hw # 63 part one

Jordan 603 12-18-09
Read And Response # 1





After the fight Mamma comes wondering what the noise was about. Beanetha wouldn't tell so Ruth. Mamma got mad and told them to stop talking about. Then she gets in Ruths buisness telling Ruth to feed Travis food that is hot. Ruth gets annoyed. So when Beanetha gets back they start to talk about marrige.

The next day Ruth goes to the doctor. Mamma and Beanetha are at home cleaning. Then Beanetha gets phone call from friend. The friend who likes her and ask to come with gift and she says yes. When Ruth gets back they find out that she is pregnant. Since they don't have much space they are all a little bit happy and sad .Right after Ruth gets back he gets there the gift is records and a wrap that people from his country wear.

HW# 62

Jordan 603
FDA 12-17-09'

Read And Response
A Raisin In The Sun

So far the book about a man a woman and her husband and their son.The mans sister lives with them and so does the mother.The woman Ruth wakes up tired.She starts to make breakfast.She wakes up her son Travis.He goes in the bathroom.then Ruth starts to wake her husband Walter.Ruth calls his name over and over again.He finaly wakes up and sits ther wating to get in to the bathhroom.When Travis gets out Walter gos in then he tells Ruth about money he needs to give his teacher.


But Ruth won't give him the money. He keeps complaining till she yells at him.So when his father comes out he tells him.Walter Gives him a dollar to give the teacher and for him self.Ruth gets mad.Then Walter's sister Beneatha cooms out she looks really tired.She sits at the table.Then Beneatha and Walter start arguing over a check that Mamma gets since her husband died.

hw #60

Jordan 603
FDA 12-15-09

Read and Response

Now the book is talking about Ida B's first day of school. The first day of school dosent go well. One of the problems is that the class has a pet rabbit. But the teacher won't let them pet it. Also the teacher won't call Ida B Ida B. She just calls her Ida. when Ida tried to tell her. The teacher said no.

So when home that day she was sad. While she was on her way home she told her mom everything. Her mom told her its ok the first day isn't usally fun. 3 weeks Ida B was still sad. So her mom talked to her father and Ida B was home schooled. This made Ida B happy because she dosent have to go back to school. The next day Ida B's parents were sad something was wrong with Ida B's mom. But no one would tell her.

hw # 59

Jordan 603
FDA 12-14-09
Read And Response
Ida B


So far the book is about a girl named Ida B she lives with her mom and dad. One day Ida goes out to play by the water and apple trees. When her parents go to work she goes out to play with the dog. She gets to the spot where she makes rafts. With the raft she writes notes hoping the raft will reach Canada. Since she wants them to respond she puts her address.

But one day her teacher gets the note(but she doesnt live in Canada). So she makes the class research Canada. Ida thinks it's boring.While she is with the trees she talks to them. That day every body is quiet. This makes her mad. So one tree tells her that something bad is going to happen.But the tree that told her is always lying.

hw #58 part 2

Practice A

1.Saturn 6.New England
2.South America 7.New York
3.Mount Everest 8.Golden Gate Bridge
4.Alamo 9.Eygpt
5.Oregon 10..Artic


Practice B

1.Pacific Beach & Joshua Tree
2.British Columbia & United State
3.Fiji islands & South Pacific
4.Cape Canaveral & Mars
5.East & West
6.George Washington Parkway & Arlingtoon National Cemetery


Practice C

1. United States
2. Northeast
3. Boston
4. Philadelphia
5. south
6. Washington D.C.
7. Smithsonian Institution
8. Virginia
9. Mount Vernoun
10. Okeechobee
11. Florida
12. Mexico

hw # 58

Jordan 603
FDA 12-11 -09

Homework 58 pg 47 part A

1. Dr. Camilla Marcos
2. President Ruther B. Hayes
3. Grandma Stephens
4. French
5. Mr. Samuel P. Gaines Jr
6. Miss Lydia Campbell
7. Sgt B.F. Miller
8. Richardson
9. L. Patrick Ryan
10. South Africans

Part B

1. Anita Bowen
2. Aunt Helen
3. Mr. Thomas A. Edison\
4. Gov. Ian P. Thomas Jr
5. Puerto Ricans
6. Ms. A.L. Wong

Part C

1. Thurgood Marshall
2. Mr. Willams Marshall
3. African Americans
4. Whites
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Linda Brown
7. Thurgood
8. President Lyndon B. Johnson

hw # 57

Jordan 603
FDA 12-10-09

The Future Thoughts

How do you think high school will be different from middle school ? ? ?

High school will be different because the work will be harder then it was before. It will be harder so that way we can learn more and become smarter.Also you meet new people and teachers. You may not like some of your teachers because they are hard on you.But that's so you will work harder and graduate and go to a good college.Also with friends make sure you pick the right ones.

Do you think middle school will prepare you for High school ? ? ?

I do think middle school prepares you for high school. I think it prepares you because if you start at 6Th grade at FDA some of the things you learn then.You learn again in high school.This is a good thing because you can be head of the class.Also knowing more you can help other students by tutoring them or helping them.For example I can make flash cards for nouns and other words.

What do you want to know about High school ? ? ?

1.I want to know do high school kids get special treatment because they know more teachers.
2.Do they get to eat outside the school.
3.Are they dismissed early.
4.Have any of them been arrested.
5.And do they all know the Principal (that means do they get along with him)

The Watsons go to Burmingham

1.It was so cold on Saturday,the Watsons sat together under a blanket on the couch.

2.Momma felt the cold the most because she was from Alabama.

3.Kenny and his family lived in Flint,Michigan.

4.Joetta was Kenny's little sister.

5.According to Kenny,which of the following was not true of his older brother Byron?He tried to make Momma laugh all the time.

6.The weatherman said the temperature in Atlanta,Georgia would reach the mid-seventies.

7.Dad told Kenny,Byron,Joetta they were lucky not to be the children of one of momma's old boyfriend named Hambone Henderson.

8.When she was about to laugh,Momma put her hand over her mouth because she had a big gap between her front teeth.

9.Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave Momma about Flint?Because it was so cold,babies were born with lumpy heads.

10.Momma said life in Birmingham,even though it was not perfect,was slower,friendlier,and people were more honest about the way they feel.

11.Since they couldnt contact their landlord about their cold apartment,the Watsons planned to spend

12.The Brown Bomber was the Watsons 1948 plymouth.

13.Byron and Kenny were not happy when Dad ordered them to scrap the ice off the car windows.

14.Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doing his share of the work.

15.The night before,Byron and his friend Buphead had given Kenny lessons in how to survive a blizzard.

16.At first Kenny ignored Byron's calls because he thought his brother was playing another trick on him.

17.Kenny discovered that Byron's lips were frozen onto the outside mirror.

18.Kenny's parents were shook up when they heard that Byron was crying.

19.Dad laughed at Byron's predicament because he relized that Byron had been kissing his reflection in the mirror.

20.Kenny could tell Momma was woried because she started to talk Southern style.

21.During Byron's ordeal Dad kept laughing and making jokes about the situation.

22.Pouring hot water on the mirror was not a good idea.

23.With all five of them crying and standing around a car freezing temperatures Kenny thought it was no wonder the neighbors called them the Weird Watsons.

24.Momma freed Byron from his predicament by yanking his head away from the mirror.

25.On the way to Aunt Cyndey's when Kenny paid Byron back for Punching him in the forehead and for not doing his share of the work all the Watsons except Byron cracked up.

hw # 31

The song that reminds me of a place or time is "keep it movin".This songs reminds me of the last day of school.

The Burial Ground of the Past

The African Burial Ground is a part of history and is important.The A.B.G was a place where African americans were buried.419 bodies from the burial ground were found.There were actually 10-20 thousands bodies buried.Some of the bodies probaly discintergrated.In 1794 the burial ground was closed.

Not much of the A.B.G was saved.In 1991 bones started to turn up when construction workers started building over it.The goverment didn't think there would be bones there.Turns out 40% of the bodies were children and babies.People suspect they died of a disease.

The A.B.G is important because those are some of everyone's ancestors.Also they had been beaten,hung,or burned alive.The punishment for not working.Some slave were used to build buildings.Being a slave was diffucult.

The Burial Ground was so important to alot of people.They beged and pleaded for the contruction workers not to build over the bodies.This took 18 months but they still built over it.But they left a little space for the bodies.In 2007 the place for the bodies became a memorial.They reburied the 419 bodies.Next to where the bodies are buried there is a statue.On the statue it says...

For all those who were lost
For all those who were stolen
For all those who were left behind
For all those who were not forgotten