WordlyWiseBook6Lesson13Story

Lesson 13 Story

            The year was 2351. The world was enduring a hard ice age. Buildings froze and collapsed. Skies turned blind white and everyone was competing for resources and food. Trepidation filled everyone, as their eyes were as wide as pancakes. In the midst of all this despair and desperation, a young child was born. His name was Timothy L. White. Some people say, that Timothy’s birth was meteoric when the aliens saved them from the doomed fate of destruction. Some say, but what’s truth and what’s myth? Timothy was only a normal child who was born during the Dark Ice Ages. He was born near Tree hive Park, a sylvan place in the frozen environment.

            When Timothy was young, he had precocity in ideas and mathematics. However, his family did not care much about it. As soon as Timothy turned twenty-three, his family couldn’t keep him anymore. His family, composed of three other children and his parents, were struggling to survive and eat food just as every other family was. So, young Tim went out into the wide unknown world to seek fortune and happiness. The naïve little man did not understand the world and would soon have misfortune befall him. Fortunately, a rich couple saw his abilities and proffered him a home. As Tim began to recover, he began to understand what was happening to the Earth. Right away, he knew what to do. He was solicitous in helping the world. He went to the Ice Age Termination Agency, or also known as I.A.T.A. for help. Quickly, he made a friend whose name was Robert C. Delgado. Timothy quickly was swept up in the action against the Government. He learned that the Government was trying to take over the world by freezing everything and starving everyone. He and Robert and many others remonstrated with Jimmy E. Mackenzie, the head of the Government. As Robert began to be liked by everyone, Robert’s personality became overbearing and he would be very bossy. Finally, Tim had enough of him. He angrily protested against Robert while others cheered for Tim. That was when there became the rift of Robert and Tim.

            Tim was clearly underestimated Robert’s power when he stood up for himself and others. Tim’s remonstration had discomfited Robert and Robert took out a pistol but before Robert could shoot, the famous virtuoso at the piano, Elroy P. Liles, took up the piano chair and swung it at Robert. The chair hit Robert in the back and as he slumped down, pinned down by the chair, the pistol flew in the air and hit the ground. Fortunately, nothing untoward happened and the protest against the Government soon became successful. As Timothy stated in his autobiography 15 years after the incident, he succinctly summed the whole experience up in these words: Peace wins again. 

Patterns in Nature

Patterns in Nature

            Humans have always been fascinated with Nature. They have seen nature as a beautiful world, filled with wonderful and enchanting patterns. I have seen a few of those patterns that have captivated humans into their luring and tugging grip. The first pattern is probably what everyone knows as a child; peacock wings. Peacock wings are beautiful and seem to dance and fly. The “eyes” on the wings seem to confuse me yet they are so colorful and charming. They seem to stare and shine like the sun.

            Zebras have roamed the plains for as long as they have existed. To survive, they have used any adaptations such as their stripes. Their stripes seem to confuse their main predator when they gather into groups. They seem to ripple like waves but the only thing is that the colors are black and white. Both colors seem to stand up at once.

            A Guinea Fowl Feather is extremely fascinating. It seems to be furry and hairy on the outside but on the inside, there are dotted white spots on the feather.

            The Spider web is a pattern in nature that has always intrigued me. It is the most intricate pattern I have ever seen. Although I have fear them so much, I must admit that they are beautiful and elegant. It looks so fragile with long strands of tiny bits connecting each other. The spider webs look like small bridges that suspend in the air. 

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The Most Useful Invention in the Last 50 Years

            In the last 50 years, a lot of inventions have changed the world. One of the most influential inventions in all that time was the Internet. The Internet is important for several reasons. First, the Internet allows us to communicate. Communication is very important. Of course, communication has been around every since we evolved into Homo sapiens but the Internet has allowed us to communicate and take one step even further. It allows us to communicate extremely fast and it allows us to communicate over great distances. Now, it has even allowed us to see each other over far distances. Second, the Internet allows us to find information extremely fast and extremely easy. Finally, there’s entertainment. You can chat, play games, and do lots of things such as videoconferences, sending and taking pictures and even watching movies. The Internet is a great tool for humans to use. 

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The Death of the Ancient Egyptian

            Once upon a time, there was a young Egyptian with black hair and dark eyes. He had a tan yellow skin with a thick necklace of diamond around his neck at all times. The Egyptian was very haughty and arrogant, but he was especially clever, too. One day, an old man who was feared and believed to practice wizardry approached him and croaked, “Kill the pharaoh by striking at his marrow with an arrow. Let his blood flow and kill the guards slow.” The Egyptian had a gleam in his eye and did all of that. However, the Egyptian killed the pharaoh with a wrong timing. Master Moses was coming to Egypt that evening. He was coming back to see his old friend, the pharaoh, after ten years. After Master Moses found out what happened, he snuck into the palace and while the Egyptian stared out to space on his balcony, Moses struck and stabbed him 37 times and threw his body over the balcony to the alligators. After a week, the Egyptian’s spirit was aroused by the Call of the Spirit. It stayed in its tomb during the daytime, staring endlessly at the coffin. When nighttime came, his spirit flew around everything, as if it had nothing to do. After 3 days, the Egyptian’s brother opened the Egyptian’s coffin and put inside the Book of the Dead. That night, the spirit left its coffin and dropped into the ground. Across the River of Nightmares, he met the three demons. The demons laughed in his face, throwing fire in his face. The spirit did not say anything and it surprised the demons and they believed that the spirit was a good one. As the spirit left the river, it chuckled to itself saying that the demons were fools that were cheated. As he came up the golden steps toward Osiris and his Council, fear crept into his spirit. Osiris frowned and stared at the spirit as if it was a boxing match. After three minutes of dead silence, Sebek, the crocodile god, threw the spirit on top of the scale next to the feather. Everyone was shocked. The entire scale had been broken because of all the evils piled on the scale. Sebek gobbled and chomped down on the spirit as it had its hand open reaching out with its eyes and mouth open toward the sky. Sebek burped and laid down to rest from his meal. Because there was so much evil in the spirit, it made Sebek full. 

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Paragraph of all Reading Comp. Words for Selection 22

            John Spencer James looked down at the problems in front of him. It was solely filled with math questions for the best of the best. He was applying to become the Mathematician. Only one would pass the Math Test and whoever did, would become the Mathematician. John stared at the sheet; then at his blank scrap paper next to him. He never thought it would be so good. The proportion between the textbook and the test questions were very different. Then, a brilliant idea came into his head. He would rely on other people. He artfully leaned his head to his partner’s side, craning his neck with his eyes looking down. The perspective for the eye there was perfect. He saw everything clearly through his glass eye. His “victim” had not completed his question, but he was depicting the problem on the blank scrap paper. John smiled evilly as he understood the question. This is way to easy. Too easy. 

WordlyWiseBook6Lesson11

Lesson 11 Story

There was once a planet called Draco Pro 30065. It was filled with the most advanced and lavish inventions and there were amenities that assisted everyone in their daily lives. For example, there was something called the Amped. Its job was to transport you from place to place and it helped carry your books and belongings. Also, there was another amenity called the Avorad. Its job was to help fold your clothes and give you lots of information and knowledge you needed. It also had a chip that was connected to you to help and allow you to easily memorize information and data. The citizens of Draco Pro 30065 were complacent and felt that they were safe from anything. The planet council, the Hermanian Dracosia, would provide and defray money and resources for more inventions. Everyone on Draco envisaged an even more advanced planet with teleportation and super advanced computers. As their planet advanced toward civilization, there was an averse and malevolent warlord. He lived in the shadows of space near Draco’s moon, Soriano. He felt that the Draconians were being haughty and vain. So, he sent his most trusted agent, Feraro Sanchez Azionna. Azionna’s job was to steal the C.O.R.E., Critical, Odder, Raging, Engine. Its job was to provide Dracos with power to survive under the extreme heat from Star 182. It also gave the planet power. But C.O.R.E. needed lots of energy so anything from the room what held C.O.R.E. was turned to heat and into energy. When Azionna got hold of the C.O.R.E., he reversed the whole machine and made it start decomposing the planet into rocks. He said, “Wow! The real tangible C.O.R.E.!” However, the C.O.R.E. made a huge sound and it made the guards wonder what was sound was emanating from the room that held C.O.R.E. When they got it, they were killed instantly from the heat of the C.O.R.E. Azionna, seeing what happened, ran out to the market and tried to start a furor. He yelled, “The C.O.R.E. is exploding! The government didn’t take care of it! Help!” He caused panic and confusion widespread across the planet. His little idyll ended when the Hermanian Dracosia calmed everyone down and claimed that what Azionna was saying was a fallacy. Just then, an explosion rocked the ground. The guards immediately grabbed Azionna and the captain said questioned him firmly with his teeth tight, “What happened?” Azionna claimed the act was facetious and smiled and said, “He has returned.” The captain’s face turned as white as paper and raced back to the C.O.R.E. Room faster than a stallion. What he saw was incredible. The paucity of the whole base that guarded the C.O.R.E. became clear when they looked at the thousand mile holes from the C.O.R.E. Decomposition. The C.O.R.E. sat there, melting with steam pouring out of it. The warlord had failed. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Three years after the incident and the rebuild of the planet, a study was conducted on C.O.R.E. It was revealed that the C.O.R.E. was too porous and it caused air to get inside the machine, causing it to expand and create a gigantic explosion that blew a quarter of the planet away into space. Finally, there was a new invention called the Emoricapatitor. It superseded the C.O.R.E. and created more energy and was safer. There were never more incidents of the citizens of Draco Pro 30065 being preyed upon by the warlord or his sneaky sidekicks. 

The Expired Life of the Egyptian

The Death of the Ancient Egyptian

       Once upon a time, there was a young Egyptian with black hair and dark eyes. He had tan yellow brownish skin with a thick necklace around his neck at all times. Oh wait, all stories begin with once upon a time, but this story's ending will be different, unfortunately. There will not be any happy ending or lived happily ever after. Now, I shall continue. The Egyptian was very haughty and arrogant, but he was very clever, too. One day, an old man who was believed to practice wizardry and Satanism told him, "Kill the pharaoh. Strike his marrow with an arrow. Let his blood flow, and poison the river, it shall  and let the guards die. And so he did, but an event that was going to change his life, was rounding the corner. Master Moses came to Egypt that day. The pharaoh was a good friend of Moses and then, Master Moses took out his knife and stabbed the young Egyptian 7 times. However, the young Egyptian's friends gave him a proper burial. Then, after a week, the Egyptian's spirit was aroused. It stayed in its tomb, staring endlessly into his mirror with a knife in his hand. During the daytime, it would just fly as if it could fly to the end of the universe. Since the Egyptian's brother packed an Egyptian Book of the Dead in his coffin, the spirit stared into it and drifted to the underground. When he met the demons, he cheated them and he beat them. But there was no more cheating when he met Osiris. Sebek, the crocodile god, could already smell the evil pouring out of his body. Before anyone could stop him, he jumped up, opened up his mouth that could swallow an entire house, and chomped down on the Egyptian. He screamed in pain with his mouth open and his eyes as wide as pancakes. But there was too much evil in the Egyptian. He got up and weight himself on the scale. Everyone's eyes popped out from what they saw. The feather wasn't even touching but the Egyptian had crushed the scale. Osiris, seeing what happened, gathered his group and completely vaporized him. They were too shocked and traumatized by the evil. Finally, the world was at peace again. 

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The Most Useful Invention in the Last 50 Years

            In the last 50 years, a lot of inventions have changed the world. One of the most influential inventions in the whole world that time was the Internet. The Internet is very important for several reasons. First, the Internet allows us to communicate. Communication among us humans is very important. What I mean by communication is, it provides each of us with information. We can even talk with each other using the Internet. Second, you can use the Internet to find your information. You can find almost any subject known to humans you want using the Internet. You can easily find information using the Internet. Then, there’s entertainment. You get to chat, play games, and do a lot of things. It is endless. Finally, you can use the Internet to track your businesses. You can easily use the Internet to see how your stocks are, have a conference with business partners, and a lot more. It’s quite obvious. Humans definitely depend on the Internet. 

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Large Hailstones Sci-Fi

            Once upon a time, there was a race called the Macedon UMC Navix. The Macedon lived by themselves as a violent race. They would always fight amongst one another until one died and another lived to fight another day. They would gamble, kill, and do criminal activities. Their planet was called Klaemptydon in ancient Macedon language, “Destruction and Breaking”. It was never safe on that planet. No other species dared to cross a Macedon or even, go directly to a Macedon. Even if another species were bribed a million dollars, they wouldn’t even touch the planet. When precious cargo fell from space to Klaemptydon, it would stay there. Everything continued for five hundred years, until the Sangheilli and the Humans made an alliance. They searched the universe for sentient life. There they found the Macedon. They were disgusted. When they fought against the Macedon, it seemed hopeless. They were outnumbered, outgunned, and outmaneuvered since the Macedon moved so fast. There was no Deus Ex Machina for them yet. This was the first time it seemed as if a Sangheilli would lose and be considered inferior to another species. Until Admiral Picket B. Ads came into command of the D.U.M.B., Divine, Upset, Menacing, Brothers. He came from Planet Earth 312. It had severe problems with huge hailstones coming from the sky. Picket took the hailstones and stored them into his ships. His ships went low into the atmosphere, vulnerable to anti-ship guns and the burning of the atmosphere, dropping the hailstones and firing their weapons. They blasted the Macedons good bye. They could do nothing but take cover when they pounded on them and killing them. They did not surrender and at last, after 3 years of pounding and killing, Klaemptydon cracked and parts of it floated into space. They could do nothing but take cover when they pounded on them and killing them. They had no ships that could fight the D.U.M.B.’s ships so they became extinct. 

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Legend of Moon

            Long ago, there was a place called The City of Archaen. The Archaens had settled there because of a long war. There were people called Archaens and they lived peacefully all over the world, until the Necromongers and the Dolls made an alliance. They called themselves, The Nothing. They battled heroically against the Nothing, but to no prevail. Finally, an alien species, known as the Forerunner, long time enemies of the Necromongers, they used all their knowledge to save the Archaens and then, they became extinct. The gift from the Forerunners was tremendous. They created, the moon. The moon gave the Archaens a base to plan their attacks and they almost defeated the Nothing. Until the Nothing gained control of the Sun. They used the sun to try to burn apart the Moon but the Archaens created a shield that would make the sunlight be distributed and reflect off the surface. Then, their sun ran out of energy and would gain energy in the morning. That is why; you never see the Sun and the Moon together in the Sky. Also, that is why when you see the moon, sunlight always reflects off. 

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The 6 Objects to Survive in the World

            The human nature is to grow up and leave your family and go out into the world to take your chances. If I needed to bring only 6 objects with me if I move from my house, I would bring the things that show the most value to me. First, I would bring a computer. With the computer, I’ll bring some of its necessary items that go with it such as the power cord. However, with the computer, I’ll need to bring a router such as and ADSL Modem to give me Internet and to entertain and inform me. But I shouldn’t forget my most basic needs of life. I’ll bring some food for myself to eat and I’ll bring clothes for me to wear. But I will also remember to bring money to allow me to buy things and survive. Finally, I’ll bring my musical instruments. I’ll bring my violin and drums so that I might be able to earn money because I am young and everyone will think I am so sad even if I play really bad. That may be how I am able to survive. 

How to Achieve Perspective in a Drawing

How to Achieve Perspective in a Picture

            Perspective and distance in a picture is very important. It makes the whole picture seem better and more realistic. Sometimes, people have trouble on achieving perspective. Here is how to do it in my words.

            First, in the picture, you must determine a horizontal line or an eye level line. When you determine it, you find out how far or how close everything is kind of going to be. Then, decide on your vanishing points on your line. The vanishing point is where the lines seem to be vanishing or disappearing. It is very important because it shows distance. Finally, you sketch and draw out the main objects. It is very important to remember the distance and the proportion. 

Characteristics of a Good Friend

Characteristics of a Good Friend

            A true and good friend should have some characteristics that actually fit him/her. Just because you hang out with a friend doesn’t mean that you’re a good friend. Being a good friend isn’t just about having a good time with them. It is also about how willing and devoted to them and where you put them.

            A good friend should be a good listener. You should be willing to listen just as much as talking to them. You must take time to understand what they say. You also need to respect their words and opinion.

            A good friend must be approachable. When your friend has a problem or needs help, you should help him/her. Also, when your friend comes to you in a hurry in an unexpected manner, you should welcome them.

            A good friend is also trustworthy, honest, and reliable. When your friends tell you a secret, you should keep it a secret or else it won’t be one anymore. Also, friends need to know if they can trust you but if you blabber it out to everyone, things will go bad. You won’t have any friends and won’t be reliable.

            Sometimes, a friend also needs to stand up for them. For example, if a bully comes along and tries to punch your friend in the face, you should help. Or if a mean teacher is accusing your friend of something he didn’t do. Also, you shouldn’t gossip about them. If you hear gossip about them, you should defend them. You should help them overcome obstacles.

            You should not be selfish. Instead, be “selfless”. You should care about them sometimes, not only about yourself. Try to make a compromise if there is a problem. Don’t try to force them into doing things they don’t want to do. Try to give suggestions to help them. You have to be honest to teach and tell them their problems so that they can improve. Don’t just say things to please them. Try to give suggestions to help them. Try and be considerate of others. 

Women of the Suffrage Rights Movement:Susan B. Anthony

Howard Yin

September 30,2010

Susan B. Anthony: A Brave Woman

             Abolitionist, American Civil Rights, and Early Pioneer of Women’s Suffrage and Leader of Women’s rights, was born Susan B. Anthony, on February 15, 1820. She would grow up to become the most important advocate for the benefits of women’s rights and suffrage. Susan B. Anthony was born and raised in West Grove, near Adams, Massachusetts. Her family was a Quaker family.  She had seven siblings and she was the second oldest of them all. She had a good education. Soon, after she met several famous reformers such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips. After listening to them, they began to persuade her and create a base of the ideas and their strong views of slavery. From that, she formed her views on slavery, women’s rights, and even the avoidance of alcohol. She met and listened at the first Women’s Rights Convention held at Seneca Falls but she didn’t believe so strongly until 1851. She was attending temperance rallies but when she realized she couldn’t speak at their rallies because she was a woman, she knew that women had to win the same rights as men.

            When she met with Elizabeth Cady Stanton on her first women’s rights convention in 1852, she continued to campaign for women’s suffrage rights. However, with the outbreak of the Civil War, she focused her views on slavery. Afterwards, she remained in the tight struggle and battle. She campaigned for women’s suffrage until the end of her life. We can say, that this remarkable woman, had more than guts, to stand up for herself against the giants of mankind. 

Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa was a famous painting made by Leonardo da Vinci in the sixteenth century. I have strange feelings toward this painting. First, is the woman’s smile. The smile intrigues me because it seems as if she’s smiling because she has a secret plan in her mind and that she is part serious, part excited. In the background, there are rivers and mountains with dark colors, making me feel as if she’s a witch and that I should be afraid. It might be because in my subconscious mind, I feel as if she’s a little scary because of the experience I have had when I was young. I used to read books about little witches and I have been afraid of the weather of its dark looming clouds and its clear water droplets. The stories used to tell me that witches and all those strange people would live in rural areas and near the forest so the background freaks me out. The background colors are a bit dark and it is a little dark green colored. Da Vinci might have wanted to make us feel as if she was a noble and that she was very honest so that we could be like her. The mountains in the background are done in great detail. 

Chinese Funeral Customs

Howard Yin

 September 9,2010

Chinese Funeral Customs

The Chinese people take the funeral customs very seriously. In this case, they bury the dead. They don’t cremate their dead but they bury them instead. [H1] They go through a process that is very important[H2] . If they don’t have a proper funeral arrangement, they can wreak disaster on the family of the deceased, or dead. [H3] The customs of burying the dead are very strange. Burial customs and funeral rites are determined by the age of the dead, cause of the death, status and position in society.             There are many strange customs. For example, during a funeral, an elder should never show respect to someone younger. Also, if a bachelor dies, his body can’t be brought home and must stay at the funeral. His parents can’t offer prayers. If an infant or child dies, no funeral rites are performed because you can’t show respect to a younger person. So, the child is just buried.

Preparations for a funeral begin before the person dies. They order a coffin when the person is on their deathbed. When the death occurs in the family, all statues of deities in the house are covered with red paper (not to be exposed to the body or coffin) and all mirrors are removed. [H4] (It is believed that one who sees the reflection of a coffin in a mirror will shortly have a death in his/her family) A white cloth is hung over the doorway to the house and a gong is hung to the left of the entrance if the person dead is a male and to the right if a female.

Before the deceased is put in a coffin, the corpse is cleaned with a damp towel with talcum and is dressed in its best clothes. White, brown, black, or blue are usually its colors. [H5] The corpse is never dressed in red because it will turn it into a ghost. [H6] 

Then, the coffin is placed on its own stand either in the house, if the person has died at home, or placed in the courtyard outside the home, if the person has died away from home. Food is placed in front of the coffin as an offering. The dead person’s comb will be broken in half, one will be in the coffin, and the family will retain the other. During that time, the family doesn’t wear jewelry or red clothing. The children and grandchildren won’t cut their hair for forty-nine days after the death. Blood relatives and daughters in law are to wail and cry loudly during the mourning as a sign of respect and loyalty to the deceased. Special clothing is worn. Children and daughters in law wear black, showing that they grieve most. [H7] Grandchildren and great grandchildren wear light blue. They sit in a special order. When the prayer’s ceremonies are done, the coffin is nailed shut. [H8] 

The Chinese bury the dead in the hillsides. Then, even though the funeral is over, the mourning in the family continues for a hundred days. The sleeve of each family member wears a piece of colored cloth during the hundred days to also signify the mourning. [H9] Some families even wear them up to 3 years. However, mourning is not needed when a child dies.

Afterwards, seven days after the death[H10] , the Chinese believe that the soul of the dead will return to their home. On the day when the soul returns, family members are expected to remain in their rooms. Flour or talc may be dusted on the floor so that they can detect the visit of the dead. [H11] 

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 [H1]Merge these Sentences.

 [H2]The burial ceremonies are very important.

 [H3]If a funeral is not arranged properly, it is believed that it can wreak disaster on the deceased.

 [H4]Or so as, not to be exposed

 [H5]The corpse doesn’t have turn into these colors!

 [H6]The corpse’s soul will become a wandering ghost!

 [H7]“They grieve THE most”

 [H8]When the ceremony is done, the coffin is nailed shut.

 [H9]Sleeves don’t wear clothing!

 [H10](AFTERWARDS), Seven days after the ceremony, “     “

 [H11]Flour or talc may be left on the floor, so as to detect the visit of the soul.