The Haunting of Hill House
-Shirley Jackson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
-Mark Haddon
Murder on the Orient Express
-Agatha Christie
Characters
Hercule Poirot- Intelligent, extremely aware and the most famous detective, known for his long, curly moustache
M. Bouc- worked for the Belgian police force with Poirot, is the comic relief, constantly frustrated with the case
Dr. Constantine- Sidekick and examines the body and determines how and when he was killed.
Mary Debenham- Daisy Armstrong’s governess, calm, Poirot seemed most suspicious of her because of a conversation he overheard between herself and Colonel Arbuthnot on the train to Stamboul.
Mrs. Hubbard- famous actress, grandmother of Daisy Armstrong, provides constant interruption and diversion on the train and is known for her stories about her daughter
Colonel Arbuthnot- a friend of Colonel Armstrong, father of Daisy Armstrong, polite and very english. Poirot suspects him because he called Mary by her first name on the train to Stamboul.
Princess Dragomiroff – A Russian princess, is generally mean, ugly old lady, tells Poirot many lies about the other passenger’s identities, owner of “H” handkerchief
Hector McQueen – Ratchett’s personal secretary, was working with the Armstrong family, McQueen tries to tell Poirot that Ratchett did not speak any French which makes him a suspect
Ratchett – Real name Cassetti, kidnapped and murdered the young Daisy Armstrong for money, Poirot describes him as a wild animal, the Armstrong family murders Ratchett
Countess Andrenyi – The sister of Sonia Armstrong, young, dark haired and beautiful
Count Andrenyi – A very defensive man
Cyrus Hardman – an American, described as flamboyant, Cyrus is a detective, with a detective service in New York, Cyrus pretends to help Poirot with the case, he is involved with the Armstrongs because he was in love with Daisy’s French nurse who committed suicide after Daisy was killed.
Antonio Foscanelli – M. Bouc was sure that Antonio, a big Italian man, had something to do with the murders, mostly because M. Bouc dosen’t trust Italians, Antonio was the Armstrong’s chauffer, loved Daisy
Greta Ohlsson – cries a lot, was Daisy Armstrong’s nurse and is a very delicate
Hildegarde Schmidt -very slow-minded and always carries out the ugly Princess’s orders, pretends to be Princess Dragomiroff’s maid, but is really the Armstrong’s cook.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
-John Boyne
Settings
Berlin: Busy, full of life, entertaining, bright, colorful
Outwith: Cold, wet, lonely, empty, confusing, dark
Characters
Bruno: Clueless, naive, friendly, curious, a little bit stubborn, loving
Gretel (sister): Mature (acts older than she it), caring (sometimes) ,stuck up (sometimes), rude to Maria
Maria (maid) : Quiet, obedient, kind
Mother: Caring, obedient (to Father), helpful, controlled (meaning she doesn’t have much choice)
Father: Respected in his career and home, stubborn, demanding, busy
Themes:
-A recurring theme is Bruno breaking the rules or disobeying his parents
Winter
Winter
Freezes over
The leaves that
Lay on the ground
Winter
My inspiration behind this poem is the changes that happen during winter. This is a cinquain poem every line adds a word but the last line only has one word. The elements in this poem are repetition, line breaks. I don’t like the rhythm of this poem because it is really choppy and hard to read.
A Blanket of Night
The flowing river
alters its tune
to a small whisper
as the warm
specked lights grow bigger
They are the stars
reflecting on the water
creating a blanket of night
At first this poem was a haiku but there was more I wanted to add so I changed it from a haiku. The elements found in this poem are line breaks, imagery, metaphors. I really like this poem because of the way it creates an image in my head and the description.
I would like to name that piece “NYC Sunset”
I created this piece of art by beginning with the backdrop. I really wanted to show want a NYC Sunset looked like so I painted a sunset and the water. Then using the map I cut out a skyline. Some of the things I learned while making the piece of work is how to transition between colors especially in watercolors. My favorite part of this piece is the sunset and the way I showed how things get farther by making the map darker the farther back they were. If I could change something about it, it would be the map cuts. I think when I cut the map I could have cut it in a more neat way. While making it I was surprised that I didn’t second guess myself. In some other projects I have taken a longer time because I second guessed myself this time I just stuck to the original plan.
This picture shows how different body systems connect. In science we have been learning about different body systems and been assigned to a system. One of the parts of that study is learning how the systems connect. We also did Structure fits function and looking closer into the parts of the body
Recently in Humanities we have been working on a project called Shabanu News. First we had to write a newspaper type ting and my group and I did obituaries.
This is our newspaper thing
JINDWADDA, 60
Jindwadda Ali Abbasi died yesterday. He died in peace. He died because of a sandstorm in Pakistan, and he died a few days later, because of the effect. We can’t be one hundred percent certain, but Jindwadda was very injured during the sandstorm. It’s a miracle that he even survived. He was found outside, and conscious but asked specifically to be buried in Derawar, but unfortunately, his request couldn’t be fulfilled. Jindwadda died in the night about 10 days after the sandstorm. “I want to die at Derawar” his family remember him saying.
Grandpa fought in the war between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He fought hard for his country, and we will take today to appreciate his hard work in the army, and be sure that his death has been noticed.
INFANT, 0
Auntie’s baby died in the womb from technical issues. He was suffocated by the umbilical cord. “It was another boy,” Her sister says after the death. The midwife who tried to help is Shahzada’s sister, who is a family friend of the Abbasi’s. Shahzada used herbs and powders to help, but unfortunately it was too late to save the baby. According to witnesses, the state of the mother was frightening, for the color in her eyes was not visible. After the death of the baby, Auntie was said to have slept peacefully in a green tunic. The baby was buried, and the birth was never spoken of again. According to family, the mother’s pregnancy was unknown to everyone except possibly the father. Auntie did in fact show signs of pregnancy, such as tiredness, weakness and gaining weight. Shabanu did have suspicions about the pregnancy, but thought it might be rude to mention it.
The mother herself is the spouse of a man who works in a government office and makes a very good salary, and sends her gifts. Her husband, Mr. Abbasi, is away a lot, and most people would even say that she’s lonely, but it brings her to joy the few times that her husband does come home. Mr. Abbasi is the brother of Dalil Abbasi, who is the spouse of Auntie’s sister. She is the mother of two lovely sons, ages three and five who are just starting to learn how to do work on the farm. When Auntie was at the age for marriage, she and her father went into search for a good husband. At first, they were unsuccessful, but after searching for a reasonable amount of time, she finally found her one and only husband. Shabanu, Auntie’s niece says, “Uncle comes several times a year, bringing Auntie gifts-quilts, shawls and brass pots. He brings us vegetables, wheat and lentils.”
Then we had to record our news show.
This is our news show
Shabanu Movie 2 – Small (1)
What our view from the camals look like.
Diary
Today is just one day closer to Phulans wedding, she is getting married to her wonderful cousin. She seems so much more excited after trying the dresses on and everything. I will be happy when she is happy with her husband and family. We have just started our journey to the home of Shabanu and Phulans cousins. I think Shabanu is very excited for her wedding too!!! Phulans wedding dress is so beautiful and I have never made one before. It if made of yellow silk and I have embroidered some silver and gold thread on the bodice as well as some tassels. Another key piece to a wedding dress in mirrors so I sewed some onto the dress too. My husband seems to be a little shaken up by the death of Grandfather. He died after the huge sandstorm we had. It didn’t help when we saw a dead man also caught in the sand storm who had died. Thats all that is happening. I can’t wait for Phulans wedding
Making Chapatis
Chapatis are a flat bread that is eaten with most Pakistani and India dishes. Chapatis are easy to make for all meals. It is a whole wheat flat bread that is cooked using a flat skillet called tava. Chapati is made from a specific type of flour that is milled from durum wheat. Durum wheat is high in protein and low in gluten with a hard wheat kernel. This lends itself to a quick baking bread, like chapati, rather than using it for a baked bread because it would not rise and be very dense. When eaten at breakfast I spread some butter of the chapatis
Ingredients
Note: This recipe makes 10-12 chapatis
- 2 cups of wheat flour or durum wheat atta
- 1 cup of milk (The milk makes softer chapatis)
- 1 tsp. salt (optional)
- 1-2 tsp. ghee (optional)
- A couple drops of water (optional)
Step 1
Add wheat flour and salt (optional) to the tava. Mix
Step 2
Add milk and to the mixture
Step 3
To make the soft dough, use your fingers and move them in a circular pattern, while adding water to the mixture (water is optional). By using this way you will allow the air into the mixture, which helps in making soft chapatis.
Step 4
Knead dough for 1 minute
Step 5
Cover the dough with a bowl turned upside down. Set it aside for 15-20 minutes.
Step 6
Knead the dough well and create 10-12 equal sized balls and press.
Step 7
Take a ball and dip it in the wheat flour.
Step 8
Roll out the flattened ball into the size of a poori using a rolling pin and sprinkle some wheat flour on top.
Step 9
Heat a tava. Drop a rolled-out dough on the tava, which heated.
Step 10
Wait for few minutes then flip the chapati over when you see color change
Step 11
Slightly press the chapati with the chapati press
Step 12
Cook until both sides have golden brown bubbles
Step 13
Remove from the tava and enjoy!
– me
The glistening stream
Alters its song as the warm
Light of the moon shines
Recently in Humanities we have been learning about poetry and how to write it. So far we have learned about 2 different types of poems. One of them is a Haiku which is what my poem is. Haiku poems have 5 syllables in the first line 7 in the second and 5 again in the third. The other is a Cinquain, we learned three different types of Cinquains. The first type had one word in the first and adding one word each line until you get to the 5th line then you do one again. In the second type…. Line 1: 1 noun, Line 2: 2 adjectives, Line 3: 3 -ing words, Line 4: 1 phrase, and Line 5: Another word for the noun. The third type you started with 2 syllables and adding 2 more each time until you get to line five where you are back to 2. l started with my own prompt. Most Haiku poems are about nature and my prompt was the beginning of night and how everything changes. After I came up with my prompt I started writing. At first it was all about the moon but then I wanted to show how things change when the moon comes up. I really liked the way I used line breaks in this poem and the way I showed transition. I am really proud of this piece and hope to write more like this.
Structure Fits Function
Have you ever wondered how your body moves, or how you send signals to do certain things? Well, your body sends signals through neurons. Neurons look like this. A neuron has dendrites on both sides and an axon in the middle. The neuron will get a signal through one dendrite on one side and that signal will travel through the axon and onto its other dendrite. This dendrite will send a chemical signal to another neuron. The neuron’s shape is important because the dendrites reach out to other neurons and send messages that go to the brain. They have long feelers that can send chemical signals to other neurons using synapse as a space in between each neuron. If dendrites were short and didn’t have those long feelers, they couldn’t send signals to anything. Then the brain wouldn’t get any signals, which means you would not be able to move, touch, smell, hear, or even pump blood. You would basically die within the first couple of minutes. Even 1 minute is a stretch because you wouldn’t be able to breath. It is important to have a space in between each neuron, and that is one of the most unique things about the structure. This structure allows for certain feelings or senses to go to the brain and others to be blocked by medicine. Like painkillers, they block off pain by clogging up the space in between neurons to stop the signal of pain.
Unique things about a neuron
- They have dendrites that reach out to other neurons send signals to the brain. Their shape helps them with this because their feelers help them interact with other cells.
- They have a synapse which allows for medicine such as painkillers to block certain signals.
- They are able to interact with other cells and pass signals to other neurons.
- They can pick up signals from other neurons.
- Dendrites are everywhere in your body so they can reach any limb or any organ. They can also send signals up the spine as a sort of short cut.
