What We Did....

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Here's what we've been up to the past couple of days...

Reader's Workshop

 in the scene in Rollergirl ,Their mom is taking  Ashley and Nicole to a Roller derby game.  and while they are watching the game Nicole is  looking afraid. Nicole is looking afraid because everybody is just Bumping into each other.So it looked violent.

 After that Ashley tells Nicole you can be a baby sometimes. then on the look of her face she looked like she was really hurt by it.

 But in the very beginning of the book, Ashley was at the park  putting on  roller skates.Then two girls  showed up there, a girl said the park was for babies and one of the girls was Nicole who wanted to go to the park .Ashley Nicole were friends but she said that after fifth grade they weren't friends anymore and I'm for that since she was  putting on roller skates and that she wants to be part of a roller derby team that's why Nicole  and Ashley aren't friends anymore.

If i were in  nicole's shoes ,i would be hurt but not that much.But i would support ashley instead of not being friends with her (my inference) .

-E-8 student

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Mary Ann is anxious and insecure because she keeps thinking if this would happen or something else for example if Logan is not home but she was shaking her hand so much that means that she is trying to have the confidence to grab the phone. Another reason is once she called him she thought everything was going to go fine but it went the opposite way. She was thinking that he would say yes to join the baby sitters club but when she was about to finish her sentence he interrupted her and said I decided not to join the babysitters club. Back at the B.S.C meeting they were deciding who to call Logan and that was Mary Ann but she didn’t want to call Logan in front of her friends because her friends would laugh at her and she is shy. They arrive at Charlotte's place to babysitters club and they start reading a book and then Stacey says that it is about Mary Ann’s birthday so they planned her birthday surprise a little. And Jessi is an awesome babysitter because she made her sibling go to sleep when he had been crying for days                                   One embarrassing scene was when Logan and Mary Ann were dancing. Mary Ann’s shoe flew off of Mary Ann’s foot and it smacked a teacher in the face.And the whole crowd was looking at Mary Ann which Mary Ann doesn’t like getting the center of attention. .   

-E-8 Student

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 In the book BSC, they start to get M.A for the dance then dad drops her and her friends off them  Logan gives a flower to M.A. They start to dance then her she flew off her foot and hit a teacher in the face.She go to the bathroom b/c she thinks they will laugh that is why she is in the bathroom.

    M.A is felling up set because she hit a teacher in the face with her shoe if l did that l would be not upset but l would just want my shoe back. To tell you further the bathroom could be some where you could com down.

     If l were in the shoe of M.A the funny thing is she only got one shoe on l would just say sorry to the teacher.To further tell you  l would just go say sorry instead of sitting in the bath room l would not be a scard   of the teacher that is why l would say sorry.

-E-8 Student

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 In this scene Mary Ann is getting greedy for the dance with all of the Baby Sitters Club. When she gets there it is so crowded and we know from the backstory she doesn't like big crowds. Then in the gym Logan and Mary Ann start to dance and then her shoe falls off and she feels like the center of attention and she also does not like that.

She feels like the center of attention because not only her shoe flew off but it hit a teacher in the face. When it flew off Mary Ann and Logan just stared at it in like aw it was kinda weird. So then she ran into the bathroom and started to cry, but then she realized that she can’t stay in there forever and that someone would come in to talk to her about it and to boost her confidence.

I would feel kinda like this because if I were just trying to have fun with my “date” and something happens like what happened to Mary Ann then I would feel embarrassed too. I would feel embarrassed  because I was trying to have fun but then my shoe fell off and then if I saw my friends talking I would think that they were laughing at me.

 -E-8 Student

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In the scene when they are in school in new kid Mrs.Rawle is having a secret Santa but drew stood up and said a shocking comment when drew said  Something about financial aid for kids that can’t afford the 10$  PURCHASE!

The teacher is Shock After drew said that because he is bringing up poor people that are on financial aid and can’t buy anything. To explain more Like kids that are rich and have like   million dollars and ten bucks isn’t that much but ten dollars for poor people can be a cost for Breakfast lunch and dinner.

 If I was in the teachers shoes I will be shocked that I will send him to detention or if I was a prison worker  to solitary confinement lol.

If I said that I will be so embarrassed because what happened?

 -E-8 Student

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In the story “The New Kid”, everyone had a good T .G break (they mostly did skiing or snowboarding) and Drew and Jordan didn’t want to hear and they wanted to go home. Then Mrs. Rawle said that they’re doing “ Secret Santas” but Drew said that people with F.A because they don’t have enough money to participate. 

          When Mrs. Rawle heard what Drew said she SHOOK, and Jordan also shook nervously but the bell rang and Jordan heaved the side of relief. My inference is that Jordan, like Mary Anne from BSC, doesn’t like being the center of attention. To further explain,  when the teacher says, “Financial aid” he looks very nervous b/c he’s black, and mostly blacks have financial aid b/c they're kinda underpaid. So they don’t have enough side money to buy stuff. And when the teacher says F.A, he feels like the center of attention. 

          If I were in Jordan shoes, I would feel kinda nervous. To further explain, I kinda don’t like being the center of attention b/c it kinda makes me nervous. If I was in the center of attention, everyone would be focused on me. So I’d be kinda famous. But there’s obviously a downside. I get nervous and embarrassed when everyone’s attention is on me. So not only everyone’s attention is on me, I also get nervous in the process. So this is why I kinda don’t like being in the center of attention. 

-E-8 Student

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in the story, New Kid, Mrs. Rawle is doing a secret Santa, but Drew stood up and asked about the kids that have financial aids, also the ones that can't afford the 10$ purchase.

          Mrs. Rawle was shaken after this comment. Mrs. Rawle had not thought about it. That is why she is acting a little racist. Because she has had these kids in her class for months now and the fact that she can not even remember some kids were here on financial aids is just rude.

          Jorden just stood out of it and I'm inferring that he doesn't like being the center of attention just like me! I feel like it’s awkward because I just don’t like being stared at. On the other hand drew likes to be the center of attention (not to brag) cause he likes to point out how unfair everything is to blacks of colored people.( there lol )

 -E-8 Student

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Social Studies

WE CONTROL OUR LIVES! the Spaniards should not be able to control our lives, we must fight for our lives. Do you want to see people barf? No! I didn't think, do you want to be forced to practice a different language? NO! I thought so. We must have freedom or else our lives will suck and we will live in eternal slavery. “I have a dream today” that we will get revenge. WE SHALL BREAK FREE! We need to break free b/c imagine the countryside before the missions and controlling your own lives, yeah i see you smiling, we should REVOLT!

One reason we should revolt is because we are continuously forced to pray, do you want that? NO! I didn’t think so, do you want to not wan to be able to use our language and forced to use this weird idiotic language? NO! Do you want to get whipped if we speak one word of our own language? NO! Do you want to have our culture taken away? NO! So you see, you said it yourself. fight or we shall never have peace nor shall we ever have fun. REVOLT!

Another reason we should revolt is that they are destroying and killing our land. Do you see any cows or deers and animals huh? NO! I expected so, do you see any wild fruits and vegetables growing? NO! Yeah. They are destroying our land, we need to revolt. Just imagine a country side and seeing wild animals roam and seeing wild crops grow. Yeah i have eyes I see you smiling and looking happy we shall REVOLT!

We should also revolt because they are killing us by this weird “curse” also known as smallpox. Don’t you feel like you're “dazed and confused for so long it’s not true.” also don’t you feel like you're “so sick and tired and i was going in pain” Do you want to have high fevers and feel like blowing up like a volcano? NO! Sorry what was that NO! Good, I need to say more. Do you want to be super tired to your already aching body from working all day? NO! Huh oh yeah did you hear yourself? YES! I know, now do you want to have headaches and practically having to sit down even when you can’t huh? NO! We need to REVOLT MY PEOPLE!'

My people, do you see your marks on your arms and backs? Yes! Do you know what that is from, whipping do you want to get whipped? NO! Mm mm good answer, now do you want to get whipped if we just want to step outside for 30 seconds? NO! Good enthusiasm! Do you want to get whipped for accidentally dropping a spoon for crying out loud? No what was that? NO! Good, now my people do you want to get whipped for sitting down for a minute? NO! Mm mm oh really good answer and now my people you said it yourself REVOLT!

So my people you see what these weird outsiders are doing to us, they are continually working us. They are whipping us if we make a tiny mistake, what the flip. They are also forcing us to pray, can’t they say that we don’t want to. They're idiots. They don’t know how to tell what berries are poison or not. They’re complete idiots. We need to revolt! Join me in the chant! RE-VOLT! RE-VOLT! RE-VOLT!

-E-8 Student

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“GO TO WORK” is all they say, my people, do you enjoy working from sunrise to sundown? Never! That's right! ... Do you enjoy not seeing your loved ones for multiple years?... No! I thought so… Just look at your backs, do you see all those marks from getting whipped by the smallest things? Right now is the time to revolt and fight back we won’t stop until we get freedom and rights as humans.

“The outsiders curse” (smallpox)

“What is killing my people”? How come such a quantity is dying you ask, Well it is the outsider curse, they have been killing us and it has to stop! We must stop this outrageous disease right now or never. This is smallpox the symptoms may not be seen but they are: high fever, fatigue and headaches, after 2-3 day it won’t look good, a flat red rash might appear, do you think we should be going through this, we all ready work for people but now we have to get sick and loose more people. It will start in one spot but by the end of the day it will be everywhere on your body and everyday when one of those bubbles pop that liquid oozes out! Nobody wants that anymore. We must find a cure or medication or we all go extinct '' If we revolt we could gp free so we could study and try to find a cure, none of us will be dying, we would get the right to show our kids how the world looks like, it is not their right to put us to work unless they would go to work too.

No more religion and tradition

“ We can’t take this anymore, anytime we do anything that has to do with our religion we Mget whipped and some of us even die, this can’t go on another day, We are made to pray for another culture, do you think that is acceptable?” “NO”... Our kids never got to experience their home religion because they were never allowed to do or see it unless it is the European way. Everybody gets so annoyed it feels like there is a volcano erupting in your body! This must stop. We need to fight back. They went too far and it is the writing time to earn our human rights back.”

Whip and abuse

“OUCH OOH! That is the cry we hear everyday when we do the smallest offensives like dropping your spoon or even accidentally calling somebody their original name. People get whipped many times a day, it is out of hand. Seeing your loved ones get hurt and murdered is very bad for your mental health and that is how we get stressed in these times.” “ Imagine being a kid watching your parents or best friend get whipped or die. REVOLT REVOLT I hear you, this is the enthusiasm I want, keep on going this is gonna be the protest of our lives

They are taking our land away!

“Where is our land you ask, you are right! They are destroying it as we speak, it is our property and our right to keep it. Where are the deer? They got these no brained cows to replace them. This is one of the last reasons we should revolt but if this doesn’t work we won’t give up and it won’t look pretty. I know that if we try hard we will get our land back and let us free. I think this will work. We will keep fighting back”.

I believe that if we fight hard as a team we will get what we want. We will have our human freedom and nobody will stop us. As long as we try our hardest I know we will succeed. REVOLT REVOLT!!!

-E-8 Student

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Math

Problem: A chain is 8 & 5/12 feet long. It is joined to another chain so the total length is 10 & 9/12 feet. How long is the extra piece of chain?

1. First, I need to put together my equation so I could figure out the total length of the extension chain, that is going to be the 2 fractions that are mentioned in the word problem.  To figure out the length of something I need to either put together a equation with an empty spot like this: 8 & 1/12 + _______ = 10 & 9/12 or what I am going to do, 

            10 & 9/12 - 8 & 1/12. 

1. Next I need to subtract 10 & 9/12 - 8 & 1/12.  How we do that is by subtracting the whole numbers first, a whole number is the number in front of the actual fraction which tells us how many real holes there are in the fraction.  10 - 8 = 2 wholes.
2. Now I need to subtract the actual fraction. 9/12 - 1/12 = ? I should subtract the numerator, a numerator is top of a fraction which tells you how much is in the fraction.  The equation is 9 - 1 = 8.  When you put it into the fraction it will be 8/12.  
3. I now need to put the denominator under the numerator.  A denominator goes on the bottom of the fraction and tells how much is in the whole.  You never change the denominator unless you have a LCM but that is for another time.  
4. Now we need to put the answer together.  Our whole number is 2 and the fraction is  8/12.  The total answer is 2 & 8/12 
5. This is optional but I am going to simplified it, that is when you divide the number further to get a smaller fraction.  When I simplifie it I get a total of 2 & ⅔ and that is my final answer.

The total fraction with simplifying is 2 & ⅔ without simplifying is 2 & 8/12

-E-8 Student

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1. When you subtract fractions, you only subtract the numerator (at the top) and not the denominator (at the bottom). The denominator tells you how many parts one whole is divided into. The numerator tells you how many of these parts you have, so if you take some parts away, only the numerator changes. In this case, they had a chain that’s 8 feet and 5/12 foot, aka 5 inches.
2. Since they added a length to the original length 8 5/12 and got 10 9/12, we will do opposite operation subtraction. Let's do the fraction part first. Subtract 5/12 from 9/12. Just do it like regular subtraction but don’t subtract the denominator. That would be 4/12 and this is the partial answer!
3. Now we know the fraction part, we will do the whole number part. Remember that in a mixed number there are 2 parts. Ok now let's get back. 10-8=2. We put the 2 parts together to get the final answer. We first worked out that we had 4/12 as the fractional part, and we got 2 wholes. Then just put it together, 2 whole feet and 4/12 a foot!
4. It would be 2 4/12 feet!

-E-8 Student
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  The answer to this problem is 2 4/12. I did subtracting for this question because it’s easier to me compared to adding for this question and fractions in general.

1. First thing I did was do 10 wholes-8 wholes. I know to subtract because I can also add so you just do a switch. The whole number is how many 12/12 you do. This is just like doing 10-8. So we know that it's two because it's just as simple as doing 10-8.

2. The second thing we do is do 9/12-5/12. You don’t subtract the denominator. The denominator is the one on the bottom and it shows how many go into one whole. So it's like doing 9-5 and that is 4. 

 

3. The last thing we do is add those two fractions together. So we add 2 wholes and 4/12. That is 2 4/12. This is how we got our answer. You can also do this adding, but I think it's easier subtracting.

-E-8 Student
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Cheers, and have a nice break y'all!