October, 14 2008

The Ventura College DataBase is a very resourceful tool. It helps me find thing without having to go through all these articles and magazines. What I love most about this tool is that you get genuine articles and no someones opinion

using database:M.Zavala

I learned that the online database is very usefull, I found alot of good articles about my topic. Im really happy that theres articles about my topic about how the conditions for troops are in Iraq.

Assignment due on Friday

By the end of class on Friday you will have one write up for each article we have read and talked about in class. The articles are 1. Don't fear the digital 2. Dad's encounter with the vortex of facebook 3. Social Studies 4. Friend Game.

For each write up you need to write
title
author
date
place of publication

Then provide a few sentence summary of the article.

Then write a few sentences about what issues this article brings up.

Hi all and good morning!

Today in class you need to do the following assignment and print it at the end of class and turn it in to me.

Choose one of the articles you read for homework last night.

Write one paragraph where you summarize the overall, main argument that the writer is making.

Write a second paragraph where you extract (quote) some of the evidence the writer used when he made that argument.

Jose and I are both here for questions. Please spell check and proff before you turn it in!

Dora's

• Animal Cruelty
• Teen Pregnancy
• Teen Violance
• Social Security
• Tabacco Companies

My Opinion

Everybody has come up with very good ideas like immigration, abortion, drugs, gay marriage, Iraq war, torture etc. In my humble opinion if any topic other than the above ones deserves a debate that is " Climate Change". Our earth is getting warmer day by day and we are facing more natural disasters like Katrina or Gustav. Glaciers in North pole are melting and causing a threat to natural environment. Let's give a second thought to climate change. I am along with the class anyways:)

Rury's Ideas

Immigration

Gangs

Prostitution

Child Abuse

Aids

miguel's ideas

-DRINKING AGE
-IMMIGRATION
-WEATHER

ideas...

• legalization of marijuana
• Torture
  

I THINK THE IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA IS A GOOD TOPIC

ideas

• war


• abortion


• drinking age

immigration

I am interested for the immigration in california topic

Meli's suggestion

i dont know.
those are all good suggestions,
the abortian debate is a good one!
uhmm
the only other thing i can think of is..
maybe..
drinking illegally under the age of 21?

A Question for the Class

I am planning unit#2 right now and we are going to be writing and argumentative essay. We will read multiple articles about a specific issus and then we will write an argumentative essay. I would welcome any input you have about what the readings should be about. In the past I have done units on
1. Immigration in California
2. Technology and Gen Y
3. The military
4. Torture
Today I heard some suggestions like
1)the abortion debate

Post one idea to to the list so that I can get an idea of what you all are interested in!

Thanks, Sarah

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My room was quite cold, about 62 degrees. Everything seems to be white and plain. The smell sometimes help me to relax, sometimes it didn’t. It was like they sprayed and washed everything with sanitizing stuff. Sometimes I thing hospitals should have some kind more “relaxing odor” like roses! It wasn’t just the smell in my room which bothered me but the seventy two cables and cords around my bed. The worst thing was…all those cables and cords were somehow connected to my body. This is when I started to feel afraid and nervous. For a second I forgot about the main point of me been there. My baby’s birth was going to take place right there. Suddenly I felt the contractions, the pain, the anxiety and during all this “feeling process”, my husband telling me “it’s OK, you are so strong, you can do it, I’m proud of you, it’s Ok, you are so strong, you can do it, I’m proud of you”….he said this maybe 102 times. By the third time I was ready to push not just my husband but the nurses, doctors, etc. I was in pain. Just to hear how great I was doing (even when I knew I was doing terrible and that I was probably the worst patience they had). I was impatience, intolerant.

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First summary of my narrative essay

The stage grew larger and larger and the sign on the podium became visible with every step I took. I could see all of the people I spent my last four years with and I thought are they as nervous as I am? I could barely hear the music played by the band, as it was overpowered by the screams of the crowd cheering in honor of our accomplishment. The smell of fresh cut grass floated around me like the bees the day before. I could feel the heat of an early summer’s day on my back. As I’m walking I stare at everyone who is dressed like me and I think I’m never going to see these people again. I start to reflect on my past years of high school.

It was mid July and it was a pitch black night. My dad and I were driving home from Tucson Arizona coming home from visiting my cousins. My dad was driving home as we were taking turns driving. The ipod was blaring, air conditioning at the lowest temperature possible. Looking out the window not being able to see a thing because it was so dark. My body was sore from a long weekend of riding quads and I sun beat from being in the hot blazing sun all day. My dad was asking if I had a good time and I said of course I did hanging out the my cousins Mark and Daniel doing what we do best doing insane moves on out in the dunes. I had told my dad that I wanted to move out to Tucson, and he said that I was crazy because I would get into trouble with my two cousins.

It was March 22, 2007 at Buena high school; it was a nice warm day. My friends and I were sitting at our spot in the quad and we see my friend Glen running up to us. Glen approached us out of breath saying, “Matt are you going to go see the show tonight?” I replied, “Where, when and who is playing?” “Elysia are playing at the knitting factory in LA after school!” After these words came out of his mouth my heart dropped in excitement. I agreed to go to the concert with him and we would leave right after school.

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There was always the annual PHS Dance show company in our school, where committed dancers prepared in the beginning of the year to perform on June, the end of the school year. I remembered signing up for the class with my best friend Isabel, a girl I met eight grade year, she reminded me a lot like another friend I had in elementary school, very slim, straight hair and fair skin. I shared a lot in common with her because we had similar personalities(shy, same taste in music). When the class first started they taught us the basics of dancing . In the beginning I had difficulties in dance because my body was too tense and I wouldn’t perfectly adjust to the moves.

Luis Dominguez
Professor Bogs
English VO2
28 August 2008

Best Paragraph Narrative Essay

It was early in the morning waking up in my first day of spring break when I was in 7th grade. I was the youngest in my class because I was only twelve years old and everyone was already ready to turn thirteen. It was going to be a hot day and I was already feeling the heat. I went in my kitchen to eat breakfast until the phone rang and I answered it, it was my friend Vince. “What up man u still coming over shoot some hoops?” he asked. I was feeling lazy and tired but I thought about it and I said”Yea ill be there in a couple of minutes”. When we hanged up I was already on my way to my room to put my shorts and tank top on. When I got out of my house the weather felt even hotter then being inside the house. I felt more lazy and tired because of the heat but I started walking to Vince’s house.

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End of July, its was a very hot day me and my family are all sitting in our living room. My mom was in the kitchen making dinner. She was making her favorite rice, it smelled so delicious. All of sudden my mom gets a phone call, it was my uncle Sergio letting us know that my uncle Cano was in the hospital again and that it was very serious. I remember my mom face turned from happy in less than one second. We all decided to go and see him before something really happened. So we joined my whole family and got in my sister van and my cousin car. The ride to the hospital was two hours away. We were all squished in the van you can feel all the body heat. Everyone was quite the only thing you hear is the cars passing us by fast.. I felt that we will never get to the hospital to see my uncle.

narrative essay

Aranda 1
Ellen Aranda
Instructor Sarah Boggs
English V02
28 August 2008
It’s early in the morning and the sun still has not risen for the day. School had just started about 3 weeks earlier, so I was up pretty early getting ready. The first thing I remember that early morning is my mom saying hurry turn on the T.V., turn on the T.V. I honestly didn’t really think much of it. So I just went about my business and got in the shower. When I had gotten out of the shower I hear my parents talking, this is weird to me. Why, because my dad usually leaves to work around 6 and it was already around 7:30. But I thought maybe he didn’t get up in time or his not feeling well, I just kind of let it go and didn’t think much about it after that. So I just kept getting ready for school, then I hear my mom saying maybe Ellen shouldn’t go to school today. Then it hit me some things going on. My mom never lets me miss school. Then the next thing I know my parents are telling me to come to the font room, my first thought is that something had happen to a family member. Then they said I needed to watch the T.V. right now. I couldn’t believe it I was so scared, I started to cry.

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Scene One
It was a quiet, summer day, in the afternoon, when me, my older sister Christina, and my mother where in the hotel room at the Seaward Inn. We were taking a vacation away from home for a little bit. We had started to head up the stairs because our room was on the second floor of the hotel. I remember going up and down the stairs o f the hotel playing with my sister, we were told then to stop playing on the stairs because my mom didn’t want us to fall and get hurt, so we stopped going up and down on the stairs. Then after we left the staircase we started running in the hallway to our room and we finally got to our room. We went into our room and we unloaded our luggage. We got bored from doing that so we stopped and started to play. Christina and I were running around the room, playing tag, not listening to my mom. My mom warned us to stop because she knew one of us was going to get hurt but we kept playing and not listening to her, for once we should have listened to her. So me and my sister kept playing and the next thing my mom hears was me screaming and crying for help.

I had tripped and fell and cracked my head open, I had run into a corner of the door. If I would have stopped and listened to my mom and not have been playing around in the room I wouldn't have cracked my head open, and not have gotten my stitches. I learned that day even though I was a little kid, that I should always listen to my mom even when I don't want too, which is most20of the time.

Rury's Homework 08/27/08

After what I heard everything changed for me I found more value for life and my family, and I felt that I wasn’t a little boy anymore I felt more mature, even though I was eleven years old, because I felt that I had a big responsibility on helping the people that was in pain and frustration. I learned that not all the people are good people; the bandage of innocence felt from my eyes and showed me the real world that we all are leaving on, a world full of violence and death, not the world that I expected full of happiness and peace.

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“Sun is shinin' in the sky there ain't a cloud in sight it's stopped rainin' ev'rybody's in a play and don't you know it's a beautiful new day hey,hey” blasts Electric Light Orchestra from my cousins head phones as she sleeps, her body gently being rocked by the movement of the train. The only ones on the train, my aunt sits reclusively in a corner playing Tetris, and my uncle a few rows away fumbles with his new state of the art digital camera. No one seems to be aware of the shinning crystals resting on the frosty trees, in the linen covered landscape that is Switzerland in the midst of its most glorious winter. The warmth of the heater reaches its smooth hand across the cabin and wraps its comforting arms around each of us but as I pull open the window a harsh waft of the bitter outside rushes in unexpectedly. “Close that damned window! What are you thinking?!” screams my aunt. “And sit down; you are going to get us kicked off the train. Then where will we be?” Actually, if she was asking literally we would have been in the middle of one of Liechtenstein’s’ thick wondrous forests. But she was not asking literally, she was cranky after five and a half hours on a train with no one but her husband, daughter and annoying niece.
All I wanted to do was to be more connected with this unfathomable beauty, in a physical way. The chilly wind on my face was soothing and I wanted to view this beauty with my eyes, without the intervention of a glass window pane. I realized, after closing the window and returning to my seat that it wasn’t that my family didn’t notice the beauty, they did, they just didn’t care. “Its winter, what did you expect.”
After hours and even days on the train, we eventually ended up in Paris. To travel to the Louvre was on the agenda and at 4:33 the piercing shrill of our hotel phone rings and my drowsy cousin answers.

It was a beautiful sunny day at the beach. We went to the beach for surfing. There were many Balinese children playing in the water. We had our own boogie boards that we bought in a nice surf shop in my town. It was made by a famous company, and I spent a couple of hundred dollars for it. Some children were surfing next to us. I thought to myself, “what a funny looking boogie board they used.” I got close to them and stared their board. Well, actually, it was not a boogie board at all. They used a piece of styrene foam instead of boogie board. They took turns playing with their “boogie board”, sometimes fighting. So, we allowed to them to use our boogie board and play together. They were so friendly and charming. The sparkle of hope in their eyes left me with a strong impression.

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When we arrived, I stepped out onto the cold concrete, and I instantly had this gross feeling in the pit of my stomach. My lips instantly began to chatter, it was foggy and muggy out. The sky couldn’t decide whether or not it wanted to rain. My attention quickly changed when I began to look around, I was disgusted this wasn’t a home; it didn’t even look like a functioning place to be. There were millions of things every which way you looked. There was a broken down car and motor home in the drive way, and a cemetery right next door. I began walking to the door of the house, or more like and entrance to a black hole. As I was walking my baby cousin London was crawling toward me and between us on the floor was broken glass bottles my heart began to fall as I speed up my pace to quickly grab her and get her out of harm’s way. When I picked her up she was cold, only wearing a top and a diaper. After quickly picking her up I went into the house to change her and get her a cup. When I entered, I was taken back. It was a mess. There were clothes and trash everywhere. I couldn’t even see the floor. So I continued on and entered into the kitchen where it was just as bad.

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When we arrived, I stepped out onto the cold concrete, and I instantly had this gross feeling in the pit of my stomach. My lips instantly began to chatter, it was foggy and muggy out. The sky couldn’t decide whether or not it wanted to rain. My attention quickly changed when I began to look around, I was disgusted this wasn’t a home; it didn’t even look like a functioning place to be. There were millions of things every which way you looked. There was a broken down car and motor home in the drive way, and a cemetery right next door. I began walking to the door of the house, or more like and entrance to a black hole. As I was walking my baby cousin London was crawling toward me and between us on the floor was broken glass bottles my heart began to fall as I speed up my pace to quickly grab her and get her out of harm’s way. When I picked her up she was cold, only wearing a top and a diaper. After quickly picking her up I went into the house to change her and get her a cup. When I entered, I was taken back. It was a mess. There were clothes and trash everywhere. I couldn’t even see the floor. So I continued on and entered into the kitchen where it was just as bad.
I did not put London down for a second. I went outside and got my jacket and wrapped her in it. I walked over to my cousin Lily, who is London’s mother and she was wrapped up in a blanket, twitching. She looked like her soul was sucked out of her body. She couldn’t even talk straight. My grandma said that she wasn’t feeling well and the medications she was taking made her that way. I thought differently. You could easily tell that there was more to it. She was pale and super skinny; no one just changes like that over night.
Sooner than I had hoped my grandma said we had to leave. I soon found out that baby cousin had to stay because of some stupid reason. I told my grandma no, I didn’t want to be disrespectful but I had to speak up for London, because if I didn’t who would? I told her that I would take her. I would take care of her. But, we had to leave her there. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Leave my baby cousin there with her retarded tweaker called a mother. I tried with all my power to get my grandma to let her come with us. But we had to leave her there. I cried all the way home. I was sick to my stomach, I felt like I got stab in the stomach over and over. I was powerless, and I hated that. I hated my cousin Lily, she use to be my hero, now she is just a druggie and a loser. I never have hated someone so much. With every inch of my body and soul I wanted to yell and kick the shit out my cousin. What was she thinking, she was better than that, or she use to be

It was about mid way through the year and me and a couple friends were in the most
Boring class “French class”. It was early morning and the sun was hitting the class with all its heat. The classroom was really bright because the sun reflected on the white board. The teacher as always was just walking around making sure everyone was doing their work. She was a tall skinny French looking person that was so focused on what she was doing that it seemed that she could not hear one unless she was looking directly at one. For some reason it seemed that she always had it out for me and my friends. Whenever she would assign work we were always the first one’s she would check. The class room was not very big but seemed to be filled with twice as many students as it should have been. It only seemed that way but in reality it was not over populated in the room it was just that everyone in that class was chaotic . There was pencils flying around books flying around and the occasional chair but all of this was done behind the teachers back.

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It was a Friday night of April 2006 when the house phone started to ring. My mom picked up the phone, it was my aunt Isabella calling from México she said “Marcella our mom is really sick; you need to come to México immediately”. I noticed that there was something wrong because my mom’s face, blanked and she turned really pail she wanted to cry but she didn’t, she hold it in maybe for the reason that my little brothers were in the living room or that she didn’t want me to notice or think that there was something wrong. Right after she had spoken with my aunt, I asked her “mom what’s wrong is there something happening in México, does it have to do with my aunts, uncles or my grandma. And she said “don’t worry there is nothing wrong, everything is ok. So I insisted and finally she told me “come, I followed her upstairs into her room and she closed the door, as soon as that door shut she sat down on the bed and broke down in tears and could hardly even speak. After a few minutes she calmed down a little bit and told me the bad news that my aunt had told her. This was really upsetting because my grandma, my second mom, was sick.

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It was a sunny Sunday, summer. The temperature was almost 40 C (around 115 F). The tennis stadium was almost full of people, and most of them I had never seen before. From inside the tennis court I could see my family, my parents, and my friends praying for my victory, even if it was really hard. My opponent was there, on the other side of the court, big, scarier. I was dressing my old tennis clothes; he was with his Nike clothes which he got from his sponsors, which were there also. After almost 1 hour, the first set was done. I won by 6x4. At this time, the temperature was almost 120 F. The clay was dry. It was almost impossible to play another set on that condition, but my trainer made me prepared during months to go ahead and don’t give up. My legs was tired, my coach was screaming “come on Rafa! Don’t give up; he is more tired than you!” I could see that my opponent was really tired, he wasn`t familiarized with that temperature. So that was my chance. I could see in my coaches’ face that I couldn`t lose that match, it was my chance to get a better ranking and put my name on the top of the tennis list. All the people who were there were cheering for my victory. Each point that I won they vibrated a lot, even if they had never see me before. But I was very concentrated. For 2 hours I almost forgot those people who were watching. The only noise I heard was the ball being hit from my racquet, the clay being putting away because of the win.

Best Paragraph Narrative Essay

A Memorable Tuesday
On a cold and cloudy February afternoon, Tuesday to be exact, I had something within me that I had to get out, some sort of desperation and anxiousness was within me that day. Driving with my parents that afternoon on the 33 seemed as if it took forever, every turn we made I felt as if we were going to crash, I just felt completely full of fear that day for some reason I did not know if it was just me imagining things or if it was some sort of signal for something to come.

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Mr. Cox explained to me, in an easy going way, what the expectations were out of a teacher’s aide in the severally handicap class. I stood listening to him anxious to get started, but thoughts of curiosity poured through my head. After Mr. Cox gave me a lecture, Mrs. Richards shook my hand, smiled and said, “Good luck.” As Mrs. Richards walked away into the halls of the campus, Mr. Cox told me, “Now let me show you around the room.” I walked up the steps of the class room, following the teacher through the door being completely unaware of what I was about to see.

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It was a great day in my life. I remember when I played my first soccer tournament in august 1999; I was just eleven years old it was so important for me, I was like a little kid that loved play soccer and spend time with my family and friends, I was very competitive, that tournament happened in a small city called Brasilia the capital of Brazil. The game started at 10 AM and the weather was pretty hot, making the match more tiring. In this year we had a great soccer team. I miss that season very much, because we were so young and my teammates and I still kept our friendship. My cousin played this game too and his name is José, he is probably my best friend. He looks like me because he loves sports and he is very competitive like me, we used to play soccer every single day and we are very good soccer player and we loved our team. I remember before the match I was so nervous and he said " Don`t be nervous, we will be a champion today", after this I felt better.We were unbeatable team; I felt like the best of the world. We won all the matches before the great final. In the final we played against the number 1 team of the state, it was such a hard match and I was so nervous, but the first ten minutes passed by and I had my light bulb moment; I made the first goal in that tournament, more than two thousands people was surrounded around the stadium watching my goal, but the most important people in my life could not watched the amazing moment, this guys are my father and my grandfather. They are so important for me because my father always help me when I need, he is like my great friend, and my grandfather he loves soccer and he taught me to play soccer and he is pretty special for me.

The Star Of My Relatinship

Frausto 1
Dora Frauto
English V02 (First Scene In Narrative Essay)
27 August 2008
The Start Of My Relationship
February 11, 2004 was one of the best and worst days of my life. It is one of the moments in my life I will never forget. It was two days before my birthday. It was a cold sunny day as a was walking down to the front gate of my school from the principles office. After I got scolded at for fighting and got suspended from school for two days. As I’m getting home after my parents yelled at me. I saw (Efrain) this a guy I had a crush on, he saw me and smiled and said “hi”, I ran towards his green Chevy truck and smiled back. I just thought to my self “this has just made my day a lot better”. As I got in his truck I could smell his cologne we started talking about different things. But then we started talking about his friend telling him that I liked him. I asked him what did he think about the fact that I liked him he told me that he liked me too. After a few minutes of silence he asked me “well do you want to try it”, I just looked at him and blanked for a moment, I responded “try what”. At first I didn’t know what meant or what he was talking about. He just looked at me and smiled and said “you and me”. What he meant was if I wanted to be his girlfriend and of course I said “yes”. after that all I kept thinking about is how exciting I was to have him as a boyfriend.

Meli's Best Paragraph as of now:

It was a cloudy day at our first club practice. We hadn’t played together as a team in over six months. Yadira, Eunice (aka “June”), Erika, Evelyn, Rico, Ady and I were attending Pacifica High School. Natalie, Sam and Nancy were at Rio Mesa High School while Ela was at Oxnard High School. Susie was at Buena High School, and Priscilla was over at Channel Islands. We felt excited and happy to be finally back. “Well I hope you guys had a great high school season! But I have to fill you girls in on something. I got a call from Leonardo Cuellar, and he wants us to have a few pre-olympic games against the U-17 Mexican girls’ soccer team. If we go, we leave in three days at 7am from LAX,” said Coach Agustin. “What?!” said Natalie, “we won’t be able to practice though.” Coach replied “It doesn’t matter Nat, you girls have the capacity and talent to compete with this team. I know you can do it, it’s an amazing experience that you shouldn’t miss.” So in the end, we accepted the challenge and were headed off to Mexico in three days which would be Friday morning, February 29.

The "Truth" About Narrative Essays

"The best way to address this concern and start writing a narrative essay is to forget about telling "the truth" or "the facts" of a story unless you already think those truths and facts are interesting. Along with telling a story, after all, you're also being asked in the narrative essay to write vivid descriptions of persons and events. What if you don't remember what one of your characters was wearing or looked like or smelled like on that fateful day when you decided to skip school, or become a young Republican, or sneak out of the house to party with the very boyfriend/girlfriend you broke up with a week later? The answer to this question is that it simply doesn't matter whether your descriptions or events are "true to life." You are, after all, telling a story, and stories - even autobiographical ones - are embellished with made up details, characters, and events all the time."

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define narrative essay

A narrative essays uses storytelling to get a cross a point weather it would fiction or nonfiction. Most narrative essays often describe or tell of a person’s life. Writers of narrative essays often explore the meanings of life. The goal of a narrative essay is to explain it very well so that the reader can almost feel as if he were in the story. A narrative essay is typically written in the first person. Narrative essays tell a story of oneself experience that changed ones opinion or thought. A narrative essay must contain a beginning, middle end ,and a climax.

Narrative essay

A narrative essay tells a story an event or an experience in the writer’s life. It gives the narration of some event in chronological order. The essay should have a plot, climax and an ending. It also describes experiences that changed how one felt, thought or acted. The form of the narrative essay is by showing not telling. It is not just amusing but it has a point to make and an idea to show. The narrative essays are written to tell a story about the person or someone else.

A narrative essay is a story usally told in first person. A narrative usually has a point, the point of the essay is usually in the first sentence or in last sentence of a paragraph. The essay has a defined point of view, it is very descriptive. Narrative essay makes and support a point, is filled with precise detail, it may use a dialogue. A personal narrative essay has only one purpose. A person writes an narrative essay because they want to tell a story of an experience. Many just write narrative essay to make a point of a major in event in there life.

The first important thing to remember about a narrative essay is that it tells a story. The author may write about
.an experience or event from his or her past
.a recent or an ongoing experience or event
.something that happened to somebody else, such as a parent or a grandparent
The second important thing about a narrative essay is that the story should have a point. In the final paragraph, the author should come to an important conclusion about the experience that has just been described. The sample essay begins with a general statement, "Learning something new can be a scary experience." The essay is essentially a story about something that happened. The author gives sufficient details about the people, place, and events so that the reader gets a clear idea of how the author feels about them.In the final paragraph of the essay, the author reflects on the larger meaning or importance of the experience described. The author concludes that learning to swim has helped her to feel more confident about herself in other new situations.The writing in an essay should be lively and interesting.
The principal elements are Setting, Character, Plot, conflict (a problem which the essay might have), Climax and Resolution. Narrative essays usually are more interesting than the other kinds, because is somebody describing a story.

Defining The Narrative Essay

The Definition
Narrative essay describes the sequence of events that occurs in the writers life,
Describing in detail what the writer is talking about.


Why People Write Them
People write narrative essays because it’s a way to describe of what they have been through, it probably is a way to tell something to people that most don’t know about them. It’s a way to let out your inner feelings.

Homework for Monday 9/25

Read "Confessions of a Former Sailor" (handed out in class) and underline important parts and write notes to yourself in the margins. I will be checking to make sure you did this active reading activity (underlining, writing in the margins)

Narrative Essay by Marcus Sanchez

Narrative Essay

A narrative essay is told from a point of view, generally in first person, but third person as well. The writer of the essay makes and defines a point in either the first or last sentence of the paragraph. A narrative essay is filled with precise detail and uses vivid verbs and modifiers. Elements of the narrative essay is the sequence of the story. The author provides feeling as well as specific details to get the reader involved in the elements of the story. Narrative essays are meant for the author to make and define a point.

Carolina's Definition of a Narrative Essay

Narrative Essay is basically when someone tells a story. It is generally written in the first person. When someone writes a narrative essay should try to involve readers in the story. It also should have many examples and supporting details to recreate and enhance the story. It should have sensory details. Narrative essays are basically personal experiences and defining a point of view. Since Narrative essays are basically stories, it should have an opening sentence, supporting details, climax and ending.

Narrative Essay I could write about are:

My childhood, living in a small town, the farm, etc.
When I moved to USA.
How I met my husband
The birth of my first or second child.
The relationship with my youngest sister (before and now), etc

Narrative essay definition

• A narrative essay is sometimes thought as an authors reflection so really write what you think!
• A narrative essay tells a story to the reader
• It should have an introduction that states what kind of essay it will be ex. event, recurring personal experience or an observation, it should also have a conclusion that makes a point
• A narrative essay should include things such as anecdotes, dialogue and other forms of writing
• It also is written in first person form

A narrative essay tells a personal story reflecting the writer's memorable events or current interests. A narrative essay's topic can be anything, such as a writer's (or another person's) favorite things. This essay provides a means to know and understand yourself better, because it involves one's feelings and experiences.

Defining Narrative Essay

A narrative essay is an approach that helps think and write about themselves. This helps think about memories or things that have happen to them. When people write narrative essays it helps them go into detail about a sertain event that might of happen in ther lives. Also they try to get writers to have a plot, character, setting, climax, and ending in ther estories. The writter is going make a specific point in ther story it's going to have a why to support their point. This can be done by into details and using verbs.

Stories I Would Write About:

• My Cat
• My Family
• My Boyfriend
• My Friends

Alejandrina definition of a narrative essay

Alejandrina Nunez
S. Boggs
English 02
22 August 2008

What is a narrative essay?

A narrative essay is telling a story. This type of essay basically describes an experience or event. Its a story that you tell your readers of an experience wether its past or present. It tells the story to the author. Narrative essays uses dialogue and supports a point. There are conflicts and there are a lot of details used in this type of essay. You can tell a story of a bad experience or a story that is just interesting. It needs supporting detail. It has a plot, charater, setting, climax, and ending.

Defining The Narrative Essay

The Definition:
A narrative essay is an essay that one will write about from his or her experience.
It can also communicates with a lesson someone has leardned in there past.

Why people want to write a narrative essay:
It gives them the opportunity to write about and experience they had of there own and they dont have to worry about what they will write nex beacuse it will be from there own experience.

Elements of a Narrative Essay
The elements of a narrative essay are to have good detail such as time, date, place or the people who where present at the time the event occure.

Stories I might want to Write about:
1.Family Problem
2. Trip to Puerto Rico
3. Injuries in Soccer

narrative_essay

A narrative essay is a mode of expository writing, the narrative approach, more than any other, offers writers a chance to think and write about themselves. We all have experiences lodged in our memories, which are worthy of sharing with readers. Yet sometimes they are so fused with other memories that a lot of the time spent in writing narrative is in the prewriting stage.When you write a narrative essay, you are telling a story. Narrative essays are told from a defined point of view, often the author's, so there is feeling as well as specific and often sensory details provided to get the reader involved in the elements and sequence of the story. The verbs are vivid and precise. The narrative essay makes a point and that point is often defined in the opening sentence, but can also be found as the last sentence in the opening paragraph.

What are the elements of a narrative essay?
The principal elements are Setting; where the story takes place, usually every scene has a change of setting, Character; description of the character and a little of their background, Plot; the series of events that unfold in the story, Conflict; the problem in the story, Climax; the strongest part of the story and the Resoloution; where the conflict is resolved.

Narrative essay questions.

Ellen Aranda
English V02


What is a narrative essay?
*A narrative essay is when someone is telling a story.
*A narrative essay could also be considered a refelction or an exploration of the authors values in a story.
*A narrative essay is also when a person tells there thoughts or how they have felt about something that has happened to them.

What are the elements of a narrative essay?
*One element of a narrative essay is to tell the story in first person.
*Tell the story like you are having a converstion with someone, try to loosen up.
*Narrative essays relay on much detail to understand the point of view the author is trying to come across.
*In a narrative essay you want to involve the reader in the story as much as possible.

Why do People Wright narrative essays?
*People wright narrative essays to tell a story they have gone through.
*People may also write narrative essays to communatcate with other people.

Miguel:Friday Class Assignment

A Narrative essay is a story connected with personal experiences, basically telling a story
or a reflection of the author. Its generally written in the first person, but third person
can also be used. You can take the information from sources like books, articles and personal experiences. Usually all narrative essays have a plot,character,setting,climax, and ending.
While you write the essay you have to explain something in detail, so the reader knows excatly what your talking about.

Esmeralda's assignment

A narrative essay is an expository writing that offers writers a chance to think about themselves and write about themselves. Narrative essays are designed to tell a story that are told from a defined point of view. The defined point of view is usually found in the opening sentence as well as the last sentence in the opening paragraph. The elements of an Narrative essay are: plot, character, setting, climax, and ending. The Narrative essay must always be in precise detail, and it should use vivid verbs and modifiers, and as in any story it should use conflict and sequence, and also they may use dialogue.

Narrative Essay [nar-uh-tiv es-ey] noun, def:

A narrative essay is a self-refection essay in which the author tells a story about himself or herself. The essay must be based upon an author's personal experiences or memories. The author must use the techniques that are used to tell a story; plot, character, conflict, setting, climax, and an ending. Verbs have to be accurate and vivid. The essay will most likely be told in first person, but some narrative essays can be told in third person. It must express a point of view in which the author makes his statement and backs it up with evidence. The author must keep in mind that readers should be involved in the story.

One reason why people write narrative essays is to reflect upon themselves and what they have learned from their past. An example would be the essay, Confessions of a Former Sailor by Sue Lorch. In her ironic essay, she wrote about why she hated writing. It was due to the fact that up until she met Maurice Hatch, she was confident about her essay writing skills. After she met him, she looked at essay writing from a different perspective.

Writers also compose essays of a personal memory they had to share to the readers because they want the readers to feel like they are a part of the author's life. It also helps them understand the author better as a person when he or she shares a personal memory that touched their lives.

defining the narrative essay

What are the elements of a narrative essay? Why do people write narrative essays?
· Tells a story.
· Use first person
· You can share a moment in your life
· Use details
· Background information
· Can use dialogue
· Narratives are usually written from perspective of the writer him/herself, but don’t have to be
· Since it is telling a story it should have everything a story should have, a plot, climax, setting, character development, and an ending
· Concrete details!!!! Specific detail!!!!
· Build your essay around a main idea
· Important to remember that you are writing an ESSAY that is telling a story, so don’t just tell a story.
· Writers write Narrative essays to tell a story. Some writers write them to reflect on a moment in their lives.

List of stories I might want to tell in my narrative essay
· When I became a godmother
· when I had surgery
· my elementary school experiences
· my family
· playing softball
· losing loved ones
· friendships
· vacations
· trips
· outdoor education
· Disneyland
· My first job

defining the narrative essay

What are the elements of a narrative essay? Why do people write narrative essays?

· Tells a story
· Told from a point of view, mostly the authors
· May use dialogue
· Helps support a point
· Uses verbs
· Written in first person
· Narratives include a plot, setting and characters, a climax, and an ending.
· Uses conflicts
· It describes something
· Third person can be used too
· Concrete details
· Telling a story to someone


What stories do you have that can be used to illustrate a point?
· My first day of pre-school
· Getting my head cracked open
· Playing baseball
· First day of high school
· Childhood experiences
· Trips
· My family
· My friends
· Vacations
· My first job

Melissa's defining the essay:

Narrative essays offer the writer a chance to think and write about themselves. You are telling a story in a narrative essay. They’re told from different points of views, usually the author’s. Because of this, it is easier to feel the story. There are plenty of specific and sensory details provided to get the reader involved in the elements and sequence of the story. This essay makes a point which is often defined in the first sentence or the last sentence in the first paragraph. If you are planning on writing your essay in a form of a story, be sure to include all the conventions of storytelling: plot, character, setting, climax, and ending. The details in the story should be carefully used to explain, support, or embellish the story. They all relate to the main point the author is trying to make. The reason narrative essays are so fun is because the reader has an opportunity to make a universal statement that he or she wants the world to see.

Luis Dominguez
Proffesor Boggs
English VO2
August 22 2008

Defining the Narrative Essay

There are some important elements to make a Narrative Essay like the Character, there has to be a character in the story. It has to do with someones experience and another important element is the setting, it has to include where it took place with specific details. A good narrative essay can have a dramatic situation and this is very important to catch the readers attention. Also it has to do a lot with the shape of the action, it can be about something big or just a small story. But preferably it should be a very dramatic and has to have a big shape of the action. Its all about getting readers attention and have them enjoy the story.

Elements in Narrative Essay:
1. Character
2.Setting
3.A point of view
4. A Dramatic Situation
5.A Shaped Action

The reason why people write narrative essays is because they are writing about their own experiences, or is about a person, place, or event that has provided significant growth or insight into life, or humanity. The writers want to express what they have in them by writing and sharing it with others. They want to make a point across and by showing it to everyone so they can learn from it.

Rury's definition of narrative essay

Rury Olivares
Professor S. Boggs
22 August 2008
Eng. 02

Defining The Narrative Essay.

Whats a narrative essay?

A narrative essay is a piece of writing that recreates an experience through time. The elements of a narrative essay are character ( show your character in action describe your character), setting( Imagine yourself in the place with your characters), a point of view(decide what person you want your narrative in), a dramatic situation(show events happening rather that saying what happen), and a shape action(how interesting your story could be).
People write narrative essays to express their own experiences, either past or present, or it can be based on the experiences of someone else. They also communicate a main idea or a lesson learned.
Narrative essays can be written in novel or essay form, a narrative piece of writing transports readers into the time and space of the world portrayed by the writing.

Defining the Narrative Essay

A narrative essay is an essay where you tell a story from first person view. A narrative essay is normally a story that has happened to you but it is common to write one on something that happened to someone else. The essay should also have a plot, climax and an ending. The essay should make and support your point and use lots of precise detail about that point. Most people write these kinds of essays because the "Have to" for an assignment, but some people write narrative essays just to tell a story about something that happened to them or someone else.

What is a Narrative Essay?

A narrative essay is a story most likely told by the author. Based on a personal experience which consists of: a plot, characters, setting, climax, and conclusion. The point of the story is defined in the begining of the essay. The essay is told from a particular point of view. In which provides precise detail; by using vivid verds and conflict. Where they all are used to get his orher point across.

Narrative are used or written to get a basic point across. The author is explaining how he or she may feel. They are trying to describe something with precise detail, by explaining how it has affected or change their views in that particular topic.

A narrative essay tells a story. Use first person and use it throught the entire essay. The story should have an introduction that makes a clear point of what the essay is going to be about. Also it should have a conclusion that makes a clear point also. The writer should also describe the person scene or the event occuring in some detail. The point of view in a narrative essay is usually in first person. When writing a narrative essay a writer must use the following in there essay. plot, character, setting, climax, and ending. A narrative essay is filled with a percise amount of detail. Uses vivid verbs and modifiers. A good narrative essay includes the following. A good narrative essay involves the reader in the story. It is more interesting to create an incident for readers than to tell about it. A narrative essay represents important changes contrast conflicts. Narrative essays rely on concrete and sensory details to convey their point of view.

Narrative Essay Deffinition by Katryna

A narrative is based on and relies on a personal experience. It is a story one tells that personaly happened to them, wich they find interesting enough to tell.


A Narrative:
*told from a particular point of view
*makes a point and backs it up
*filled with details and uses vivid verbs and word modifiers
*has conflict and may use dialogue

Narratives are ususally writen in first person using i, but they may be written in the 3rd(he, she, or it)
Narratives should contain a plot, setting and characters, a climax and ending.

a good website for essay deffinitions and information:
http://essayinfo.com/essays/narrative_essay.php

Friday's Class

The next essay we are doing is going to be called a narrative essay! I want you to spend the class time doing two things.

#1- look online for information about what a narrative essay is. What are the elements of a narrative essay? Why do people write narrative essays? Post your answers to the blog under the label- defining the narrative essay!

2# - Make a list of stories you might want to tell in a narrative essay. What stories do you have that can be used to illustrate a point? E-mail this to yourself!

ARTICLE SUMMARY

Dora Frausto
August 21,2008
English V02 (Article Summary, and My Comments)


Obama raps McCain for ignorance of hi on houses
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer

This article talked about comments that McCain had made in a resent interview with Politico regarding the houses he owned and the money him and his wife Cindy McCain have. McCain’s campaign made some comments to Politico about the houses that him and his wife have, they said it was four houses in three different states. Later Newsweek made an estimate that they actually owned seven house. These comments upset the Obama campaign, which Obama set out to do sixteen campaigns across the country were he talked about all the McCain comments about how much a person in the U.S. has to make 5 million dollars a year to be consider rich. McCain later fire back saying that Osama shouldn’t make comments when he recently returned from a private beach in Hawaii and he has a million dollar mansion. But McCain got this wrong because Hawaii has no private beaches and the is were Obama was born and lived most of his life.

The reason why I chose this article is because my dad and I are planning on voting this year and I want to know more about the nominees. This article relates to how they might help the economy and what they think about it. I think that the candidates should think more about how they will help the economy one they get the presidency. Instead on focusing on how much money they make and how many houses they have they should focus and what they will for the country after one of them becomes the president. My only concern is for who ever gets the presidency is that they will do something good for the people, schools, the kids, health benefits, and social security. I just have faith that they will do good and help.

Play 4 Florida lottory numbers same in consecutive drawings

On Tuesday night the Florida lottery numbers where 1-9-5-8, and on Wednesday night the lottery numbers came out to be 1-9-5-8 again. Shelly Safford, Lottery spokeswoman, said "It is a little bit unusual, but all of our drawings are independent of each other, It's completely random." Although this process is completely random their are still some lottery officials that find this suspicious. in Pennsylvania in the 1980s, the lottery officials and TV announcer were convinced that the drawing of lottery balls were rigged for the $3.5 million dollar daily number, The lucky numbers that day were 6-6-6

In my opinion i don't think that anyone rigged the drawings for those days. The chances of getting the same four numbers two days in a row is highly unlikely but it is still plausible. But for the drawing that was back in the 1980s, i believe that somehow they managed to rig the game to play 3 of the same number.

Mother kidnapped her children

This article is about a mother who legally doesnt have custody of her children. They lived with their grandparents. She lost custody of her kids because she was charged with neglect to the children. Authorities say she kidnapped the around ten in the morning. The grandparents issued an Amber Alert. The mother might be headed to Washington, say the grandparents of five year old roy and 9 year old Meagan. She is believe to have a grey two-thousand pick up truck with a broken windshield.

Before reading this article I thought how could a mother kidnapp her own children. After reading the article I learned a few things. She got her children taken away from her cause she ignored them. So why would she want them now. Also kidnapping them just shows what kind of person she is. I think that is not the way to go she should just be allowed to see them once in a while. I think she should be arrested and not be able to see her children. I also think they run a great danger with her because she was not a good mother to begin with.

-Jessie Alfaro

US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops

This article is about wanting the trops out of Iraq. The candiantes for president have different ideas in which the troops should leave. Obama wants troop to leave Iraq within 16 months and McCain is saying not till Iraq's authority is ready. Everyone has there own idea when the troops should pull out. Our troops are needed Baghdad, thats the big argument should troops pull out and leave iraq for baghdad. The U.S. congress is trying to make an agreement to see when the troops are ready to pull out. In my opioin i think that are troops should pullout of Iraq and come home. they have been fighting this war to long. many of them have lost family memebers and even lost there own life for our country. i believe they should just pull out.

Activists protest for Ram`s freedom.

Activists from Orissa, India are protesting for the freedom of a man who had incorporated a bear in to living with him and his family. The man, Ram Singh Munda considered the little bear to be good company for his six year old daughter because she had tragically suffered the loss of her mother in an accident. The activists claim that there is no way Ram can fully comprehend the legislation previously passed that prohibits the adoption and domestication of wild animals because he has never been exposed to modern life outside of the jungle. The bear was taken to a nearby zoo, but refused to eat whilst there.

From my personal point of view, I feel that the government is wrong for having the attitude they have. Ram lives in the jungle and therefore does not understand these laws or in many aspects the way of modern life. It is of course true that it is not wise to contain a wild bear inside a human household. However, it can be argued that the bear had adapted itself to living in human conditions and sees Ram somewhat as a father in its life. This is perhaps proven by the fact that the bear refuses to eat when it is in the zoo, empaphazing the fact that the bear will not eat because of the absence of Ram.
My personal viewpoint stands with the activists, and I believe that Ram should be free to live with the bear in its current habitat.

Alejandrina HW for friday (article summary)

Summary:
Kidnapping has increase over the years. In Mexico there was a fake checkpoint that leaded to a kidnapping tragedy. A 14 year old named Fernando Marti was the victim. His father paid hundreds of dollars for his safe return but instead he turn out to be dead. In Fernando’s case a police was involved in the kidnapping; this officer was the key participant in the kidnapping plan. As a result suspicions of police involvement in crimes on kidnapping grew nationwide. In order to solve these types of problems president Calderon said he is going to change the security systems of prisons making more high security. Mexico has the highest numbers of kidnapping, 9.1 percent of kidnappings are in this year which makes an estimate of 65 per month nationwide. Another organization name the nonprofit citizen institute state the true numbers are 500 a month nationwide. Not only high class people are victims now kidnappers are kidnapping middle class Days before the finding of Marti’s body a family of six people were killed in Jalisco. Mexico has left death penalty. Life sentence is only 50 years. The public is angry and are protesting for this occurrence.
My opinion and thoughts:
Why do people kidnap other innocent victims? Kidnapping is very serious situation. This happens a lot in Mexico just for money. I think it is very sad to see how society acts toward one another. It also happens a lot with younger people like this 14 year boy. The people who do such a disaster like this should be punished for life. They don’t have any idea what they put the family through. Not only those it looks bad in society but it makes they look horrible. Jails just make it worst therefore they should be punished a little more than jail. Kidnapping is just so dramatic. The effects just makes it worst.

Bring the Troops Home!

Summary:
In this article they talked about the fact that they want to plan by next summer to have the majority of US troops out of Iraqi cities. The exit date could possibly be in December of 2011. President Bush has not wanted to set a time when the troops will be brought home, but in these last few weeks his thoughts may have been changing. But, another important factor to realize is that Bush has a say for now but it will be up to our next President. It will be up to Obama who wants to have troops home within the first 16 months of him taking office. Then there is McCain who does not state when he would bring the troops home. There has been many lost lives on both sides of this war.

My Opinion:
I think that we should pull out our troops from Iraq because there are so many lives getting lost everyday. I currently have a brother that is in Iraq. He is a United States Marine. It is really scary to have a loved one in a war and so far away. I truly dont think that war is going to solve anything 100%. I think war will make change for a small period of time, but as history shows we always have another war over something or the same thing. It never seems to end, all of this violence. By the looks of it, it doesn't seem to be working. So I think we need to find a new solution to solving any conflicts that we may have. I don't want to have to worry about my brother dying in the war, and having the fear that I may not see him again. So overall, I think this war has gone on long enough, and we have done what we can already. So we should bring our loved ones home, well we can.

HONG KONG, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Trading in Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets will be cancelled for the entire day on Friday due to a severe tropical storm warning, according to Hong Kong Exchanges and ClearingThe local stocks, derivatives, forex and debt markets will remain closed on Friday afternoon after the city raised a severe tropical storm warning in the morning.Typhoon Nuri, which killed four people in the northern Philippines, is heading towards Hong Kong and may hit the city head-on later in the day if it continues along its current track, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
Winds are expected to increase further and all afternoon flights were cancelled



I belive this closure of the market, even if only for a day will have a massive impact n the worlds economy. This shows that nothing in the world is secure. nature will always have in impact on the world. the stock markets will have a great change. the severe tropical storm has already killed four people and still continues on its rampage through japan. i believe that rhis storm will have a massive impact in japan.

Alexandre`s homework for friday

Summary:

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing more than 225,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. Indonesia, SriLanka, India, and Thailand ere hardest hit.

Comments and Opinion:

I liked this article because it shows us how powerful is the nature. I think this earthquake was the most dangerous natural disaster. My father had been in Bali, Indonesia 2 weeks before this catastrophe and he told me how beautiful was that place and now, everything is destroyed. I also think that all the countries need to make a reunion and help more this poor countries, like to help to rebuild their natural beauty.

Drinking age debate

About 100 of the college leaders “are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18” (Ventura County Star). They think that when it is illegal, college students drink more dangerously. There are many dissenting opinions. More than 40 percent of college students reported at least one symptom of alcohol abuse or dependence, now. Mothers Against Drunk Driving said lowering the drinking age would lead to more fatal car crashes, and current laws will not be enforced at those campuses.
This is a worthless argument. It is shocking that people of such high social standing are seeking a debate on lowering the drinking age. It is understandable that some students think that it is the same maturity between 21 and 18. In addition, college students will drink whether it is illegal or not.
However, we already have a law that prohibits drinking alcoholic beverages for those under 21. There is no reason to change the law, because it is very clear that drinking alcohol since one’s youth will have harmful effects on health. Younger people have less responsibility and tend to abuse alcohol. Therefore, college students should avoid alcohol as much as they can and concentrate on their studies. Moreover, we, adults should spend our time discussing young people’s future, such as their education or health; rather than putting them in a more dangerous environment.

Jose G. random autobio

After a lot of
Sacrifice I was born .It was a cold time. I lived in Mexico for a year when I was a couple months old. My fathers father taught me how to walk. When I was a kid I was almost stung by a scorpion. My grand father always said if a scorpion stung one and one was stronger than the creature it would die. One of my earliest memories was of my grand father taking me on a horse ride.

A boy
My brother was born in 1993. He was small and I helped him.
Every one wanted to take him because he was cute
But I kept him.
He grew up
And now he helps me out.

In 1999
A girl
A little sister
and now I know
They are calmer.
She was small but now is 9. She fights a lot with my brother and now I know little kids can get annoying.





Money is not in my family. I have worked since I could remember.
Helping my mom with her cleaning tools. When old enough I worked with my father. Work is not some thing from another world. Work is sometimes hard but must be done.

The towers are falling the towers are falling. Again and again it was broadcasted on the television.
A nation in horror.
I have sprung my ankle playing soccer. Pain and pain I felt until the day that my ankle was better.
I have felt the cold chill down my back when a snake slithers down my right arm. At the moment the snake went down my right arm I also felt cool. I feel proud of my dad for giving my family all that he could with out ever hesitating.

Driving and driving I like to drive and I like cars. My father taught me how to fix cars. He took some classes when he was young and he passed his knowledge to



His eldest son. Working on cars is a father and sons time and my dad enjoys. I have felt the lift of force of my father’s old mustang cobra. I have been and shopped at Wal-Mart. I am licensed to drive. I have driven to yukaya twice and have driven through Salinas three times where I have cousins at.
We played soccer until the neighbors would yell at us. I once ditched a class. I was at my
Grandparents 50
Anniversary wedding.My grand parents have been to the United States. I was born in Ojai California 805

Luis Dominguez Friday's Homework

Luis Dominguez HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY

US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops

On thursday it was announced that Iraq and the US are pushing close to a deal to withdraw the American troops out of major Iraqi cities. They are agreeing to terms that by December 2011 the American troops will wtihdraw and hopefully they can all go home. The two rivals that are trying to take Bush's place as president they are both arguing about the future of this war. Obama said that if he takes office he wants all US combat forces out of Iraq within 16 months. But he is saying that Afghanistan urgently needs help so he will decide to order the troops to go fight over there. But Mccain says that their are recent security improvements and he wants the troops to stay there to make sure everything will be in order.


MY COMMENTS & OPINIONS THIS ARTICLE:

I think that president Bush never did a good job as being the president and dealing with the war. I think Obama can do a better in running for President but i dont like the idea of having the troops go fight somewhere else. I kind of do like Mccain's reason to stay in Iraq and stay there to make sure that the country is secure. But we shouldnt even be there anymore there is no point in fighting over there when is never going to stop theres always gonna be terror. Doesnt make sense to stay there anymore Saddam Hussein the leader that tormented and killed his people is gone. Bin Laden might still be around but theres no threat anymore, so i think that either Bush or the two runners for presidency should change all this and let the soldiers go back to their families. A lot of soldiers have died in this war, so many familie's lives are destroyed and are still hurt from losing their loved ones. i think this should end immediately nothing has changed in the past years since the war started it just created more problems for Iraq and our country.

Reference of this article: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ?SITE=AZPHG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Carolina's Homework Aug. 22/2008

Student killed in shooting at Tenn. school

This articles is about this tragedy that took placed in a Tennessee High School. Apparently, for no reason, this kid shoot his classmate at the cafeteria. They were both 15 years old. Students that witness the shooting say they didn't know what was going on until they saw the victim falling on the floor. Some students said they "heard a sharp noise" and then everybody was running out of the cafeteria. Others were trying to get in the room to see what was happening. The murderer is in a detention facility.

My opinion and thoughts:

Of course this is not the first time this has happened. Not only in this year but in this month. This is a serious tragedy. It seems like it is turning into something "common", we need to not give up and pay attention to what is going on with our students in high schools. It is sad that soon we will have to get to the point to check every student when they get to school to see if they are carrying a weapon. This is not only the job of the Governor or President. This should be a community job. We should start by giving our youth a better education, better values, and teach them about respect for our own life and for others.

Incentives to Resolve Immigration

Article Review

In Santa Ana California the Federal Government set up a program for immigrats to turn themselves in for deportation without having to face any criminal charges. As for those facing court orders they were offered 90 days to leave the country. this program was offered in five different cities in order for them to plan their departure without having to face any type of enforcements in the future. In the past three weeks in the trial 8 immigrats have turn themselves in said an official. The ICE plans to end the schedule departure by friday. So far the program hasn't been has effective as they hope it would be; since in fact they are using a non forceful tactic. In which many still oppose since its only returning the immigrats back to same country they ran away from.

The article reveals ways how immigrats can be handle in a less forceful manner. Although it is still not exactly resolving the issue. The issue being that these people left their country to seek opportunity; in order to provide stability. The program is only returning the immigrats who will eventually return. Instead we should provide some type of program to allow them to get premission to work in order to be able to tax them to gain from them as they gain from us. resulting in less protest and more control.

References
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IMMIGRATION_SELF_DEPORTATION?SITE=MITRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Adrian Ceniceros Homework for Thursday.

US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops

Summary:
The Iraq and the US troops soon to pull out of the war on Thursday to exit Iraq cities by next June. By ending this very expensive was by the year 2011. Pending approval on Iraqi leadership to exit the war by December 2011. Although President Bush has avoided the subject of ending the war, even with many American deaths when the war started back in 2003. The two people for the next commander in chief Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama often discuss the future outcome of this lengthly war. Republican Barack Obama would like all US troops to be out if Iraq with 16 months of him taking office. but both see no hurry for the oulling out of US Troops.

Comments:
The comments that i would like to make about this article is that there is too much talking about the situation of wether to pull out of the war or to wait two more years when more deaths can occur. I also would like to comment that yes pulling US Troops is a difficult move but why not start bringing home troops a little at a time. I beleive that if we pull out of the war Iraq might pull a tricky move on us and get us again. I also think that Bush didnt know what he was doing when begining this war. But thats my opinion.

Concerns and Opinions:
the concerns i have are when the troops will finally come home and how fast we can get them home. I have a family member that is serving in the war and concerns to arise. Wondering if he is doing ok or if he is still alive when he doesnt call in 2 weeks. this is a very stressful situation for those who have family members serving in the war. Opinions i have wouild be to try and end the war in a timely manner not making any fast decisions, also i believe that the US cant end the war themselves we have to make peace with the iraqi leaders.

Central High School Shooting - Knoxville, Tennessee

Summary:

A student by the name of Jamar Siler shot a fifteen year old boy named Ryan McDonald on Thursday at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. The shooting started around 8:00 A.M. in the school cafeteria. Ryan was a sophomore who was living with his grandmother. He was diagnosed with alopecia at the age of 3. Alopecia is a condition in which you lost your hair.

Comments:

In my opinion, Ryan has really lived a difficult life and it sucks to hear that this happened to him. I would agree with the statement his uncle made when he said he was dealt some bad cards in his life. He had alopecia which made him the target for many kids to pick on him. He didn't have his parents because he was living with his grandmother. Then, he is shot by another kid because that kid chose to take his aggression out on Ryan. This shows that you are still at risk of being killed, even in school. This article has also proven to me that there are other people out there that I have it worse in their lives. This unfortunate incident also shows that gun control laws aren't being enforced as well as they should be because kids continue to manage to get guns on campus and end up shooting innocent people. This reminds me of the Virginia Tech shooting and how we as a country viewed the second amendment in an entirely different perspective after that event.

Questions:

The questions I pose in this article is, what was Jamar's motivation for shooting Ryan? Why are we using guns as a solution for our aggression and other problems?

Article Reference: http://www.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TENNESSEE_SCHOOL_SHOOTING?SITE=TXMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Meli's Homework for Friday

A student shot his 15 year old classmate in high school this thursday. Many other students were left in shock as they saw the victim hold his chest and fall to the ground. The police have identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a sickness that left him bald since he was three. Poor Ryan was the target of teasing since then. Jamar Siler shot Ryan around 8am at Central High School and was convicted about six minutes after the incident. This 15 year old "shooter" was charged with first degree murder and is going to be in a juvenile detention facility.

I think this Jamar Siler is crazy. It's really sad the fact that he just shot him. The article does not say why he shot Ryan, which is my question, but for whatever reason, I think Jamar could have handled it better. I wouldn't know what to do if I was the judge. The crime is serious but then again, he's still a boy. This story really shocked me, it reminds me of what happened at the junior high school in oxnard, E.O. Green. Kids nowadays have seen so many movies and have that bad example from their parents that they begin to build crazy ideas.

Ellen Aranda H.W. due(8-22-08)

Summary:

Micheal Phelps is the only competior to win 8 gold medals at any single olympic game. His mother Debbie Phelps and two sisters Hilary and Whitney Phelps were all in Beijing to cheer on and support Micheal in winning his 8 gold medals. Since the Olympics started Micheals family as not seen much of him but as seen on t.v. and through reading articles the Phelps family is exteremly close. Ever since Micheal started swimming he was extremely compeditive. Now since Micheal has won his 8 gold medals he will be returning home to Baltimore, Maryland. When Micheal returns home he will be greeted by his swim club which he has been a long time member of.

Opinion:

I think this is really exticiting how Micheal won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game. I also think having the support from his family really helped him on achiving his dream. When reading this article I wonder how someone trains and get ready for such a big event. My concern for Micheal is that many people may be jealous of him and try to ruin or hurt him by making up false rumors. I do believe that Micheal is gifted and as a long furture ahead of him and that things will only get better for him.

Esmeralda Z Friday homework

The British government reported that the UK has lost all prisoner data due to a lost memory device. The important device had information of every prisoner registered in England and Wales. The British officials were humiliated by the series of questions asked about their ability to safeguard even though they are supported by the national identification program. Since the data has been lost, the UK has come to a series of problems. Such as last year they lost millions of names and personal details from across the country because computers or memory devices went missing. The lost memory stick contained names and dates of birth of 84, ooo inmates, England and Wales' entire prison population. The device also contained the home addresses 33,000 criminals who committed six or more recordable convictions over the last 12 months. This is not the first time that has happen, like last November, tax officials admitted to loosing computer disks containing information on 25 million people, nearly half the county's population.


My thought about this article is that we cant always trust technology, and we cannot certainly depend on it. I believe that we can find other ways and solutions that fit our lifestyle. My concerns about this issue is that technology can cause even more serious problems that will cost us a life, and I'm afraid that it will kill humans someday. I also think technology has its advantages like the cure for diseases. I believe Technology has its advantages and disadvantages.

Fridays Homework

The U.S. wants to set a date of when they plan to get all the U.S. troops out of major Iraqi cities by next summer. Although the Iraqi approval for withdrawal would be by the winter of 2011.
For the past few months President Bush has hesitated to create a timetable for the U.S. troops to exit out of Iraq, but they still want to have presence there just in case things continue to get out of hand. The situation would be in the hands of the next President, which will consume office next January, both candidates have opposite opinions on whether the troops remain or leave Iraq.
Obama wants to pull-out troops within his first 16 months of presidency; while McCain wants to have the troops remain in Iraq.

My Opinion

This war is the cause of all the problems that are happening here at home, an example would be the gas prices, during the early parts of summer the prices made a huge jump, but now are seeming to settle down a little. The withdrawal from the troops from Iraq, i think, would not only benefit the people who have loved ones fighting in the war but also the nations people. Many people support Democratic Candidate Obama because of his proposal to bring the troops back in a small amount of time. Why still have troops in Iraq, what is still the purpose?.....

Ramon S. Friday homework

Student killed at tennesse high school

A 15 year old student was shot in knoxville high school. The teenagers name was Ryan McDonald, a sophmore that lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, condition that left him bald and endless teasing as a child. His uncle said that he tried to be tough but that he was a good kid. The suspect was arrested a near by street and was charged with first degree murder and his lawyer said that it wasnt in school or against it, it was a two people dispute and all this happened before school hours.

I think that he should stay in jail for twenty five years, and if he knew the victim he should stay longer because the suspect would have known that the victim had a problem or that there was something going on with him. There is no excuse if it was a problem inside or outside school he should be charged for the first degree murder and more.

home work

Police in China detained Chinese and foreign activists for protesting at the Neijing Olympics. Apparently there are designated areas for protest in China and one must submit an application and be accepted in order to protest. The five men, two women and teenage girl were arrested and sentances to 10 days of detention. The government was only going to allow 3 areas for protest. the actovosts had filled out an application to protest and the government said it was open, but they said the security made it extremely difficult to do what they were there to do.

i think that it is dumb that they have to ask permission to protest that is the whole point of protest. DAMN THE MAN! thats what its all about. it completely deffeats the purpose. thank goodness i dont live in china, there would probably be a public hanging and my family would have to watch on you tube or something.

Miguel's Homework Aug. 22, 2008

Summary:

Three days this week Tropical Storm Fay has march through Florida. There has been alot of flooding specially along the Atlantic coast. Water has reach depths of 5 feet in some neighborhoods. This has forced residents to walk in floodwaters, driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets. People in flooded parts were warned to keep watch for the wildlife. Two alligators were captured in residential neighborhoods and several others spotted. Storm Fay is just the fourth storm in history to make landfall as a tropical storm three times. The Florida Gov. asked the Bush administration to declare a federal disaster in the region to help with the storm's costs. Storm Fay also hit southern Georgia. In Florida no deaths have been reported. But Fay was responsible for 20 deaths in the Carribean. For some residents their mood was alot brighter today, because the sun began to dry out some of the flooded parts.

Comments/Opinion

This article was good but I didnt like what the storm did for peoples lifes. Alot of people's houses were destroyed because of the flooding that took part. I hope the storm goes away so the people could get help and move on with their lifes. The wildlife really surprised me, I would be shocked if I saw an alligator next to me, knowing that it could eat me. Im greatfull that I live in Ventura, California where the weather is great.

Random Auto-Biography

Miguel Zavala Zavala 1
Professor S. Boggs
English 02
19 August 2008
Random Auto-Biography
I was born on a bright sunny day in the summer of 1990, at the Community Memorial Hospital. At an early age I learned my neighborhood streets weren’t always safe. This was because I got ran over by a bicycle. I’ve lived in the Ventura all my life, as a kid I really didn’t do much other than hang with my cousin and watch Power Rangers. But at age ten, one of my friends got me into playing baseball, and I have been playing ever since. One day I want to play for a Major League team. For now though I’m still searching for a job. I’m not sure what kind of job I want but one that works with my schedule. I’ve seen my dad hit a deer while we driving through Texas. I have seen the Sears Tower in Chicago, it moves side to side because its so tall. I have never been to the top of the tower, but I plan too. And it may happen sooner than later because I’m going back to Chicago next week. I have felt how it feels to be hit with a baseball and be without a cup. I have felt someone’s fist hit my face, it wasn’t the greatest feeling. I drive my dads truck and my moms van, I plan to buy my own car. I have baseball cards from back in the day, one day I plan to sell them. December usually brings a road trip to Mexico. Therefore the car smells like feet and ass, because we‘re in there for about two days. Once I saw a shooting star while on a plane. I got contacts two years ago, without them I can see much. I once was playing football in my front yard and to try to catch the ball I jumped over a fence and got a nail stuck on my leg, but I got up and kept going.

Rury's Homework Aug 22, 2008

Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan's largest weapons complex killed at least 59 people Thursday, heightening the turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president.

The ruling coalition, made up of traditional rivals who were united primarily in their determination to force Musharraf from office, meanwhile appeared to be veering toward collapse. The two main parties have been unable to bridge key differences such as whether judges fired by Musharraf should be quickly reinstated and who should succeed him as president.

Pakistanis have urged the civilian government to stop bickering and turn quickly to tackling the country's problems from an economic downturn to extremist violence in the volatile northwest, where fighting between security forces and Islamic militants has escalated in recent weeks.

The bombers struck two different gates of the government weapons complex just as workers were leaving. The complex, comprising 12 factories, is located in Wah, a garrison city 20 miles west of the capital, Islamabad.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said the perimeter is guarded by a dedicated paramilitary force. Experts have suggested that facilities related to Pakistan's secretive nuclear weapons program are located in the Wah area, possibly including a uranium enrichment plant. Abbas insisted the complex attacked on Thursday was producing only conventional weapons.

At the hospital, relatives searched frantically for loved ones as doctors worked to save those most seriously injured.

A young man, Mohammad Asif, stood wailing after identifying the lifeless body of his 60-year-old father in an ambulance.

Among more than a dozen bodies seen by an Associated Press Television News reporter at the hospital were two wearing uniforms, though an army spokesman said he had no information that security forces were among the dead.

Regional police Chief Nasir Durrani said authorities believed they had found the remains of the two bombers and would try to reconstruct their faces to try to identify them.

Maulvi Umar, a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban groups, told The Associated Press the attacks were in revenge for military airstrikes in Bajur, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border.

Tanvir Lodhi, a spokesman for Pakistan Ordnance Factories, said 59 people were killed. Mohammed Azhar, a hospital official, said 70 were wounded.

Sharif wants to restore the all the justices, who could help him if he decides to seek revenge against Musharraf, who ousted the former premier in a 1999 coup, jailed him and then banished him to exile in Saudi Arabia.

Analysts say he also may be worried the former chief justice would revive corruption cases against him or facilitate legal action against Musharraf - a destabilizing move sure to dismay the country's Western backers, especially the United States.

The coalition also must agree on a candidate for president. The new leader must be elected by lawmakers by mid-September.

The People's Party insists that as the largest party in the coalition, it has the right to choose the new head of state, something unlikely to go over well with Sharif.

MY OPINION

In my opinion I think this people need some help, because they are killing their own people, and their are killing them self.

I'm concern for the innocent families that live there, living with scared and afraid of going out of their home, school, or work, scared of not having another day of life or losing their families. The government should do laws that could protect the people of that country so the can live safe and better.

Now I understand why alot of people emigrate from those countries, to the United States to find freedom and future, a plece were Democracy exist.

summary and response

Article: US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out by June





This aritcle was about how they want to pull the troops out of the war within a certain time limit. Six years into the war and they are expecting to pull our troops out by June. It talks about a major part for the Us-Iraqi draft agreement that they should be out of the Iraqi's cities by June 30 of this upcoming year. There is also other timelines for other troops being able to go home, also a date on which all U.S. troops should all be gone. We have lost 1,400 people during this war and their has been many injuries also. Iraqis have suffered thier losses too. Democrat Barack Obama said that if he is elected into office that he would start taking out the troops and the combat forces within a 16 month time. The Iraqis are wanting specific times of when for ure the U.S. would be leaving.

My Opinion:

I like how they want to get our troops out of their and bring them back home to thier friends and family, its been six years into this war and its a good thing that they are trying to put an end to it. Even though they are still negiotating on it still, it would be nice for them to come to a specfic time on which it would be over, so that we wont be in the war anymore. We have lost many people through out this war so the sooner they negiotate the better because that means we wont be losing anymore and they can come back home to thier friends and family.

25 Bodies Identified From Plane Crash in Spain by Daniel Woolls

Summary
The article contains information about an airplane crash that occurred on August 20, 2008 in Madrid, Spain. The accident caused 153 deaths including 19 children and infants. Only 25 bodies were identified the day after the crash. The airplane was part of Spanair, the second largest airline in Spain. The Spanair flight was on its way to the Canary Islands and then the devestating occurred. The investigators of the crash are still uncertain of the main affect of why the crash happened, but one assumption is that one of the two engines failed and caught fire.

Comments
The King and Queen of Spain showed thier respect to the disaster and deaths of the people by visting the makeshift morgue where the bodies were taken. Both of the palne's black boxes have been recovered. The jetliner abandoned the first take off attempt due to overheating of the air gauge. Technicians checked the plane after the abandoned take off and then cleared it safe for a second attempt for flight. One Spanish couple were late to the flight by three minutes and missed the crash.

Thoughts
It is very unfortunate that this crash occurred and the crash was Spain's worse disaster in over 25 years. I do not understand why the technicians of the plane did not find any problems even though the air gauge was showning signs over overheating. It is devasting to know that women, children and innocent people were killed. I believe that technicians at all airports need to be extra cautious with planes that have abandoned their first flight.

My Random Biography :o

Melissa Chavez:

I was born on October 25, 1990, in Ventura, California. I live in Oxnard though. I’ve seen the world’s biggest city. I’ve loved and played soccer for more than half of my life. My parents are still together. My best friend left to Carson City. My brothers are always looking up to me. I have a lot of friends but unfortunately the closest and most trustworthy one left to Dominguez Hills this year. My school is huge and amazing. It’s my first year. My grandma left me my senior year of High School in which she wasn’t able to see me receive my high school diploma. I wasn’t able to say goodbye. My cousins are like brothers and sisters to me. We always hang out and know how to have a good time. Me and my High School soccer team won first in league for the first time in history. We were also the first girl’s team to win league in history. High School was the best for me. I’m the youngest of my friends. I visit Mexico every year. My family always receives me with open arms. I’ve never fallen in love. I’ve been driving since I was 15 and a half. I’ve seen 13 year old boys and girls drink and smoke. I plan to do well in school this year. I drive a Toyota FJ Cruiser. I have over 45 cousins and I love them all. Even though I still haven’t met a few. I’ve seen the World Trade Center collapse at least 25 times on television. I wish I could see my grandma again. My favorite colors are pink, red and bright green. I love eating Mexican and Italian food. I’ve had an international game against Mexico. I miss the traditions my family used to have. Traditions like breaking the piñata or eating pozole every Saturday morning. I like speaking Spanish more than English. My favorite shoes are Vans and Converse. I drove through the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. I’ve been asked for my autograph which was pretty cool. I’m usually the tallest of my friends. I have horrible vision but hate wearing my glasses. Skinny jeans are my fave. I can care less of what people think of me. I believe that I’m not born to fit in, but to live and stand out.

Random Biography

I was born the year the Pope Jean Paul was elected. I was born in Peru. I lived in a 500 people town until I was 11 years old. I’ve felt a 7.0 earthquake. I saw cars jumping side to side and big towers falling right in front of my eyes. I never had best friend but I had many friends. I’ve lost two brothers. I‘ve have two sisters. My family lives far away, they live in Peru. My mother is the strictest lady in the world, it was hard and it is still hard to have a relationship with her. Even though I’m very grateful with her and with the education they gave me. I talk with my father a couple sentences since I’m born. He lived with me but he is the shyest and quite person in the world. I hate chocolate. I hate ice cream. My favorite color is red, deep red, like roses. I clean my house every day. Education is important. Good manners are even more important. I hate when people burp. Babies are miracles. I was baptized as Catholic. I love God. I don’t belong to any religion. I felt in love several times. I had a boyfriend for 5 years. I dated my husband 3 months. I always have better relationship with guys than with girls. My first kiss was when I was 14 and he is still one of my best friends. I moved to USA 6 years ago. I didn’t know I was going to live here forever. I’m not. I got married when I was 23. I have two kids. When I was 20 doctors told me I wasn’t going to be able to have kids. I have two kids now. Someday I would like to have a Peruvian restaurant in California. I love cooking! People like to eat when I cook. This makes me think I’m a good cook. I go back to my country to visit my family and friends once a year. The city that I’m from has 7 volcanoes around the city and it is 500 years old. I hate dogs and cats. I don’t like to touch them. I plan to live my live in Peru with my family someday. I wish I can do it right now. Every day I pray to God for my kids to be healthy, happy and to do the right thing as a mom. I’m so imperfect. I want to be so.