Monthly Archives: November 2016

Art

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I would like to name this work of art The Many Faces of Me. I created this work of art by first sketching out four separate drawings of me. Then I picked one of my sketches to stay just as a sketch. Then I got to choose three different techniques for the rest of my drawings. I picked ink and brush, pencil and blending stub, and foam plate printing. One thing I learned while creating them is how to foam plate print. My favorite part is being able to use choose from all the different options of materials. If I could change something about them, it would be making more sketches because there is of other materials I’d like to try. While making it I was surprised that there would be so many ways to use one drawing material.

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Morning News-Election Day!

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11/5

To win Presidency you need to collect 270 electoral votes. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors, they cast votes for the President and Vice-President of the United States. Our votes are called popular votes. The popular votes determine who we give the electoral votes too. All states but 2 (Maine, and Nebraska) give the electoral votes away with the method of “winner take all”. Currently (as of 11/5) counting all the states that are solidly or leaning in her direction, Clinton is at a total of 268 electoral votes. Trump is at 207 votes when you count all the solidly and leaning states in his direction. This is only a prediction and we will have to see on Election Day who wins.

I got this information from http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/politics/road-to-270-electoral-college-map-november-4-duplicate/index.html

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Solid Republican: Alabama (9), Alaska (3), Arkansas (6), Idaho (4), Indiana (11), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana (8), Mississippi (6), Missouri (10), Montana (3), Nebraska (4), North Dakota (3), Oklahoma (7), South Carolina (9), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (11), Texas (38), West Virginia (5), Wyoming (3) (157 total) Leans Republican: Georgia (16), Iowa (6), Maine 2nd Congressional District (1), Ohio (18), Utah (6) (47 total) Battleground states: Arizona (11), Florida (29), Nevada (6), Nebraska 2nd Congressional District (1), New Hampshire (4), North Carolina (15), (66 total) Leans Democratic: Colorado (9), Michigan (16), Pennsylvania (20), Virginia (13), Wisconsin (10), (68 total) Solid Democratic: California (55), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), DC (3), Hawaii (4), Illinois (20), Maine (3), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), New Jersey (14), New York (29), Oregon (7), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Washington (12), Minnesota (10), New Mexico (5) (200 total) I got this information and picture from http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/politics/road-to-270-electoral-college-map-november-4-duplicate/index.html

11/4

This elementary school has predicted the outcome of 12 presidential elections. Every year since Nixon the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School has guessed the President. The interesting part about the way they do the voting is that instead of Trump vs. Clinton they say Candidate A vs. Candidate B. All the school tells them is their platforms and what they think. Then the children vote, this year’s outcome is Hillary Clinton winning with 52 percent (277 votes) compared to Donald Trump’s outcome of 43 percent (230 votes). Let’s see if they are correct this time.

I got this information from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-franklin-elementary-school-has-correctly-predicted-every-presidential-election-for-48-years/

 

 

 

11/8

Donald Trump won the election taking the lead from Hillary Clinton with 276 to 218 electoral votes. Sadly the school’s outcome was wrong.

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I got this information from http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/results/

Gwendolynn’s Time

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Everyone is in the hall, gathered for me. Finally I can become a knight. Just don’t mess this up, Gwendolynn, you worked so hard to pass as a man for this. You cut your hair and used most of your savings to buy fabric for men’s clothing. This is your dream, the king is right in that other room. You came all the way from the South of France, to the middle of England to learn how to be a knight. You are just minutes away from your dream, to actually become a knight. Luckily my page Quinn kept the secret, or else I would be ratted out to the king and all my fellow knights. Hopefully they don’t find out that I’m a girl.

My name is called, and Quinn nudged me in side with his elbow. My turn. Quinn has done so much from fixing my hair cut, to keeping my secret. I can’t let him down. With every step I take down the middle of the aisle towards the king, I start to think. What if it goes wrong, what if they find out! No, just believe in yourself. If this goes wrong they might execute me; or shun me away from the village or even worse; laugh at me. It is ok, you wanted to be a knight, you wanted to take this chance. Just breathe, and don’t cry. His holy sword in his hand ready to make me a knight.

After what feels like minutes of walking I meet him, the king. I remember everything that Quinn taught me. Bend down silently, pray to God, and say my forever thanks to the great king, Hadrian the Third. King Hadrian’s sword lowers onto my right shoulder then moves slowly to the left, he grants me knightship then everyone cheers on the sidelines. Time to stand up, Gwendolynn. I turn and walk out of the room, time for my first real adventure, after the feast.

My Coat of Arms

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This is my own coat of arms that I created today. A basic coat of arms just needs a shield, but there is a lot more you can do. An example is a supporter, they are normally regular animals but I decided to do a mythical animal, the Hydra. Different supporters can mean different things, the Hydra means conquest of a powerful enemy. Another part that you can add is colors (also known as tinctures). I chose to use gold, green, blue, silver, and white. Gold means generosity and elevation of the mind, green means hope; joy, and loyalty in love; blue means truth and loyalty; and silver/white means peace and sincerity. You can also use plants or flowers, I chose a white rose in the center of my shield. A white rose means love and faith. Finally you can have a motto, the one I chose is victor exercitus, in latin that means conquest of a powerful enemy. I got all my information from http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/blog/genes-reunited-blog/archive/2013/11/7/what-the-symbols-on-coats-of-arms,-family-crests-and-seals-mean

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Science Diorama

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Our science diorama is of the Ashokan Resevoir, and the name “Watery Graves” was not a figure of speech. It turns out a dozen small towns got evacuated so that the city can create the now famous Ashokan Reservoir. Families had to move out of homes, leave the schools and shops. 2,000 people were forced to move to higher ground or completely different towns against their will. The city offered to pay the residents $15 to dig up their friends or families graves and move them elsewhere. The Esopus Valley turned into the Esopus Creek. But many people grew up loving the Resevoir, getting ice blocks in the winter, and fish in the spring. There are mixed feelings about the situation but the land will forever stay wild, pure, and gorgeous.

 

 

We got our information from http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/nyregion/watery-graves-was-no-figure-speech-receding-city-reservoir-reveals-turbulent.html?_r=0.

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