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5/28/14 Woooaaahhh!!!! It's a storm coming!!! Where is Storm Fighter??? "I'M RIGHT HERE NO WORRIES!!!" "STORM MAN ALWAYS COMES TO THE RESCUE!!!" "STORM MAN!!! I KNEW WE COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU!!!! "Oh why this storm is going to hit hard it seems." said Storm Fighter. "Lucky your here Storm Fighter!" said the crowd. "I must go fight the storm clouds before the storm comes!!!" said Storm Man. "Up, up, and away!!!" "Good luck Storm Man!" shouted the crowd. (Storm Man flew up in the air and confronted the clouds.) "You will never ever in a million years stop me from destroying this hateful city!" said the clouds. "I wouldn't be so sure of (POW!!!)!!!" Storm Man attacked with an iron first right to the clouds jaw. The cloud started to come back and swing at Storm Man, but that isn't what happened at all. Storm Man came forward and swung at the cloud and that was it cloud was dead. He was done for. The crowd went wild! The crowd shouted "We knew that you could do it!!!"

5/8/14 My short-term goals right now are to get good grades, focus on school, and have an amazing time playing soccer. I will fulfill my short-term goals by focusing in class, turning in work, and worrying about myself and nobody else. I will fulfill my soccer goal by focusing on the position I play and have a little excitement with it. School and soccer are my most important main goals in life. My long-term goals in life are to have fun while I can, but to try and fulfill my goal of becoming a homicide detective in Los Angeles. The only way I would fulfill my goals is by doing good in school, so that means my short-term goal leads up to my long-term goal. I want to become a homicide detective because it is interesting and you can help families with their lost ones. I find helping families with their lost ones inspirational since I have lost a lot of people in my 13 years of life.

Leah Horne PER. 3 5/7/14

While I was walking home from school when I saw my friend Bella peeing on a fire hydrant. She ran up to me and started to lick my face. I gave her a huge hug and told her “I feel like it’s been forever since I saw you.” She started to like my face even more. I was so happy to see her because she is my best friend and I hadn’t seen her all day. I told her “If I hadn’t met you my life would probably be extremely boring. She showed off her nice pearly teeth. I said that if I hadn’t caught her running down the alley from her parents we both would be lost. Her pearly white smile went away and you could tell she was thinking. Her eyes started to tear up and she ran to my front yard and sat in the corner. I rubbed her leg and said “Everything is going to be alright. What I said didn’t happen for a reason, so to be happy that we are together right now.” She looked up and yelped. I looked to see what was wrong and a nasty, disgusting spider had bit her. I noticed the detail of a red hourglass on its back and I screamed!!! IT WAS A BLACK WIDOW. Bella was highly allergic to the venom in the black widow. I soon realized Bella was knocked unconscious. I had a petrified look on my face when I walked into the house. My parents asked me what was wrong and I told them… “BELLA WAS BITTEN BY A BLACK WIDOW!!! SHE IS LAYING UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CORNER OF THE FRONT YARD!!!” My parents had no idea what to do, so I ran to the kitchen junk drawer and I grabbed the phone book. I looked up Dr. Riaz number and called it. I told him about what had happened to Bella and that it was an emergency. He hurriedly said put her in the car and bring her to me. I told my parents to get the car going and not to touch Bella, and that’s exactly what they did. I hung up and ran to the front yard. I grabbed Bella and put her in the car. My father was driving and Dr. Riaz was about one hour away and time was running out. My dad got on the freeway and stepped on the gas. The car was moving so fast that my snap-back flew out the window. I kept my arm on Bella’s heart to make sure she hadn’t stopped breathing, but her heart beat was getting slower and slower. I screamed “STEP ON IT! STEP ON IT! STEP ON IT!” My father was driving way over the speed limit and we got there five minutes before usual. Dr. Riaz hurriedly ran out with a stretcher and put Bella on it. I ran down a few halls not far behind Dr. Riaz until we got to room 709. I waited a couple hours while they took blood tests and shot anti-venom in her lag where she was bitten. Dr. Riaz walked out and I ran up to him and asked how Bella was doing and he said “We won’t know till the blood tests come back and the anti-venom kicks in. I waited a couple more hours longer… I was slowly getting tired, but I refused to sleep until I found out how Bella was doing. Dr. Riaz kept walking by me, but not telling me anything. I was starting to really get worried. I had a feeling that I have never felt before and that was a feeling of being worried, anxious, scared, and depressed. I felt in the mood to die. I was telling myself she’s going to live, she’ll be fine. I couldn’t shake the thoughts out of my head that my best friend might die because of a stupid spider. I looked in through the doors that kept flying back and forth watching Dr.Riaz talking to a couple other doctors and pointing at me. I wondered what they were saying, but my gut feeling was that I don’t/shouldn’t want to know. Dr. Riaz gave me a smile and showed his perfect teeth. It made me feel good because he only gives smiles when there is hope, but then I realized that he was smiling at the person behind me. Dr. Riaz started walking my way and he came and let out the news. “I’m sorry son, but I am afraid that… Bella did not survive.” I knelt on my knees and said, “Not only was Bella my best friend, but my dog for many years.” =4/23/14= Dear Mr. Moss, I was unable to get a reading book in the library, so I will write what I read tonight. Reading Summary: Tonight I read a book called //Warriors into the Wild,// written by Erin Hunter. The theme of the book is that the weakest of them all is always the bravest. I chose this book because I thought it would be interesting and that it would keep me wanting to read more and more. The main character of the story is Rusty, he is a cat. The story takes place in the musty woods of the nature. The beginning of the story basically tells the whole story. There are four clans and they are all cats. They live by rules and if you don't follow them you will be sadly mistaken. There are only certain clans that can go into other clans territory without getting ripped to shreds. Rusty is one of the clan leaders and he is always the one who catches the food, but never eats any of it because his clan eats it before he can even get there. I learned so far that life is a war no matter where you turn. =4/14/14= I chose to evaluate the student article called "[|When You Are Old Enough to Vote, Will You?]" If it was me I would choose to vote because I would like to have an independent say in whether or not I think someone should run our country. Truth to it is, is that if you are not part of something you can't criticize what happens when something turns out the way it does... and in this case if you don't vote than you have no say whether or not you like the way the president is running the country and what changes he is making. In this case I would like to vote because I would want to have an independent say in who are president is without being criticized on my independent thoughts upon things. I would like my opinion to matter when it comes to who runs our country so I may be able to say what I want to say without thinking I have no say because I put no input in...

=Newsela Article Title= ="Garbage in the Indian Ocean foils searchers of missing plane"=

Courage The definition of courage is to do something that frightens one. Courage is a major concept of life. Life without courage would be very disappointing and nobody would accomplish anything. Courage is important because everyone needs a boost to get to where they are going or where they are headed... courage is not only a word, but it is an action that makes a difference in life it's self. Many people don't realize that the reason that they are where they are is because of being encouraged, or they had not enough encouragement. In my opinion I don't think I would be where I am today. I have one heart warming story I have experienced... When I first joined soccer I was on a team full of experienced girls and guys who had been playing soccer since they came out of the womb. I was the only non experienced player on the team, it felt like being a new kid at a school. When practice started I was timid and really didn't want to do anything... I was almost like a turtle hiding inside my shell. When my coach, Coach Warrner called my name to do a relay run with the soccer ball I was so nervous... I almost wanted to tell him no. When I walked up to the front I looked to my left and realized I was going against one of the best soccer players on my team... I was terrified, I felt like I was going to mess up and everyone would laugh at me, but that is not what happened at all. I was cheered on and my team was encouraging me. I didn't win the relay race, but everyone gave me high-fives and said good job... That's when I realized that it's not about how good you are, it's how hard you try and focus with the help of courage. My experience with courage was an experience I would NEVER forget. My words to you are always show courage to people, even strangers and you will succeed at life and what you are headed for. If you really think about it just a simple Hello, or Have a nice day can make somebody's day a lot happier and maybe just maybe it might encourage them to really, actually have a nice day. Courage is one of life's most important actions and word. Thank you.

Poem Analysis 3/24/14 The poem //The Road Not Taken// is about how you have choices that you can make and once you make a choice sometimes you can't turn back and you can't remake the decision. When the author writes "Because it was grassy and wanted wear," that means that it hasn't really been walked down and that it isn't very worn out... walking down that road meant that he walked down the right road because people are always making bad choices, so the bad road is worn out and the good road is still good as new.

3/18/14 CourageI chose the word courage because it means that people have hope in you and they cheer you on. I learned this at soccer practice. It was my first soccer practice a long time ago and I am going to be straight up... I really sucked. I constantly messed up, and I was on a team with all people who have been playing for years... and I did not fit in, but everyone on my team cheered me on and kept me going and that is why I have such great soccer skills now. I just kept going and never gave up, because of the courage of my team. 3/12/13 Summary of //Music Misses a Mark for People// The summary of //Music Misses a Mark for People// is that many people have their own opinions on music, but does music have an opinion on them? The answer is yes music does have an opinion on people just not as strong as people having an opinion on music. Music is a big part of a lot of people’s lives and it also has a big influence on people’s lives either in a negative or a positive way. That is also why parents encourage them to listen to good music so that kids make good choices... but if you really think about it you can have a good attitude and make good decisions even if you listen to bad music. The basic ending is that people have an impact on music and music has an impact on people.

3/10/14 Sequel to //The Outsiders// //By Leah Horne//

DARRY!! I finished my English assignment, but look I found this note from Johnny in my book… I handed the letter to Darry… Darry started to read it.

“Ponyboy, I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. It was Johnny's handwriting. I went on reading, almost hearing Johnny's quiet voice. The doctor came in a while ago but I knew anyway. I keep getting tireder and tireder. Listen, I don't mind dying now. It's worth it. It's worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. Some of their parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it. Tell Dally it's worth it. I'm just going to miss you guys. I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be. I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He'll probably think you're crazy, but ask for me. I don't think he's ever really seen a sunset. And don't be so bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot o f time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your buddy, Johnny.”

After Darry was done he said, “Well there Ponyboy you have his last words to you. Are you happy?”

“No Darry that does not fix that he is gone forever and we have no hope of getting him back… if anything this makes me feel worse knowing that he was my best friend and the only one I could relate to in a way.” said Ponyboy.

“You will have to cheer up sometime little buddy… you can’t dwell about the past… because this is the future and you need to know he was taken for a reason… maybe there is another boy out there that needs you more than you and Johnny needed each other… did you ever think of that?” said Sodapop busting in on our conversation.

“Well no I never thought about it that way, but I will never have anyone to replace what kind of relationship I had with Johnny, but your right I need to keep him in the back of my head and proceed with the future I have lying ahead of me.” said Ponyboy.

2 months later…

I hate to admit it, but I have a new best buddy… Johnny is always with me, but I have a new buddy… his name is Ben. He is 14 (my age) and has to live with his brothers just like me. Recently we have all been thinking about moving in together like one big family and we all pitch in on everything. I will be honest… Life is defiantly not as joyful and exciting without Johnny, but Ben and I always go to his grave to see him. The funny thing is… is that we saw Johnny’s parents there and they gave him followers and gave him a letter that read:

Dear lovely son of mine,

I know we hardly showed you any love and we acted as if we hated you, but now that we know how life is without you… We wish we would have showed you love and discipline… and maybe you would be here still… Oh, and about the time we came to visit you at the hospital… Yeah… we had a feeling you wouldn’t want to see us, so we were prepared to leave without saying our goodbyes, but we wish we could give you a kiss goodbye. We'll always know we have always loved you even though we didn’t show it.

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

I felt like I shouldn’t have read it... but then again I think it was for the best…

2/27/14 I thinlk that //The Outsiders// will end with a tragic ending of Soda dor Ponyboy dying. I think this because most of the important people in Ponyboy's life are dying... Johnny, Dally, who's next? I wouldn't be suprised if it was Ponyboy that dies though because he is really sick right now in the book and Soda and Darry are thinking of talking him to the hospital. I know it's a tradgic end, but only good books have a tragic end instead of they all lived happily ever after. Well that is how i think the book is going to end. 2/24/14

Sergeant Major Morris is foreshadowing that the monkey’s paw will bring bad luck by this evidence…


 * “’It had a spell put on it by an old fakir, said the sergeant-major, ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it.’”
 * “’The first man had his three wishes, yes,’ was the reply. “’I don’t know what the first two were, but the third one was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’”
 * “’I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t blame me for what happens. Pitch the fire again like a sensible man.’”

This is what gave me a bad feeling about the paw… It seems mysterious when the sergeant talked with these words above.

2/18/14 Sixth and Seventh... I think the biggest difference in 6th and 7th grade id no recess and periods. Also thinking about it we also don't just have one teacher we have seven teachers. The hardest thing to let go of was that teachers in elementary school weren't as stern as middle school teachers are... I think that was the hardest thing to let go of. I have to admit that middle school is more fun when it comes to friends, but what really matters is the learning. There is also a good thing about middle school we have computers and we get to keep our text books at home and we don't have to carry them around. Well that's it... bye.

2/13/14 Late Work

Leah Horne

2/13/14

PER. 3

Root Words Vocab.

Root Words: cover, employ, cook, do

Prefixes: dis, un, pre, re

Suffixes: ment, er, ing, ed


 * 1) Cover/ing
 * 2) Re/cover/ing
 * 3) Un/employ
 * 4) Employ/ment
 * 5) Re/cover
 * 6) Dis/cover
 * 7) Un/cover
 * 8) Do/ing
 * 9) Re/doing
 * 10) Cover/ed
 * 11) Re/employ
 * 12) Re/cook
 * 13) Cook/ing
 * 14) Re/cook/ing
 * 15) Un/cook/ed
 * 16) Cook/ed
 * 17) Un/cook
 * 18) Pre/cook
 * 19) Pre/cook/ed
 * 20) Re/do
 * 21) Dis/cover/ing
 * 22) Re/dis/cover/ing
 * 23) Re/dis/cover

2/10/14 The song I chose was //Unpretty// by TLC. The lyrics I chose was.. " Never insecure until I met you, Now I'm in stupid... " and " My outsides are cool, but my insides are blue... " I chose these lyrics because when I was little I thought I was the Queen of the world... I thought I was beautiful and everyone loved me but, I found out that was not the case when I went to school. I was bullied and I felt so unpretty. Any name in the book of hurtful things to say they said to me... I felt like I was below everyone and I wasn't the queen of the world. Now I realize everyone gets bullied "popular" or not. That's just what you have to deal with in life. I still get bullied, but I just blow it off and know it's not true and it's not worth feeding off of. I am perfect the way I am and that's what this lyric tells me... "... But if you can't look inside you, Find out who I am too..." This song inspires me and when I feel like I'm not worth it I listen to this song and feel better. Bullies don't bother me...

2/5/14 S.E. Hinton Questions Where was Hinton born? (Coincidentally, this is where the novel takes place.)

Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What influenced her to write //The Outsiders//?

She wrote the book because most of her friends were greasers, but she was not in a gang. What year was //The Outsiders// published?

The book //The Outsiders// was published in 1967 when

2/5/14 Late Homework. 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 trying to say that Darryl is inhuman and I know this because in the book he says, “ … his eyes look like icy water… “ This is evidence because he keeps comparing Darryl to inhuman things.

2) Compare and contrast two characters from //The// // Outsiders // 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. Dally and Johnny… I am comparing Johnny and Dally because they are completely opposite of each other. Dally is a trouble maker that speaks his mind and he gets in fights and thinks he’s tougher than everyone. Johnny is a shyer guy and doesn’t like to fight as much as the gang does. Johnny is also the gangs pet… he says quiet and does what the gang tells him to do. As you can tell Johnny and Dally are two completely different personalities and have different characteristics.

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. What will happen next is that things will get worst and Ponyboy will get jumped by the Socs again and he will be hurt extremely bad this time unlike the last time he got jumped by the Socs I also think that there will be no one there to help him like last time.

2/4/14 Context Words… Reformatory: A reformatory is a place where kids go if they have no parents and they commit a crime. I know this because Ponyboy has no parents and he committed a crime with Johnny. Bewildering: Bewildering is being surprised and sometime speechless. I know this because Ponyboy had no words and he couldn't believe Johnny did that. Corn-Poney: It’s a stupid person. I know this because the guy who was talking to him actually believed Ponyboy even though he was lying. Premonition: A person who can see the future.

Leah Horne

2/3/14

Per 3

The Obey sign is a symbol of propaganda… Propaganda is a term used for over exaggerating or basically lying. The obey sign is a symbol of propaganda because the companies thought if they put the word obey on their shirts it would make people obey them... The obey symbol is also on many hats, beanies, shorts, and shirts considering it is a brand of the obey company. Obey is a very expensive, very popular clothing line. That is the symbol I chose and I explained it the best I can… Thank You.

1/14/14

Outsiders Theme Questions 1. Do you have friends whose social, ethnic, or economic backgrounds differ from yours? How do these conditions affect your relationship?

Yes because my friends dad ran out on her and she does close up about it and it affects us because I try to help her with her problems and when I ask about that she wants to change the subject. 2. To what extent does a person’s environment determine their success and happiness? Is it possible to overcome your environ- ment? If so, how?

For example if you live in poverty you are constantly fighting the uphill battle and you have to stay positive. Yes you can overcome your environment and you can do that by not feeding off what people tell you. 3. How is a gang like a family?

A gang is like a family because they stand up for eachother and are as tight as brothers.

4. What do you think it takes to make someone a hero?

I takes a lot of balls to become a hero because you can get phisically or verbally abuses while trying to become a hero.

5. What is your definition of an “outsider.”

Someone who doesn’t fit in and gets left out and or bullied.

1/8/14

Driving at 12 Years of age? If it was my choice of course I would want to be able to drive… but my question is… is it safe? In my opinion I really don’t think its safe because evidence shows that… “ The estimated economic cost of police-reported crashes involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 was $40.8 billion in 2002 says NHTSA.” This evidence is crucial because if people in those ages are crashing imagine 12 year olds driving that is worry some. TBC….

1/6/14 Yes! Sports should be taken away. 1. Athletes programs put a financial burden on schools money wise. 2. Practices causes you to go to bed later because after practice you have to do your normal routine as if there was no practice at all. 3. Sometimes practice is before school and you waste all your energy on that and hardly stay awake threw your classes.

__ CHRISTMAS!! __

Yah!! Christmas is almost here… Less than ten days… Actually approximately 10 days on the dot. I am **__SO__** excited!!! We are having it at my step Aunts house but the only sad thing is my grandma is going to be there and she is missing her leg. Well that is beside the point but there are only two presents I know about and those are a curling iron and a Bob Marley poster… it’s going to be **__SO__** dope like for real. I am so excited.

12/12/13 10 Vocabulary Words from the Play
 * 1) Pitifully- In pity.
 * 2) Covetous- Kind of like evil.
 * 3) Shrewdly- A loud tone of voice like a shrill.
 * 4) Mourner- not so sure.
 * 5) Solemnized- Peaceful.
 * 6) Implored- Begged someone.
 * 7) Replenish- Get more.
 * 8) Morose- Bad-tempered.
 * 9) Bound- supposed to happen in the future.
 * 10) Derived- to get something from a source.

12/11/13 The way that Scrooge changed throughout the film is that at the beginning of the film Scrooge was a bah humbug and he hated Christmas and he hoped that the people who celebrated Christmas should burn their lips in hot pudding. When the first couple ghost came he kind of loosened up and got a bit more feeling in his heart; because when the ghost told him that little Timmy might die he felt really bad for making him stand in the cold. Soon the next ghost came and showed him the future Christmas and he saw a dead man lying down and he asked the ghost, “Who was the dead man?” when the ghost took him to the tombstone Scrooge dusted off the sand and saw his name E. Scrooge. He broke down and started to cry and he said please spare me I will change please just spare me… After those tragic events he decided to not be a bah humbug and he started celebrating Christmas and he got in connection with his family and treated his workers like royalty… So that is basically how Scrooge changed through out the film…

12/5/13 ** Description of E. Scrooge **
 * In my opinion I think Scrooge is a pretty miserly guy. I also think he is a very skeptical in the showing of his slick comments and movements. I have my reasons and as a matter of fact I will tell you what they are right now. **
 * I think he is miserly because he is very humbug about everyone’s happiness because he is also just not a happy guy in general. He doesn’t like Christmas and he believes everyone who celebrates it should get their lips burned in a bowl of pudding. He also wishes not to get to know anyone. He likes to put all people down or he is not satisfied. He is mean to a crippled kid in the film we are watching also. He walked out of his work place and saw his workers son (about 5 years young) and **
 * Scrooge asked him “What he was doing standing in the snow all alone.” **
 * The cheerful little boy said “Waiting for my pops!” **
 * Scrooge replied “You may not go into my shop so you shall be standing here for a long while.” **
 * The little boy said “OK sir merry Christmas!” **
 * Scrooge said “humbug to you too.” **
 * Scrooge also thinks that poor people should be working at workhouses like slaves or that they should go to jail and live there. **
 * I think Scrooge is skeptical because he highly doubts himself. And in the film there was a ghost following him and when he got home he walked to a weird room and locked the door but when he heard the door rattling he thought it was a ghost but doubted himself and **
 * Said “It’s just the wind Scrooge.” **
 * But when the door unlocked and he saw a shadowy figure he knew what was going to happen. As the ghost started to speak to him he just kept doubting he was there and he left it alone till the ghost told him don’t build this chain on yourself like I did to myself and he disappeared. **
 * That is exactly why I highly think of Scrooge like that; in those ways. **

12/3/13 Compare and Contrast Today I am comparing Awkward Season 1 and Awkward Season 2… Differences:
 * Jenna and Matty are no longer together.
 * Jenna and Matty are in new relationships.
 * Jenna starts to be a bad girl and does drugs.
 * Matty has upgraded his girl to a really pretty girl.
 * Jenna was crying because Matty wanted to leave her.
 * Matty was crying because Jenna left him.
 * Jenna’s dad turned out to be gay.
 * Jenna’s dad wasn’t gay.
 * Jenna’s dad and mom broke up.
 * Jenna’s mom and dad got back together.

Similarities: These are the compare and contrast/ similarities and differences of this TV show…
 * They have the same characters.
 * Jenna and Matty are still not together.
 * Jenna’s dad still isn’t gay.
 * Jenna’s mom and dad are still together.
 * They still go to the same school.
 * Jenna and Matty are still in the new relationships.
 * It’s still awkward when they see each other.
 * They still have the same hair.
 * They still don’t like each other anymore.
 * Jenna still sneaks out.

12/2/13 Logical: I was being //__logical__// in my History class. Evidence: I found //__evidence__// on the crime scene. Infer: I was //__inferring__// something for my science project. Imply: I //__implied__// that I do not think it is right that I have to stay extra hours at work. Personification: There was a lot of //__personification__// in the book, //The Pearl.// Metaphor: I use a lot of //__metaphors__// in my daily life. Synthesize: We sometimes //__synthesize__// in science. Apostrophe: It is proper to put an apostrophe in the word it’s. Theme: The //__theme__// of //The Pearl// was that money isn’t everything. Literature: //__Literature__// was my favorite subject in 4th grade.

1. My mother and father and sister are coming to dinner tonight. My mother, father, and sister are coming to dinner tonight. 2. I like learning English it makes me tired. I like english. It makes me tired.

3. My sister was taller than me when we were young now I am the tallest it is fun. My sister was taller then me when we were young. Now I am the tallest. It is fun. 4. I love school, I love learning, my teacher is nice. I love school, learning, and my teacher. She is nice. 5. I don’t want much for Christmas just some chocolates and a little toy car. 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 and it reminds me of my favorite insect which is the butterfly. Blue is my favorite color. It is the color of the sky, sea, and 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. 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 we are leaving at 10:30. We usually leave at 11:00, but today is different. We are leaving at 10:30. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">9. I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">I like Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">10. We should get moving there’s no time to waste. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">We should get moving. There is no time to waste.

Leah Horne 11/21/13 PER. 3

The Pearl…

The theme of the pearl is money can be a life or death situation… The evidence of this is that when Kino and Juana found the pearl everything started going down hill when they said they would sell it and get bundles of money and would keep it to themselves. That’s when the treats started coming out they when the attacks started happening… Many things went down because of that pearl and the bragging of the money… The money of the pearl also made a beautiful young couple go into hatred towards each other and Kino beat up Juana when he saw her try to throw the pearl back in the water and Kino killed a man over the pearl too… Later in the book there had been tension between the city of La Paz and Kino so Kino and Juana and Coyotito their baby left the city and lived in a cave for a couple days… Many people came looking for them but never found their tracks… Even later in the book Kino told Juana to stay in the cave and that he was going to make sure that it was all clear on the tracks to where they were heading. When he was half way to the destination Kino had heard something weird in the cave and his baby was shot and then Kino killed three guys that were close to tracking him down for the pearl… When Kino finally returned to the city he threw the pearl back in the water and let it die… And they lived happily ever after…-

Questions for Chapter 3 of The Pearl 1. In the opening what is the town compared to? Why do you suppose he makes this comparison?The town is compared to a colonial animal.2. How does the news of the pearl affect a) the priest, b) the shopkeepers, c) the doctor, and d) the beggars.They all want the money.3. In what sense (page 23) did Kino become “every man’s enemy”?He became every mas enemy when he didn't want to share the pearl.4. How is the news of the pearl compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion?They get a lot of attention from the neighbors and they are both deadly.5. What does Kino say he will do once the pearl is sold?He says he will buy new clothes and pay the doctor and also that he will put his child in school.6. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly. Who do you think brings it in to Kino’s house? Give a reason for your answer.I think when the doctor and the priest came they both gave off "the song of evil". 7. As the doctor approaches, why is Kino feeling rage? Kino feels rage because now that Kino has money he wants to help the baby. 8. How does Kino feel trapped by his own ignorance? He feels upset and uncomfortable. 9. What do you guess the doctor gives Coyotito? I guess that the doctor gives Coyotito poison saying it is medicine. 10. How does the doctor find out where Kino has hidden the pearl? The doctor finds this out when Kino accidentally looks towards where he hide it. 11. After the intruder is driven off, what does Juana say of the pearl? Why? She says that the pearl is dangerous because it is life or death. 12. Why can Kino not do this? Kino can't do this because he is scared he may get killed over the pearl. 13. Why is Kino afraid of making plans? Kino is afraid of making plans because he may not be alive when those plans are fulfilled.

1. In the opening what is the town compared to? Why do you suppose he makes this comparison?It was compared to a colonial animal.2. How does the news of the pearl affect a) the priest, b) the shopkeepers, c) the doctor, and d) the beggars.The news of the pearl affects these people because the priest is giving him bad advice to get money; the shopkeepers because they may buy things with the money they get from the pearl; the doctor because he didn't want to treat the baby becuase they had no moneyand now they do so he is willing to help; and last but not least the beggars because he has no heart to leave people with no money so he will give them a little money.3.In what sense (page 23) did Kino become “every man’s enemy”?He became every mans enemy because he is bragging what he is going to do with the money from the pearl and that he was going to use it for his family.4. How is the news of the pearl compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion?Everyone is gatherd wondering how it happened and wanting to see the in this case sting and pearl.5. What does Kino say he will do once the pearl is sold?he said he will put his kids in school and learn how to read and write from his childeren.6. Kino hears “the song of evil” faintly. Who do you think brings it in to Kino’s house? Give a reason for your answer.The priest because he started hearing the song of evil in the church in front of the priest.

** 1 ** . Who watches Kino when he wakes up every morning? 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.d) Coyotito reaches for it.1. How are the homes of the poor different from the homes of the rich? Use quotesThe homes of poor people are made out of brush and the richer people’s houses are made of what are houses are made of now.3. How is the doctor described?The doctor is described as a obnoxious, snobby ,racist person.3. What does the doctor’s comment on page 13 reveal about his attitude toward Indians? The doctor said that he was a doctor not a veterinary when the Indian family came to get help for the baby that was stung by a scorpion.

Leah Horne 10/10/13 Pd.3

NO BULLYING!!!!!

Bullying is a BIG problem now days! Kids have got way more obnoxious thinking only about themselves not others! Now a days its popularity or you are nothing in the world as a kid. Also popularity is about bullying making someone who is unpopular feel bad about his or her self…

Why Do People Bully?
People bully because maybe they have something going on in their lives or family, they have been bullied before, it makes them feel good about his or her self, ect. There are no excuses to bullying for any such reason. If you are a bully you are basically a killer. There is a lot of bullies out there and because you bully you may think you are powerful but according to Nikki Crane “Bullies are weak and they are cowards!”

Things Bullying Can Do To People…
Bullying can really hurt someone it can put them in a deep depression, it can cause someone to cut themselves, it can cause someone to think about suicide, bullying can make someone commit suicide, ect. So… STOP BULLY

She hollerd "MOMMY!!!!" She said in a trebling voice "I am scared!!" She said in an excited voice "Happy Halloween!!!" She screamed "Let's PARTY!!!" She whispered "Let's be quiet..." She was trembling "III aamm ssccaaarreed!!!" she said in a wierd voice "I'm a nerd for Halloween..." She spoke softly to the baby "Go to sleep..." She Shouted "I am awesome..." She said "Let's go trick-or-treating together.."

__ Victioria!!! __

On October 1, 1990 it was a beautiful night and Tiana was getting ready to go get her Halloween costume. Tiana **__was__** going to be a beautiful little princess her own princess too; not like Bell and Snow White her very own princess. Before her mother and she went to go get the costume her mother surprised her with her very own doll she had always wanted. “Mommy you bought me a doll!!!!” said Tiana. “Yes sweetheart I did” mother said. “Oh!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!” said Tiana. But Tiana did not yet know having a doll wasn’t all it cracked up to be… Especially this doll… Tiana said to herself and her doll, “I am going to name you Victoria… I really hope you like it!” “We will have ** SO ** much fun together! Parties, dances, and most of all TEA PARTIES!!!” said Tiana to her doll. (Tiana’s dog ran in the room and grabbed her doll) “Hey get back her with that you little rat!!!!” said Tiana (Tiana got the doll out of the dog’s mouth) “Thank you lord she is OK!” said Tiana “Well I see you have met my dog GG…” “Yeah I know she can be a real brat!” said Tiana to her doll. “I wish you could talk Victoria…” said Tiana “Can you just try! Please for me!” said Tiana “Don’t just sit there and give me a blank stare!!!” screamed Tiana (The farther Tiana looked into the dolls eyes she SCREAMED a horrible scream!) “MMMMMMOOOOOOMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!” “AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” screamed Tiana (Mother ran into the room) “What’s wrong sweetheart???” asked mother “This doll!!!!!!!! She wants to kill ME!!!!!!!!!” said Tiana in a trembling voice “What do you mean?!?! How do you know?!?!?” said mother “I was asking her to talk to me and she had a blank look on her face… I looked deeper in her eyes and she had think blank look that told me she wants to kill me!!! Mommy please take her away!!!!!” Tiana said while she was crying “Honey you are just fine stop being so silly.” Said Mother Ok Mommy. I will stop being silly.” Said Tiana OCTOBER 31, 1990 “Yay! Today is Halloween!!!” Tiana said in a happy voice Her mother said “ Tiana you better get a rest before you go trick-or-treating.. Ok?” “Yes mommy I will…” said Tiana (As Tiana started falling asleep… She got a funny feeling like something wasn’t right…) Tiana said to herself “I feel funny…” (Then Tiana realized her doll was not with her…) Tiana said “My doll was with me a second ago where is it now?” (Tiana got up and started to look for her doll… It was nowhere to be found) (Tiana went to go look in the dog’s bed, but she was not there either…) Tiana could not understand it was just with her so she said “I will look for her later…” (Tiana started to fall asleep…) Tiana heard the door open and close and she thought it was her mom so she stayed asleep… She heard a weird voice and that’s when she opened her eyes and right in front of her was her doll with a KNIFE!!!!!!!!!! “MOMMMY!!!! HELP ME!!!!!” screamed Tiana The doll said “You better be quit or your death will be slow and gruesome!.!.!” Tiana continued to scream and shout for her mother… The doll got frustrated and put the knife in her arm slowly. Tiana was screaming in pain… The doll said she would go deeper if she wasn’t quiet… Tiana started to be quiet… The doll said “Let’s get this over with and she stabbed Tiana several times.” She was dead within seconds… Her mom finally ran into the room, but it was too late Tiana was dead and the doll jumped out the window and ran… Mother screamed a gruesome scream and she shot herself… The doll got away and the dog was the only thing left living…

Leah Horne 10/24/13 Pd.3 Monkey Paw Prediction Think that the paw is going to come alive and grant all of the three wishes for Herbert and Herbert is going to die. Think this because the man named Sargeant-Major Morris said the paw is magical so I think that the paw will come alive and grant the wishes and go back to its original form like nothing ever happened. I also think that Herbert is going to die because one of his wishes was death. Why that is has not been clarified, but he did it and that is why I think that Herbert is going to die.

Leah Horne

10/22/13

Pd.3

Frankenstein Questions

Victor’s goal was to create a creature that he could master and it will call him its creator
 * 1) What is Victor’s goal in creating the creature? In what ways does he succeed and fail?

2 .The creature claims, “Only misery made me a fiend.” What does he mean? Do you agree? Explain.

He means that he feels miserable and nobody is giving him love or any nice/sweet behavior to feed off of, so basically he has never been exposed to anything nice.


 * 1) Mr. De Lacey says, “Most people are friendly—unless they are blinded by prejudice.” What prejudice does the creature face? What does the play say about the effect of prejudice?

The creature faced not being excepted because he was ugly and because he made a few mistakes in his life, but he was trying to fix himself, but nobody believed he will change.


 * 1) Why does the creature want a companion like himself? Do you agree with Victor’s refusal to create one? Explain.

I think the creature wants a companion like himself because he wants to relate with someone like his own self and he wants to have someone who won’t be scared of him because they are just a like. I think it was cruel to not make a companion for the creature because all he needs is love and understanding to get him to be a gentle giant.


 * 1) Was it justifiable for the creature to murder Victor’s loved ones as a means of revenge? Explain.

Nothing he felt worst after killing Victor’s loved ones. He thought it would make him happy to make someone else miserable, but that didn’t work. The giant only did this out of anger, but after he wasn’t angry anymore he felt terrible for making his very own creator suffer.

__ Victoria!!! __

BY Leah Horne

On October 1, 1990 it was a beautiful night and Tiana was getting ready to go get her Halloween costume. Tiana **__ was __**going to be a beautiful little princess her own princess too; not like Bell and Snow White her very own princess. Before her mother and she went to go get the costume her mother surprised her with her very own doll she had always wanted. “Mommy you bought me a doll!!!!” said Tiana. <range type="comment" id="462103806_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍“Yes sweetheart I did” mother said</range id="462103806_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. <range type="comment" id="462237852_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍“Oh!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!” said Tiana.</range id="462237852_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ But Tiana did not yet know having a doll wasn’t all it cracked up to be… Especially this doll…

Tiana said to herself and her doll, “I am going to name you Victoria… I really hope you like it!” “We will have **SO** much fun together! Parties, dances, and most of all TEA PARTIES!!!” said Tiana to her doll.

(Tiana’s dog ran in the room and grabbed her doll)

“Hey get back her with that you little rat!!!!” said Tiana

(Tiana got the doll out of the dog’s mouth)

“Thank you lord she is OK!” said Tiana “Well I see you have met my dog GG…” “Yeah I know she can be a real brat!” said Tiana to her doll.

(good job make it even more scary i like the idea of the doll)-Celeste Cosio good job Leah (- Michelle Uriostegui Alexa Islas- Keep up the good work! Leah your story was really interesting I just think you should have written a little more. Sheila Leah Horne  10/17/13  Pd. 3  English HW: Dialogue  “Mommy you got me a doll! I love you! I love you! I love you!” said Tiana  “You’re very welcome Tiana now you must be a good girl at school if you want to keep her.” said mother  (Tiana ran into her bedroom.)  “I am going to name you Victoria! Yes Victoria what a beautiful name!” said Tiana to her doll  “We will have so much fun together! Parties, dances, and most of all tea parties!” Tiana said  (Tiana’s dog ran in the room and grabbed the doll.)  “Hey get back here with that!” Tiana said  (Tiana finally got the doll out of her dog’s mouth)  “Hey there are five fingers missing off my doll!”  “Mommy!!!! Doggy ate my dolly!!!!!!!!!!” “WHAAAA!! WHAAAA! WHAAA!!” Tiana screamed and shouted “I hate our doggy! I hate our doggy! I hate our doggy!!” Mom said “Go to bed it will be perfect tomorrow… I love you goodnight my dear!” (Tiana began to calm down and slowly fell asleep…)

Leah's homework page

Leah Horne 10/16/13 Pd. 7

English HW: Plan for Story


 * __Characters:__** Tiana, Victoria the doll she always wanted, and her dad her mom and her dog


 * __Setting:__** In an old haunted house with no lights just candles and a secret room


 * __Problem/goal:__** Victoria is trying to kill everyone in the house


 * __Rising Action:__** Victoria gets recharged every time she walks into the secret room when nobody’s there


 * __Climax:__** Victoria tried to kill everyone in the house


 * __Resolution:__** Victoria found a loaded shot gun and started firing shots at the doll and shot her in the temple of her head

Leah Horne Period 3 10/15/13 1. Doping is banned from sports because it causes you to he muscular endurance so that you are better then all of your teammates and because it makes you better then your opponents. Doping is illegal because it causes thoughts of suicide and a lot of rage and rage can lead to some horribly serious.

2. In the paragraph "Fits of Rage" it tells us that steroids cause extreme acne on the face, back and chest. it also causes permanent baldness, stunted growth, liver damage, cancer, and heart disease. It also causes thoughts of suicide and they may fall into a deep depression.

3. In the paragraph "A Dangerous Quest" it states the bad of using steroids and the consequences. Athletes who use steroids and are found using steroids get all trophies or medals taken away and cannot be in the NFL, NBA, baseball, or the Olympics. In the paragraph "Muscle Mania" it states the reasons why people take steroids and that is because they don't want to work to be fit they want to get fit while sitting on the couch. Now they can get it in an easy simple way and they can be a couch potato and that is with steroids. they get amazingly fit in an unhealthy way. they can flaunt their muscles when theare out of the house but on the inside they feel extremely fat.

4. Maverickcrash was implying that big muscles can get you more attention from the girls and that you can get popular easily. No I don't agree because popularity isn't everything and not all girls like guys that are all big and buff and try to act all yeah I am bigger than you and i can get more girls attitude actually that is quit annoying.

5. The central ideas for "No Miracles" is to tell you a nice body doesn't happen over night it takes many hard working days to get muscles. Also that it is healthier to get muscles by working hard rather than sitting on the couch and chewing pills that are unhealthy for you.

6. Yes, because it says in the article that Justin Bieber spends a lot of time showing off his muscles on stage. Girls love Justin Bieber and the guys want the attention from girls how Justin Bieber gets the attention and it makes them want to get buff but not to work for it and it makes them extremely unhealthy.

7.I think that if a star that almost every kid loves got up on stage and told them the effects of using steroids they would re-think using steroids. Like if they told that it causes extreme acne on the face, back, and chest they would think its gross. they could also tell the more mature ones that it may give you thoughts of suicide or deep depression and make them realize how serious that using steroids can be.

Leah Horne

10/14/13

Pd.3

Purposes of English Classes So Far

The activities we are learning are helping us learn how to be better in literature and in our future. I also think that Mr. Moss is trying to get us into writing and reading in an amazing way. He is teaching us grammar, punctuation, and how to write complete sentences. I think the purpose of this is to get us better in our future job and to get good grades to be able to get into college and get a great job. I think the reason he is focusing on these topics are because it will help us in our future jobs because if you are filling out a job application and you spell some or most of the words incorrectly the manger will read it and throw it away. You need full sentences for everything weather working or not so people can understand your writing and they can be able to read it too. Punctuation that is the key to a full sentence and good grammar like shes it needs punctuation to have it be good grammar so it would be she’s. Punctuation is the key to full sentences but not to full. Punctuation stops a run on sentence like Hi my name is Leah and I am throwing a party this weekend with a couple of friends we are going to party like rock stars it is 7411 Cannon Ball St. we will have the best time ever so just think about it and get on over here. That was a run on sentence this is the proper way to do it. Hi my name is Leah! I am going to throw a party this weekend with a couple of friends. We are going to party like rock stars! It is 7411 Cannon Ball St. We will have the best time ever so just think about it and get on over here!

That is the importance of what we are learning in English and why we are getting these things taught to us! English is a big part of your life don’t ruin it and not care, be smart!