We made a Muir web in science. Mine explained everything I ate where I lived and everything I needed to survive in detail. It was fun to make because I really got to see all of the things that go in things in my everyday life. I am very proud of all of the things I found and I am now fascinated to look into things in my everyday life.
We were asked to draw figures that were similar but not congruent and I did it so that they had the same angles and the same general shape.
We were asked which figures were similar and if they have the same angles they are similar.
Name: Jemma Humanities
7th Grade The Giver
Outline for GIVER LITERARY ESSAY
Themes: obedience, homogeneity
Paragraph #1: Introductory Paragraph (GIT)
Grabber Statement (G):
Imagine a world where there is no difference no pain, no criminals and no sadness. What if you discovered that this was a dystopia, a place of secrets and murder. In The Giver by Lois Lowry you will learn that nothing is ever as it seems.
Introduce Plot Summary (I):
The Giver is a story about a young boy who lives in a world of sameness and respect. When he turns twelve he is “selected” to be the receiver of memory and learns the secrets, pain, and joy of the past. The memory’s influence him to rebel and change not only his life but everyone in the community’s forever.
Thesis Statement (T):
Jonas’s society is a utopia because almost everyone is obedient. But it also is a dystopia because everyone is the same and their is no freedom of choice.
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Paragraph #2: Thematic Analysis
Topic Sentence (T):
In the community homogeneity sustains order.
Explanatory Sentence (E):
They keep everything the same by making lots of rules to make sure that there is no conflict about difference.
Evidence (E):
For example, everyone wears the same clothing, has the same haircut, and the size and gender of people in family units are the same. One example of homogeneity is when the elders insist that all girls must wear hair ribbons. An example of this is on page 26 the book states, ¨ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES,¨ (p.26 ).
Analysis (A):
Everything in the community is the same, and as this example shows, it is important that hairstyle and appearance remain the same. The Elders make sure that no one is set apart from other people so there are no hurt feelings. Everyone is equal so that there is no one upset about what they have. The point of the community is no pain and with difference there would be warfare and pain. Homogeneity is very important in order for the whole community to be successful.
Concluding/ Transition (C): Homogeneity in the community sustains order as does obedience so that everyone follows the rules and creates no conflict.
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Paragraph #3: Thematic Analysis Continued
Topic Sentence (T): In the community obedience is important so that are no rule breakers who create chaos.
Explanatory Sentence (E): Without obedience people could do whatever they want and the community would have no point. The community stands for no pain and with disobedience people would feel lots of pain.
Evidence (E): For example when Jonas took an apple from the recreation area the speaker said “ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION, AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN NOT HOARDED.” (p.27)
Analysis (A):
That’s the reason the speaker was created. It was made to watch the people of the community so that they could monitor the people being disobedient. That way when people were breaking the rules they can call them out on it. Then they can change what they are doing and be more obedient.
Concluding/ Transition (C):
The community needs to be obedient so that they can’t create chaos. The way the community is designed makes sure that their is no pain or chaos. So they need obedience to keep the community that way.
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Paragraph #4: Concluding Paragraph (ROC)
Reflection on Thesis (R):
Jonas’s community is a place of sameness and order and because of the elders objective of no letting people have freedom of choice and control people’s every move it is a dystopia.
Overview of Main Points (O):
Homogeneity obedience is what makes the community so ignorant and painless. No one’s ever mentally hurt by what they have and who they are. Because everyone has it so no one can be mean or brag. Then everyone is obedient so their is no physical pain because no one tries to hurt or kill anyone, but in our world these things are what make us, us. It makes us unique, and the elders taking that from the people in the community is wrong.
Concluding Sentence– Comparisons and Connections (C):
This community is a place of manipulation and ignorance the elders objective is to make sure that their is no conflict but in doing so there’s more problems. Homogeneity and obedience is what they live by, but since when was it so bad to be different?
Our group worked well together sometimes we divided and conquered which we could work on but we worked productively together. We tried different strategies of pacing and Doing different projects at different times. I think we could have worked on our provocation and we didn’t really practice so we could have practiced more to make it better. Next time we could practice more and always work together to get things done.
Jemma Fox 9/9/16
Split A Math Profile
Well if you want to know about my math history, skill level and my perspective on math, first things first you should know I have a math tutor. That is because I am not a math whiz. I have never been in seminar and I am not the top of the class. I want to get better but one more thing that stands in my way I don’t love math. I lose interest fast and I want to get better so I pay attention more. I like learning math because it can challenge me but I get discouraged fast so I don’t like so difficult so I don’t get discouraged before I can finish the problem. The reason I don’t like learning math is A. I get discouraged about half the time. When I am doing homework and I am on a problem that has a lot of equations I take another page to do a long strategy and rely figure it out so I can advance in the problem. One other thing I don’t know if you do this but I cannot do take home tests I know Margaret did them all the time I always fail them I feel no pressure taking tests in school so having a take home test is just a bucket load of extra math work. And I have to complete in one week and the more work the more discouraged I get and the more lazy I get and I start to care less and get a worse grade. But I am excited to improve in math and start to enjoy it more. So that’s all you need to know about math and I.
Notes
Personality Traits of Christopher
Autistic
Despises the color yellow
He can’t stand to be touched
Knows all the Country’s of the world and there capitals
He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions
He knows every prime number up to 7,507
His mother is dead
important characters
Christopher
father
mother
Siobhan (His tutor)
Mr.Shears
Mrs.Shears
Wellington
Important parts
Wellington was killed with a pitch fork
wellington belongs to mrs.shears
Christopher is looking for the person who killed Wellington
His mom died of heart trouble
his dad wants him to stay out of others peoples business and to stop looking for the killer of Wellington
He finds a bunch of letters from his mom from after she died and he discovers she is not dead
his dad lied she never died he just said she was hospitalized
His father killed Wellington
He feels unsafe with his father and runs away to live with his mother in London
he learns his mother and mr.shears ran off together after having an affair and thats why the father killed mrs.shears dog
He takes a train to get there
mr shears is mean to Christopher about being autistic
Christopher and his mother leave mr.shears and go back to Swindon
in order to gain his dad to gain his trust back his dad gets him a dog and he can only see the dog when he is with his dad.
So gradually starts to be closer with his dad again
The Man In The Orange Shirt
I see a man in an orange shirt
He said his name was Kert
Kurt had a friend named Bert
And Bert was very hurt
So Kurt had to leave me there with my very own orange shirt
And a new job at the store for clothing store for mini-skirts.
I was wearing an orange shirt and since we were rhyming that day I just started coming up with words that rhymed with shirt and I just wrote down nonsense and it just came out like a comedy poem. There is rhyme and line breaks. I think it is just a funny poem and I just like how it is funny.
Dawn
I see the sunrise
On the horizon, right here
But so far away
I was inspired by the sunrise when I go to the beach. If you sit on the beach you feel like you can see the sun right in front of you and then you remember that it is on the other side of the world. It is a haiku so the line breaks go:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
It has line breaks and imagery. I really feel like it is well write and I really like the way it turned out. It really feels true and I like the way it sounds in words.
happiness
Happiness
You should
Try being cheerful
You’ll be glad to
Smile
I was inspired because I was really happy the day I wrote it and I wanted to share that joy. My poem is a cinquain. So it is five lines and each line has a certain number of words per line so it goes:
1 word
2 words
3 words
4 words
1 word
There is line breaks and beat. I really like how my poem turned out. I am proud because I feel that it really conveys the message I was trying to get across.
I would like to name this work of art NYC Life
I created this work of art by cutting out pieces of my map out in shapes that could symbolize how I felt about different places in NYC. Then I glued it onto a big black in white map so they would stand out. Some of things I learned while creating it were it is hard to cut with exact knifes in a circle and they are mostly made for straight lines and that everyone has a different view of the city. My favorite part is my heart piece because it symbolizes that I love Manhattan and even though the heart is surrounding central park which I love I also love Manhattan and it also surrounds the word Manhattan. If I could change something about it, it would be it would be that the black and white map was of all of NYC and not of just downtown Manhattan. While making it I was surprised that there is a subway stop almost everywhere in the city. Something else I want to share about this artwork is I spent a lot of time and work and I really put some feeling into each of the places.
