As you continue to explore the castle you come upon many
different and interesting rooms. Across the hall and down the steps you will
find the weather room. This room is very magical and has many features. When
you walk in it recognizes your mood, so if are grumpy and angry the room will
burst into a giant thunder and lightning storm. The room also takes commands,
for example if you are cold you can say "summer" and it will be a
nice hot summer day in the room. This represents what you are felling, but
also functions by request. They realness of the room is outstanding, and there are
smells and touch involved with this room. If go to a pine tree forest you will
be able to smell the pine and if it is during the winter you will feel the cold
breeze. It takes you to another place and when you walk out of the room you
will not realize that you were in an old smelly castle. It takes you somewhere special and
you can stay there forever. This place is very magical and it will make you
want to never leave. This is truly one of the best rooms in the castle.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
The Tomorrow People
In the show "The Tomorrow People" it is about a teen named Stephen Jameson, and how he is changing into a supernatural being. There is a group of people who have had this happen to them, and they are called the "tomorrow people". The tomorrow people stand for telekinesis, teleportation and telepathic communication. Stephens new friends are named John, Cara, and Russell, and they have all mastered that skill, but Stephen still has things to learn. The tomorrow people have had to live in hiding for the past couple of years from a group called Ultra. Ultra is a company run by Dr. Jedikiah Price, who happens to be Stephen's uncle. Ultra is trying to hunt down people like Stephan, Cara, John, and Russell, because they believe if they capture them that the world will be a better place. Stephen's dad was apart of this and it was the reason why he left Stephen and his mom. Stephen will make sure not to do that to his family and still save the tomorrow people.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Flash Fiction: What Happened During the Ice Storm
What Happened During the Ice Storm
By: Jim Heynen
This story is mainly about a very bad ice storm, and these boys are going out to find pheasants, who were in the cold outside and slowly dying. Most of the livestock had been put in the barn, but not the birds, and therefore they were freezing slowly.The boys saw this and felt helpless and sad for the birds. The boys were conflicted on what to do, but they couldn't just stare at them and watch them freeze to death. One boy had the idea to rap the coat around the pheasant to help them stay warm. This seemed to work and the rest of the boy did the same to the rest of the pheasants. Once the boys had done that they started to feel cold, and felt the icy rain on their shirts. They decided to leave and go home, and left the pheasants with the warm coats for the night.
This short story gives the emotion of sadness for the pheasants, but kindness for the boys who helped the birds. The setting also makes you feel sad and gloomy. The message tell us to be kind to others, even animals can appreciate someone's kindness. The boy giving the pheasant his coat was a real story changer, because you would expect the boys to just walk away or maybe even kill them, but they helped them survive through the storm.
This story kind of reminded me of a real life situation. If the pheasants are "nerds" or the uncool kids in school, and the boys are the popular ones, who don't really care about them. They see the nerds being picked on and bullied, or in this case the pheasants who are freezing to death. You would expect the boys just to keep walking on by, in both cases, but they do stop and help them. They tell the bullies to stop picking on the nerds, and they help the nerds become safe. On the other hand they rap the pheasants in their coats, and help save their lives from the cold storm. This is kind-of how I thought about this story in real life.
By: Jim Heynen
This story is mainly about a very bad ice storm, and these boys are going out to find pheasants, who were in the cold outside and slowly dying. Most of the livestock had been put in the barn, but not the birds, and therefore they were freezing slowly.The boys saw this and felt helpless and sad for the birds. The boys were conflicted on what to do, but they couldn't just stare at them and watch them freeze to death. One boy had the idea to rap the coat around the pheasant to help them stay warm. This seemed to work and the rest of the boy did the same to the rest of the pheasants. Once the boys had done that they started to feel cold, and felt the icy rain on their shirts. They decided to leave and go home, and left the pheasants with the warm coats for the night.
This short story gives the emotion of sadness for the pheasants, but kindness for the boys who helped the birds. The setting also makes you feel sad and gloomy. The message tell us to be kind to others, even animals can appreciate someone's kindness. The boy giving the pheasant his coat was a real story changer, because you would expect the boys to just walk away or maybe even kill them, but they helped them survive through the storm.
This story kind of reminded me of a real life situation. If the pheasants are "nerds" or the uncool kids in school, and the boys are the popular ones, who don't really care about them. They see the nerds being picked on and bullied, or in this case the pheasants who are freezing to death. You would expect the boys just to keep walking on by, in both cases, but they do stop and help them. They tell the bullies to stop picking on the nerds, and they help the nerds become safe. On the other hand they rap the pheasants in their coats, and help save their lives from the cold storm. This is kind-of how I thought about this story in real life.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Social Issues in the World
The three social issue topics I have chosen are; bullying, cost of living, and crime rate and its effect on children. I have located three links on these topics within the sks.sirs.com website. This is a reliable website recommended by John Carroll.
The link I located on Bullying is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000354421. This article indicates that two children in every classroom in America will miss a day of school each month because they do not feel safe. It talks about the systems in place to address bullying but emphasizes the need to prevent bullying. To prevent bullying we need to have children understand civility and respect and create an environment that prevents bullying.
The link I located for Cost of living is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000312668.
Within the article "Why Inflation Hurts More Then It Did 30 Years Ago" it points our that in 2011 the cost of items increased by 2.1 percent. This is small compared to the 13 percent increase of items in 1980. The reason inflation feels worse in 2011 is due to the fact that peoples income is not rising with the cost of living as it did in 1980.
The last link I located for Crime Rate and its Effect on Children is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000291401.
This article by Christina Melton Crain contains some scary facts. Did you know that 10 percent of all minor children in the U.S. have a parent in prison? This group children is six times more likely than their peers to be incarcerated. This article talks about groups and programs that work towards helping kids who's parent(s) are in jail to ensure they do not follow in their parents footsteps and to see that they have the care and education they need.
These three topics are important in America today because each one is effecting us and how we live. They may not effect all of us directly, but they definitely effect all of us indirectly. To watch the news or hear on the radio how these topics effect our environment and society is very scary. People may disagree with these topics for sometimes it seems easier to avoid tough topics and hope they go away or someone else will take care of them.
Bullying:
I believe that bullying is wrong and you should treat people the way you want to be treated.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000354421
The cost of living:
People are paying more for things like gas, groceries, movies and material items then they did in the
past but they are not making more money in their paycheck. The cost of living is causing many people to do without things they may need.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000312668
How children are effected by the crime rate:
Kids are learning in a violent environment, and they see this as acceptable behavior.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000291401
The link I located on Bullying is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000354421. This article indicates that two children in every classroom in America will miss a day of school each month because they do not feel safe. It talks about the systems in place to address bullying but emphasizes the need to prevent bullying. To prevent bullying we need to have children understand civility and respect and create an environment that prevents bullying.
The link I located for Cost of living is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000312668.
Within the article "Why Inflation Hurts More Then It Did 30 Years Ago" it points our that in 2011 the cost of items increased by 2.1 percent. This is small compared to the 13 percent increase of items in 1980. The reason inflation feels worse in 2011 is due to the fact that peoples income is not rising with the cost of living as it did in 1980.
The last link I located for Crime Rate and its Effect on Children is as follows:
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000291401.
This article by Christina Melton Crain contains some scary facts. Did you know that 10 percent of all minor children in the U.S. have a parent in prison? This group children is six times more likely than their peers to be incarcerated. This article talks about groups and programs that work towards helping kids who's parent(s) are in jail to ensure they do not follow in their parents footsteps and to see that they have the care and education they need.
These three topics are important in America today because each one is effecting us and how we live. They may not effect all of us directly, but they definitely effect all of us indirectly. To watch the news or hear on the radio how these topics effect our environment and society is very scary. People may disagree with these topics for sometimes it seems easier to avoid tough topics and hope they go away or someone else will take care of them.
Bullying:
I believe that bullying is wrong and you should treat people the way you want to be treated.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000354421
The cost of living:
People are paying more for things like gas, groceries, movies and material items then they did in the
past but they are not making more money in their paycheck. The cost of living is causing many people to do without things they may need.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000312668
How children are effected by the crime rate:
Kids are learning in a violent environment, and they see this as acceptable behavior.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-clean-copy?id=SMD0067H-0-5358&type=ART&artno=0000291401
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Review of the Past Week
My first couple of weeks at John Carroll has gone pretty well, I hope that they will better as time goes on. For the first two days or so I got lost on whether to go left or right when coming from the stairs. I am learning quickly though, and it is becoming easier every day. I made the girls JV volleyball team, which was a good way to make new friends. Only three freshmen tried out for volleyball, so I had to really bound with the sophomores. From having the week of practices I recognize more people in the hall ways, than just the five people that came from my school. The girls on my team are very kind and they are very willing to help, they all have become my new good friends. It make my day easier knowing that I have friends in the grade above me and that their is a person in the halls to say hi to. My advisor's name is Mrs. Drummey, she is a very nice lady and she provides us with food during advisory. My hardest day is Wednesday, I have all my classes then, and Thursdays are my best because I have mods six, seven and eight off. Over the past couple weeks I have learned that it is important to put subjects in the subject spot when sending an email to a teacher. If you do not put a subject on the email, it will most likely go to the teachers spam mailbox. I think one of the most difficult things is knowing what bell is yours. I have a class where 3-5 bells go off but none of them are mine. The way I deal with this is the teacher normally says have a good day, or I just wait and see what the other students are doing. I have also started to pick up on pattern in the lunch room, like Wednesday I will always bring a lunch because there is so many people in the lunch room that I won’t have enough time to get in line and eat. I hope that as I continue to go to school that I will become more comfortable with the school and that I make lots of friends and memories here at John Carroll.
Personal Profile
Sara Dieter
August 28, 2013
English 9
Red
Mrs. Amato
My Life in Two Paragraphs
Welcome to Sara’s Dieter’s blog for English! I am a freshman at John Carroll and I went to Mountain Christian School for elementary and middle school and I live in Kingsville Maryland. Some of my hobbies are playing softball, horseback riding, and dancing. I love to spend time with my family, me and my family go down the beach a lot and we stay at my grandparent’s house and we have made a lot of fun memories there. Once a year all of my mom’s side goes down for a week and we go to the boardwalk, go go-carting, and go to the beach. I am a big fan of sports and I am a little competitive when it comes to losers and winners, I think that team sports are the best because you get to make friends and have lots of fun times with your team.
This is my
first year at John Carroll and I am hoping to make lots of new friends and have
the best four years of my life. I have goals for myself this year and I hope
that I will be able to stick with them. My goal for English is to become a
better speller and not to rely on auto correct from the computer. Spelling is
very important because it is a way of communicating to others. Another goal is
for my freshman experience, and that is not to be a quiet person, but to let my
personality come out, and make lots of new friends. My final goal is to become a
better Christian and have a stronger relationship with God and let people see
him through me. This is important to me because it is important to love God and
spread his word to others.
The Honor pledge is “On my honor, I have neither given nor
received unauthorized aid on this graded academic work”.
Sara Dieter
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