SAT 13

1.When writing an essay for the SAT, a student's essay must   encompass   a well-rounded display of sentence variety, variety in use of punctuation, succinct word choice, and, last but not least, a grounded yet original argument.


2.In The Batman Series, the Joker often   begiules   Batman and his sidekick Robin; however, the dynamic duo always gets the better of him in the end.

3.Dr. Duckworth passionately   reitarates   the quote “Inspect what you expect” at the end of all our faculty meetings.

4.In 2005 at the Wimbledon final, number one ranked tennis player in the world Serena Williams expected to   thwart   her novice opponent Maria Sharapova; however, that most certainly was not the case as the seventeen year old beauty stunned the world to take the final in two highly contested sets.

5.South Carolina   seceeded   from the nation in 1861, setting off a domino effect that would lead to the American Civil War.

Semicolon Practice

1. Laura's caffeine addiction spiraled out of control; she drank so much coffee that cirrhosis of the liver began to set in, yet she continued to ingest dangerous amounts of caffeine.


2.Civil Wars wage on around the world; for example, one is being waged at this moment in Iraq.
3.John Brown believed God spoke to him and urged him to kill all who were in favor of slavery; on the other hand, later experts who studied him believed that Brown most likely fell victim to schizophrenia and his “whispers from God” were most likely hallucinations that stemmed from his mental disorder.

4.Carson averages one home run every two games; on the other hand, he has a tendency to drop “fly balls” when he is playing in the outfield, and he runs around the bases as if he has bricks tied to his ankles.

5.Abraham Lincoln did not find early success as a politician; as a matter of fact, he lost over five consecutive elections before being elected.

SAT

1. heralds
2. proclamation
3. prevailed
4. emancipated
5. pious

Manifest Destiny

Belief that the US was destined to move across the North American continent.

SAT Words Week 11

My mother warned me to never _meddle_ in the home life of friends; she said it is a speedy way to lose friends and create enemies; therefore, it is best to focus on one's own life.

With one feathery breath, Tanisha _obliterated_ Jessica's tower made of a deck of poker cards.

Some teachers punish students for being _loquacious_ while other teachers welcome the verbal energy created by those types of students.

My new boss seems to _belittle_ even the most skilled and competent workers, making them feel as important as gum at the bottom of a trash can.

Against our desire for a school free weekend, my fourth block AP Calculus teacher _bombarded_ us with an eight page worksheet to complete by Monday.  

Neutrality

I think if I was president I would try to remain neutral but it's hard to sit back and not fight for what you believe in if you are truly passionate about it.

War of 1812

I do not know much at all about the War of 1812, hopefully I can learn something about it today.

Rumors

• Twenty children for 20 different women.
• Leader of the KKK.
• Alcoholic.
• Addicted to OxyContin.

Practice

1. The perpetual whining of the spoiled children at the daycare   vexed   Anita more than hearing nails scraped across a chalkboard.


2. Knowing he was responsible for someone's death due to drunk driving Shawn's   encumbered   peace of mind; he never overcame the guilt.

3. The wrecking ball   annihilated   the dilapidated school within minutes leaving little more than dust.

4. In order to make her twin sister feel inferior, Jackie   flaunted   her nearly perfect report card in front of her parents and her twin sister; her twin sister's report card had many more flaws.

5. When a person has the first major fight with his or her lover, he or she must   employ   grace under pressure in order to not make the situation worse and lead to a break up.

To-Do List

1. Narrative project
2. Study for chemistry
3. Geometry project
4. BF project

Natalie Renee English

Accurate dates
Creativity with the story
Diction
Real people from history
Details

Source

Thomas, Alice. "You are What You Eat." discoveryhealth.com, Discovery Health, 3 June 2010. Web.

     12 August 2010.

SAT Words

1. Asinine
2. Obsolete
3. Epiphany
4. Humdrum
5. Linguistics

Questions about PBL

Can the events be fictional but still relevant?
Are we telling them from the shoe or person's POV?
How do we go about constructing the intro/conclusion?

120 Years Old

I think it would be really cool to see your grand children's children and their children. Get to see how the world around you has changed and the different types of music that are popular. All the technology you get to see would be great and many other things.

Cliche

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. - don't take things for granted
Easy as 1-2-3 - something is as easy as counting
Hold you horses. - wait a second
You don't know what you've got until it's gone.- you don't realize the importance of something until you don't have it anymore

Death

I think death is such a popular topic because of all the speculation and theories surrounding the afterlife. Different religions and groups have their own ideas and beliefs but no one is 100% sure of what happens because we haven't died yet.

Individual or Group

I think it is good to be a mixture of both. If you're comfortable with it, go along with the group to a certain extent. But when you have a bad feeling about something, or want to do your own thing, be an individual.

Questions & Concerns

Trying to remember all of the things that happened over history and the dates.

Trying to keep up with the different types of essays.

Trying to make all my times on the essays.

Trying to get past the "10th grade" mode of writing.

Working on my vocabulary and writing skills.

Blah

Underline- book titles, when writing

Quotation Marks- short poem titles, short stories

Italicize- book titles, when typing

Promise

I promise myself that I will put more effort into my schoolwork, and attempt to study and do well on everything.

I have no swag

I'm really not too sure about this benchmark, but I'm sure I will do GRRRREATTT!! :DDDD ...not.

Rudolph Schmidtler

All the way from Germany, we have Rudolph Schmidtler! Schmidtler is the current leader of Germany, and he is a ruthless leader. He enjoys watching movies and killing innocent people. Schmidtler is 48 years old, but he says that age is nothing but a number when it comes to bromance!

Dating Game Tips

The best thing to do to make your interview memorable is to be funny, but not too cocky or over-charismatic. Try to make the people and girl laugh, but don't try to seem too cool. Don't give short answers or repeat what the person before you said, that isn't interesting at all.

The Dating Game Challenge

I think the biggest challenge will be getting into character, and answering questions with a straight face. I will probably start laughing or someone will make me start laughing, that will probably be the hardest thing.

Student Grade

I guess my grade would be a C. I do really well in the classes I enjoy, German and Geometry, but I kind of just blow off the classes I don't, Chemistry and this class. I guess throughout the rest of the semester I will try to work on that, well hopefully I will.

Identity Theft

I would steal Bill Gates identity, transfer billions of dollars into my account, and life the rest of my life happily when I got my identity back.

Secret Life of a School Bus Driver

After dropping the last kid off, Mr. Jones presses his "awesome button" to turn his normal school bus into a super fast rocket ship. He flies all around space, checking out the planets and stars, and even visits his alien friends.

Scarlet Letter Quiz

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Inspirational Quote

"All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel." - Jimi Hendrix

This is really important to me right now, because there is a lot of drama and crap going on right now, and it seems like everyone has their two cents to put in. I'm going to do my own thing, and do what feels right to me, no matter what.

iSlave

My name is Thurman, and I am a slave. I'm one of the lucky ones, my master taught me how to read and write, and he actually treats me well, as long as I do what I'm suppose to. After I get done with my work, sometimes me and the master go down to the fishing hole for a little bit. I also like going to church, me and the other slaves try to get together on Sunday mornings.When I get free, I'm going to find me a wife, get married and have kids, and live out my life by a life.

TSL Song Analysis Quiz

The song "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera, is almost parallel to the way Rev. Dimmesdale feels in The Scarlet Letter. "Look at me, you may think you see, who I really am, but you'll never know me," a few lines from the song, basically tell the man's story. He has a deep, dark secret that would strip him of his role as minister and defile his name, much like Hester's, if it is revealed. In the town's mind, he is "the saint on earth," but in his heart he knows otherwise. "I am now, in a world where I have to hide my heart," another piece of of the song, shows Dimmesdale's trouble, how he has to keep everything inside, knowing he is wrong, and even calls himself a "remorseful hypocrite". "Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me," while Rev. Dimmesdale is not necessarily a girl, he has changed, and his image of himself has changed, he doesn't even know who he is anymore.

Puritans

That if they don't obey God like they're suppose to, people will use them as an example to the whole world. All eyes are on them, and they need to be on their p's and  q's.

Disturbed

The most shocking and disturbing moment was Chillingworth looked at Dimmesdale while he was sleeping, and he was like happy about what he saw. That pretty much creeped me out.

Are You Experienced?

Touch - makes me think of my old dog Lucy. I had a pillow that felt like that and she used to chew on it all the time, and eventually tore it to pieces.

Taste - makes me think of  the first carnival I can remember going to, I ate a lot of cotton candy, and won a gold fish, but he died the next morning.

Sound - reminds me of when I got stung by a jellyfish. I used to live in Florida and went to the beach a lot, the first time I got stung I thought I was going to die. But the pretty lifeguard lady sprayed some stuff on me and I felt a lot better.
Smell - it makes me think of my grandma's house, that is always what it smells like.

Sight - it reminds me of my elementary school art class. We always did crazy stuff and the painting looks like one of our drawings.

Worst Habit

My worst habit is not getting out of bed when my alarm clock goes off. I try to lay in bed and wake up, but sometimes I fall asleep and wake up too late, which isn't good.

Lots of Appositives

1. Arthur Dimmesdale, word renowned priest, is the father of baby Pearl.
2. Our AP US History teacher is Ms. O'Donnell, who has a dog named Dublin.
3. I am a student at Scotland High School, which is also split up into different schools.
4. My friends and I took a trip to Myrtle Beach, which is in South Carolina.
5. On her birthday, I got my mom a red rose, the most beautiful she'd ever seen.
6. Ms. O'Donnell, the world's best teacher, and Arthur Dimmesdale, her secret lover, who were both teachers at Scotland High School, the most awesome school ever, took a trip to Myrtle Beach, a beach in South Carolina, while there, he gave her a red rose, which was the prettiest she had ever seen.

Worst driving experience

My worst driving experience was not in a car, it was on a four-wheeler. I was riding to my friend's house, on the road, and when I went around a curve this huge Yukon was in the middle of the road and I had to swerve off the road to avoid dying.

Greatest Challenge

Not really one class in general, but all of my classes together are definitely going to be a challenge this school year. Just trying to stay on top of everything is going to be tough, but I think I can do it.

Scarlet Letter

I think the letter stands for adultery, but more than that, a deep sin, almost like a scar on someone's life. Knowing the meaning behind the letter will allow you to look at the letter a different way. The people of Boston view the letter as a symbol of sin and shame, failure to comply with the rules of their society. Hester views the letter a little differently. Not only does she see the horrible act she committed, she sees the wonderful gift she got, Pearl. Pearl isn't quite sure what the letter stands for, but she knows that something is different by people's reactions.

Suppression and Repression

Suppression: purposely removing thoughts or feelings from your mind.
Repression: mental process of hiding thoughts or memories that may cause stress.

Something I am suppressing is that I can't be what my parents want to be. Ever since I was little, I was super smart, and my parents have always had big dreams for me, but as I grow older, I seem to be losing those dreams. I don't want to be some big shot doctor or lawyer, I want to do something in music. That is where my heart is, and parents don't really know that... yet. Lately, all I've wanted to do was leave Laurinburg and start fresh, which hopefully I will be able to do in a couple years. I want to start my own recording studio, and bring in other musicians to make music. But basically, I won't ever able to live out the dreams my parents have for me, which kind of sucks I guess.

Freeee Daaaayyy

Today is Tuesday, yippeee. I am ready for the weekend, mostly for the first break from school. I wish school was only 4 days a week. I miss the old schedule, 7:40 is too early. I'm hungry. Didn't eat lunch today, hopefully going to Taco Bell after school. I ordered my class ring today, it looks pretty cool. Blah, I guess that's enough for today. "There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to heaven."

Town Whore Gets Embarrased

Here in Boston, a young lady has been accused of a sinful crime. Hester Prynne, committed adultery and was sentenced to stand upon the scaffold in front of the townspeople. Most people agree that she got off too easy, and accuse her of paying of the judge with certain "acts".

Biography

On the day Cameron Wiggins was born, it is rumored that even Chuck Norris cried. Many stories of his birth have passed down through time, but no matter what the story says, everyone know that this was one of the most memorable days in the history of mankind. When he was a young child, his favorite hobbies included car tossing, boulder lifting, and flying to space... without a rocket ship. After finishing high school, Cameron left home searching for something, something unknown to humans. One day, while roaming through space, he found a new planet that was inhabited by weird, ape-like creatures that he called Wiggins. Not wanting to fight, he made peace with the apes, and they worshiped him, and made him king of their planet. Cameron still visits Earth, never landing, but flying through the sky, just to get a glimpse of his former home.

Knowledge of Evil

I think that people are born with the knowledge of evil because when a baby is born, it doesn't take long for a baby to start doing things that are wrong, and they have to be taught what is right.

Hawthorne's Inspiration

Nathaniel Hawthorne was inspired to write The Scarlet Letter by a diary he found. He was searching through a box, and found a huge, embroidered letter A and the diary. He was intrigued by the story and decided to write it in his own words from a 3rd person point of view.

Kris Kolumbus

Christoper Columbus was an explorer who was searching for the West Indies, but ended up in America. He called the people there Indians. He did most of his exploring in the 1500s.

Image Analyzation

Image #1 - This image represents fashion and beauty, but at a deeper level, what millions of women want to look like. A slim body, nice hair, good looks, and nice clothing.

Image #2 - This image shows a girl, lonely, maybe depressed, hunched over and looking sad. She looks to be all alone, almost in the dark.

Image #3 - This image shows an agreement of some sort, two men, with suits on, so it could be a business deal or transaction. It also seems that both men are white, which can be taken in many different ways.

Image #4 - This image shows a passionate sports fan, sticking up for his team by giving the opposing team an insulting hand gesture.

Response to "The Importance of Good Reading"

I learned that reading fast is not always the best thing to do, it's better to calm down and read slower. Also, I was always told that listening to music while reading was bad, but the article said that soft reading was okay, it actually helps me.