Homework for May 19,2008

Autobiography Essay

Hi, my name is James Randall and I am 14 years old. I was born on December 9, 1993 to Sonya and James Randall. I am an only child but a have a family of five generations on my mother's side of the family. Life in Philadelphia was great when I was little. My parents always said I was smart compared to the other children in the neighborhood. That is why I attended school early starting at Triumph Baptists Christian School. I stayed there until I was in second grade and achieved Perfect Attendance, Honor Roll, etc. From third to fourth grade I went to Logan Elementary School. There I received the same awards from my previous years of school. During that summer I learned how to ride a bike at age 91/2. Of course I fell and injured my leg but that was the only time. That same summer I took my first out-of-state trip to the state of Virginia. I had a great time there with just me and my mom. We went to Water Country U.S.A., Kings Dominion and Virginia Beach. When we came back it was time for me to start a new school year again. I attended Germantown Settlement Charter School for 5th-7th. Those years were very hard for me because my mom was unemployed for a while. Everything changed soon as I went to Renaissance Charter School. My mother find the right job that fitted her lifestyle and I graduated from the 8th grade and moved on to high school. Now I am 14 in the 9th grade and go to New Media Technology Charter School. My mom works for the state of Pennsylvania and my father continues to work for SEPTA. I am very thankful for my family and all the friends around me and I am looking forward to see what life has in store for me in the future.

Lens of the Living Project:

Cesar Chavez: organized farm workers to demand higher wages, health insurance, and other benefits for migrant workers in California.

Shirley Chislom: first African-American women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; ran for the office of President of the United States in 1972.

Patty Hearst: granddaughter of newspaper mogul, William Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, and subsequently participated with the SLA in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank.

Jesse Jackson: a leader in the civil rights movement who founded PUSH(People United to Save Humanity) in 1971.

George McGovern: the senator from South Dakota who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1972.

Karen Silkwood: an employee of the Kerr-Mcgee nuclear processing plant who was killed in a car crash on the way to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to reveal evidence of unsafe and illegal practices at the nuclear plant.

Benjamin Spock: a pediatrician, author, and social reformer whose permissive philosophy in his influential book, The Common Sense of Baby Care, was blamed for a wide range of social problems in the 1970's.

George Wallace: Governor of Alabama; shot and paralyzed from the waist down while campaigning for the presidency in 1972 on an anti-bussing, law and order platform.

Andrew Young: first African-American voted into the U.S. House of Representatives from the deep South since 1898.

Facts About The 1970's:

Population: 204,879 000

People Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000

National Debt: $382 billion

Average Salary: $7,564

Food Prices:milk: 33 cents a qt.; bread: 24 cents a loaf; round steak: $1.30 a pound.

Life Expectancy: Male: 67.1, Female: 74.8

Lens of the Living Project: Social Changes/Fads of the 1970's

Mood Rings: a mood ring is a ring that contains a thermochromicelement such as a liquid crystal. The ring changes color in response to the body temperature of its wearer.



Lava Lamps: is a novelty item typically used for decoration and ambience rather than illumination. They rose to prominence in the late 1960's to early 1970's and are often associated with the hippie movement of that period.



Rubik's cube: is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974. It was originally called the "Magic Cube" but in was renamed the Rubik's Cube in 1980 by the company called Ideal Toys.

Pet Rocks: was a famous fad of the 1970's. The fad lasted only for six months in during the Christmas season of December 1975. It may have not lasted long but it made its creator a millionare.

Communication Homework: Acceptance Speech

Acceptance Speech:

I, James Randall first would like to thank the United States of America itself for nominating me as a democratic candidate for becoming the President of the United States. I would also like to thank my mother, father, wife, and supporting team for supporting me in this stage of my life thus far. If I become the next president I promise America that I will change their lives. Not just as everyday human beings but as a nation. If you America make me the next President of the United States I will lower taxpayers money so that people could afford better homes, offer jobs with a slight increase in pay so that everyone could be treated somewhat fair, and provide better education to those kids who are less fortunate to others. Now people may think the war in Iraq may never end. I just want to say that if you make me the president I can make a difference. Ending this war will bring most importantly peace between our countries and peace the families of our fighting soldiers will soon see one day. Now I would like to bring up my last issue of this day that occurs in everyday life. That issue is the gas prices across the country and the amount America is paying for barrels of oil. I think soon as the war comes to an end the prices of oil will start to become lower and lower. That problem could be the solution to gas prices being lowered within the next year. That is all I have to say on this day of April 18, 2008. But before I go and leave you all just remember “ Thinking To The Most Highest Extent, Can Make a Difference In Your Life.”

Homework from 4/4/08

1. Hinder is to impede as excuse is to ____delay___________.blamepardondelayblock2. Noun is to adjective as verb is to ___action____________.actionbeingpluraladverb3. Exit is to out as ___enter____________ is to in.doorhouseenterextra4. Drink is to ______liquid_________ as eat is to solid.gasliquidmilkfood5. Mercury is to first as Mars is to _____fourth__________.secondthirdfourthfifth6. Labyrinth is to maze as medicine is to ___doctor____________.drugdoctorpharmacysickness7. Hurricane is to meteorologist as star is to ___astronomer____________.geologistentomologistbiologistastronomerIrregular Plural NounsMost nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form. If the noun ends with an s, ch, sh, or x, an es is added to make the noun plural. Plural nouns that are not made plural in this way are irregular plural nouns.There are two or more plural nouns in each sentence. Only one of them is an irregular plural noun. Underline the irregular plural noun in each sentence and write the singular form. The first sentence has been done for you.1. Vincent helped the women choose their costumes. woman2. The hunters never noticed the two deer by the apple trees.3. Are the geese chasing the other farm animals?4. Do turtles have teeth?5. The children told their parents about the matches.6. You should place the knives and spoons to the left of the plates.7. The children stood on boxes to see the parade.8. We took pictures of the oxen as they pulled the wagons.9. Sandy knew that many mice were living in the walls of the old houses.10. Please keep your hands and feet inside the car.11. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men ate scrambled eggs.Regular and Irregular VerbsTo make the past tense or past participle form of most verbs (regular verbs) we simply add “ed” at the end.Examples using the verb “walk”:Past Tense: I walked through the maze.Past Participle: I have walked through the maze.(The past participle form is used in the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses. The above example is written in the present perfect tense.)Irregular verbs are not that simple. We sometimes need a dictionary to help us write the different forms of irregular verbs.Examples using the verb “see”:Past Tense: We saw the secret maps.Past Participle: We have seen the secret maps.Look up the word “see” in the dictionary. Notice that the different forms of the word are given. Look up “walk.” Notice that the dictionary doesn’t bother to give the different forms of regular verbs.Change the verb that comes after each sentence to its past tense form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.1. I did all my homework in study hall. do2. She _thought___________ of a better way to do it. think3. Sam ___reminded_________ us to lock the doors. remind4. They ___placed_________ their names on the list. put5. Who ___borrowed_________ my new shoes? borrow6. We never __knew__________ his real name. knowChange the verb that comes after each sentence to its past participle form and write it in the blank. You may refer to a dictionary. The first sentence has been completed for you.1. I have never driven such a wonderful car! drive2. Frank had ___ate_________ the whole pizza before we arrived. eat3. They’ve ___known_________ and trusted her for years. know4. Osgood has always ____________ others for his mistakes. blame5. The candidates have _written___________ their opinions on our site. write6. He’s __picked__________ his favorite song for the ceremony. pick

Key Dates for 1970-1974

1970:

• April 22: The first Earth Day is celebrated.





• April 30: President Nixon announces that U.S. soldiers and South Viatnamese troops have entered Cambodia.





• May 4: 4 Kent State students are killed by National Guardsmen during anti-war demonstrations.





• September 18: Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix are killed by drug overdose at age 27.

1971:

• May 1: Massive anti-war marches in Washington result in a record 13,400 arrests.

1972:

• February 21-29: President Nixon visits China, ending two decades of hostility.





• May 15: Presidential candidate George Wallace is paralyzed in an assassination attempt.





• May 22-29: Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit Moscow. The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) is signed.





• June 17: 5 men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic Headquarters into the Watergate building.




• November 7: President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew win re-election in a landslide victory over Senator George McGovern and his running mate, R. Sargent Shriver.




• December 7: Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon is launched.

1973:

• January 22: The Supreme Court's decision in the Roe vs. Wade case legalizes abortion.




• January 27: A cease-fire in Vietnam is announced.




• May 17: Senate hearings into Watergate open.


• October 6: Arab nation attack Israel to begin the Yom Kippur War. Arab oil producers later announce a ban on oil exports then double prices, triggering worldwide economic crisis.
• October 10: Vice President Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to charges of tax evasion and resigns.

1974:

• February 4: Patty Hearst is kidnapped.
• February 8: "Good Times" debutes on CBS.