5 Comments
1.Sonny got thrown out of two schools and had no where else to go to school.
2. The story takes place during the 30s and 40s.
3. Sonny got sent to live with his grandfather in downtown on Eldrige Street.
4. The only reason Sonny went to school was because it was cold outside and he needed to be warm.
5. The dad has a real dont care attitude and basically gave up on Sonny.
4Questions
1. How does the family feel about Sonny not being able not to go into any other school?
2. Will Sonny and his friends ever end up doing drugs?
3. Does the family think going to church will change Sonny's way of life.
4. Will Sonny get a job to occupy him?
3 Vocab
1. Burly-large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
2. Meddlesome- given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.
3.Sermon- a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, esp. one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
1 Overview.
1. During this part of the book, Sonny and his mother got sent to court because of him being accused for attempting to throw the boy out the window; Sonny cannot go back to any schools.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
NonFiction Post 4
5 Comments
1. At age 8 Sonny was already running away from the police.
2. Sonny's sisters are just being introduced in the book.
3. The characters remind me of some kids form Boston.
4. I think Sonny acts the way he does because he's not happy with his home.
5. Sonny says the reason he became bad was because he got in trouble when he was being good.
4 Comments
1. Where was Mama when Sonny was catting and skipping
2. Did the girls in Harlem get in trouble like the girls did?
3. What made the kids be so bad and become criminals?
3 Vocab
1. Plight- a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one
2. Reverted- to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc
3. Psychiatric- the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders
1 Overview
1. Sonny got accused of trying to throw a boy outside the window and was sent to a mental hospital
1. At age 8 Sonny was already running away from the police.
2. Sonny's sisters are just being introduced in the book.
3. The characters remind me of some kids form Boston.
4. I think Sonny acts the way he does because he's not happy with his home.
5. Sonny says the reason he became bad was because he got in trouble when he was being good.
4 Comments
1. Where was Mama when Sonny was catting and skipping
2. Did the girls in Harlem get in trouble like the girls did?
3. What made the kids be so bad and become criminals?
3 Vocab
1. Plight- a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one
2. Reverted- to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc
3. Psychiatric- the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders
1 Overview
1. Sonny got accused of trying to throw a boy outside the window and was sent to a mental hospital
Friday, June 5, 2009
NonFiction Post 3
5 Comments
1. Momma is very emotional
2. I dont think Dad cares about his family
3. I think Sonny will change if he goes to Warwick.
4. Sonny is shows emotion because he is finally scared of whats instore at Warwick
5. I would expect Sonny to learn his lesson after Sonny beat him.
4 Questions
1. What is a paddy boy?
2. How does dad feel about Sonny going to Warwick?
3. Why would Sonny continued to skip even though his father brutally beats him?
4. How old are Carole and Margie?
3 Vocab
1. Truant- a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty
2. Strop- a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc
3. Borough- one of the five administrative divisions of New York City
1. Overview Sentence.
1. Sonny began to reminicse on the past when he used to skip school and play "catting"
1. Momma is very emotional
2. I dont think Dad cares about his family
3. I think Sonny will change if he goes to Warwick.
4. Sonny is shows emotion because he is finally scared of whats instore at Warwick
5. I would expect Sonny to learn his lesson after Sonny beat him.
4 Questions
1. What is a paddy boy?
2. How does dad feel about Sonny going to Warwick?
3. Why would Sonny continued to skip even though his father brutally beats him?
4. How old are Carole and Margie?
3 Vocab
1. Truant- a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty
2. Strop- a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc
3. Borough- one of the five administrative divisions of New York City
1. Overview Sentence.
1. Sonny began to reminicse on the past when he used to skip school and play "catting"
NonFiction Post 2
5 Comments
1. I think Sonny thought the nurse was gay by the way he was talking.
2. The nurse was pushing all up on Sonny trying to make a move on him\
3. Sonny, his brother Pimp and their mother all seem to not like the father
4. I think the mother is scared of the father because whenever he does something the mother doesnt do anything but cry
5. The setting of the story is Harlem, New York
4Question
1. Does Sonny inform anyone about the gay nurse?
2. Will the nurse ever appear back in the story again?
3. Does any of Sonny's friends have girlfriends?
4. Will Sonny and his friends ever bother Ms. Gamey again after he got shot?
3 Vocab
1. Riot- a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
2. Pomade- a scented ointment, esp. one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
3.
1 Overview
1. A gay nurse comes into Sonny's room and was trying to make a move on him; When he gets out the hospital he has to go to court.
1. I think Sonny thought the nurse was gay by the way he was talking.
2. The nurse was pushing all up on Sonny trying to make a move on him\
3. Sonny, his brother Pimp and their mother all seem to not like the father
4. I think the mother is scared of the father because whenever he does something the mother doesnt do anything but cry
5. The setting of the story is Harlem, New York
4Question
1. Does Sonny inform anyone about the gay nurse?
2. Will the nurse ever appear back in the story again?
3. Does any of Sonny's friends have girlfriends?
4. Will Sonny and his friends ever bother Ms. Gamey again after he got shot?
3 Vocab
1. Riot- a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
2. Pomade- a scented ointment, esp. one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
3.
1 Overview
1. A gay nurse comes into Sonny's room and was trying to make a move on him; When he gets out the hospital he has to go to court.
NonFiction Post 1
5 Comments
1. The main character was a boy named Sonny and he's about 13 years old.
2. Sonny's mother seems to care a lot about him.
3. I think Turk is Sonny's best friend.
4. Turk doesnt care much about Sonny when he was shot
5. The dad's response to Sonny's being shot was very ghetto and rude.
4Questions
1. Why is someone trying to shoot Sonny?
2. During what time period does this story take place?
3. Where did Sonny get shot?
4. Where is the setting of this story?
3 Vocab
1. Intravenously- through or within a vein
2. Solemn- grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood
3. Convalescent- of or pertaining to convalescence or convalescing persons
1 Overview
1. Sonny gets shot near his house and has to go to the hospital.
1. The main character was a boy named Sonny and he's about 13 years old.
2. Sonny's mother seems to care a lot about him.
3. I think Turk is Sonny's best friend.
4. Turk doesnt care much about Sonny when he was shot
5. The dad's response to Sonny's being shot was very ghetto and rude.
4Questions
1. Why is someone trying to shoot Sonny?
2. During what time period does this story take place?
3. Where did Sonny get shot?
4. Where is the setting of this story?
3 Vocab
1. Intravenously- through or within a vein
2. Solemn- grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood
3. Convalescent- of or pertaining to convalescence or convalescing persons
1 Overview
1. Sonny gets shot near his house and has to go to the hospital.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Post 6
5 Comments
1.The Golden Ratio has been discovered over 4,500 years ago.
2.Alexander the Great's teacher Manaechmus is reputed to have discoverthe curves of ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola
3. Mathematics was an absolute must in the education of all state leaders and philosophers
4 Questions
1. Why was math a must back during B.C ?
2. Why don't people take math so seriously now ?
3.What is a astrophysicist ?
4. What is a socioeconomic vision?
3 Vocab
1. Broideries
2.Incommensurable
3.Postulated
1.The Golden Ratio has been discovered over 4,500 years ago.
2.Alexander the Great's teacher Manaechmus is reputed to have discoverthe curves of ellipse, the parabola and the hyperbola
3. Mathematics was an absolute must in the education of all state leaders and philosophers
4 Questions
1. Why was math a must back during B.C ?
2. Why don't people take math so seriously now ?
3.What is a astrophysicist ?
4. What is a socioeconomic vision?
3 Vocab
1. Broideries
2.Incommensurable
3.Postulated
Post 5
5 Comments
1.Everything string quart and symphony orchestra uses Pythagoras' discovery of whole-number relationships.
2. Piero's lucid book on perspective became the standard manual for artists who attempted to paint plane figures and solids.
3. Mendelssohn suggest that ancient Egyptians may not have used the same unit of length to measure vertical and horiazonal distances
4. Either tha ancient Babylonians or the ancient Egyptians discovered the Golden Ratio and it's properties
5. Pyramids and Golden Numberism may be stronger then any solid solid evidence
4 Questions
1.What does music have to do with math and numbers ?
2. What unit of length did ancient Egyptians use to measure vertical and horizontal distances ?
3. What is the Golden Numberism ?
4. What is the Great Pyramind ?
3 Vocab
1.asserion
2.aethetic
3.Fallacy
1.Everything string quart and symphony orchestra uses Pythagoras' discovery of whole-number relationships.
2. Piero's lucid book on perspective became the standard manual for artists who attempted to paint plane figures and solids.
3. Mendelssohn suggest that ancient Egyptians may not have used the same unit of length to measure vertical and horiazonal distances
4. Either tha ancient Babylonians or the ancient Egyptians discovered the Golden Ratio and it's properties
5. Pyramids and Golden Numberism may be stronger then any solid solid evidence
4 Questions
1.What does music have to do with math and numbers ?
2. What unit of length did ancient Egyptians use to measure vertical and horizontal distances ?
3. What is the Golden Numberism ?
4. What is the Great Pyramind ?
3 Vocab
1.asserion
2.aethetic
3.Fallacy
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Post 4
5 Comments
1. The book connects everything in the real world to math
2. I think math is the most important thing in the world
3. In 1963 the Fibonacc Association has published a journal entitled the Fibonacci Quarterly
4. Johannes Kepler is best known for being responsible for the three laws of planetary motion.
5. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Germany
4 Questions
1.Where is Ptolemy from?
2. How is math and art related ?
3. What is planetary motion.
4. Where is Tubingen?
3 Vocab
1. Logarithmic-
2. Seminary-
3.Centric-
1 Overview
1. I learned about Johannes Kepler and what he studied.
1. The book connects everything in the real world to math
2. I think math is the most important thing in the world
3. In 1963 the Fibonacc Association has published a journal entitled the Fibonacci Quarterly
4. Johannes Kepler is best known for being responsible for the three laws of planetary motion.
5. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Germany
4 Questions
1.Where is Ptolemy from?
2. How is math and art related ?
3. What is planetary motion.
4. Where is Tubingen?
3 Vocab
1. Logarithmic-
2. Seminary-
3.Centric-
1 Overview
1. I learned about Johannes Kepler and what he studied.
Post 3
5 Comments
1. The Golden Ration appears in the Elements in several places.
2. The Golden Ratio is often defined as extreme and mean ratio
3. Every angle of a pentagon is equal to 108 degrees
4. I like the first verse of the poem "Golden Mean"
5. The Golden Ratio was computed to 10 million decimal places in December 1996.
4 Questions
1. How does the Golden Ratio appear in the Elements in several places ?
2. What does IBM stand for?
3. What is the difference between a "daughter" triangle and a "parent" triangle
4. Why do they call the triangles called "daugthter" and "parent" ?
3 Vocab
1. Ubiquitous
2. Manifestation
3. Linguistic
2 Literary Terms
1.The Golden mean is quite absurd
It's not yoiur ordinary surd -
2.
1 Overview Sentence
In this section I learned about the different triangle names and more about the Golden Ratio.
1. The Golden Ration appears in the Elements in several places.
2. The Golden Ratio is often defined as extreme and mean ratio
3. Every angle of a pentagon is equal to 108 degrees
4. I like the first verse of the poem "Golden Mean"
5. The Golden Ratio was computed to 10 million decimal places in December 1996.
4 Questions
1. How does the Golden Ratio appear in the Elements in several places ?
2. What does IBM stand for?
3. What is the difference between a "daughter" triangle and a "parent" triangle
4. Why do they call the triangles called "daugthter" and "parent" ?
3 Vocab
1. Ubiquitous
2. Manifestation
3. Linguistic
2 Literary Terms
1.The Golden mean is quite absurd
It's not yoiur ordinary surd -
2.
1 Overview Sentence
In this section I learned about the different triangle names and more about the Golden Ratio.
Post 2
5 Comments
1.In 1998 two groups of astronomores discovered that not only Earth is expanding
2. The four basic elements of matter are earth, water, air and fire.
3. The Parthenon was built on the Acropolis in Athens as a temple sacred to the cult of Anthena Parthenos.
4. The Elements are a thirteen-volume work on geometry and number theory
5. The lengths of the sides of the rectangle are in a Golden Ratio to each other.
4 Questions
1. What other universe is expanding?
2. What is "dark energy" ?
3. What does the lifes of people from the Athens have to do with math ?
4. Who created the Elements ?
3 Vocab
1. Immense
2. Circumscribed
3. Infinitum
1 Overview
In this section I learned about elements.
1.In 1998 two groups of astronomores discovered that not only Earth is expanding
2. The four basic elements of matter are earth, water, air and fire.
3. The Parthenon was built on the Acropolis in Athens as a temple sacred to the cult of Anthena Parthenos.
4. The Elements are a thirteen-volume work on geometry and number theory
5. The lengths of the sides of the rectangle are in a Golden Ratio to each other.
4 Questions
1. What other universe is expanding?
2. What is "dark energy" ?
3. What does the lifes of people from the Athens have to do with math ?
4. Who created the Elements ?
3 Vocab
1. Immense
2. Circumscribed
3. Infinitum
1 Overview
In this section I learned about elements.
Post 1
5 Comments
1.I like the quote "Numberless" are the world's wonders.
2.This book is very complex
3. Cardinal numbers simply determine the plurality of collection of items.
4 Questions
1. What is a physicist?
2. How does pi appear very frequently?
3. What is a anthropologist?
4. Why is the term for ten coconuts different from the term for ten boats different?
3 Vocab
1. Meager
2. Propensity
3. Formulae
1 Overview
In this section I learned that cardinal numbers appear first and different items have different terms for numbers.
1.I like the quote "Numberless" are the world's wonders.
2.This book is very complex
3. Cardinal numbers simply determine the plurality of collection of items.
4 Questions
1. What is a physicist?
2. How does pi appear very frequently?
3. What is a anthropologist?
4. Why is the term for ten coconuts different from the term for ten boats different?
3 Vocab
1. Meager
2. Propensity
3. Formulae
1 Overview
In this section I learned that cardinal numbers appear first and different items have different terms for numbers.
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