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Friday, October 17, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Free Write #2
Fall is without a doubt my favorite season. During this time of year, I do many activities such as picking apples, raking leaves, dressing up for Halloween and trick-or-treating, cooking for thanksgiving dinner at our house and celebrating my birthday. Although, my favorite fall activity has to be creating my Halloween costume with my mom. This is a very special time where we can create, think, talk and laugh together. Every year since kindergarten, my mom and I have had the weekend before Halloween to think up a Halloween costume. In previous years, I have been a scare crow, Lunette from PBS kids, a pink lady, amouse, vampiress, psychedelic lady bug, alien princess, snow fairy, a cheerleader, and the statue of liberty. Previous to our weekend extravaganza, brainstorm while we sip apple cider and eat cinnamon sugar and blueberry cake donuts or oatmeal raisin cookies. Once we make our decision, we go out to the thrift store (my dad calls it the hee-bee jee-bee store), wal-mart, and JOann fabrics to get all the materials we need. Then we go back home and start working and only stop for a lunch break. By the end of the weekend, the costume is practically perfect and only needs minor adjustments. This year will be by far the best costume session yet because this year we have thought up the best costume ever. This year I plan on being the Lollipop Princess from Candy Land. I will wear a yellow dress with a curly purple wig and orange high heels. We will attach big lollipops to the bottom of my dress and I will carry one big one to lick throughout the day. To make this Halloween extra special, my mom’s friend, Sheila, will be visiting from England. She can share a different way of celebrating “All Hallow’s Eve.” I am excited to learn the English version of this holiday. Costume decorating is my favorite activity in Halloween witch is my favorite holiday in my favorite time of year… FALL!
Words: approx 330
Words: approx 330
Friday, October 10, 2008
Study Tips
Hey Guys!
Here are a few study tips for the BIG giver test Monday!
1) Look over the book. Read the first and last few sentences of every chapter. That will usually refresh your memory a little. (you may want to do that on the really important chapters before the test)
2) Check out the link titled The Giver Summaries on my blog. There, you can find tons of great info about the book in short form!
3) Review all your vocab from the book. It might be helpful for the test.
4) Don't sweat it! If you study and don't cram you'll do fine!
~Amy~
Here are a few study tips for the BIG giver test Monday!
1) Look over the book. Read the first and last few sentences of every chapter. That will usually refresh your memory a little. (you may want to do that on the really important chapters before the test)
2) Check out the link titled The Giver Summaries on my blog. There, you can find tons of great info about the book in short form!
3) Review all your vocab from the book. It might be helpful for the test.
4) Don't sweat it! If you study and don't cram you'll do fine!
~Amy~
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Good Luck!
Here are the vocab words for tomorrow's test! Study hard and good luck!☺
Carnage
Immobilized
Obsolete
Permeated
Exasperation
Rueful
Emphatically
Stealthily
Exquisite
Tantalizing
Lethargy
Agonizingly
Carnage
Immobilized
Obsolete
Permeated
Exasperation
Rueful
Emphatically
Stealthily
Exquisite
Tantalizing
Lethargy
Agonizingly
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sameness and Difference
Topic: Sameness and Difference. What is good about it? What is bad about it? What could be changed? Use what you know about our society and Jonas's society to write your entry.
There is a lot to be said about sameness and difference and how it affects your life style. Jonas’s society is a utopia and the way they thought they could make it perfect is by applying sameness to all the aspects of the community. Depending on how you look at it, sameness can be a very good thing. In Jonas’s society, nobody is better than anyone else and no one is homeless or hungry. The community is peaceful and no one thinks anything about death, war, poverty, or anything bad in life, because they don’t know about it. Now we are ridding the world of all the bad things and focusing solely on what Jonas’s community thinks of as good. Poverty, homelessness, hunger and war can never occur if no one really knows about them. Now you can never fear death because you know its coming and you have a good idea of when. You can also pick when you die. Death in this society is called release. Because there is no real type of currency there is no social class system. The American society thrives on the amount of money you have. The more money you have, the higher you are in the social class system. In Jonas’s society, you must be issued everything because of this. Now they must give everyone the same things at the same ages to still have sameness. If there is no type of currency, there is no way to be better than everyone else. Because there are none of these things, it is extremely safe. It is a very practical lifestyle. There are no blizzards, hail, hurricanes or thunderstorms because of climate control. You could never be freezing cold or burning hot. The same crops can always be harvested and eaten all year round so there is no specific season for crops such as strawberries, pumpkins, corn, and watermelons. Sameness does offer lots of good things.
On the other hand, sameness can be a bad thing as well. There are no colors, animals or seasons in Jonas’s society. There is no music, snow, sunshine, holidays or love. Removing all these things would make a huge difference in society. Without these things, feelings would not be created. Imagine how hard it would be to describe people, animals and objects without using their color, even if it means saying that they’re colorless. If there were not animals, veterinarians, animal biologists, livestock farmers and many more people would be left without jobs. For some people, certain seasons might be good, but for others, rainy and snowy seasons might not be as pleasant as the sunnier ones. Still, it’s a good change to have a day of rain, snow, or even frost after a long sunny week. Even though crops and flowers may go dormant and livestock could get cold, it’s good to have a change in weather. Even though there are a lot of good things that sameness brings, it can be a bad too.
While some prefer sameness, others would choose difference over sameness for these reasons. Every individual in the world is different. If we lost that, we would be losing every quality that makes us and our world around us special. Color is a big part of our life. If the grass wasn't green and the sky wasn’t blue, what would it be? If everything just blended in with everything else, we wouldn’t plainly see where our feet were on the road, where the person was in front of us, or where the door to our dwelling was. With color, all of this is made possible. If you’re shoes are red and you’re walking on tan pavement, then you can clearly see where you’re walking and the possibility of tripping is very low. The same thing applies to everything else. Animals are also a big part of our life. With difference comes the option of animals. For some people, animals are dirty, creepy, repulsive creatures and that’s okay. For others though, they are cute, cuddly and fun to play with. If people feel this way they can have pets like dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, guinea pigs, horses, cows, and even ants! Pets can give humans a companion and in some cases, assist humans with disabilities. Without this option, people living alone can be lonely and without a friend and pets give them that. Without a change in weather, there is no chance for various recreational activities. Snow can be cold, but it brings fun things to do like sledding, building snowmen and snow forts, snow angels, snowball fights, snowboarding, ice skating and skiing. When the seasons change and warmer weather comes, it can bring activities like surfing, swimming, volleyball, baseball and softball, playing on the beach, boating and camping. Finally, there is choice. With difference comes the power and responsibility to choose. You can choose what you wear in the morning, like jeans or a skirt. You have an opportunity to choose to have a pet or not and what kind of pet you want. You can choose to write in cursive or print. Difference offers the world more opportunity and choice than sameness does.
Like sameness, difference also has a lot of cons. When you have difference, there’s a large possibility for homelessness and poverty. These can happen because of the money issue. With money comes the chance to have different amounts of it. The more successful people in life generally have more money. Now there is a chance for the less fortunate to lose their houses, jobs and everything they own and become poor. If the weather changes, you can be burning hot one day, and freezing cold the next since humans are warm blooded, we must maintain a certain temperature to stay comfortable. Now death, war, poverty and homelessness are know and sadness is likely to occur. If our society went to sameness now, there would be drastic changes to our lifestyles.
Words: approx. 1000
There is a lot to be said about sameness and difference and how it affects your life style. Jonas’s society is a utopia and the way they thought they could make it perfect is by applying sameness to all the aspects of the community. Depending on how you look at it, sameness can be a very good thing. In Jonas’s society, nobody is better than anyone else and no one is homeless or hungry. The community is peaceful and no one thinks anything about death, war, poverty, or anything bad in life, because they don’t know about it. Now we are ridding the world of all the bad things and focusing solely on what Jonas’s community thinks of as good. Poverty, homelessness, hunger and war can never occur if no one really knows about them. Now you can never fear death because you know its coming and you have a good idea of when. You can also pick when you die. Death in this society is called release. Because there is no real type of currency there is no social class system. The American society thrives on the amount of money you have. The more money you have, the higher you are in the social class system. In Jonas’s society, you must be issued everything because of this. Now they must give everyone the same things at the same ages to still have sameness. If there is no type of currency, there is no way to be better than everyone else. Because there are none of these things, it is extremely safe. It is a very practical lifestyle. There are no blizzards, hail, hurricanes or thunderstorms because of climate control. You could never be freezing cold or burning hot. The same crops can always be harvested and eaten all year round so there is no specific season for crops such as strawberries, pumpkins, corn, and watermelons. Sameness does offer lots of good things.
On the other hand, sameness can be a bad thing as well. There are no colors, animals or seasons in Jonas’s society. There is no music, snow, sunshine, holidays or love. Removing all these things would make a huge difference in society. Without these things, feelings would not be created. Imagine how hard it would be to describe people, animals and objects without using their color, even if it means saying that they’re colorless. If there were not animals, veterinarians, animal biologists, livestock farmers and many more people would be left without jobs. For some people, certain seasons might be good, but for others, rainy and snowy seasons might not be as pleasant as the sunnier ones. Still, it’s a good change to have a day of rain, snow, or even frost after a long sunny week. Even though crops and flowers may go dormant and livestock could get cold, it’s good to have a change in weather. Even though there are a lot of good things that sameness brings, it can be a bad too.
While some prefer sameness, others would choose difference over sameness for these reasons. Every individual in the world is different. If we lost that, we would be losing every quality that makes us and our world around us special. Color is a big part of our life. If the grass wasn't green and the sky wasn’t blue, what would it be? If everything just blended in with everything else, we wouldn’t plainly see where our feet were on the road, where the person was in front of us, or where the door to our dwelling was. With color, all of this is made possible. If you’re shoes are red and you’re walking on tan pavement, then you can clearly see where you’re walking and the possibility of tripping is very low. The same thing applies to everything else. Animals are also a big part of our life. With difference comes the option of animals. For some people, animals are dirty, creepy, repulsive creatures and that’s okay. For others though, they are cute, cuddly and fun to play with. If people feel this way they can have pets like dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, guinea pigs, horses, cows, and even ants! Pets can give humans a companion and in some cases, assist humans with disabilities. Without this option, people living alone can be lonely and without a friend and pets give them that. Without a change in weather, there is no chance for various recreational activities. Snow can be cold, but it brings fun things to do like sledding, building snowmen and snow forts, snow angels, snowball fights, snowboarding, ice skating and skiing. When the seasons change and warmer weather comes, it can bring activities like surfing, swimming, volleyball, baseball and softball, playing on the beach, boating and camping. Finally, there is choice. With difference comes the power and responsibility to choose. You can choose what you wear in the morning, like jeans or a skirt. You have an opportunity to choose to have a pet or not and what kind of pet you want. You can choose to write in cursive or print. Difference offers the world more opportunity and choice than sameness does.
Like sameness, difference also has a lot of cons. When you have difference, there’s a large possibility for homelessness and poverty. These can happen because of the money issue. With money comes the chance to have different amounts of it. The more successful people in life generally have more money. Now there is a chance for the less fortunate to lose their houses, jobs and everything they own and become poor. If the weather changes, you can be burning hot one day, and freezing cold the next since humans are warm blooded, we must maintain a certain temperature to stay comfortable. Now death, war, poverty and homelessness are know and sadness is likely to occur. If our society went to sameness now, there would be drastic changes to our lifestyles.
Words: approx. 1000
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The Giver Summaries
Hey Guys! I found this great site that has summaries for every chapter of The Giver. If you ever don't understand something in the book (i had that experience) just click on the like titled "The Giver Summaries" and it'll take you there. Have fun reading!
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