had no answer for her about bringing money to the wedding that they could’ve had. Scrooge was lonely because he had no one to talk to or to play with. So that’s why Scrooge is always so grumpy and mad and he doesn’t like poor people one bit. Scrooge has been grumpy and mad at everyone because Scrooge’s dad was holding a grudge on him since he was born because his mother died in child birth.

Compare and Contrast Jacob Krekler 12/3/13 Period 3 There are both differences and similarities between The Outsiders and The Hunger Games. First of all, in The Hunger Games, there is a choosing to go and fight. In contrast, The Outsiders fight to try to not get jumped by bad people and get cut and beat, there is no gangs in The Hunger Games. However, in the Hunger Games there is fighting and getting hurt. Similarly, there is fighting and getting hurt in the Outsiders. However, The Hunger Games and The Outsiders have more similarities. Those similarities are that they have blood and training. In contrast, that The Hunger Games they don’t try to get jumped they kill to win. However, The Outsiders don’t kill people they try to stay alive, work, and go to school.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 12/2/13
 * 1) Logical: It is logical to use a dictionary to look up words.
 * 2) Evidence: I have shown evidence on my science project.
 * 3) Infer: With the evidence I can infer a result.
 * 4) Imply: I imply the results in my opening statement.
 * 5) Personification: The house belched out a ton of people.
 * 6) Metaphor: The rain danced outside.
 * 7) Synthesize: Synthesize is combining 2 or more things together.
 * 8) Apostrophe: Apostrophe means to make words plural.
 * 9) Theme: Theme is the main subject of something.
 * 10) Literature: Literature is the written word.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 11/21/13 Run-on Practice 1. I like school it’s very fun, I love to learn but when school is over I’m always excited for the next day to come, but I want it to come faster! 2. I like Science it is exciting but sometimes it makes me tired and freaks me out. 3. Pink is my favorite color it is a happy color, it is bold, strong, and brave. 4. When I get older I want to have a big house and a big family. 5. We should get moving there’s no time to waste. 6. I like Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and I like Fridays because the weekend starts on Firday.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 11/20/13 The Big Bang Theory is a TV show about four guys and one girl who are good friends. The two main characters are Leonard and Sheldon who are roommates and across the hall lives the main female character named Penny. The show also has friends of Leonard’s, Penny’s, and Sheldon’s including Raj, Howard, Amy, and Bernadette. Each episode Leonard, Penny, Raj, Howard, Amy, and Bernadette are abused by Sheldon because he thinks that he is smarter and better than them. Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, and Howard like comic books and wearing costumes and playing with action figures and playing video games. Each episode the friends work at a physics center and talk to each other but they think that Sheldon is very strange and they think Sheldon should be tested to see if Sheldon is crazy or just dropped on his head when he was a baby. Leonard is trying to get rid of all of his comic books and action figures and is in love with Penny. What Leonard is tired of listening to Sheldon and can’t even whistle in the apartment. What Leonard does at work is he works in a lab with different people to break into conclustion.

Jacob Krekler 11/19/13 Period 3 Claim: The theme is that they should never trust anyone not even their family. Evidence #1: Juana is very scared of Kino right now because he is acting very mean. Evidence #2: After Kino and Juana found the pearl they were turned down by the people who bought pearls. Evidence #3: Kino knocks his wife, Juana down on rocks. Evidence #4: Kino says if I give up the pearl I will lose my soul. Evidence #5: Juana finds the pearl and she sees that Kino killed a man.

1 What is the name of the town where Kino first attempts to sell his pearl? (A) Santa Lucia **(B) La Paz** (C) Cadaques (D) Tegucigalpa

2. What is the first pearl dealer’s nervous habit? **(A) He manipulates a coin in his hands** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(B) He twiddles his thumbs <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(C) He taps his foot <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(D) He chain-smokes

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">3. What is the best offer Kino gets for his pearl? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(A) 5,000 peset <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(B) 1,000 pesos <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**(C) 1,500 pesos** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(D) 20 pounds sterling

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">4. What reason does the dealer give for not liking Kino’s pearl? **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> (A) It is too large ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(B) It smells funny <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(C) It is actually made out of beeswax <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(D) It is stolen

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">5. How does Kino decide to make money when he realizes that the local pearl dealers are lowballing him? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(A) By panhandling and singing for money <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(B) By stockpiling all the pearls of La Paz <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**(C) By traveling to the capital to sell his pearl** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(D) By filing a lawsuit against the dealers according to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">6. What does Juana propose to do with the pearl? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(A) Have it set in a silver necklace that she can wear on formal occasions <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**(B) Throw it back into the sea** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(C) Give it to Coyotito <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">(D) Sell it to the highest bidder as soon as possible

The Pearl Chapter 3 Questions Jacob Krekler 11/12/13 Period 3

1. In the opening what is the town compared to? Why do you suppose he makes this comparison? The town is compared to a nervous system. He makes this comparison because the town was like a human body so it travels faster and everybody knows that the pearl was found so that no one had to run around and tell that the pearl was found. 2. How does the news of the pearl affect a) the priest, b) the shopkeepers, c) the doctor, and d) the beggars. The news of the pearl to the priest means he could get the repairs he needs for the church. The news of the pearl to the shopkeepers means that they could get more improvements on their merchandise. The news about the pearl for the doctor was that if Kino’s son still needed medicine the doctor would get the pearl and the doctor would get to go to Paris. And the news of the pearl to the beggars just made them giggle and they didn’t want anything that they don’t need. 3. In what sense (page 23) did Kino become “every man’s enemy”? Kino became “every man’s enemy” because since the town is like a nervous system the whole town already knew that Kino had found the pearl of the world. 4. How is the news of the pearl compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion? It is compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion is because the whole town wants the pearl for their own needs for what they want the most that they don’t need to have. 5. What does Kino say he will do once the pearl is sold? Kino says when the pearl is sold Kino and Juana are going to get married with nice and new clothes to wear during their wedding. 6. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly. Who do you think brings it in to Kino’s house? Give a reason for your answer. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly because when the priest came to the brush house because he wanted the pearl for repairs for the church. 7. As the doctor approaches, why is Kino feeling rage? Kino is feeling rage as the doctor approaches because Kino doesn’t like the doctor one bit Kino dislikes the doctor because he is not going to treat the poor. 8. How does Kino feel trapped by his own ignorance? Kino feels trapped by his own ignorance because he trusted the priest and the doctor and Kino didn’t know that he was being a fool and trusting them by the priest making them welcome into the church. And the doctor tricked Kino by saying that he would heal Coyotito but the doctor was only making it worse. 9. What do you guess the doctor gives Coyotito? The doctor gives Coyotito ammonia in the glass of water that would help Coyotito get better but it doesn’t. 10. How does the doctor find out where Kino has hidden the pearl? The doctor finds out where Kino has hidden the pearl because Kino would look at the area where he had buried the pearl. 11. After the intruder is driven off, what does Juana say of the pearl? Why? Juana says that the pearl is not safe here you need to get rid of it. But you can see that everyone wants the pearl for themselves. 12. Why can Kino not do this? Kino can’t give up the pearl he will lose the future that he planned. 13. Why is Kino afraid of making plans? Kino is afraid of making plans because he is afraid of having the whole town finding out about it and ruin Kino’s plan.

The Pearl Chapter 3 Questions Jacob Krekler 11/12/13 Period 3

1. In the opening what is the town compared to? Why do you suppose he makes this comparison? The town is compared to a nervous system. He makes this comparison because the town was like a human body so it travels faster and everybody knows that the pearl was found so that no one had to run around and tell that the pearl was found. 2. How does the news of the pearl affect a) the priest, b) the shopkeepers, c) the doctor, and d) the beggars. The news of the pearl to the priest means he could get the repairs he needs for the church. The news of the pearl to the shopkeepers means that they could get more improvements on their merchandise. The news about the pearl for the doctor was that if Kino’s son still needed medicine the doctor would get the pearl and the doctor would get to go to Paris. And the news of the pearl to the beggars just made them giggle and they didn’t want anything that they don’t need. 3. In what sense (page 23) did Kino become “every man’s enemy”? Kino became “every man’s enemy” because since the town is like a nervous system the whole town already knew that Kino had found the pearl of the world. 4. How is the news of the pearl compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion? It is compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion is because the whole town wants the pearl for their own needs for what they want the most that they don’t need to have. 5. What does Kino say he will do once the pearl is sold? Kino says when the pearl is sold Kino and Juana are going to get married with nice and new clothes to wear during their wedding. 6. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly. Who do you think brings it in to Kino’s house? Give a reason for your answer. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly because when the priest came to the brush house because he wanted the pearl for repairs for the church.

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍The Heist‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ Jacob Krekler 11/7/13 Period 3 It all began when ‍‍‍‍‍‍4 f‍‍‍‍‍‍riends named Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony all met up at an old diner near the freeway. ‍‍‍‍‍‍What they do there is that they first buy some food to eat and then they talk play and plan to steal things and go on rampages together. ‍‍‍‍‍‍What they also do is blow up stores and walk away and don’t look at explosions. Then they get the cops on them and they steal a car and hot wire it to get away from the cops in Liberty City. They find out that there is an abandoned apartment building close to them and they decide to go and hide in it until the cops lose sight of them. But little do they know that apartment building for a reason because it was haunted by everyone who had been in there to escape someone or something they had died in there no matter what. That night the cops were waiting for them to come out of the apartment building and just give up. Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony all tried to figure out a plan to escape plan to get away from the cops or not even be seen by them to get out or just go out with a big bang to get away from the cops.‍‍‍‍‍‍ Tony is pleading to not go outside with a big bang and have everyone die in a fiery death including himself and his best‍‍‍‍‍‍ friends. Sam, Tim and Bob all said we were not going outside only one of us is going out quickly and get caught but not for re‍‍‍‍‍‍al this gives the person who is caught gives the other three of us enough time to plant some C4 on all of the cop cars and when we get close to the person who is caught enough time to run to the car we took and start a car chase and when we get ahead we blow up the cop cars with all of us in the car we took off the street. ‍‍‍‍‍‍ So when they blew up the cop cars they were all smiling to know that the cops were gone. So they got rid of the car and walked home to plan out what they will do tomorrow maybe some racing, stealing, hanging out anywhere at any time. But what they didn’t know was that they were being watched from all over the world to know when to try and kill them but if they try to Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony will kill them with anything and everything that they have around them. So when the whole world got a code red that meant it is time for the whole world to work together to try and kill Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony right now. But Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony had another thing coming for the whole world to attack them because they have their own army to fight alongside them. And after the month long battle Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony won the battle and they were the best and strongest kids and everyone was afraid of them from that day on.

The Pearl Quiz Jacob Krekler Period 3 11/5/13 1. Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning? When Kino wakes up every morning his wife Juana watches him. 2. How many beggars are outside the church in Chapter 1? There were four beggars outside the church in chapter 1. 3. What city does the doctor dream of? The city that the doctor dreams of is Paris. 4. Who knows all the sins of the town? The beggars know all the sins of the town. 5. What makes the insect that stings Coyotito fall into Coyotito’s bed? Coyotito reached for it and that is what made the insect that stings fall into Coyotito’s bed. 1. How are the homes of the poor different from the homes of the rich? Use quotes. The homes of the poor are different from the homes of the rich because the homes of the poor are brush homes on the beach, and the homes of the rich are made of stone and plaster homes. 3. How is the doctor described? The doctor is described as clumsy, being cruel, being ignorance to the poor people mostly, and being a very lazy doctor.

3. What does the doctor’s comment on page 13 reveal about his attitude toward Indians? The doctor’s comment reveals that his attitude toward Indians are not grateful and is not being nice to them in any way at all because he is excluding them from his whole life and is never going to want to help Indian people out.

Vocab sentences Pd. 3 Jacob Krekler 11/4/13 1. Avarice means that you are very greedy for wealth or to gain materials. 2. Bougainvillea means an ornamental climbing plant that is widely cultivated in the tropics. 3. Consolation means that you receive comfort from another person after a loss or disappointment. 4. Detachment means the state of being objective or aloof by something. And the way people in the Military use this word is a group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission. 5. Indigent means a needy person like a homeless person who asks for money and if they can do something for someone for money. 6. Procession means a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion. 7. Reassuring means to say or do something to remove the doubts and fears of someone. 8. Scandal means an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage. 9. Ulcer means an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane that fails to heal.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 10/31/13 Have a nice day he laughed. You kids be careful now he said crying. You better be nice or something is going to happen to you he ordered. You better not do that he said cried out. You better be thankful for what you have and what you get he blurted out. You better hide quickly as he was quaking. You better hurry up and get home now he comforted them in a way. You better go to bed right now he mumbled. You better not get into trouble today he pleaded. You can go anywhere he responded.

**Frankenstein Questions** Jacob Krekler 10/22/13 Period 3 1. Victor’s goal in creating a creature is to build one from scratch and make it come alive. The ways Victor succeeds and fails in creating a creature is to bring a creature that he created to life and the way he fails is by the creature wanting another creature for a companion. 2. What the creature means by “Only misery made me a fiend.” He means that he is miserable and very lonely with no companion in his life that understands him and will not be afraid of him and also be able to have someone to talk to and to listen to what he has to say. 3. The creature faces a miserable sad and lonely life and is blinded by his own doing of wanting to have a companion in his life. What the story says about prejudice means that most people are friendly but some are blinded by want they want or need most in life. 4. The creature wants a companion like himself because he is lonely and if he wants to talk to someone they would just run away from him. No I do not agree with Victor’s refusal because I would tell the creature that if I made him a companion I would tell him he would not be even close to the town and to not scare anybody but live really far away from here. 5. I think it was not acceptable to kill Victor’s loved ones just to get rid of the creatures rage and anger what the creature should have done is take all of his anger out on like the ground or on the trees.

Jacob Krekler 10/22/2013

‍‍‍‍‍‍Rough Draft of my Story It all began when 4 friends named Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony all met up at an old diner near the freeway. What they do there is that they first buy some food to eat and then they talk play and plan to steal things and go on rampages together. What they also do is blow up stores and walk away and don’t look at explosions. Then they get the cops on them and they steal a car and hot wire it to get away from the cops in Liberty City. They find out that there is an abandoned apartment building close to them and they decide to go and hide in it until the cops lose sight of them. But little do they know that apartment building for a reason because it was haunted by everyone who had been in there to escape someone or something they had died in there no matter what.

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Dialogue "I’m afraid. Afraid of what’s going on when we get outside," Tony said. Why are you afraid to come outside? Sam replied. I’m not sure what’s going to happen or what is going to go wrong, Tony replied, it could be a police chase that is going on. No what I heard was the sound of tires screeching on the street. What are you hearing Tony nothing is going on outside.

Elements of my upcoming story Characters: Bob, Tim, Sam, and Tony. Setting: Liberty City Problem/Goal: Stuck in an apartment building that is locked in every door and window, escape the apartment building. Rising action: Planning the escape plan. Climax: They go to the first floor of the apartment building and look for a window that isn’t that hard or strong to break. Resolution: When they got to the window that was easy to break Bob Tim Sam and Tony pushed the window till it popped out of the space and when it hit the ground outside they crawled out.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 10/15/13

Say no to Steroids I say no to steroids because I don’t want to become moody, begin having anger issues, also I don’t want to build muscles by steroids I want to build muscles the healthy way and not the cheap way. I also still don’t want to not be all grouchy and never listening to anybody or my parents. The bad thing about using steroids because after you use them you feel like your life means nothing anymore so you just end your life from over use of steroids. And when you take steroids once it very hard to quit using them. But when you quit using steroids it takes a while for you to not have any more thoughts about using or buying steroids to become strong. I also say no to steroids because if you take to many steroids you might feel like you are the most powerful and strongest human being in the world. And if you go overboard on steroids you get liver damage, cancer, stunted growth, and heart disease. The thing that sucks the most about using steroids Olympic athletes use steroids the most so they don’t have to really train. They just are using steroids before and after they do something that is sporty or not something that is much of a sport or they just use them to look amazing and stunning.

Jacob Krekler Period 3 10/14/13 Purpose of English Class The purpose of English class so far is to explain the things we need help on and if we don’t understand what to do. And help us get ready to move on and we feel ready and look back because at first it was hard but later on it became easier to understand. A couple of things that will help us later on in life are writing explaining and sometimes reading. To help us learn from our mistakes we make in English homework and our in class writing. Another purpose of having English class is to help us on literature, grammar, writing styles, and understanding all the English concepts that we have to learn about. A few of the writing styles we have to know are what titles to underline, the titles you have to put in quotations, and the titles you put in italics but that is only if you are on a computer. Another purpose for English class is to be a great listener and being a English helper. And another thing is that you can help the people in your class out by explaining something to them that they didn’t understand or hear what the teacher said.