After Twenty Years

1. Why is the stranger standing in the hardware store doorway? He's keeping an appointment made twenty years ago.	2. How did the stranger know Jimmy Wells? He didn't know Jimmy; he was there to meet him for the first time.
3. Where and when does the story take place? on a New York street around 10 p.m.	4. Who is the stranger there to see? his brother his old friend Jimmy his mother none of the above
5. Why were the two men going to meet after twenty years? to see how each of them had fared in life	6. Who was the patrolman on the beat? "Silky" Bob

7. Why do you think the author used the sentence, "His scarf pin was a large diamond, oddly set"? What does this imply? probably that it broken off some how.

8. What does the name "Silky" Bob imply about the stranger? that he was smooth

9. Explain the irony of the title "After Twenty Years." that after all that time they still remember the promise and met each other but he was sold to the authorities.

10. Why do you think Jimmy was unable to make the arrest himself? Please explain. Because they knew each other and he still thinks of him as a friend.

11. Why do you think the Chicago police wanted to have a little talk with "Silky" Bob? Support your answer with details from the story. He probably was some type of drug dealer because or a gang member because of the scarf and the diamonds

12. The stranger tells the policeman that he and Jimmy Wells were best friends, almost like brothers. What does it imply that they hadn't corresponded in years? That they had change the way they were now they think differently.

13. Do you think Jimmy Wells did the right thing? Explain why you think this. well yes because he help capture a criminal but no because it meant betrayed his friend

14. The stranger describes Jimmy Wells as "the truest, staunchest old chap in the world." In light of that, do you think he should have been surprised at the outcome of the meeting? Please explain. Yes because he said that he was trust worthy but in the end he betrayed him.

Vocabulary:

Pick 15 words from the text. Find the meaning in the dictionary and come up with one synonym (similar meaning) and antonym (the opposite). Make a table similar to the one below:

1.Beat:trike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, usually with an implement such as a club or whip.



2.Avenue: street; path
Synonyms: parkway.

3.Habitual: usual, established
Synonyms: cyclic
Antonyms: Infrequent

4.Spectators:Person who watches event
Synonyms: Beholder
Antonyms: Participant

5.Twirling:turn around circularly
Synonyms:

gyre, pirouette, whirligig.

Antonyms: straight, untwirl, untwist

6.Stalwart: strong, valiant
Synonyms: Brave
Antonyms:Cowardly

7.Intricate: Complicated, Elaborate.
Synonyms: abstruse
Antonyms: Clear

8.Thoroughfare: Channel
Synonyms: pathway

9.Swagger:Show off; walk pompously
Synonyms: brag
Antonyms:humility

10. Slight: insult,disrespect
Synonyms:brush-off
Antonyms:compliment

11.Vicinity:local area
Synonyms: district
Antonyms:faraway

12.Hardware:tools;fittings,especially made of metal
Synonyms:accouterments, appliances, fasteners, fixtures, household furnishings, housewares, implements, ironware, kitchenware, metalware, plumbing, utensils

13.Unlighted:Lack of light
Synonyms: Cimmerian, aphotic, atramentous,blackish, caliginous, clouded
Antonyms:Bright

14.Appointment: arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting
Synonyms: assignation


15.Dragged:haul something to a new place
Synonyms:draw, hale

Peter Paul Rubens, Prince of Baroque Painters

1. Where did Peter Paul Rubens grow up? Belgium	2. Which social or political events shaped Rubens' childhood most? Religious persecution
3. What was Rubens' first job away from home? Page	4. What style of painting did Rubens follow? Baroque
5. Which Renaissance artist did Rubens like best? Leonardo da Vinci	6. True or False: Most Baroque art has a calm, placid feeling behind it. True
7. Which of the following gifts to the king of Spain did Rubens repair? A carriage	8. To whom did Rubens originally leave his artwork? His sister

Writing - Choose a painting by Rubens from the three above. Write an ekphrastic poem. Don't forget about the literary elements you have learned in the previous unit. Make your poetry interesting!

Head Of Medusa

Scary snakes surrounding
A head full of hatred
No person, but a evil monster
Killed by her own desire
With some eyes that say
I'll hunt you
Lays a woman with no body(person)
But a bunch of snakes to get revenge.

Managing Your Credit

1. Which of the following questions should you ask before making a purchase on credit? (Choose all that apply) Do I have the money to make payments? Is this item something I need or something I want? Will my parents pay back the loan if I don't?	2. Which of the following offer credit cards? (Choose all that apply) Banks Retail stores
3. If you find you must make a larger purchase using a credit card, what is the "rule of thumb" for paying off the debt? Pay off the debt within six months	4. To what percentage of your take-home income should your debt payments be limited? Whatever is left over after all other payments are made.
5. Which types of credit are referred to as "revolving credit"? (Choose all that apply) Installment loans Department store credit cards Lines of credit	6. How can you protect yourself from credit card fraud? (choose all that apply) Keep track of cards by making a list of important information about the cards Keep them in your wallet but never use them
7. What is APR? Annual Percentage Rate	8. It is a good idea to pay off your credit cards each month in full. True

Writing:

Why is it important to have good credit in the world today? What will it help you to do? How will you plan to obtain credit and maintain a good credit history?

In the world we are living right now it is very important to have a good credit. Having a good credit can help. when you are buying a house and you are not planning on buying it at once then they won't give you the house because they think you can't pay for it. you can get your credit high by buy lot of stuff with you credit card and paying on time also depends on your job.

Vocabulary:

Fraud: wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.(My lawyer was a fraud.)

Unforeseen: unpredicted, unexpected, unanticipated, unplanned, not bargained for, surprising. antonym expected.(that was an unforeseen ending for that movie.)

Direct: extending or moving from one place to another by the shortest way without changing direction or stopping.(I go direct home after school.)

Payment: The action or process of paying someone or something, or of being paid.(Boss when am i getting my payment.)

Unsecured:(of a loan) made without an asset given as security.
• (of a creditor) having made such a loan.
2 not made secure or safe.(I am unsecured about going on that trip tomorrow.)

Tremendous:very great in amount, scale, or intensity.(that was a tremendous game you miss.)

Enable:give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.( I am enable to play baseball today please go with out me )

Creditworthiness:(of a person or company) considered suitable to receive credit, esp. because of being reliable in paying money back in the past.

What is a Headache?

1.Headaches occur because the brain feels pain.
False

2.Which of the following would be classified as a primary headache?
Tension headaches

3.Which of the following symptoms may accompany a migraine?
All of the above

4.Which type of headache affects mostly men?
Cluster headaches

5. Which type of headaches can be a sign of a serious medical condition?
Secondary

6.Which of the following is not a cause of tension headaches?
Illness

7.Which type of headache may be an inherited condition?
Migraine headaches

8.A secondary headache occurs on its own and has no underlying cause.
False

Writing: Research over-the-counter pain relievers. How do they work? What are the side effects of these medications? Which of these pain relievers do you think is best? Why? (BE SURE TO PICK 2-3 AND DON'T FORGET TO CITE YOUR SOURCES)
An analgesic (also known as a painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems; they include paracetamol (acetaminophen), the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the salicylates, narcotic drugs such as morphine, synthetic drugs with narcotic properties such as tramadol, and various others.

Vocabulary (definitions & Sentences):

Relieve:cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.(I feel relieve now that I am working.)

Culprit: person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.(you are the culprit of that person's death0

Disruptive:causing or tending to cause disruption.(Marco is the most disruptive person I have met)

Vomit:eject matter from the stomach through the mouth.( I am sick in my belly i think am gonna vomit.)

Ibuprofen:a synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug. (I used ibuprofen when I felt out of my bike yesterday.)

Forehead:the part of the face above the eyebrows. (with all that hair I can see your forehead.)

Ailment:an illness, typically a minor one.

Aspirin:a synthetic compound used medicinally to relieve mild or chronic pain and to reduce fever and inflammation.( I have to take a aspirin to calm down because my head is killing me.)

Produce:make or manufacture from components or raw materials.(Dominican Republic produces a big amount of money on sugar cane.)

Specialize:concentrate on and become expert in a particular subject or skill.( I specialize in reading and writing)

Nauseous:affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.(today I am feeling nauseous)

Swallowing:cause or allow (something, esp. food or drink) to pass down the throat.(I saw my cat swallowing something strange)

Sufferer:experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant). ( I Suffer when i see someone in my family crying.)

Painful:(of part of the body) affected with pain.( It was painful when i got on a car accident.)

Rachel Carson, Founder of the Environmental Movement

1.Rachel Carson's book warned people about:
The effects of dangerous chemical pesticides
2.What is the name of Rachel Carson's book?
Silent Spring
3.Rachel's book was written in a hurry and contained incorrect statements.
False
4.Rachel Carson's book made no difference; DDT is still being widely used.
False
5. Chemical companies attacked Rachel's book and said she was a troublemaker.
True
6. Rachel Carson was recognized for her contribution to the Earth by:
Being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
7.What does the word "posthumously" mean in paragraph 8?
With great ceremony and honor
8.Rachel's book showed that all living things are:
Connected
9.You can infer that:
Rachel Carson wrote her book to help animals, people, and the Earth.
10.Rachel Carson lived a long life and became very rich and famous.
False

Writing:

Is there something you are concerned about that is going on in the world? What would you tell people about this subject? Why do you want to tell them this?

One big concerned that now a days we have is global warming, people are going nut about global warming thinking that we are going to die because the sun is going to burn our skin off. I think that it is a really big problem and that we can help by doing many different activities to fix it like trying to use the car less, saving energy, and trying to burn whatever in some special build place. eventhough what we are doing it is hurting the earth we should help but not be scare. The sun is going to go nova and we will die but who knows when.

Vocabulary (definitions and sentences):

Publication: the preparation and issuing of a book, journal, piece of music, or other work for public sale.(Have you seen the publication date on that book?)

Springtime: the season of spring or the early part or first stage of something.( I am gonna have fun this Springtime.)

Planet:a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.(we live in a beautiful planet.)

Died: When a person, animal, or plant stop living. (My great grandmother died when I was 10.)

Cancer: The disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
(My uncle had cancer.)

Harmful: causing or likely to cause harm. (Almost everything in life is harmful.)

Born:existing as the result of birth. (I was born in Dominican Republic.)

Committee: a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group. (I am in the school presidential committee.)

Fairs: accordance with the rules or standards; legitimate.

Troublemaker: a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, esp. one who does so habitually as a matter of malice. (Life is not fair for some people.)

Claim: to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due. (I don't claim to be smart but i have good grades.)

Banned: to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict. (My most precious TV show was banned last year.)

Sprayed: water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air. (I sprayed water to my plants almost a year ago so they are probably dead already.)

Preserve: to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
(Omar preserves his glasses clean.)

Rallies: to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew. (The general rallied his scattered army.)

Natural:existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial). ( Joseph only uses natural herbs to heal his wounds.)

Chemical: a substance produced by or used in a chemical process. (chemical are use all over the world.

Poem of thoughts

Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci

Da Vinvi's painting is amazing because it gives you some type of optical illusion like the background and also the smile that that painting has. That painting has a mystery to it that smile that if you look really in and focus your attention you see that is not really a smile but a weard feeling that you can't understand.

Poet: John Stone

1

It is not what she did
at 10 o'clock
last evening

accounts for the smile

It is
that she plans
to do it again

tonight.

2

Only the mouth
all those years
ever

letting on.

3

It's not the mouth
exactly

it's not the eyes
exactly either

it's not even
exactly a smile

But, whatever,
I second the motion.

This poem explaining the painting's smile becasuse is not exact and it doesn't explain what is she laughting about is just there. the artist of the poem agreed with the feeling that she has that is not what she did but probably what she is going to do. my personal opinion is that both the painting and the poem are expressing their feelings.

NYSLAT PRACTICE # 4 (made up story)

TASK #4

1.Describe what you see in each picture.
in the picture to the lefts i see a group of people in what looks like to be a chemistry lab and in the picture to the right it looks like an artist playing the piano and singing.

2.What skills or talents are these people enjoying? How are they sharing their talents with others? In the picture in the left the skills that those people seem to have it is to mix chemical because they are all in a chemistry lab and they seem to be sharing theirs skills to each other. and the picture in the right the skill that he is showing is singing and he seems to share his skill by singing to others.

What is something you would like to get better at? How could you develop your skills?
I would like to get better at running because I don't have enough stamina and I think I can get better at it by going to the gym and running in the machines.

Write an essay about how you can get better at something you like to do and how you might share your talent with others. Give examples of people who might teach you how to develop new skills. Use your ideas from the pre-Writing questions to add details to your writing.

There is this thing I have always being bad at, since I was a kid I always wanted to be really fast running but I would never advance and get better at it so now am planing to get better at it and I think that i can share this with many people. There aren't many people that come to my head when I try to think of who can help me to accomplish my dream.

First, If I become really fast then I think I can share my skills with many people by entering to races and if am good enough I might even go to the Olympics if that happens I would do my best to get known by everyone and to shown how good i am when it comes to it but that will only happen if i become better at running.

Second, know that I think better about what type of person would help me to accomplish my dream I think that a health professor or a physician would help me by telling me what to do and how to train, what and what is good for my health or telling me what exercise will work better on stamina.

In conclusion skills are really very important, everyone has something that they want to get better at because there is always that person that is smarter or sing and dance better than you getting better is something you can do but only if you work hard and find help.Did you know that many people in the unites states never accomplish their goals because they don't put enough effort in to it.

OUTLINE FOR NYSESLAT #2

I.Introduction

a.Trust is a essential part of living together.
b.Trust acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence.
c. trust is a really important part in life trust helps you in many different ways. Trust helps you accomplish goals and it also helps in you every day life.

II.Trust helps accomplish goals

a. accepting someone helping you.
b.trusting in your abilities.
c.choosing well who to trust.

III.Trust helps in every day life.

a.letting people get close to you.
b.trusting someone in what their doing.
c.family matters

IV. Conclusion

a.trust is a very needed and important part in society
b.letting people get close to you and trusting someones help, it is a good way of accomplishing what you desire and helps in every day life.
c.many people that are depress and in trouble with themselves is because they don't have some that they trust to express their feeling and help them.

NYSESLAT PRACTICE #1

TASK: 1 Write an essay about the importance of having good habits. Give examples of how you and the people you know practice good habits to stay healthy and to achieve goals. Use your ideas from the Pre-Writing questions to add details to your writing.

Good habits are everything, habits are very important in life. there are many people in the world that are healthy and achieve their goals because of it.Habits are regular tendencies or practices that a person has. Habits such as exercising and eating healthy can help you in your every day life.

Exercising helps you in many different ways, exercising doesn't only help you to be healthy. If you exercise in different parts of you body the changes are surely to be different like by doing pull ups you work on your upper body and by doing squats it works on your lower body. By exercising you keep you self energetic and healthy and by doing so you can be eligible for different types of jobs.

Eating healthy is another good habit that can help you keep your figure and be energetic. Eating food with lots of calcium, protein,vitamins and fiber can help you loose weight and keep healthy not only on body but also in might.There are proves that some type of food might help your brain to work better and so it might also help your every day activities by giving you more energy to do stuff like sports or exercises or just to help you concentrate on your work.

Good habits are one of the most important thing in life because they help you in many ways. Good habits such as taking a time to exercise and eating fruits vegetable and many types of healthy food can help you. Did you know that 7 out of 10 Americans are obese or over weight?

Example !!!Letter!!!!

111 cookie-monster street

Ironheart, NY 11498

April, 2, 2009

Dark apple
New York City High school
Blacksherry, Ny 11843

Dear Principal

I am writing to inform you of my concerns about the school's standards and Homeworks that are in New York City High School. As a parent, I understand how good your skill standards are and I appreciate what you have done for my child's education.

The education in your school is really advance and well prepare but, am afraid that the kids are stressing out and can't handle this situation. Homework as big as 8,9 pages every days is getting to them and am not saying it because of my son.

New York City High is stressing the kids out with that many activities for the kids, even though there all smart kids it is hard for them too keep track of all the home works and activities at the same time.

I know that you want to keep does standards at their top but, is not healthy for the kids to keep going like know. I think that what you could do is to create some after school programs for the kids so that they don't have to over do with the homework and instead they learn from a teacher.

I am looking forward to your answer. I want for the kids to be less stress so am planing to create a proggram with other parents that feel the same way as me.

Sincerely,

Yovanny Hernandez

Person In My Family

I admired my Uncle, Roberto Rodriguez for his big effort to accomplish his dreams, without any other desires. Roberto was born in June, 7, 1960 Dominican Republic. He grew up in a small house in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic's Capital) with his mother. He had to walk half and hour to go to School but he was attracted by languages like English and french. At the age of 21 he graduated in Dominican Republic in a university call "Universidad Madre y Maestra Ucamaima".

Shortly after he graduate he decided to go take a look at the Unite states, so he went to live with his Dad in Manhattan. Being with his Dad and all, he decide to find a diploma equivalent. working hard in a part time job and focus on his studies he got an apartment of his one and married Iris Santana at the age 21 and with Her, he had two daughters. They were together for a few year and then they a divorce and way separate ways. Finally after studying and learning French plus perfecting his English and Spanish. He moved to Florida and became a home tutor. he was living a good live if you can say so, but soon after he turn 38 he developed cancer in his kidneys, even though he was sick that didn't stop him he got married again with Vivian Ureña. He tought student from his own house and like that he lived peacefully trying new types of treatments and chemotherapy until he died in December 10, 2007.

I admire Roberto beause of this reasons, He was a strong and kind person plus he was really nice and gentle he made people laugh and while he was around every body was happy.

Abraham Lincoln _ The Gettysburg Address

According to the yellow area in the page the Gettysburg Address what Abraham Lincon wanted was a country that wasn't divide that is way he try either to own slaves or not to own them and because of that Lincon that, war started. I the document also says that he said that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/lincoln/index.shtml