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NONFICTION #3

2010-05-12T08:44:00.000-07:00

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

2.	Which of the following offer credit cards? (Choose all that apply) Banks 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? 10% to 20%

5.	Which types of credit are referred to as "revolving credit"? (Choose all that apply) Department store credit cards Lines of credit

6.	How can you protect yourself from credit card fraud? (choose all that apply) Keep track of cards by making a list of important information about the cards 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

It is very important to have good credit because that is your back up of money which you will need to make big purchases such as Home, Car, etc. Anytime you apply for a credit card or loan they refer to your credit score because it show how well you can maintain your loans. You can keep your credit good by making all the payments on time. I would always keep balance in my checking or saving account so I can make a payment when i need to and i will try to use my credit card often because you need to prove them that you are trustable person.

Task 2

2010-05-11T17:56:00.000-07:00

Trust is a one of the most essential part of your life. Trust is important to people and to me. It is very hard for me to trust a person, trust is given to the person who keeps secrets, a person who you know for a long time, and who you know will never let you down. Some of the people you should trust the most is always your mom, dad or your siblings. In life you gain trust but you also lose trust. Sometime trust is what keeps us together.

Trust is very important to others like it is to me. Trust is something you have to earn it little by little. You have to know whom you can tell your secrets and whom you can count on, you can't tell everything to any random person or who you haven’t known from long time because they can tell others and at the end everyone will know. Trust is to believe in someone, have faith on him or her. Trust is important to me because I Know I can count on them and can tell them all my personal things.

One of the people I most have trust on is my cousin. Lets just say he gain my trust. He has never let me down. He always gives me advises, he listens to me and the most important thing he never tells my secrets to others it just between him and me. As the way I have trust on him, he as trust on me because I also keep promise and keep his secrets and I never let him on that now we stay together, we know we the trust one another and if one of us told one of your secrets to someone we should that when we lose the trust and will never be the same.

You can also lose trust towards other people. I always try my best to keep the trust with other people because you never know when you need them or they need you. So trust is a very important part of living. I always trust my family and they trust me because I never let them down and they never let me.

In conclusion, Trust is the key to life trust can break or patch up life and relationship with others. Trust is important in everyone’s life in any condition. I always maintain trust with people because it keeps my dignity and respect towards them. A great example for me is my dad if my dad asked his friend for signing on a blank piece of paper he actually will because my dad has maintain that rust toward him.

Task 1

2010-05-11T16:53:00.000-07:00

1. Describe what you see in each picture.

In picture number 1 I see a girl exercising on an electrical bicycle, and in the second picture I see a guy eating fruit salad and he feels happy because he’s living his life for life not for food.

2. What are some good habits the people are engaged in? What might happen if they did not have these habits?

People are engaged in may good habits such as brushing their teeth every morning, taking shower, exercising, playing sports. However if they wouldn’t have done this it would be a hard life for them to live because the will be attracted to diseases and off course death sooner or later.

3. Write about how good habits help you to stay healthy and to achieve your goals.

Good habit always help you stay healthy because that is what your body is asking from you for instance if you are putting diesel in your car but it’s and normal gas car it wouldn’t operate. So the same scenario applies to our body it requires certain amount of stuff to operate properly and for long term. In addition, being health helps you achieve your goals because if you are obese and can’t walk you are going to depend on people to take you to places that causes you to not achieve any of your goals.

Task:

Write an essay about the importance of having good habits. Give examples of how you and the people you know practice good habits to stay healthy and to achieve goals. Use your ideas from the Pre-Writing questions to add details to your writing.

It is very important to have good habits in life. Good habits are something that is a necessity in life because they help you stay healthy and livelonger. I love to get use to good habits because it will keep me healthy and active so I can move on in life to achieve my goals. The people I know are also used to good habits because they want to achieve their goal and not just that they also, want to live healthy. Good habits such as eating properly, and exercising are one of the major ones to lead you to successful healthy life.

First, The key to live a healthy life is to stick with good habits of diet control and exercise. I always follow good habits such as exercising everyday and eating proper thing for my body to operate properly. It all leads me to a healthy and active person, it doesn’t require me motivation to work hard because once you follow good habits your body doesn’t act lazy. Even my family and friends follow good habits such as keeping them self clean and consuming the right things and off course exercising. Exercising doesn’t only help digest the food it helps your body to digest the food quickly and it also takes the fat away from it.

Secondly, the affect of good habits just doesn’t end there it also leads you to your goals in life. Every one has goals in their mind that they want to come across even I do so I follow good habits in order to help me achieve them. In order to achieve goal you have to be active and be able to get things done your self. So habits such as help you maintain your body and keep your mind fresh and operational to do it’s job. From my experience in life so far I have achieved many goal and it makes me feel proud that I have done it my self.

In conclusion, Living longer and achieving your goals is very easy and simple if you follow good habits and stay healthy. Good habits help you to maintain your body and lead you to a successful life. I always follow good habits and my family and friends, which is why we are healthy and successful in life.

NONFICTION #2

2010-05-11T09:01:00.000-07:00

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? B and c only

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? Migraine headaches

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

There are many headache relievers but only two are the most effective. Advil and Tylenol because it has certain characteristics which are quickly effected toward the pain in our body. I think these two are the most effective because of experience and scientific proof. In any kind of consistent headache feel free to take any of these but not to often because they can also harm your body.

NON FICTION #1

2010-05-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

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

Innocent people are dying because of idiotic terrorist every where in the world. I want to request the government of every nation to take this issue seriously because it will keep coming back to us and killing us. I fear to go out in crowded places because i don't wan to die yet. So i kindly request the government to destroy the terrorist at any cost.

Coincidence of thousands with "Making Connection" by Francisco Jiménez

2010-04-11T18:54:00.000-07:00

I have read many book in my life but only one turns out to me is Making Connection by Francisco Jiménez. It’s a story about a boy name Panchito who is trying to improve in writing and reading skills by practicing it again and again. Making connection is my story because it’s something I’m going through and have same goal as Panchito. Writing and reading is something everyone knows but it’s hard when it’s not in the language you learned it in, so it requires hard work, and motivation to achieve what you want to achieve.

In this story Panchito’s hard work helps him through his struggle of writing and reading skills. Panchito is doing everything he can to improve his skills, he writes essay and reviews them after he’s done to find mistakes, then hands it in. After his teacher gives it back to him he goes back home and goes over his mistakes and learns from them by fixing them. He does what I do to get better in my skills; I always follow my teachers’ advice to re-read my work out loud, which actually helps me.

Panchito goes up the ledder step by step making sure he doesn’t make any mistake, which is another reason he gain success. He reads books in his free time because reading will improve his writing. He goes to the library and asks his friends question to inch toward his target. He reminds me of my self, I call my friends and ask them what does the word means because sometime the dictionary doesn’t help, I also read newspaper every morning before coming to school which helps me to learn new words and the technique to use them.

In conclusion, Making Connection is a story about me because it talks about my life hard work, improving, trying, and approaching. And now I and Panchito are both happy because he achieved his goal and I achieved my.

MY HOUSE

2010-03-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

She was beautifully structured and architected by the designers.

Strong as a iron, she never let me be in fear and always let me be

near my loved ones. Her smells were like Lacoste Challenge cologne

because my big daddy built that home.

I can never forget the tears and the laughs I left in her memories

because tears and laughs make up a family. I'm speechless to

explain her beauty because she was the banded queen of beauty.

Even though, if I was there i wouldn't be able to pay back what she

gave me because it was to much for me. Now, don't ask me how she

looked because it will make me look like lamebrain.

MY BIO

2010-03-03T09:04:00.000-08:00

I was born in INDIA, Delhi since the first day of my life till I was in sixth grade no one was satisfied with my grades. So, my dad planned to move out of the country because he though my surroundings such as my friends and cousin were distracting me which gave me a chance to prove myself. When i reached New York, it didn't feel like a new city because I grew in a rich family with pride and my sate Delhi it self was very advance. Only problem i had was speaking in english, i actually knew english and was able to understand very well but, wasn't as fluent as others were. I didn't attend school for an year due to Immigration problems. All the things that my went through for my jovial future, was enough to make me realize that this is the time for change. So I promised my self and to my parents that I am ready to prove my self in any conditions.

First, My passion of cricket back stabbed me in my education. When I was a child in India, school was something that I was forced to do by everyone in my family. The forced be becuse they understood what is it like not being educated, but i was in my own "lala land of cricket and fun". All I did was go to school come back have lunch and wait for my tutor to come tutor me, Right after I and all my friends will meet up and play cricket till 8:00 pm. Where I lived I was one of the most famous kid because I as an child organized shows every other month by collecting money from every house in the neighbor hood, which is why people act to me very maturely. In addition, another funny fact that I was considered a famous kid in the society because of my personality I would always by new cloths, shoes, and etc with new bike and was very involved with the society, which gave me a lot of experience of how things work in life.

Secondly, I use to get hit by my mom every other day because she always wanted me to study but i never took it seriously. Sometime I felt i was in a trap where i am being forced to do something, then my grandma will call me up and ask me very nicely why i don't study. I always told her I don't like it then she use to convince me to study, but i still won't do it. Then once I was really hurt when my friend suicided because his parents and teacher forced him and hit him to study. Then my parents realized that my friends death impacted me in a wrong sense, so they planned to move out.

Next, When we were leaving everyone started to cry like children which made me cry too because I was very attached with everyone. When we reached JFK airport, it felt like I was in Delhi because didn't see much different, but then I spoke to a security man and had to talk in English which made me realize "it is something new". Due to immigration status i couldn't go to school, but then I saw my dad working my brother working and I was enjoying. I felt selfish and a non responsible person, so I told my mom that I will prove my self by going to school and getting good grades and actually learn. So, when i went to the school I was asked to get vaccination done eleven of them, which got me scared. When I went to the hospital to get it done, the nurse was very mean she gave me eleven vaccination in less than three minutes and I cried the most in those three minutes. However, when i started school i was a little weak in english but was able to understand what I was doing. Then from there on till now i have improved a lot in every way. So when I look back at my self I and my family feels proud me.

In conclusion, Life isn't about studying and doing what you want to do, but sometime you have to make some right decision which will lead you to your destiny. It was a lesson that I learned that always listen to your parents and elders because they now how it is and what it is in life. Thank god for giving me a chance to prove my self, now when i call INDIA and tell them i got a 90% in my report card they celebrate because they care about me. I love my family and my teachers and friends and off course god for getting me on the right path.

Respond to "poetry online"

2010-01-14T09:11:00.000-08:00

1: By "Elizabeth Barrett Browning"

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile her look her way
Of speaking gently, for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of ease on such a day"
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee, and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheek dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

In this poem the "Speaker is a girl" who wants a guy to love her not on her looks, act, hair and etc. but lover her for what she is. The author uses Simile to describe her feeling toward her love. For example "A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!" this is an example of simile from the poem.

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I love all beauteous things,
I seek and adore them;
God hath no better praise,
And man in his hasty days
Is honored for them.

I too will something make
And joy in the making!
Altho' tomorrow it seem'
Like the empty words of a dream
Remembered, on waking.

In this poem the speaker is a "man", this poem is about a man walking on the street and appreciating the beautiful things god has made. In this poem the author uses simile to describe the poem for example "God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honored for them.".

Akrit Jaswal -- Child Prodigy, Child Surgeon

2010-01-03T15:13:00.000-08:00

He is known as the most intelligent child on earth also known as "physician", Who enjoys living with family friends. He was born on April 23 and has never attended medical school. However, he as operated his little sister and has been successful with it. He started to talk and walk when he was 5 months old. He was invited to London for an IQ test in which he scored the highest in the world (146). He as found the best cure to cancer, his dream is to help each and every human being who is trapped with medical problems. I personally think we all should motivate our self from Akrit Jaswal intelligence.

http://www.realsuperpowers.com/akrit-jaswal-child-prodigy-child-surgeon

RESEARCH

2009-12-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

The Ed Sullivan Show

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show

it was an entertaining show where they will invite singer, comedian, dancer, and etc. It was run by Ed Sullican on CBS channel.

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Beethoven

He was a German composer and paints, was a very famous figure at that time of classical, romantic and western type of music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

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Robert Schumann

He was also a music composer one of the most famous one during the 19th century, his dream was to be a paints which he achieved a little later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann

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TWO KINDS By AMY TAN Q/A

2009-12-10T07:42:00.000-08:00

Questions - answer the following questions:
1. What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?

Prodigy is a young child having diversity of talent or being an genius. Her mother wanted to be a prodigy because she wanted her to be famous rich and be on TV.

2. How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?

She pays Mr. Chong to teach her how to play Piano, since the couldn't buy one her mother paid Mr. Chong to let her use his piano.

3. What talents does the girl have?

Her mother thinks she is a born genius but, she just doesn't try to show it off.

4. Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?

She starts the Piano lesson because her mother wanted her to go in a talent show. Her mother paid for it by cleaning Mr. Chong's house.

5. Describe the piano teacher.

The piano teacher was deaf he would look at finger to see if she was playing the right "note", however she figured out that his eyes aren't that fast to catch the mistake. So later Mr. chong put in all his effort to teacher her piano.

6. What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?

They both love to show off foolish pride and they both have fake personality.

7. In your own words, relate the events of the recital.

8. What does the author mean when she says, "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China"? page 97

She meant that this is United States Of America where she has her own rights and could and would do what she wanted to.

9. What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?

10. Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?

essay comparing and contrasting Rainsford and Zaroff.

2009-11-19T08:58:00.000-08:00

Guided Reading Questions for pp. 56-57
1. How deep was the pit?
It was a deep as his shoulder
2. Why does the author use the phrase “with flying fingers”?
the author meant to say his fingers were very tired and num.
3. Someone died in the pit. Who? How?
The dog died.
4. What happened to Ivan?
Ivan got stabbed with the knife.
5. How did Rainsford escape from the dogs?
he thought of a trick, he kept running in circle so the dogs can't catch him with the smell.
6. How did the General spend his evening?
He had a real good dinner ,With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger and half a bottle of Chambertin
7. Who won the game?
Rainsford won the game.
8. Rainsford said “I am still the beast at bay”. Explain what he meant.
He meant that he is an best animal and he will kill him.
9. Why did the general bow to Rainsford.
He is bowing to Rainsford because of his confidence of saying Rainsford will kill him. He is trying to say please try.
10. What happened to Zaroff at the end?
Zaroff gets killed.

guidelines - Be sure to
Introduce both characters - background, appearance, lifestyles, occupations, etc.
Describe the many similarities and differences the characters have.
Using your answers from Guided Reading Questions explain how the conflict gets resolved.
Discuss what you think Rainsford is going to do after the story ends and if he is going to turn into another Zaroff.
Remember to use quotes if you copy from the text.
Use proper writing conventions - spelling, punctuation, fonts, and format.

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Two Hunters General Zaroff and Rainsford are traveling to the Amazon Forest to hunt the big cat of that region called the Jaguar. General Zaroff was and Rainsford were big fan of hunting, however they both had a different definition of Hunting. General Zaroff was so bored of hunting animals, so he now loves hunting “Humans”, He captures and then sends the shipwrecked sailors with knife, food and hunting clothes. Then three hours later he goes out to hunt them. However Rainsford is totally different, he likes hunting animals which he uses for eats after hunting, but later in thestory he comes out to be a “surprise packet”.

First, General zaroff is a big fan of hunting and been doing it for years. From which he got bored of killing animals, then he preferred to kill humans because they could think of way of survival. He wants hunting to be something intense and interesting. So he goes out to Amazon Forest and captures the sailors and provides them with survival gatherings and sends them out to the forest. Three hours later he goes out to hunt them. In addition, He thinks of him self the king of hunting because of his experience. Since he thinks of himself so challenging he challenged rainsford saying, “you will be hunted next”.

Secondly, Rainsford is a very experienced and talented hunter, but doesn’t like to be overconfidence with his experience and show off like Zaroff. So he likes being with himself and hunt, however Zaroff thinks Rainsford is not a challenging hunter. So rainsford goes out running toward the ocean and climbs the tree to hide but thinks this is going to be easy for Zaroff so he goes out and makes the hunting more intense and interesting for zaroff. Later then he wins the game and kills zaroff as it was the rule of the bet.
In conclusion, General Zaroff, and Rainsord are different in ways and but, still hunters. Both love to kill but have different feelings for humans and animals. You can never tell an animal to act like an animal but, can tell Human to act like an human.

Response to Literature - The Necklace

2009-10-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Why was Madame Loisel upset when her husband gave her the invitation to the party?

Madame Loisel was upset because she didn't had decent looking clothes or jewelry to put on for the party. In addition, that is the reason why she goes to her friend to borrow the necklace.

What seems to be the main conflict in the story?

Madame loisel losing the necklace is the main conflict of the story.

Can money buy happiness?

No it can't because happiness mean having a good healthy life, with a nice family.

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

2009-10-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

"KANWAL JEET" MY MOM

As every one knows even they don't agree that you "MOM" is the reason why

you were born and is the reason why you are living in this world. You are

living in this world so you can give the most to your mom for bringing

you here. My mom has given me a lot by raising me from a little rat to a big

lion. It has been an wonderful journey of life till now. My Mom has

dedicated her entire life on me an my brother to grow us up.

First, when i was born my mom prayed to got to give my child (me) a happy

life. She grew me up by wiping my behind, buying me toys and cars,

getting me clothes, feeding me healthy stuff. A fact that i loved about my mom

that she got me used to good habits like eating breakfast every day, brushing

my teeth, taking shower before going to school, etc. These habits are going to

stick with me my entire life.

Secondly, Once my family was struggling through financial problems when I

was about 10 years old. I asked my mom to buy be a battery car which cost

was $500, She went to the store and she got me that car with the money that

she saved for future emergency. When i was 13 and understood things

properly she told me how everything was when i was a child, i was emotional

of what parents go through to make the child happy.

In conclusion, I thank my mom from bottom of my heart for giving me love,

I will try my very hard to give the most love back in this life. It is impossible to

give my parents back the amount of love they gave me.

PARAGRAPH

2009-09-17T09:14:00.001-07:00

By the time I die I want to achieve all my goals. Since I was a child i wanted to become an Network security agent. However, it's a log process to become one, so whenever i have time to study and practice I do it. In addition, I work while motivating my self towards my goal and as soon as I remember my self being a security agent I work harder.

PARAGRAPH

2009-09-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

Topic sentence- People Change due to their life consequences, or because of their social environment.

Supporting details:

1:People change because of where they live