What are You Figuring Now? chapter 4

In 1771 Benjamin was 40 years old. He was still living in his mothers cabin. Benjamin heard shouts and hammering and roaring water. So he went there and met the Ellicott brothers who were building a wheat mill for the community. He heard news about King George who was sending soldiers to the 13 colonies from England. The King was ruling the colonies and the Americans think he isnt ruling the colonies wisely, and they were tired of it and started complaining. Later on More British soldiers came and a revolutionary war was considered between the Americans and British in 1775. They didn't want a King across the sea to rule them anymore. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Indipendance to tell the whole world that King George had not treated them fairly. Now they are now free and independent United States. Andew Ellicott's song had tought Benjamin how to survey. George lent his survey stuff to Benjamin to understand astronamy. Benjamin learned how to predict on eclipse. The most important part was when the sun and moon would rise and what the weather would be. For practice he predicted an eclipse on the sun. After many nights of figuring with his compass and the ruler and the moon, he had made a copy of his drawings, measurments, and figures to George Ellicott.

Thank You

Jamie,
Thank you for completing your class work, I am happy to see you on task and completely caught up!

- Miss S.

"What are You Figuring Now?" continued

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark) He made up complicated math puzzles using plants, numbers and animals.

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark) He was 20 years old.

3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark) The golden watch.

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home? (2 Marks) He was going to take it apart and draw the pieces.

5. How many years after Benjamin borrowed the gold watch did it take for him to make all the pieces and put them back together again? (1 Mark) It took him 2 years. Yes all the pieces were back together.

Wed April 28 2010

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it? (1 Mark) He was going to school.

2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully. (3 Marks) He did his chores, early. Then he put on his new white shirt and other school clothes. When he was ready his mom gave him a kiss. Grandma Molly gave him her best quill pen, a penknife to sharpen with, and a kiss.

3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day? (1 Marks). There was 10 students.

4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned? (2 Marks)'
He learned everything he could from his school master.

Gloria Estefan The End

1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26. When she was sent home from the hospital, she said" that she couldn't do anything and couldn't walk alone." She was in a wheelchair.



2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort? It was a few weeks after the accident. Her new songs were painful but the songs she wrote for her son would heal. The songs were comfort but not the new ones.

3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again? In March of 1991.

4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)? She's an example of a Cuban American who's different from her mother and others of that generation.

5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal? Front flip in the pool. I was using speed and time.

Vocabulary words: Gloria Estefan

Disconnected- The cable from the dvd player has disconnected from pulling on the cord.

Attach- The dvd player's cord has got plugged back in.

Procedure- The man has passed.

Prejudure- The man can't think at work.

Latina- The Latina woman is a Latin- American.

Mixture- The boy has mixed chocolate syrup with milk to make chocolate milk.

Achievement- The man has did a stunt on a bike from a hill to another. That was his greatest achievement.

Performance- A band has performed in Sydney Australia.

Convince- The man has convinced the person to like him to get a secret.

Determination- The blue team has took over the red teams territory.

Journal #2

The types of music I listen to is Metal, Rock, 80's, German rock-metal, and Pop because it's the tune and style that gets excitement. Some bands- Metal- Metallica,

Hlloween, Blind Guardian, Disturbed, Primal Fear, Korn, ect. Rock-Nickelback, Billy Talent, Pink Floyd ect. 80's Billy Idol, Survivor, Bon Jovi, A-ha, Journey ect. German Rock- Metal- Accept, Helloween, Blind Guardian, Primal Fear, and Scorpions.Pop- U2, Mathew Good Band ect. including some 80's pop. I started to listin to them a few years ago. I mostly listin to it when im at home or going places.

Gloria Estefan

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States? Cubans have faced prejudice and mistreatment in the United States because of their background.

2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home? She considered Miami her home.

3. When was the first time Gloria performed? In 1975.

4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why? Cuba, Spanish, and African. I'll choose Spanish because it sounds good.

The funnest thing i have done

The funnest thing i have done was when me and my friend went to Falls View waterpark. It was my 2nd time. We went on the same stuff that we went on last year. Around noon we started to go eat, i brought like $20 he had $70. I got a hamburger with fries and drink he got same thing. We went on the tube slides and he fell off a few times, it was funny. Then we raced on the mat slide, Played hide and seek on the park. Around 10pm we went home.

Tunnels Tracks and Trains ending

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to? It reflects the character or history of its particular neighbourhood.

2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations? I have not ride a subway and yes we should have art. it would look cool.

3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems? Computer operators see and follow the train's progress on their screens. Using automatic signaling and track switching systems.

4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
By a booming voice warning.

5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
When they open and ready

Tunnels Tracks and Trains

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of? It is made of a cagelike steel grid. Then a thick layer of poured concrete seals.

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route? the workers have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforce foundations of buioldings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run benethe the street.

3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why? The road is called decking. They're made of steel beams that span the cut's width and sets of wooden beams are placed between them.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? Yes i do like it. I would put some colour in it.

5. What is the "Pink Lady"? She brings materials and fixtures to the workers.

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee? he is concerned "Do building methods and materials match those in the agreement? Are schedlues met?". "Are costs kept within bounds?".

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? It will be lowered piece by piece and assembled on the excavation's floor.

3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites? To protect their health, they have a built-in gas detecto, and each wears a belt equipped with an oxygen mask and a short, lifesaving supply of oxygen.

Tunnels Tracks and Trains

1.Which city are they building this new subway system in? It is built in L.A.

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What isssue will it resolve? The city has alot of traffic and it's clogged. They don't pollute the air.

3. The chief construction Engineer. John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a near subway system? Yes he is.

4.What is the role of Roberta Greenwood? She is the role of Archaeologist.

5.What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site? A field of artifacts lies buried there. Chinatown had a railroad station from buring into the ground.

6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line? I think they shouldn't make it into a hub. Ducks live in the water and it might be the last park in L.A.

parenthesis - either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material .

Exclamatory Statement-A sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation. ... "To find the subject of an exclamatory sentence that is not a statement.

Declarative Sentence - a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration. declaratory sentence · sentence - a string of words satisfying.

Imperative Statement- In a symbolic program which is translated into actual machine-language.

Italics-In typography, italic type is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Due to the influence from calligraphy, such typefaces often slant slightly to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy.

Synonym-Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.

Antonyms-A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word: The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.

Homonym-Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.

Theme- A topic of discourse or discussion. See synonyms at subject . A subject of artistic representation.

Prefix-Grammar

Suffix- An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in.