What I Learned in English 10 this quarter

What I learned in English 10 this quarter is how to compare different themes from different stories. I learned how to you graphic organizers online. I can identify different point of views. I learned how to use technology a lot better and how to create bookmarks from delicious accounts.

"Lamb to the Slaughter" - I'm the Detective

If Iwas the detective investigating the murder of Patrick Maloney in "Lamb of the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, I would have looked deeper in the story that Mrs. Maloney told me and take the process step by step. I would have hired FBI and probably call in the Husband's job and tak to his boss and co-workers. I would have cantacted his friends and see if they knew anything with him. I would have been a great detective.

"Lamb to the Slaughter" Mary's Giggling

At the end of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney begins giggling because the policemen were trying to find the weapon, but what they didn't know was that they were eating it. Mrs. Maloney killed her husband with a piece of lamb by wacking it to his head. She put the big piece af meat in the oven so it would look like she didn't kill him. When the policemen were searching aroud for a big club they didn't suspect it to be the meat. After the police leave the house, I predict Mary will have a melt down and repeat the same thing with other guys that would leave her.

Situational Irony in My Life

When I was 6 months old, I thought that my mother suppose to take care of me. My grandma and my sisters were the ones feeding me, changing my diapers, and taking my baths. You can say my mom wasn't being a responsible person. They were the ones raising me. As I got older, I noticed that my mother wasn't showing me the motherly love that my siblings and grandma showed me.

“Persuasive Project”

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Without any staff, kids would...
	behave
	use illegal drugs
	bake cookies
	fight with each other
	sexually active
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“First Persuasive Paragraph”

In my opinion, freshmen students shouldn’t have self passes because they haven’t built the trust from higher authorities on campus. By giving them the privilege to go off campus would be risky because they might get into big trouble and it would have a great cost if they decide to AWOL. Because the freshmen still have the set of mind of middle school, they are more likely to be less mature than the upper class students and misuse the privilege of having self passes. Self passes should be given to students that have earned the trust of adults and are known to be responsible for what they do off campus. That's why freshmen shouldn't have self passes.

" Catch the Moon"- Theme Graphic Organizer

“The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant Airhead Stereotype”

Sheila Mant is a beautiful airhead because she doesn't pay attention to her surroundings very good. For example, when the canoe was going backwards, she didn't realize why it was. She didn't pay attention to the boy's actions. It is a stereotype because she is a blonde chick that is self-observant.

"Catch the Moon" Falling in Love

When one is in love, they might not notice it at first. Even as a teen, love was a stranger in my eyes. I had older people tell me that the right person for me is when I experience love at first sight. Two years after I got to SPA I was fooling around with other girls, but then “BAAMMM!!!” I met this girl. She wasn’t like all the others. She’s smart, funny, but she was only focus on her education. That was when she got here at SPA. When I laid my eyes on her, my heart started pounding against my chest. I never felt like this in my life. I knew I had to treat her right. Even now I am still with her, but our love isn’t that strong yet. I would say that it is at a point that we can sit on the phone, not saying anything and we would still enjoy it. She may not know this, but when she thinks I don’t notice things, I do. Something that I have noticed is that when I feel down or mad, she is always there to comfort me. I can say that she is my motivation. Now I know why older people say love at first sight because when I saw her, I knew she was the one. Some people might not call it love, but to me that is.

“The Highwayman and Typhoid Fever Comparison”

Bess dies trying to warn her love that the red- coats were at her house. Patricia dies thinking in shame for putting her love in trouble. For example, Bess was tied down with a gun pointed at her and if she moved, the gun would go off. For Patricia, she was talking to Frankie and in the Fever Hospital they couldn't talk or read peoms. But she kept going Until the Nun moved Frankie upstairs alone. Frank wanted to hear the end of the Highwayman because he wanted to see how it ended.

“Typhoid Fever– Present Tense Childhood Memory”

I am 9 years old and walking back from school with my sister. As we are walking, my sister gets lazy and asks me to give her a piggyback ride. Now I'm thinking, "No, you can walk!", but as usual she hits me if she doesn't get her way. So she hops on and we begin to walk again. On the way, she sees her friends walking back. She waves at them and they wave back. While she waves, she squeezes her legs into my ribs. It begins to hurt. I let go of her making her lose her balance and falls straight on her. I'm looking at her trying to catch her breath. The fall causes her to lose her breath and back problems.

"The Storyteller" Plot Diagram

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“The Storyteller - Memorable Books from My Childhood”

1. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Sues
2. I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer
3. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
4. The Mitten by Jan Brett
5. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Sam tries to encourage the unknown character to try green eggs and ham, though he meets with little success. The unknown character refuses to taste the dish, insisting that he would not like it. Sam then goes through an assortment of locations and dining partners trying to persuade the unknown character to eat. The unknown character is standing in shallow water after a boat sinks; surrounded by various people and beasts, finally gives in and tries the green eggs and ham on the condition that Sam leaves him alone. He then finds out that he does like it and that he would eat it in the locations and dining partners that were introduced throughout the story.

Autobiographical Narrative- Final Draft

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“Twenty-Five Random Things About Me”

1. I used to think I was superman when I was 1 years old.

2. My first word was papas when I wanted to eat.

3. When my first tooth fell out, I thought I was dying.

4. When I got my first chain, I thought I was cool.

5. I ate cow tongue at a taco shop, but I threw it back up.

6. I don’t like the way people talk sarcastic towards me.

7. When I was 12, my weight was 147 and when I turned 13, I weighed 127.

8. I love to play the guitar and the drums.

9. My favorite food is fettuccini with parmesan cheese.

10. I like to listen to music because it inspires me to draw.

11. I love to watch action movies while eating junk food.

12. My favorite team for FIFA is the Chivas.

13. I like to play football when I don’t have anything to do.

14. I haven’t been to church since I was 7 years old.

15. When I grow up, I want to be the world’s number one chef.

16. My swimming trunks fell when I dove in the deep end of the pool.

17. I want to go to SDSU for college so I can be an Aztec warrior.

18. My zodiac is a crab, which is a cancer.

19. My first kiss was with my sister’s, Renne, best friend.

20. I think people over their thirties are old, but I will make exceptions.

21. My first bike was a black and orange mongoose.

22. I like to watch Saturday morning cartoons while eating a bowl of Cap’n Crunch.

23. My favorite school subject is math because I love working with numbers.

24. My family nickname to me is “Pansas”, which is embarrassing.

25. My favorite genre of music is Oldies. I listen to them every Sunday on station 92.5.

“My Memorable Days”

My 10 memorable days are:

1. When I was 2, I was taken away from my grandma.

2. When I was 7, my foster dad died from a heart attack.

3. When I turned 9, I got my first 20 dollar bill.

4. I remember when my foster dad bought me a Star Wars battleship from the Swamp Meet.

5. My first time seeing my grandma was in McDonalds.

6. I received my first electric guitar when I was 9.

7. My first trip to Sea World, I bought a stuffed shark as big as me.

8. When I was 11, I found out that my aunt died 3 days before her birthday.

9. I came to San Pasqual on August 16, 2007.

10. When I came back from football practice, I found out that my sister had AWOL.

"Two Kinds" Mother & Daughter Conflict

The conflict between Mother and Jing-mei is that Mother wants her to become a prodigy, famous at ba young age. Mother pushes Jing-mei to become something that she doesn't want to be. Jing-mei fails to meet her mother's expectations, but Mother had a new plan for her. She wanted Jing-mei to play the piano. Jing-mei felt like Mother was only doing this to satify herself, but Jing-mei didn't want to be a prodigy, she wanted to be herself. For example, when Jing-mei looked at herself in the mirror and saw a girl who didn't want to be what she isn't. She got frustrated with Mother and her decisions she is making for Jing-mei's future.

‘“Two Kinds’ Character Avatar”

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“Two Kinds” In the Shoes of a Prodigy

If I were to become a prodigy, I would be a chef because I have the desire to cook. People all over the world would push me to fulfill my destiny. I would make my grandma happy because she is the one that is pushing me right now of becoming more educated and less trouble than my uncles and sisters. For example, Ni-kan didn’t want to be a singer, or a belly dancer, nor a pianist, that much. But her mother was pushing her hard and making her practice the whole week. I predict that the way my grandma is pressuring me, I will become a prodigy of my dreams.

“My Input for Staff-Teacher Conferences”

I will not lie to anyone; I got the grade that I have because I haven't been doing Ms. Priester. I been too lazy do her homework because of my schedule. I am gone throughout the day, every day, the whole week. So I have very little time to do my homework. My grade is the grade that I deserve and I have nothing against it. I found out yesterday that I can do Ms. Priester's homework right after school. My strength in this class is I tend to finish my work in the “Dog House”. My challenge in this class is that I like to write my work on paper than to type it on a computer. I can be techy, but only when I feel like it. I can have my classmates help me when I need the assistance.

“Two Kinds” Conflict Experience

An experience that I have been in was when my friend wanted me to steal a car radio. I didn’t want to do it because I have never stole anything before, but he said that I would be making money by selling them. Deep down inside me, I couldn’t believe that I did it because it is a crime to steal. After that, I told him that there are other ways to make money. Ever since then we been trying to get jobs, well I got a job . I don’t know anything about him because it has been awhile. All I know is that, I wont end up in jail for theft.

Manly
(She can take down a hog with her own hands.)
hArd worker
(She has rough hands.)
warM-hearted
(She keeps her girls’ feelings up after the fire.)
tenAcious
(She puts up with Dee’s attitude everytime sh comes round.)

“Everyday Use" Character to Person Comparison Paragraph”

In the story Everyday Use, the character Dee reminds me of my sister, Renne. The way Dee acts and her attitude resembles to her because my sister acts like the world revolves around her. She always wants to get her way, like Dee. For example, Dee wanted the quilts her grandmother hand-stitched. My sister acts like she is better than everyone. I get so annoyed with her that I just try to do whatever she wants because I don’t want to her nagging. Another example, when Dee took pictures of her family with the raggedy house and a cow in the background.

"Everyday Use' from Dee's Point of View"

Let me start this story with “Hello”, my name is Dee. I’m gonna tell you a little somethin’ bout my family. My mama, a fine hard workin’ woman , who tries to make me and my sister, Maggie, happy. I may seem a jealous woman, but I want things that are good for my well-nature. My sister got burned in a fire that happened twelve years ago. She was left with scars all down her arm. I could say I’m the pretty one. I’m on my way to see my mother n sister. As I arrive to the pad, I see them jus kickin it on the porch. I needed to take a picture of this. I got my camera and took a picture, but then I’ve seen a cow. You know I had to take a picture of it with them including the crappy house.

“Everyday Use” Before You Read: Traditions and Heirlooms.

My family tradition is that the girls, on every holiday, cook and the boys have to clean the house. My gradmother alway makes her favorite potato salad. Everybody that has tasted it, says that it is the best. My second oldest sister sometime attemps to make, but it doesn't come out the same. She beggs to know what the special ingrediant, but my grandma says she makes it with love. I have told my grandma that one day I will make the potato salad taste like hers. That is why I love to cook.

Plot Assessment Storybird

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Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies

As Leonard Mead walks into the Psychiatric Center, he had a sudden thought about what he had done. He starts thinking about how it is like to be in a loony pin, with all of the crazy and mentally challenged people. He takes his first step through the door. Not a client insight, any nurses to be found. The whole place was empty. The building had a main machine that was at the front desk just sitting there. He walked up to it and it automatically got every-single information about him in one scan. He was amazed of the technology that was being used

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Life in 2053

In the year of 2053, the world is going to be something that you cannot believe seeing with your own eyes. Cities look like a dessert in the middle of nowhere. All of the buildings dilapidated over time. The world would be abandon with no one around. The temperature is raging with heat. The only things that can be heard are the pack of hungry dogs fighting with each other over pieces of scraps and the howling of the wind blowing against your face. The world would be a place where nobody would want to be alone in the dark. In the year 2053, the world would be nothing but another lifeless planet in space.

Paralyzed by Fear

The time I was paralyzed by fear was when I was riding my bike, crossing an alley way, I got hit by a car. I don't remember it very well, but I do know that I ended up in the middle of the street. All I could hear was the ambulance and my cousin that lives across the street, trying to see what had happened to me. Then I black out. When I woke up, I was in the hospital with my sister by my side. Man, was I lucky that day. My grandma said it was because she prayed for me and at the end I thanked the lord for letting me live one more day. Now I will always ride my bike cautiously crossing an alley.

The Three Stooges

Yesterday morning was off the hook. I mean, my favorite show that I haven't seen for such a long time, was on. The best thing about it was that it was a marathon, so I got to see it all morning. One show was when Moe was sick and Curly and Larry was making a lot of noises. But Curly and Larry wanted to make it up to him, so they took him hunting. When they got there, it said no hunting, but they didn't see the sign. All of nthe sudden, they saw a black bear. Man were they scared. The bear went into a cave , so all three of them decided to block the enterance with rocks. Larry was throwing rocks and accidently hit Moe on his head. I was laughing hard. They ran to him and thought that he had died. They both put Moe in the car. They continued to build the wall, but they didn't see the bear come out. Then they turned around and were shocked to see it. Curly told Larry to throw a rock, so he did. It knocked the bear out, but they thought that they had killed it. So they were driving back and the bear was in the back with Moe(both were still unconscious). The bear woke up, and started hitting them on the head. they turned around and they jumped out of the car and the bear drove off with the car. I was rolling with my stomach hurting.

Today

Today, I didn't do anything exciting. I got a score of 231 on the reading part of the MAP test. I am trying to finish my homework for every class tonight. Lunch, today, was not very tasty. After school, I went to my off-campus drug group, it was boring. All we did was watch a movie about teenagers and their parents, and what part of the brain we use. Did you know that teenagers use the creative part of the mind and adults use the critical thinking part of the mind? I was amazed when I found that out because it was true. I am always creative at any time of the day.

My Memorable Birthday!!!

My memorable birthday was when I turned 9. My whole family threw a birthday party at a park. I got to see my mom for the first time and what made it more special was that my younger brothers got to come too. My cake was awesome. It was a Hulk cake. My grandma had made her famous potato salad, it was delicious. My favorite part of the day was the Astro Jumper. My grandpa gave me a videogame that just needs to be connected to the television. My birthday was the only day that my whole family didn't fight and was together.

Augustine's Calendar

Vocabulary

My Embarrassing Moment

About 7-8 years ago, I was living with my second foster parents’ house in Lemon Grove. I got up out of my bed, when my foster mom, Angelica, told me to put on nice clothes. I was confused. All dressed up, I walked downstairs to find my right shoe. I saw strangers with cameras and umbrellas just setting up for something. A lady grabbed my hand and told me to fix my hair because I was next to take an individual photo. With everybody doing things in a rush, it sounded like a stampede was in the house. By the end of the individual pictures, we did siblings photos. They made me sit on top of sister’s lap. I thought everything would go smooth but when the person who was taking the pictures told us to stay still. All of a sudden my stomach started rumbling and I accidently farted on my sister’s lap and boy did I clear out the room.

Last Day of Hell Week

Saturday around 9: oo in the morning, I woke up with my roommate’s talk show playing on the radio. I had my Houseparent make me some breakfast before football practice, which was at 10:00. After eating, I got ready for practice. At practice, one of the coaches’ said that he had a treat for us. He wasn’t lying; he made us run 10 miles up a hill. I felt like I was going to die when we were done. Practice went on for 3 and half hours. I was glad that it was over. But at least I got a good exercise out of it.

First Day Back

My first day back at school was very interesting. Eating muffins was my favorite part of the day because it was so delicious. I thought it would take forever waiting to get my classes but it went by pretty fast. I was excited to have Ms. Davis for Biology and I finally ended up in Mr. Beedle's Art class. I am trying to get a 3.0 or higher as my GPA. school is going to be a piece of cake!!!

Yesterday, I was on restriction, but I still went off campus with my CASA. We went to Baskin Robbins and bought Ice cream. After, I went to Ralphs and I bought snacks and 3 2litter bottles of Cream Soda. When I got home, I got bored so I decided to cut my hair because it was gettting too long.

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Friday

Prom was fun! The food was amazing, the music was awesome, and the girls were looking beautiful. I was looking pretty fly in a tux. The BBQ was exciting, Especially the games and events. In basketball the freshmen lost to the juniors but beat the sophomores. The relay race was okay but we could of done better. It was fun watching people digging their faces in watermelons and pies. Yohita was a beast at eating the watermelons. The jumper was extreme; kids were doing all sorts of tricks on it. I did the sideways ninja jump and back flips. Above all that, I had a bomb time.

Buisness Letter

17701 San Pasqual Valley Road
Escondido, CA, 92025
April 22, 2010

Mr. Ron Major
Principal
San Pasqual Academy
17701 San Pasqual Valley Road
Escondido, CA, 92025

Dear Mr. Ron Major:

I am writing to you because the work being done during 7th period should have some sort of credits to it. Since you are the principal, you could make this change happen and it would even give a reason why students have to show up.

I would like to see this change occur because if students know that all the work that they put in towards 7th period, they will get credit. Some students show up so they could get their work done. Don’t you think they deserve at least some credit towards all of the work? I mean they got it done, worked hard, and a long time to finish it.

Thank you in advance for listening and taking time to read this letter. I look forward to talking to you more about this topic and thank you again.

Sincerely,

Augustine D. B.

Career Day! Wow, what an exciting, yet very long experience for me. All of the different types of colleges all doing their share in this event. Out of all of them I chose 3 of them which are: Palomar College, Mesa College, and Grossmont College. I went to all of them and ask them a really non-stupid question, “What is your Culinary Arts like? I actually like all of their responses. So that was my exciting Career day, but my feet really hurt at the end that I could barely stand.

I was on restriction yesterday and I was bored out of my mind. I was practicing how to play “Black Magic Woman" on my guitar. But I wanted to go watch the softball game and my staff was nagging at me. I did not like that what so ever. My restriction was sort of a good day because I wasn't mad or anything. I was talking to my house social worker about personal stuff and it was good because we went for a walk. On my way back from the cafe, I was riding my skateboard. When I got to my door I slipped backwards and landed on my butt. Now my butt is hurting.

EARTHQUAKE!!!

So yesterday, I was celebrating my grandma's birthday and I wanted to work the grill. I was making some bomb carne asada and bbq chicken. Suddenly I felt movements coming from under me. It was an earthquake!! It was as if I was dizzy so I go inside and try to get everyone out of the house. But, by the time everyone got out it was over. I was mad but at the same time greatful for being safe. Later on that day, I heard from a friend of mine that it was rated as a 6.9 but suddenly it was a 7.2 down in Mexicali and Calexico. that was an awssome experience for me.

So yesterday I was reading with Heather at her house. I was typing for Ms. Priester. Doing her homework, I typed,''got a cap popped in his $#*" and heather got mad and hit me because I was taking forever.

CYBER PREDITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!

If my friend confides to me that he/she is meeting in person with somebody that he/she met online, I would ask if he/she knows them very well or tell them that him/her that just to becareful of thier decision.

Ultima

You must understand

that when anybody,

bruja or curandera,

priest or sinner,

tampers with the fate

of a man

that sometimes

a chain of events

is set into motion

over which no one

will have ultimate control

only a quiet man

can learn the secretes

of the earth

because good

is always stronger

then than evil

Favorite catoon character

My favorite cartoon character is Scooby-Doo because he was a talking dog. I like how shaggy and he is always scared. But when Velma or Daffnie gives them scooby snacks, they get brave. That is why I like Scooby-Doo.

ADVISE

The advise I would give to a friend about her abusive relationship is to leave him because he is not supose to be puttings on you.

Who did I want to be when I was younger?

When I was younger I want to be my stepfather because everybody knew him and got along with him.

the saying that annoys me the most is when Amy says savage to everything.

My Dream House

My dream house is going to be by Mission Bay in San Diego. It's a one story house for wheelchair access for whenever my grandma wants to visit. The color of the house is light blue with a dark blue roof. It's going to have five bedrooms, a big belcony with a good view of the sunset, and a front lawn so I can let my dog run around. Inside my house, the bathrooms are going to have a waterproof t.v. set. The master bedroom is going to have speakers all around the room and a flat screen on the ceiling.That is my dream home.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

When I was a child my favorite song was “teenage mutant ninja turtles theme song.” I just love watching it. I always wanted to be Michelangelo with his nunjucks. I don’t know who wrote it and why, but I do know that they are really creative with the song.

My winter vacation was astonishing for the first time. I felt like I wasn’t in the system any more. The whole time I was on pass was like a dream to me. Hanging out with my sisters, my brother-in-law, the whole family practically, in a small house, was fun. The adults were talking about their past life. The kids were so loud you couldn’t hear yourself think but it calmed itself down and it became quiet. My grandma made her famous homemade potato salad there is nothing like it. So my winter vacation as awesome there was no other time like it.