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Kite runner

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The Catcher in the Rye visual representation

Essay

It's important to acknowledge that since our world has started this climate changes, scientists have been investigating to know the reason. This is happening because of the human activities that are damaging our planet, we are producing global warming. In my opinion, global warming is not the most important problem we have but it is producing the major environmental issues we have. This topic is really important and affects the whole world, people should be informed about this because if everyone knows then everyone can help to stop it. I will examine arguments for and against this topic from different points of views and then I will draw a conclusion about it.

It is important to mention that, according to Tim Falla and Paul Davies(2012), we have relied on things like fossil fuels which poured a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere, this was a cause of Global warming, and global warming has produced major problems like climate change, and climate change is producing more problems in people's life, like extreme temperatures ruining different plantations, diseases are increasing, etc. 

A davidsuzuki.org(N/D) article said that climate change/global warming deniers say "The global climate is getting warmer, but not because of human activities ". That said, according to Anup Shah(2013), it's the opposite, he even says  it is true that greenhouse effect is natural but it is creating climate changes because of the carbon dioxide we have been generating and it has been accumulating in the atmosphere, thanks to this it is holding much more heat than needed and eventually it will make life for humans, plants and animals in the earth "harder". In other words,  the earth is becoming less habitable.

"The global climate is actually getting colder", another argument of a global warming denier and only a really ignorant person would believe it. Global warming is an irrefutable issue, it is happening and it has been produced by us, scientist have done enough investigations and it has been proved that the earth's atmosphere is full of carbon dioxide that is containing heat from the sun, so this is producing climate changes. According to Anup Shaw (2013), in some places this has been extreme, and it is not just warmer, it might be colder too.

Considering all this, I would say that global warming is a really controversial issue and we should start caring about it before it becomes unstopable. Eventually it will create more problems and we will be in a difficult situation. I am against the idea that global warming is our most significant environmproblem, but I think it is creating the most important problems that we have. We won't be able to change our energy resources in one day, but we can start making a change individually and make less damage to the world.

Bibliography:

Tim Falla, Paul Davies(2012)' Solutions book, Upper-intermediate Student's book.

Anup Shah(2013), Climate Changes and Global Warming Introduction.

Anonimous(N/D), Climate Change Deniers.

Opinion Essay

Topic: Global warming is the most significant environmental problem facing us today.(agree or not)

It's important to acknowledge that since our world has started this climate changes, scientists have been investigating to know the reason. This is happening because of the human activities that are damaging our planet, we are producing global warming. In my opinion global warming is not the biggest problem we have but it is producing the biggest environmental problems we have. This topic is really important and affects the whole world, people should be informed about this because if everyone knows then everyone can help to stop it. I will examine arguments for and against this topic from different points of views and then I will draw a conclusion about it.

It is important to mention that, according to the solutions book essay, we have relied on things like fossil fuels which poured a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere, this was a cause of Global warming, and global warming has produced major problems like climate change, and climate change is producing more problems in people's life, like extreme temperatures ruining different plantations, diseases are increasing, etc. 

A davidsuzuki.org article said that climate change/global warming deniers say "The global climate is getting warmer, but not because of human activities ". That said, according to a globalissues.org article, it's the opposite, they even say it's true that greenhouse effect is natural but it is creating climate changes because of the carbon dioxide we have been generating and it has been accumulating in the atmosphere, thanks to this it is holding much more heat than needed and eventually it will make life for humans, plants and animals in the earth "harder". In other words the earth is becoming less habitable.

"The global climate is actually getting colder", another denier argument, global warming is an irrefutable issue, it is happening and it is produced by us, scientist have done enough investigations and it has been proved that the earth's atmosphere is full of carbon dioxide that is containing heat from the sun, so this is producing climate changes. In some places this has been extreme, and it is not just warmer, it might be colder, depending on where you are in the world, so climate is not getting just warmer, it might be colder too.

Considering all this, I would say that global warming is a really important issue and we should start caring about it before it becomes a bigger problem. Eventually it will create more problems and we will have bigger issues. I am against the idea that global warming is our biggest issue, but I think it is creating the biggest ones we are facing. While we can't change our energy resources in one day, we can start making a change individually and make less damage to the world.

Apa

Climate Change and Global Warming Introduction. November 11,2013.  Anup Shaw

Site: http://www.globalissues.org/article/233/climate-change-and-global-warming-introduction#WhatisGlobalWarmingandClimateChange

This source explains what is global warming and why it is causing climate changes, it shows the effects that they are producing in the world. It also explains how this is different from similar things that have happened in the past. It has different graphs about CO2 dangerous emissions in the world, it compares global temperature from the 1900's and today. It says where global warming is going, the impacts of global warming in our world and our lives, also extreme weather events on the world, and ecosystem impacts. Problems in agriculture, diseases are increasing and a lot of problems that are happening due to climate change. The countries that are being affected the most, greenhouse gas emissions that have been increasing dangerously. How warming is happening faster than predicted. I think this is useful because it explains global warming and climate change in a lot of aspects.


Climate change deniers.
Site: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/climate-change-basics/climate-change-deniers/

This site talks about climate change deniers, they deny that global warming and climate changes and all the things that they are causing. In the past they just said that global warming wasn't real, that the global climate is actually getting colder and a lot of things not scientifically proved. Some of them say that it is happening but not because of human activities. But now after years of scientific research some of them say it is happening but the cost to fix it is too high, so their tactics are changing to convince people that it's not something real or it will be really hard to fix it or that we are not causing it. This is useful because it shows what people is saying about this topic and how without any scientific support they say it is fake.

Solitions Upper-intermediate Student's book. Tim Falla, Paul A Davies.Page 88 Opinion Essay.

It's an opnion essay that talks about how we can improve our lives without damaging the environment, it gives different arguments about how we can do this and some of them are useful for my essay.

Screenplay: Gladiator

After Commodus leaves the arena, feeling humilliated and ashamed of himself, he goes inside and talks to one of his advisers to find a way to solve this problem...

Commodus: I can't believe what they made me do... I would've killed him right there!

Adviser: But Sir... You did what you had to do to avoid everyone hating you or even doing a rebellion for killing their "hero".

Commodus: I know... But it made me look weak, it made them realize they could control me.

Adviser: Don't worry about that, they haven't done anything yet and they won't...

Commodus: I already know that but how can I make them respect me? They should fear me, I can kill them if I want... But today they were controlling me, that's not how Rome works! The Emperor controlling the people is the right thing...

Adviser: You can't kill him, that would just make everyone angry, it can compromise your life, if you want to do something, you must set it up so it looks like something you didn't plan, an "accident", maybe a battle between slaves where you order everyone to kill him, he will die in battle and no one will know you planned it.

Commodus: Actually... It is a good plan, I just need to set things up and I wouldn't have to kill him... No one will think it was me... So there will be no rebellion, great idea... I will start planning everything right now so it is done as soon as possible.

Commodus leaves.

Technology Story

Cristina used to be addicted to technology, she was always using her phone or her iPad, anything that she could use to be connected to internet. She usually used those things to play, listen to music, etc. She wouldn't talk or hear anyone while using those things.

 That's only the beginning of  her addiction, she would get newer and better things every week, and she wouldn't stop using them, it even got to the point where she would cry if her mom took her things away, she would get so angry at her that she would start destroying their house if she didn't get her things back.

Three weeks ago she went to Mibzar's house because they had homework to do. Cristina was playing and she would ignore Mibzar the whole time, and while Mibzar worked she did nothing to help her. Finally Mibzar erased Cristina's name from their work so at the next day she had a 1.

Two weeks ago she had a family dinner, she was using her computer while eating, and it was totally normal to her. At the same time her grandmother was doing a huge effort trying to talk to her which was really difficult due to her lack of communication. Her grandmother after trying for hours to talk to her got really upset and made a technological soup.... When cristina saw this she went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and killed herself.

Letter moving

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/letter/21628066/?s=QWbRlC&ref=app

Rationale

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/rationale/21627661/?s=8OB3aP&ref=app

Rationale

It was written with a serious tone and hopes to address the Prime Minister. In my letter,  I tried to present my point of  view  with phrase like “I am particularly concerned that there will be no charges for the soldiers who shot innocent civilians” and “In addition to that, any soldier that is prosecuted, would not spend a day in jail due to the good friday agreement.”. I tried as well to use a sophisticated level of vocabulary with word choices like "prosecute“ and “agreement” finally I tried to use complex structures like one might see in a higher level publication such as The New York Times with sentences like “Furthermore, everyone... " and “It is for these reasons...”. Using these elements I feel I reached my purpose set out in the task. This task addresses the topic “Taking a Stand”  and specially addresses the topic of the abuse of power. I think  a letter of protest helped me to  best express what I learned from the topics we studied in this unit and how I feel about them

Letter

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/letter/21607213/?s=PfsSJP&ref=app

Steve Jobs activity

I. Vocabulary:

What is the meaning of the following words?

Geek:an unfashionable or socially inept person.

Tribute: an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.

reverberate: (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.

visionary:thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom

glimpse:a momentary or partial view.

misfit:a person whose behaviour or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way

prototype:a first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed.

II. Say if the following statements are true or false:

1. Steve never betrayed a friend_T__
2. He has inspired the youngest generation__T   
3. If he needed a friend he would do anything for him     F   
4. It was difficult to smile in a conversation with him_T  

III. Answer the following questions:

1. When did Steve Jobs die? October 5, 2011
2. How did he die? Pancreatic cancer, Respiratory arrest
3. What was the impact of his death? It was expected but shocking for some people because he was really famous and important in the modern society.
4. What tributes did he receive? Flowers and some things represented in the things he made like iPads, iPhones,etc.
5. According to Jobs: What fact makes you realize that the world is more than what you were taught? Explain. That everything that surrounds you is made by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can make your own things that other people can use.
6. Where did Steve J. spend his childhood? In San Francisco.
7. What did Jobs and Fernandez do together?:They talked about the meaning of life and electronics projects together.
8. Who introduced S. Jobs to S. Wozniak?: Fernandez
9. What was the first invention together? How did it work?: An Electronic's kit, it mimicked telephone router codes to make free calls around the world.
10. How did Robert Cringely meet both Steves?: They met in a parking lot, he helped them to unload Steve's fiat and to carry the Apple 1.
11. What happened to Apple 1 in 2010? It was auctioned.
12. What was Ronald Wayne’s participation in Apple’s early days?: He was a referee in a minor diference of opinion between both Steve's.
13. In what ways was calligraphy important in Job’s life? It was important for the aesthetics in his products.
14. What did Jobs do after dropping out of college?: He went on the hippie trail, he went to India and studied Buddhism.
15. Why was he interested in Zen Buddhism?: Because he was looking to understand the true nature of things, he went to the Zen center to continue his search.
16. What company develop the first prototype mouse? Xerox.
17. What materials were used in the first Apple prototype mouse?: An underarm deodorant ball and a butterdish, they were the inspiration to create the structure of the mouse that was basically the ball and the structure holding it.

Letter of protest

                                                                                                                                        42 Maple Street

                                                                                                                                        Valparaiso

                                                                                                                                        CH4V3Z

Prime Minister David Cameron

The Rt Hom David Cameron MP

10 Downing Street

London

SW1A2AA

15 May 2014

Dear Mr. Cameron,
I am writing to protest against what happened in 1972, what everyone calls "bloody sunday", that was a tragedy in Northern Ireland, where 26 civilians that were protesting unarmed and not hurting anyone and they  were shot by british soldiers, and 13 died during the incident.

I am particularly concerned that there will be no charges for the soldiers who shot innocent civilians in that awful day, because they were just protesting not even carrying a single weapon and soldiers just started shooting. This wasn't just something that happened, it had consequences , this lead to increased violence for some years in Northern Ireland.

In addition to that, any soldier that is prosecuted, would not spend a day in jail due to the good friday agreement.

The public prosecution service said that they needed to have enough evidence to prove something that happened 38 years ago, whic is a hard job. But I think there's enough evidence if they were given a report with it from more than 900 witnesses, 2,500 written statements and 60 volumes of written evidence.

Also the soldiers gave no warning at all, they just came out to the street, started shooting, another reason to prosecute them, they can't start shooting because they wanted to and giving no warning or reason at all.

Furthermore, everyone has rights and those rights must be respected, if we don't respect them, we can't live in a society together because we would be constantly hurting others or doing bad things to each other.

It is for these reasons that I want you to take every necessary measures to make a better society, a fair society, by prosecuting everyone who deserves and not just forgiving them, so we can have a better world. Everyone should respect the law and every other person in our society.

Your Sincerely,
Carlos Oyarce

Bloody Sunday prosecution charges 'unlikely' (summary)

The british government apologised for the army's actions after a report that took 12 years to complete.
The report concluded that the soldiers gave no warning before opening fire against unarmed persons. This report had information from 921 witnesses, 2,500 written statements and 60 volumes of written evidence. Northern Ireland's public prosecution service said it was considering whether to prosecute anyone or not. 
Public Prosecution service will consider the report to determine the nature and extent of any police enquiries and investigations required to enable informed decisions to be taken.
Due to the Good Friday agreement, any soldier that is prosecuted , will not spend a day in jail.
Wriggle room remains for prosecutions, for civil lawsuits for retired soldiers, particularly because some of the lied to the Saville inquiry. The Saville inquiry was an investigation for this case.
The final bill was estimated at nearly 200 million pounds, making it the most expensive inquiry in British legal history.

Bloody Sunday Activity

Vocabulary

Prosecute: To initiate civil or criminal court action against.

Prospect: Something expected; a possibility.

Flee: To run away, as from trouble or danger

Cherry picking: to choose or take the best or most profitable of (a number of things), esp for one's own benefit or gain

Set in train: if you set in train an activity or an event, you make it begin 

Devolution: Delegation of authority or duties to a subordinate or substitute.

Aftermath: A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune

Answers to the questions: 

1.- What is David Cameron’s opinion about Bloody Sunday?

A: The Bloody Sunday killings were unjustified and unjustifiable, that's his opinion.

2.- Why do you think this case has been so controversial for so long?

A: Because it's one of the worst things that have ever happened in northern ireland and people want to know why they did this.

3.- Why has it taken so long to decide whether or not to prosecute the soldiers?

A:They need sufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction - not an easy test after 38 years.

4.- What was Northern Ireland’s position towards this case?

A:

Brave Heart

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XizQaEkQk5uCVkfHOvsB5wkAgMhkBzLpdBG3psf3SR4/edit?usp=sharing

The catcher in the Rye

The catcher in the Rye glog,(text link in the glog)

Glogster

Planning Reader project

Episode: Holden fights with Stradlater.
-An episode of the text rewritten to place the action in another setting.

E-Petition

Miss Carla should get new speakers for the English class.

Responsible department: ICT department

The English department does listening tests every period. But there are some situations they don't consider.

-We can't listen everywhere in the class.
-The speakers they use are the ones included in the computer or a really bad black speakers, both make it hard to listen. You can only understand what the people in the video are saying only if you are at 10 cm from the speakers.
-If the school gets new speakers we would be able to get better results in the listening tests.
-The school could use them to watch videos that afford important things to the class.
Everyone in the school would get benefits for this new speakers that we need a lot.