Sol's+Journal

Sol's Journal

warm-up: In the novel, Juan's life and his expectations of success change. In your journal, write a paragraph in which you define success in your own life. Explain why you define success as you do.
 * Classwork Thursday, June 3rd:**

The definition of success to me is when I do something to be proud of. When I do something to accomplish my "life/school" goal and try my hardest. If I do that, I feel like I succeed a tiny bit in my goal.

1. Use the 2 idioms to tell about your plans for winter break. -on the double: rapidly or immediately -jump that gun: to act or begin too soon without due caution.
 * Classwork December 11th:**

Soon for winter break, I am going to go on the double to Australia. i really want to go because I want to see my friends again. MY mum said that I could go next Monday, 14th so I am really excited. I feel like I am jumping the gun but I can't wait. I wish my mum and dad would come with me because my mum has to stay at home by herself and my dad will be at work and coming home late. SO that means both won't have that much company. But I am OK with going to Australia by myself because I will be sleeping over at my friends house and my other friends house as well. That means I will be having a sleepover 24/7! I really can't wait and I hope that time passes quickly.

1. Idioms -in hot water: in trouble. -in one ear and out the other: heard but not remembered.
 * Classwork December 9th:**

I was walking and I saw a boy wondering around my place. He stopped and picked up my bread. "HEY!!!" I shouted to him. "PUT THAT DOWN!!!! That is NOT yours." He looked startled but still held the bread as if he had heard what I said but it only went in one ear and out the other. I knew that he was feeling he was in hot water. And he sure was. Someone could not just take anything without permission. Especially when it costs something.

loose cannon: a dangerously uncontrollable person or thing tickled pink: to excite a tingling or itching sensation in
 * Classwork December 8th:**

One thing that I think that is a loose cannon is a bull. I think that because a bull can get quite out of control when they see the color red. Im not sure why but they do. Some people in Spain plays this as a sport. This is also played in festivals, and other celebrations. One thing that is tickled pink is my friend in Australia. Well, she is not exactly tickled pink but whenever I see her, she acts that way. She's all jumpy and spirited. Just the way I would like a friend to be.

Define (look it up) and use each in a journal entry about yourself: 1. In 2 shakes of a lambs tail. - very quickly and without difficulty. 2. Make a mountain out of a molehill. - make a big deal out of nothing.
 * Classwork December 4:**

I wish that I could finish my homework in 2 shakes of a lambs tail. This would be really nice for me because I usually sleep at 12-1am to finish my homework. The earliest time I would sleep would be around 10pm. I make a mountain out of a molehill when I have a project due the next day because I want to finish it soon but then I have different homework in the way. Another thing I make a big deal out of is when I am going somewhere. When I go somewhere my mom tends to get angry because I lost something or I forgot to bring something. This makes me very cautious when I go out with my mom. Most times shes really happy but sometimes when she "wakes up on the wrong side of the bed" she can get angry easily.

__Define the idioms and then use it to talk about something going on in your life.__ get your goat: annoys you a lot. get up on the wrong side of the bed: to get up with a bad temper.
 * Classwork December 2:**

Something that "gets my goat" is when my cousin/s always makes me do something or he hits me. At first, I'm OK with it but then later it "really gets my goat" because I know its a joke but its really annoying.

Sometimes I "get up on the wrong side of the bed" when I slept late like at 1 or 2. That really gets me up on the wrong side of the bed because I have to try and not sleep during class and I am really in a bad mood.

Working in the fields everyday is making me tired. Not just tired, hungry... starving. I want to go to a place like school. How come I'm not allowed to go to school. I can't blame anyone and I'm not trying to. I just want to know the reason why other kids get to go to school... Eating parsley bread is getting boring for me. But I can't tell my mom. I tell her that it is delicious and I will never get bored of it. Just to make sure she doesn't get worried or suspicious. I don't want her to be sad.
 * Classwork November 13:**

Create a journal entry for Crispin that summarizes how he's feeling in Chapter 1. (5 sentences min).
 * Classwork November 11:**

I am feeling sad because of the loss of my mom. I don't want to give my bull for the death bull!!! I can't work in the fields then. I kind of hate the landlord. Actually I really hate the landlord. Saying to me to give me my bull. Well I am angry and sad/

1. Journal: Choose one of the characters from Ulysses. Create a journal entry from their POV. Students will guess who it is
 * Classwork October 19:**

I saw him coming towards my castle and coming in. I shall prepare one of those fantastic meals that turns a human into an animal with a touch of my wand and magic words. I said "Welcome stranger, here bathe yourself and have a meal." I saw that he was holding something but I thought it wasn't important so I just left him. He soon came out so I said "Have a meal. I made it myself." trying to act hospitable.

**Classwork October 6th:** Besides Ulysses, what book are you reading now? What is it about? What are your feelings about it?

I am reading is called The Sisters Bride. It is about a girl who just got told her sister is getting married. She promised not to tell anyone so she doesn't. When she tells her mother that her sister is going ti have dinner at their house. Suddenly her parents starts talking about her sister and Greg. Her mother thinks that her sister is going serious with Greg. I think this book is kind of boring at the end but I am just going to keep reading because my friend recommended it to me.

1. Think of a 'snapshot' of something you did over the break. Write a paragraph using t[|hird person point of view.]
 * Classwork Monday, October 5th:**

She was going outside with another small girl. As she was walking, she was talking to a small girl walking beside her. She was running towards the playground, she bent down and found something glinting. It looked like she had found a coin. She showed it to the little girl and the little girl was smiling. They went down the hill and sat down on the bench. It looked like the little girl was explaining something to her. She nodded and counted to 20. While she was counting, the girl was running onto the playground equipment and laughing. After she finished counting to 20, she started runnning onto the equipment, chasing the little girl. The girl was laughing and smiling as she was running slowly for her.

**Classwork September 24th: 1. Journal:** KIS is a 1:1 school. What does this mean to you? What are some pros and cons about this?

I think that one thing is 1:1 because we can't do games during class time but we can use our mac books for our online text books. That is an advantage because we don't need to carry around big heavy textbooks like we did last year. One disadvantage is that students want to play games so they do but sometimes they get caught so they might get their computer taken away for a week. Another disadvantage is when students do ichat to talk to their friends during class will not have a pleased teacher. The teacher would be suspicious because there would be loud typing.

**Classwork September 22nd:** 1. Journal: Make up your own prompt. 7 sentence minimum. Write your prompt at the top of your entry. My favourite type of music is pop because it is calming and peaceful. Another reason is that it is catchy and fancy. If there was a day without music I would just die because I love it a lot. I chose this topic out of all of the other ones because it is one of my favourite things in life. I listen to music nearly everyday on my iPod. Whenever I am going to school I turn it on. Music is brilliant in my opinion because it is a nice and relaxing to listen to.

**Thursday September 17th Classwork:** 1. Warm-up: In your journal: Pretend you are Ulysses writing a letter to Penelope, your wife. Minimum 7 sentences (10 minutes) 2. Quietly read the chapter ‘Land of the Dead’ Complete the worksheet. (30 minutes) 3. On your wiki: Post a video vocab (define and use in a sentence) for the following words from ‘Land of the Dead’: girdling, feeble, spar, gurgle, helm (15 minutes) 4. Take the quizzes and play the vocab games: []

Dear Penelope

I have missed you a lot during my voyage. I think of you most of the time. After our victory of the Trojan War, we have tried very hard to get back to our home country. But unfortunately, I have upset one of the gods so they are not letting me get back to Ithaca until I go through everywhere they are leading me. I hope I can lead back safely to where I belong. Please remember me as well as I remember you still. I have had a wife that was never going to replace you but was just temporary because she provided me and my men good food. I will try to return as soon as I can. Sincerely, Ulysses.

**Classwork September 15th:** 1. Journal: Write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If your life is perfect, make something up. ( 7 sentence minimum)

Something that has been annoying me a lot are the tests that have been going around. In one day, I had to do do 3 tests. The night before that, I had to stay up and study until I had memorized everything. Another reason why the tests are annoying me is because they are an hour long. When they are around an hour long, I feel like sleeping so I can't concentrate properly. When I can't concentrate properly, I can't remember what I had tried to memorize. After I finish the test, it feels like I didn't study for the test so I get a bad grade.

1. After you finish the test: Journal--brainstorm some ideas about your expository writing topic. 2. On A-4 paper, we will begin writing the rough draft in class.
 * Classwork September 11th:**

1. Journal: //If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why?// 2. Finish poster presentations. 3. Review study guide for Ulysses. 4. You will choose a random number in class. This will tell you your Expository Writing topic. Write a thesis statement that goes along with your topic. Post this on your wiki. Final draft due September 18th.
 * Classwork September 9th:**

1. Warm-up Journal: How is your day going? 7 sentences minimum. 2. Upload skits using youtube. Embed on your wiki page. 3. Study guide for ch 1-5 test.
 * Classwork September 8th:**

1. Journal Entry: If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences) 2. Read pages 65-70 in Ulysses. Summarize each page in 2 or more sentences. Post.
 * Classwork September 4th:**

Page 65: After some men returned to the ship, they told them to come to the castle and pull the ship onto the beach. Eurylochus wasn't sure if he should believe them because he thought they might be under a spell. But at the end, they ended up going.

Page 66: Circe said "I have no idea why but I love you more than all the other husbands I had." "How many husbands //have// you had?" Ulysses asked curiously. She hesitated for a moment but she said "I turn them into animals because I cannot bear anything that I loved, passing away."

Page 67: Ulysses asked "When I am about to die, what would you turn me into?" "I would think fox. Yes...the king of foxes. Your ways are veyr cunning." Ulysses was surprised.

Page 68: Circe suddenly tempted him saying that he could be immortal with her forever. She said that if he left her, he would see his men dying and him having terrible voyage on the way back home. But if he didn't go, he could stay with her.

Page 69: When Ulysses decided that he must go, she said that he must go to The Land of Dead otherwise he wouldn't see his home Ithaca again. She said "If you don't go you can just stay with me and live happily."

Page 70: Ulysses was still determined to go home so he said he would do so. He called his men to go to the ship and get ready to leave the island.

1. Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 5-7 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class. Post on your wiki.
 * Homework due September 2nd:**

__Definitions:__ Chapter 5. cannibal: any animal that eats its own specie. indifferent: not caring about anything. mumbling: not talking clearly. trooping: a group of people together. brutal: cruel.

Chapter 6. perils: something that is ruined; destruction. inhabitants: something that lives a certain habitat. moored: secure; safe. marrow: strength. ogres: a monster; a creature that comes out in fairy tales. provisioned: a law. sorceries: spells. ethical: selling something that isn't a good thing to advertise.

Chapter 7. curdle: to spoil something. perish: to suffer from a disaster. taut: tense. quivered: to shake a little when you are scared or cold. helm: a wheel. tittering: self-conscious.

1. Keeper of the Winds' questions: //Copy, paste and answer in full sentences.//
 * Homework due August 31st:**

1. Which direction were Ulysses and his men sailing at the beginning of the chapter? Northward. 2. Why was Ulysses wild with eagerness? Ulysses was wild with eagerness because he was heading home to see his home, wife, and son after 10 long years. 3. Who was Aeolus? Aeolus was the Keeper of The Winds. 4. What did Aeolus love to do? Aeolus loved to eat, drink, fight and hear stories. 5. Why was Aeolus pleased with Ulysses? He was pleased with Ulysses because he had told Aeolus his adventurous story. 6. What did Aeolus give to Ulysses? He gave Ulysses the east, north and south winds in one bag. 7. How many days and nights did Ulysses stay awake? He stayed awake 9 days and 9 nights. 8. Why did Ulysses' men open the bag of winds? They opened the bag because they thought it was a bag of coins. 9. What happened after they did this? The winds blew him back to where he was before. 10. Predict what will happen next. I think that Circe the beautiful sorceress will come out because at the Chapter contents page it is called Circe.

Summary: Ulysses noticed that his ship needed mending so he stopped at an island. Ulysses sent a men to climb a tree because to look around the island, but he didn't return. He sent 2 more men but they didn't return. So he climbed the tree himself but then he noticed that it was a giants leg. They ran to the ship but unfortunately they could only ride one ship.

1. WARM-UP: Journal topic: How can television (or video games) influence your behavior? 7 sentence minimum.
 * Classwork August 28th:**

1. Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 1-4 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class. 2. Read 'Keeper of the Winds'
 * Homework due August 28th:**

__Definitions:__ //Chapter 1.// Vessels: a ship or boat. Stays: spending time at one place. Booty: something that is taken during a robbery or war. Prow: at the front part of a boat. Quartering wind: blowing wind. Baubles: ornament on a Christmas tree; cheap. Shaft: architecture. Head wind: opposes the progress. Hull: covering; shell. Scudded: run away quickly.

//Chapter 2.// Bouquets: a heap of flowers. Hospitable: welcome strangers with a warm greeting. Brow: a persons forehead. Lolled: something hanging loosely.

//Chapter 3.// Mutiny: rebelling. Exiling: someone who is seperated from their home. Bailing hooks: a hook with a steel handle. Moor: wasteland. Smithcraft: a job for a smith. Agile: active. Bowels: a part of the intestine in our body. Vigil: keeping awake. Phlegm: calmness Gorging: greedy; to swallow. Disembark: leave the vehicle somewhere and leave it until you come back; remove. Gullet: throat.

//Chapter 4.// Shrouds: cloth or sheet. Reveling: delight. Mischievous: sly. Sullen: gloomy. Outwitted: clever. Coursed: direction.

1. WARM-UP: Think and write (at least 7 sentences) in your journal: //Which super power do you wish you had? How would you use it to do good?// 2. 10am = library
 * Classwork August 26th:**

1. Read //Ulysses// chapter 'The Cyclops' Cave' Create a picture of a cyclops and post on your wiki page, or, you may draw on A-4 paper.
 * Homework due August 26th**

Sol's Journal


 * Classwork August 24th****: More Ulysses Vocab**

** oxhide- leather made from the hide of a cow or ox ** // sheepfold- a sheep pen // //** tiller- handle that is fixed to the rudder. **// scythe- to cut with a tool with a long curved blade rawhide- raw, untanned hide that comes from cattle scudded- move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind fatigue- extreme tiredness

1. Read //Ulysses// chapters: 'Ships and Men', 'The Ciconians', and 'The Lotus-Eaters' Write a three sentence summary of each of the chapters and find/define 3 vocab words from each chapter. POST on your wiki. 2. Finish page 6 of the Greek background webquest.
 * Homework due Monday, August 24th**

__Summary-Ships and Men__ After Ulysses had won the war at Troy, he left Troy to head off to his home. There were 3 ships and each ship had 50 men. Ulysses refused to laeve his treasure behind, so he took them with him but it led him to bad luck. D- spoil taken from an enemy in war D -a male sheep D- the forepart of a ship or boat; bow
 * booty:**
 * rammed:**
 * prow**

__Summary-The Ciconians__ At the beginning of the voyage, it started going very peacefully. While they were sailing, they saw this island but they had to throw away their treasure to put more stuff on the shipt. So they threw their treasure out into the ocean but then Poseidon found them and punished them because of what the did before and made the waves of the ocean send him to a place called Libya. D- to submerge D- on both sides of D- a blood relative
 * whelming**
 * astride**
 * kinsmen**

__Summary-The Lotus Eaters__ Morpheus went to Persephone and asked her to make a flower that smelled like honey and made people go to sleep when they ate them. Later, Ulysses was tempted to eat the flower but he knew that he was going to sleep if he ate it so he had to control his own hand and go to the beach to board his ship again. D- to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods D- to twist the body about D- tightly drawn
 * unship**
 * writhing**
 * taut**


 * Classwork August 19th: Five Facts about Ulysses**


 * Ulysses was a short man if you compare him to men here but he was a tall man back when he was a general.
 * When Ulysses was graduating, he had no intention for him to be keep being a general. Instead he wanted to change his career to a professor on mathematics.
 * Even though he was a general, the sight of blood made him ill.
 * Ulysses was tone deaf so military music was especially annoying to him.
 * Ulysses owned a slave named William Jones, acquired from his father-in-law.


 * Classwork August 17th:** //The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog//..

1.What is similar about all the goods that the peddler shows Marianna? Nearly all the goods the peddler was selling were jewelry or accessories.

2. In what ways does the mirror, a strange new object, cause the humans and the animals to become strangers to themselves? They had a look at themselves for the first time in their life. Since it was the first, they were surprised about how they looked.

3. Why are the characters’ reactions to the mirror both funny and sad? It was sad because they were living happily but suddenly they find out how they look and what they want to do to make themselves look all pretty. But unfortunately they didn't have enough money so they couldn't. Since this was the point, for the first time they felt envious of the rich people.

4. Could a cat think it’s a dog and vice versa? Support your opinion. Yes, because if they haven't seen other cats or dogs, they could think they are a dog if there is only one dog or cat around them all the time.

5. Would it be possible for our society to do without mirrors? Explain. It depends because today, there are heaps of mirrors and everybody looks at themselves at least one time a day. But, if there were no mirrors in the world, I think people could survive because they don't mirrors to live.

Define and use in a sentence: __(D= Definition. S= Sentence)__

D- To hold spellbound S- The Easter Show in Australia made everyone enthralled because they had so much fun there. D- To push or hold out S- Melody was protruded out of the crowd because she was so small, that nobody could see her. D- A cabinet (as for a radio or television set) S- Upstairs, there was a large T.V on top of a small console that was turned on at the loudest volume at night. D- To overthrow; defeat. S- The patient was afflicted with arthritis so she couldn't walk properly. D- Lack of usefulness S- Later, the family decided that they didn't need the bag, so they sold it for $25. D- Suffering S- My friend told me she saw a beggar that looked so anguish so she gave him $20. D- Concerned with the rules S- I was very moral on the first day of school because the rules were very strict. D- A person who sells from door to door or in the street. S- The peddler who come to our street once every week, had a lot of money because he had good things to sell to people. D- A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture. S- I felt sorry for the peasant who was begging in the train station because he had no money and he had nothing to eat or drink. D- To impress forcefully S- My mom was so bedazzled about the ring, she was just standing there for a minute just looking at it. none //Optional:// comment for page history
 * enthralled**
 * protruded**
 * console**
 * afflicted**
 * vanity**
 * anguish**
 * moral**
 * peddler**
 * peasant**
 * bedazzle**

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1. After you finish the test: Journal--brainstorm some ideas about your expository writing topic. 2. On A-4 paper, we will begin writing the rough draft in class.
 * Classwork September 11th:**

1. Journal: //If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why?// 2. Finish poster presentations. 3. Review study guide for Ulysses. 4. You will choose a random number in class. This will tell you your Expository Writing topic. Write a thesis statement that goes along with your topic. Post this on your wiki. Final draft due September 18th.
 * Classwork September 9th:**

1. Warm-up Journal: How is your day going? 7 sentences minimum. 2. Upload skits using youtube. Embed on your wiki page. 3. Study guide for ch 1-5 test.
 * Classwork September 8th:**

1. Journal Entry: If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences) 2. Read pages 65-70 in Ulysses. Summarize each page in 2 or more sentences. Post.
 * Classwork September 4th:**

Page 65: After some men returned to the ship, they told them to come to the castle and pull the ship onto the beach. Eurylochus wasn't sure if he should believe them because he thought they might be under a spell. But at the end, they ended up going.

Page 66: Circe said "I have no idea why but I love you more than all the other husbands I had." "How many husbands //have// you had?" Ulysses asked curiously. She hesitated for a moment but she said "I turn them into animals because I cannot bear anything that I loved, passing away."

Page 67: Ulysses asked "When I am about to die, what would you turn me into?" "I would think fox. Yes...the king of foxes. Your ways are veyr cunning." Ulysses was surprised.

Page 68: Circe suddenly tempted him saying that he could be immortal with her forever. She said that if he left her, he would see his men dying and him having terrible voyage on the way back home. But if he didn't go, he could stay with her.

Page 69: When Ulysses decided that he must go, she said that he must go to The Land of Dead otherwise he wouldn't see his home Ithaca again. She said "If you don't go you can just stay with me and live happily."

Page 70: Ulysses was still determined to go home so he said he would do so. He called his men to go to the ship and get ready to leave the island.

1. Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 5-7 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class. Post on your wiki.
 * Homework due September 2nd:**

__Definitions:__ Chapter 5. cannibal: any animal that eats its own specie. indifferent: not caring about anything. mumbling: not talking clearly. trooping: a group of people together. brutal: cruel.

Chapter 6. perils: something that is ruined; destruction. inhabitants: something that lives a certain habitat. moored: secure; safe. marrow: strength. ogres: a monster; a creature that comes out in fairy tales. provisioned: a law. sorceries: spells. ethical: selling something that isn't a good thing to advertise.

Chapter 7. curdle: to spoil something. perish: to suffer from a disaster. taut: tense. quivered: to shake a little when you are scared or cold. helm: a wheel. tittering: self-conscious.

1. Keeper of the Winds' questions: //Copy, paste and answer in full sentences.//
 * Homework due August 31st:**

1. Which direction were Ulysses and his men sailing at the beginning of the chapter? Northward. 2. Why was Ulysses wild with eagerness? Ulysses was wild with eagerness because he was heading home to see his home, wife, and son after 10 long years. 3. Who was Aeolus? Aeolus was the Keeper of The Winds. 4. What did Aeolus love to do? Aeolus loved to eat, drink, fight and hear stories. 5. Why was Aeolus pleased with Ulysses? He was pleased with Ulysses because he had told Aeolus his adventurous story. 6. What did Aeolus give to Ulysses? He gave Ulysses the east, north and south winds in one bag. 7. How many days and nights did Ulysses stay awake? He stayed awake 9 days and 9 nights. 8. Why did Ulysses' men open the bag of winds? They opened the bag because they thought it was a bag of coins. 9. What happened after they did this? The winds blew him back to where he was before. 10. Predict what will happen next. I think that Circe the beautiful sorceress will come out because at the Chapter contents page it is called Circe.

Summary: Ulysses noticed that his ship needed mending so he stopped at an island. Ulysses sent a men to climb a tree because to look around the island, but he didn't return. He sent 2 more men but they didn't return. So he climbed the tree himself but then he noticed that it was a giants leg. They ran to the ship but unfortunately they could only ride one ship.

1. WARM-UP: Journal topic: How can television (or video games) influence your behavior? 7 sentence minimum.
 * Classwork August 28th:**

1. Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 1-4 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class. 2. Read 'Keeper of the Winds'
 * Homework due August 28th:**

__Definitions:__ //Chapter 1.// Vessels: a ship or boat. Stays: spending time at one place. Booty: something that is taken during a robbery or war. Prow: at the front part of a boat. Quartering wind: blowing wind. Baubles: ornament on a Christmas tree; cheap. Shaft: architecture. Head wind: opposes the progress. Hull: covering; shell. Scudded: run away quickly.

//Chapter 2.// Bouquets: a heap of flowers. Hospitable: welcome strangers with a warm greeting. Brow: a persons forehead. Lolled: something hanging loosely.

//Chapter 3.// Mutiny: rebelling. Exiling: someone who is seperated from their home. Bailing hooks: a hook with a steel handle. Moor: wasteland. Smithcraft: a job for a smith. Agile: active. Bowels: a part of the intestine in our body. Vigil: keeping awake. Phlegm: calmness Gorging: greedy; to swallow. Disembark: leave the vehicle somewhere and leave it until you come back; remove. Gullet: throat.

//Chapter 4.// Shrouds: cloth or sheet. Reveling: delight. Mischievous: sly. Sullen: gloomy. Outwitted: clever. Coursed: direction.

1. WARM-UP: Think and write (at least 7 sentences) in your journal: //Which super power do you wish you had? How would you use it to do good?// 2. 10am = library
 * Classwork August 26th:**

1. Read //Ulysses// chapter 'The Cyclops' Cave' Create a picture of a cyclops and post on your wiki page, or, you may draw on A-4 paper.
 * Homework due August 26th**

Sol's Journal


 * Classwork August 24th****: More Ulysses Vocab**

** oxhide- leather made from the hide of a cow or ox ** // sheepfold- a sheep pen // //** tiller- handle that is fixed to the rudder. **// scythe- to cut with a tool with a long curved blade rawhide- raw, untanned hide that comes from cattle scudded- move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind fatigue- extreme tiredness

1. Read //Ulysses// chapters: 'Ships and Men', 'The Ciconians', and 'The Lotus-Eaters' Write a three sentence summary of each of the chapters and find/define 3 vocab words from each chapter. POST on your wiki. 2. Finish page 6 of the Greek background webquest.
 * Homework due Monday, August 24th**

__Summary-Ships and Men__ After Ulysses had won the war at Troy, he left Troy to head off to his home. There were 3 ships and each ship had 50 men. Ulysses refused to laeve his treasure behind, so he took them with him but it led him to bad luck. D- spoil taken from an enemy in war D -a male sheep D- the forepart of a ship or boat; bow
 * booty:**
 * rammed:**
 * prow**

__Summary-The Ciconians__ At the beginning of the voyage, it started going very peacefully. While they were sailing, they saw this island but they had to throw away their treasure to put more stuff on the shipt. So they threw their treasure out into the ocean but then Poseidon found them and punished them because of what the did before and made the waves of the ocean send him to a place called Libya. D- to submerge D- on both sides of D- a blood relative
 * whelming**
 * astride**
 * kinsmen**

__Summary-The Lotus Eaters__ Morpheus went to Persephone and asked her to make a flower that smelled like honey and made people go to sleep when they ate them. Later, Ulysses was tempted to eat the flower but he knew that he was going to sleep if he ate it so he had to control his own hand and go to the beach to board his ship again. D- to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods D- to twist the body about D- tightly drawn
 * unship**
 * writhing**
 * taut**


 * Classwork August 19th: Five Facts about Ulysses**


 * Ulysses was a short man if you compare him to men here but he was a tall man back when he was a general.
 * When Ulysses was graduating, he had no intention for him to be keep being a general. Instead he wanted to change his career to a professor on mathematics.
 * Even though he was a general, the sight of blood made him ill.
 * Ulysses was tone deaf so military music was especially annoying to him.
 * Ulysses owned a slave named William Jones, acquired from his father-in-law.


 * Classwork August 17th:** //The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog//..

1.What is similar about all the goods that the peddler shows Marianna? Nearly all the goods the peddler was selling were jewelry or accessories.

2. In what ways does the mirror, a strange new object, cause the humans and the animals to become strangers to themselves? They had a look at themselves for the first time in their life. Since it was the first, they were surprised about how they looked.

3. Why are the characters’ reactions to the mirror both funny and sad? It was sad because they were living happily but suddenly they find out how they look and what they want to do to make themselves look all pretty. But unfortunately they didn't have enough money so they couldn't. Since this was the point, for the first time they felt envious of the rich people.

4. Could a cat think it’s a dog and vice versa? Support your opinion. Yes, because if they haven't seen other cats or dogs, they could think they are a dog if there is only one dog or cat around them all the time.

5. Would it be possible for our society to do without mirrors? Explain. It depends because today, there are heaps of mirrors and everybody looks at themselves at least one time a day. But, if there were no mirrors in the world, I think people could survive because they don't mirrors to live.

Define and use in a sentence: __(D= Definition. S= Sentence)__

D- To hold spellbound S- The Easter Show in Australia made everyone enthralled because they had so much fun there. D- To push or hold out S- Melody was protruded out of the crowd because she was so small, that nobody could see her. D- A cabinet (as for a radio or television set) S- Upstairs, there was a large T.V on top of a small console that was turned on at the loudest volume at night. D- To overthrow; defeat. S- The patient was afflicted with arthritis so she couldn't walk properly. D- Lack of usefulness S- Later, the family decided that they didn't need the bag, so they sold it for $25. D- Suffering S- My friend told me she saw a beggar that looked so anguish so she gave him $20. D- Concerned with the rules S- I was very moral on the first day of school because the rules were very strict. D- A person who sells from door to door or in the street. S- The peddler who come to our street once every week, had a lot of money because he had good things to sell to people. D- A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture. S- I felt sorry for the peasant who was begging in the train station because he had no money and he had nothing to eat or drink. D- To impress forcefully S- My mom was so bedazzled about the ring, she was just standing there for a minute just looking at it. none //Optional:// comment for page history
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1. Journal--brainstorm some ideas about your expository writing topic. 1. Journal: //If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why?//
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 * Classwork September 9th:**

One thing I would want to change is the Spanish test yesterday because I didn't study. Since I knew some of the things right now I wish I could go back and re-take the test. If I did, I think I would get a better grade. If I did, I wouldn't be uncomfortable because of the test. Apart from that, I didn't want to change anything.

1. Warm-up Journal: How is your day going? 7 sentences minimum.
 * Classwork September 8th:**

My day has been going very tiring so far. Just before school started, I was in the library trying to print out my friends homework. When it was 7:50 we had to hurry up because she kept sending me the wrong one. It was pretty funny because there were only 2 or 3 more people who were trying to do the same thing as us. We had to do it quickly because english was my first block and it was on the 4th floor. My friend had to go to social studies that was on the fourth floor too. After she finally sent me the right one, I slowly packed her and my thing up. It was pretty boring but tiring because we had to run to class and we had to pack our things up which were on most parts of the table.

1. Journal Entry: If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences)
 * Classwork September 4th:**

If I could visit anywhere in the world, I would want to visit somewhere like a country or place that hasn't been discovered yet. Not because I want to be a hero or something but just because I want some adventure in my life. There would be mysteries to solve and we could see things that we have never seen before. I would take my dog with me because he is energetic like me :P. I would also take my

1. JOURNAL: If you could change one thing about MS, what would it be and why? At least 7 sentences. 2. Work on skit--15 vocab words from ch 1-7 of //Ulysses//.
 * Classwork September 2nd:**

I would want to change is the lunch menu selections. I want want to change it because sometimes the lunch menu is because that the lunch menu is sometimes not yummy. For example, the most yummy lunch in KIS I have have so far is the roast chicken. The food that has been not yummy is the Korean solongtang food. It tasted like water instead of the normal one. If the school posts up what selection of food we can choose from what food they offer us so the students can vote what food we want. If we do that, I think most people can have what they want for lunch.

Comment: I want chinese food....

1. Warm-up: Journal entry: Which person, living or dead, do you admire the most? Why? 2. Finish posters. Present. 3. With your poster partner, write a skit that uses 15 of the vocabulary words from ch1-4. Post on both of your wikis.
 * Classwork August 31st :**

I admire my dad because he is always confident and very kind. He works very hard to earn money. He is also my hero because he is happy all the time. My dad loves animals(dogs to be specific) so I get to have dogs as my pet.

How our day has been going to far.**
 * Classwork August 24th:

My day has been going okay so far because I had the classes Social Studies and Math. Math and Social Studies isn't the subjects I don't enjoy the most or the subject I like the most. Since that is the case, my day has been okay only.

After G Block, I hope my day will get more exciting or more fun then it was in the before because I was hoping for a more exciting day but instead it was a little boring day.

When I came to school, I was really tired and I couldn't concentrate properly. But as soon as I walked into Math class, I was awake straight awya because it was so cold in the classroom.


 * Classwork August 26th:**
 * Think and write (at least 7 sentences) in your journal: //Which super power do you wish you had? How would you use it to do good?//**

I would want a super power to go back in time. I always wanted to go in time when an accident happens like last night. People sometimes want to go back into time because they want to see their friends one more time like I would want to. Another thing I would want to is to see my dog in New Zealand because I miss that dog. I also want to see the dog I had in Australia. I would want to see the puppies that she had because they would probably be a year old. Most of all I want to is meet my friend one more time because I haven't seen most of them for 3 years. All I can do is do msn with them. I would use it as a good way.

1. WARM-UP: Journal topic: How can television (or video games) influence your behavior? 7 sentence minimum.
 * Classwork August 28th:**

I think television can influence your behavior for example, a child might watch a movie with violence and swear words so they mihgt think that violence and swearing is cool in real life so they might start swearing. But on the other hand, if a child watches a movie like Matilda, they might want to become like her and so they study more and try to become like her.

Sometimes people can get carried away playing video games. Once I start playing my Wi at 3pm, the time flys until it is 5pm and I am quite surprised. Some other people can get carried away more