Archive | October 2014

Math

This week in math I learned how to write scientific notation in simplest form. You can use it when you have a very big scientific notation problem and then can simplify it down so its easier to do. Sometimes when you are shopping you need to know how to simplify a big number down so its easier if you use scientific notation it simple. 1.2 * 10 to the 3rd power you look where the decimal is and look how many numbers there are since there is one you put only two zeros and your answer is 1,200. Thats the answer in simplest form.

Outsiders Essay

I thought that the book was very well written and that it had a lot of very good detail. It was really cool how if you closed your eyes you can imagine yourself there. They used a lot of description where most people don’t describe as much. I like hoe it wasn’t a cliff hanger at the end and just gradually went down.

In the book and the movie the characters were themselves because they all acted mostly the same. In the book and the movie their actions were mostly the same because the big events were very similar.  The boys were all tough and thought they could beat up anyone. Most of them stole and some went to jail a lot. Dally was there all the time.

The movie and book were different in some ways to. The book went into more detail of everything and the movie was more plain. At the end of the book Pony is getting bad grades and flunking school because he went out cold after Dally died. The movie just cut that part out at ended it after day died. Also the book i thought made it sound like the rumble was inside but in the movie it was outside.

I agree for the most part with the characters the director chose for the movie. I thought Dally would be a little more tough looking like Darry. I thought Pony would be a little shorter because was was two years older then the next youngest and was taller then some of them. I think Bob was one of the best actors for that part because it reminded me of the book exactly.

Overall the book was way better then the movie it had more detail and more description and the people seamed more real. The book had more things in it as well. The movie just cut out things from the book. The book was amazing and I want to read it again.

8th Grade Theme Writing

Theme Writing

They have no speech they use no words no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes into all the earth their words to the end of the world. Psalm 19:3-4

At Camp Roger in May last year we went to leadership camp. We divided into groups of twelve and had a teacher with us and we had some alone time to look up some bible verses. We got back together and told everyone our verses and then we voted them down to two verses. Then we got it down to one. We went to the lodge and met with all the groups and presented our verse to everyone and they did the same. Then we voted down to two verses we closed our eyes and voted and just like that we had the theme. Being an eighth grader I can use our theme this year Shout Silently in and out of school to interact with people at school and in the world.

My job as an eighth grader is to help anyone out that needs help in the hallway and if their lost show them where their class room is. I need to be encouraging to everyone even if I think something is weird be being an eighth grader my actions rube off on others and they do the same thing. I need to interact with kids younger then me so they feel special and if I see someone in the hallway to just say hi to them. I need to be kind to them and if they drop something help them pick it up and I need to beware

that I might not know their there, but they could be watching. I need to be a good example of our theme as an eighth grader.

As a christian I need to help out more if I see someone puzzled help them so they know what to do and how to do it. I can donate and help the poorer countries in the world so they don’t have as many starving people and give them medicine so the can cure their sicknesses. I need to do things willingly at home and help out with as much as I can because taking care of a dog and a house all day while i’m at school isn’t easy. I also need to make disciples in the Lord because God says “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of The Father and The Son and of The Holy Spirit.”

Being an eighth grader I can use our theme this year Shout Silently in and out of school to interact with people at school and in the world. I need to help out in anyway I can wether its at school or at home. I need to do what Gods want and to be a living image of Him, and to be the best example I can be.  

Jarod Harsevoort