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Brianna's journal Brianna's hw Brianna's Biography Summer reading list:

- The fault in our stars - Divergent



= Claim: Cheerleading is a sport = = = Reason #1: It's physical activity Reason #2: It can be competitive like any other sport. Reason #3: They have cheerleading at high schools Counterargument: Some people think cheerleading just entertains the audience.

Mrs. Layne: “ My name is Mrs. Layne. I am a 7th grade math teacher at Innovation Middle School. Every morning I wake up at 5 and leave my house at 6:30. The kids here can sometimes be really wild and not listen to me while I am teaching. When my students are behaving badly I take away behavior points and it makes their citizenship grade go down. I also give them more homework because I know they won’t want to do homework. Every morning I drink a cup of coffee so that I can deal with the kids. Lots of my students are terrible but I do have some students that do well and work hard. I just got home from teaching and today was one of the worst days ever. So let me tell you the story… I was in class and this student in my first period named Amaya asked to go to the restroom so I said yes. About ten minutes later another girl named Marla asked to go to the restroom and I assumed Amaya was back so I said yes. I went back to teaching my class about Fractions and Decimals. All of a sudden I got a phone call and I went to answer it. “ Principal: “Hey Mrs. Layne there is some girls in the bathroom making a lot of noise.” Mrs. Layne: “Oh my. Okay ill go take a look.” Principal: “Okay thank you.” Mrs. Layne: So I had my volunteer teacher watch the class while I was gone. I went into the bathroom but I couldn’t find anyone. I looked around and I found the principal. Mrs. Layne: “Hey Mr. Klein. I can’t find the girls in the bathroom.” Principal: “ Oh, they must have gone somewhere. Help me find them.” Mrs. Layne: “Okay ill go on the left side of campus and you go look on the right side of campus.” Principal: “Alright.” Mrs. Layne: So I was going into classrooms asking if they knew where they were but all of them said no. I got a call on my walky talky. Principal: “ Mrs. Cooper I found them behind Mr. Vosburgh’s room. I need you here immediately.” Mrs. Cooper: “ Alright Ill be right there.” Mrs. Layne: I got there and Marla was on the floor bleeding with a black eye. Mrs. Cooper: “ What’s going on here?” Amaya: “ She made fun of my hair so I punched her and kicked her lots of times” Principal: “ Well you guys are both suspended.” Amaya: “ Fine.” Mrs. Layne: We picked up Marla and took her to the nurse and she got her an ice pack and put it on her eye. Amaya walked back to class with me to get her stuff and she had to go home. After I got back into class a kid spilled my coffee and broke the cup. Everyone was going crazy and not listening to me. Mrs. Layne: “ HEY! GUYS GET BACK TO WORK! “ Everyone finally quieted down. Mrs. Layne“ Finish your worksheet and give it to me when you’re done.” I got another phone call and I went to answer i Principal: “ Um Mrs. Layne we have some serious news.” Mrs. Layne: “ Yes?” Principal: “ Marla died.”

Brianna L3/25/14

My name is Mrs. Cooper. I am a 7th grade math teacher at Innovation Middle School. Every morning I wake up at 5 and leave my house at 6:30. The kids here can sometimes be really wild and not listen to me while I am teaching. When my students are behaving badly I take away behavior points and it makes their citizenship grade go down. I also give them more homework because I know they won’t want to do homework. Every morning I drink a cup of coffee so that I can deal with the kids. Lots of my students are terrible but I do have some students that do well and work hard. I just got home from teaching and today was one of the worst days ever. So let me tell you the story… I was in class and this student in my first period named Amaya asked to go to the restroom so I said yes. About ten minutes later another girl named Marla asked to go to the restroom and I assumed Amaya was back so I said yes. I went back to teaching my class about Fractions and Decimals. All of a sudden I got a phone call and I went to answer it. “ Hello?” “ Hey Mrs. Cooper there are some girls in the bathroom making a lot of noise.” “Oh my. Okay ill go take a look.” “Okay thanks.” So I had my volunteer teacher watch the class while I was gone. I went into the bathroom but I couldn’t find anyone. I looked around and I found the principal. “Hey Mr. Klein. I can’t find the girls in the bathroom.” “ Oh, they must have gone somewhere. Help me find them.” “Okay ill go on the left side of campus and you go look on the right side of campus.” “Alright.” So I was going into classrooms asking if they knew where they were but all of them said no. I got a call on my walky talky. “ Mrs. Cooper I found them behind Mr. Vosburgh’s room. I need you here immediately.” “ Alright Ill be right there.” I got there and Marla was on the floor bleeding with a black eye. “ What’s going on here?” I said “ She made fun of my hair so I punched her and kicked her lots of times” Amaya said

“ Well you guys are both suspended.” Mr. Klein said “ Fine.” Amaya said We picked up Marla and took her to the nurse and she got her an ice pack and put it on her eye. Amaya walked back to class with me to get her stuff and she had to go home. After I got back into class a kid spilled my coffee and broke the cup. Everyone was going crazy and not listening to me. “ HEY! GUYS GET BACK TO WORK! “ I said Everyone finally quieted down. “ Finish your worksheet and give it to me when you’re done.” I got another phone call and I went to answer it. “ Um Mrs. Cooper we have some serious news.” “ Yes?” “ Marla died.”



The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Somewhere ages and ages hence: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">I took the one less traveled by, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.16em; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">And that has made all the difference.

“At some schools, students with head lice no longer sent home”
This article is about kids used to be sent home for head lice but they don’t get sent home anymore. The article says, “ Sure, lice are "icky," Pontius thought. But was there really a good reason to keep kids out of school?” they are thinking that head lice isn’t important enough to keep their kids out of school. The article says, “The best I can hope" for is that people realize it "isn’t worth taking a child from school," Pontius said. The article also says that people are overreacting about head lice.







2-13-14

Brianna layne 1-23-14 <span style="display: block; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Period 7 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Sodapop <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Soda is optimistic and caring. First of all, when Ponyboy was feeling down Soda went up to him and said “listen kiddo, when Darry hollers at you he don’t mean nothin’. Don’t let him bug you. He’s really proud of you ‘cause you’re so brainy.” Second of all, when Ponyboy was getting dropped off at school Soda told them “ Leave my kid brother alone, you hear?” and Ponyboy also mentioned on page 13 that soda always takes up for him. Then Soda told Ponyboy “Easy Ponyboy, they ain’t gonna hurt you no more.” <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Soda is very handsome. First of all, Ponyboy explained in the book that “ Soda’s movie-star kind of handsome, the kind that people stop on the street to watch go by.” Second of all, the gang always went with him everywhere because he attracted girls like honey draws flies. Then at the movies Cherry asked if soda had worked at the gas station and she said, “ Man, your brother is one doll.” Ponyboy also said that Soda is handsomer than anyone else he knew.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">12/17

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 1 Scene 1- The ghost of Marley talks about Scrooge. <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 1 Scene 2- Scrooge is rude to his nephew and others <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 1 Scene 3- Marley warns Scrooge of three ghosts. <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 1 Scene 4- G of C past introduces himself <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 1 Scene 5- G or C past shows Scrooge his past <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 2 Scene 1- G of C present introduces himself <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 2 Scene 2- G of C present talks to Scrooge <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 2 Scene 3- G of C present shows scrooge Mr. Cratchets household <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 2 Scene 4- G of C present shows scrooge his nephew’s household <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Act 2 Scene 5- Scrooge becomes happy and joyful

11/21

** //The Pearl// **

I think the literary analysis of //The Pearl// is “Money may seem like a very good thing at first, but horrible things can come with it later”. There is lots of evidence to prove that, but I will tell you a few. Before Kino and Juana found the pearl their life wasn’t the best, but their life became even worse once they got the pearl. Kino got attacked but he couldn’t see because it was dark, their house burnt down, Coyotito kept on getting sick, Kino got mad and started hurting Juana, Coyotito died, they were unhappy, ect.

There are lots of bad things the pearl had caused. All Kino and Juana wanted was some money, but they got lots of other things instead of money. Kino had lots of plans for their life, but because of the pearl they couldn’t do those things. They thought finding the pearl would be a great thing, but it was the total opposite of great. When they found the pearl they were so happy, but the pearl left them with no house, their child died, and their life is filled with disappointment. So, I think “money may seem like a very good thing at firs, but horrible things can come with it later” is the literature analysis for all those pieces of evidence.

11/20

What I liked about my story was that it was all my own ideas, and I didn't copy something from a movie or anything. What I would change is separate them into paragraphs, add more details, and maybe make it longer. I think it was good but there were also lots of things i could have done to make it better.





11/15

1 What is the name of the town where Kino first attempts to sell his pearl? (A) Santa Lucia **(B) La Paz** (C) Cadaques (D) Tegucigalpa

2. What is the first pearl dealer’s nervous habit? **(A) He manipulates a coin in his hands** (B) He twiddles his thumbs (C) He taps his foot (D) He chain-smokes

3. What is the best offer Kino gets for his pearl? (A) 5,000 peset (B) 1,000 pesos **(C) 1,500 pesos** (D) 20 pounds sterling

4. What reason does the dealer give for not liking Kino’s pearl? **(A) It is too large** (B) It smells funny (C) It is actually made out of beeswax (D) It is stolen

15. How does Kino decide to make money when he realizes that the local pearl dealers are lowballing him? (A) By panhandling and singing for money (B) By stockpiling all the pearls of La Paz **(C) By traveling to the capital to sell his pearl** (D) By filing a lawsuit against the dealers according to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

16. What does Juana propose to do with the pearl? (A) Have it set in a silver necklace that she can wear on formal occasions **(B) Throw it back into the sea** (C) Give it to Coyotito (D) Sell it to the highest bidder as soon as possible

10/28

“The Monkey’s Paw” Quiz 10.What happens to Herbert at work?
 * 1) What are Mr. White and his son doing at the beginning of the story?
 * 2) Discussing India
 * 3) ** Playing chess **
 * 4) Eating dinner
 * 5) Walking in the rain
 * 6) Why won’t Morris sell the paw?
 * 7) It is very valuable
 * 8) It was stolen from him
 * 9) ** He doesn’t want anyone else to have sorrow. **
 * 10) It is out of wishes.
 * 11) What does Mrs. White want as the second wish?
 * 12) She wants to go to India
 * 13) She wants more money
 * 14) ** She wants her son back **
 * 15) She wants no more wishes.
 * 16) Why doesn’t the Sergeant Major want to discuss the paw?
 * 17) ** It caused too much trouble **
 * 18) He wants it for himself
 * 19) It never existed
 * 20) He lost it
 * 21) What happened to the first man who made wishes with the paw?
 * 22) He became an outcast.
 * 23) His wishes never came true
 * 24) He became wealthy and powerful
 * 25) ** He wished for death. **
 * 26) What does the third wish do?
 * 27) It gives the family more money
 * 28) ** It takes away the result of the second wish **
 * 29) It gives them nothing
 * 30) It brings back their son.
 * 31) What is the first wish?
 * 32) To travel
 * 33) For their son to be back
 * 34) ** For two hundred pounds **
 * 35) To be an emperor
 * 36) Where had the Sergeant-Major been for twenty one years?
 * 37) Russia
 * 38) ** India **
 * 39) Ireland
 * 40) Wales
 * 41) How is Mr. White’s first wish not what he expected?
 * 42) ** He receives money because of his son’s death. **
 * 43) He receives fame instead of money.
 * 44) He doesn’t receive anything.
 * 45) He receives a small amount of money.
 * 1) ** He is caught in a machine and killed **
 * 2) He is late
 * 3) He is fired
 * 4) He receives two hundred pounds.

The Monkey’s Paw Critical Thinking Questions

** Irony means the expression of ones meaning by using language that usually specifies the opposite. ** **Mr. white wished for money but he got that but somthing bad happened also.** ** The setting of the cold, wet, night, and the warm cozy fire had set the mood by letting the readers imagine the setting as their safe and happy. ** ** When the one man had said he was badly hurt but he wasn’t in pain and was faking. ** ** When she heard her husband talk about the monkeys paw, she was surprised about what she was hearing. ** ** I think Herbert was outside the door because he was trying to get inside and the mom was trying to get to the door. **
 * 1) Define irony. How is the fulfillment of Mr. White’s first wish ironic?
 * 1) How does the setting of the cold, wet, night and the warm, cozy fire set the mood of the story?
 * 1) At what point could you predict that Herbert is killed in an accident? Use specific examples for support.
 * 1) At what point could you predict that Mrs. White would ask her husband to wish her son alive again? Use specific examples for support.
 * 1) Do you think Herbert was really outside the door, or was it just coincidence? Explain your answer.

10/17

1) I was **perplexed** when I was doing my 1,000-piece puzzle.

2) Natalie had a leg **spasm** when she was running.

3) That costume at the store was **ghastly,** it creped me out.

4) She was very **wretched** when she found out she got an f on her math test.

5) Marcy is a very fiend person, after all she is a witch.

6) The sushi was very **vile.**

7) I was **distraught** when I couldn't go to Justin bieber’s tour.

10/15

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">**Why Steroids Are Bad**

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Steroids are bad because they are very harmful and unhealthy for you and your body. Steroids can cause liver damage, cancer, permanent baldness, acne on the face, back, and chest, behavior changes, or even heart disease! Lots of permanent things can happen when taking/ using steroids.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">People that take steroids may think that it will give you strength and power but they never know what is actually inside it that is making them that big. Steroids are also bad because lots of teens and adults taking them are dying

10/11

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 20pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><range type="comment" id="464267218_4">‍Bullying</range id="464267218_4">‍

<span style="display: block; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Bullying is a terrible thing all over the world and needs to stop! Kids have been committing suicide and hurting themselves because of bullies. Kids are depressed and get bad grades when they are bullied. kids that get bullied also can lose interest in activities they used to like. Most of the time kids who get bullied feel like their life doesn’t matter because every day they get treated horribly. Kids that get bullied go home crying everyday, they don't deserve all that! A few reasons why bullies bully is because they have family issues and one of their family members lives far away or they got in trouble by his/her parents. Another reason why bullies can bully is maybe they got bullied before and they know how it feels to be bullied, so they do it to other people. Also bullies can bully is because they think its funny so they do it to make everyone think him/her is funny or cool.

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<span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bullying online has been happening alot lately and that's not a good thing. Kids who bully people online are cowards. They are cowards because they have the guts to say horrible things about and to you online but not to your face. They are only brave enough to say it to you behind they keyboard. <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[] says that Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it, that is very bad!

<span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Too many kids are either bullies or being bullied. According to <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><range type="comment" id="464267218_3">‍[|http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/index.html#bullied] bullies are most likely when they grow up to get into fights, vandalize property, and drop out of school. They are most likely to </range id="464267218_3">‍have criminal convictions and traffic citations as adults. They also will be abusive toward their romantic partners, spouses, or children as adult.

9/10

My name is Brianna Layne. I like to go swimming a lot and I enjoy doing gymnastics. I have 1 brother and two sisters. My brother is the only sibling that lives with me. One of my sisters lives in Oregon, and my other sister lives in the mountains. I have two chinchillas. My baby chinchilla is one year old and my other one is about two and a half years old. I used to be in karate. I love to going to the beach. I also like skateboarding and riding my bike.

This summer I went sailing with my friend to Catalina. It took 15 hours to get there! On our way there we saw a lot of seals and otters. It was my first time going sailing so I got seasick. Once we got to Catalina we swam to shore and collected sea glass. We saw a lot of cool fish and bat rays. It was really cool going there.