Kalifah's+Journal


 * Kalifah's Journal **


 * Claim:** Homeschoolers should not be allowed to participate in Public School Sports.


 * Reason #1:** The consequences are different from people that go to the school.


 * Evidence:** “ That home-schoolers might take roster spots from public school students; and that it would be extremely difficult to apply the same academic, attendance and discipline requirements to home-schooled students as to those who are monitored daily in public schools.” “ That means meeting the requirements of the school they attend: learning to deal with teachers, follow rules, meet the social and behavioral conditions required before they can go out and hit a baseball or shoot a basketball. Kids in public schools do that and it's not fair to permit other students to simply come in and play without having to meet the same conditions."


 * Work Cited: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/should-home-schoolers-be-allowed-to-play-public-school-sports/**

May 5,2014 66 words In the book Leyla wanted to marry Muti off to a village boy. Omar is trying to protect her. Baba protects her too but he wont be with them that long because he’s old. Omar sometimes protects her but sometimes he is on Leyla side. Muti ran of outside because she heard Omar and Leyla arguing about the marriage. Leyla likes everything her way or smooth.

100 words Everyday I walk home with Nathaly. Yesterday was really hot and we got really tired of walking so we sat on someone else porch. We started to walk home even more and then we decided to sit down on the side of the road. The cars started to drive past us and everyone was looking at us lying down on the ground. Then Nathaly started to laugh and cover her face because if anyone saw her lying on the ground at school they would laugh at her. Also we had our laptops on our heads. We were looking pretty crazy so I called my dad and he picked Nathaly and I up. We saw that my sister was in the car because she got sent home from school. She was feeling really bad in her stomach and it starts to hurt when she eats. I’m glad that I can walk home everyday because I can stay fit and walking with one of my good friends. Sometimes I walk home with other people like Kaityln, Deon, and Megan. Only sometimes but I mostly walk home with Nathaly.

April 28,2014 113 words Yesterday I was cleaning out my room and I saw my old kindergarten to first grade binder. I saw those books that I used to write when I was little. Also I saw my caught being good and rewards. I was happy that I finally found my binder because I always wanted to look through my binder. Also my little sister had a sleep over and it was awful. The little girls were just screaming the whole time I was there. They did a fashion show and everything. All I was trying to do is watch a movie and read a book. I hope next time there is more people that are quiet.

April 25, 2014 118 words In the book Shabanu wants to come back home and see her daughter. She doesn’t want to come back home because of Nazir who tried to kill her. She is afraid that he might kill her for good this time. She was telling the story of how he kidnaps her and tried to make her marry him. Also when Nazir killed the person she loved and her best friend. If Shabanu comes back home he might figure out that Mumtaz is her daughter and he will want to kill both of them. I think what’s going to happen next in the book is that Shabanu is going to come back home and Nazir is going to stab her.

April 24,2014 80 words What I read today was that Jameel likes this girl name Chloe. He described as a blonde and kind. He told Muti if his parents ever knew they would be upset at him. Also Jameel and Muti are best friends. In the book they are at a family vacation. I think that’s going to happen next in the book is that Jameel is going to date Chloe behind their parents back. Also that Muti is going to get in a fight with Leyla.

April 23,2014 I just read from my library book that Jameel was getting mad because he was only fifteen. He was saying that she wasn’t here that long in her life. She was with her father for education. I also learned that Jameel is fifteen years old. Also that Jameel was getting mad that Muti been nice and calm in San Francisco.

April 22,2014 188 words

Well I’m pretty upset yesterday because I have a 3.8. I drop down to a B today. Also I’m upset because my friend she said that she was going to move but she wasn’t. She woke me up at 1 a.m. and told me that she was moving right now. I was sad and I started to cry a little and then she told me that she was lying. I actually threw my phone across the room. I thought that it was really and I just threw my phone. I was on face time with her but she just ruin everything. I didn’t think she was that good of a liar like me. I hope that she hurt my feelings. Also my grade in Math drop down to a B. I didn’t do some of my homework and my grade went down. I hope that I can bring it back up to an A. I’m still happy nothing can make me sad. I think that I need start doing my homework in Math and see when my friends are lying. Well this is why I was upset yesterday.

April 21, 2014 I got an A on the test but I spelled somethings wrong. I spelled two things wrong but I got them right. Also I only got one wrong. I got a lot of them right so I guess I'm proud of myself.

April 17,2014 187 words

I think the funniest thing that happened on the phone was with my friend Nikki. Nikki is also in my English. One day she called me to talk about English and she started singing. Her singing is okay but she doesn’t know any lyrics. I think my singing is way better than her because at least I know the lyrics. When she is on the phone she always is playing Mine craft for some odd reason. Also she likes to talk to her sister when she is talking to me. I talk to my sister but she wants to talk to her all the time. I just think it’s funny how she sings and talk me. If I could chose against her and her twin sister I would pick Necca. Necca is Nikki, which are her nickname and her real name mix together. I made up that name and now I like to call her that. I think this whole week we been calling each other because she is really bored. I’m glad that I’m a friend with Necca. She is a good person to talk sometimes.

April 16,2014 287 words Well I wanted to write about how I finally have a 4.0. I finally have the grades that I want. I know that I'm rising in my grades. I hope I keep it up because in some of my classes I’m at the bolder line. In English I guess I'm doing good in the class because I have an A. You told me that my writing is getting better in class. I’m glad you told me that because it got me motivated to do my homework. At home no one motivate me so I just do home work just for the fun of it. Also since we switch sit I guess I still doing well in class. I have been writing a lot more in English especially when were doing our journal. I think the people around me that I sit by all help each other out in class. In the other class that I have with you I have a low A in that class. I try my best but lately in that class it has been interesting. I like learning about scratch because it’s like the human world but you have to direct it what to do. For that class I’m doing a maze, which is a game. Sometimes it gets confusing so I always ask Maddy and Don for help. They help me out by putting the arrows and switch the background. I hope that I will keep up my grades for the end of the year. At the end of the year I kind of get lazy so I might not even get lazy at the end of year this time.I just want to say I’m glad that I have good grades.

April 14,2014 When I was reading some of the students they didn’t know how to spell. They didn't know how to spell. Also some of the kids didn't know how to cap things. When I was reading one of the student’s blog they didn't make any sense. She would put the same word twice. I will give the girl a rate 3. They needed to reread their work and think about what their writing. The comments would be rate 2. They wrote like they were texting.

April 7,2014 179 words On my two assignments that I did I got an A on. On the teacher story I got a 95% and on the language skill reflection I got a 96%. I thought I did well on my work. On the teacher story I could of got a 100 percent if I made the problem better in the story. Also on the language skill reflection I could of put more details about my writing and made more comments about it. The whole English grade I got a 92%, which is an A. I am very proud of myself because I did well. I kept all of my grades up so far in this class. I been trying my best and I think that a lot of the work is more writing. Now I can show how I can write well. I want all of my grades to be an A at the end of this year. I looked through all my work and I hope that my grade goes up. I will work harder at the end of the year so my grade will go up in this class.

March 21,2014 205 words

I don’t know what I'm going to do. I might want to go back to my old house in military housing. My steps to get there are marrying a person that’s wants to go to the military. I want to have something successful. To get there I have to do school and start my life off straight. I don't really know what I’m going to do I’m going just to wait for the future and see what’s going to happen next. I don't really know what’s going to happen with my life. I hope that everything will happen off good. I want to get married with someone in the military then live in the same exact house I lived in when I was little. I guess that’s what I'm going to do with my life. I didn't really found something I'm really interested in. I done some sports that my mom thought that I would make friends in but I didn’t. Then I tried instruments but I didn't like any of them because they're too hard to play. I’m not really sure what I'm going to do with my life yet. I will figure it out later when I'm older and see what I'm more interested in.

March 20,2014 300 words I notice that I been getting well on my writing on my journal. I been writing more and been using higher and better vocabulary. This has been good for me because my English grade is still an A. I had been writing about 200 to 300 words in my journal. I’m pretty happy that I got an A in both of my classes that I have classes with you. I have a 95% in second period and in English I have 91%. I hope I can raise my grade even more and don’t drop down anymore. In all of my other classes I have an A and two B’s. I got a B in math now in Mr. Cronk class because I got a C on a test. I also have a B in Science because I got a D on one of the reading notes so I have to start doing my work more often. Last time I didn’t do my reading notes I just put Kalifah one hundred times and I got that D. It wasn’t my fault I got a little bored on it so I just put Kalifah because it’s such a cute name to have. At least my grades are improving for the best. This is going to be a good semester year for me. Sometimes I seem to talk in class but I never really talk about anything I just talk to my friends about our grades and what were doing in class. So if anyone ever sees me talking I mostly 99 percent of the time talking about school. The other one percent is I talking about anything else. Well that’s what I notice about my writing and what I do in my other classes and grades. I hope I keep them up.

March 19,2014 230 words Today I'm going to go to the Iparty. I have good grades but I drop to a B in Math. I got an 89% now. I’m still happy but now I have two B and that’s getting annoying. I wanted all A’s in all of my class. I didn't do well on my math test so that’s why I have a B. I’m glad I’m going to the Iparty because I will see Nikki Kripton there. She likes to go in the game trucks and dancing wild. So sometimes I get away from her. The best part of the Iparty is the food. It’s so delicious and I love eating the red vines. Those are my favorite candy. I just hate the black red vines it taste bad. I also like the popcorn but I end up not eating it all because I'm full. I was hoping that some of my other friends would come to the Iparty but they said they have bad citizenship. So far I went to every Iparty this year. It’s not really that good. I get kind of bored at the Iparty because there is nothing to do but sit around with some of my friends and eat food. It’s just fun missing sixth and seventh period. That is mostly what I do in Iparties and maybe next time more of my friends will come.

March 18,2014 265 words

I’m not allowed to skateboard up a hill no more. Since I was six I used to skateboard until I went to down the hill. There was this big hill that was on the street and I decided to go up that hill. I got a skateboard from my brother’s friend. While they were playing basketball I went down the hill with the skateboard and it was time to eat. I had to go up the hill with the skateboard so I got on it and I was paddling my way up until I saw this rock and I wanted to jump over the rock. Instead I tripped and fell and I was sliding the whole way down the hill with my face. It was awful and half of my face was bleeding. I ran up the rest of the hill and my brother and his friends were just looking at me. They didn’t help or nothing they just look at me like I was crazy. When I made it inside the door my dad was on his phone so I couldn’t talk to him. He just looked at me too. I was trying to tell him that I was injured from my face. My dad still didn’t do anything so I went upstairs and wet my face. I dried up my face and it was stinging. It felt really bad. The next day I went to soccer practice and everyone was looking at my scab. Every time someone looked at me I said what you looking at punk. That’s when I hurt my face.

March 17, 2014 275 words On the weekend I went to visit some of my good friends. I went to visit Nathaly and Diana. We were hanging out the whole day. It was fun hanging out with Diana again. She said we haven’t hung out like this in a long time. We went to Diana’s house and watched a movie. Then she gave us some food that taste really good. After that went to her room and she prank called one of her good friends. It was funny but she didn’t do it ever again. It was getting pretty late so Nathaly had to go because she was in big trouble. I walked Nathaly half way home. Then I went back to Diana’s house but it didn’t turn out that way. Diana told me before I go just open up the door she will be on the couch. I went into a random person house on accident because I thought that was Diana’s house. I was pretty scared. For the rest of the day we just watched videos of us and look at our pictures on our phones. We were laughing so hard that we had to go to the bathroom. It was fun hanging out with her and I hope that we do it more often. I haven’t talked to her in a long time but we still have that connection to tell secrets to each other and hang out like we used to. I’m glad that Nathaly came with to hang out with us like we used too. I hope that we can hang out sometimes and talk more at school. That’s what I did over the weekend.

March 14,2014 328 words I finished my movie and I got a 96% on it. Cassie and Don thought that we would of won IV but we don't really think so. They both got the same score as us and that was pretty fun knowing that they got the same score. They said our shots were good and better than theirs. Also in English you told me that my writing have gotten way better than the last time. I been doing well on my writing because I told myself on semester two that I will start taking time and work on my homework. Since I had been working on my homework and I finally got my writing better. I'm motivated to get my work done and it is way more quiet in my house because my brother and sisters aren't arguing that much. I start my work early now when I get home. Sometimes when I just have English homework I just wait until seven and then start it. Lately I been going outside and running around and walking. I also have been working out with my mom. I’m my mom motivation. She wants to be slim again so she can party and feel good about herself. Now I go outside an hour a day. Hanging out with my friends have been really fun and we can keep on going with that. About our movie I scene that at Nathaly’s house since she has a pool and we have fun near it so I told let’s make a scene right there. Half of the ideas are from Nathaly and Gisell. That is mostly been going on this past week or so. I still have all A’s and one B. This time the B is going to be an A because for the Science notes I did them and I hope I get an A. Those are my grades and I hope I can keep it up. I can't wait until next week.

March 13,2014 Today I learned on Photoshop is how to use the free transform. That was pretty difficult because I didn’t understand it at first. Also I learned about the history. Nikki was helping me out but then she did something and I didn’t know how to erase it so I just use the history to help me out. This has been really interesting but I always have to get some help or I help some one else out. I think it was fun cropping the pictures and coping and pasting.

March 12,2014 104 words Gisell and I are almost finishing the movie. All we need is for Gisell to do a voice over for the movie. We kind of change movie by putting a book that encourages her instead of giving her a friend. We were running out of time so we just made the books her friend. I think that Don and Cassie’s movie is really good but our movie is good too. I movie is about anorexia girl. She is really shy and this girl ask her if she wants some meat and she got upset so she read a book. So that’s what our movie is about.

March 11,2014 257 words I’m going to the iparty and I’m pretty happy for going. I went to every single iparty and this is becoming really fun. In all of my classis I have all A’s and one B. It has been great going there but a lot of my friends don’t go so I’m pretty lonely going iparty. It’s also not really fun because people don’t even dance. They just sit down and just do school work. I know I don’t need to go but I go there because I get to lie off of my sixth and seventh period. The only thing good about the iparty is the food and some of my friends like Nikki that is in my English. She helps out and very funny. I really hope one day that Nathaly can get her grades up and come with me to the iparty to have some fun for a while. My grade in both of your classes is an A but English I have a 90% and in Exploring Computers I have 92%. I am almost done with the movie we us need to import our information but I heard that it’s due tomorrow so I’m upset about that. Gisell told me that is am its better to have a good movie late than a bad movie on time. It will might have a good movie late so that is my opinion of the movie. I got some good shots over the weekend and it looks really good. That is how I’m doing in my class.

March 10,2014 The difference between the book and the movie of The Outsiders. First of all, instead of Darry slapping Ponyboy he pushes him and he ran away. Also Dally robbed a grocery store in the book but in the movie he just robbed a regular store. In the movie they didn’t put the part when he has an essay for a class. In the book they put what he wrote for the essay. There was way more kids in the movie and less in the book. In the movie they made Johnny upside down in the hospital. The little girl when they went to go get something to eat never asks them for money. Also Dally didn’t burn down the church in the movie. I like the scene when Dally dies. I thought it was pretty funny because the movie actor jumped up and out. These are the differences between the movie and the book. I think that the actor that played Ponyboy was really good being the character. Those are the difference of both of them.

I’m really excited about our movie. Gisell and I are doing well and we are getting our voice over done but when Nathaly came on voice over she forgot to say story so we have to do it all over again. I got a new job in second period, which we get to write on the board for English class. Today we decided to do Michael and Gabe’s movie and I was a den and Cruz was one too. I thought it was pretty fun acting. The only thing they got to work is that they are really distracted talking to people. Gisell gets distracted too so it’s hard to work with her sometimes. At least we get our things done and the movie will be done by next Monday. It took us a long time because we never get a camera pulse Nathaly comes and it’s nothing to do. We plan everything but we don’t have a lot of things to do. There has been a lot of things were going to film at the home. This has been a great experience doing the movie and I’m glad we get to do it with my friends. I hope we get an A.
 * March 6,2014 203 words **

March 3,2014 265 words I like sitting by Nikki Kripton. Where I sit is a good place to sit. The people that are in front and behind me don’t bother or talk to me unless they don’t understand what to do. Sometimes I see Michael trying to talk to Kai, Nikki, and I. Most of the time he is doing his work. I wouldn’t like to change my sit I hope I still sit next to Nikki. I don’t think the class has to be boy and then a girl I think that you should put the people that don’t behave near people who do behave because then that will make the people that don’t behave be doing work. They will learn from their mistakes and start doing their work in English. That is my opinion in English of how the sitting chart should look like. I also think you should put everyone by their friends and when they see that their talking a lot and getting bad grades in the class they will start trying to get their English grade up. They will see that they have to start doing their work and paying more attention. Just by putting people near other people would make them just talk and get to know the person. I like my sit for many reasons like I’m near a good friend, we don’t talk, and we both get good grades. Nikki and I both keep each other motivated to get a better grade than each other. That is all I have to say about the sits and where we sit in English.

February 28,2014 170 words If I had a set of Minions for a week I would make them do all the things I’m suppose to do. I would let them do my chores and go to school as me. I would also let them beat up my sister instead of me. I would let them work for money for me also. I would be at home lying down while they are doing all the work. My sister likes them so if she wants to spend time with them she has to give me money. I would enjoy my week doing nothing. The joy in that week I would have. The last thing they would do before they leave they would make a party. For there long journey back where they came from. I would like to say good-bye to them before they leave because they would do everything I do. I wouldn’t have a lot of time to do things but they would keep me on schedule. That’s what I would use them for.

February 27,2014 236 words My grades at school are going really well. I got straight A’s. I been doing my homework at least and sometimes it’s getting boring so I eat while doing it. In P.E. I have a 100% in her class. I got five bucks from doing that. In second period which I have Exploring Computer with Mr. Moss I have an A but I been working hard with my partner and now she is motivated to get her work done. In third period that is in here I have the same grade that I have in second period. I guess I’m starting to like the book that we’re reading in this class. I don’t really talk much about my other class because I’m doing well in those too. In the movie what I said about Gisell I take it back she is actually proving me wrong she is doing a lot of work and helping me with some things. Some times we like to duplicate some peoples work and think about some ideas. Today I went over to Don and Cassie sit to see what kind of music are they doing and to help them out. Those are my grades and some things that I’m doing in my classes. I have a lot to talk about because a lot been going on in my classes. That is my grades and I hope to keep it like that. Okay I don’t know what to say no more and I’m about to read so bye.

February 26,2014 241 words Well today I'm pretty upset because I only had one time to film. Other people already filmed but Gisell and I only filmed once. No one would give us a camera and Nathaly can only come now and then. We’re going to get a bad grade because no would give us a camera and we have to wait until Nathaly comes to film. I truly hope that we could get a camera. Now I doubt to be partners with Gisell because all she wants to do is talk to the boys that aren’t filming. The boys don’t do much but they have more filmed than us. I have to talk to the teachers to take Nathaly out of class but Gisell just wants to talk to people. She has great ideas. At the same time she sees it in her mind but she doesn't see it in real life. She isn't making it easy for me. I need her to help me with all these things. There is to many people distracting her. In our movie Mr. Moss gave us an idea to do people eating and the anorexia person doesn't want to eat. Since we can't get our work done at school were going to meet up at Target so we can get some shots and films done. I hope that Gisell isn’t distracted because Nathaly is really into the filming. I hope we get an A on our project.

February 25,2014 105 words For English on the Outsiders test I got an B. I tried my best and I got a B. I think I tried my best and this is really good for me. I think that I could of try and did stronger on my difference. I didn’t do that well and I read the comments. I like some of the comments and you said that you would raise the one of the questions points because everyone got it right but you correct it wrong. I feel like I did a good job and I got an B and that’s better than nothing so I’m glad.

February 24, 2014 172 words Yesterday I went to Target because we needed to buy new school supplies. We had been running out of school supplies for my family so my sisters and I went to the store. Yesterday I got my mom gave me money since I finally clean up my room. So when we made it to Target we went shopping for clothes first. After we look through the clothes we went to get the school supplies. It actually took a long time because we started to argue with each other in public. When that was all done we made it to the self-check out. While we were checking out our things I saw some people from school there like Noah, James, Ez, and Anthony. It turned out to be weird because they were running from somebody and Anthony was in his Pajamas I think. We went to McDonalds and got some ice cream. Then we went home and that was mostly my day. That is what happened yesterday. It was a girls day out.

February 21, 2014 158 words Today is my great grandma’s birthday. She is turning 76 today. So today we are going to go to eat for her. Today her birthday started off with a bad start because I got injured. It looks like I have rock in my hand. Also I injured my hip and my arm is bleeding. This all happen because I tripped and fell. I hope that the rest of the day will be all right because I love to party. After we go out to eat we are going to have a party like usual and everyone will be going home at 1 a.m. Then the next day will come and I'm pretty sure someone is coming over like usual. Ever since my grandma had a stroke she doesn’t remember that much or some big event. At least she remembers me that’s all I can ask for. So that is what’s going happen for today.

Eye am gonna half an grate week end, on Saturday aisle go to my ants house and uncle joey and me will go on a plane two mobile Alabama and on that plain well sea the movee called the chicken and the dog after that aisle axe uncle joey witch bred is the bet he tolled me that tay is righting about mid evil manners

I am going to have a great weekend. On Saturday, I'll go to my aunt’s house. Uncle Joey and I will go on a plane to Mobile, Alabama. On that plane we’ll see the movie called //The Chicken and the Dog//. After that I'll ask Uncle Joey which bread is the best. He told me that Tae is writing about medieval manors.

February 19,2014 148 words One thing I notice that I get from my family is that were hyper. I’m really smart from all of them but mostly my dad. I get my attitude from my mom and sisters. I sometimes like to argue. I get that mostly from my mom. My mom argued with mostly every one the teachers, cashiers, random people, friends, and me. I argue a lot too. I’m sassier from my little sister who thinks she is always right. My brother helps me be a better athlete so I think that I’m good in sports because of him. The last person would be mu older sister. She thinks that she is cute and she conceded. That’s why I’m conceded like her. I picked up a lot of things from my family. We are a mix family of Filipino and African American at least we get along with each other.

February 18,2014 180 words

I have an A in this class. For English I’m still doing well in class. A couple of days of ago we did a in class poetry analysis. I got 46% out of 50. I think I did a good job and I did my best. I have been spending time on my homework and classwork. Since I have been doing well I still have an A. I’ve a 94% in English. As long as I keep up the good work I don’t need to worry. In all of my other classes I have an A too. This is going to start off as a good semester. If I keep up the good grades I have no idea what would happen. In both of the classes that I have with Mr. Moss I have the same grade. This semester I hope I can keep up the good grades. I did have good grades last semester, but I just want to have better grades than last semester. I had all A’s but two classes. Those are my grades in my classes.

February 10,2014 116 words I think I'm going to do on my homework I will be the song “Beautiful”. I will say that the meaning of the song is that what matter what people say it doesn’t matter to the person. The person doesn’t matter what people say mostly. The song is telling us that she is beautiful and don’t care what people say. The message is doesn’t matter what people think of you it’s what you think about you think about yourself. That message should be important for people that feel lonely. When people think about themselves and see all the good in them they will realize that they are beautiful. That is mostly the message of the song.

February 7,2014 words 136

It’s a symbol of the hair for Johnny and Ponyboy because it shows how they are a greaser. It symbols the trait and characteristic of a greaser. They had to cut there hair because if they didn’t people would know that they were greasers. The hair symbols a greaser. That’s the main part of the body to know that and represent that they are a greaser because of the hair. Not everyone with long hair has to be a greaser, but some represent that you’re a greaser. Ponyboy was pretty sad when he had to cut off his good-looking hair that was long and good. He was hoping that he didn’t need to cut his hair. That mostly symbolic that they really need the hair to be a greaser. That’s is why the hair is symbolic.

February 6,2014 116 words I think the poem is about how things are always changing. Like in the poem when it said,“ Her early leaf’s a flower.” That shows how the leafs and other things are changing in nature and in life. Also in the poem, “ green is gold.” Mostly saying that everything is changing. Eden is sad because her leaf turned into a flower. I think they put spring into it and it’s changing seasons. Nothing gold can stay states that it’s turning seasons. If I had everything gold at first it would be fun until it change so that why I think that Eden is mad. That is what I think the message of the poem is.

February 5,2014 205 words My goals are coming true I now have an A in English. I been taking time on my work and I got an A on both of my essays. I'm really glad that I tried my best and I turned out to have an A. I'm really hoping that I will have an A at the end of semester. I'm doing so well in the class and other classes all of my assignments I been getting A's. Everyday after school I walk home and do my homework and then go to watch television. My work has been going better and I think about my work and think before I write. I think I'm going to go up in this class every single day. I got more sophisticated since I been in this class. I'm also doing better in my other classes. On Thursday I will be getting a reward for my good grades. My parents will be coming to watch me get the rewards. I thank all of my teachers for helping last semester, but they know that I could do a little better. This semester I had been doing my work so I will do a good. That is how I’m doing in English.

February 4,2014 This weekend my friend is coming over to go to the park. We love going to the park because there is usually no one there. The park is peaceful when no one is there. We always play a game and end up walking around Madison High School. After we go to my house we play on the WII. I think we do the same thing every single time she comes over, but she just doesn’t notice. This time when she comes over I’m hoping that we would do something different. I hope this time we follow our brothers and spy on them. When we spy on them it’s pretty fun. When they catch us spying on them I guess we will talk. My friend thinks I’m crazy because my life long dream is to slide off a building. Since I saw it on Transformers I always wanted to do it.

Today in English I would like to talk about my movie that I’m doing with Gisell. Are movie is about an anorexia girl. We were think that it would be in black in white. We’re mostly planning on casting our friends Nathaly. We don’t know if she would do the part or not. Our idea is that she thinks she have no friends, but one. The girl would be anorexia and many people are talking about her disability. Then there is a guy that she likes, but she doesn’t think he would like her because she is anorexia. All of the popular girls always talk about her and how she thinks she is fat but she isn’t. There will be the thoughts but not real talking in the movie. We would make the settings at the park and at a house. I’m hoping that we could put music. In the middle of the movie she is looking in the mirror and looking at magazine of how other girls are skinny. Finally at the end of the movie she would go to the pool in her swimsuit and she doesn’t really care what other people think of her. I think the movie would be about fifteen to twenty minutes. We were inspired from the movie “Hope” to make a movie like this.
 * February** **3,2014 244 words**

I think it will be an interesting movie. We are trying to find people who would do the part for the main character.

January 31,2014 1) Pony boy says about Darryl, "He's hard as a rock and about as human." Explain this simile. Use other evidence from The Outsiders.

Ponyboy is saying that he is the rock has no feelings like Darry. “Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.” He’s got eyes exactly like frozen ice.” “Darry getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun.” That proves that Darry is trying to be the rock of the family and have no feelings.

2) Compare and contrast any two characters from //The Outsiders// (except Darryl). Better essays contain more inference. In other words, it's better to write about that you have to figure out, like personality traits, then to write about something explicitly stated in the text.

Soda Pop and Dally are different and alike in many ways. First of all, they both like getting drunk and being in rodeos. They both share how they are reckless. Soda Pop and Dally both have a job. They are different too. Dally is more rough and went to jail before. Soda Pop is handsome. Soda is protective of Ponyboy. Dally is in the book,“ lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids he did everything. That is why they are alike and different.

3) Foreshadowing is when a story gives a hint to what's going to happen next. (Can you think of any examples from a movie or The Pearl?) When the Ponyboy tells us "Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong." Predict what that might foreshadow? There is no one correct answer, but you reply should make sense in the context of the book and be well written.

It might foreshadow that Ponyboy might get hurt or jumped. He will get jumped with Johnny since he ran away. I think Johnny might get scared and he might kill someone. That is my prediction.


 * January 30,2014 284 words**

What I learned yesterday at IPledge was more about cyber bullying and how bullying could lead to people doing dangerous things. I learned about how cyber bullying makes people feel bad online and offline about themselves. Bullying all it leads to people dangerous things because they bullied them. I was watching this one video about how this girl been getting bullied everyday in sixth grade. When she was getting bullied she started making videos on YouTube of how she was feeling when people were bullying her. When the bully started to watch the video he apologize to the bully about his actions. Now she makes videos of how she is happy and has more friends. I thought that I learned a lot because if you bullying it could hurt other people feelings. Bullying isn’t something people should do. If you want to be treated with respect treat others with respect and kindness.

I was bullied before. What I did with my issues I just ignore them and then I started to talk stuff about them. They got really mad and so did I. Now I don’t bully people because I know it’s wrong. I seen bullying before and I wasn’t a bystander I went in the middle of it and I told the bully to stop. The bully pushed me and I actually push her down even harder that she fell. It wasn’t the best choice but it had to happen. I know that bullying can hurt people that’s why I don’t bully I’m nice to people and kind to them. When I don’t like someone I usually ignore and not talk to them so it wont be a conflict against both of us.

1. yes you can borrow my car but you must return it by 1100 pm 2. a alligator caused a fright win it escaped from the bronx zoo 3. mr lundbergs class planted a oak tree along the walking trail on arbor day

1. Yes, you can borrow my car, but you must return it by 11:00 pm.

2. An alligator caused a fright when it escaped from the Bronx Zoo.

3. Mr. Lundeberg’s class planted an oak tree along the walking trail on Arbor Day.

The book the outsiders is reely good book by se hinton and its about 3 brother named pony boy Darryl and sodapop and I think what well happen next is

The book //The Outsiders// is a very good book by S.E. Hinton. It’s about three brothers named Ponyboy, Darryl, and Sodapop. I think what will happen next is Johnning and Ponyboy are going to get jumped.

January 22,2014 227 words The worst memory that I have with my siblings is when my brother didn’t want to ride my sister and I around the block in a wagon. Instead of walking around and carrying the handle he connected the wagon and the string together and tied the string to both the wagon and bike. Well it was all working at first until we were going down the street to fast. There was too much weight inside the wagon and it was going fast. My brother was using my bike, which had no brakes to it. We were about to crash into a car so my brother turn and my sister and I flew out the wagon. I had a big scratch all down my leg. It was hurting so bad. Even worst than that my sister fell on top of me and the wagon. I was in so much pain I couldn’t even move. Then there was a car coming so we all had to move out the way for it. My brother didn’t get hurt he was still riding his bike around the block like he didn’t notice that we fell. When he finally notice that the wagon and us weren’t there he got into a lot more trouble than us trying to think that was a good plan. That was the worst memory with my siblings.

January 21,2014 219 words If I could go back in time anywhere and any when I would go back to my when I was at the pool when I was about to drown. I would try to stop myself from not trying to think that I could swim in the four feet. If that accidents didn’t happen maybe when I was four, five, and six I would be that much afraid of water. If I could stop myself I would tell my to tell my brother and sister that I was going to jump into the four feet. I could also try and tell someone that I couldn’t swim and if anyone would teach me how too. I think that would be a good way for me to go back in time for that incident because I had many more but that was the main one that would haunt me for the rest of my life or just remind me. When I go swimming and running I usually get out of breath and lose myself by falling down. That always reminds me of the time when I was little and drown. Sometimes I feel bad when I get in water because my grandma or mom almost always cry or worry about me. That’s what I would do if I go back in time.

January 17,2014 If I had three wishes my first wish is to make every one middle name Kalifah. I would do that because Kalifah is just that cute. My second wish would be that I turn into a real queen. The last wish would be changing my last name to Kalifah. I would want everyone first name to be Kalifah, but I want to make everyone names the same. I would want to be the queen because that means everyone has to bow down to me. My last wish I love to have Kalifah in my name again. Kalifah to me is just pretty.

January 16,2014 96 words This weekend my friends and family are going to the movies to watch //Ride Along.// First were going to shop at the mall until it’s seven o’clock. That’s what we’re doing for Saturday. Well on Sunday I’m planning on going to my friends house for a party. I don’t know why she is having a party. On Monday I think we’re going to the Martin Luther King parade. We go there every year but last year. We are also going to celebrate that day doing a bbq. I love my weekend and I can’t until it starts. I remember my last weekend didn’t go well so I hope that my weekend will be better this week. I hope everyone have a good weekend like I will. That’s what I’m doing this weekend.

January 15,2014 154 words My grades are really good. All I need is to work hard in Science and English to pump my grade up to an A. Currently my grade in both classes are a B. The homework in English has been for a lot of points so I have to do my homework really well for that class. In Science I might not go up a grade for the next report card because I’m six points away. At least I will try to pump up my points a little for Science only if I try. All of my other classes I need to maintain my A’s for the classes. All of my other classes there a 94%. There is something big coming in Science because there is a lot more work for people to raise it up like me. Well that’s all I have in my classes. I dont need to do anything more.

January 14,2014 150 words I think girls are raised differently from boys because they have the easy life. Girls have to do a lot of work like cleaning. Girls are trained to be smarter and prettier than boys. Boys they naturally think there better than girls. Girls have to provide for people and they go through a lot. Boys and girls are equal from how they work together, but girls have a lot more ability and subtle than boys. Girls can do what boys do and girls can do what boys can do. Well I don’t really have that much of how girls are raised differently. If you can envision yourself as a girl/boy what would you feel like it’s different. I think that’s all I got about girls are raised different from boys.

January 13,2014 93 words One thing that I like about myself is that I’m excited about anything. I know that I’m beautiful and smart. That’s mostly what I like about myself. Things that I don’t like about myself that I used to be mean when I was little. Also I am shy and I can't talk in front of people. I really hate when I get mad because some reason I get in trouble. I hope I could fix those things about myself so I can be great. That’s what I don't like and like about myself.


 * January 10,2014 143 words**

The funniest thing that ever happened to me was on my birthday and I slapped my brother with whip cream. After I did that we had a whip cream fight. I jumped right into the pool when everyone started to throw it at each other. Only one person hit me. My brother saw me come out the pool and chase me all-round the pool until I fell and he hit me. My friend got my brother back after he hit me. When we were doing playing I got my brother one more time. I thought that was pretty funny to me because I notice I always get the first and last hit with everything. My brother got angry that he didn’t get the last hit so my slap him for no reason. That’s the funniest thing that ever happen to me I guess.

January 9,2014 128 words School should not have uniforms. If school had uniforms it would make parents pay extra money. Parents have to buy the clothes the kids need. It would be a waste of money to buy clothes again. Parent wouldn’t like getting another wardrobe for the kids.

If kids had uniforms people wouldn’t see how unique they are. Kids wouldn’t see what another kids favorite color, uniqueness, and personality from their outfit. Uniforms would be everyone dressing alike and kids wont be there own individual. They would be just like everyone else. At the same time uniforms are good to not make a dress code because everything is the same. Also uniforms might be good, but how would you tell by a person without seeing who they are by the uniforms.


 * January 7,2014 100 words**

The greatest accomplishment I have is when I learned how to swim. Since my incident I really didn’t want to go back in the water because I thought I was going to die. When I learned how to swim it was the best thing ever. At age seven I felt real good that I learned how. My friend’s mom taught me how to swim. After I learned I wasn’t that afraid of swimming no more. Now today I’m the fastest swimmer in my family. I felt great when I finally learned how to swim. That was my greatest accomplishment.

January 6,2014

On Christmas my whole family woke up at 8am to open up our presents. My favorite gift was my new laptop that I got. After we open our presents my family went to buy something to eat and we lay down for a while. Around one I went to the park and played on the jungle gym. I was pretty tired for the day and I fell asleep. I woke up and it was night time and I opened up my stockings and I only got socks.

December 16,2013 171 words My perfect day or dream day is on my birthday and I’m playing my favorite video games. I would be on a cloud floating and I would feel like Aladdin flying on his carpet. I would win in a Spanish competition against Nathaly thinking that she was better than me in that language. I would have my own land and it would be called Kalifah Land. I would also go back in time and fix my hair for my fourth grade for picture day. For my perfect day who ever I was mean to when I was growing up I would be nicer to them and tried to have friends in the kindergarten. I could go back in time to not make my two front teeth break. When I’m still in the past I would go to save myself from having a scab on one side of my face. I would have a lot to do for my perfect day. I would put that in a list for that day too.

A long time ago when I was around the age nine my sister head was bleeding like crazy. I went to the park with my young sister that was three years old. She wanted to go on the swing, so I wanted to act like a big sister and I put her on like not the baby swings I put her on the older kids swings. My sister told me to push her higher so I did. I push her so high that she fell off the swing and hit the ground instead of the sand. Her whole face was full of blood. I was panicking and I had to carry her home. I got in trouble, but I was looking cute that day so didn’t really matter. I think if you get in trouble you should just look cute. My sister head still have a little mark on her head. She is okay and she looks fine to me but a lot of people always ask about that mark and then I have to tell them the story all over again.
 * December 10,2013 182 words**

My favorite childhood toy was a teddy bear that was named Elizabeth. The teddy bear was my favorite because my dad gave it to me before he went to sea. He gave it to me because he wasn’t there when I was born or when I was little. Elizabeth always remind me of my dad when he went to sea. I used to play with Elizabeth a lot when I was little. That was mostly and always is my favorite childhood toy. I still have Elizabeth, but it stuck in my closet somewhere. My dad retired so I don’t really need it no more and I’m older now. Yup.
 * December 9,2013**

December 4,2013 My grade on The Pearl essay was good. I got a B on it. You told me that I had to work on my quotes and on the essay for the comment you said I did a great job. I think my grade on the essay was a good one and I need to put a little more evidence. I should of put a connection and a conclusion. The connection and the conclusion that I didn’t do will help me learn from my mistake to do it next time.


 * "Kino did you really found a pearl?" I said.**
 * "Yes, while I was canoeing." Kino said smiling.**
 * "As your friend I'm glad that you found that to support for your family," I mumbled.**
 * " Thank you, I appreciate your judgement." Kino said with a laugh.**
 * " Why are you laughing?" I yelled.**
 * " You started to be way more friendly to me when I got the pearl," Kino acknowledged.**
 * "I always been your friend and I don't want the money only if you want to give it to me." I pleaded.**
 * "Oh sorry I didn't mean to be rude." Kino said.**


 * 1) **I had to reread the article to get evidence of Bullying.**
 * 2) **I was reading a book and I had to infer the mystery story.**
 * 3) **She inference that she is sad.**
 * 4) **He was having a problem in Math so he synthesize the problem.**
 * 5) **She came to school every day and got a significant attendance.**
 * 6) **We had to benefit food to help others.**


 * November 8,2013**


 * Money doesn't buy you happiness. The author is trying to tell us that money isn't everything in the world and it may buy you somethings, but it doesn't buy you happiness. The author's message was mostly out there to know what was going on. I got the theme from the story when the person said " money buys you everything except personality, freedom, immortality, silence, and peace".**

I’m not too young to be going trick or treating tonight. I’m going to dress up as Dorothy from //The Wizard of Oz.// When I go to my neighbor’s house, I will get Snickers, Skittles, and other candy. It’s going to be a lot of fun.

My favorite show is Wild N' Out. The characters are Kevin Hart and Nick Cannon and other people.

October 29,2013 What is like going shopping with my mom is very difficult because she takes forever and no one wants to wait for her to go shopping. She starts to talk a lot and spend a lot of money so that’s mostly what is like to go shopping with her. Also you cannot say no to her about her close or she would be all sensitive. I rather go with my older sister shopping instead of my dad because he boring and sometimes doesn’t like what I wear. I remember when I went with my mom and dad shopping it was awful we went to the check out and my mom was going to get her drink so she told us to wait. When my dad was waiting he look at my clothes and he said he didn’t like it, so he took it back and my mom came back in twenty minutes saying that she like the blouse that she bought. So at the end I it’s difficult to go with her shopping.

October 28,2013 On Monday at Hidden Valley Park in Arizona we played baseball against the Los Angeles Chickens. We played better than the last time. We won and went to the coach's house for pizza.


 * October 25,2013**
 * My brother Bill and I went to a movie called //The Fast and the Furious//. Then we went to Joe's house and ate some of his mom's meatloaf. He and I played basketball at Balboa Park in San Diego, California.**

October 15,2013 Dying to be Strong Questions 1. Reread the first full paragraph that begins on page 6. What can you infer about why doping is banned in professional sports? Why is doping illegal? (inference)
 * 1) They banned doping in professional sports because people are now cheating in sports and can make people die for taking too much. Doping is illegal because risk people health and lives the article says.

2. What evidence in the “Fits of Rage” section shows that steroid use is unhealthy? (text evidence)

Steroid are unhealthy because steroids can make you have acne on the face, back, and chest; permanent baldness; stunted growth; liver damage; cancer; and heart disease.

3. Both “A Dangerous Quest” and “Muscle Mania” give reasons that some people take Steroids. How are the reasons provided in the two sections different? (compare and contrast)

In “A Dangerous Quest” they tell you about how athletes take steroids and “Muscle Mania” show how celebrities are taking steroids.

4. Reread the message posted by Maverick crash. What does he imply about big muscles? Do you agree? Explain. (inference/analyzing)

Take steroids that what he is implying. I do not agree because how are they being real men if they take steroids.

5. What is the central idea of the “No Miracles” section? (central idea) To tell people that they don’t need to take steroids. They can not need steroids the have genetics.

180 words October 15,2013 The worst day of my life was October 14,2013. On that day I was walking home and I needed to go to the bathroom. My friends were making me laugh and Jeremy was being a little bit annoying by making water noises. At least I got to go to the bathroom at my house, but then I went outside and there were sprinklers on so I started to play with the water. When I did a lady saw me on somebody else’s grass and the lady told on me and I got in trouble. Later in the day I got in trouble again because I said something rude to my sister and she told on me .All of my other siblings started gaining up on me so I got in trouble again. Now I’m on punishment and I have to stay in my room doing nothing. The next day that would be October 15,2013 I got in trouble again for not saying what I’m not suppose to say. So that’s why October 15,2013 is the worst day of my life.

122 words october 14, 2013 What I would do if could travel into the future. I would see who I would marry and see what job I would do. I will like to see myself looking good in the future since I’m looking good now. I would like to travel for each year of my birthday because every year somebody always jacks it up. For my job I do not know what it would be since I’m so talented. Going into the future would be good for me to see my life when I’m older. I would not like to be one of those people that get stuck in the future in like movies. If I go to the future I would like to bring a friend.

Bullying Do you like being bullied? Bullying is a threat, abuse, and aggression. Bullying can happen anywhere. Bullying can affect people in many ways to take drugs, have health problems, and depression. Most of the people who bully are in a tough part of their life. First it starts off will the person being bullied. Many people watch kids get bullied, that is called bystanders. They don’t try to help or tell someone that they’re getting bullied. Bullying can happen right in front of you. Most people who are getting bullied don’t try to tell their parents that they are getting bullied. That often leads to suicide. The kids have no one to lean on or talk to so they kill themselves. For about a year, 15-year-old girls were bullying Rebecca Ann Sedwick. Rebecca was getting cyber bullied, which is on the internet. Rebecca was getting bullied because of last year she had boyfriend issues and she got in a fight with this girl. The girl was sending rude messages to her. Rebecca couldn’t take it no more so she started cutting herself said TAMPA, Fla. (AP). Then she finally killed herself. Bullying needs to stop or other kids will end up like Rebecca. Another kind of bullying is cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is the same as bullying but online. Cyber bullying is online so people wont see the face of the person nor the person that is getting bullied online doesn’t know who it is. Cyber bulling is mean text messages and emails. People who cyber bully have been bullied in real life so they do it online. Cyber bullying can be awful for a lot of people. According to Stop Bullying.GOV to stop bullying you can tell your parent, teacher, friend, principle, and therapist. The article say do not try to ignore the bullying because it will keep on happening. This is an impact on many people lives. If they don’t tell it will keep on happening and it will never stop. When kids or adults have a chance they should tell someone right away or it will never stop. People who do not get bullied usually standing by. That is wrong you should always try to help the person because they could be endanger. In conclusion bullying isn’t good. Bullying isn’t a good thing to have If you want to have friends, a life, and any of your goals you should not bully.

october 7,2013 "I ache all over,” he said. I did, too. He kept on crying and it worked all right. “You’d better go on home,” she said. So he went. He limped painfully away. He kept on limping until he got out of the schoolhouse street. Then he felt better. He still had inflammatory rheumatism pretty bad, but he could get along better. He must have done some thinking on the way home.

october 4,2013 Spying on school kids The schools should not be spying on school kids. The author is informing people about the school spying on kids. First of all, the school will watch kids every single move. The kids might have no space to express themselves. Andrea Hernandez might think that she protecting kids from dangerous things, but kids have no private life in school. Monitoring the kids’ wont make them be safer. Kids think that it will be creepy to see that the school and teachers are watching them doing everything in school. Second, making people have computer chip might not give them any friends. People wont have friends to enjoy because they don’t know what to say in front of the school. Finally, parents might think that it will turn into a bad school because they’re watching over their kid. Parents think that it will be rude because they trust their child. It really won’t make kids safer. Parents can say the school has a system to like rules to help. In conclusion schools should not be spying on school kids.

october 3,2013 One day I was riding my brother’s friend skateboard. I was going up a hill and I thought I was going to ride over this big rock and then I fell and I was sliding down the road with my face on the ground. When I got up there was all this dirt and sand on my face while I was bleeding. I went inside the house and I went straight to the bathroom and my whole side of my face was bleeding. My dad was talking on the phone, so he didn’t notice. I felt nothing, but I stung a little. The next day it turn into a scab.

octoctober 2,2013 Sodas should not be sold in school. Sodas are really unhealthy for the human body. Many kids can get sleep deprive by sodas because after they’re not hyper no more they start getting tired and might fall asleep in class. Soda can make you gain weight, brain damage, kidney problems, heart dieses, and lung problems. It can make you gain weight by drinking soda every single day you will gain up to 39 pounds of sugar per year. Sugar sweetened beverages are more than 180,000 obesity related deaths a year. The kids in school will drink sodas and go to physical exercise to tired to run. Sodas can make you do all these things at the same time.

It showed that 48 percent increased in heart attack and strokes. Purdue University behavioral sciences professor Susan Swithers said,” studying in rats suggesting that no-calorie sweeteners like those in diet sodas increase appetite”. These things can affect kids and adults life if they drink sodas. Many people have kidney problems because when they drink some they start choking and it hurts your insides. That’s why sodas should not be sold in school.

October 1,2013 Yesterday Uncle Bob and I went to a movie called //An American Werewolf in London.// We went to Chuck E. Cheese in Los Angeles. Then we played Mario Kart off the Nintendo Wii.

sept.30,2013 My favorite movies are //The Wizard of Oz//, //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//, and //The Princess and the Pea//. I also saw //Charlie and the Chocolate Factory// when I visited New York City.

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My favorite books are //Roll of Thunder Hear my Cr//y, //Spike it, and The Hunt for the Seventh.// I really don’t have that many favorite movies, but I like the movie “Ted”. My favorite games are Call of Duty Black Opps, The Sims, and Animal Crossing. If could choose my favorite places it will be Murphy Canyon, where I used to live. That is mostly it for the places. The only television show that I would watch with my mom is //Young and the Restless// I guess it okay. The only television show I really like is //Wild n’ Out// because it’s really hilarious. My favorite color is baby blue.

9/25/13
 * ** Movies Titles ** ||  ||   ||
 * Battle of the year || You’ve Got a Friend in Me ||  ||
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs || Gangham Style ||  ||
 * The Wizard of Oz || Chicken Dance ||  ||
 * A bugs Life || Party in My Tummy ||  ||
 * Winnie the Pooh || Trouble ||  ||
 * Superman || Applause ||  ||
 * Hairspray || Roar ||  ||

September 23,2013 One time I didn’t get enough sleep because the night before I was playing a game with my brother, which is Call of Duty Black Opps. After we were done playing the game I couldn’t go a sleep. I just had images of the game in my head. So all-night I couldn’t go to sleep, but then I went to the hallway to see if I could get sleepy somewhere else. I sat there doing nothing and I still wasn’t sleepy. I decided that it wasn’t meant to be for me to go to sleep. I stayed up the whole night and it was pretty boring.