Irony

In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Roald Dahl uses irony to make the story memorable.For example, Mary told the grocer, "Patrick's decided he's tired and doesn't want to eat out tonight" when she went to buy vegetables (p. 321).In this situation, Mary is pretending like her husband is alive, even though she knows he is dead, which makes this verbal irony.This encourages the readers to keep reading to discover if she will get caught. In addition, one of the detectives said, "Probably right under our very noses," as he was eating the leg of lamb (p. 324). This shows that It's dramatic irony because we know that the meat that the police officers are eating was the actual murder weapon.This also shows that this is memorable to the readers because they know she killed her husband but men investigating the murder do not. In conclusion, stories with irony are interesting because they keep the reader reading.

Ambiguity Paragrah

In "Notes from a Bottle," James Stevenson's use of ambiguity engages the reader. For example, “The children as usual are riding their bikes up and down the hall,” all the adults were bundling up for the storm and carrying drinks. This shows that this leads the reader to find out why the children were playing while the water was rising, because it seems illogical.
This also shows that the parents reasons for allowing their children to play is ambiguous because they are playing instead of worrying or saving themselves. In addition, "There has been constant speculation on the cause of the flood," when he said they should have been informed. This shows that this leads the reader to want to figure out what is causing the water to rise. This also shows that this show that the cause of the flood is ambiguous to the people in the story because they only have ideas about the cause, but no one really knows. In conclusion, the usage of ambiguity encourages readers to keep on reading the story to find out what really happens because the author had made the story very suspenseful.

JCCS Academic Language Assessment Week 15

Cell phones are not safe to use while driving.
For example, it can cause a lot of accidents on the road and can potentially harm others either walking or driving.
This shows that people shouldent use the phones while driving because it is unsafe to the driver and others around.
This also shows that texting shouldent be done either while driving because it takes your vision off the road.
In addition, people should get the blue tooth device so you can prevent ferther accidents with other drivers on the road.
This shows that the more people that use the head devices, the less accidents happen and people getting hurt or even killed by phone related crashes will decline.
This also shows that people should wait to use the phone while driving because a simple text should not take the life of someone that shouldnt have died.
In conclusion, people should either get the head devices so that will prevent crashes, or do not use the phone at all.

Should vaccinations be required for all children? Yes all children should be vaccinated. One reason is that some kids might be POSITIVE for an illness but not show symptoms and that kid will get others sick. Another reason is that an ESTIMATED ammount of children get sick because they have not gotten their vaccines. One last reason is that people need to ILLUSTRATE the signafigence of getting thier young kids vaccinated before they get infected. In conclusion, all children should get vaccinated.

Choices - Week 3 Blog Post

Reasons to wear safety gear during extreme sports. One reason is that you can get very hurt sometime if you are not wearing the proper equipment to keep you safe. You can end up in the hospital and you may even become paralyzed from certain injures you may endure. If you are street riding and you fall on a businesses property your parents might want to sue them for the injuries you got and that is not good for the business. So overall you should always wear safety gear doing extreme and dangerous sports. Thank you.  

JCCS Academic Language Written Assessment Week 2

Should you go to jail for harassing someone via text message or on a social networking site? No you should not go to jail for harassing someone via text message  or on a social networking site. One reason is because there are ways to avoid TEXTS from certain people that may have gave that someone a problem before. Another reason is the AFFECT of a threat over text or a website is less then it would be if the people were face to face because they might not be able to MAINTAIN their self control and something bad might happen. One last reason is because the people that threaten others over text and or over a website should just get a fine not jail time. In conclusion, people should not get jail time for threatening someone over text or a social networking site.

Noun project

Changes Blog Post

At the begining of my I was a annoyed by all the people on this campus, now I am even more annoyed by the people on this campus. For example i have little tolerance to the people here because they act like little kids. This shows that i have growen up faster then most of the people here. This also shows that I can handle situations like an adult but the people here cannot. In addition, I have learned to be the bigger person in some situation because it gets me away from all the stupid drama. This shows that I dont like to do stupid immuture things. This also shows that I am not an immuture kid. By senior year i hope to finish school.

Practice Paragraph

Fast food industry's should not be allowed to target kids with unhealthy meal choices. One reason is because U.S has the leading record of overweight kids as of this era. Another reason is that the television stations  advertise more fast food then actual food that is good for you. One more reason is that the toys at the fast food restaurants are attracting young kids to eat the food and most of them develop diabetes or become overweight. Therefore fast food indrystrys should not be allowed to target kids with unhealthy meal choices.

Blog post

One policy that I wish I could change is the two hour policy. Currently this policy states that if you have two D's or one F then you have to study for two hours a day. One reason why it should be changed is that it interferes with the students personal life. Also it is harder for them to get off campus during the week to relieve stress that they might have. If this policy was changed, I would be a little bit more complying on being here. It will make my stay here at SPA just a tiny bit easier to handle, and not as stressful as it may be for some people here like me.

Practice paragraph.

Sweatshops are in violation of people's human rights. One reason is that they are not getting paid the general ammount they should be. Another reason is that it interfears with their work skills if the owners are beating the employers. One last reason is because if their is not the proper safty exits the employers are at criticle risks of getting hurt or even killed. In conclusion swaetshops are violating peopl's human rights and they should not be in buisness.

Blog Post

One word that describes me in my academics is Improvement. One reason why I choose the word improvement is that in the begining of the school year I was really slacking on doing my school work. I had gotten behind on my school work and started to get bad grades. Recently i have been doing all of my homework on time and as well as my classwork. Over the last couple of weeks my teachers and I have noticed an increase in my grades. Overall I have been working hard on improving my grades for this school year.

Practice Paragraph

Cell phones should be allowed in schools. One reason is that the students might feel a little safer if the phones are able to be placed on the tables instead of in a box on the teachers desk. Another reason is that there might be some app's the students can download to help with their schoolwork. Additionally, phones should be allowed because their might be an emergency at home or somewhere else and the student had to have been contacted it will be easier to get a hold of them if phones were allowed. In conclusion, cell phones should be allowed in school because of the things I have listed.

Practice Paragraph 5-3-12

AMERICAN students are falling behind academically compared to students in other countries. One reason is that the AMERICAN school system is a lot more sophisticated and complex then other countries so its harder for them to stay on top of their work. Another reason is because theres a lot more kids in AMERICA that go to school then some other countries so there is more destractions here. There is a bigger crime rate in AMERICA so there is more truent students in AMERICA which bring the rate of falling behind way up. In conclusion AMERICAN students are falling behind more in school then other countries.

Irony Blog Post

It was July of 2011 and it was Fabian and Damien's birthday month. They decided to get each other a birthday present. Damien Really liked bikes and Fabian really liked music. Each of them only have a little bit of money to get the presents. They both are stumped on how they were going to get the things they wanted to get each other. Damien thought that he could sell his bike to get Fabian some really good headphones for his I-pod. Little did he know that Fabian sold his I-pod to get Damien some handlebars for his bike. When their birthdays came along they had no idea that they both had sold the most important things they have.When Damien opened his present he was surprised and sad to see that he got something for the bike he does not have anymore. When Fabian opened his present he was not ready to see headphones sitting in the box. In the end they told each other how they got the money to get the presents. They realized that they didn't need to give each other presents to show how much of a good cousin they are to each other. True Story Ms. Priester.

Practice Paragraph

Should a student have to pass a high school exit exam in order to earn a high school diploma? Yes they should pass a high school exit exam because if they dont pass it they shouldent graduate because they have not learned what they needed. Another reason is that if they have been tought what they needed to know then they should have no problem passing the exit exam. If thew did not learn what the should have it could set them up for failure for the real world and they might end up in a bad place. In conclusion students should have to take an exit exam to obtain their high school deploma.

Paragraph Quiz 25

Adults should not have the right to carry a concealed handgun? One reason is that they might commite crimes in the area and make the town more unsafe. If adults have the weapons concealed, they might use them to mess around with people and that is not the right thing to do. If the parents have them conceled, if children happen to see them they might get scared by it. Therefore parents should not be able to have conceled weapons.

Practice Paragraph

Parents of teen vandals should not be held responsible for their child's damage? One reason is because they are there own selves and should be able to handle things on their own. Most people that vandalize are usually in the older crowed and they should know their consequences for their actions. If the child does the crime they should get punished because they were the one that did the damage not their parents. In conclusion the one responsible should be the one that did the crime not any one else in that matter.

Spring Break!

During spring break my mood was excited. For example i was excited to be away from SPA for a whole week! This shows that my mind was not focused on this group home. This also shows me how much has not changed on the outside of SPA. In addition i had a great time with my family and friends. This shows that even i am still in a group home I can still see my parents and friends, and they still care for me. This also shows who are my true friends, the people that don't talk crap and that still hang out with me are real friends. Looking back i feel sad because I miss being with my family and friends and being a normal kid outside of this group home.

Vocab test 29

Parents should not face jail time. One reason they should not get punnished is because they might have an important docter's appointment to go to. Another reason is if the child still does not do their school work after confrences why should they keep wasting their time on them. One last example is the parents might lose money if they have to miss out on work to go to the students confrence. Inconclusion parents should not face jail time for missing the childs school confrences.

Poetry Project

Video to my poem.

Practice paragraph.

Felons should be able to vote. One reason why they should be able to vote is because they are still apart of this COMPLEX country and they have a right to vote on something that effects the country. One thing that is RELEVANT to this is that even tho felons committed crimes they are still human beings and they still should have a say in something. The main SOURCE of the people that think felons should not vote is because  sense they did wrong in the past they think felons just want to corrupt the country. After all evidence felons should be able to vote on something that is involved with this country because they are involved in it also.

Poetry paragraph.

It was the middle of eighth grade when I was first introduced to poetry. We had a poetry segment at Roosevelt Middle School. I thought it was pretty cool but it was not the thing for me. We studied the aspects of how to write a poem and we had a chance to write some of our own. We had to do some exercises to help us with coming up with topics to write about. We were suppose to do a portfolio of all the different poems we did but we got too caught up in the work we did not have time to do one. We had to pick one poem from Shel Silverstein and remember the whole thing and we had to re-read the poem we picked in front of the whole class. Overall it was a pretty cool segment in my eighth grade class and I am glad I learn some poetry,

New Semester Paragraph.

My goal for the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year is to get better grades and too work harder.I selected this goal because my grades have been slipping lately and i know i can do better than what i am getting at this moment. Every one around me tells me I can do a lot better if I put my full focus on school, and now is the time for me to achieve that. I will achieve this goal by taking the time to fully do my homework that is given to me and to really put fourth a lot of effort this year to rise to the top. I have confidence in myself so I know that I will be able to achieve these goals as long as i put the time in to actually completing my work.

Portfolio.

Plot Reading Assessment Project
http://damienrspa2015.blogspot.com/2011/10/plot-assessment-project-9.html
Character Reading Assessment Project
Did not do
Narrator Reading Assessment Project
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1xqApvr_hAYEtIV_hPsfQY3EQp44vnZyBD1Trf688Lb4
Symbolism Reading Assessment Project
Did not do
Narrative Essay
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1WkQQEds5MskJ-FKrO6cV3xv0j8LyzcRktn3-zzdKdzU
Persuasive Essay
Did not do

Narrator assessment project.

Damien went to the Jammer dinner. Damien got on a bus. Damien drove to San Diego. Damien Got off of the bus. Damien went into the hall of champions. Damien sat down at one of the tables with Hunter, Waldo, Robert, Andrew, Jamal and one other person. Damien got out of his chair and walked around and looked at all the different things that were there to look at and Damien was with waldo. After that Damien got two Charger girls autographs on a poster. Damien went back to the table with Waldo and sat down and listened to Alicia Jammer speak before Damien eat. Damien got up to get his food and a soda. He went back and sat down at the table, He ate. He saw a ninja demonstration after he ate. After that was done he got back in the bus and went back to San Pasqual Academy.

Academic vocab.

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Persuasive Essay: Opinion Statement Brainstorm

Kids should be able to go on pass with their parents after school.
There should be a equal amount of care for the children by the staff.
There should be block schedules.
There should be more class activites during school like feild trips.
There should be healthier food on campus.



Which of these opinion statements should I select for my essay? Why?

Do the benefits of importing Chinese goods outweigh the consequences?

Do the benefits of importing Chinese goods outweigh the consequences? Yes it is a very good idea because the IMPORTS are much cheaper to get from China then to actually make the product here in the U.S. If we continue sending EXPORTS to China it will help them with the things they need to sell, in return China helps us by sending us imports. These FUNCTIONS help the economy rise and become more wealthy and to also help are surrounding country's with there economy. So therefore the benefits of importing Chinese goods do outweigh the consequences.