comfortable.

I'm so comfortable in this class because I'm right beside the window and i get a breeze.



exasperated.

I was so exasperated last night because i cut the grass.



exhausted.

i was so exhausted last night from skateboarding.

desperation.

the feeling i have right now is desperation to find a sentence for desperation.

opportunity.

I have a opportunity to be in a video clip today.

embarrassed.

I was embarrassed today when i fell on my skateboard in front of a bunch of people.

occasionally.

I occasionally play X box 360 on my spare time.

stamina.

I have lots of stamina when it comes to skateboarding.

penetrated.

A rock penetrated my knee when I fell on my skateboard.

coordination.

I have lots of coordination when I skateboard.

1. How old was the Declaration of Independence in 1790?
14 Years old.

2. Who is the president of the United States in 1790?
George Washington.

3. How did the surveyor plot the land that they would eventually build the new city?
-Sraight lines
-10-square-miles
-using the stars

4. What job did Benjamin Banneker get during this time? What was his title and who was he working for?
Cheif surveor's.

5. How old is Benjamin in 1791?
Almost 60.

6. How does Benjamin feel when he reads his name in the news paper on March 12th?
He feels acopluched.

Summary.

In 1771 Benjamin was 40 years old. He was still living in his mothers cabin. Benjamin heard shouts and hammering and roaring water. So he went there and met the Ellicott brothers who were building a wheat mill for the community. He heard news about King George who was sending soldiers to the 13 colonies from England. The King was ruling the colonies and the Americans think he isnt ruling the colonies wisely, and they were tired of it and started complaining. Later on More British soldiers came and a revolutionary war was considered between the Americans and British in 1775. They didn't want a King across the sea to rule them anymore. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Indipendance to tell the whole world that King George had not treated them fairly. Now they are now free and independent United States. Andew Ellicott's song had tought Benjamin how to survey. George lent his survey stuff to Benjamin to understand astronamy. Benjamin learned how to predict on eclipse. The most important part was when the sun and moon would rise and what the weather would be. For practice he predicted an eclipse on the sun. After many nights of figuring with his compass and the ruler and the moon, he had made a copy of his drawings, measurments, and figures to George Ellicott.

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark)
He did math problums in his head.

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark)
He was 20.

3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark)
When he hade that watch.

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home? (2 Marks)
Took it apart and traced all the parts.

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)
Two years later.

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it?
Fine stew from fat rabbit, theres a school opening for the winnter.

2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully.
The teacher read to them.

3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day?
Ten other students.

4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned?
He wanted to do something elles with his life.

1) was when she was releast from the hospital and she could not do anything.

2) Only a few weeks later.

3) March of 1991.

4) A cuban american that difernt from her mother.

5)No

1. Disconnected – not connected, disjointed, broken
I disconnected my ipod today.
2. Attach - to join, connect, put together
I attach myself to my computer.
3. Procedure - an action, step by step process
I have an procedure to do.
4. Prejudice – an unfavourable feeling or opinion formed without knowledge, thought or reason.
I feel prejudice about what im wearing.
5. Latina – A woman of Latin-American or Spanish speaking descent/origin.
I saw a latina women on cliften hill.
6. Mixture – a combination or blend of different components
Ther is a mixture of things in my sup.
7. Achievement – something accomplished, attaining a goal, success
I got an achievement on my xbox.
8. Performance – a display of a skill, talent or art
I went to a Kiss performance.
9. Convince - to persuade, to make someone agree or believe in something
I convince my freind to go skateboarding.
10. Determination – the will to succeed, extremely motivated.
I was determined to ollie a seven set.

My favert music to listen to is 80's and 90's. I like old school because thats what i was listing to when i grow up and thats what my mom loves. I listin to it when i skateboard because it gets me pumped and relaxed. some of my favourite singers and bands are Billy Idol, Micheal Jackson, Billy Joel, Journey, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Nine Intch Nails, Chumbawamba, Sublime, Bloodhood gang, Gwar, The Chemical Brothers, U2, Elvis, A-ha, Hammer, Areosmith, Men without hats, Alphaville, Beasty boys....... Butt i love old school thats not even half the band just the ones on the top of my head.

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States?
Because its a new country.
2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home?
She considerd USA her home.
3. When was the first time Gloria performed?
At a weeding she atendid.
4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why?
Son, Rumba, Danzon. I would listen to the rumba so i can dance.

1. Who is Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan is a singer.
2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990?
Here spine.
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?
Yes my thumb.
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 chose body cast for six mounth because they would not have to cut me open.
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 got kicked out of cuba.
6. Who is the Author of this book?
Fernado Gonzalez.

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?
The mirals.
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?
No i have not been on a subway.
3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?
the have a big computer that show them were all the subways are.
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
they have to do a written test and a physicle test.
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
mounth before its open.

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?
Concrete.
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?
A reinforce foundation.
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?
Red Lin's midtown route.
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?
I would not change anything it looks good.
5. What is the "Pink Lady"?
She brings all the materials.

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee?
To mack sure all date are set and everything is in place.

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction?
Because it a far less urface distubance.

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?
They wear work boots and hard hatts.

1. Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
I was macking a fire pit so I hade to excavate.
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
When I was digginy I found an artifact.
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
I hade to uproot the artifact.
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
I was so contaminate after I was done.
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
My best camrade helped me.
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
I was wearing a gleaming belt buckle.
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
I was so gruelling after.
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
I was in commission when we were digging.
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
After we went and roamed cliftin hill.
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth.
we found a subterranean on clifftin.

Journal # 1 for Miss S.

The hardest thing I have ever done is stuck to what I was doing. I was skateboarding oneday and I was doing a six sett. I know I could butt I had broke my toe earlyer that day so I didn't want to do it butt I stuke with it and did it. It was the best feeling ever and my freind got it on video.

Reading compertions #1

1. Which city are they building this new subway system in?
Loss Angeles.

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What issue will it resolve?
to ease traffic problems and they dont pollute.

3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?
John Adams is there Vise-president.

4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
She will oversee presevation of valuable artifacts.

5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?
see what happend years 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 don't care because they are going to putt it back after there done.

Parentheses-either or both of a pair of signs ( ) used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.

Exclamatory statement-often said when someone is extremely overjoyed.

Italics- Often used for quotations, titles, and special emphasis.

Synonym- A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.

Antonyms- A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.

Homonym-One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).

Theme-A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks.

Prefix-To settle or arrange in advance.

Suffix-A letter or letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

This long weekend Im going to see grandma in Sarnia. Im allso going to skate the two parks they have there and skate street because they have alsome skate they have so many setts, ledges, and rails.
I mite go golfing to in the state at Black River It's an alsome golf course.

1.John said, "That's my coat".

2.Jack said, "I have a coat like yours".

3."Is the pizza here"? asked Hillary.

4."I love extra cheese", said Jamie.

5.Grandmother asked, "Did you plant beans, peppers, and melons in your garden"?

6.No, "I only planted beans and melons, answered Ashley".

7.William exclaimed, "I can't believe we're finally here"!

8."This beach", said Dad, is more beautiful than ever.

9.The lost scouts screamed, "How will we ever get out of here"?

10.Help! shouted the scoutmaster. "We can't find our way out of this cave"!

1) Which fables did you read?
The Ass and His Masters

2) Which one did you enjoy the most? Explain why.
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion

3) Compare the fable, a short narrative, to a news report. What is the same and what is diffferent?
Same) both have an ass.

Different) They boy have different story lines.


4) How important is the dialogue? Would you rather read description or dialogue? Explain why.
I would rather read a discription becouse it is smaller.

5) Would you be interested in reading more fables? Why or why not?
dont understand.

Daily Log
1) What activity did you work on today?
I worked on the fixing my writing senties.
2) How much of the activity were you able to complete?
I completed the hole thing.
3) What was the most challenging part of today's activity?
nothing i understand it all.
4) How many minutes (out of a possible 75) did you spend working on school work? How was the rest of the time spent?
About 65% the rest finding music.
5) What question(s) would you like answered about today's activity?
How am i doing in this class.

Writting Sentances

1. April's movie is Lord of the Flies.

2. A group of boys is about 5 to 15 years old.

3. The boys are very excited about not having adults to tell them what to do.

4. At first there trying to create their own civilisation.

5. The conch is a large shell. Passed from boy to boy.

6. they sre allowed to speak when they have the conch.

7. some boys are kind and some are greedy and selfish

8. The bullies making fun of piggy even though he is the smartest of all the boys.

9. Some of the boys decide to follow Ralph and some follow Jack.

10.It's basically Ralph's gang and Jack's gang.

11. Its Obviously out of control when one boy dies.

12. At first these boys are sure they will be rescued.

13. Its several weeks later without a rescue.

14. There's an incredible amount of violence from a group of very ordinary boys.

15. What might the writer, William Golding is trying to say about human nature?

Dally log

Yesterday i went skateboarding all day. My freind and I skated this ledge on clifften hill then we skated to his house and cancged my trucks because i didnt like them. after that we went up the lane andthen we skated at best western and skated the 6 sett. we skated to his house and had pizza. then skated out side of his house and i landed a inwerd heelflipthat was my night.

Task: Write a news report based on the headline and the picture to the right. You will have to make up the facts and information, answering some or all of the questions:

Who) There are three teenagers Emily Dunn, Tyler Front, Josh Armstrong.

What) They have figert out something important.

Where) At there house.

When) In the middle of the day.

Why) Something to do.

How) On there computer and in there school books.

You must relate your newspaper report to both the headline and the picture.

self select reading

1. What is the title of your book?
A life in the spotlight.

2. Who is the author of the book?
Philip Dodd

3. What type of book have you chosen (i.e. fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel)?
Non-Fiction.
4. Does this book connect to your interests? Explain.
Yes this book connect to my intrest because he is my favert musican ever.

5. When you are reading this material do you find there are: many, few, or no problems with comprehending the text?
There are few problems comprehnding.

Daliy blog

Im sick to day i didnt come in to school butt i can still do my daliy blog from home thats cool. Tonight Canada faces Russia we are going to kill them GO CANADA GO. I hope Im at school tomorow so i can get cought up.

Writing Conventions

Fix these sentences:

1. she claims she was playing Frisbee with her Friends at the park when the flying dog of doom assaulted her out of no were. The police and paramedics believe the dog was attracted to the blue of her jacket and was enraged by it.

2. Today I finished my News Report , that i did on Thursday. But now im workin on this.

3. It didnt change my mind but I think of high school better.

4. I did not watch the hole movie.

5. I do not like to read books or paragraph.

6. Actually I found the movie very entertaining cause I understanded all of it.

7. I think theyre targeting people who would thing what it is like to be hang over and people who loves comedy.

8. Pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, California, saying he didn't fit properly in a single seat.

9. I write good enough that you can read it with perfectly grammer.

10. I dont write that much but im prety confident about my ability.

11. The reason why I think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film because it show us that anyone can write.

12. Yes because its show that anyone can do what they want if they try and different ethnic groups can be friends with each other.

13. I did start it Thursday afternoon , but then I ran outof time. so just a few minutes ago I just finished it.

14. I hope I have a better english experience using the computers.

15. The movie I enjoy most is The Hang Over it was histarical.

Free write

hey its me Tyler I'm just going to write whats on my mind OK. Me and my Friend's are starting this this thing wearing suites every Friday to school just for fun and to try to make it a tradition in the years.
I have this athere idea me and me skater Friends are all going to were clown wigs when we skate just for fun.

-key information comes at the beginning

who: Tigger Woods
what: tigger woods sex addiction
where: MARANA, Ariz
when: thangs giving night
why: he was texting when he was driving
how: his wife cought him cheating on her

-the most important information comes in the first sentence or two (the lead)

Tiger Woods will speak publicly Friday for the first time since his bizarre Thanksgiving night car accident,

-the information is presented most to least relevant

admitted sex addiction
Ian Poulter, who went extra holes to win his opening match, was among those curious to hear what Woods had to say. His only hope was to hear about it later.

-the reporter is not part of the story (the reporter writes using 'he,' 'she' or 'they' NOT 'I' or 'me').


"Hopefully, I'll be on the golf course and not listening to it," he said
-the reporter gives as many facts and details as possible.

-reporters try to include either direct or indirect quotations
"Hopefully, I'll be on the golf course and not listening to it," he said

Me as a writer

Questions:

1. Describe yourself as a writer. How confident are you about your ability?
me as a writer is a bad thing im nat a good writer. if i work at it i can be better.

2. What is your favorite type of writing to do? (e.g. stories, song lyrics, poems or emails) What is it that you like about that type of writing?
lyrics because they are fun and u can be your self when u writ them.

3. What is your least favourite type of writing to do? What is it that bothers you most about that type of writing?
i do not like to writ books or paragraph.

4. Tell about a piece of writing that you have really enjoyed. This could be a story read to you by a teacher or a movie you think is really funny (remember, a good movie comes from a good screenplay--which is writing).
the driver educations book i liked it because it was informational and will help me get my lisence.

5. Give your thoughts and opinions about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. What do you know about it? What would you like to know about it?
i dont like it.