Activity 7

What is wrong with Lady? What is the treatment? How much will it cost to treat her?

Lady was dying of kidney failure, so to treat her, the vet had to put her on dialysis for preparation for a kidney transplant, which will cost $15,000 for the procedure.

• What kind of person is Shawn Levering, her owner? How can you tell?

Shawn Levering is a caring person who has become connected with Lady, his pet. There seems to be a strong bond between them. I can tell Shawn is a caring person because he wants to keep Lady alive and wants to know how to take care of Lady.

• What kind of person is the veterinarian, Cathy Langston? How can you tell?

Cathy Langston is a determined woman who is caring and loving to her patients. I can tell this because of how she treats Lady while under her care, which is very carefully and gentle.

• Why do you think Shawn is willing to pay for Lady’s treatment? Is he the kind of person you would expect to pay for high-cost treatment for a pet?

Shawn is willing to pay for Lady's expenses because he has a strong emotional bond to the cat, even though he is in fact a dog person. I believe he is the type of person who is willing to pay 15,000 dollars to take care of their pet.

Part 3:

This part talks about people's connection with their pets and how it helps with their stress level, ultimately lowering the risk of blood pressure problems.

Key vocabuary

1. Ravaged

2. Ravaging

3. Drooping

4. Drooped

5. Bewildered

6. Bewildering

7. Compelling

8. Compelled

9. Transplanted

10. Transplanted

Last Meow

In my opinion, pets are extremely important to my life and to the people I know. This is because your pets don't judge you, they're always there for you, and their highest priority is to please their master. Although sometimes my dogs can be a pain (digging, getting things dirty, eating homework :P), most of the time they are well behaved and nice to go for a walk (I got two golden retrievers so they're the typical "cute" dog). Even though this is the case, i wouldn't dump 15k into my dogs getting a new kidney, since when those types of ailments are present, it only gets worse, so i'd rather spend my dog's last moments at home rather than subconscious in a veterinarian hospital.

Thesis Statements

Oscar acknowledges that everything in society is pretty much escapable, but living up to a good reputation within the community, is a constant and continuous effort.

1. This is one of the best Thesis statements because of it's uniqueness in representing the author into the thesis, which add power to the statement.

John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, and Abigail all have there reputation misrepresented in some way.

2. This is a good thesis because it takes a side, gives categories, and answer the question.

The people that reputation was really held against was Abigail, Rebecca Nurse, and John Proctor.

3. This is a good thesis because it clearly states the problems the characters have with their reputation.

Vocabulary Review

The first day of school led to the last day of three kids lives. Yaquiline, the lothario (1), Yessica, the maverick (2), and Yanessa, the nemesis (3) of Yaquiline. On that day, they expirienced a philippic (4) between each other in english class. It started fine, they all sat down in class while Mr. Schreiber introduced himself and the class. They figured out he was a jingoist (5), because he was wearing a red, white, and blue tuxedo. But after seeing that, they realized who was amongst them. . . the infamous “Y Ladies.”
Yaqualine, and Yanessa, hated each other because Yaqualine took a bite of Yanessa’s Spicy Chicken Sandwhich, which led to Yanessa calling Yaqualin tawdry (6). Yaqualine, or “Yaquie”, stated that as a philanderer (7), she slept with Yanessa’s boyfriend. Yanessa’s previous view of as a quixotic(8) young girl, immedietly went away.
One day Yessica came to school and yelled at Yanessa and Yaqualine using solecism(9), Yessica couldn’t say anything because she felt saturnine(10) beacause of all those spicy chicken burgers that she ate. Yaqualine didnt really care because she was a procrustean (11), she was tired of arguing. So the rivalry between Yanessa and Yaqualine came to an end. Many people say it was a Pyrrhic victory(12), because even after the arguement, they still were not friends.
But the wierd part of the story is, why didn’t Yessica get involved? She has the spoonerism(13) of words that confuses the Y Ladies to death. But recently she found the Y Ladies protean(14) and unbearable. She could have won this arguement and be the number one Y lady and live in sybarite(15) for the rest of her life!!

Review of Roots

Act- do: Activity

Aud- hear: Audible

Cred- believe: Credible

Dic- speak: Dictate

Graph- write: Autograph

Loc- place: Location

Man- hand: Manacles

Mot- move: Motivation

Ped- foot: Bipedal

Pop-people: Population

Port-carry: Transport

Sign-mark: Signature

Spec-see: Speculate

Tract-pull: Retract

Vid-see: Video

Volve-roll: Revolve

English Handbook questions

1. The heading goes in the upper left corner, the student's name, teacher's name, subject, period, and date go into the header.

2. She wore huge dark glasses, so no one recognized her.

3. A comma splice is an error in the punctuation usage between the combined sentences, whereas a fused sentence has no punctuation in the combined sentences, therefore has an absence of a comma, etc.

4. To set off an introductory clause, phrase, or conjunctive adverb from the rest of the sentence or to create a pause.

5. To create a stronger pause or to link two thoughts together or to link items in long series.

6. You should only spell out numbers Ninety-nine and below

7. Yes, plays are underlined

8. Affect is to change or pretend, whereas effect is to perform or have an impact.

9. "there" is a general location, "their" is to be in the possession of someone else, and they're is they are, plural for he/she is.

10. To express parallel elements in the same grammatical form, such as "the bunny jumped, scampered, and twisted.

Citing Photos for Keynote

I understand how to do the citation of photos, but what is the real point of Citing these images, especially because most were picked up on Google images, so technically they understood that before they allowed google to pick up links to their site that they were offering their images for free. It just seems a little redundant to cite what was practically "given up" by the people who made them, but that's just my opinion and most likely i got the whole system wrong so if anyone has more info on this subject don't hesitate to post a comment ^^.

PS: Again, this is in my opinion and I'm open to other opinions with or against my claim.

Are ideas worth a life?

Only some ideas are worth a life... of those few ideas, revolution is an idea worth a life, because if the sacrifice of one life could lead to the salvation of thousands, it would be the most unselfish act that you can do. I would give my life to a good cause that would change the world, though i think i'll do more good alive in the society. I would also give my life for someone i care about, may it be my family or my love for someone else. Thankfully I haven't needed to do that lately so I'm not sure if the phrase "even friends serve their own ends" matches up to my criteria.

Group projects

Last year in Mr. Thompson's class, my group and i needed to make a presentation about the book: Catch 21. I personally think that I did the least work out of the group, therefore was the weakest link. Though I had a small part in the group, I still thought that I did a good job. We had a decent grade on the project so either I did good on the project or everybody else did a better job lol. I either find myself doing little things or stressing about the major parts I have in the group projects. I guess it just depends on what type of group project I do.