Thursday, April 29, 2010

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.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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.

Monday, April 26, 2010

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

Friday, April 23, 2010

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.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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.

Monday, April 19, 2010

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.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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.

Monday, April 12, 2010

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.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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.