Friday, April 30, 2010

Chapter Four

In my English class we are reading a book as a class. The name of the book is called What Are You Figuring Now? In the book there are alot of importent fact in Chapter four. I picked five different key point in this book that I think is importent to me. The facts that I think are impotent in the book is that Benjamin is going to making an almanac of his own to share with the other in the community. Now Benjamin has the proper tools he needs to understand and do astronomy. He met Ellicott brother and they are going to be building a large new wheat mill for the community. Also he is 40 in the book right now and he living with his mother to stay with her so she will not be alone . The last think is he still wants to farm even those he has alot of think to do. After reading the book today those are my five main poits that I think are impotent in this book in Chapter four.

Ten Vocabulary Words

1. In the 1920's they used almanac to tell what is happening today.

2. In Six Nation they have tobacco factorys.

3. I seen ten caterpillars this hole summer.

4. There are two different way to go down the path.

5. My anute has five acres on land.

.6. I'm going to try to figure it out.

7. I walked through a valley.

8. Today I bough to new clothes for myself.

9. I thought that this word was wrong.

10. That is enough.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Thank You

Amber,

Your work is showing great improvements!
Thank you for taking the time to spell check your work and to put more time and effort into things.
I am happy to provide you with more topics to write on, practicing your writing will help you to improve your reading, spelling and grammar!

-Miss S.

Black Slavery

In the book that we are reading in my English class, it had a pair of the book that have black slavery in it. the book is call What Are You Figuring Now ?

In my own opinion I think that black slavery is a horrible think to do to someone else that you do not ever now. My reason why I think that black slavery is horrible because it rode to do to someone. It can effect the person how was a slaver later on he/her life. Also its just not right to take advantage of someone that you do not know about.

Its is very road to take away a kid from there live to become a slave. Becoming a slave would be hard on the kid or a young adult who is going to be on. Yo would have to do all the thinks that they tell you to do. Also it just not nice to do that to someone.

After someone who was a slave, it can effeck the rest of your life. It will be hard for someone after being a slave for so long it would be hard to go back on living the that you did. If would be different not doing someone elsestuff, but now doing your on stuff.

It is not right how some person can take advantage of someone. You can hurt them, mentally scar them, also it just not right that you can do that to some person that do not know what is happening to him/her.

In conclusion, I think it is horrible that some person can do this to another person for this society. There are my reasons why it just plane road, It can effect someone after being a slave, also it is not right to take advantage of someone. After reading my pragraph know you can see how horrible it is to have a black slave or just a slave in general.



Chapter Three

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark)
Benjamin kelp his mind busy by making a complicated math puzzles using number and plants and animals.

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark)
In 1751 Benjamin was 20 years old now.

3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark)
When he saw what the man had in his hands. The man had GOLD watch!

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home? (2 Marks)
When he got home he put the GOLD watch on a wooden table. Then after that he started to take the watch a pair to see how it was made.

5. How many years after Benjamin borrowed the gold watch did it take for him to make all the pieces and put them back together again? (1 Mark)
It was two years after he had borrowed the GOLD watch, Benjamin put all the pieces together.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Chapter Two

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it? (1 Mark)
A Quaker farmer had moved into the next valley, and he planned to start a school that would be open during the winter when he wasn't farming.

2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully. (3 Marks)
The first day of school, Benjamin did his chores early. Then he put on his new white shirt and other school clothes. When he was ready, his mother gave him kiss. Grandma Molly gave him her best quill pen, a penknife to sharpen it with, and a kiss.

3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day? (1 Marks)
When Benjamin arrived at the school there were ten other students there sitting down.

4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned? (2 Marks)
Benjamin had learned all the arithmetic, geography, and spelling.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Read Pages 24 - 30 as a class

1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26.
On page 26 Gloria was aloud to Leave the hospital to go back to her home.

2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort?
It was a few weeks after Gloria left the hospital she started to work on her mucis. When she was working on her music she thought it helped her get thought her difficult time.

3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music in March of 1992. Also there played there music in many cities in the United States and around the world.

4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)
Estefan see herself this way "I'm an example of a Cuban American who's different from my mother and others of the generation... "

5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?
The one think the I had to overcome when I was little was my speach. I had a very hard time when I was little to say some words. the tools and skills that helped me to overcome my speach problem.
The tools that I had would be that I has someone to help me when I was little to help me with my speach and work on it so it would be better then it was. The skills that I got out of this was to sound out words so I know what it spells and then to learn how to say it.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Vocabulary Worlds

1.I fell down on the sidewalk and I disconnected my arm.

2.I attach two sticks together by a rope.

3. You have to follow a procedure for an exam.

4. Some people can be prejudice.

5. I meet a Latina girl at my old school.

6. In my science class we made a mixture of chemicals.

7. My friend and I got the highest achievement award in our cosmetology class.

8. I seen a performance at Stamford High School.

9. I convince my friend that I was a spy.

10. I had alot of determination to get better

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Journal # 2 for Miss. S

Alot of people don't think I would listen to this type of music. I listen to different types of music. The type of music I listen to the most would be rock, metal and screamo. The reason why I listen to this type of music is because I was brought up with that type of music through out my life because of my mom dad and my three older brothers, I find it better then listen to rap and country and I love how the music flows. Some of my favorite bands would be Alexis On Fire, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Rammstein and etc that type of stuff. So that's are all on my reasons I like to listen my type of music :)

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 10 – 19

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States?
Went there got there they found out that cubes was not aloud to enter the new city. Cubans have faced prejudice and mistreatment in the United States because of their background Gloria mom found a sigh on one of the apartments. It said"Co children, no pets, no Cubans."

2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home?
Gloria always consider Miami to be home to her.

3. When was the first time Gloria performed?
Glorica first time performing when she went to a wedding and a group call the Miami Latin Boys asked her to sing a few song there.

4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why?
The three different type of music they have are Son, Rumba, and Danzon.

I type of music i would listen to for these three would be Rumba. The reason why I picked this is because it is more danging music and it sounds more outgoing and fun.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 1 -9

1. Who is Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan is a famous singer.

2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990?
She injured her lower back.

3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks?
It would be have to cop with a cast on my arm. I would have to work around it to complete my task.

4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why?
I would have choice the same one as her. My reason why is that you have do more things then having a FULL cast on your body. Also you can take showers.

5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move?
They moved because they don't like how the Cuban government was like.

6. Who is the Author of this book?
Fernando Gonzalez

Friday, April 16, 2010

What I'm Doing This Weekend :)

This weekend is going to be fun, exiting, and gruelling all at the some time . The thing I'm doing this weekend is a CHEER LEADING COMPERTISON in Mississauga! We have that hole weekend planed out. Tonight I'm sleeping over my friends house ( Wyatt ). His mom is driving us there. On Saturday moring at 9: 15 we are going to be arriving at the school ( Stamford High School ). We are all meeting there before we leave to go to Mississauga. We will all be meet in Mississauga at the Hershey Factory. Then at 1 pm with will be performing. I am going to be so nerves. Then after performing we are going to go to a Hotel room. I'm with one of my best friend ( Wyatt ). the next gay we will be going back the Hershey Factory for the awards there to see who got what. after all of that we will be heading back to the Niagara Falls to go home.

My weekend is going to be very busy but it is worth it.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Reading Comprehension Pages 37-47

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?
Subway art is art the they put up in the tunnels to make it look nice and show charactor to the tunnel

2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?
I have never bin in a subway, but I think it would be nice to see art work in a subway stations and in the tunnel. It will make that subway station different from the other station that they have around the area.

3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?
They use an automatic signaling from the central contron.
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
To gain there expericen with the trains they, have been driving similar traind.
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
There drive the new train in the train yard trackess to test them.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

I'm a Teacher my Math Class

In my grade 11 math class I am help one of the girls in my class in math. The girl I am help is new so I amshow how to do all of the older stuff that we learned before she came there. So far I have taught her trigonometry. I find it is hard to be a teacher in math . Even tho I know what I'm am doing but it is hard trying to teach someone that don't even know what we are doing. It is a very interesting experience. :)

I do'nt think I could be a teacher. I find it would be hard trying to teach a HOLE class.

Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?

They lay a thinck layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnel's floor.



2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?

Meanwhile, other construction crews have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring.


3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?

To keep traffic moving while cut and cover stations are being constructed, a temporary road called Decking is built over the torn-up srteets.


4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?

It looks like a very nice station model. I wouldn't change nothing about the model.


5. What is the "Pink Lady"?

The Pink Lady is a flatbed truck

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Colorful Days

I love to wear bright colors to school or anywhere on a daily bases. The reasons why I like wearing bright colors are that it shows me off, I like to stand out, and also that's makes me feel happy wearing colors.

Bright color resemble me. It hows that am a bright person. Also it shows that am very out going person on what I wear.

I like to stand out from everyone else. It makes me feel like I an individual person and I like to show it off. Also i don't want to look like everyone.

For some random reason bright colors make me feel in a good mood. What every I wear you can tell what I'm feeling.

In conclusion, I love to wear very bright colors anywhere i go. For all of the reason why. It show me, I love to stand out , and colors make me feel happy.

Vocabulary Word

Vocabulary Word- Synonym or Meaning:

1. Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth

1. When I was little I used to excavate holes in the sand box in my back yard.
2. You can find artifacts in Rome.
3. I uprooted a flower in my garden.
4. Chemicals can contaminate the water.
5. I share camaraderie with the teacher.
6. On a sunny day i saw a window gleaming in the sun.
7. Cheer leading predict is very gruelling.
8. I was commissioned to plan a park.
9. Alot of students roam the halls at Stamford High School.
10. There is lava in subterranean leave of Earth.

Reading Comprehension Pages 16-25

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee?
His many concerns are do building methods and materials match those in the agreement? Are schedule met? Are costs kept within bounds?

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction?
Boring creates far less surface disturbance than cut and cover construction.

3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?
There have a powerful fan to suck stagnate tunnel air through these duct and out of the tunnel. As the foul air departs, fresh air rushes in .

Monday, April 12, 2010

What is hard for me !!!!

There are alot of hard thing that you have to go thought your life. The one thing that i found hard for me is that trying to do alot of things at once. It is hard to do sports, school, and going to work.

It is hard trying to do more then one sport. Right now I'm in cheer leading at Stamford High School. It is hard trying to do two different sports at once. One day you have to do one of the sports. Also you might have the two sports on the same day so you have to choose what one you want to do.

It can be hard to do iscgoing to school. There are alot of things that can happen there. You can have alot of stress because of all of the product you Will have to do. Also you have to time for your friends or sometime for yourself.

It is hard to get a job. It can be alot of work going to school, doing sports, and having homework you have to get done. When you have a job its hard to do allot of things.

In conclusion, i think live is hard. This are my reason why I think it is hard.

Reading Comprehension pages 1 to 15

1. Which city are building this new subway system in ?
There are building a new subway in Los Angeles

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What issue will it resole?
In the city roads are getting to be very busy so there are going to make a subways to help it out. By making a new subway it can help people to get jobs. Also it can close down some buildings or walkways or close down roads.

3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?
John Adam is their vice-president in charge of the overall planning and construction.

4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
Will oversee preservation of the valuable artifacts

5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?
To find what was there before.

6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line?
I think it is a ban plan to destruct the park. The reasons why i believe this is that is will take away a park from kids and family, it wall take away homes for animals, and there will be taking away natural.