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Article posted May 30, 2012 at 05:21 PM GMT0 •
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Courtney C.
Dear Freshy,
I hope you get through the year like a fly. If you do not do your work they will say, “Is your work done?” This year will be easy if you do you work. Here is a chance for you to meet the teachers.
Mr. Hein teaches Civics. All you need is a notebook and a pencil to take notes. You take a really lot of notes. If you do not study for tests, you will fail. This class is easy. He does not give much homework at all, but when he does, you need to do it.
Mr. Woolcock teaches science. He does a lot of labs. You have to take notes, but not overly like Mr. Hein. Mr. Woolcock lets you use your notes for the test. If you do not copy the review sheet in your notebook, you will not be able to use it.
Mrs. Farr teaches Health. You do projects. She gives you a date that the project is due. One time I actually did set the project aside, then the date was really soon. I suggest getting the projects done and over with before the due date. You take a lot of notes. You learn a lot. Sometimes the tests are hard.
Ms. Transue teaches English and Reading. Every Wednesday you go to the computer lab and do blogging. You have to do the blogging or you will fail. You have to do a free-write every month. There are also new assignments that you have to do. You read in her class. Some examples are short stories, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Romeo and Juliet, the Odyssey. Every marking period you have to read a book and complete a book packet. You take few notes. The tests are hard. Usually there are two essays on a book.
All the teachers are nice, but when Ms. Transue has to tell you to stop talking she will get mad. Just pay attention, and I hope you will like this year!
Good Luck and Have a Great Year!
Courtney C.
Article posted May 30, 2012 at 05:21 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted April 23, 2012 at 06:11 PM GMT0 •
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Courtney C.
April Free Write
Bomb Threats in Pittsburgh
If you ever had a brother or sister away at college thought everything was ok. If you were going to college beware of bomb threats.
Did you know there are 99 bomb threats in Pittsburgh? By the time you read this there will probably be over 100 bomb threats. They have all been at the University of Pittsburgh.
The bomb threats started happening February 13, 2012. Many people had to be evacuated several times. The bomb threats have been happening all hours of the night. Some dorms had to be evacuated at 4 a.m. in the morning. It takes several hours to evacuate and clear each building. They bring dogs in to sniff the dorm to evacuate ever dorm.
This is not only school buildings and libraries; students are also living in dorms that have been evacuated. All of the students that are being evacuated need a place to go.
Pitt is a 132 acre campus. It is a city in itself. There are 34,000 students and 12,000 employees. It has been hard for the FBI, Pitt police, and the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force to catch the person making the threats.
This is where I got my information if you are interested in checking it out http://pittnews.com/
Article posted April 23, 2012 at 06:11 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted March 27, 2012 at 06:17 PM GMT0 •
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March Free Write
Courtney C
Dreams
Have you ever got a phone call or email saying that you won $10,000? Do you ever dream about winning $10,000? What would you do if you were the one to get that call?
Well I was the one to get that call. I filled in an on-line survey to win $10,000. It was for a teenager magazine agency. The agency said I could pick up the money at the Steam Town Mall in Scranton, Pa. My mom is going with me along with my friends, Emily and Jenny, to pick up the $10,000. The people from the magazine will be there to take my picture, which will be in the magazine at a later date.
I meet the magazine agency at the food court. They hand me one-hundred $100 bills. When they give me the money I will take the money and go buy a pool for my family. Everyone in my family swims and would enjoy a pool.
The pool will be an in-ground, and it will be 3ft to 8ft deep. There will lights in the pool for night swimming, and it will also be heated. My family will be able to have pool parties with friends. My dad and I have wanted a pool for a long time. I wanted a pool for our house because so I do not have to keep asking my mom and dad to go to the lake to swim. My dad wants a pool to do some exercise.
This is my fake idea. I hope you enjoyed sharing this dream with me!I really would buy a pool for my family if I could!
Article posted March 27, 2012 at 06:17 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted February 15, 2012 at 01:45 PM GMT0 •
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Courtney
CP English 1
Miss Transue
1 February 2012
Free Writing February
Giving Me A Chance
Did you ever try something new that you never did before? This year I tried out for cheerleading and I made the squad. I almost did not make it. My coach said, “I am going to give you a chance to do this…but you better put effort into it.” Trying out for cheerleading was risky and scary. It was risky because I could have gotten cut and scary because the judges watch you during try outs.
Now the basketball team only has four games left. We have one Friday-home, Tuesday Feb. 7 away- Friday, Feb. 10-away, and Tuesday Feb 14-home. Coach Nicky is having a baby boy. She decided to take the squad somewhere after cheerleading is done. She wanted to go to Olive Garden then to the mall. She would hang out with the cheerleading squad next Wednesday for the end of the season get together. The whole basketball cheerleading squad is so excited to go to the mall and Olive Garden.
I want to be able to cheer for the boys’ basketball team again next year. The boys like for us to cheer for them because they tell us how nice we did and they like some of the cheers. I hope I make it for the cheerleading squad next year and I am so glad Nicky took a chance on me this year. You should take a chance and try out for something you want to do. You never know how good it could turn out.
Article posted February 15, 2012 at 01:45 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted January 13, 2012 at 07:17 PM GMT0 •
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What did you do for christmas.This Christmas my dad’s brother’s wife is bringing her daughter’s baby. She brought the baby on Christmas day, Bylynn got to sit and eat dinner with us. Then she got to open her gift up. We went into the living room, we all sat down and she came to me. When my Aunt Kathy left the room and Bylynn got mad, I took her to Aunt Katy and she was fine. The day after Christmas my Uncle Kevin and Aunt Kathy went to the mall in Pittsburgh and bought us gifts.
Uncle Kevin and Aunt Kathy did not know what to get my brother and I for Christmas. So they take us shopping the day after Christmas. They give us so much money and we get to pick our own gifts. We went in the stores that we wanted to go in. After we were done sopping for what we wanted. My Aunt Kathy said that we had $10 left for my brother and I. My bother said “do you want Aunt-Ann’s pretzel and drink”? So we did, we sat down and ate it.
My brother gave Bylynn a piece of pretzel and Bylynn dropped it. Bylynn pick it up and was going to eat it and my Aunt Kathy said “NO”! then Bylynn through it on the floor. My brother gave Bylynn another piece of pretzel and I said “you should not give the pretzel to Bylynn. My Aunt Kathy picked Bylynn up and put Bylynn in the stroller and we left the mall.
C.C.
Article posted January 13, 2012 at 07:17 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted December 14, 2011 at 01:52 PM GMT0 •
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November Free Write
Courtney C.
Homework, Cheerleading & Christmas
I do not like 9th grade because I always have homework every night. I do cheerleading every night Monday thru Friday 5:00-7:00. Then I come home and eat and do homework then go to bed. I hate when all the teachers give a lot for homework in one night. I have a spot to do my homework. I do cheerleading for basketball. I hope my math teacher does not give me homework on Thanksgiving break because Wednesday I have cheerleading.
On Thursday I have thanksgiving with my mom’s mom and dad for Thanksgiving. I am going to my mom’s mom and dad for Christmas. I had Christmas early because my mom’s mom and dad always go out to Arizona before the winter comes. For Christmas I got SpongeBob headphones. I also got Just Dance 3. I also got clothes, two shirts and pj’s. I like to have two Christmases. I go to my dad’s parents for Christmas.
In conclusion, I like 9th grade most of the time but not when I have a lot of homework. I need to spend more time on math to stay on the team. I can’t wait for Christmas.
Courtney C.
Article posted December 14, 2011 at 01:52 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 15, 2011 at 02:00 PM GMT0 •
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November Free Write
Courtney C.
Homework, Cheerleading & Christmas
I do not like 9th grade because I always have homework every night. I do cheerleading every night Monday thru Friday 5:00-7:00. Then I come home and eat and do homework then go to bed. I hate when all the teachers give a lot for homework in one night. I have a spot to do my homework. I do cheerleading for basketball. I hope my math teacher does not give me homework on Thanksgiving break because Wednesday I have cheerleading.
On Thursday I have thanksgiving with my mom’s mom and dad for Thanksgiving. I am going to my mom’s mom and dad for Christmas. I had Christmas early because my mom’s mom and dad always go out to Arizona before the winter comes. For Christmas I got SpongeBob headphones. I also got Just Dance 3. I also got clothes, two shirts and pj’s. I like to have two Christmases. I go to my dad’s parents for Christmas.
In conclusion, I like 9th grade most of the time but not when I have a lot of homework. I need to spend more time on math to stay on the team. I can’t wait for Christmas.
Courtney C.
Article posted November 15, 2011 at 02:00 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 11, 2011 at 07:13 PM GMT0 •
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3rd Person Omniscient
Cat and mouse are in the club house. Cat was thinking eating the mouse. Mouse was thinking about running away from cat. Cat thought about how delicious that plump mouse would taste. Mouse looked at the cheese in the mousetrap and thought it looled like thanksgiving dinner
3rd Person Limited
Cat and mouse in the club house. The cat looking at the mouse. Mouse was thinking about running away from the cat. The cat started to drool. Mouse looked at the cheese in the mousetrap and thought it looked like a thanksgiving.
3rd Person Dramatic
Cat and mouse are in the club house. The cat was looking at the mouse. Mouse walked around the mousetrap. He said, “That cheese looks like thanksgiving dinner!” Cat said, “That mouse looks like dinner!”.
Article posted November 11, 2011 at 07:13 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 7, 2011 at 01:37 PM GMT0 •
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Socratic Seminar Peruasuasive Essay
Ms. Transue
CP English9 A-1
24 October 2011
Rachel Howells killed Brunton for the jewels
by Conan Doyle
Have you ever met someone that kills people? Have you ever been so in love with someone you would do anything for them? Would you steal something for the person you love? Rachel Howells killed Brunton on purpose. Rachel was neither crazy nor a calculating murderer; she was an opportunist.
Rachel did not plan to kill Brunton, but the wood slipped and the stone shut Brunton into what became his sepulcher. She was sneaky and took advantage of the situation because she could have helped Brunton get out, but instead she took the jewels and went off without helping him. She is mean and does not care about him because he did not want to be with her anymore. “Brunton hook up with another girl instead of Rachel, who was a good girl, but had an excitable Welsh temperament” (Doyle 5). She wanted the jewels and not him.
Rachel Howells ran off with the jewels. Rachel was ill for two days and needed a nurse to sit up with her because she was delirious and hysterical she then vanished on the third night. “Rachel threw the jewels in the mere at the first opportunity to remove the first trace of her crime” (Doyle 5). She got away with the jewels and murder. Rachel was never heard from or found after she disappeared. They found her footmarks at the edge of the mere but when they dragged it no body was found.
Some people might say that Rachel did kill Brunton or take the jewels. They were fighting, but there is a big difference between fighting and murder.
Rachel acted a little crazy and perhaps angry that Brunton did not choose her to settle down with but instead chose Janet Tregllis. The story says, “Rachel had a sharp touch of brain- fever that left her like a black-eyed shadow of her former self” (Doyle 5). Rachel was not really crazy, she acted crazy to make everyone pay attention to her instead of the jewels and the fact that Brunton was missing.
These are some reasons that Rachel Howells is an opportunist. Rachel Howells took the jewels and put them in the mere and hid them from the police. Rachel Howells didn’t really kill Brunton, and she wasn’t really a murderer. She was a lady who took the chance to take the jewels and get rich while getting even with her ex-fiancée, Brunton.
Courtney C
Article posted November 7, 2011 at 01:37 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 29, 2011 at 07:49 PM GMT0 •
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September Free Write
Camping, Ebbtide Boat, and Family Fun
September Free Write
Courtney C.
Did you ever go camping?I went camping at LakeRaystown. We had fun on the boat, sleeping in the camper and in the water park.
The boat’s name is Ebbtide. The boat holds four but we sneak five people. My brother invited a friend and his name is Bailey T. My brother and Bailey went and jumped off a cliff and they said it was fun. Blake and Bailey were swimming for fun and they saw a tree with a rope on it.So they were holding the rope and they were swinging into the water. They did it a couple of times. The last time they did it they saw a snake and they swam back as fast as they could to get in the boat.
While sleeping in our camper one night, my brother and Bailey were fighting about something. I could not get to sleep.It was almost an hour. They were fighting and they kept the light on. I told them to turn it off so they said, “No!” So they stopped for a few minutes, but then they were fighting again.
I went to the water park. I went on the dark slide about five times. There was a ride called, “Lazy Susan.” I will not go on it because when I go on it the inner tube stops at the hump in the beginning, when I want to go. The tube wants to go down but I am not on the tube. Then the tube goes down the water slide without me and I am stuck at the top with no tube. It was not fun going down on my rear end.
We made good memories on our camping trip to LakeRaystown.
Article posted September 29, 2011 at 07:49 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 15, 2011 at 07:57 PM GMT0 •
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Shoes, Twilight and Jacob: A Visual Representation of Me
A Visual Representation of Me
Hi! I am Courtney and this is a representation of me.My quote is, “Don’t assume it’s going to get done – it’s only going to get done if we help”.The quote is by Rihanna, and I found it in American Cheerleader Magazine. I chose it because I like Rihanna and she said this after hurricane.
The first picture I choose was a picture of Twilight characters; it shows Bella and Alice talking.The second picture I choose was Jacob Black from Twilight. The third picture I choose was a picture of a cheerleading squad. It shows my personality because I want to be a cheerleader.
My favorite reading memory is reading the book Twilight and talking about it to my friends. The fun picture I choose was shoes because I like shoes.
Thank- You for reading about me.If you are a Twilight fan…let’s talk!
Article posted September 15, 2011 at 07:57 PM GMT0 •
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