Present Tense:

I am going to school. It is (snowing) very hard and huge flakes are falling against the windshield. I see people (slipping) and sliding as they make their way to work. I am (sipping) hot chocolate from my travel mug. My dad is driving very carefully through the blistering winds of snow. I take a deep breath and give a sigh of relief as I see the school come into view. I (jump) out of my dad’s Honda and (race) through the doors as I don’t (want) to be late!

Past Tense:

I went to school. It (snowed) very hard and huge flakes fell against the windshield. I saw people (slip) and slide as they made their way to work. I (sipped) hot chocolate from my travel mug. My dad drove very carefully through the blistering winds of snow. I took a deep breath and gave a sigh of relief when I saw the school come into view. I (jumped) out of my dad’s Honda and (raced) through the doors as I didn’t (want) to be late!

Past and Present Paragraphs

Present tense:

I am in the car on my way to Seattle and I think that this trip will be lots of fun.  My dad and I are watching a movie and then we are there.  I really want to play some basketball with my dad, but my mom keeps telling me I can’t play basketball until I buy the clothes I need.  I am not happy about this!  I am on my way to the mall (unfortunately).  I am at the mall (hooray).  I am following my mom around (yawn).  I am trying on whatever my mom gives me to make this as quick as possible (groan).  I now have all my clothes (and a little less of my dignity) and my mom finally says I can go play some basketball.

 

Past tense:

This weekend I drove to Seattle.  The car ride was fun because I got to watch movies with my dad the whole time.  I really wanted to play some basketball, but my mom forced me to go shopping for some clothes I needed at the mall.  I reluctantly went and struggled through all my shopping and finally got to play basketball.

Past/ Present Paragraphs.

Yesterday I and my friend Joel had a sleepover at his new house, Joel recently moved because his grandma is moving in and their old house didn’t have enough space. We played some video games on his Xbox and computer. After that we got hungry and went to the kitchen and ate a chicken wrap, they were good. Right after we ate we went outside to play in the snow, we made a huge snow tunnel that went for about 3 feet back and 2 feet high. After we built it we got bored and smashed it was a shovel. We stayed up to 2:00 Am which is why I was so tired this morning at school

I’m having lots of fun with My Friend Joel. I am beating him at NHL 08 as the Boston Bruins and NFL 07 as the Pittsburgh Steelers, I’m Having a blast! Now I’m Hungry so I am going upstairs to eat a chicken wrap, it has chicken lettuce cheese and other yummy un-kosher things. Mmn, now Joel and I are going to make a big snow fort! Turns out the snow is harder then we though so instead of building up we are building down-sideways-ishh. Wow we did a great job, time to break it!

past/present tense

were we supposed to make a paragraph with both past and present tense or 1 with each?

My Bat Mitzvah in Israel

About one week ago I had my Bat Mitzvah party in Israel. It was held at my grandma and grandpa’s house. It was only for my family, but with my dad’s five sisters, my mom's two brothers, their kids, and all the cousins, it turned out to be about seventy-five people :). The Bat mitzvah was really fun.

It rained all week before the party and there was no way we could fit seventy-five people inside the house. We called someone to make a rooftop over the backyard so we could go outside but not get wet. After it rained all of Thursday night, finally the sun came out on Friday for my party.

In the bat mitzvah there was a slideshow I made. I only knew I was making a slideshow the week of the bat mitzvah. For three days of the week of the Bat Mitzvah I was working really hard on the slideshow. Because we were away from home, we didn't have all of my pictures. I therefore used pictures that my mom had on her laptop and I also looked through pictures that my parents mailed my grandparents over the years and scanned them. In the end, all of my work paid off, because the slideshow worked out great :).

It was so nice to celebrate my Bat Mitzvah in Israel with my family.

I hope all of you had fun in the winter break!

Shakaed

Late Graphic Organizer Question???

Hey Mr. G,

I will get my Graphic Organizer into you soon, and I was wondering if every single square had to be filled up?

Please reply as fast as possible!

Thanks,

Bram

The Cookie Monster Good Copy

The Cookie Monster




The Cookie Monster, 100, passed away January 1, 1500 at the Mental Cookie Hospital at 12:00 am. He will be sadly and missed by his loving family and friends, a beloved mother, the Cookie mama, his father, the Cookie daddy, his brother, the Cookie nerd, his sister the Cookie geek, and his younger brother the Cookie dork.
His friends Big Bird, Oscar, the kids, the people, the camera Man, Elmo, the director and the producer.

The cookie monster’s hobbies were to sit down and eat cookies all day until he got full. The Cookie monster always wanted a dog called the Cookie doggy, the day the Cookie monster died from cookie cancer he got his dog and was never got to see it again and career was over. The Cookie monster funeral will be held at Cookie Ave 22 Street in Toronto may the Cookie monster rest in peace.

BY: Tomer Busheri 7A

Shalom from Israel

Hi everyone, this is Shakaed. I’m writing to you from Israel. We arrived here two weeks ago. You can’t believe how warm it is here. It hardly rained so far and the average temperature is over 20 degrees. For us it’s good because we like the hot weather, but it’s actually not good at all since Israel needs the rain and everyone is hoping for some rain to come.

We flew to Israel with KLM and stopped in Amsterdam on the way. We had to stay at the airport for eight hours before our next flight so we stayed at a hotel there . It was a small hotel which was located at the airport, you didn’t even need to go through security to get there. The hotel room was very small; it only fit about two people. Me, my mom, and my little sister stayed in one room and my brother and my dad were in the other one. Everything in the room was electronic. There were buttons on the side of the bed that controlled the light, the TV, etc. You even had to click on a button to convert the sofa to a bed.

When we arrived in Israel my grandparents were waiting for us at the airport. It was really nice to see them again. After we were greeted by my grandparents, we went to my dad’s parents’ house. It was 4:00AM!

Israel is 10 hours ahead of Vancouver so we all had jetlag. For a few days my nights were my mornings and my mornings were my nights. I would wake up at about 5 pm and go to sleep at about 7 am. My grandpa called all of us owels :)

We are spending most of our time with our extended family. We see some of them every day and we also had two big get togethers with the whole family. Last Saturday all of my dad’s side of the family got together for a picnic. My dad has five sisters, and all of them have kids, so you can imagine how many people were there. After we finished eating we climbed up Mearat Ha’etzbah (“Finger Cave”). When we came back down we played games and had desert. Two days ago, on Saturday, we met with my mom’s side of the family. They all came over to my Mom’s parents’ house. We ate and talked. It was a lot of fun.

On Sunday I went to a show called the Festigal. The Festigal is a song competition, but basically it is a performance for kids where famous people in Israel act out a story with songs that relate to the story. At the end of the show people vote for which song they liked best. It is a very impressive performance with dancers and songs and I enjoyed it very much.

Enjoy the snow in Vancouver! I’ll write more soon.

Shakaed

Homework

In case you forgot...

Due tomorrow:

-Graphic organizer
-Study outline

Ancient Greece Homework

Are we supposed to finish our graphic organizers or just do the study outline?

Thanks, 

Isabelle

Hey,

Mr. G can you please send me the link of the you tube video of Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca.

Thanks,
Ari

Posting

Do we have to post our obituaries????

-nini

On July 18th 2008 Medusa the Gorgon died at stone fort General Hospital. Her Sisters will sadly miss her. She died after going to an amusement park and accidentally wandering into the hall of mirrors. She was a loving caretaker of her pet rock Philip who obviously misses her. Her funeral service will be held at 6766 rock-well drive.

By Micah Berlow

Obituary for Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse, 80, passed away on November 18^th 2008,his 80^th birthday, at Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Hospital. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Minnie Mouse. By his side were his caring and loving friends, Daisy Duck, Dewey, Donald Duck, Goofy, Huey, Louie, Peg Leg Pete and his wonderful pet dog Pluto. Mickey had great adventures with his friends and always enjoyed meeting his fans in Disney Parks. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24^th 2008 at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Main Street Disneyland.

~Sari

Tinkerbell

The Obituary of Tinkerbell
Written By: Bayle James



Tina, also known as Tinkerbell, was only 26 when she died from an overdose of ‘pixy dust’. She died on Monday, October 31st at 6:30 pm in the sky above Never Land. She is going to be missed dearly by Peter Pan, The Lost Boys (Tootles, Nibs, Slightly, Curly and The Twins), Wendy and all of her friends in Never Land. She will be remembered for her pouting, her jealousy and her good heart. Tinkerbell spent her whole life in Never Land. She lived with Peter and the Lost Boys in Slightly’s Tree house. One of Tinkerbell’s proudest moments was when she saved Peter from a poisoned drink that Captain Hook gave to Peter to kill him. She drank the drink to save her friend and almost died. Then she was saved by Peter who encouraged children to clap their hands to prove that they believed in fairies. Ceremonies to celebrate the life of Tinkerbell will take place second to the right and straight on till morning. Donations can be made to F.O.O.P.A. (Fairies Off Of Pixy Dust Association).

Bingo Prizes

7A: please bring in donations of lottery tickets by the end of the week for bingo baskets.

Obiturary for Bart Simpson

Bartholomew J. Simpson "El Barto" passed away last Thursday at age 10. This happened during a tragic skateboarding accident over Springfield Gorge. He will be missed by his sort of loving family, Marge his mom, Homer his dad and Lisa "Snot face" his loving sister. He also left behind an adoring cat Snowball II and an affectionate dog Santa's Little Helper. The funeral will be held at The First Church of Springfield 123 Fake street. The service will be lead by Reverand Lovejoy at 2:30pm Monday afternoon.

The Cookie Monster

The Cookie Monster

The cookie monster passed away at age 50 January 1 1800, at the mental Cookie hospital at 12:00 am in the morning. He will be sadly and sadly missed by his loving family who called him the Cookie monster along with his dedication to his family and friends, a beloved mother called the Cookie mama and his father called the Cookie daddy, and to his friends that loved the Cookie monster named The Big Yellow Bird, The Garbage Man, The Kids, The People, The Camera Man, The Director, The Producer, and his brother called the Cookie nerd, and his sister called the Cookie geek, and his younger brother called the Cookie dork, and his grandma and his grandpa. The cookie monster hobbies were to sit down and eat cookies all day 24/7 non-stops until he got full. The Cookie monster always wanted a dog called the Cookie doggy, the day the Cookie monster died from cookie cancer he got his dog and was never got to see it again and career was over. The Cookie monster funeral will be held at Cookie Ave 22 Street in Toronto may the Cookie monster rest in peace.

BY: Tomer Busheri 7A

Jug-Head's Dead!

Jug head Jones died on October 9th 2008 at the age of 18. He died of food poisoning at the Riverdale ICU. He will be sadly missed by lifelong friends: Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, and most of all Pop Tate: owner of Pop’s Choklit Shoppe. He also was a devoted food lover and has on record eaten 91 hamburgers in one sitting. His beloved pet; Hot-Dog will be adopted by Archie Andrews. A funeral service will be held a 5:00 Pm on Monday 15th at the Riverdale Church, 4266 whether drive

Dracula Obituary

Dracula, age 200 died in Fang Hospital after sucking blood out of a poisonous peacock, on Jan 10th 1996. His wife, children and many others except Ogi the Bear will miss him. Dracula had a strong relationship with Pete the Farmer. They would always go to Vampire Bowling together. Pete misses him dearly. Dracula's bat “Ron” wept for about an hour and then moved on. Dracula also had a cat named “Tooth”, a cow name “Jim”, a frog named “Hermit”, a squirrel named “Dog” and a chestnut named “Bill”. Dracula always enjoyed taking long walks across Blood Mountain and enjoyed going to the disco for vampires at 9’ o clock every night. A funeral will be held at Fang Synagogue, 2734 Tooth Road. Everyone is welcome to bring gifts in memory of Dracula. Complimentary punch to follow.

BY ARI HAVUSHA!