Meghan’s Blog

My Favorite American Idol Person…………

Diana Degarmo is my favorite American Idol Person. She was in season 3 with Fantasia being the winner.It was actually between her and Fantasia but unfortunately {4 me any way} she didn’t win! It’s kinda funny because i was the only one in my family that liked her!! Right now she is in the musical “Hairspray. Well, I wish her the best!

She is my favorite!

L.A Scribe Post/Wensday April 2nd

Today in L.A class, we discussed our answers for last night’s homework, and our opinions about who we think started the smoke in the Westing home. I think it was Westing, the man who was “so called dead”, because I think he is tricking everybody into thinking that he is dead when really he’s alive……..to seek revenge?! Well, I am really not sure, but who do you think started to fire? Also, in class today Mrs.E asked us if we collected anything. We all took 10 minutes or so and explained what we collected. Then, Mrs.E passed out a paper to each one of us, and read the article that was on the paper. The article was about some boy who was writing to a comic book magazine editor stating his opinions on the article he read about in their magazine.. Tomorrow in class we will work and discuss more about the article!

Homework: None!!

Here is another book title of The Westing Game!

Math Scribe Post/May 1rst 2007

Today in math class, {1rst} we got our math test’s back. As Miss.V said, “The majority of the grade did well!” {2nd} After we all enjoyed looking at our tests, we learned how to use negative numbers on a calculator. The symbol that you can use to work with negative numbers is the OPP button. But there is no such thing as that kind of a button, so you can use the +/- button instead. Here’s and example when to use the +/- button………..

-22-{-13}=

So go get a calculator and figure it out!!!

ok…………do you want the answer?

It’s, well….you figure it out!!!
Homework: None!!!! :}

Scribe Post For L.A/Monday April 30th 2007

Today in L.A class, we got introduced to a new, exciting, mystery book untitled The Westing Game written by Ellen Raskin. I am not so sure about what the story is about, but all I am aware of so far is that16 heirs have been chosen to live in Sunset Towers {an apartment}. In class today we also learned some vocabulary that we will {or have seen} in the book so far. Here are the following words, and their definitions.

1.} Exclusive: Only open to a special group.

2.} Grappled: Struggled; and/or wrestled.

3.} Luxurious: Rich; magnificent.

4.} Chandelier: Light fixture that hangs from a ceiling.

5.} Tenant: A person who pays rent for a use of property.

Tonight’s Homework: Please complete the questions on the worksheet for chapters 1-2. Thank you! :}

Here is one of the many different covers of The Westing Game!

L.A Scribe 3/30/07

Today in L.A we looked at the soft covered copy of The Purloined

Boy. Mrs. E informed us that the book has 296 pages. We also read

a short historical fiction story called “Janette’s Winter” written by

Barbara Bloom. The book is about a young girl named Janette who’s Pa {dad} and brothersare traveling to Oregon. Butwhen her family is

on the Oregon trail and stops in Montana for a rest, Her dad and

brothers get lost. Janett now has to live on her own! So she has to

live on her own in the trail, and battle to survive. My homeroom

didn’t get that far, but we are looking forward to see what’s gonna

happen. Unfortanly, we do have homework We have to complete

a worksheet!

Interesting,Intelligent,Informative, INDIA!!!

Recently in Social Studies class, our class watched an informative and interesting movie about India. India is the second largest place in the world. And also, the cow is their scared animal! Have you ever wondered what the capital of India is? Well, I’ll tell you! It’s New Delhi!  Another fun India fact is that the total population  of India is 1,028,610,328 of which there are 827,578,868  followers of the Hindu faith.

One of the cities that the movie talked about was Agra. Agra is just like a regular Indian city, but then, their ground holds the Taj Mahal. Some people say the beautiful Taj Mahal is the biggest building built for love. The idea of the Taj Mahal was made up by Emperor Mumtaz Mahal. Mumtaz was so in love with his wife that when she died, he decided to built a Mausoleum in memory of her. {definition on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum}  I was really interested in the Taj Mahal, so I decided to do additional reasearch.  Did you know that the name Taj Mahal when translated means “Crown Palace” or “Crown of the Palace.”  Also some studies feel that the Taj Mahal is slowly sinking.  What a shame! I got my research information from here. {library.thinkquest.org/J0112263/dyk/funfact.html }

  Also in the movie, we learned about Karmas.  Do you know what a Karma is? A Karma is a hinduism belief.  The Karma goes something like this: “What you did yesterday affects today, but what you did today affects tomarrow.”  Personally, I think the Karma makes a lot of sence because I think what it really means is that in Life theres always a consequence after an action.

Latley in the movie, we learned about Delhi.  Delhi is known for all the hussle and bussle on thier streets.  But, the most populaur part of Delhi is thier Corbitt national Park!  Corbitt national Park is a popular place to see animals such as Elephants,Tigers, Leopards, and  Crocodiles.  Corbitt National Park gives free Elephant rides too!

So know you know about the wonderful India movie that I watched in Social Studies class.  Dont you think India is interesting or what?!

A Crude Awakening! By Emma Davey

Did you know that oil is the single most important item that is traded between countries? Yes, oil is very valuable to everything and anyone! Without oil it would be difficult to heat our homes, drive our cares, and much more! If we didn’t have oil, where would we be?
There are about 2.6 trillion barrels of oil left in the ground! That seams like a lot of oil, but M. King Hubbert predicted that in 1907, that the oil pumped from the U.S fields would peak, and it did! Peak Production is when the flow of petroleum from any oil field climbs to a peak {top} then declines quickly. M. King Hubbert predicts that the world oil production will peak in 2030. Image that! Life without any oil!

O.P.E.C stands for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries! Algeria ,Iran Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Qatar, Nigeria, and Libya take part in O.P.E.C and control how much oil they let out for people to use. When there is a lot of oil, the price of oil is less expensive because there is more of it. But when there isn’t a lot of oil, the price is more expensive because a lot of people rely on oil because it is more valuable!

A lot of people want to find alternatives ways to not use oil as much. For example, my dad burns corn in something called a Qaudra-Fire pellet/corn burning stove. That helps our family heat or house with not using oil. IburnCorn has an interesting message board where people from all around the world can come and talk about ways not to use oils as much! Another oil free chose that people mask, is to drive Hybrids! Hybrids do use oil, but not as much as regular cars do!

I really like the article that Emma wrote and I hope that more people can read it and find out more about oil, and how much is left!

L.A scribe 1/23/07

Today in L.A class,we learned about context clues. A Context clue is when you use information from the book that helps identify a word!

Below is an example of when to use context clues!

Martha likes to nolie. She likes how she can make bread, and how she can slice tomatoes and make it into wonderful, tasty, cause! She can make many things! Pasta, Ice cream, soup and more! Nolie= cook

Math Scribe 1/22/07

In math class today, we discussed what we did over the weekend. Then we got our Unit 3 tests back!! After all of that was done, we got a review sheet{like a study guide} and worked on it!

Social Studies Scribe 1/12/07

Today in Social Studies Class, we took our test on Turkey and Israel!  After everybody was done taking their tricky tests, we looked at different peoples Kemal Aturk essays on Mr.H’s new favorite toy……..the Smart board!

Kemal Ataturk {Mestafa Kemal} Essay

Dear Elizibeth,

I was so happy to hear from you! Hope all is well with your family! Things have been going very well for me and my family since Kemal Aturk {Mestafa Kemal} started ruling our country her in Turkey. We call hims “the father of the Turks”. Did I ever tell you about him? He started ruling about 15 years ago. Kemal is our first President of the Turkish Republic. Before that he took a big part in the military that overthrew the Ottoman Salton in 1909. Kemal so far is the only turkish head of the military to get famous during a war! When he was younger he started out in the Young Turks, a group of young turks who have a lot of different opinions about how our country should be ruled. He used all his War times influence to group together a group of military soldiers that drove out the allied occupying forces out of turkey in the early 1920’s. He became the president of the Turkish Republic in 1923. My life in Turkey has changed since of the end of World War 1 under Ataturk, because now I can dress more casual! and I don’t have to wear horrid vial that itches so much! I feel a lot more comfortable now in my new clothes! Also Kemal encourages woman to have jobs now! I work now as a clerk in a local business! Also Kemal introduced everybody to an alphabet based on Roman alphabet used for western languages! Now all newspapers and books are printed in the roman alphabet! The children in my neighbr hood now, go to school in stead of getting home schooled! I think this is so great! And now this is the most exciting news of all…..Woman get the right to vote in local elections! Kemal said that he wants woman to have more say in what is going on in our country! Well I must go now, but I hope I hear from you soon! See ya!

Enclosed is a picture of Kemal Ataturk

Hope to hear from you soon,

-Meghan P.S, I got most of my resources from this site

http://www.turkishnews.com/DiscoverTurkey/who/ataturk/

above is the site where I got the picture of Kemal .

Filed in Uncategorized January 9th, 2007

LATE blog post about L.A/Tuesday the 11th of Dec. 2006

Yesterday in L.A we talked about the test we took on Monday, and talked about Tanka’s which are an old Chinese/Japanese way of poetry. Our homework/classwork was to pick an old holiday card from Mrs.E’s bucket and write a tanka about it. We are going to send our Tanka’s to our Pen Pals in Italy. Below is a example of a tanka. Please don’t use because it is part of my homework!!!
Forever Friends

5 syllables: Enjoying the view

7 Syllables: Walking side by side

5 syllables: Magic’s in the air

7 syllables: A friend is everything

7 syllables: Expecally when there’s snow.

He’s giving thanks to the Troops

Dylan Desilva has sent over 1,157 care packages to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two years. Dylan got the idea of doing this process when he was a boy scout. His boy scout troop sent packages to six soldiers. And then after that the soldiers kept sending back more letters asking him to send more over. Dylan has lots of help from his friends, family and just anyone who wants to volunteer. Dylan puts letters in his packages that says ”if you know anyone that isn’t getting packages please send this to them”. Dylan reports that he gets letters back at least twice a week!

In my opinion , I think what Dylan is doing is really nice and caring because Dylan is helping those who can’t help themselves because they are fighting for the other country’s freedom. When I was doing some research on this topic, I learned that Dylan is holding and sponsoring many events to get donations for “Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops”.

Below is an old example of how Dylan gets donations.

Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops needs your support.

But if you want to see how “Time For Kids” wrote an artical about Dylan and his Troop Process, click here

Thanks!!!!!

It’s Magic

The story I am going to write on my blog is called “It’s magic”. The story is about a girl named Lana who discovers that she has specail powers at the age of 11, and how she uses them to be everything she always wanted such as being Populaur, having her crush like her,being the smartest in the grade and much more. Everything is great untill she accendently announces that she is a witch.

Will Lana still have friends? Will she change the spell back? Will she get rid of her powers forever? Read my book and you’ll see…………………………………..

Math/December 1st 2006

Today in Math class, we got part 1 one of our test and completed part 2. Miss V, also showed our class how to play “Scientific Notation Dice Roll”. The game was challenging and fun!

My dog Bailey

I have a pet dog and his name is Bailey. He is a cross between a schnauzer and a poodle. Bailey is eight months old and is very cute. I am allergic to dogs with fur, so I had to get a dog with hair{a hypoallergetic dog}. Bailey doesn’t shed at all.

I am really interested in dogs. So if anybody has a dog, please coomment on my blog and share information about your dog.

Thanks!

I would Go to Italy!

If I could go anywere in the world for free it would be Italy!!  I would choose to go Italy because I am half Itailan. And I have always been interested in exploring the streets of Rome, and  throwing a penny into the Trevi Fountain  Also, I would want to go to Italy, because of its’ food!  I am so looking forward to eating their pasta!