Friday, May 14, 2010

Non-Fiction IV

1.Where did Peter Paul Rubens grow up?
  Germany

2.Which social or political events shaped Rubens' childhood most?
  Religious persecution

3.What was Rubens' first job away from home?
  Stable hand

4.What style of painting did Rubens follow?
  Realism

5. Which Renaissance artist did Rubens like best?
  Leonardo da Vinci

6. True or False: Most Baroque art has a calm, placid feeling behind it.
 True

7. Which of the following gifts to the king of Spain did Rubens repair?
  Paintings

8. To whom did Rubens originally leave his artwork?
  Any of his children who were artists or who married one


Thursday, May 13, 2010

Non-Fiction III

1. Which of the following questions should you ask before making a purchase on credit? (Choose all that apply)
Is this item something I need or something I want?

2. Which of the following offer credit cards? (Choose all that apply)
Retail stores

3. If you find you must make a larger purchase using a credit card, what is the "rule of thumb" for paying off the debt?
  Pay off the debt within six months

4.To what percentage of your take-home income should your debt payments be limited?
  25% to 50%

5.Which types of credit are referred to as "revolving credit"? (Choose all that apply)
  Mortgages

6.How can you protect yourself from credit card fraud? (choose all that apply)
  Check your statement each month by using receipts for purchases you have made

7.What is APR?
  Annual Percentage Rate

8.It is a good idea to pay off your credit cards each month in full.
  True

Why is it important to have good credit in the world today? What will it help you to do? How will you plan to obtain credit and maintain a good credit history? 
 
 Its important to have good credit in the world today because that way you have a clean record and that way they could let you borrow money. The more you borrow money and pay it on time you get more credit. If I had a credit card I will pay what I borrow on time. I will pay on time to have my record clean and that way they trust me when I borrow money.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Non-Fiction II

1. Headaches occur because the brain feels pain.
False

2. Which of the following would be classified as a primary headache?
Headaches that occur suddenly

3. Which of the following symptoms may accompany a migraine?
Auras or loss of vision

4. Which type of headache affects mostly men?
Cluster headaches

5. Which type of headaches can be a sign of a serious medical condition?
Secondary

6. Which of the following is not a cause of tension headaches?
Illness

7. Which type of headache may be an inherited condition?
None of the above

8. A secondary headache occurs on its own and has no underlying cause.
False

Writing: Research over-the-counter pain relievers. How do they work? What are the side effects of these medications? Which of these pain reliever do you think is best? Why? (BE SURE TO PICK 2-3 AND DON'T FORGET TO CITE YOUR SOURCES)
I relievers and they seem to work good. I don;t know if they work the way they say but on the article that I read said that it was good. The pain reliever is called Tylenol. Its basically for headaches. The side effect of this medicine is sleepinessn and dizziness. The other medicine brand that I found was Motrin and it helps you sleep without pain and its an 8 hour medecine. This medicine's site are www.tylenol.com and www.motrin.com

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Non- Fiction Level 1

  
 1.  Rachel Carson's book warned people about:
  The effects of dangerous chemical pesticides

2. What is the name of Rachel Carson's book?
 Silent Spring

3.Rachel's book was written in a hurry and contained incorrect statements.
  False

4.Rachel Carson's book made no difference; DDT is still being widely used.
   False

5.Chemical companies attacked Rachel's book and said she was a troublemaker.
  True

6.Rachel Carson was recognized for her contribution to the Earth by:
  All of the above

7.What does the word "posthumously" mean in paragraph 8?
Occurring after someone's death

8.Rachel's book showed that all living things are:
  All of the above

9. You can infer that:
  Rachel Carson wrote her book to help animals, people, and the Earth.

10.Rachel Carson lived a long life and became very rich and famous.
  False


Is there something you are concerned about that is going on in the world? What would you tell people about this subject? Why do you want to tell them this? (Your response goes in your blog)


          I have many questions towards this. I would ask the people that litter on the streets. How would you feel if you feel if animals start eating what you litter? How would you feel if the air you breath becomes contaminated by poison? I would also ask them to be more careful with the things they do and they should be more cleaner.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Essay # 3

People makes decisions everyday and its really hard to make them. Every second every one makes decisions. Young adults and Adults makes decisions every moment. Sometimes when you make the wrong decision things go wrong and sometimes it markes you for life. It's always right to make the right decision because that's the way you stay out of trouble.
People make decisions whether go to school, and go to work, whether eating this and eating this or something else. For example if a girl goes to a restaurant and she is in a diet, she will have to decide whether eating some hamburger or a salad. If she makes the wrong decision she will end up breaking her diet and thats not a right thing to do. If a young adult makes the decision of not going to school then it will be bad because it will affect his grades.
People makes decisions everyday and basicly that's why we have a life. Life is full of decisions and one wrong step would destroy everything. That's why you should think double when you make a decision and make sure its the right decion.

Essay # 3

Essay #2

Trust is a big word to say and sometimes is hard to do. Trust is the major word that the family and couples has to lead to. Trust means to confidence on someone, to have faith and believe them. Sometimes when the person you trust dose something wrong with the relationship, you will loose trust on them. You will probably think that they are a lier and that's how you loose trust on them.
Trust is really important in my life because that's when I know who to go when I have a problem. I also feel trust when my friends come to me and tell me their problems. I know that is hard to trust some one that has betrayed you before but as time goes by you gain to trust them again. Last time my friend made me feel trusted because she came to me and telling me something I never thought she would've told me and she told me to not tell no one because she trust me.
There's 2 persons in my life that I really trust. The one that I have confidence and trust is my special friend because he is always there for me even thought sometimes we fight and I feel betrayed but he makes me trust him again with the nice things he dose. The other person I trust is my best friend because she always there for me even thought she gets mad at me when I don't do that right things. I really trust them because I know they won't give me their back at me when I mostly need them.
Trust is a major feeling you have towards your friends and towards the ones you love. Trust has to do with every one like marriage, relationships, and friendships. If trust is not their between them their live will be destroyed between them and they would always be fighting. That's why trust is the key word for every ones life.

Monday, March 22, 2010

My Perfume

As I walk by, People can smell my sweet.
They ask what's the name of my perfume?
I don't say nothing, I keep walking and people want to meet.
They talk and assume.

I hear them talking and trying to know.
I turn around and say the color of the bottle is pink
They look at me and I say take a blow.
I turn around and wink.

No one will know the perfume's name.
My mother made it special.
There's no one to blame.
I will always have it special.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

My Sweet 15

 In my parents culture you celebrate your daughter's sweet 15. That means when the girl turns 15 they are suppose to make a party and enjoy the night dancing a presentation. When my parents told me they were going to make that party, I was pretty excited. Three months before we started to plan everything. My dress was yellow. I was inspired by the princess Bell. I had to start my dance. I had a teacher who teached me and my court how to dance. The day of the practice came and I was happy because everything seemed easy as well fun. As the time passed things started getting harder and the date of the party was right on the corner. I was really stressed out with school work, the dance, and a lot of homework. I started being frustrated and upset because the steps wouldn't come out right. I was so mad and I just wanted that everything would've ended. The teacher added new steps, four guys had to grab my feet and carry me up, meanwhile I had to keep my balance but I didn't and I fell down from a high height. I fell on the floor my back hurted really bad. The guys started laughing at me and I was really sensitive and I started to cry like a little baby. The guys stayed shut and the teacher tried to calm me down because I couldn't stop crying. When I was feeling better I didn't want to dance anymore I was really disappointed of my self for many reasons because I never cry in front of some one. I didn't want to dance and the teacher was begging me to dance. I said no many times. She told me that an accident of me falling down didn't mean anything. She said that everything was going to be okay but I would still say no. She told me that no matter what happens you can't give up that easily and those words got my attention. I felt really dumb acting like a little girl when I was suppose to be acting like nothing happened. I calm down and I apologize the guys that were dancing with me and they said it was okay. I kept on dancing and learn that I should never ever give up on the most important things in my life. 

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Undifying Theme

1st poem that I choose:

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Sonnet 116
William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no, it is an ever-
fixèd mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every
wand'ring bark,
Whose
worth's unknown, although his heighth be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

2nd Poem that I choosed:

Remember
by Christina Rosetti


Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you
plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.


What are the poems about?
The first poem is about a guy describing what "True Love" is. He is telling everyone the difference between true love and love. He says that when love changes that's because it's not true love, and if the love dose not changes that because it's true love and they are meant to be. At last he says that if some one proves him wrong on he thoughts he would take everything he said and in reality no man has been love.
The second poem is a women man that tells her that she should not miss him because no matter what he loves and he would like to be
remembered in good thoughts.

2. How is the poet saying ?
 They both say it in a good way. The express them self through the poem. The 1st poem was basically about a man that was trying to explain what true love really means.  The second one the author saying that she express her feelings towards when the guy left.