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Writing Activity & Essay

2009-04-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

Directions: People can be intelligent in many ways. Some people have verbal intelligence. They are good at speaking or writing well. Other people have musical intelligence. They are good at singing or playing a musical instrument. Some other people have mathematical intelligence. They are good with numbers and making calculations. Other people have social intelligence. They are good at getting along with others. Look carefully at the pictures. Then answer the questions below. This will help you write about a skill or talent that you have and how you use it.

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1. Describe what you see in each picture.
2. What skills or talents are these people enjoying? How are they sharing their talents with others?
3. What is something you would like to get better at? How could you develop your skills?

TASK - Write an essay about how you can get better at something you like to do and how you might share your talent with others. Give examples of people who might teach you how to develop new skills. Use your ideas from the pre-Writing questions to add details to your writing.

Check your work:

* Use details in your writing.
* Write complete sentences.
* Include a beginning, middle, and end.
* Check your work for correct punctuation and spelling.

Trust

2009-04-29T08:59:00.000-07:00

Trust is an essential part of living together. Trust is important in our life because can help us to live without any problems, specially with the family they are the important persons in our life. They only can help us if we have problems.There are many kinds of trust like friendship, love, relaxation,etc. I trust in my mom because she never tell my secrets to another person

2009-02-27T09:51:00.000-08:00

When I was fifteen years old I meet a nice person.She is special to me because we share the best moment together,she is like my sister.I like way she think

"Lincoln's Birthday"

2009-02-11T09:56:00.000-08:00

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky.

cezar chavez

2008-06-06T10:33:00.002-07:00

CEZAR CHAVEZ

Mexican- American work for farm workers.
he didn't have much education only up to 8th grade.
Mexican, at farms travel from one place to another. Changed alot of schools for the other people can go.

was poor and a civil right fighter and never gives up but was poor died poor and won the strike , farm workers and they get paid good.

BOTH
Faught for more rights and better life loved by there famiy. saved the economy.
Nonviolent Civil Right fighter both of them are viewed as a hero.

MARTIN LUTHER KING J.

Poor , Went to school and finished but died and made alot of changes. Middle class family Finished high school at age 15 and went to college and graduated.
More rights for African American.
Noble price
equal treatment at work, school ,etc.
defended human rights.

Biography

2008-06-06T10:33:00.001-07:00

"Her love is like an istand in life's ocean,vast and wide" Irma ortega she is a special mother for me since she gave me birth for all the good things that she have teach me. On july 20.1969,she was born

The Call of the Wild

2008-05-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

1- What details show that Buck is leader? The details are that he was neither house dogs
2- How would you describe Buck's life in the Bi ginning of the story, in the middle of the story, and in the the end. Buck'is life in the begining of the story is about a man that wanted dogs. He wanted heavy dogs with strong muscles and furry coats to keep off the frost. In the middle of the story is about that he had a new owner who took care of him.
3- How has Buck's character change throughout the story? He became wild.
4- External conflict is a struggle within the main character. What type of conflict has Buck faced in the story internal or external ? How do you know?Internal because he faced both.

5- What do you think "he was beaten... but he was not broken" means? He was beaten,and he knew it, but he was not broken he saw that he stood no chance against a man with a club.

6- What did the man in the red sweater teach buck? The man came out and signed the drivers book.

7- From which point of view is this story told? How does this help us-readers? Buck is telling the story.

8- Contrast buck's new surroundings with his surroundings at judge Miller's place.

9- How do buck's new owners compare to the man in the red sweater? Buck had to obey the commund of the man with the red sweater.

10- How would you describe Buck as he is towards the end of the story? It helps us to understand what, Buck's experince.

11- Describe some major hardships faced by the dogs and men in the story. Dogs and men in the story that they had to fight.

12- In what ways does buck challenge Spitz? Buck challenge spitz when he was trying to beat each other.

13- What event makes the conflict between Buck and spitz turn in to "war"? The event was when they were chasing the rabbit.
14- Compare the way spitz first treated Buck with the way Buck is treating spitz in the end of the story?
15- What qualities help Buck become the leader of the dogsled team? The qualities are imagination ,courage and persistance.

An Essay about Technological Change

2008-04-10T13:08:00.000-07:00

I think that the technology its going to be more better because the scientist are discovering the world and they are discovering the planets to see if someone can survive. We destroy the world, with wars, and contamination.
Some parts of the world there is not water and they need it. Some scientist say that some parts of United States probably can full of water.

In the future it’s going to be with more different and advances things. Probably the electronics can be more different.
May be the cars can fly like airplane and we don’t have to take airplane to go to another country. The scientist try to find medicines to people with dangerous diseases.

Sometimes the scientist try to do everything possible. Scientist say that some animal blood served to save many people. The technology can save us. people invent machines that can help people walk.

VICTOR-QUESTIONS

2008-04-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

1-Think about a time when you or someone close to you was very sick. How did the illness affect you? Did it change the way you looked at life? My life change, when my grandmother was sick and she was take care of me and all my cousin we was
2-Do you think the visitors know that Cody hears them? I think that the visitors don’t know that Cody hears them because Cody was in coma.
3.What details tell you how sick Cody is? when he was in coma and he can't talk he was like dead.4.What kind of boy is Cody?he has bad luck.5. What bothers Cody about his father?1-Think about a time when you or someone close to you was very sick. How did the illness affect you? Did it change the way you looked at life? My life change, when my grandmother was sick and she was take care of me and all my cousin we was
2-Do you think the visitors know that Cody hears them? I think that the visitors don’t know that Cody hears them because Cody was in coma.
3.What details tell you how sick Cody is?

4.What kind of boy is Cody?5. What bothers Cody about his father? Why?6. What is the "Land Above?" Why do you suppose Cody made up this place?7. What is one thing Victor does for Cody?8. How did Cody's way of thinking about life changed after meeting Victor?9. What is Victor like?10. How does Victor offer Cody hope?11. How is Cody's dad dealing with Cody's illness?12. Whom do you think the mysterious gift is from? What makes you think so?13. How does Max show he's a good friend?14. How do Cody's family and Max react to the empty box? Why?15. Cody wants to live. What phrases tell you this?16. What is the turning point, or climax, of the story?17. Why did Victor give Cody the gift of an empty box?18. What changes are taking place in Cody and his father?19. What "miracle" did Victor perform? How did he do it?20. Who gave up on Cody? Who didn't? what makes you think so?21. Do you think Victor was a real person? Find proof to support your opinion.22. The word victor means "a winner of a battle." What battle occurred in this story? Who was a victor?
Why?6. What is the "Land Above?" Why do you suppose Cody made up this place?7. What is one thing Victor does for Cody?8. How did Cody's way of thinking about life changed after meeting Victor?9. What is Victor like?10. How does Victor offer Cody hope?11. How is Cody's dad dealing with Cody's illness?12. Whom do you think the mysterious gift is from? What makes you think so?13. How does Max show he's a good friend?14. How do Cody's family and Max react to the empty box? Why?15. Cody wants to live. What phrases tell you this?16. What is the turning point, or climax, of the story?17. Why did Victor give Cody the gift of an empty box?18. What changes are taking place in Cody and his father?19. What "miracle" did Victor perform? How did he do it?20. Who gave up on Cody? Who didn't? what makes you think so?21. Do you think Victor was a real person? Find proof to support your opinion.22. The word victor means "a winner of a battle." What battle occurred in this story? Who was a victor?

How one should nevergive up?

2008-04-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

My mom always tells me that, when somebody has a dream they have to fight for it, because everything in this world can accomplished and we never have to give up. If we want to have a better future, we have to seize our dreams. Some people think that the dreams can be seized because when you want you can get it.

That's why people came to this country because they don't want to give up, they want to be something in their future, something that's going to help them when they need it. There is a lot of famous people that never give up, maybe they had problems but they can overcome them. Famous people don't need help, or money because they are famous and they have everything they want.

Some people don't care about their future that's why they are in gangs and they use drugs and alcohol. Somo of them live in the streest. They don't work, and they are only dedicated to robbing. But some of them don't give up, they fight for their future. Some of them start to go to programs that can help them to progres and also recieve jobs.

One of my friends had same problem but he didn't give up and his mom now is proud of him because he could progres.

Poem

2008-03-18T06:22:00.001-07:00

Love

Love is an emotion that people have
and they have pact that they would be together forever
sometimes love has different understanding
like it hurts you and it makes you feel like you’re in heaven.
Love means something special.
Love is with two people and they made a pact that they would stay together forever and
its like SpongeBob and Patrick they have been best friends and thats how much people love each other.

irma

2008-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

I think that people born with mental disease or any inheritance of the family. Sometimes when the women are pregnant, the consume things that they don't have to use,that's why people born with diseases.
personality traits I think that result from example , we learn a lot of things in our house and outside of our house.

Nature or nurture has a greater influence on the development of personality because I think that both of

languages and language Diversity

2008-02-28T06:31:00.000-08:00

Vocabulary : A

1. There are many different writing form. The English language uses the Roman alphabet.
2. A dermatologist is a doctor who in problems of the skin.
3. The United States is into fifty states.
4. In the fifty years, the population of the world has increased rapidly.
5. Can I your pen for just a minute?
6. It’s much easier to west snow into ball than to use dry snow.
7. In some countries, students their professors by their first names.
8. Noam Chomsky, a professor at MIT, is one of the most famous linguists in the
world.
9. A team of workers can build a car at a faster than people working alone.
10. the word diversity has nine

Vocabulary: B

1. The best way to become is to live in a foreign country.
2. His friends began to worry about him when he said that there was no longer anything in his life
3. If you want to study how people learn languages, you should take a course.
4. Motorcyclists wear helmets to prevent injury in an accident.
5. I don’t know the exact population of my city, but I that there are about 2 million people.
6. My dentist said that I need to go to a to get my tooth fixed.
7. During the president’s speech, she made to an important new medical study.
8. The computer for the whole office was down for two days.
9. When you exercise, your heart goes up.
10. We had such a large class that the instructor had to it up into three
groups.

Vocabulary: C

1. Harmless a. Negative1. student Calm
2. student
3. often
4. drop
5. certainlty
6. fear
7. full
8. Negative
9. request
10. land

Comprehension Questions

1. What is the definition of a language?Languages is the system of sounds, gestures, or characters.
2. What is a sign language? Sign Languages is sign of comminucation.
3. In English, the basic order of words in a sentence is subject, verb, object. What is the basic order of words in your first languages? The samething
4. What is an example of a borrowed word?
5. What is an example of an invented word?
6. What is one difference between the Austronesian languages family and the Indo –Eropean language family?
7. Why is it useful to group languages into famies?
8. Should we try to keep languages alive? why or why not?
9. Why is it more difficult for adults than children to learn a second language?

F Paraphrasing

1. There are about 150 American Indian languages spoken today. These languages have many differences among them and have been divided into more than fifty languages families.
1. All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words into meaningful sentences.
2. Most children learn their firs languages easily- and sometimes other languages as well. Adults often must work harder at learning a second language.
Many hearing - impaired people use sign languages, in which gestures do the work of the sound system of spoken languages.
G Main Idea

1. Writte a centence for the main idea for paragraph 4 (lines 19-27). The languages are always changing, but they change very slowly.
2. writte a centence for the main idea for paragraph 7 (lines 47-51).

I Active and Passive
1. The lecture on safe driving was very.
2. is an important characteristic for someone working in a bank.
3. That mystery program was very. I didn't know how it was going to end until the last minute.
4. The telephone by Alexander Graham bell.
5. The minister of healt didn't like some of the questions that the asked him. He by a foreign journalist.
6. Marge started a fight with her sister. This was very of marge; She is usually nice to her sisiter.
7. Barbara is going to study . Then she will work with people who have problems.
8. Dan his friend to lend him his car.
9. Mr. T hompson is a person. You know that the will do what he says. You can him.

The Necklace (Questions)

2008-02-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

1. What might be Mme. Loisel's thoughts and feelings right after she learns that the diamond necklace was only a paste? Mme Loisel's toughts were that she had to tell the truth to her friend that she lost her necklace and she replaced another one and gave the fake one to her friend.
2. How does Madame Loise changes as a result of her experiences? Madame Loise change her experince buy always tell the truth to your friend and never lie and don't replace the necklace.
3. Madame Loisel pays dearly for losing the necklace. Do you think that experience ruins her life or saves her life? Explain your answer. No because she lied to her friend that she have
4. The literary critic Edward D. Sullivan declares that "The Necklace" is showing that in people's lives "blind chance rules". Do you agree or disagree? cite evidence to support your opinion.
5. Suppose that Madame Loisel had not lost the necklace. On the basis of her feelings and actions in the story, what do you think her future would have been like? The future of madame loisel would be like she had to pay for the Necklace.
6. Do people still chase after wealth and social status today? Explain.
7. What do you think Madame Loisel's life will be like now that she has paid off her debt and found real value of the necklace?
8. Analyze Madame Loisel and Monsieur Loisel' characteristics.
9. SYMBOLISM: What does the necklace symbolize in the story? T
10. From which point of view is the story told? Explain.
11. What is the main conflict in the story?
12. What is the theme of the story?
13. What is the moral of this story?
14. Outline the events in "The Necklace" that form:

The Necklace

2008-01-17T05:53:00.000-08:00

Cause and effect (major events)

Cause and effect

Madame loisel
Desperately
Wants a
Better social life.

Rising action

Monsieur
Loisel gets
His wife an invitation to the party.

Climax

The women who have borrow the necklace. She has lost the losted in the party.

Falling action

That her husband and her, they stared to returned the necklace to the owner.

Resolution

She brought her
Another just likes it. And she pays for it, for ten years

Identify parts of speech in these sentences

Mme. Loisel lost her diamond necklace and uncomplainingly to pay for its replacement
p.p.
sentences

comparing houses

2007-12-21T05:33:00.000-08:00

The house on Arla and house Duncan are similar, they have two bedrooms, bathrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room and carport and both of the houses have the same price.

The differences are that house on Duncan is made of brick, has a big yard and a low heating bill. However the house on Arla is made of wood, doesn’t have a yard and it has high heating bill.

Conclusion

If I was the person who has to bay the house I would buy the house with better quality and a good price.

comparing two people

2007-12-17T06:21:00.000-08:00

Jerry and I, we are best friends.Jerry's physical appearance is, his height is 5.0. His hair is short,straight and black. He dresses casually in black jeans and shirt of different colors. He is short and hi is skinny.His skin color is brown. Hi is a nice person. He likes to be with his friends every day.
Lest talk about me,

My physical appearance is, my height is 3.0, I have long, straight and black hair. I dress casually in blue jeans and blouse of different colors . I am short and a little fat. I like to be a nice and good person with everybody. I like to be with my friends but not all day, I like to be in my home with my family.

We are different in the hair, his hair is short, and my hair is long hi is skinny, and I am fat. he dresses different than me.

We similarities are that we have the same color of the skin our hair is black and we are short, we like to be a good person with everybody.

argumentantive essay-irma

2007-11-30T09:04:00.000-08:00

A lot of people from different countries came to united states to have a better life and a good future for their kids. The immigrants are good workers in the united states. Not all immigrants commit crimes in this country . Illegal students can't finish the school because they don't have the green card.

The immigrants are good workers in the United States. I think that all immigrants are the people that do better in this country. Some people are racist . They say that immigrants should not be in this country, but they don't know that people who come to this country do work that many people can't do or don't want to do.

Some people don't want immigrants in this country because they say that most of the immigrants are either thieves or criminals. What they don't want to understand is that not all immigrants commit crimes in this country. Citizens of this country commit crimes too. No body is perfect and people should not be prejudice.

Those who are opponents of the immigrants argue that immigrants' children go to school and when they get sick they go to hospitals and they don't pay for these services.They also stress that immigrants don't pay tax therefore, their children should not go to school. This is not true.Immigrants have been contributing to this economy more than anybody else. They spend most of their money they get from their jobs in this country and thus they pay taxes when they purchase goods. Therefore immigrant students should be able to not only go to up to high school, they should be allowed to go to college too.

Illegal students can't finish the school because they don't have the green card. If the government helped us, all the immigrants can have a better education and more facilities to continue studying or working and better future for theirs families.

Conclution