Verify - Whenever you are absent, Julianna calls your mommies and daddies to verify your absence and make sure you are actually sick and not just skipping school!

verify-just to make sure / to check

Sequence - Your personal narratives should follow a logical sequence of your story - the "before" you, the story that changed you, and the "after" version of you.

sequence-in order

Simplify - You should try to simplify your life by simply listening to your teacher sometimes!
to make things simpler not so hard

1) As of 2009, approximately how many active gang members are there in the US?
aproximitly more than a million gang members
2) What percentage of gang members are under the age of 18?
Consider - why do you think this number is so high?
because they are young and they need something else to do on the weekend
3) Out of the boys who have been in juvenille hall, what is the ratio of them that have some type of gang affiliation?
9/10 of the boys that are in juvi are gang affliated
4) When female gang members are ar rested, what are their crimes usually for?
fights with parents or theft small offenses
5) What percentage of female gang members have been sexually abused
70% of the females have been sexually abused

vocab

positive.

Ms.s  pregnancy test came out positive.! SURPRISEE
Eddie tested posotove for marijuana

illustrate.

please illustrate the following picture
i was shown an illustration of umoja

Estimate.

she had shown us a repair estimate.
the house needed to be repaired

a. Positive - optimistic, constructive, affirmative



SURPRISE MS.S


b. Illustrate - demonstrate, show, exemplify


this i s a myth busters illustration



c. Estimate - approximation, guess, calculation

language 87/116 C- 74%
math lab 85/117C-73%
algebra 99/216 F+59%


2 from language arts
2 from math lab
3-4 from algebra  

1.yes
2.yes
3.no

vocab

felix identified the hotdog as edible. so he entered the hot dog eating contest as he constructed his eating metheod he won.because of his stratigec stomach. i wasnt in the hotdog eating because i couldnt identify the point of eating 228 hotdoggs. but instead i constructed a method for a pie eating contest.

1) Identify - Recognize, spot, name


identify the snake
2) Construct - Make, build, create

the twin towers were constructed
3) Significant - Important, major, noteworthy

the 9/11 attacks had such a significant impact on american lives

AYEEEEEEEE

MY GRADE IS A 0.00000000000% BECAUSE MY BLOG IS ON ONE BUT I SHOULD HAVE 109% BECAUSE IM SO GREAT AND ITS ALL DONE

vocab

a. Identify - The biology class had identify different body systems that make up
identify something as in  look at something specifically
b. Construct - Children like to construct tall building with their building blocks.
to bulid something like the lakers staples center
c. Significant - Going to college is a significant accomplishment
significant importance very important

Garbage

1. How much trash does one American produce each year?
195 million tons
2. There are many reasons to reduce, reuse, and recycle. These reasons are:
**Saving Space
**Saving Natural Resources
**Saving Energy
**Reducing Pollution
Explain how the three R's help with each of these reasons in at least one sentence.
3. What does it mean to reduce? Explain in at least one sentence. reduce the amount of trash made
4. What does it mean to reuse? Explain in at least one sentence. recycle our own materials
5. What does it mean to recycle? Explain in at least one sentence. to make something reusable
6. List one fact about each of the following:
**Garbage
is what a landfill is soley built for instead of the garbage traveling to the ocean
**Paper
is a recycleable material that we use daily
i**Landfils
contain a lot of trash that is over flowing which needs the extra space
**Recycling
is a process that should be implemented for everything
**Energy
is being used to run the recycling plants that we use daily

vocab

the way my dad handled my punishments were not appropriate for the type of trouble that occured.A usual night at my dads house usually consist of a beating a shower and then off to bed. i hold a high amount of animosity towords my father.after all thats happened i continuley try to focus on the positives instead of the negatives.

vocab

1) What are bottom liners?
a layer under the trash to protect the earth

2) Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS (the answers are right there and obvious so you have to be able to put your answers in your own words), the problems with the following types of bottom liners:
a) Clay it breaks easily
b) Plastic typical household products break the material down
c) Composite leaks out the trash
3) What is a leachate collection system? Explain one problems with this system.
if the water cclogs up it can create a bathtub

4) What is a cover? Explain one problem with using a cover.
a cover is something that keeps the water out

5) Considering that Americans produce almost 5 pounds a day (as an individual), what do you think are some alternatives to landfills?
burning the trash or

vocab

1) Appropriate - Correct, proper, well-timed

this is not an appropriate picture for a law school
2) Consist - Contain, include

the body consist of many parts
3) Focus - Concentrate, target, devote



this car is called a ford focus

1. How much waste does one person make a day?
4.6 pounds per day

2. Of all waste created, what percentage is recycled or used as compost?
81.8 million tons is recycled and or used as compost

3. In the US, how much trash is thrown into landfills?
81.8million tons of waste

4. What is the difference between a dump and a landfill?
a dump is just a hole that trash is dumped in
a landfill is a structal area with a liner down to seperate the enviroment from the trash

5. Why is the flow of water near a landfill important?
because its to keep the hazardous waste out

6. When a landfill is built, why does there have to be so much extra land surrounding the actual landfill? What is this for?
because of the extra soil needed to bury the trash

7. Consider - considering how much trash Americans produce each year, what do you think are some potential problems that we may encounter
running out of space, pollution and other dangers

1) Appropriate (adj) - It is not appropriate to use your cell phone during class.
the clothing that she wears for school is not appropriate.
2) Focus (verb) - Students need to focus on their teacher's lesson if they want to pass their classes.
the main reason why the student was not passing the classes is because the idiot wasnt focusing in the classroom
3) Consist (verb) - A great meal consists of salmon, mashed potatoes, and asparagus.
getting good grades consist of studing hard and completing all work

1. What is Jardim Gramacho? Where is it located?
the trash dump located in rio
2. What are catadores? What has their contribution to Jardim Gramacho been?
catadores are people who take out recycleable materials
3. How many catadores live in Jardim Gramacho?
roughly 3,000
4. How has the catadores job been formalized by the government? When does it end? What effect could this have?
1,752 are officailly registered but 3,000 are working