Days 95 & 96

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned Day 95 & 96    February 11 & 12, 2013

1.       Math

a. I learned an arithmatricks to divide by 5: the quick way to divide by 5 is to first multiply the number by 2 then divide the product by 10. Example: 44 ÷ 5, Double the ff. 44 x 2 = 88 Divide the 88 by 10 = 8.8

b. 32 ÷ 5 = 6.4 (32 x 2 = 64 ÷ 10 = 6.4)

c. 18 ÷ 5 = 3.6

d. 27 ÷ 5 = 5.4

e. 61 ÷ 5 = 12.2

f. 49 ÷ 5 = 9.8

g. 84 ÷ 5 = 16.5

 

2. Science

a. I translated an alchemists poem this is the poem before I translated it:

The philosopher, speaketh thus.

Bright glorious king of all this world, O sun,

Whose progeny’s upholder is the moon,

Both whom Priest Mercury does firmly bind,

Unles Dame Venus favour do you find,

Who for your spous Heroic mars hath ta’ne.

Without her aid what ‘ere you do’s in vain.

Jove’s grace neglect not. Saturn old and grey,

In various hews will them himself display,

From black to white, from white again to red,

Mounting on stilts he’el walk till he be dead.

And straight returning into life again

Henceforth in quiet rest he shall remain.

Lady in Greens cry oh my son most dear,

Come Antimony and assist me here.

Come noble salt, come guard and me defend,

That worms of me make not wolful end.

b. Translation:

 The alchemist has this to say:

Gold and silver are bound together with mercury

To make a good result.

In the same way that copper wants to join with iron,

Without using copper, your experiments will have poor results.

Do not forget to experiment using tin.

And lead, which will appear in all different colors.

Black, white, and red. And lead will go from all different forms as well.

Life is against death.

Antimony must help her.

The Philosophers stone,

Will let me live forever.

c. I learned that Gold, Silver, mercury, copper, iron, tin and lead, were all metals that Isaac Newton experimented with in his laboratory.

d. Isaac Newton helped turn alchemy into the new area of science: chemistry.

e. Newton made a list of sins against god: Some of the sins include: using the word (God) openly, Making a mouse trap on Sunday, punching my sister, Calling Dorothy Rose a jade, Squirting water on Sunday, and 45 more.

f. I learned that Newton did not accept the teachings of the Church of England. 

g. Newton did not believe catholic or Christian. He followed the beliefs of an old monk who stated that Jesus was divine but entirely separate from God, to be an Arian, as Newton was, he was a traitor to the established church.

3. History

a. I learned that that the Japanese  internment camps started to be like little towns, thanks to Dottie’s letter, she said that it included: Area A housing, (plus area B and C housing) a post office, a Bank, a recreation center a clinic, a canteen, and the mess hall.

b. By 1942, butter was rationed in the United States. So citizens were forced to use ole, which is a white slab that comes with a packet of orange powder, which is mixed in with the ole to make it look like butter, but according to Louise, it definitely didn’t taste as good.

c. In one of Dottie’s letters, she explained that the Adults got bored at the internment camps too, and they formed clubs and classes. Dottie’s dad was asked to teach bookkeeping which would earn him $8 a month, while in the towns a bookkeeper would make about $85 a month.

d. Young men laying pipe would earn$12 a month, and the doctors would only earn $19 a month which is so awful.

e. I learned that part of the reason of gas rationing is also about conserving rubber for tires. Japan took over all the plantations in the Dutch East Indies, where the US bought most of its rubber. So that’s why there was a big push to donate anything rubber- old tires, raincoats, garden houses, and bathing caps!

f. I learned that if a Japanese person got too close to the fence, that they would get shot, This is such an awful part of our history.

g. Louise got the opportunity to visit Dottie at the internment camp, but only from different sides of a barbed wire fence with army men surrounding them with large guns pointing at both families.

 

4. Language

a. In Spanish today I learned some food words: los sandwiches, (sandwiches, las naranjas (oranges) las papitas fritas (potato chips) pescado (fish) and more.

b. I learned how to say “Do you like bananas?” in Spanish today:  ?Te gustan los platanos?

c. Then I learned how to reply to that question by saying: Si, me gusta for yes I do and No,No me. For no, no I don’t.

d. I learned to say I like huevos. (I like eggs.) You can say: “Me gusta los huevos.”

e. I played a game with Gama today where I looked at flashcard pictures for food and said the question. “?Te gustan los cramelos?” Do you like candy. And she answered no,no me. We did this a bunch of other foods as well.

f. I did a puzzle where there were four lunchboxes for four people and they were described in Spanish. I matched each lunchbox to the correct person. Example: A Roberto le gustan los sandwiches y el pastel. No le gustan los huevos. Roberto had a sandwich, a cake, and no eggs. He had the yellow lunchbox!

g. I practiced conjugating the verb Estar:

Estar to be

Estoy I am

Estas you are

Es you are

Es he/she/it is

Esmos we are

Estois you all are

Estan you all are

Estan they are

 

5. Reading

a. In reading today, I read a story about Abraham Lincoln’s real dream that he had and Ward Hill Lamon wrote down just a few days before the assassination,. It was about the day of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, he had been killed in an assassination, this is so weird because Lincoln actually was killed in assassination

b. I learned that the term, “Foreshadowing” is an indication of something that is going to happen. In Lincoln’s dream he foreshadowed his own assassination.

c. How long before the assassination did Lincoln have this dream? About ten days.

d. Which elements of this dream indicate foreshadowing? Lincoln sees a corpse which soldiers tell him is the body of the president who was killed by an assassin.

e. Dreams are one way of foreshadowing, some other types of foreshadowing are: someone feeling a sudden chill right before hearing bad news, a dog barking for no reason, and a mother warning a child to dress warmly for school.

f. The ghost of hamlets father warns Hamlet about his uncle, is a foreshadowing event in fiction.

g. I wrote the first few sentences of a story about a boy who becomes lost in a snow storm.

Jacob was coming home from his Grandma’s house in the middle of a record breaking blizzard in Maine 2013. As soon as he stepped out of his Grandmother’s house he felt a sudden chill, he assumed it was from the cold weather, but he also pictured an image of a black speck of dust on a piece of white paper moving from side to side as if he was lost. But Jacob continued on thinking that it was only a coincidence.

6. Writing

a. In writing today I wrote a paragraph about two characters having a conversation, this is called the Dialogue of a story. So I wrote a scene from the story “My Normal life” between the main character and my character: When I entered into my house, I saw him, “Umm what are you doing here?” I asked. “I needed to talk to you… immediately” he said. We made our way to the back of the room. “So you know that farmers market by Mrs. Refsals house, right?” “ya” I said with a question. “Well the stall that sells brown eggs is run by this man named Jeremiah, who went to grade school with my mom.” Max said. I thought to myself…”And your point is?” but instead I said, “Go on.” “He is actually related to the president!” Max said quite excitedly. “Can you believe it?!” he said one more time since I delayed my answer. “No, no I can’t… who told you this?” I said because I did not believe this story one bit. “Mrs. Refsal!” he said as I watched his eyes go to disappointed. “She was just messing with me wasn’t she…?” he said in a depressed tone of voice. “ya think” I said with a smirk.

 

When I entered into my house, I saw him. “Umm what are you doing here?” I asked.

“I needed to talk to you… immediately” he said.

We made our way to the back of the room. “So you know that farmers market by Mrs. Refsals house, right?”

“ya” I said with a question.

“Well the stall that sells brown eggs is run by this man named Jeremiah, who went to grade school with my mom.” Max said.

 I thought to myself…”And your point is?” but instead I said, “Go on.”

“He is actually related to the president!” Max said quite excitedly. “Can you believe it?!” he said one more time since I delayed my answer.

 “No, no I can’t… who told you this?” I said because I did not believe this story one bit.

“Mrs. Refsal!” he said as I watched his eyes go to disappointed.

“She was just messing with me wasn’t she…?” he said in a depressed tone of voice.

“ya think” I said with a smirk.

7. Art

a. The word Surrealism comes from the French word meaning, “Super realism” I studied the art style Surrealism today.

b. I learned that Surrealists wanted to create art that included your unconscious thoughts and dreams.

c. Surrealists didn’t think much about what they were painting, they preferred to use their imaginations.

d. Some famous Surrealist painters are: Salvador Dali, Spain, 1904- 1989,

Max Ernst, Germany, 1891 – 1976,

Rene Magritte, Belgium, 1898 – 1667

Joan Miro, Spain, 1893 – 1967

Yves Tanguy, France, 1900 – 1955.

e. Some Surrealism characteristics are: the element of surprise,

Free association,

Uncensored thought,

Dreamlike subject matter,

Spontaneous techniques.

f. Max Ernst painting, Forest and Dove, is a good example of surrealism because he used the element of chance, he used the technique, grattage. The random pattern looks like a forest and the shape at the bottom like a cage, by adding a bird in the cage he gave the scene a dreamlike view.

Days 92 & 93

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned Day 92 & 93 February 6 & 7, 2013

1.       Math

a. I finished by Danika McKellar math book today and learned a lot of great math tricks that have helped me with my arithmatricks! In arithmatricks today I learned about dividing by ½:

b. 18 ÷ 1.5 = 12. I solved this problem by multiplying 18 x 2 = 36 and 1.5 x 2 = 3 and then dividing 3 ÷ 36 = 12!

c. I did this trick over and over again with other math problem. 26 ÷ 6.5 = 4

d. 27 ÷ 4.5 = 6

e. 20 ÷ 2.5 = 8

f. 37.5 ÷ 7.5 = 5

g. 28.5 ÷ 9.5 = 3

 

2. Science

a. I learned that Issac Newton kept all of his experiments; he did this because he practiced the forbidden art of alchemy.

b. Alchemy was the art of changing basic metals into precious ones like silver, or gold.

c. In Europe, all alchemists did the same thing, seeking to become masters of great wealth and influence.

d. The church viewed alchemy as a sin and wrathfully executed those who practiced it.

e. Alchemists hid other, more mysterious goals, they labored to discover a magical product, a liquid called the philosophers stone, and they envisioned the philosopher’s stone as the first matter, truly the spark of Cosmic being.

f. Isaac Newton's alchemy took its own, unique form. He used methods that he created for his own use, Newton applied his own Scientific method to alchemy, and he actually designed experiments with metals, acids, and bases.

g. Newton set out to discover the properties of metal and what happened when he mixed them with other chemicals like oil of vitriol or aqua fortis.

3. History

a. In the book I started reading today, there are two fourteen year old girls, Louise and Dottie, and Dottie has been sent to a Japanese internment camp in Washington.

b. This book started explaining that after Pearl Harbor attack, the government did not send the Japanese away immediately. At first they just gave them “curfews.” Like they couldn’t go more than five miles away from their house and they had to be back in their houses by 9 pm.

c. Some Japanese American store owners put up signs that read “I am American.” To protest and say that they should still be allowed to keep their stores.

d. When Dottie wrote a letter back to Louise, she explained that the internment camp houses were long and like horse stables that you had to share with many other Japanese families, and that the walls were open and you could hear everything said in the “houses” next to you.

e. The whole camp was guarded by barbed wire and all adults had to take “Camp jobs” for woman it was cleaning up in the mess hall and for the men, it was building new guard towers and other buildings.

f. The internment camp that Dottie was sent to was located in Washington on an old fair ground.

g. The government decided not to send Japanese Americans  in Hawaii to Internment camps because they made up more than half of the population.

4. Language

a. In Spanish today I played a game with gama where you rolled the dice and whichever icon you landed on you had to say what you are doing and then do it: Tocate es pies Touch you toes, Senelate es estamogo point to your stomach.

b. To tell somebody to do something in Spanish you use a part of the verb called the imperative. !Cierra la puerta! Shut the door! !Tocate la pierna! Touch your leg!

c. If you tell somebody to do something and the verb is reflexive, like levantarse, (to stand up) you add the pronoun “te” to the end of the word: Levantate Stand up, Sientate Sit down.  

d. If you tell somebody not to do something in Spanish, you put the pronoun, “te” before the verb. No te toques los pies. Don’t touch your toes.

e. I learned a lot of parts of the body in Spanish today: la mano: hand, la cabeza: head, la boca: mouth, el brazo: arm, el pecho: chest, el estomago: stomach, la cadera: hip, la pierna: leg, el pie: foot.

f. I learned that the verb “Tocate” means to touch, and the verb “Cierra” means to shut. Tocate el pecho. Touch your chest. Cierra los ojos. Shut your eyes.

g. other expressions are: Senalate las orajas: Point to your ears. And Abre la boca. Open your mouth.

5. Reading

a. In reading today I read an article about how colors can change your mood. Then I filled in the blanks of a chart for each color.

b. Blue. Symbol: calm and relaxation. Use: to feel cool.

c. Red. Symbol: love and passion. Use: to increase your heart rate.

d. Green: Symbol: nature/healing, Use: to decorate hospital rooms.

e. Black. Symbol: dark, evil, Use: mourning clothes.

f. Purple. Symbol: royal. Use: to increase creativity.

g. Then I chose a color of my own and decided on its symbolism and where it could be used. Color: yellow. Symbol: light/sun. Use: to brighten up a room.

6. Writing

a. Today in writing I created a character of my own. I thought about what kind of person my character is and developed its personality.  

b. Is the character human? I decided that character was going to be human. Yes.

c. Is the character male or female? I decided that my character was going to be female because I understand them better…

d. I chose two words to best describe my character: creative, and magical.

e. I chose some background details for my character: I decided that my character was going to be a duplicate of a wizard’s family, but she doesn’t know it.

f. What might my character say? Write a line of dialogue: I’m your duplicate? But how? This TOTALLY insane!

g. What might other people say about your character: You navy brat! Won’t you just go ahead and move already!

7. Music

a. I practiced my piano and guitar today. I worked on “Speak now” on my guitar and practiced strumming the bottom three strings on the chord “D.”

b. On the piano, I learned a new part to “Castle on a Cloud”, The chord pattern is “Fm” “Gsus7” “A” “CMajor” and “Bf”

c. I also practiced “Monkey and the Engineer” on the guitar and practiced fluid transitions of chords.

d. In piano I practiced using the peddle on the introduction to “Tim McGraw.”

e. I also practiced the scale with Grandpa Mike in a guitar lesson. I learned that the same note that is on fret 5 is the same as the string below.

f. In piano I practiced a song called “We are the ocean” and in it I practiced the harmonic interval chord of G7.

g. I learned that in the piano, If you are in the chord of G, the 7 chord is a D7.

 

 

               

Days 90 & 91

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned Day 90 & 91   February 4 & 5, 2013

1.       Math

a. Math Posters:

 

2. Science

a. I learned that a German man named Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invented the new branch of mathematics, “calculus.” People in many jobs use math in order to observe physical things as they under-go change. For instance, traffic managers study how far a truck will skid, while NASA engineers predict exactly when a robot will touch down on Mars. In each case researchers apply mathematical calculations to their hypotheses and work out their conclusions. Leibniz used the term “calculus” to describe this branch of mathematics.

b. Calculus and calculate come from the same Latin word calx a small stone used to keep score in games!

c. Isaac Newton’s term Fluxions also closely described the math we use to study physical changes. Flux is another word to mean it’s in motion and not its final state.

d. Leibniz’s calculus and Newton’s fluxions were the same! They shared interests like, they asked about extremes:  How long or large could something expand? How small or short could it shrink? They thought about the concept that a number could be large or small. They studied curves and how to calculate the areas beneath them.

e. Astronomers use calculus to pinpoint the location of any planet in our Solar System.

f. I thought of some other jobs that use calculus: most professions where calculus is needed is with computers, like a computer engineer.

g. Students study calculus in high school and college today!

3. History

a. In government today I finished my review: What qualifications must someone have in order to vote”? They have to be 18 years old and a citizen of the US. What do you have to do in order to vote? You have to register to vote. Do you have to pay in order to vote? No

b. When is Election Day? The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. What is an absentee ballot? A way for American citizens to vote if they are away from the country and aren’t at the poll, like men who are serving overseas.

c. What is a poll? A place to vote. What is a political party? A group of people with similar ideas about the government.

d. What is impeachment? The action of accusing the president of a high crime. How does the Impeachment process work? The House of Representatives impeaches the president; the Senate tries the president; two- thirds of Senate must vote to convict the president in order to remove that president from office.

e. What is the Electoral College? A part of the voting process.

f. President: Term Limit: 4 years  Age Qualification: 35 years Citizen Qualification: born in the US, Other: must have lived 14 consecutive years in the US.

g. Senator: Term Limit:  6 years Age Qualification: 30 years Citizen Qualification: 9 years of being a citizen other: Live in the State being represented. Representatives: Term Limit: 2 years Age Qualification: 30 years Citizen Qualification: 7 years other: Live in the State being represented. Supreme Court Justice: Term Limit: Appointed for life.

 

4. Language

a. In Spanish today I learned how to describe items in the room. La bandera ingleterra es rojo, azul, es blanco. The British flag is red, white, and blue.

b. I learned all the colors of the rainbow plus a couple more today: Red = rojo, Orange = naranja, Yellow = Amarillo, Green = verde, Blue = Azul, Purple = violeta, Pink = rosa, Brown = café, Gray = gris, and Black = negro.

c. You can use, “Hay” to mean both “There is” and “There are” hay una goma. There is one eraser. Hay cinco plumas. There are five pens.

d. To ask how many… are there? You say ?cuantos? for masculine nouns and ?cuantas? for feminine nouns. ?Cuantos libros hay? How many books are there? ?Cuantas gomas hay? How many erasers are there. The answer will always begin with hay.

e. Like adjectives, some colors have a masculine and feminine form: negro/negra, rojo/roja. Amarillo/ amarilla

f. Others are the same for both forms: café, gris, azul, verde, naranja, and rosa.

g. To make the color plural, you add an “s” to colors that end with a vowel lapices negros black pens. You add “es” to colors that end with a consonant.

5. Reading

a. I read an article about a pioneer woman who was a Doctor in Illinois and discovered the plant that caused milk sickness which was a very severe medical disease in the early nineteenth century caused by a white snakeroot plant.

b. Through word choices, authors can suggest a certain image of a person about whom they are writing. What word is most often used to describe Doctor Anna? Determined.

c. List two other words that are used to describe Anna’s character and personality? Energetic and curiosity.

d. What unstated beliefs might the author have about nineteenth –century women’s difficulties in attending medical school? Give a specific example to support your answer: The author implies that it is unfair. The Specific sentence is, “No school could limit her curiosity and determination.”

e. The Author does not specifically say why Doctor Anna suspected a food source as the cattle’s illness. How does the author imply this? The author says that, “Milk sickness became serious in the summer and then abated after the frost in the fall.” This implies that it is some sort of plant that the cattle have eaten that has caused the milk sickness.

f. The author writes that Doctor Anna did not believe the ridiculous theory that witches were causing the milk sickness. Whose opinion is that this was a ridiculous theory? The author’s.

g. Using the information in the reading selection, write a brief biographical summary of Doctor Anna’s life. Do not include any details of your own. Doctor Anna was a pioneer that traveled to Illinois in 1808. She thought it was unfair that she could not attend all the classes in medical school. But her determination and curiosity did not stop her. In 1828 she soon faced an epidemic known as milk sickness. She did not believe the ridiculous theory of witches causing the sickness. She wanted to stop all the deaths caused by milk sickness. She discovered the white snakeroot plant that was causing the milk sickness. Then she convinced farmers to in the area to get rid of the plants.

6. Writing

a. I read the article “My Normal life and then had to explain what I know about the character and why I know it: What I know about the character: The character is a kid. How I know it: the narrator says that he has parents.

b. What I know about the character: The character lives in Iowa. How I know it: The narrator reveals the information

c. What I know about the character: The Character hasn’t traveled much. How I know it: the character’s own words reveal the information

d. What I know about the character: Dad is a mechanic. How I know it: The Narrator reveals the information

e. What I know about the character: Mom is a clerk. How I know it: The narrator reveals the information.

f. What I know about the character: The Character has been to Wyoming. How I know it: The character revealed the information.

g. I wrote a paragraph about a happy story setting: The sun was running, hopelessly, from the group of clouds chasing it, although it still cast a cloak of gold on to the field. The grass and corns golden glaze made it look like a jewelry store. Then, the clouds ran away from the big blue patch of sky growing larger, and larger, making the clouds disappear into a perfect day! It was late morning, about 11:00 or there about and I was feeling very confident, for some reason. I just relaxed today; I had no worries, no cares, I just watched the sun all day until it became night, and I watched the moon.

7. Voice

a. I learned this new thing on the piano where in C key, the only 7 chord you can do is G7

b. Stephanie and I chose the song that I am going to sing for my audition, “Wouldn’t it be Loverly”

c. I practiced more harmonic intervals in piano, like the C major chord and G7.

d. I sang Castle on a Cloud and practiced on keeping my words at the same volume.

e. I learned a new song in piano using slurs, which tells you to play smoothly connected notes.

f. I tried playing the intro to Tim McGraw slower than usual today which worked better.

g. I like the song choices that I chose for my audition.

Days 88 & 89

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned Days 88 & 89   Jan. 30 & 31, 2013

1.       Math

 

2. Science

a. In Science today, I learned about bow Newton re-created the telescope.

b. After Isaac Newton discovered the spectrum of white light using his prism he attacked the problem of “chromatic aberration.”

c. Galileo applied the concept of refraction in his telescopes by using one lens to capture light from a distant object and another to refract it into an eyepiece.

d. Newton attacked the obstacle of chromatic aberration by completely redesigning the telescope. He used a tiny concave mirror to capture light and reflect it into a second mirror which reflected into the eyepiece.

e. Newton circumvented the problem of chromatic aberration by making the telescope smaller.

f. When Newton showed his telescope to the royal Society of England, they invited him to be a part of the society.

g. Then Newton wrote an article about his telescope and the Royal society posted it in the Philosophical Transactions.

3. History

a. I learned about some of the things that American “soldiers” did behind the front lines. Many men and woman slipped deep behind enemy lines to serve as spies.

b. Others worked in government offices and secret laboratories, racing against time to break Axis message codes in order to monitor military messages and troop movements.

c. Scientists, too, made huge contributions, using their skills to develop and refine new technologies such as radar and sonar. Some scientists even figured out how to contain and unleash the fury of atomic energy in the building of atomic bombs.

d. Engineers invented new weapons that helped the allies to gain a footing on enemy territory, including amphibious trucks that operated as well in water as they did on land.

e. Radar: A system for locating an object with radio signals. Sonar: A device that detects the presence and location of an object under water, like a submarine, using sonic and ultrasonic waves that reflect off the object.  Atomic Energy: Energy released by changes in the nucleus of an atom Atomic bomb: A bomb with explosive power from the release of atomic energy. Amphibious: belonging or working on both land and water. Casualties: People killed wounded, captured, or MIA in a war.

f. I learned that the biggest and fiercest battle of the war was the 6 month battle of Stalingrad fought in Russia. Hitler was determined to win this battle but Germany actually got defeated and it was a big turning point in the war.

g. I learned that the United States lost 400,000 service-men and 6,000 civilians. Great Britain had almost 500,000 dead, Germany, nearly 8 million people died, In Poland, 6 million people died, China lost more than 17 million, and Soviet Union, topping them all, had 28 million people dead. World Wide, nearly 60 million people died….

 

4. Language

a. I learned that you can use the Spanish verb “estar” to say where something is.

b. I practiced conjugating the verb estar twice again today.

c. Prepositions are words that describe where things are. Some Spanish prepositions are: Sobre which means on and Debajo de which means under.

d. A lot of prepositions are followed by “de” When de is followed by a masculine noun it changes to del. Al lado del sofa.

e. I learned that gato means cat and perro means dog in Spanish. I also learned to say things like, Donde esta el gato? No esta en la cocina. Where is the cat? It’s not in the kitchen.

f. I learned some Spanish words for furniture like, tele which means television and mesa which means table, and sillon which means armchair and more!

g. Other words are entre, which means between, cerca de, near to, enfrente de, opposite, and lejos de, far from.

5. Reading

a. I read an article about Rosie O’Neal Greenhow a Confederate spy who got captured in Washington during the Civil War.

b. I read this article and then I had to figure out the Authors purpose.

c. Sometimes an author will appear to write about a factual article, but the work either does not present all viewpoints or it uses words and phrases to bias the reader. I found four adjective or phrases that the Author uses in Golden Words, the article about Rosie Greenhow, to influence the reader’s opinion: Devious, treacherous, used her charm, and exiled.

d. In Golden Words the author says that Rosie’s old nickname was “Wild Rosie”. The author didn’t have to include this detail. Why do you think he/she did? To imply that Rosie was a risk taker, crazy, and devious, as the author describes later on.

e. Why do you think that the author chose to add the detail that it was the weight of Greenhow’s payment in gold that contributed to her death? To say that her death was a punishment for her greed and political views.

f. How does your impression of Greenhow’s imprisonment change from the beginning to the end of the article? Well, at first I felt bad for her because she was imprisoned but then I realized it was for a god reason so I thought it was a reasonable punishment.

g. In your own opinion, does the author want you to admire Greenhow for her courage, or to feel that Greenhow’s defiance led to her own death? Well since the author uses phrases like, “Killed by the weight of her own words” I think that she wants us to see that her defiance led her to her death.

6. Writing

a. I read a passage from “Song of the trees” by Mildred D. Taylor: What information did you get about the setting from this passage? That there is corn, and cotton so it should be somewhere in the country. It is dark and kind of foggy. It’s in Mississippi

b. Write some of the sensory details Taylor used in the passage: draped in a cloak of gray, sun chased the night away, wrapped in jackets of emerald and gold. Holding the night, voices whispered a song of morning greeting.

c. What mood or feeling, do you feel the details convey? Quietness, emptiness, loneliness, darkness.

d. Writers use details in their settings that match the mood of what is happening in the story: First think about details that a writer might include in a story that was humorous or light-hearted. What might the weather be like? The sun was running, hopelessly from the clouds chasing it. Then, the clouds ran away from the big blue patch of sky growing larger and larger and making the clouds disappear into a perfect day.

e. What time of day might it be? The sun was to the right of the sky so it was probably around 3:00, then I looked at my watch to see if my estimate was correct, 2:58…Oh I love to be right!

f. Now, write some sensory details that might include a scary part or a part where something bad is going to happen to a character. What might the weather be like: In my mind, the trees were closing in creating a dark tunnel around me, and the sky was a dark red like the color of blood…however, this was not the real weather. But knowing that my blood might be part of my sky in a couple of minutes, it seemed so.

g. What time of day might it be? It was night, I knew this for sure because I was tired, but I also knew that I couldn’t rest now, the “thing” was coming, and it was coming soon.

7. Voice

a. In Voice this week I sang “Castle on a cloud” and worked a little bit on sight singing.

b. I also practiced the new warm-up, EeAaAhahOhohoo.

c. We looked for a contrasting song in Stephanie’s books for my audition in March.

d. I practiced singing “I dreamed a dream” to work on switching from my head voice to my chest voice and from going from high notes to low notes.

e. We practiced singing my warm-ups using vibrato.

f. I practiced acting “Castle on a Cloud” which is what I need to do for my audition.

g. I learned a technique to scratch my nose to change into my head voice, apparently, it actually worked!

Days 86 & 87

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned              Day 86 & 87                      Jan. 28, 29, 2013 

1.       Math

a. I learned another translation from English to Math = what, how much is x or y ect. The “nickname” for a number whose value is unknown… a variable.

b. So you Can take a word problem like, “What is 3% of 30?” and you can translate the whole thing! What is y, is equals =, and of = x! So the word problem transforms into this math problem. Y = 3% x 30.

c. The answer to this question is 0.03 x 30 = 0.9!

d. 3 times what equals 12? 3 x y = 12. Answer: y = 4

e. Kelly bought 3 identical dresses. They all cost the same amount; let’s call the price of each dress d. While Kelly was shopping, she also bought a ring that cost 20$. In terms of d how much did Kelly spend? (Assume that there’s no tax.)

f. If she spent a total of $110 how much would each dress cost?

g. The total that Kelly spent in terms of d, is 3d + 20. 110 = 3d + 20. 30 = d So if the total was 110$, she spent 30$ on each dress. 30 = d

 

2. Science

a. Newton wrote a book called De analysis, (Of Analysis.)

b. In 1669 Newton became a professor of mathematics at Trinity College.

c. I learned that a ray of light follows this simple rule: The angle of incidence (Incoming light) and the angle of reflection (Outgoing light)

d. Newton made a prism to test his theory of light. Newton placed a prism in a dark room, he arranged the window shutters so that a tiny beams of light shot through it, landing on a wall 20 feet across the room.

e. Newton than examined that there sat a rectangular rainbow comprising of the seven colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.

f. Newton was convinced that white light is made of seven distinct colors.

g. He said that when a ray of white light flows through a prism, the light is broken up into the spectrum, the rainbow.

3. History

a. I had a review today in government: What does “federal” mean? The government of the USA

b. What are the three branches of government? Executive, Judicial, and Legislative

c. What is the primary duty of each branch? Executive: to carry out laws. Legislative: to write laws, and Judicial: to decide laws.

d. What is a Congressional record? A record of what the congress says daily

e. How many levels of courts does the judicial system have? Supreme Court, Court of appeals, and district court,

f. What is the nation’s highest court? Supreme Court

g. What is an idea called before it becomes a law? A bill.

 

4. Language

a. To describe someone’s physical features in Spanish, you use the verb tiene followed by el for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns. Tiene el cablello largo. Tiene la nariz grande. He’s got long hair. She’s got a big nose.

b. However, you don’t use the word la before barba. (Beard) Tiene Barba. He’s got a beard.

c. Adjectives always go after the noun in Spanish: Tiene el cabello liso. She’s got straight hair.

d. In Spanish most adjectives change their ending depending whether they are describing masculine or feminine. You add an “a” to feminine word and “o” for a masculine word. Es gorda. She’s fat. Es bajo He’s short.

e. Some adjectives don’t change: mayor old joven young grande big.

f. Sophia tiene cabello rubio largo. Sophie has long, blonde hair.

g. Lilia tiene cabello corto ondulado. Lily has short, wavy hair.

5. Reading

a. To bake this cake, you need to acquire one fresh egg. Newt, add just a dab of butter. It is absolutely critical to use exactly 237 ml of sugar. Choose a mixing gadget and mix thoroughly. Add sufficient flour; 340 ml should be enough. Gently heat 118 ml of milk to lukewarm temperature. You can substitute water if necessary. Shake 5 ml of baking powder from its canister in the mixture. Crush 118 ml of walnuts an then your done.

b. Acquire also means to get. Dab means a little bit.

c. Critical means a necessary, gadget is another word for tool.

d. Sufficient means enough, lukewarm is another word for tepid.

e. Substitute it means to replace with. Canister means container.

f. Crush means chop finely.

g. I learned to figure out another meaning or another word for some of the words in the paragraph.

6. Writing

a. I learned some of the good “ingredients” that a story has: A fiction story tells about made-up people or animals. They are the characters in the story.

b. A fiction story has a narrator, or someone who tells the story. The narrator could be a character in the story, or the narrator might not take part in the action at all.

c. A fiction story has a setting.

d. A fiction story’s action is the plot. The plot is usually a series of events that include a conflict, which needs to be resolved.

e. A fiction story uses dialogue, conversation among other characters.

f. Sensory details describe the setting or the character and make the story come alive.

g. An interesting, beginning, middle, and ending, make a story fun to read.

7. Art

a. Futurism was mostly an Italian art movement. It started in about 1909 and lasted until about 1918.

b. Futurists wanted to paint stuff that was new, like cars, trains, cities and more.

c. Some of the most famous Futurist painters are, Giocomo Balla, from Italy, 1871- 1958, Umbero Boccioni, Italy, 1882 – 1916. Carlo Carra, Italy, 1881 – 1996, Gino Deverini, Ital 1883 – 1966

d. Some of futurism’s most important characteristics are: power, movement, visual noise, violence, and energy.

e. Umberto Boccioni’s painting The Street Enters the House from 1911 definitely is a good example of Futurism because you can almost see the people rushing and moving all the time and the noise of modern life almost comes alive!

f. Futurism also borrowed techniques from Cubism such as, breaking up and reassembling objects, fragmenting, and multiple viewpoints!