Days 58 & 59

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned                                                December 3, 2012   Days 58 & 59

1.       Math

a. I learned how to convert fractions with decimals into percents. I used copycat fractions!

b. 0.72/9 = 0.008%

c. 0.4/0.02 = 0.5000%

d. ½ + 0.4 ___ 1 ½ - 0.3 = 0.75

e. 2.5% = 0.25

f. 0.4% = 0.4%

g. 0.6/ 5.4 = 1/9

2. Science

a. When an Amoeba detects its prey, it forms false feet called pseudopodia.

b. The false feet are extension of the Amoeba’s cytoplasm.

c. The Amoeba enjoys feasting on bacteria and sometimes smaller protists.

d. The Amoeba digests the prey in a special bubble called a vacuole.

e. The Amoeba moves by forming one pseudopodium, it uses this for propulsion.

f. The Amoeba is preparing for division by copying its DNA.

g. Bundles of DNA known as chromosomes travel to either sides

3. Government

a. What was “Common sense”? A: A pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote in January 1776 that listed reasons why America needed to be independent

b. What was Common Sense to Thomas Paine? Independence from Britain

c. What is the declaration of Independence? A: The colonists way of telling the British King and parliament that the colonists no longer belonged to the British. It is the words of the Continental congress put on paper by Thomas Jefferson.

d. What are the most important things the declaration of independence said? A: That all men are equal, that people had rights, and that the government had to protect those rights.

e. Some of the Declarations most famous words are: we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

f. “Common sense” paved the way for one of the most famous documents in history: The declaration of independence.

g. Fifty-six men signed the declaration of independence.

4. Language

a. Echo was a forest nymph who had been punished by the goddess Juno for talking too much. She was no longer able to use her voice, except to repeat the last words that others spoke.

b. One day, the beautiful young, Narcissus was resting in the forest after the hunt. As soon as echo cast sight of him, she fell in love. When Narcissus called his called his companions to join him. Echo--- thinking he was calling her repeated his last words, “Join me” and rushed out to meet him. But Narcissus rejected her, and Echo pined away until that was all that was left of her voice. Narcissus ,however, was also fated to suffer an unrequited love. Kneeling by a pool to refresh him, he fell in love with his own reflection. The love of course, could never be returned, and he died of a broken heart. Out of pity, Jupiter changed him into a beautiful flower called the Narcissus.

c. Echo nympha est in silva. Narcissus est venator. Echo the nymph is in the woods, Narcissus is hunting.

d. Echo Narcissum amat. Eheu! Ehue! Echo fallis in love with Narcissus, alas! Alas!

e. Narcissum clamat. Echo respondat. Narcissus calls, Echo responds.

f. Narcissus prope aquam iquat. Narcissus imaginem videt. Narcissus rests near the water. Narcissus sees his reflection

g. Narcissus fit parvus flos.

5. Reading

a. I learned about elegies in reading today.

b. The poem I read was called Pebble rings, lost memories by Robert Hartfield:

The old stone bridge across Rugen Bay,

Is one of my favorite places to play,

I toss a pebble for mom, and a pebble for dad,

And a rock for the horses and Chickens we had,

I watch as each of the stones make rings,

Like the songs that each of my memories sings,

For my wife-for my dear and precious Lenore-

My ends and my eyes throw several more.

And then, before my playing is done,

I throw the most important one,

For the memory of my son.

 

This poem made my cry.

 

c. This poem is an elegy because it expresses grief for someone lost or dead.

d. An example of a simile of this poem is, like the songs that each of my memories sings,

e. Two pairs of rhyming words in this poem are done, one, and son

f. I think an older, or middle aged man wrote this poem

g. Is the speaker happy or sad? SAD!

6. Writing

a. I learned that in a plural noun when you’re talking about more than 1, the apostrophe comes after the s. The students’ voices filled the auditorium.

b. The lawyers’ fees exceeded two million dollars.

c. The dogs’ barking kept me up all night.

d. The soldiers’ parents worried about their children.

e. The polices dogs’ food was stolen.

f. The skating judges’ decision was made.

g. The Native Americans’ fire burned out.

7. Music

a. I learned how to sight sing the scale up and down, it’s actually quite hard.

b. I sang “I dreamed a dream” from Les Miserables

c. I learned a new warm-up that goes up and down the scale singing the alphabet really fast! “Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz “

d. We did some rhythm lessons by snapping our fingers.

e. I sang the sol fej up and down 10 times in 1 minute!

f. I learned about decrescendo, where you soften your voice along the note.

g. It was a very fun music lesson.