Debating

Your blog topic today is to argue your position on a controversial issue. Your opinion counts, but you must back it up with logical, researched arguments. Begin by stating your position and briefly summarizing your main supporting points. Then, expand your ideas and give more specific references. Creativity and expression are always appreciated. Once you have posted your blog, surf around through the other student blogs and find one that discusses your topic. Post a comment on another blog that includes some of your own points. As always...agree to disagree respectfully.


Anyone who hosts a party where alcohol is consumed becomes legally responsible for all guests. I agree with this concept, because no matter what how much the person is drinking its your responsibility to make sure their okay. If the owner is wanting to throw a party at their house, they need to make sure everyone has a ride home and safe. Underage drinking is huge all around the world these days. Teenagers are really stubborn who are wanting to drink and drive,can serve up huge consequences with having their N's are not allowed any alcohol in their system and if they get caught they get slammed and im sure its not the greatest feeling thankfully thats never going to be me. What ever people do like drink and drive and may even get killed in a car crash, the person who is hosting the party can get sued and could possibly lose their belongings. "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE"

55 Fiction

One day in the summer two boys named Mike and Ethan went camping. While taking a hike in the forest, they saw a big black bear. They got really scared as the bear came towards them and they started to run away! When they looked back the bear had tripped over a log and died.

Stanley Cup

It had been the toughest 60 minutes of my life. 60 mintues of my life that I had spent breathing out my lungs and spitting out my guts. My legs were aching and my feet were covered in blood. Although I could not see it I could feel it soaking through my socks.My gear was soaked in my sweat and I could smell the horrid stench radiating off me. The fear of losing this game was far too strong and the fear of giving up was even stronger. We had not come all this way to lose but we did not come all this way to win without a fight. It was our only time to shine, today, now, in this moment. With the last minute approaching the score was 2-2 and our team was getting anxious. Every practice, every workout, every game had led up to this very moment. It was a power play for us and the puck was against my stick. I quickly snapped a shot from the corner and letting it go towards the net with two seconds left. The puck goes to the top corner of the net, the buzzer goes off and the bench goes wild. Rapidly my team members leave the bench towards my direction with looks of joy on their faces and relief in every part of their bodies. The excitment is unbearable and undescribable, after all none of us had every felt this feeling before. Our work had payed off and it was our time to celebrate and shine. It was the day that every hockey player could only hope for and now we were the team to accomplish it. The Stanley Cup in our hands.

Novel Synthesis

Your assignment today is to write a synthesis piece that combines your novel and a secondary text. You need to find a common idea between the two and discuss how EACH piece of text reflects that issue. You only need to give direct quotes from the 2nd text, but you must make specific references to your novel. Your opening sentences will outline the connection that you are focusing on.


As an individual you can create your own destiny on different paths you take.In "Slumdog millionaire" and "The road not Taken" both are great stories that are well connected to making choices and destiny. In fact, there is no such thing as destiny and life is all about the choices one makes. In the poem, "the road not taken" by Robert frost, demonstrates this in many ways. For example, the speaker has a tough time trying to choose which path to follow. "I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference". The speaker is trying to say that he wants to live a life that not many people like to take. As many people don't like to take risks and chances in their life time and not want to leave their comfort zone, As for the speaker he is totally the opposite of them. No matter what path this guy takes, every path has obstacles and pitfalls you have to overcome in order to get through that.

In the novel "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup, there's a boy named Ram Mohammad Thomas who has a rough neighborhood back when he was a child. He went through many obstacles and pitfalls throughout his childhood. With one path he accomplished, leads to another crazy path. Most of these obstacles he has faced, gave him free choice for example shooting a guy on the train and also killing his neighbor by accident. Also with Ram he has used a double sided coin with heads that will determine his fate in his life. At the end of all that, Ram's life has been all about free choice.

Rant- Mr Dueck

• Rant - get passionate, stir yourself up, say what’s on your mind and tell it like it is. Rants are great for starting discussion and causing a little controversy - they can also be quite fun if you do it in the right spirit. Just be aware that they can also be the beginnings of a flaming comment thread and often it’s in the heat of the moment when we say things that we later regret and that can impact our reputation the most.



There are several reasons why Mr. Dueck irritates me so much. Mr. Dueck needs to know how to gamble before he makes any deals out in public. He loses probably ninety percent of his bets! Maybe he should stick to the casino! He shouldn't be going off on a rant about how bad the Canucks are and making a comment almost every day about them.To show you how much Mr. Dueck knows about hockey, The Canucks swept St. Louis in four games while his favourite hockey team, The Edmonton Oilers, didn't even make the playoffs, and also the Montreal Canadiens, his second favourite team, got swept out of the playoffs in four straight games! Mr. Dueck maybe needs to do a little bit more studying about hockey before he opens up his mouth!

Vikas Swarup--- Author

You may choose to research the author, or the setting that your novel takes place in (the setting may include location and/or time in history). Focus your research on one key idea and write a paragraph that summarizes the information that you found.



For this blog you are responsible for:
a) The paragraph summarizing your research
b)A minimum of one image that relates to your research
c) A link to at least one website that you found informative




The book "Slumdog Millionaire" Vikas Swarup is a well known author, he was born in Allahabad, India. Vikas Swarup's family's a big part of the lawyers industry. Vikas got accepted into Allahabad University, with all the appreciation of his work, he has made his mark as a champion debater. Vikas swarup wanted to let everyone know that not everyone knowledge to enter a game show just with any low paying job under their belt. Vakas swarup has published his first movie called "Q&A" known as "Slumdog millionaire". With this movie he has sold up to forty different translation over the world including, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi, English and many more languages. His book was the Best First Book by the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and won South Africa’s Exclusive Books Boeke Prize 2006. Vikas's second novel Six Suspects was published by Trans world in August 2008. IT was a great book as well. It is being translated into several languages. Apart from reading, Vikas enjoys listening to music and playing cricket, tennis and table tennis.His wife Aparna is an artist who has held exhibitions in India and abroad. They have two sons Aditya and Varun.

Review

The Canucks are the best team in the league this season. What makes them so amazing? Well along with having the greatest goalie in the league, they are a strong Canadian team with lots of potential to make it to the playoffs. Their experienced defence allows them to defend their net from their rivals and with a goalie like Luongo they have nothing to worry about. The forwards are rockets out on the ice and work together as a team to score goals to lead them to the top. With a coach like Alain Vigneault, the Canucks are led by a strong and determined man with the qualities of a respectable leader. Fin the mascot is at every game with his head held high and spirits even higher. He has the ability to keep the fans on their toes and their heads in the game. The shiny emerald green,solid navy blue and fresh white make the perfect combination for jerseys. Go Canucks go!

Synthesis: "The Lottery" & "The Perils of Indifference"

"The Lottery" and "The Perils of Indifference" are both strong examples of terrible violence and inhumanity demonstrated by the most "ordinary" citizens. In "The Lottery", people in the little town are just ordinary people who live a normal life. Every year it is a tradition to have the people throw little stones and rocks at one person who wins the lottery. It remains unstated as to why people continue with this violent tradition. The power of a group of people can be very strong and convincing and can contribute to the violence and the inhumanity. "It isn't fair, it isn't right" Mrs. Hutchinson screamed out loud" as she was being stoned to death. Yet Mrs. Hutchinson could have stopped the violent tradition last year when it was happening to someone else. Last year, she chose to be a bystander and witness the acts of inhumanity and simply chose not to say anything at all. When it came time for her to be stoned, she made the statement of it not being fair. Where was she last year when someone else was in her position dieing? Mrs.Hutchinson was standing there, committing an act of inhumanity, probably not even realizing it. This short story contained a strong example of acts of inhumanity demonstrated by society and "ordinary" citizens.

In the story "The Perils of Indifference" Elie Wiesel talked about different situations of why people can be influenced in wrong acts such as the slaughtering of people. For an example world leaders are known to use propaganda to influence the public view on certain events. It allows for people to become indifferent. People are indifferent when they"avoid" awareness or a reaction to something. Elie Wiesel talks about how he wished that "leaders of the free world did not know what was going on behind those black gates and barbed wire" of Auschwitz because if they did, then "they would have intervened". But this was not truly the case, and this showed the indifference. Wars, suffering, disease, violence, famine are all happening but it is devastating to think that so many people have become indiffered to it all and feel like they are not able to do anything about it. Hopefully, the world has learned from some of these events and people will be proactive instead of indifferent.

Top Three

My pick is the top three hockey players from my point of view.
I'm judging these athletes with the following criteria: how many years they played, goals and assists of this year, plus and minus in the league as well as points.

1. My first pick would be Evgeni Malkin: Evgeni has played with the Pittsburgh Penguins for three years. He has a total of 114 goals, 185 assist and 299 points, Evgeni has a plus of 19 in 2008-2009 season with the Pittsburgh Penguins. For these reasons I believe Malkin is an amazing hockey player. His talent is raw and his stats are the result of hard work and determination.

2. My second pick would be Alex Ovechkin: Alex has played with Washington Capitals for almost four years. Alex made a huge impression over the NHL with 217 goals, 194 assist and 411 points in 4 years.Alex has a strong four years in his career and his plus-minus for 2008-2009 is a plus 12. Ovechkin possesses the strong qualities of a hockey player such as talent, strength, stamina, and determination. He is one of many players who would make a great role model for young kids and is very entertaining to watch.

3. My third pick has to be my favourite hockey player, Roberto Luongo. Lou has played for three different hockey clubs which include: The New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, and the Vancouver Canucks. Roberto has a total of 227 wins, 230 losses and 33 ties and OT games in 538 games. Luongo possesses the qualities that every goalie wishes to possess, such as strength, smarts, speed, and the ability to read a situation and react accordingly. He is the envy of many young hockey goalies and has had many accomplishments throughout his career.

Superpower

If i were to have a superpower i would choose to fly. I believe with this super power I would have many advantages such as dodging my opponent's and outwitting their smarts. I would be able to make it to destinations quicker and not have to deal with planes or any one of those airport troubles. Traffic is another problem which I could avoid if I could fly, and I would take advantage of this every time. I wouldn't put myself in danger of car crashes and other things if I could fly and I could also save time when travelling.