Tuesday 5-29-12 the easiest decision

The easiest decision I ever had to make was between ice cream or frozen yogurt. It happened last Saturday night when I went out with my mom and sister. I like ice cream way better than frozen yogurt so it was a very easy choice to pick. That was the easiest decision I ever had to make

Sibling order Quick write Wednesday 5-23-12

I am the youngest of my brother and sister. One good thing about being the youngest is that you had older siblings try out new things and they can tell you what is bad and what is good. Another good thing about being the youngest is that I get to play the sympathy card with my parents. They often times are persuaded but there are times where they wont fall for anything. The last good thing about being born third is that I can get my brother and sister in trouble easily. My parents don't tolerate it when my brother and sister curse or do bad things so they trust my accusation and punish them. A couple bad things about being born last is that my brother and sister always leave me out of going places and never want to do things with me. They also pick on me because of my age and make me feel that I have no experience. Lastly, they get a lot more freedom and privileges than I do. All in all, being the youngest child is a bittersweet life.

Using depth and complexity icons in my life 5-21-12 quickwrite+notes

Depth and Complexity notes
1. Language of the discipline          5. Rules          
2. details                                          6.ethics
3. patterns                                        7. Big Idea
4. trends                                           8. Unanswered questions

Quick write
       There are some unanswered questions in my life. One of these unanswered questions is "what career will I take when I get older and start my independent life?". Another unanswered question I have is "where did life come from?". There isn't only one icon that applies to my life. An additional one that applies to me is patterns. An example of this is that I get up monday through friday and go to school from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m..(There is an exception with tuesdays) This pattern will continue until I graduate high school.

What i would have as my left hand 5-21-12 Monday

There are a few things that I think would be cool to have as my left hand. One of the coolest choices for my left hand would be to make it a snow leopard. If I had one on my left hand, it could act as a defense mechanism and snow leopards are really cute! If I had no other means of transportation, I would ride the snow leopard. I suppose it wouldn't be the best substitute for my left hand, but considering that they are one of my favorite animals, I would replace it in a heartbeat!

Notes on commas semicolons, hyphens and dashes Wednesday 5-9-12

1. Comma- a punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence
2.semicolon- a punctuation mark indicating a pause used to connect two independent clauses

-semicolon usage-only use a semicolon if the two independent clauses are related
 -Don't use a semicolon with a connecting word.
*I love dogs; Shetland sheepdogs are my favorite.

3.Dash: There is no difference between an m dash and a semicolon.All the rules for a semicolon function for the m-dash

punctuation marks Date?

!-Exclamation point- to make something seem loud
.-period-something used to end a sentence plainly
...-ellipses-to make something seem unfinished
?-question mark- to make something interrogative
,- a punctuation mark to join things together
;- semi colon- to connect two independent clauses in one sentence
:-colon
" "- quotation marks- when something is said(dialogue)
_-underscore
'- apostrophe-used to add suffixes to words???
@-at- used for emails
*-asterix
~ -tilda
( )- parentheses- adding information within a sentence.

Detailed plan for my survey for my persuasive letter 5-8-12 Tuesday

To start my survey off, I would go to the student store at lunch. I would wait for five minutes and try to count how many people would say bad words in those five minutes. I would only count really bad words. Words such as stupid, jerk and crap aren't considered that bad in my opinion. I assume that the results would be very big. In those five minutes I expect to hear at least 100 bad words. It's a pretty high assumption, but it is middle school and the majority of people swear and cuss.

Three survey questions 5/7/12 monday

1. How many people have said bad words at least once today?

2. How often do you hear people swear? -not very often -very often -sometimes -all the time ~ Three    votes from my pod

3.When in the seventh grade eating area, how many people use inappropriate language? -everyone - almost no one -some people

#2 was chosen to be my survey question

If i were to give up one of my senses 5/2/12 Wednesday

If I were to give up one of my senses it would be smell. All of the other senses would be extremely hard to live without, but losing my sense of smell could have it's benefits. One benefit you would get from losing your smell would be that you wouldn't have to smell foul things. It would be easier to withstand gross and dirty things. In my opinion, you wouldn't have to adapt to losing your smell. Everything but smell can help you in everyday life. To me smell is merely a handy addition.If i had to lose one sense, this would be my choice.

3 things i wish seventh graders wouldn't do 4-30-12 monday

There are three things that seventh graders so that i wish they didn't do. An example of one of them is how they clump up in groups in the halls. They do this because they want to talk to their friends, but they end up blocking big portions of the hallway. Another thing I wish they didn't do is goof-off in class. I think they do this to attract attention, and because they don't have the determination to get their work done. Lastly is when they swear and use inappropriate language. Usually they do this because they want to seem older and cooler. Other times they do this because all of their other friends are doing it as well. I think the worst is the cussing. Overall, if they put their minds to it, seventh graders could change dramatically.