Sean's+Homework+Log

My HOMEWORK log of amazingness and homework... stuff.



A summer that I won’t forget… Idea used:
 * 1) 1. A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.

//Like I said, it was a summer I’d never forget. I was fifteen, that’s seven years younger than I am now. The time my brother disappeared… // //My name is Luke. I was fifteen, in high school. I had a good life, had. My brother Dante and I were going to summer camp. Yep. Our parents didn’t like us, at all, along with our sister. We still loved them, and they still loved us. They just didn’t like us. They’d told us a number of times. // //So they sent us away for as long as possible. They didn’t care how much it was they just wanted to get away from us, however long. The entire summer to be exact, since our parents didn’t like us me and my brother got along fabulously. We were all we had, you know, family. I was excited to get away from our parents though; it’s hard to like someone who doesn’t like you back, my brother did though. // //Now the subject of my sister, angle child, halo and everything. The perfect little girl next to the two misfits in the family. My sister’s name is Jessica and she’s horrible worse than our parents. Always taunting us, messing with our heads, and always playing pranks on us. For example, last Saturday she let a wild cat loose in my room and the thing scratched up my face, I have a small scar that runs from my ear to my chin. I got her back though… he he… the look on her face when she found out I put peroxide in her hair conditioner. // //We rode on the bus, my brother sat next to me smiling. He stared out the window with that grin on his face. My brother is one of the nicest people in the world, which supports my theory that the best people have the worst luck. He has that kind of grin where you just can’t help but smile. He great, he has sandy blond hair which I have NO idea which side of the family he got from. No one on either side of the family has had blonde hair since our great x50 grandpa (Him and my sister could’ve been twins with the peroxide thing)! // //Anyway, he sat next to me on the bus with thirty other kids grinning the whole time. He was occasionally asked if I saw what he saw with a sparkle in his eyes. He’s great. When we finally got to camp a day later, we started off our summer. // //I stepped off the bus taking in the view, it was pretty I’ll give it that. We were on one of those places that were close to the woods, but not in it. We were far away enough from the city that you couldn’t see it, the mountains probably helped with that though. I took in the view of the lush, green forest. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The air was so fresh compared to the city. I slowly let my breath back out and was about to open my eyes, but my brother jumped out of the bus behind me and almost made me trip. He startled me enough. I stumbled and turn around to pretend glare at my brother, I couldn’t be mad at the kid, he was impossible to get mad at. Especially since he never does anything to make you made. // //But when I turned around my eyes met a different sight, and trust me, for once I was glad I wasn’t looking at my brother. My eyes met the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen, and she was laughing at me. She was a couple inches shorter than me (still taller than my brother *cough* midget *cough*) and she had curly blond hair, she looked exactly like a California girl, but she had storm grey eyes that ruined the image, still pretty. Now, I’m not a **player** or whatever and I wasn’t too popular with girls. Though, when I saw her I wished I was. In fact, she was the reason I’d fallen over, regardless of my brother. // //She stepped over to me and held out a hand, // //“Need a lift?” // //“Actually yes.” I said with a smile. // //She laughed and pulled me up. // //“My name’s Annabeth.” // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Luke.” // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">She curled a piece of stay hair behind her ear, “Well, see you later, Luke.” // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I watched her walk off into camp with the other kids. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Annabeth and Luke sittin’ in a-“I heard behind me. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Cram it little brother.” // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two months passed. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Apparently she was stuck here the entire summer too. Said she’d gone here a couple of times and she loved it, I couldn’t blame her, this place was great. We’d climb around in trees for hours laughing, she was great at it. Kind of like a monkey, but pretty. I heard from my brother that she said she liked me too. Dante, Annabeth and me just hung out every day for the next two months we’d formed a bond. Apparently she lived in the same area I did. A couple blocks away. This was weird because I’d never seen her before. Anyhow, we hung out till the very last two days. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We sat around a campfire laughing and talking. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">My brother left, he said he had to pee. Then Annabeth left leaving me alone at the campfire for a bit. Nearly five minutes later, I heard a scream of pain. In Annabeth’s voice. I jumped from the campfire, running as fast as I could. I kept running until I ran into a clearing and found Annabeth’s clothes. Torn up and discarded. Then I heard a second scream of pain behind me, this time it was my brother. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I was scared; that was a total two of my friends down, what if whatever got them… got me? I still ran regardless. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I ran and ran and ran. Until I ran into a second clearing, where a saw two things, my brother on the ground with bite marks on his neck and a monster. It face was covered in shadow, but the rest of its body was visible. It was a werewolf. That was the first thing that came to my mind, Long arms, each finger tipped with sharp yellow nails. Its hair was dark brownish and it was at least seven feet tall. I backed up and stepped on a twig. The sound reverberated through my body. The wolf’s ears perked up, and it turned it head back to look at me, I was able to see its face. It had a long snout and yellow teeth. But the scariest thing? Familiar storm grey eyes. It was Annabeth. She… **it** saw the recognition in my eyes and smiled, nodding. I took a second step back and ran, ran for all I was worth. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I practically jumped out of bed. I looked around wildly. I breathed a sigh of relief; I got out of my lower bunk and checked on Dante. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Good morning brother.” I said with a smile. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He moved around to look at me, “Good morning **brother**” he said with venom in his voice. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He had the same eyes as Annabeth. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">See, my brother never really disappeared. His old self the happy kid who laughed and cracked jokes was replaced by something else, something mean and horrible. When I learned about his new personality I knew the only family that I had, was gone. The next few days were the same, everyone I know now has the same eyes that my brother had. I never saw Annabeth again. But, I’ll never forget those eyes, those storm grey eyes. //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 29px;">The Adventure of Luke Battlefront <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Day 001 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He was born on a strange day. A day where the moon and the sun rose together, and then the moon talked to the sun and explained that it was actually five in the afternoon. The sun got up and walked to the other side of the world. After that he was born… his mother died giving birth and his father died in the war. His mother lived long enough to give him a name. Luke Battlefront <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Luke battlefront grew up the only way he knew how, smart. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Day: Monday, 12/31/00 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Age: 13 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Month: December <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He was taken in by the orphanage at age 3. His relatives cared for him for the first three years, but then gave him to the orphanage because “he smelled funny”. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Luke sat in his room awake, he couldn’t sleep because he was too busy thinking. He was a thinker, and a good one. Luke always found a way around things, and if he couldn’t go around, he went under, or over. The point is he was smart. The other children were cruel to him, but it never bothered him. He wasn’t ugly or anything, he was skinny with black hair and startling green eyes. He always re bounded their insults in clever ways, for example here’s a moment from a month ago. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I sat along the fence of the play structure; there was no point to play. The other kids would just make fun of me, even if they’re pretty bad at it and I can poke holes at what they say and turn it around on them. I looped out of my daydream; something was standing in the view overshadowing me. There was no uglier shadow than, Donovan U. Martin. Yeah, that’s right. His initials are DUM; it’s pretty funny because he is. Everyone call him Mud because he’s always dirty. Anyone who calls him Dum gets punished and what I mean when I saw punished is he jams your head between two monkey bars and leaves you there. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The horrible things is you probably can’t get out and it takes our overseer, Ms. Rachel at least thirty minutes to make sure that we’re all in the room at the end of our recess. Don’t get me wrong Ms. Rachel is great, one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Anyways back to Dum. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Hey Loser,” He said. “Not out playing cause you’re stupid.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He said stupid like, [Steuw-peed]  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I sighed, “Someone named “Dum” is calling me stupid…” I shook my head and smiled at him. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">His face was a mass of rage, a big ugly ball of red with a few dents. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What I didn’t realize was I was making a disgusted face from looking at him to closely. He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt. Something snapped. I don’t know what it was, but it got me going. I read a lot and I’ve read a lot of different books, one of them was a book on pressure points. I grabbed his hand and pressed as hard as I could just below the wrist, he cried out and jumped back, then he turned his head to glare at me. He wouldn’t try to punish me, my head was too small to fit between the bars. He swung back his fist to punch me. I ducked and it got caught in the fence behind us, he struggled to get out, his face was redder than anything I’d seen and I think he was going to explode. I heard the bell and walked away with a smile. Today, he was going to be the one stuck for thirty minutes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">See what I mean? He’s smart; he made a friend that day too. Named Dante, nice kid. They were best friends, inseparable, like brothers. They had the dream of going to collage together and becoming book writers. The day where we left off was the night of a massive solar flare. It had moved continents and shifted them around into a single mass. Like the worst earthquake you could imagine. Luke and Dante were broken apart by the earthquake and then split apart, they both ended up on either side of that land mass. Two years. It took those two years to find each other again, once they did. Order was restored and everyone was able to get back to their lives. Afterwards, they wrote a book about friendship and how it can always prevail. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 96px;">END


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 32px;">“Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent in Real Life?” **

By Sean.F.K

No. Violent video games do not make people more violent in real life. For as long as we have known there has been some sort of violent activity that people participate in. Wouldn’t a kid would fights with wooden sword be as aggressive as someone who plays video games? Is it simply that kids are naturally aggressive? No. Studies show that children do //not// become more aggressive from playing video games, however the person playing the game may act slightly ruder afterward. “ But the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, the University of Rochester, and the company Immersyve, found that aggressive thoughts and actions don’t come from the violent content of a game—instead, it’s being bad at playing difficult games that gives rise to real-world aggression. A few frustrating rounds of Tetris, in other words, would be more likely to make a gamer lash out than an hour spent absorbed in virtual decapitation and evisceration on an easy level of Gears of War.” Cited from []

See? Though, in a sense, if you played a violent video game on a very high level difficulty you might become more violent than if you played Tetris, but then again if you played Tetris on the highest-level difficulty you might be more aggressive than if you played that violent game. It’s not the violent video games that make people aggressive, it’s the difficulty.

“Research shows that violent and non-violent games both lead to players losing their temper, when they lose.

Lack of practice, awkward controls and games that were unnecessarily difficult all caused frustration.

But, surprisingly, the actual content of the game had very little effect.”

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No matter who you are, you can get very angry from playing simple games. If you practice at a game enough, you won’t get angry at it. The problem isn’t the type of game the problem is the difficulty while playing. Playing Call of Duty on the easiest difficulty is better than Tetris on the hardest. Practice makes perfect right?

And if the problem isn’t the difficulty it is guns, guns are the problem. I mean, if gun were more control you wouldn’t have fathers blaming Minecraft for their son bring a gun to school. The son had brought a hammer and a shotgun to school. The father found out, he said that the hammer was used for digging in the game and that they use gun to defend themselves against zombies.

For the record, I did some research. It turns out that there are no guns at all; Minecraft is a fun, creativity game that lets you build whatever you want to. There is a survival mode where you have to build shelter and, yes you do have to defend yourself from various monsters. But no, there are no guns, and yes. There is a difficulty setting.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 37px;">My hello letter to you!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Hey there! I heard that I just got some new pen pals from Argentina? I’m pretty excited. My name is Sean; my full name is Sean Francis Kelley. I’m here to tell you a little bit about myself, I live in San Diego California (If you didn’t know that already.); I’m 5,999 miles from you! (What can I say? I Googled it.) I want to tell you about my culture, I’m Christian. Well, Catholic, though I don’t go to church //every// Sunday, then that makes me… a… Christian? I don’t know. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I also heard that your culture is very different from mine, like the things you eat. So, I decided to tell you a little bit about what I eat. San Diego is great! It’s kind of like a big plaza full of stuff, you start walking down my street and there’s lots of grass and dirt, and a High School that’s a fourth of a mile away (Also Googled it). I mainly eat healthy food or try to; I have a soda every now and then. However last night I ate pizza, you probably know what pizza is (If you don’t I feel bad for you.), its heated dough with tomato sauce, covered with cheese and then sprinkled with toppings. It’s really good; I eat a variety of foods such as Mexican food, Italian, American, and Chinese. Other than that, I’m very excited to meet you guys, see you soon!

**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Point of View: Animal Story //**

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mm… Mm… mehhh. I rolled over; there was something on my nose irritating me. I raised a paw to flick it away and it left my nose. I opened my eyes, it was a fly, a lone fly buzzing around the inside of my tree, I glared hatefully at it .I let my paw back down. What did the fly have against sleep? I stood up, stretched out, and then sat on my haunches. I swished my tail back and forth. The fly, curious and naïve went to inspect it. I swished my tail, hitting the fly out of the air, stepped on it before it could fly again, and smiled. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I looked around for any more fly’s’ that dared to disturb my slumber. I lived in a hollow tree, mainly because it was safe, and mostly because it was convenient. There were no more fly’s’, I stretched out again, and looked outside. There are many benefits to living in a meadow, the nice cool breeze that runs along it… and the tall grass that lets you go to your neighbors’ house and eat them. I don’t have any neighbors’ not since the last one moved away and spread the word that I eat rabbits. Hey! Don’t look at me like that… rabbits are delicious. The only “neighbor” I have is the snake that lives in an old rabbit hole, but he’s kind of strange. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Though one time, he did share some rabbit with me when an unsuspecting rabbit came over to look into the burrow for housing. Heh heh… I bet the last things he would’ve expected to see was a snake. We’re not… friends. It’s more of a give and take thing, you know? I kill a rabbit/squirrel/bird/mouse and we eat and the same for him. Plus life in a meadow is pretty easy, the only problems are // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A) ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Some pretty annoying crows // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">B) ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The big stupid bear that lumbers around looking for something to eat, lately, he’s been looking for me ever since I ate his food, cut me some slack I was desperate. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">And that’s pretty much it. Your perfect neighborhood. I looked around and rushed into the tall grass, it’s the perfect cover. I hear loud footsteps, I laughed quietly to myself, he was never a silent one. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Where are you little fox?” I hear the growl // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This should be fun, I thought to myself. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“What does it matter you can’t catch me.” I said throwing my voice. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I heard a rushing noise going towards where I threw my words. I heard a low growl of disappointment. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Aw. What is it? Are you too stupid to see red fur in green grass? That’s sad.” I heard more rushing noises, this time coming towards me. I didn’t care, because I was ready. The grass in front of me parted and I met the ugliest sight you’ll ever see, angry grizzly bear. He saw me and smiled, showing all of his teeth. I was giving myself a fur bath, might as well be clean before a fight right? // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Oh! Hello I didn’t see you there I was just washing off that rabbit of your I ate.” I said smiling sweetly. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">However, Bear wasn’t smiling, he was glaring at me, eyes full of hate, brown fur rippling, massive claws in my face… like I said ugly and… wait what is that? Erugh! Bad Breath! // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I actually gagged, and this caused bear to lunge at me, I simply rolled out of the way. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Wow. You aren’t just stupid, you’re slow!” I said. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He roared, he was foaming at the mouth now, now’s my chance. Like I was saying earlier, Snake lives in a rabbit burrow, but of course he’s a snake and it obviously wasn’t big enough for him. So I leapt backwards and into the burrow. Bear hesitated, he was dumb, but he wasn’t dumb enough to stick his head in a snake hole. Probably thought I had a death wish. I heard him lumber off into the distance. I sighed, then a heard a noise next to me. I looked and sure enough Snake was there coiled up smiling at me. We looked at each other for a minute and burst out laughing. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Hey thanks.” // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Sssssure anytime.” // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I crawled back out of the hole, and back into my tree. That was enough excitement for one day, I lied down rolled over and fell asleep. //

Accidentally posted on my journal instead of homework log. So why not paste it in the correct place? Purple Book Q's 4/15 & 4/16 1 - 3 1. I'd rather spend an afternoon with Walt Whitman because he seems more outgoing than Emily Dickinson, he seems like a good person. 2. A) He's talking about himself and how he is himself and no one else. 2. B) He thinks that he is important and that he is an abstract writer. 3. A) Because it is aware. 3. B) He is a serious person. 3. C) He is telling you to view yourself as a whole. 4. A) She says that she will be banished along with you. 4. B) She seems excited about meetng another one of her kind. 4. C) That the smallest action can change how people look at you. 5. A) SHe thinks that it is too public. 5. B) In certain perspectives, yes, it is better to be a nobody instead of an outgoing somebody. That way you don't have to worry about what people think of you.

4/16 1. I would like to meet the speaker of this peom because he sounds very smart. 2. A) He compares himself to a flower and a tree. 2. B) A tree is strong and independant, a flower is willow and outgoing. 3. A) He says that he will always be himself no matter what. 3. B) A tree is strong and independant, a flower is flexible and outgoing. 4. A) He's feels great about being himself. 4. B) "Forlorn" 4. C) You are yourself for how you see you, and you are more than just you for how others see you.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Sean F. Kelley // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">5285, Dante St. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">92117 // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">4/10/14 //

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Dear Ms. Labas, // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">I am writing a letter to you as an English project and so far I’m enjoying myself. I want to tell you that I’ve only been at Imiddle for roughly a year and I love it here. I’m sure that you will too, it’s a pretty calm environment and everybody is really nice. The staff here has all been there for at least a year and they are all experienced and can probably show you around. Matter-of-fact I’d be happy to do that myself, I haven’t met you, but I’m sure you’re a good principal and can make good decisions about improving our school. I assure you we’re pretty good as is. There’s a completely bully free environment. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">When a submission for a report that someone’s been “bullied” it’s probably just some people messing around and then it got out of hand (most commonly either an argument, friends tend to gang up on each other.). There’s also a zero tolerance policy for drugs of course, dress code, and the rules might be strict though I think that they’ve been paying off. However, The School is a pretty busy place, whenever a bell rings hundreds of students **gush** out of every classroom. Though, no one ever gets hurt in the process there are the two nice halls monitors to make sure that no one gets hurt, breaks a rule, does anything sneaky, or get bullied. I personally love the school, everyone there is nice and all the kids are very respectful (Nothing good comes to you if you aren’t). We also have a nice Vice Principal that just joined us, so you aren’t alone because she’s new too! If you want to make a cool improvement (Or at least **I** think it’s cool) I’d suggest a library fund. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">What I mean when I saw library fund I mean a small fund that people can donate to for the library to make it bigger, better, and get the latest books. I love the library it’s much better than the SD public library bigger too. It’s probably better because of the large collection of book that is for young adults. There’s actually a **pretty big** amount of people that hang out at the library. Most of them are there for the books (There are some kids that play game on their computers and make lots of loud noises, and then there are some kids that play cards. That’s it and the card kids are fine). That’s the only thing I’d like to be changed, otherwise the school is wonderful! I hope that you get my letter and reply; I’d love to be the first person to meet the new principle. //

//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">From a student that cares, __// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Sean F.(rancis) Kelley //

[|https://www.newsela.com/articles/school-suspensions/id/3169/#articles/school-suspensions/id/3169/]

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Sean F. Kelley **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">Rough Draft of Character Matters Essay ** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">My friend Nick exhibits great trust, responsibility, and creativity. Nick is very trusting and has always been a good friend; he can always count on me and has a sense of duty. He always counts on me to be there for him and knows that I would never lie to him. He also is very responsible. //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nick and I have been friends for almost a year and we have a lot in common, we also never argue. He always manages to jot down notes and stay on task; we can both talk and work at the same time. If ones of us is late to class the other person can always count on the person who was in class to catch them up to speed and share notes. //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nick is very reliable, I can count on him. He’s a very creative person, I deeply respect him for that, we both have billions of ideas for a single subject and we share all of them, which in turn will create more. He’s a very original person and he’s brilliant, I’m not exactly sure what his grade are, but I am sure that they are around the A – B range. He’s someone I can always go to for ideas or advice, matter of fact he’s the one that I went to for this essay, at lunch, //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Hey Nick?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Yeah?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“I’m doing this “Character” essay in class that has to be about someone I know, any ideas?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Your Dad?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Write about him too much.” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Hm. Your Grandpa?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Even more.” //**

**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Me?” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Why not, thanks Nick.” //** **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">“No prob.” //**

**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">We always have little moments like that where I help him or he helps me. We stick up for each other. Sometimes in lunch I’ll be walking and I trip backwards. My backpack is naturally heavy so I can’t get up. Nick will pull me up and sometimes he’ll grab whatever I drop. He’s a very nice person and an even better friend. I can always count on him to help me when I need it. //**

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;">By **Maria Recio, McClatchy-Tribune**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 31px;">Libraries designed without old-fashioned books, for new-fashioned readers **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;">3.19.2014, ****<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">News Article Summary and Citation #1 **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">This article is about how new technology is helping people read in a new way, without books. Basically you use your computer to store copies of book and carry them around with you. If you don’t have a computer, you can use a kindle. This new technology is help kids in school and is a pretty cool thing. If the new technology is easy to make and effective, we can spread around the world.

**// Sean F. K. //** **// 3/19/14 //**   Character Essay Program My friend Nick shows trust, I can always count on him. I’ve known him for about a year, but we’re really good friends. We always hang out together at lunch and he always has my back. I arrived late in class once, and he caught me up to speed on what was going on and let me copy his notes. He also trusts me to do that kind of thing; we always can count on each other.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;">By **Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela Staff** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">[|http://newsela.com/articles/deportee-videogame/id/1134/#articles/deportee-videogame/id/1134/]
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 31px;">Friends create "Rodrigo's World" for a deported classmate **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">This article is about a group of very special kids. In California, there was a student named Rodrigo who was well liked and popular. Rodrigo was deported back to Mexico where he was born. The kids thought that this was unfair and had no way to talk to him. So they created “Rodrigo’s World” on a game called Minecraft. They played with him on it and chatted with him via Skype.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;">By **Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, adapted by Newsela staff**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 31px;">“Zircon crystal sheds new light on Earth's formation” **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;">03.06.14 **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ronnia_ltlight; font-size: 17px;"> 10 p.m.

[|http://newsela.com/articles/zircon-discovery/id/2918/#articles/zircon-discovery/id/2918/]

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">“A zircon crystal found on a sheep ranch in Australia is the oldest piece of the Earth’s crust to be discovered, shedding new light on our planet’s formation.”. This article is about a small zircon (A small element made in the earth’s crust) crystal shows a little bit more about our planet age. The crystal is also the (Newest, as in newly discovered) oldest thing that the earth has. The article shows us the new importance of the crystal and why it matters. The crystal gives us new insight and ideas. It also shows us that the earth is a little bit older than we thought it was and shows us how the crystal was formed.

Outsider’s Sequel

When I first stepped out the door I had three things on my mind. Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and //Gone with the Wind.// Two years. Two years since they left us. Their two year anniversary. I miss them, more than anything. I mean… Dally did have it coming… we all knew he did.

Just… not so soon as it did, it’s sad, he was a good person. And then there was Johnny… poor Johnny… he died at sixteen, his parent don’t care, I would’ve been there for him. If he’d survived… I would’ve been there for him, I held the note in his hand, the letter he written for me. I’d shown it to everybody who knew him, and after I’d shown them… it made a difference. Everybody changed when they heard the news especially Cherry Valance.

We talked to each other a few days ago. The Socs don’t care about greasers anymore, they mainly just mope around. The rumble had probably gotten to them… bad. She pulled up in that little car she owned. It was at the beach, I hitched a ride on the bus so I could check out the sunset. I still dig sunsets.

I leaning against the railing, I didn’t really notice or hear the car pull up, but I sure knew who it was. “Hey Cherry.” She didn’t say anything; she just stared out at the Sea. “Hey Pony?” “Yeah?” The way she looked at me then, I don’t know, it was like she lost hope. “Do you have a cigarette?” I fumbled in my pocket, “Here” I handed her the lighter. She put the cigarette in her mouth and tried to light it, she couldn’t. I watched her struggle with it for a few minutes. She stopped and we stared at each other for a couple of minutes, then we both burst out laughing. I lit in for her. After that day we both started hanging out together. Then we had a little get together. We did this every day, then Soda wanted to come. Then she invited one of her friends. This kept on happening, everyday there was a bigger turn out. Soon the Socs and the Greasers hung out very night. Regularly, at the drive in. The Socs started to get along real well with Two-Bit; all the girls were falling head over heels for Soda, Even Darry found something to do, and me? I was with all of them, laughing; all we watched were comedies and never anything else. I think we always should be laughing, so that we can forget those moments where we’re sad or disappointed or mad and just laugh… cut loose… or smile.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Outsider’s Review 3/4/14 //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“The Outsider’s” is a really good book, it shows the inside life of a boy. His name is Ponyboy and he’s a greaser, a low class degenerate. The Socs the rich and powerful people don’t like them and like to jump them for fun. As Ponyboy goes through the story he starts to change. He begins to see the big picture and what’s really going on, he realizes that everyone has a story. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As Ponyboy goes through this change he begins to see from a different point of view. He sees that the Socs think that, “Once you get a little money, the whole world hates you”. When Ponyboy hears Randy say this he says, “No, you hate the whole world”. At the end of the book, Ponyboy sees it all clearly and thinks that it doesn’t matter whether you rich or poor. Ponyboy’s led him to see what the bigger picture was. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 64px; text-align: center;">Outsider’s ending 2/28/14

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chapter 13 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">AS soon as I heard the news I was shocked, bewildered and happy. What did he say it had been? Even though I’d forgotten I didn’t care. Because as long as he was OK so was I. Anyway, when I heard the news all I could think about was going back. So that I could see him and be happy. More than happy, in fact there aren’t words for it.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I’d asked Darry to drive me and he was more than happy. When we got there the whole gang was outside, Soda, Steve, Two-Bit, everybody, even Randy showed up. They all looked anxious and excited, happy as I was. The hospital door open and everyone jumped to their feet simultaneously, we all waited. The doctor nodded for us to come in. Then with a shocked expression we all ran in as fast and we could, inside there were three hospital beds, laying in each one were three people, Dally, Johnny, and Bob. Dally and Johnny were talking to each other laughing.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">It turn out everybody survived, When Johnny “died” earlier, he actually fell into a coma and woke up a week later, For Dally the bullet caught him in the shoulder, but the cops thought they’d hit him in the chest since that’s where most of the blood was. And finally Bob, who had lost lots of blood, but through multiple blood transfusions he survived. Each group of people ran to a different bed. I went straight to Johnny’s,

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Remember to stay golden Pony.” He said.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A month later, the Greaser’s and the Socs. All started helping each other out; we all lend one another a hand. We were all just so sick of fighting. And now? It’s not Greaser’s and Socs, low-class and high-class, it’s not even rich and poor the Socs helped us with that. Now? We’re all just people that live with one another. And we’ll all remember to stay golden…

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 27px; text-align: center;">A day in the life 2/27/14

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A day in my life two years from now is uneventful. I’ll wake up early and make myself breakfast and go to my high school. I walk into campus and look around. Almost like a middle school environment, except everybody is rushing around more and it’s more chaotic. I’ll get to my English class just as the bell rings and sit down for a day of school. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nothing happens except for P.E. I’ll just get out of my chemistry class and realize I forgot my gym clothes in my locker. I’ll get them and go to P.E once I get there I have to talk with my soccer team about the upcoming soccer game. Once I finish my P.E I’ll take a look over my homework schedule and head home. My best friends will walk with me; we’ll all be goofing around and laughing at one another. Once I get to my house I wave goodbye, walk inside and get my homework done for the day. After dinner and feeding the cat I’ll go to bed.

2/25/14


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">The Monkey’s Paw Lit. Analysis **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In the story, “The monkey’s paw, Sergeant Major Morris foreshadows that bad things will happen because of the monkey’s paw and it’s wishes. “Nothing,” The solider said hastily, “Leastways, nothing worth speaking of.” Show that the monkey’s paw is not something wants to talk about. When the White family asked about his wishes he simply replied, “I did.” As his strong teeth chattered against the glass.” This shows that he wants to avoid the subject and that the monkey’s paw is not something to be taken lightly. When he gives them the paw and tells them how to use it he says, “But I warn you of the consequences.” This foreshadows that something bad will happen. **



**//__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 32px;">Compare two similar movies, books, or TV shows. __//** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Comparison between: The Outsiders AND Harry Potter

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There are many similarities between Outsiders and Harry Potter <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To compare them, In HP Harry is seen as different because of his past and because his parents are dead. Similarly, in outsider’s Ponyboy’s parents are also dead. In both books they have gangs, though in HP they are houses like Gryffindor. Also, in HP and Outsiders they had a group of three people that always stuck together. In The Outsiders Pony, Soda, and Derry all stuck together and in HP it’s Harry and His friends.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">However, both stories have their own differences. In HP this is magic and The Outsiders does not have any “magic” in it so far. Also, The Outsiders is set in more modern times and has no mythological references. In both stories there are different characters, yet this is a similarity that is small but noticeable. In both stories the rich people seem to be against the more humble and less rich people. Otherwise, both stories have their own similarities and differences.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 64px;">6th Grade and 7th Grade Comparison **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There are similarities between 6th and 7th grade. For Instance, my 6th grade was middle school formatted and I had three different teachers that I rotated through throughout the day, yet in 7th grade I have three more classes that I rotate through. Also, in my 6th grade we still had recess, however in 7th we don’t have recess at all; instead we have PE which is kind of like the new recess. On the other hand, the three different classes that I had in 6th grade were much longer than the ones we have in 7th. Compared to 6th grade 7th grade seems like a smaller break, in my 6th grade classes we never had short days and we had much more, homework, time in class, and less free time. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nevertheless, 7th grade is a little more demanding, you are graded on behavior and fitness, and you have at least six teacher that give you individual assignments each night. Regardless, 6th grade was demanding, I had much more trouble with 6th grade than I do with 7th, I had piles of homework and I used to lose all of my important assignments and I couldn’t make them up. Despite the fact that 6th grade was pretty demanding I had lots of fun, we had after school and before school programs that were great, in the before school program you’d get to play on computer for two hours (if they hadn’t been taken by other students) from six to eight am, and the after school program you had to get your homework done first and then you’d get to play on the computers, teacher would work with you and check your homework if you were finished. 7th grade is also pretty great, there are I parties, you get to have your own personal computer/I pad that you can use to do school work on, and your teacher also help you. In contrast to 6th grade 7th grade is much better and it’s easy to get an A in all of your classes if you turn if your homework, do good in class, always stay healthy, finish all of your classwork, and behave. **




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Are Children of Illegal Immigrants Entitled to a Public Education? **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Yes I think that children of Illegal Immigrants are entitled to a public education. I mean, if you think about it why are they trying to //get// an education? Because no one in the state they came from is able to teach them. So if we let immigrants in and give them a public education they can develop certain skills that will help their country and make a difference. Also if the children want to become teachers that great! Then they can go back to their country and teach children there. Then we won’t see as many illegal immigrants here and other counties can become more advanced and help the world. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I understand that you have to pay taxes so that children can receive education. So what? Why do you think the children came here? So that they could earn money and then have children, become an American citizen, and make a difference by paying for //their// education. Though, good chances are that they probably will go back to their country, but they will make a difference there. If you look at it from both ways it’s, they’ll pay for taxes later or they make a difference in their country. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Also, Teachers have to spend their own money for school supplies so that children are able to use them. The Immigrants aren’t able to pay taxes so that a teacher can get money and buy supplies. Even if this is true, the children will utilize the supplies they are given more than a child born here will .When the children arrive in this state, they don’t have education in their state. What does this result in? The children trying their hardest to get good grades, in fact they try harder than children who are born in America with the //right// to be educated. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Everyone has the //right// to be educated, Right? So why do we shut them out? They have no money, so? When they grow up they’ll be able to make money and pay. Children from other counties that are 10+ probably don’t know English, so? We can teach them English and in return they’ll grow up to be successful and return the favor. There’s a saying, “Every action causes a reaction.” this is true. For every child we help and give education more children will grow up to be successful. Some children in certain states die before they have a chance to make a difference, if we bring a group of those children here, every week, help them and educate them, they’ll go back and help fix that problem. **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 64px;">END **

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">Root Words Activity **


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discovered
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discoverment
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uncovered
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recovered
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uncoverment
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recoverment
 * 7) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Precoverment
 * 8) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Precovering
 * 9) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Precoverer
 * 10) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recovering
 * 11) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recoverment
 * 12) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Recover
 * 13) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Preemploying
 * 14) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Preemployer
 * 15) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Preemployment
 * 16) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Predoer
 * 17) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Predoment
 * 18) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Predoing
 * 19) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Undoing
 * 20) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Undoment
 * 21) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Disdoment

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 64px;">Song Analysis //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I want to analyze the song, “Ain’t no rest for the wicked.” By Cage the Elephant. The song is an old song that was made roughly… five or six years ago and is very catchy. Basically the song is saying that if you do something bad that it will mark you for the rest of your life and that karma will come back to get you. The people in this song have also stamped themselves as “wicked” and say that they can’t stop now that they’ve started.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 64px;">Song Chorus //** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">He said there ain't no rest for the wicked, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Money don't grow on trees, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">I got bills to pay <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">I got mouths to feed <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">There ain't nothing in this world for free. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Oh no I can't slow down, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">I can't hold back <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Though you know I wish I could <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked, <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Until we close our eyes for good <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Link: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/cage_the_elephant/aint_no_rest_for_the_wicked.html

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 64px;">S.E Hinton Q’s and A’s **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">A: ` <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12px;">Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">A: She said she liked how it taught most kids to enjoy kids. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">A: 1967 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">A: She’s written eight books and one picture book. A: Has received numerous awards for her books.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Q: Where was Hinton born? (Coincidentally, this is where the novel takes place.)
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Q: What influenced her to write //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 12px;">The Outsiders //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">?
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Q: What year was //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 12px;">The Outsiders //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> published?
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14px;">Q: State two other interesting pieces of information that you learn about S.E. Hinton. (Check out her home state!)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 36pt; text-align: center;">2/4/14 <span style="display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 36pt; text-align: center;">Four Words with Context <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Reformatory – A way of trying to rehabilitate something ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Bewildering – Confusing and Astonishing ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Corn-Poney – Another word for stupid **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Premonition – A way to promote something **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 36pt; text-align: center;">2/3/14 <span style="display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 36pt; text-align: center;">NBC symbol I think that the NBC symbol displays two ideas that aren’t seen. The NBC symbol is basically a split semi-circle that each segment is colored differently and has a small part of it that is plain white. If you look at it it’s shaped like a peacock. I think it displays variety because of the different colors and because the channel does have a wide variety. I also think it stand for colorfulness because of the colors.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'American Typewriter Condensed'; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">Essay Questions
 * 1) 1. What Ponyboy was referring to when he said this was he is inhuman. Ponyboy feels a very large amount of anger towards Darry because he is not nice to him. Ponyboy says that whatever he does for Darry isn’t good enough. In the book he said, “If I got B’s he wanted them to be A’s and if I got A’s he wanted them to stay A’s. He also says that Darry is, “About as hard as a rock…” which means that he very hard on Pony.
 * 2) 2. This is a compare and contrast between Ponyboy and Johnny. Both are very similar, for instance they both feel like they aren’t wanted at home. However, their lives are different, in Ponyboy’s life he has two other brothers that support him. Though in Johnny’s life he has no one to support him and is not wanted at home. His mother and father also almost pay no attention to him and his father #|beats him.
 * 3) 3. I predict that since he ran away Ponyboy’s life is going to get worse. When he say’s, “Things gotta get better, I figured. Things couldn’t get any worse, I was wrong.” This foreshadows that some bad will happen. I think that next in the story someone will get arrested. I thought of this since Johnny and Ponyboy are on the run they don’t have and money or food or shelter. So they might try to steal or rob a store. That’s what and why I think this will happen next.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">A Day of My Life in Twenty Years ** A day in my life in twenty years would #|start with me waking up. I would get out of bed and walk downstairs to the smells of egg and toast. I would finally reach the bottom of my stairs to the sight of my children running around the room laughing, the dog would be chasing them as they ran around the house. The cat would be playing with the second eldest girl, Madison, and nip her nose, she would laugh and scratch behind his ears. After I took in the scenery, my wife would pass me a plate of breakfast and I would pour myself coffee. After a few moments I would go to my house office, pay pills, manage my lawyer firm, #|play with my kids from time to time, have lunch, and go with an hour walk with the kids, my wife, and the dog. The kids would run around in Olive Grove Park and laugh as the dog chases them. Afterwards the sun would be setting and we’d leave the animals at home and go to a restaurant. After this, we would go home and watch a movie and tuck the kids into bed. Then I would stay up with my wife for a couple of hours and then go to bed. And that is a day in my life in twenty years. **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">Goals and Strategies for Semester 2 ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">My goal for next moth is to pay more attention, be more respectful, do my homework, get all my signatures, and be an A student. My first goal, paying more attention, is simple (And self-explanatory.). Also my second goal is basically the same. Doing my homework however is different, I have absolutely no problem with doing my homework, and my problem is that I don’t turn it in. Usually what will happen is I will take it out show it to my Dad and then leave it there, leave it in the trunk or forget it at home. So to make sure that I don’t lose I will triple check that I’ve put it in my backpack or in my binder.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Getting all of my signatures is different. Getting my signatures means that I have a homework sheet that shows whether or not I’ve done my homework, my teacher has to check it off personally. Usually I forget the first two period’s signature’s which is fine because I have my first period teacher for advisory so I can get that easily though my second period teacher can’t be found at lunch so I visit him after. Being an A student will be easy if I apply all of these things, I typically have B’s that I want to be A’s. So if I do all of this I will get A’s and those are my goals and my strategies to achieve them for the rest of the year.

Johnny Analysis

Johnny is he youngest greaser in the gang. He has black hair and has fearful looking eyes. He is described by Ponyboy as, “A black puppy that has been kicked too many times and put into a crowd of strangers”. The soc.’s had treated Johnny badly and beaten him senseless. Everyone in the gang is very protective of Johnny and watches over him. Especially Dallas, he is very protective of him.

Johnny has also been described as the group’s pet. In the book it describes him as mainly Dallas’ pet. Johnny is very well aware of his surroundings and a little paranoid. Ponyboy also say that he speaks rarely and almost never engages in conversation. He is also said to look fourteen and that it bugs him.



<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">1/14/14 Sean Kelley


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Do you have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from yours? How do these conditions affect your relationship? A: Yes, they change the way that my friend might think or act around me. This will change how I think about them and/or how my other friends act around them
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">To what extent does a person’s environment determine their success and happiness? Is it possible to overcome your environment? If so, how? A: It dictates their mood and how they act and respond to people. It is possible to overcome your environment, by overcoming all the various challenges and utilizing the benefits.
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">How is a gang like a family? A: A gang is like a family because in a gang the gang-members look out for each other and support each other.
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What do you think it takes to make someone a hero? A: A hero is someone who is kind and looks out for everybody and heroes also always make the right choices.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What is your definition of an “outsider?” A: An outsider is someone who is excluded from a large group/society and thrown into exile. The others that //are// included in the group shun them.

Was not able to attach the homework of 1/7/14 because I was confused on how to attach documents to the wiki, I will show it to you in class.

= See video on front page of wiki. =

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 27px;">“What do you think?” **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 27px;">Assignment **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I do not believe that people should cut back on sports, but I do think that they should be limited. I think that people should be able to play sports to develop certain skills. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I do not think sports should be removed completely, I only think that sports should be limited and that you should have grades above C’s to participate. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Schools shouldn’t over spend on sports; they should limit them and not cut them off from school life completely.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Young athletes develop more skills than hurling a six-pound ball over a line, they learn social skills like teamwork and concern for others.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Athletic programs put horrible burdens on cash-strapped schools”
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">One school that cut sports completely from school life, had significantly improved test scores.v

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center;">Academic Vocabulary <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 37px; text-align: center;">Sentences

Logical – He used a logical solution to solve the math problem. Evidence – He wrote down all of the evidence he used to solve it.Infer – He inferred that the math problem was very hard for everybody else.Imply – He implied this because he was the best student and he had trouble with it.Personification – He used personification in his writings.Metaphor – He used the metaphor that describes birds to wind in his writing.Synthesize – He synthesized the two things together to form a fizzing powder.Apostrophe – He had an abnormally large amount of apostrophes in his book.Theme (as it applies to literature) – He was writing a book; currently he was working on the theme.Literature - He was very interested in literature and worked constantly on the assignments he had for it. **//__ Summarize each Scene __//**

Act 1 Scene 1-The ghost of Marley talks about Scrooge.

Act 1 Scene 2 Scrooge is rude to his nephew and others

Act 1 Scene 3 Marley warns Scrooge of three ghosts.

Act 1 Scene 4 the spirit of Christmas past shows Scrooge his past

Act 2 Scene 1 Scrooge meets Christmas Present

Act 2 Scene 2 Present shows Scrooge kindness

Act 2 Scene 3 Present shows Scrooge Cratchit’s family

Act 2 Scene 4 Present shows Scrooge His Nephew’s family.

Act 2 Scene 5 The end, Scrooge go’s around doing good deeds’.

**//__ -Ten Hard words- __//** **//__ _And Their_ .meaninigs. __//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Legatee: An apprentice, someone who is ordered to do things. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Implored: Asked, or tried to ask. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Humbug: Something stupid. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Morose: Upset. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Parliament: Speaking for people? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bedlam: Retirement Facility. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Liberality: Generosity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Misanthrope: Someone who doesn’t like anything <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Crossover: When somebody moves to another area. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Specter: A type of spirit. **//__ Scrooge comparison __//** om <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you look at the various emotional stages scrooge went through in //A Christmas Carol// you can compare them and see how much he changed. In the first stages in the story Scrooge was extremely rude and enjoyed making fun of people. He had no concern for poor people or the condition of other people. I remember when Scrooge was asked to donate to the needy and he refused, ‍also making jokes about them.‍ Then the spirit’s came and he started to change. When the first spirit came he was the same, but as the spirit continued to show him the visions he appeared to have softened. Though at the end of the visions he became his old self again, then the second spirit came. The second spirit came and showed him how little Timmy could die. When he shows Scrooge this he transitions into middle scrooge. Finally, by the end of the third spirits visit, he becomes ecstatic and overjoyed at the thought of Christmas and does good deeds he would not have done as early Scrooge.

**//__ Comparison __//**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The two writings were though of **__<range type="comment" id="476742748_2">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍similarly</range id="476742748_2">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍__**, but there are alternate characteristics that define them. The similarities between the text’s //A Christmas Carol// and //The Pearl// include the fact that the poor and the rich are both made the same way in both stories. The Rich people in both stories are characterized alike, they are portrayed as mean, selfish, cruel, unkind, snobby, ungrateful, they take everything for granted, they have little respect for poor people, and they are usually in a bad mood. However, the poor people in both stories are made, kind, thoughtful, giving, extremely grateful, they have great amounts of respect for people, and they help others. Here are some similarities between book characters.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Doctor in //The Pearl// has all the bad qualities that I mentioned earlier; **__Similarly__** Scrooge in //A Christmas Carol// has all the qualities as well. The other similarities are Kino’s family and the cratchets. These two comparisons are very alike in both books, yet there are some differences. For example, the stories are set in different areas, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Pearl //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">was set in the beach and //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A Christmas Carol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> was set in a metropolitan city. Also there seems to be a much larger amount of poor people in //A Christmas Carol// then there is in the first story.

**//__<span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed','serif'; font-size: 64px;">Scrooge Description __//**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Scrooge is someone is was… you could say, <range type="comment" id="476742748_3">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍twisted</range id="476742748_3">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. He grew up as a boy who was not mean and vicious. Then, as the story progresses he begins to change. He started as a boy who was neglected by his father for the death of his mother. Later, he was lightly bitter. Yet, when his sister came he seemed to brighten up and follow. Then, his father managed to depress him again.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Later when Scrooge was middle-aged he was talking with his (Almost) wife. She broke up with him and caused him even more pain. Then, when Scrooge was elderly he was outright disrespectful and was mean to everybody. But, when the spirits visited him he was changed and went through a stage of metamorphosis. By the second spirit he was a little soft and was worried about little Tim. Finally, by the end of the third spirit’s vision he became jolly, overjoyed, and was nice to everybody.

Comparison: Between “The tapestry” and “harry potter” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The differences between the two book series are few, but there are some that do and don’t stand out. There are two huge similarities that significantly stand out, these are the facts that the main characters from the two series are that they are both the same age when their abilities surface and there is a special school they both go to. However, the main difference between the two is the fact that “The Tapestry” is much more descriptive and has more key details; also in “The Tapestry” you don’t need a “Magic wand”. They both have the same point of view in the series. What I mean when I say this is that the story is told through a third person view. There is a good deal of mythology in them both. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">However, some similarities are that, in one of the books of “The Tapestry” the main character ages rapidly over a short period of time. Though, in “Harry Potter” the series goes year by year and they stay in the setting of the school. “The Tapestry” is set in a lot of various locations and there is a very good amount of description. Harry Potter has a smaller amount of different settings and less detail. Then again, “The Tapestry” has more action and is more refined then harry potter.

1. My mother, father, and sister are coming to dinner tonight. 2. I like learning English, but it makes me tired. 3. My sister was taller than me when we were young. Now I am the tallest, it is fun. 4. I love school, I love learning, and my teacher is nice. 5. I don’t want much for Christmas, just some chocolates and a little toy car. 6. Blue is my favorite color, it is the color of the sky and the sea. Also, it reminds me of my favorite insect which is the butterfly. 7. When I get older I want to have a big family, I like big families. 8. We usually leave at 11:00, but today is different, so we’re leaving at 10:30. 9. I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and I like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday. 10. We should get moving, there’s no time to waste.

"Kino, I've heard you've found a pearl!" I say expectedly

"Hm? Oh... About..., "He cups his hands" This big..."

11/12/13 1. I can infer that you aren't willing to co-operate. 2. I have evidence against you that will prove your guilty. 3. Using Inference I'm able to tell your fearful. 4. If your willing to talk we can synthesize. 5. If you comply the change will be significant... 6. And it will work to your benefit.





**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The following is a quiz and answers are shown through the following. **   **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Right Answer = BOLD ** **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Silly Answer = Italics **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) Coyotito.**b) Juana**.c) His dog.//d) Their bird.//2. How many beggars are outside the church in Chapter 1?A) Two.//b) Ten.//**C) Four.**d) Seven.3. What city does the doctor dream of?**a) Paris.**b) London.c) Rome.//d) New York City.//4. Who knows all the sins of the town?a) The beggars.b) The doctor. c) The monks.d) The trackers.5. What makes the insect that stings Coyotito fall into Coyotito's bed?**a) Coyotito laughs and shakes the rope.**b) The wind blows it into his bed.//c) It lunges for his face.// (I laughed when I read this).d) Coyotito reaches for it.1. How are the homes of the poor different from the homes of the rich? Use quotes.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1 **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Houses of the poor people are made of brush and, “The village of Stone and Plaster”. Were the Rich houses **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">.3. How is the doctor described?**Cruel, Mean, and apparently not very good at what he does.**3. What does the doctor’s comment on page 13 reveal about his attitude toward Indians?
 * That he has little to no respect for them and that he doesn’t care about them at a ll.**

Sean F. Kelley

Period: 3 10/10/13  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold'; font-size: 24pt; text-align: center;">Stop Bullying Bullying is one of today’s most problematic things. Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that someone uses against someone else. A bully is someone who has greater power and status. A bully usually is taller, stronger, and more popular or has more something than their victim. Usually they verbally bully them, they confront and tell them that they are ugly, fat, and other various names. Another form is when they physically hurt someone. Then there are two ways left, cyber bullying and gossip. Cyber bullying is when someone makes your life bad online, like if there’s an embarrassing photo a cyber bully would follow you around with it harassing you.

Bullying can happen anywhere, but depending on the group there may be an increased risk. Also bullying affects everyone, the victim, the bystander, and even the bully. “ Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience: Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood. Health complaints Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school.”. “Stopbullying.gov” Those were some listed effects of bullying. Also people who are bullied are also at risk to commit suicide.

Popular story, there was a guy named John. So, John was one of the popular kids at school, Good grades, Likeable, and he was the captain of the football team. Then, there was a kid named Thomas. Thomas was the least popular and was bullied on a regular basis. Thomas was walking home from school one day. He had all his books with him in his backpack because he was going to go home and take his life. So as he’s walking home from school a couple of guys from the school trip him. All his books go flying everywhere; John is on the other side of the street when he see’s this happen.

So John goes over to Thomas and helps him up and helps him with his books. He walks Thomas home and talked to him. They became good friends and Thomas didn’t kill himself. That is a good example; the world would be a better place if we could do that a lot more. Bullying is a serious issue and it destroys lives. We need to stop bullying.

Sentences for the homework of 11/4/13 They will be the deserved victims of their own **avarice**. Now many of the trees are well over 2m tall and the cascades of hot pink **bougainvillea.** Yet he is taunted by the suspicion that his detachment is inhuman. Far from indigent, he dressed well, drove fast cars and within a few months was breaking course records. The driver couldn't pass, so joined the procession until he could turn off. I was afraid that one of the trusted advisors was involved in the scandal. The time to heal the **ulcer**s was then measured.
 * Consult** a doctor with questions about their child's health...
 * I was Reassure**d by the fact that no-one disagreed with me.

Ten Sentences with Said Synonym


 * 1) “Back!” He yelled, “Get away from it!”
 * 2) “Please no!” She screamed, “Don’t do it!”
 * 3) “I hate you!” He hissed acidly
 * 4) “I can’t take it anymore.” He moaned
 * 5) “Please…” She wailed
 * 6) “I can’t” He croaked, “I just can’t”.
 * 7) “Ow!” He yelped, “That hurt”
 * 8) “Yikes!” She squealed
 * 9) “Youch!” He bellowed, “That’s hot!”
 * 10) “Yeesh…” He sighed, “Just suck it up you three… it wasn’t //that// bad was it?”

“The Monkey’s Paw” Quiz


 * 1) What are Mr. White and his son doing at the beginning of the story?
 * 2) Discussing India
 * 3) Playing chess
 * 4) **//__Eating dinner__//**
 * 5) Walking in the rain
 * 6) Why won’t Morris sell the paw?
 * 7) It is very valuable
 * 8) It was stolen from him
 * 9) **//__He doesn’t want anyone else to have sorrow.__//**
 * 10) It is out of wishes.
 * 11) What does Mrs. White want as the second wish?
 * 12) She wants to go to India
 * 13) She wants more money
 * 14) **//__She wants her son back__//**
 * 15) She wants no more wishes.
 * 16) Why doesn’t the Sergeant Major want to discuss the paw?
 * 17) **//__It caused too much trouble__//**
 * 18) He wants it for himself
 * 19) It never existed
 * 20) He lost it
 * 21) What happened to the first man who made wishes with the paw?
 * 22) He became an outcast.
 * 23) His wishes never came true
 * 24) He became wealthy and powerful
 * 25) **//__He wished for death.__//**
 * 26) What does the third wish do?
 * 27) It gives the family more money
 * 28) **//__It takes away the result of the second wish__//**
 * 29) It gives them nothing
 * 30) It brings back their son.
 * 31) What is the first wish?
 * 32) To travel
 * 33) For their son to be back
 * 34) **//__For two hundred pounds__//**
 * 35) To be an emperor
 * 36) Where had the Sergeant-Major been for twenty one years?
 * 37) Russia
 * 38) **//__India__//**
 * 39) Ireland
 * 40) Wales
 * 41) How is Mr. White’s first wish not what he expected?
 * 42) He receives money because of his son’s death.
 * 43) He receives fame instead of money.
 * 44) He doesn’t receive anything.
 * 45) He receives a small amount of money.
 * 46) What happens to Herbert at work?
 * 47) **//__He is caught in a machine and killed__//**
 * 48) He is late
 * 49) He is fired
 * 50) He receives two hundred pounds.

The Monkey’s Paw Critical Thinking Questions

It’s Ironic because their son was killed, but they got two hundred pounds.
 * 1) Define irony. How is the fulfillment of Mr. White’s first wish ironic?

It set’s the basic mood of a horror story.
 * 1) How does the setting of the cold, wet, night and the warm, cozy fire set the mood of the story?

Rising action: The story was bland, but when Herbert was killed it got more exciting.
 * 1) At what point could you predict that Herbert is killed in an accident? Use specific examples for support.

After a couple of weeks that passed their son’s death.
 * 1) At what point could you predict that Mrs. White would ask her husband to wish her son alive again? Use specific examples for support.

Herbert was really outside, because the rest of the wishes worked.
 * 1) Do you think Herbert was really outside the door, or was it just coincidence? Explain your answer.

Seven Sentences
 * 1) I was distraught that my little brother had ruined my new video game.
 * 2) I hadn’t killed the cockroach and now the fiend was crawling around the house somewhere…
 * 3) The vile thing probably laid eggs… Everywhere…
 * 4) I was perplexed at the though of somebody with two heads…
 * 5) The horrible smell was in my room… Ugh… Ghastly…
 * 6) The vile cake my sister tried was awful. She forgot the sugar…
 * 7) The wretch was mumbling something about serving me with a small side of salad…