Summer FINALLY !!

My summer plans ! Well I'm going to be looking for a job so I can have money to go shopping with this summer. My Grandpa, which we call Poppy, he is going to take me and my sister and two other cousins camping and fishing. We love going camping and fishing, because mainly the swimming and fire's we have.(: Also I'm going to READ !!! Which now I love to do during my spare time. I will do a lot of working out and going swimming like crazy, because I want that tan I had when this school year started. And pretty much relax this summer and hopefully it goes by quick. At the end of the summer and plus a month later I will be 18 FINALLY !!!

My Skills ☺

To keep my reading skills up over the summer I will at least read an hour or two a day. When I start working hopefully soon, I can read during my breaks. I wanna keep reading so I can come back and be able to pass all my test and be able to do the GED tests. This whole time I have been here I have been reading a lot and keeping up with it so I think I will be able to keep up with reading with no problem ☺ The way I'm gonna get all my reading in for the summer and more is I will go to the library as much as possible. My goal for the summer is to read at least 5 books starting this month and continuing. ((:

Creative Storyy !!

There was a loud crash and suddenly out of nowhere there was a girl, who no one had ever met in their life. This girl had a thing inside her that no one knew of and that was she could appear out of nowhere. Some people never noticed that she would appear, but some people did like when she first made a loud crashing sound. The people around her would ask her questions, ask her where she is from, and where her parents are. This girl wasn't so little from what they thought, she actually was older not really old but in her twenties. After they started asking questions about everything she was gone. This girl never really answered the questions because she didn't know where her parents were or where she was from. Every time she would make a crash landing and be loud about it, more and more people noticed she was new.

Who Do I Consider Family !?!?

Family to me means you're there for them and you can trust them. My family is my Best friends. I only seem to trust them right now. They aren't really related to my family because they don't know them and I don't think they will know them. These people I call my best friends are always there for me and they have had my back from the start. I can trust them with anything and everything, and when I need something or help they're there for me. That's my real family that I have.

Crazy Weather !!

I honestly never could think someone or thousands of people could go through something so horrible. Japan was the first to get the bad weather then it started with earthquakes, floods, and then tornados. I feel so bad for the people in Joplin, Missouri because 2/3 of Joplin were destroyed. Joplin's deadliest twister in 60 years killed 117 people. Surprisingly people still had hope that they could get their lives back together once all this had happen. Over 2,000 buildings were destroyed including the St. John's Regional Medical Center from what people had seen or said. They all say to be able to replace all the damage, it would be $ 3 billion dollars.

My PerrrrrrrFect Day:D

My Perfect day would be hanging out with my three main best friends, Erica, Makayla, and Janessa. The way my day would be perfect is we would hangout all day of course, and go get either Subway or Tacobell, yummy! Then either walk to a couple parks and take a ton of pictures so we can keep memories. While were doing all this we are in either basketball shorts or sweat pants, which to me is being lazy and not caring what we look like. By ending that day we would play games on the Wii or watch movies and veg out for the rest of my perrrrrrfect day.

My interesting weekend!!

My weekend is going to be very interesting and full of fun. Today of course I'll  go to school and then hangout with my best friend and be lazy till around 4:00pm. We have to get ready for the dance club we go to with friends. After the dance we are going to go stay the night at a friends house for the weekend. Saturday is the interesting and full of fun day. We are gonna be little kids again and go to the park and go get subway. On Saturday night we are going midnight bowling with a bunch of friends. Sunday is gonna be our lazy day because we will be so tired from the two nights before.

Survey

My Millennial score is a 95 this survey was different but an interesting one.

Life Changing

The only thing I would change in my life would be to stop being a big baby and making my mom do everything for me. Why? Because I can't seem to do things on my own just yet and I'm only 17. I make her do everything; she does my laundry, she makes me food, buys me things, and when I'm sick she takes care of me. I honestly can say I would wanna change that about my life and not have to depend on my mom the rest of my life.

Something Cool

The thing that I got that I thought was so cool was my new phone, the old Black Berry. My Best Friend had got it for me because I told her that I was trying to find a new phone. I was happy I had got a new phone because I was getting tired of my chocolate touch. When I first got the Black Berry I was like yeah! I got a new phone. Well, it took me a little getting use to. I liked messing around with it and trying new things on the phone but it got boring real quick. I mean I loved that I got a new phone, but I didn't realize that it would get so old so quick.

Catch up!

On Thursday with the sub, it was alright it seemed class went by faster than usual. We did the blog, read and did packets. For group we looked at some video's about what happened in Japan and did a worksheet. On Friday I don't know what happened I wasn't here for that day.

Current Events

I'm never reading the news paper or looking at the news, so no I'm not keeping up with the current events happening. It brings no interest to me, I mean when my mom or grandpa is looking at the news I watch but not as long as they do. Yes I did hear about Osama's death, I heard it from facebook and people around town talking about it.

newspaper article!

GIRL ACTS OUT THE BIBLE!

Kit Tyler who is age 16 and her cousin Mercy Woods age 15, were both involved in acting out a part of the Bible to young children. Mercy had already been teaching before Kit showed up to Wethersfield. When Kit  first showed up,  from her family's view she was very lazy girl and didn't know what to do while being there.  Mercy brought Kit along to start working at a school nearby in Wethersfield so she could get her experience in of working, but that didn't work out to well in the starting. Kit was the type that did her own thing and didn't mind anything what people said to her or the way they looked either. This young girl just wanted to make the children's day fun during school, so she tried acting out something from the Bible and made the worst mistake by doing an act from the Bible. The puritans and people that worked around her had been very upset with her and didn't allow her to come back and work. Her acting out a part of the Bible showed them that she had no respect towards the children or them. The townspeople of Wethersfield didn't mess around with playing or disobeying things like the Bible. Kit Tyler, tried her best to show them all that she could do better, and she hoped for that second chance.

who- Kit Tyler- 16 & Mercy- 15
what- Acting out a part of the Bible in class to the children  
when- She started to work at the school after a week she had been there with her uncle and aunt. Her uncle wanted her to be working and getting use to doing things around the house and starting real work.    
where- Kit started to teach with her cousin Mercy at the near by school in Wethersfield, her uncle said she has to do something to help out the family and get use to what the girls have to do
why- She wanted to make the children's day less boring and to have them enjoy they're day more and have fun. 
how- The towns people and the Principal of the school she worked at thought she was a let down and they didn't want her to work anymore, They all thought it was disrespectful and rude to play out a part of the Bible. The parents didn't allow their children to go to school tell Kit was gone. Kit's aunt and uncle were even more upset because they are the type that stick to reading and going to church. They aren't the type that mess around with that they stick to the rules.

Lesson's Learned

In this book, the main point is that you don't judge before meeting someone or getting to know them first. From people in the book they judged Kit because she did things differently and she didn't notice things were different from where she came from. Kit and Hannah were the two main different people that did things differently and didn't mind what people thought about it. If there is one lesson I could learn from this story it would be not to be disrespectful and judge people I have not met and maybe get to know them.

Hannah's escape

After Kit got Hannah away from the big mob and got her on the ship with Nat she just got home and not even after a few minutes later people showed up. They wanted to take Kit away. The towns people wanted to lock Kit up because they already thought that she was a witch, and thought she was even more now. Kit's uncle tried telling the towns people to blame him for her mistakes.

Final Project!

4.)Choose an event from the book and write a newspaper article as if you were a journalist in that time period. Remember journalists always include who, what, when, where, why, and how!

This is the one I'm thinking of doing the newspaper article, because it  seems easier to me and not so complicated. I think writing the newspaper article to me would give more information about what has been going on in the story and its easier to me.

News!

Things that have been happening to some people are they have been crossing highways to kill them selves. This woman, who is not identified, at the scene crossed Highway 99E just south of Wood burn, Oregon and died instantly. When this happened was 8:30 pm on Saturday when she had gotten hit. The way it happened was this older guy had to press down hard on his breaks to stop before he had hit a car in front of him that had to press even more on his breaks before he would hit the woman crossing the high way. The second car didn't stop fast enough and he hit the first car and woman. The medical helicopter reported to scene and but by the time they had gotten there the woman who was running across the highway was already dead. The way I had found this out I went on to statesman journal.com. I had found more but this one had caught my eye more than the others.

Weekend!!!((:

This weekend is gonna be an amazing weekend for me. Why? Because I'm going to a dance club with my best friend. But today is a busy day, I'm getting my new phone, getting a cute new outfit, and hanging out with my best friend all day. Then we are heading to the dance club and gonna dance all night. Tomorrow I really don't know what I'm doing. Its an as you go day. Sunday, I'm sleeping in and then opening up my Easter basket. Then probably gonna go have a big dinner with my family. Yes I know I'm a little to old to have an Easter basket, but I'm a kid at heart. And I always will be even if I'm in my 40's.(:

My life Over Your's

I am the type of person who will be there for my friends. I will only help my real friends who have been there for me and I know will be there for me. If my true friends needed me to be there for them or needed my help I would. Even if it put my life in danger I would because I know they would have my back in the end. My friends that have been there for me from the start are the ones I would be there for. Would I help a stranger? It depends on what they need help with, because I wouldn't be able to trust them. They could have a weapon that could put me in danger or they could be really sick and I would get it, and it could hurt me more than them.

School Motivation

    When i first started in high school at sprague, i was scared and nervous because it was such a big school to go to for the first time. My 9th grade year i thought it was the most amazing thing and amazing place to be. By 11th grade to me the teachers didn't seem to care or want to motivate me. Somethings teachers could do is show the students is that they care, and not just throw the work in they're face. To me teachers at my old school only wanted to be there for the money.
   Ways that would have helped me were if the teachers would have done one on one teaching. Some people like me, are the type that need that teaching or I would never be able to learn or work. At my new school they show they want to help students by motivating them to reach their full potential in life.
     People I went to school with at sprague saw and notice that teachers never wanted to prove they wanted to award us for trying, they just showed for the money. My mom is the type were if her child isn't getting her education the right way she will say something or do something about it. Here at my new school I actually want to show up for class each day, and do my work. My new teachers show me more support and they push me more to getting my goal.

Mercy!

This character is the nicer person compared to Judith her sister. Mercy is more calm and doesn't give attitude and does what she is told with no questions. When her cousin Kit shows up with no notice, she welcomes her with open arms. She is also very nice and friendly to others, and she is very layed back. From what the book says, it seems she is the one who could care less about the rules her dad has set for her.

Combining

People didn't like Hannah and some thought Hannah was a witch because she lived by herself in the meadows and was a Quaker. Kit, Nat, and Prudence went and saw her anyways, and they all though she was a nice person.

White Lies

Little white lies to me can be good in some ways and can be bad some times. If its a little white lie some people take it the wrong way and think of you differently. To some other people they think its okay to lie and show they can get away with it and not care. When you lie to your friends, your parents, or anyone else, you may lose they're trust. When you want to gain some one's trust back, you have to work hard and not lie to people. But when some people lie others don't mind because they do the same thing and don't think its bad in anyway.

Meadows

To me I think its important for her to go back to the meadows because, she got to see Nate. Kit thought she would never see him again, from when they saw each other last. Nate is from when she first met him while traveling to America. Also what was important for her to go back was too see Hannah and ask her about Quakers. And to see if she could be one, and how easy it would be.

10 Weeks of school left

My goals for finishing out strong, are to study for my test and hope to do better than I did the first time. I hopefully will pass the test with flying colors and get out of here so I can move on to the BIG test. To get my GED I would need to study hard, concentrate, and focus hard on my test and nothing else. The way I want to finish out this program is work hard and concentrate on my test, packets and read more and more, and do amazingly well on my test. Hopefully when the time comes it will all be worth the hard work in the end.

Kit's Job

I think that Kit should try and fight for her job, because it seems that she likes to teach them but in her own way. The teachers that work around her in different classes don't like how she teaches the students. If I were in her shoes I would try to keep it, so that she can prove to her family that she can work.

Imaginary Letter

Dear Friend,

I hope your having a better time in Barbados then I am here in America. Let me tell you its not what you think it is, when I first saw America it was gloomy and nothing to it. The houses here in America are not as nice as ours back home. Just as the ship was taking off a little girl threw off her toy and was trying to get her mother's attention to get it, but no one would even hesitate to try and get it. I being the nice person I am, I decided to jump in the water and get it myself. When people realized I jumped off, they looked at me in a totally different way, because they were shocked I could swim. They now think I'm a witch. It's different here. Everyone has to do things themselves. They don't have any slaves. Its like they are their own slaves. Another thing is when guys wanna see a girl or wanna be with them, they have to ask the father or the man of the household to court them. That's their way of asking a girl out or on a date. Well, I just wanted to let you know how this trip has been for me, and hope you're having a better time at home than I am here.
 From Your Friend
           Kit
        

My Spring Break

For me my spring break wasn't all that fun. What I did was babysit my sister and argue with her all week. This last weekend was the most fun I had all spring break. Friday I went to a dance with friends and had so much fun. Saturday was a busy a day for me, first I went to my nephews birthday. Then after his party I got ready for midnight bowling with friends. On Sunday it was a layed back day and I hungout with family we went to wonderland for a while. After we got tired of wonderland we went home and watched movies all day being lazy.

SpRiNg BrEaK

For my spring break I'm going to head over the mountains for a couple days to see my family that I haven't seen since last summer. Then for the rest of my spring break I'll hangout with my friends most of the time. To keep my reading up I'm going to read about every day in the afternoon and before I go to bed. If I wanna get closer to getting my GED I need to keep doing what I do, which is reading, and writing what I read. What I'm going to do is go to the library most of the time during my spring break, and work on reading a lot and also doing packets. So I can come back with a positive feeling that I can keep going with no one getting in my way.(:

Kit's Choices

Some of Kit's decisions she chooses are perect in her eyes, but to me she doesn't make appropriate choices. The choices she decides to make are just showing up at her aunt's house, or deciding she is gonna speak up with out permission. I really don't think she should have saved the little girl's doll, because she wouldn't have had all the people in America stare at her different and make them think things. All the people in America think of her as a witch since she is able to swim with no problem. From what I read in the book I don't think she should have offered her cousins clothes because, her uncle didn't like that she shows up to there house with no notice or warning that she is coming to visit or to stay with them. Uncle Matthew didn't like that Kit offered all these clothes when his daughters had enough clothes and didn't need hers.

Character

Uncle Matthew is the type of person who is very strict and seems to always be very angry. When he first met Kit his niece, he didn't know what to think about her because she had a totally different attitude from all the other woman in the house. Uncle Matthew was the type of guy that followed the rules. He always read the bible to his children before they all went to bed. He never let the kids play around and he always made them work or cook food. Matthew didn't except that he had to feed another mouth and he didn't let his family except Kit's clothing.

Kit's Shoes

For my first time in America I wouldn't like it if it was all gray and gloomy. I wouldn't want my family to have this experience of gray and gloomy so I wouldn't want to bring them with me. If I was alone for the first time in America I would be so scared and wouldn't know what to do. I'm new and wouldn't know where to start with anything. My best way of trying to fit in is would sit and watch people to see how they acted so I wouldn't look to much different from them. I wouldn't really act any different, but not try to look out of place from everyone else.

10 Mistakes

The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a book about a girl named Kit who moves from Barbados to America in 1687. Her grandfather has died, and she is going to go live with her aunt. The town she moves to is full of Puritans who are much more religious than she is. She is constantly doing things that make her look strange to the people in America, because her culture in Barbados is so different.

3 Day Weekend(:

For my extra day off I'm going to hangout with friends all day and try to enjoy my day. I was gonna go out with my girls on Friday night, but I can't this weekend from what my mom said. Saturday I'm going to go to a get together with my mom, auntie, and my best friend. A little later during the day I'm going to be babysitting. There's times I don't like to babysit but it gets me some money. The last day of the weekend I'm just going to be lazy.Sundays are always my being lazy and I do nothing but sit and watch TV.

Character

The character Kit is a very caring girl, bold, and will speak her mind no matter where she is or who she is talking to. To some of the other character's in the book she is rich, has a lot of clothes, and actually cares about others. She is supposedly a witch to the people that live in America. Kit out of all people, she is the only one who can swim, and that's why people are thinking she is a witch. Her Grandfather is the one who taught her to swim and everything she knows.

Setting!

In mid-April, 1687, in Connecticut on the River. The young lady Kit Tyler was traveling to America for the first time from Barbados which were she lived. When she first came to America by traveling on a sail boat, she first was disappointed of the way it looked, it was gloomy and gray. Types of houses were just little plain wooden boxes. Some other people in the book, noticed that Kit was a natural at sailing. Place's you could sleep were on the bottom of the boat. They were called cabins. This is were you would stay during a storm so you could at least get a little warmth during this time of traveling. Their way of making clothing was using a spinning wheel. Kit was the type of girl to help other's out even if it was to jump over board to get a little toy for a young child.

Complex

The Puritans, who believed in hard work, came to America because they wanted to worship God the way they believed. From reading the Bible the idleness was from the devil and the devil walked among us. Also they thought that witches did the devil's work.

Salem Witch Trials

For people in 1692 in Salem children weren't allowed to have any games or toys. They had to concentrate on chores and bible verses. Some girls in 1692 started acting different so the towns people thought they were victims of witchcraft. Many of the girls started changing through different things like some started barking and flapping their arms, rolling on the ground and the towns people made the girls point out who had done this to them. If the people were to lie about being a witch, they would be hung. As the months passed more and more people would be hung..If I would have been one of those little girls or women, I would be the one to obey my father or whom ever I was supposed to obey. Life to me for them seemed really strict. They had to be doing chores and reading bible verses and having no fun.

TESTING!

Some things I would do to help me for the test tomorrow is I would make sure to take my time,read over things more than once. Other things that would help me is to get good sleep and get a good breakfast and drink A LOT of water.

Dream Travel

My dream place to travel to would be back to Tepic, Nayarit Mexico. Because I had went there for a youth's mission trip with my church, When I first got there I didnt want to be there, because I missed my mom so much, suprisingly I didnt cry for my mom like I would normally. But as we helped families and helped little kids with clothes and hair cuts and toys and other things children would enjoy I loved it. I really never wanted to leave because we had made a family with the church there in Mexico. The things I know about this place is that its a pretty big town,over 300,000 people. Almost every day in the afternoon, everyone in Tepic would go to the plaza which to us would be the mall but outside in the open door's. My main reason for me going back there would be, because I made another family. People who were like me, and also because I could go to the Vandagard college.(:

All About Gabby

Thing's you should know about me..
Im a fun girl to be around, i love making people laugh, Im always a person that love's to take adventures. I have been dancing since the day i could walk, my little sister and I we dance all the time music is our life's. I have been a cheer leader since i was in the 3rd grade and i love it, my dancing and cheering are my life, if their was no dancing or cheer leading i wouldnt know what to do in life, to me life would be pretty boring. My mom is my best friend, but also is my mommy when she need's to be, I tell my mom everything and anything. My Best Friend is Erica, we are just a like, we do everything together, and she is like my big sister, even though she is just a couple months older than me.(: My two niece's Lily and Dazy, these two little girl's are my world. Lily is 6 now and she is my little flexable little princess, Princess is my name I give her and Dazy both. Dazy is 3 gonna be 4 in April, she is my cuddle bug and she is a mini me, just like me. What else, ummm...Im addicted to Facebook, im on it 24/7. Well, im a nice,sweet,funny, and can be serious at time's but its hard to be serious all the time,I love to enjoy life and enjoy it while i have it.(: