Monday, March 30, 2009

beloved:honors blog





This is a picture of Oprah Winfrey in th movie beloved she plays the role of Sethe in the book Beloved written by Toni Morrison. Sethe is the main character of this story, they describe her as a strong and devoted woman. She is dedicated to make sure that her kids didnt go through the same tragic events that happened to her in her life as a slave. So she killed her first born daughter who might be the ghost who has been haunting the house for the last 18 years. She tries to runaway a way from her past but ends up running end to it no matter where she is.









Another important character in this book is Denver. In the movie she is played by Kimberly Elise. I think Denver also plays an important role in the book. She is youngest of Sethe's children and the most sensitive of them. She plays a powerful role in the book. They describe her as being intelligent, thoughtful , and emotional. I Think as a character she progresses to being a independent women like her mother.








What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.


2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.


3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.


4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.


5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.


6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?


7. What do others in the book say about the character?


8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?


9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?


10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?

magazine ideas

Please answer all of the following to help plan the Magazine!
Every student will contribute at least one polished, high quality piece of writing. This could be an article, interview, photo essay, or editorials, personal narratives, reflections, or more.


1. I would possibly like to write a article about my internship and thing you should learn from my mistakes and my success's. Or I would also like to be able to contribute more to my photo essay since i now have a new one. Or i would write a journal entry about 11th grade year.


2.determination and success: stories that could help you become a success junior.

3. "how to become a good intern."

Thursday, March 26, 2009

photo essay


The Eco-center is a place where kids from the ages of 4th-8th graders learn about how to be Eco-friendly, and drive hybrid when they are old enough to drive. There are several different exhibits that able them to learn in an exciting and fun way. When the kids first arrive at the Eco-center they sit down in the seats, which are actually car seat and watch an introduction about when cars first invented and things that could happen if we don’t start using alternative fuels. They are then given a worksheet where they are supposed to write down the questions from the video. There are also plenty of activities for the kids to be engaged in whether they are watching an educational video about hybrid cars or they are going through a maze building a car, the Eco-center is a great place from our next generation can set a better example of our world.

The first exhibit here is hybrid video, two boys are doing a quick exercise that teaches them why it is better to use a hybrid car then a gasoline car. How they learn they learn the difference between a hybrid car and gasoline car is. A hybrid car works by using both gasoline and electricity and is better than using a regular gasoline car because it only pollutes half the time. They are both given twelve dollars to spend on gas, The hybrid car is able to go 40 miles per hour without stopping and a gasoline car is able to go 20 miles per hour without stopping once they learned that they would stand by the magnetic board and move their cars one at a time. By the time they got to their destination which was the Eco-Center, the gasoline car ran out of money and did not have any money to buy their friends who were in the car drinks or even get back home, but the hybrid car was able to at least get him and his friends back home.

The next exhibit at the Eco-center is learning how a hybrid vehicle works. Joanna, one of the tour guides at the Eco-Center, is showing them a model of a hybrid car. The hybrid car uses both gasoline and electricity, but as a demonstration they have a mini gas station that instead of gas, hydrogen is pumped into it, and for electricity they use batteries. Once those two are pumped into the car it is able to work and is placed on the runway for the kids to see it. Once she is done showing them the car she shows them other things that are hybrid like the shuttles we use to launch into space and some laptops that could run on hybrid energy. To teach them how expensive a hybrid car is, she showed them a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger who converted his Hummer into a hybrid car, they then are asked who do they know drives a hybrid Hummer and they all say no, cause who has over a half million dollars to spend.

Joanna a tour Guide at the Eco Center is now teaching the kids about where we get our oil supply. They are taught who uses the most cars and if the amounts of cars they have match how many people they have. They learned that the U.S uses the most cars and that we should be more like Brazil and use public transportation. Joanna then teaches them some alternative things we could use to conserve energy, like solar panels, and windmills. They are asked the question where can we use solar panels and wind mills? The kids all have different answers but the correct answer is anything above the equator you can use solar panels, below the equator you wouldn't be able to use solar panels because there is no sun. Instead of solar panels what can they use instead? Wind mills! Yes kids that is correct, Joanna says.

This class kids are sitting down watching informational video about the inside of a hybrid car. There are three guys in the video two of them are represented as hydrogen and the other is oxygen and they are in a tennis court the hydrogen's and oxygen's are on opposite sides of each other. The hydrogen's have balloons on their bottoms and are told to try to go under the net. When they reach the other side of the court the balloons have fallen off. The reason why is because instead of going under the net the go around the net to reach the hydrogen's, which makes electricity for the hybrid car. Without the water and electricity it is enable to work properly because you need gas and electricity to run a hybrid car.


The exhibit I Know more about would be the hands on activity room, in hear the kids are aloud to go to different stations and learn about how the different alterative devices work. They learn how solar panels and wind turbines work. One thing that I think is cool would be the solar drawbridge. It is made out of logos and is powered by light. This is also one of the exhibits that kids enjoy also; they are amazed that the device is able to move like that. This is also the last stop for most kids once they are done with this room they head back to the auditorium, and hand the clipboards in. They head out to the bus and me and the other employees wave goodbye.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

immerision week

Even though I hate my internship I really think depending on what your internship is it could really impact your education. It could teach you things that you could really use. It teaches you things like responsibility. It taught me to be at a place at te time being asked, I had to get up early every morning to catch the trolley and bus just to get to my internship. It also teaches you that you might not be there for job you actually think your going to do cause for me even though internship is a good learning expeirience that everyone should do, mine was a waste of time because the only thing I did was clean and input things into a computer which i dont think can help me out because of how simple it was. I think a trained monkey would be able to do that and I felt I was getting treated like someone who could take on a challenge and I think the whole internship experience is supposed to be challenge and not something anyone could do.

my internship concerns

1)I am excited about getting to have a better and longer learning expeirience about my internship. I feel i will get a good feel of how a real job feels and hopefully I be able to know the do's and dont's of the work field.
2)I am concerned that I would run out of things to do and be bored there. I am also concerned that I will get tired of going and start to hate it. I am concerned that I will not be able to do the work being asked.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

honors blog:the sun also rises

Jake Barnes and Lady Brett




















Lady Brett was one of the main Characters in the book the sun also rises. This book takes place in Paris so I imagine that Lady Brett has either blond or red hair that she would where pinned up with a fancy hat she was probably 5-6 150 pounds with a lady like posture. Throughout the story she was described as a heavy drinker. I would think she would be always wearing some fancy dress and jewelry because in the time period they were in and were the story took place.I also think her attitude is kind of stuck up because throughout the story she seems to think better of herself to people. She and Jake have a little thing for each other but since he was impaired in World War 1 he is not able to have sex which is the reason why she can not express her feeling for him. She is also going through a divorce and being an independent women she goes from man to man, when she hangs out with Jake and his friends at different clubs she acts wild to get men's attention. I think the author named her Lady Brett because it sounds like royality it makes her feel higher up and I dont think the name really suits her because of the way she acts in the story. throughout the story I dont think Brett changed much she was still wondering to different men still unsure of what she wanted.





Jake Barnes



Jake was also an important character in the book I think he was a pretty average height for a man probably around 170 pounds he probably would dress in suits with his hair slicked back he is also the protagonist in the story. I think Jake is one of the few people who actually changed in the book. He fought in WWI and was injured in the groins and was not able to have sex which made complications with him and bretts relationship to grow. As the story countines to go I think he comes to a self realization that its ok that he can still love without being sexual. His current job is a jounalist in Paris.







Robert Cohn


Robert is also a writer but he is wealthy so imagine him to be a little shorter than Jake and probably in much finer clothing than Jake. He is an important part of the story but not as important than Jake and Brett. He is Jewish and often the butt of his friends jokes. He never really fit in because he was Jewish and while in school he took up boxing to get over his self confidence. Since he is Jewish he probably has thick curly hair. To get over some things he decides to take a trip to spain and wants his friends to tag along.












citatations:
http://www.enotes.com/tsar/pictures

"The Sun Also Rises: Jake and Brett Picture." MAXnotes for The Sun Also Rises. Ed. Dr. Max Fogiel. Research & Education Association. 1994. eNotes.com. 1 March 2009. .