Current connections

What is the authors main idea within the article?
Information about poaching and how it's harming their heritage

Provide evidence to support his or her idea
The leader said they were like his family

What ideas do you agree with?
I think it's great that they are trying to save the elephants, and there heritage

What connection did you make?
The circle of life

Bucket list of books

Heaven is for real by Todd Burpo

Miss peregrines home for regular children by Ransom Riggs

Fifty shades of gray by E.L James

Flicka by Mary O'hara

Crack backs by John Coy

Raven boy by Maggie Sticfvatet

Star girl by Jerry Spenelli

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Blue fish by Pat Schmatz

The zeal to survive

The zeal to survive is the want to live, the want to keep on keeping on.

In the titanic most people jumped on life boats, and tried to escape, they had the will to live. Others just staid behind, they had the will to live, but they had excepted to fact that God had said hat it was there time to go.

Buck was almost beat to death, almost starved to death, and had to fight with spits to live. He had the attitude that nothing was going to get him down, and he would live to see another day.

So do you have the zeal to live? Could you fight to the death, just to fight another fight tomorrow?

Create life or not...

If I had the power to bring life back, or create it I wouldn't. I think it is Gods job to take the lives, and create the lives that he desires. He is the creator, and the controller, and seems to be doing a good job, so I think he can handle it.

Even if the creation was good, and was created for only good, I wouldn't. Who can say it won't turn into evil, or ever do good. Like in Frankenstein he never ment for his creation to be evil, but it was.

2012 theme word

compassionate- Having a loving heart toward all people that you meet in life. I try to be compassionate now, but in the future and from here on out, I'm going to try a little harder to smile at the random guy in walmart, just to try to make a difference in his day.


I chose the world compassionate because i think not enough people in this wold show compassion. I try to show everyone that a meet in walmart, walking down the hall, or even just walking down the street that someone in this world cares, sometimes just a polite smile is all  it takes to brighten some body's day.

If i can be a more compassionate person it will help me in my future carrier in the medical field. It takes a lot of compassion to care for complete strangers day in and day out. In the medical world right now most people are in it for the money, and don't genially care about the person they're taking care of, if nurses and doctors were more compassionate maybe being in the hospital or having to go to the doctor wouldn't be so bad.

argument: girls can play football

assertion:

• girls should be able to play football

evidence-concrete detail:

• equality, girls should have the same rights in sports as girls
• commentary 1: " can throw a perfect spiral, and punt farther then most guys can." if a girl can play better or just as good as the guys they should get the rights to play.
• commentary 2:women fought for our rights of equality a long time ago, and won. we have the same rights as any male in the us.To vote, to drive, and to play football if we so choose.  
• The guys say we are girls. we are not as tough, or as strong as they are
• If i worked out as much as the guys on the football team i could be as strong as they are.
•  How tough a girl is is a mind set, if she wants to be as tough as the guys she can be.

opposing claims/ they say:

• girls don't have the skill, and arnt tough enough to play football

my rebuttal:

•  given the chance and the lessen to play we could have the skill, and any girl can be as tough as any guy.

my paragraph:

• equality, girls should have the same rights in sports as girls "can throw a perfect spiral, and punt farther then most guys can." if a girl can play better or just as good as the guys they should get the rights to play. women fought for our rights of equality a long time ago, and won. we have the same rights as any male in the us.To vote, to drive, and to play football if we so choose.  The guys say we are girls. we are not as tough, or as strong as they areIf i worked out as much as the guys on the football team i could be as strong as they are. How tough a girl is is a mind set, if she wants to be as tough as the guys.

war is.....

War is a blood bath, protecting our rights and freedoms
War is the attack of someone else, killing and destroying what they stand for
War is a constant reminder to be that full for what we have, remembering that other people are not as lucky as us
War is a power struggle, in which some will has to end up winning
War is the bravery of Strong men and women, fighting for what the believe in
War is people losing loved ones, morning over the lost
War is strategy, planning every move to try to win
War is a battle with faith, praying everyday that your loved one comes home
War is standing strong as a country, being smart, standing up for what we love
War is loss, devastating others