Becca's persuasive essay

     I am here to present my case on why teachers should be paid more, and 

here are the three reasons why- it isn't an easy job, teachers provide education
we need, and they are extremely helpful.

     First, it isn't an easy job. Often teachers have to educate rambunctious and  prob-

lematic children who don't learn very well and these teachers are sometimes
expected to work miracles. The often have infinite patience and always set out
to find the best ways for a child to work.
     Furthermore, teachers provide the education we need- badly. To thrive, we all need to kn-

ow basic concepts of cost and expenses, not to mention business concepts and

how to evaluate a situation. It's kind of impossible to survive without these things
in such a tough economy.

      Finally, teachers are extremely helpful and often provide the confidence and self-

esteem boost we all need once in a while. And they are amazing at explaining
things. For example, take a kid who doesn't like multiplication and has to learn
it times three- three digit multiplication.When a teacher can explain something
like this in a way that makes sense, it's like magic.
     I hope you take my findings into account and consider giving teachers more
pay and more say. Other people should care about this because being a teacher isn't
easy( although we think it is), teachers are the cornerstone of education, and
they boost our self-esteem.

Film Class is Important: A Persuasive Argument

Many people don’t think that filming class is important, but I’ve come to think it is crucial for academics. We could incorporate language arts which would put us in better moods , and help shyer kids come out of their shell.

       First we could incorporate language arts into our filmmaking. We could film ourselves working to put it on the blog. This would make us work harder because anyone could see it. Then we would do better in school and have fun at the same time. Kids might say their not okay with this, but only kids who wanted to do it would do it.

       

        Furthermore it would also put us in better moods because we would be having fun. Study’s show that the children in better moods are the most productive. If I was in a bad mood I wouldn’t work very well. Wouldn’t you. I wouldn’t. You might think if we were having fun we might be act silly or energetic. We might, but over all we would be more productive.

        Finally, it would help shy kids become more outgoing. It would be good for them because they wouldn’t just do nothing. Also they would have more fun and be more willing to try new things. Over all this would really help shy kids.

         Other people should care about filmmaking because it helps kids in many, many ways. Filmmaking  is a fun way to express yourself and depending on the film, it can help you learn a lot. I hope you put a little more film into your day.

                                                           By,

                                                              Garnet

How-to essays by Josh Kumler

How to Survive in a Desert

First, if you don't have water, find some by cutting or breaking a cactus leaf. There might be some water in there.

Next, you'll need some food. You can find a lizard and cook it in front of a fire and eat it.

After, you may get hot and you get so sweaty, but sweat can sometimes cool you off.

Then, if you get cold, you can make a fire by rubbing rocks together.

And finally capture animals to make friends if you are lonely.


How to Be a Clown

A clown is a person that acts silly, wears funny clothes and big shoes, and they paint their faces.

First, learn jokes that are funny. Also learn pranks like the hand buzzer.

Next, learn how to ride a unicycle while juggling balls and making balloon animals is important.

After, it is time to create my clown character and buy a costume.

The next thing to do is find a party and perform. After lots of parties I`ll be ready for bigger jobs.

And finally I`ll be ready for the circus. This is every clowns dream!

Thoughts on algebra

Jack Rabbits

(White-tailed, Black-tailed, Snowshoed)


Ayize Gwebu

December 3, 2011

Description

There are three species of jack rabbits in California: white tailed, black tailed, and snowshoed. Another name for the jack rabbit is hare. The white tailed jackrabbit turns white in the winter and can be confused with a regular white tailed rabbit (Fig. 1). The color of the jack rabbit fur is buff like sand (Fig. 2). The only way to tell the black tailed from the white tailed jack rabbit is the underside color of their tails. The underside fur of the white tailed is white and the black tailed is black. The edges of their ears always have black fur, even the jackrabbits that turn white in the winter. The difference between a Jack rabbit and a regular rabbit is they are bigger, skinnier, faster, longer ears, and their leverets are born with fur and open eyes.

Figure 1. White-tailed Jackrabbit in the winter looks like a regular white-tailed rabbit

Size White -tailed jack rabbits and black tailed rabbits are 18 to 25 inches. Snoewshoe jack rabbits are 16-20 inches long.

Physical Abilities

Black tailed jack rabbits can run up to 30-35 miles per hour, the white tailed rabbits go to 34 miles per hour, and the snowshoe hare can run up to 27 miles per hour. The jack rabbit escapes predators by sharp turns and can jump 10-20 feet at once.

Lifestyle and Natural Enemies

The natural enemies of Jack rabbits include coyotes, bobcats, foxes, Horned owls, hawks and snakes. The jackrabbit likes to eat grass in the night time, during the day they crouch to hide. They like to take dust baths, to remove bugs from their fur. Jack rabbits communicate by thumping their hind feet on the ground, but can scream when caught by a predator. Jack rabbits eat their feces so they can get try to get all the nutrients from their food.

Leverets

They can have six babies, or leverets, at a time. It is so hard to care for all of the leverets. The mother has to guard them so they can stay out of trouble. Jack rabbits have to fear the golden eagle, one of their predators.

The dad leaves so the leverets have to eat more so they can grow. This makes it possible for the leverets to get big like their mother and father. Sometimes in the summer the mother or father sit out in the open and would see the good things and bad things and then help the leverets learn. After seven to eight months the leverets will be old enough to go and get a mate or look at the wild but I think that they will get a mate.

Location

Where do jack rabbits live? They live all around North America; different varieties live in dessert regions or colder mountain regions. They like to live in open space so they can run away and avoid predators. The White-tailed jackrabbit lives throughout west-central Canada and the United States, the Black-tailed rabbit lives throughout the southwestern United States into Mexico, east to Missouri, north into Washington, Idaho, Colorado and Nebraska, and west to California and Baja California. The Snowshoe jack rabbit lives in the mountain ranges throughout Canada and in the northernmost United States.

Diet

What do they eat? Jack rabbits eat only veggies and plants. When they run out of green plants, they eat twigs and young bark from trees. Fifteen jackrabbits can eat as much grass as a big cow grazing grass all day.

Life cycle

The mother has five or seven leverets many times a year. The mother is pregnant for 36-43 days. They grow fast and get to adult size in seven to eight months. They live for five or six years in captivity, but die sooner in the wild because of predators and disease.

Figure 2. Black tailed Jack rabbit (above), Snowshoe Jack rabbit (below).

References

Bachman, J. http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna//image_info.cfm?species_id=133, [Online] Available,

December 3, 2011.

Ballenger,L. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_. californicus.html[Online]

Available, December 3, 2011.

Sharp, J. W. http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_rabbi.html. [Online] Available, December

3, 2011.

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