Mr.McCabe's Character Friday 10/28/11

Mr.McCabe is a creative person because he is always coming up with new teaching ways, and everyday we have an interesting quick write . 


Mr.McCabe is a laid back person  because he says to never panic, and takes things easy.


Mr.McCabe is a violent person because he likes to kill bus loads of orphans and nuns.




Character Assertion Graphic Organizer


William is a mean person. I know he's mean because  he always bullies Margot. That's mean because Margot  is a very shy and quiet person. Also, bullying is a harsh form of violence. I know he's mean because he also locks Margot in the closet when the sun comes out. That's mean  because he knows that Margot loves the sun, and hates the rain, so he intentionally locked her in there to prevent her from being happy.


Margot is a reserved person. I know she's reserved because she lets people push her around. That's reserved because she doesn't stand up for herself. I know she's reserved because people mock her, and she just soaks it all up. That's reserved because she is keeping all her emotions bottled up, and she's letting people constantly tease her.

The meanest thing I've ever done Thursday 10/27/11

I honestly can't remember the meanest thing I've ever done, but I do remember something that I did that was pretty mean. I'm sure that this wasn't the worst I did, but it still did some damage. I stole my brother's IPhone headphones, and put it in a file cabinet at my dad's office. I was going to give them back to him before we left, but I eventually forgot.A day later, I remembered and my brother got super mad at me. I felt happy but guilty at the same time. I don't regret it now, because he still does mean things to me, so it's my mild form of revenge. Just saying, he better watch out...

Wednesday To Have something once, or not have it at all 10/26/11

I think that I would prefer to not have that ting at all.If you had something great for one day or less, after that day you would want that thing badly.But if you didn't have that thing at all, you wouldn't miss it, and you wouldn't compare other good things to it. On the other hand, if you had that one great thing for how ever much period of time, you would take away that experience with you, and have a lasing memory from it.All in all, you would definitely have an easier life without wanting that good thing again.But if I were to be able to have one good thing for a day, it would probably be to have extremely good, (I'm talking world renowned) food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, for that one day. If only, if only...

Raining All the Time Tuesday 10/25/11

If it never stopped raining, I would try to come up with a way for people to have waterproof skin. This would make it easy for people to get around, without the hassle of carrying an umbrella, or wearing raincoats. When the rain would hit your skin, it would slide down and your skin would be left dry. As for taking showers, you would be able to switch off a button which allows your skin to become water absorbent again. But if my invention failed, I would probably be really depressed, and would have to cope with the rain. And just from an assumption, I hope it's not acid rain because we would obviously all die. That wouldn't be much fun.

Waiting Monday 10/24/11

I'm waiting to get the new Kindle. I've wanted it for over a year now, and hope that i will soon get it for Christmas. I think that the Kindle fits my lifestyle. I love to read, so it would be easier for me to just get books instantly , rather than having to travel to the bookstore, or library. Also the Kindle has a new feature where you can rent ebooks on you r Kindle. You don't have to worry about fines or anything else. My parents said that if they get it for me for Christmas, then i would have to stop talking about it. It took half of the year to convince them to get me one. But until Christmas, sooner or later, I'm still waiting.

Meta Constructed Video Analysis Thursday 10/20/11

1. How many people contributed to the whole song?
2. How many different chords are in the whole song?
3.How many takes were in this video?
4.Did the guy retouch any of the voices?
5.What parts of the speech did they take?
6. Why is it that the  older we get, the sicker our humor becomes?

Tuesday Protagonist of a Story 10/18/11

If I were to be in a movie it would be an action packed film. I would definitely change a lot about myself. For example, I would be flexible so I could get in and out of places fast and easy. I wouldn't be afraid of anything except losing the people I love. I would also have the ability to come up with brilliantly plotted plans in the split of a second. And I would acquire a fox as a pet. Things that would stay the same would be my personality, style, and sometimes clumsiness. I also would keep my family and friends the same.


Protagonist- Harry Potter
Antagonist- Voldemort, the death eaters, and Barney Crouch JR.
Conflict- when Cedric Diggory and Harry get transported from the maze to see Voldemort being re born
Setting- Hogwartd, Present Day
Climax- when Voldemort gets reborn into a human
Resolution- Voldemort comes back to wreak havoc on the wizarding world
Theme- be careful who you trust

monday 10/17/11 Quickwrite Favorite movie or book

My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Harry (the main character)is entered without his knowing into a tournament called the  Tri-Wizard tournament. He has to compete against three other opponents, and make it out alive.  Harry gets through the first two challenges, and is going to go through the last big maze. While in there, he sees people struggling to find their way to the goblet, which will transport them out of the maze, and they will be crowned victor. When he finally sees this, he reaches for it with  Cedric Diggory.( An opponent that is from Hogwarts by strange happenings) They then are transported to see a very evil wizard, Voldemort, being brought back to full strength.Cedric gets killed, but Harry makes it out alive


Protagonist- the main character
Antagonist-the enemy of the protagonist
Conflict-the fight between the protagonist and the antagonist
Setting-where and when the story takes place
Climax- the high point of the action
Resolution-the outcome of the conflict
Theme-the authors message to the reader
Plot-the sequence of events of the story

Job VS. School Friday 10/14/11 quickwrite

        Like A Job

• It's like a job because you can get "fired". In school you either get expelled or suspended for inappropriate behavior, or any other action that isn't right.In a work environment you get fired.
• In school you have work, exactly like a job.
• They also share a similarity with someone being in charge. In school its the principal, and the deans, and so on. For a job, it's a manager, a general manager, etc.

        Different from a job

• In a job you don't have to keep switching classes every hour.
• They don't pay you for going to school.
• You get to choose your hours at work , to see when you will be coming in. At school you are expected to be their everyday, and unless you are sick or any other big thing, there is no excuse.

Thursday Metaphors Quickwrite 10/13/11 + Idiom and analogy

I am a bookworm.
I always have a book with me and am always intrested in good reads.

My sister is a rendition of Vincent Van Gogh.
She is very creative and is a great artist. She also has an eye for things that people normally don't see.

My cat is a dog.
She likes to chew shoes, chase her tail, anddrink form the toilet.

The old cow kicked the bucket last night, and was buried in the morning.
    Idiom-an expression that doesn't mean what it says, and you can't figure it out- you just have to know

Nolan Ryan is the Bret Favre of baseball : he had a great arm,and was a star player for a long time

My life Metaphor+simile wednesday 10/12/11

My life is like a goldfish in a bowl. Everyday I go around the bowl, doing my same routine. I haven't explored anything bigger yet so basically my life is just the same thing over and over again. But sometimes I get a change in fish flakes, which is for the better, but sometimes those fish flakes are bad for me.One day I know that I will leave this fishbowl I live in, and go explore the ocean.




Simile-describing something by saying it's similar to something else, using the word like or as
          EX: Then wildly like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles


Metaphor-describing something by saying it is something else
        EX: Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally.

Diamante 10/11/11 Tuesday

Trurl
Friend Klapaucius
"Machine make nothing"
Was a dreadful sight
Ceased to exist
Envious one
Nothingness

Same letter Short story 10/11/11 Quickwrite tuesday

Sally seal screamed.Something skulked somewhere. Scratching sounds surrounded Sally. She swam slowly singing softly.Sally soon saw scary shark shadows.She swam somewhere safe. Sharks scared Sally. Sally soon saw shark stencils.

Authors message Monday 10/10/11

I think that the authors message to the reader is that everything in this world is precious. And if something bad gets taken away, we still are missing out on it.

100 words that start with "N" Monday 10/10/11 quickwrite

1.narwhals
2.noses
3.nostrils
4.neck
5.niceness
6.New York
7.Nevada
8.New Orleans
9.North Dakota
10.ninety nine
11.ninety eight
12.ninety seven
13.ninety six
14.ninety five
15.ninety four
16.ninety three
17.ninety two
18. ninety one
19. nineteen
20.nine hundred fifty six
21.nine billion 
22.night
23.nightmare
24.Nano
25.nine
26.numerator
27.nutcracker
28.nuts
29.nausea
30.note
31.Notredam
32.noggin
33.noodle
34.Nickelodeon
35.network
36.net
37.needle
38.narrator
39.Nintendo
40.NASA
41.nitrogen
42.negative
43.Nutella
44.New England
45.Napoleon
46.news
47.nastiness
48.Nigeria
49.Newt
50.New Jersey
51.nails
52.nickel
53.Nile
54.New Hampshire
55.noises
56.nimcompoop
57.Neptune
58.Nicotine
59.nun chuck
60.nectarine
61.notebook
62.nuns
63.nanny
64.neon green
65.neon blue
66.neon purple
67.neon orange
68.neon red
69.neon yellow
70.neon pink
71.Navy
72.Niagra Falls
73.neutrons
74.novel
75.North Carolina
76.neutrons
77.nuclear bombs
78.nachos
79.nature



 

Diamante Friday 10/7/11

Kobras
Priscilla Roseberry
The odd couple
Skull against steel rippled
Who's your leader?
Mighty thrust
Locker

Best Friend Quickwrite Friday 10/7/11

My best friend is a very down to earth person. She loves to read and go hiking. We love talking about things like surfing and how we want to get typewriters for christmas. She likes old fashioned things and to help people. Even though we only have one class together, we still make the effort to see each other at lunch and nutrition. A strength that she has is that she is creative. If I can't come up with a good idea, she is always there to come up with a brilliant plan. A weakness that she has is that she tends to brag about things without realizing she is doing it. But overall, she's my best friend and I wouldn't change anything about her.

Word roots that we defined ourselves Thursday 10/6/11

A- not
anima- lively/alive
ann- yearly
aqua- water
astro- space
bene- good
bi- two
bio- life
cent- one hundred
auto- self

Word Roots Example 2 Thursday 10/6/11

chrome color - Kodachrome- a brand of color film made by Kodak
chron    time  - Chronic- lasting for a long time
cide      kill   - Fratricide-killing your brother
co-       whole - Commiserate- to share someone's sorrow
com    together - Commune-a group of people who live together
con     create   - Conceive- to think of an idea
corp    body   - Corpse- a dead body
cred    belief   - Credence- belief that something is true
crypt   code    - Decrypt- to remove the code from a coded message
de-      undo   - Deactivate- to turn something off

Fantasy Conversation Thursday Quickwrite 10/06/11

"Hello!", I exclaimed to the Purple fox."Good afternoon," the Fox replied." I was just wondering if you would like to come over for tea today," I inquired. The fox had a look of doubt on his face."I would be delighted to, except that the Unicorn that lives next to Mr.Possum is expecting me over for a game of twister," he said." If you wish you can accompany me", he replied. "That would be lovely! And then afterwards, we could go and bake cupcakes with Mrs.Rabbit", I stated. The Purple fox now was a shade of bright orange!"Sounds like a supercalifragalisticexpealidocious plan!," he exclaimed.Off I went with that magical purple fox to play Twister with a Unicorn, and bake cupcakes with Mrs.Rabbit.

Tying Shoes Wednesday quickwrite 10/5/11

1. First you grab the two laces and put one in one hand and one lace in the other.

2. Then you cross the laces  to make an x shape

3. Then let go

4. Put one lace under the other 

5. Pull the ends of the laces.

6. Then make a circle with one of the laces by taking one part of the lace and bringing it back to the beginning of where the lace meets the shoe. Keep holding the lace.

7. Repeat the loop with the other lace.

8. Then cross the laces again with the loops to make an x.

9. Now there should be a small opening between the two laces. 

10. Put one of the loops in that hole.

11. Pull the loops. If you did it correctly you should have a tied shoe.

Following directions Quickwrite Tuesday 10/4/11

How good are you with following directions? How important is it?


     I would say that I am good with following directions. But sometimes I forget to look at them because I rush. I think it's really important to follow directions. If you do the work but don't read the directions, you waste your time doing the wrong thing. Also, you should listen to the person giving instructions. It could be directions for something really important, like defusing a bomb, or something not as important, like coloring a picture. Regardless, it's always important to follow directions.

Quotes from clasmates 10/03/11

"Quit killing the world", Bailey demanded

Julia murmered," Always eat cupcakes."

Tell the world Quickwrite Monday 10/03/11

1. Capybaras are cool
2.Looks aren't everything
3.War is a waste of time and money
4.Why don't we all get together and throw a massive Harry Potter Party?
5. Instead of driving cars, we should ride Alpacas!
6.Mow mow!
7.Hey world , there is a little thing called equality that we have forgotten about. Can we get it back?
8.Avada kadavra!
9.Walruses are really just seals with tusks and mustaches.
10. Keyboard cat loves you.

The blame game 9/30/11

        
         It was the Kobra's fault for having Monk shoved in the locker. "Who's your leader wimp?" He's so amazed he tells her" Monk Klutter". This proves that it's the Kobra's fault because he leads Priscilla to Monk. "His hands never quite make it to Melvin.In move of pure poetry Priscilla has Monk in a hemmerlock". This explains it because Monk was going  to hurt Melvin, but before he could even lay a finger on him Priscilla has Monk in a hammerlock position and is going to shove him in the locker. All of these events lead me to believe that is was the Kobra's fault.

Blaming Quickwrite 9/30/11

Tell me about a time where you were blamed for something that wasn't your fault.


           My older sister likes to blame me for things all the time. Once she blamed me for taking one of her shirts and wearing it! I hadn't even gone in her room all of that day. Even though I kept explaining to her that I hadn't taken anything, she just wouldn't give up. Then finally she looked for her shirt and found it. She owed me a big apology.