Excuses for not doing your homework - Mad

Do you really hate it when you leave your homework at home when its due that day? or can you just not be stuffed doing it?. Well I'm going to tell you 3 effective ways to con your teacher in letting you hand it in the next day.

The first and most reliable excuse would be that one of your relatives was seriously injured and is in hospital and your famly went to see him/her. this has a good chance of working and works better if you have a note from your parents saying it actualy happened.

The second excuse you could use would be that you saw a kid walking around a lake. then saw tghem fall in so you jumped in to save them. but you had your homework in your back pocket and it got rewend. this excuse works good if you show your teacher a rewend peice of paper.

The last excuse you could try is that you were walking down the street last night. then a ufo can down and took your home work. then tha aliens said the needed to use it to studdy the human brain and would return it tommorow. this excuse has a big chance of not working if your teacher dosnt believe in aleins.

I hope these excuses help you in the future and dont get you in to much trouple. try to be confident and sound casual so the teacher believes you. thank you for reading.

Meghan's Explanation

How To Be a Good Friend

There are many ways to become a good friend. It could either take a lot of work, depending on how close you want to be with your friend, or it could be really easy. By using some of the examples on how to become a good friend below and if you stick to it and persist, you could be the friend everyone wants.

You need to be really nice to your friends. Help them when they need it. Treat them how you would want to be treated. For example: Use your manners. Don't treat them rudely otherwise they will probably not want to be friends with you anymore.

Earn your friends trust. Tell them things, showing that you trust them, then they will realise you're trustworthy. Let them know that you'll always be there for them, no matter what. When they're sad, cheer them up. Make them smile when no one else can.

Back your friends up in fights. Support them through it all. No matter how silly or bad the fight is, you will help them and back them up as much as possible. If they know that you will help them through a fight and support them, then they will help and support you back.

These are the main things you can easily do to be a good friend. Once you earn their trust, you could even become best friends. Make sure you're honest to them. Don't keep things from them that they should know. Don't talk about them behind their back, unless it's something they want someone to know. Stay positive, even though there are ups and downs, you can still become a good friend.

- Meghan ;D

How To Set Up A Fish Tank

Once you have brought the fish tank there are a few things you need to think about before buying the fish.

When you choose a place for the tank to go in the house it needs to be away from loud noises such as TV's, radios, washing machines and fridges. Fish get stressed out when exposed to the loud noise.

Before the tank is filled with water, it needs to be wiped clean with a new cloth and warm water.

Now it's time to add some decorations and electrical equipment to the tank. Once you choose what decorations you want to place in the tank, make sure you wash them before putting them in the tank. Also have a mixture of real and artificial plants. A filter is needed to maintain clear and healthy water. A heater is also needed to maintain the right temperature for your fish.

Now you know how to set up a fish tank, you can buy a fish. Fishes are a great first pet and are easy to look after.

By Alana!

Explanation

How To Be A Good Friend!

A friend is a person you can trust with your secrets and be able to tell them anything and they wont judge you. But how do you be a good friend?

To make friends you have to introduce yourself and make conversation. To make conservation you could ask them where they are from, when their birthday is, if they have any brothers or sisters, what kind of sport they play and if they have any pets. Try to be nice and polite. Answer their questions honestly and try to find things in common.

To be a good friend you have to listen to your friends and help them with their problems no matter what they are. You have to have some sense of humour, you have to respect them and what they want. Include them and if they don't want to do something you shouldn't pressure them into it.

To keep a friendship you should keep every secret they tell you, even the little ones because they are the ones that matter. Stick up for them when someone is dissing them and never pick a fight with them. Being good friends doesn't mean that you have everything in common and you like the same things although these things do help, it means that you have differences and you are willing to accept and work around them.

Without friends your life would be dull and boring. Friends can turn bad days into good days and true friends will be with you through no matter what.

Lori Aitchison :)

How to write an 'Explanation'

In English for the next 3 weeks we will be developing our ability to write an explanation of something - How something works or Why something happens.

We will be using the following website to learn about writing an 'Explanation'. It will be a useful resource for you to use.
http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html

Johnny's Eulogy Courtland

I remember when I first met johnny, he had big black eyes and a dark tanned face, his hair was jet-black and heavily greased and combed to the side. Johnny was the pet (would you call your friend a 'pet' at their funeral?) of the gang everyones kid brother.


Johnny had no real family, we were his family, the gang was there for Johnny if he needed a place to stay he was always welcome. Johnny was like a little brother in the gang, everyone cared so much about Johnny. Johnny made the gang stay together, he got along with the gang. (using the word 'gang' too much, can you think of another word to use?)

Johnny was a true friend, he cared about his friends alot. Johnny would care about what ever you tell him, he would listen what you have to say. If you were upset johhnny would always be there.

Johnny really loved the book called, " Gone With The Wind". He would always ask me if I could read the book. Johnny loved the gang. He was always with the gang. (The last two sentences sound like they have been added on without any real connection to the previous sentences plus you have mentioned these points already in previous paragraphs)


Johnny cared deeply for his friends, he always there for the gang and he cared about the guys.(again repeating what you have said above) Johnny was always there for me. when something would happen to me Johnny would be there for me and made sure I was ok.

I will best remember Johnny as a young brave boy, he put his life on a hook (on the line) to save those kids in the church.

The Outsiders

I remember when I first met Johnny while kicking the football on a Sunday night at 10:27pm (very specific - do you think you would actually remember the exact time you met?) we were talking a lot I founded out that we have (needs to be past tense) a lot in common.

Johnny had no real family so we acted as if he was my older brother. Johnny was a true friend he would help me out out if I was in trouble. Johnny loved the book Gone with the Wind. Johnny really cared deeply for his frineds he would do any thing for them. I will best rember him when he saved me and the little kids. Like he all ways said stay gold saty gold. (firstly - what does stay gold mean to Ponyboy and secondly - this paragraph has more than one topic: stay gold, friendship, books, being a hero. A paragraph should focus on one point only)

Johnny's Eulogy - Alana

I remember when I first met Johnny. He had big puppy dog eyes, a tanned face with jet-black hair which was heavily greased. Johnny was shy and didn't talk very much.

Johnny had no real family. The gang was his family and he was always welcome at my house. He was loved very much by the gang and was like another brother to me.

Johnny was a true friend. He would sit down and listen to anything anyone had to say and wouldn't judge.

Johnny loved it when I read, "Gone with the Wind" to him at the old church. Johnny wanted to travel the whole country and I wish I could still do that with him.

I will always remember the time when Johnny and I were at the old church and he saved those kids. He was a real hero.

Johnny was my best friend.

Ponyboy Curtis

Writing your eulogy

How might Ponyboy write his eulogy?
He might focus on what a gallant person Johnny was. Possibly he might discuss how supportive Johnny was. He might talk about the obstacles Johnny had overcome in life. He would most certainly have used literature references in the eulogy ie comparing Johnny to the gallant southern gentlemen from the novel Gone with the Wind.
Here's an important quote from Johnny maybe it would be useful for Ponyboy when writing his eulogy.

‘Listen, I don’t mind dying now. It’s worth it. It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. Some of their parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it…I’ve been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you’re gold when you’re a kid, like green. When you’re a kid, everything’s new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day…You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world…"

Source(s):

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7…

Johnnys Eulogy

I still remember when I first met Johnny like it was yesterday. I was playing footy with Sodapop and Darry. When i saw him walk past the field with a black eye and asked him if he wanted to play football with us. He was really good at it and we ended up beating Soda and Darry by 5 goals. Then as the weeks went on we became real good friends and he became a Greaser.

Johnny had no real family. He use to run away from home to the park or my house and talk to me about his family. So us Greasers took him as our little brother even though he was older than me and we would always look after him. He was a real nice kid and was loved by all of us.

Johnny was a true friend to me. Where ever I'd go he went and where ever he went I'd go. We would always hang out at the park and go to the movies. We use to always look out for each other. I will never forget that time when he saved my life.

Johnny loved the gang more than anything, it was all he had. Johnny also loved the novel 'Gone with the wind'. I'd use to read it to him at the church. Johnny also had a dream that he didn't get to achieve. He always wanted to go somewhere else the beside here. The first time he ever left here was when we went to the country (Windrixville).

Johnny said to me before he died "listen, I dont mind dying now. Its worth it. it's worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. some of their parants came by to thank me and i know it was worth it..."

Johnny should best be remembered as a hero by everyone.

Johnny's Eulogy

I remember when I first met Johhny I was playing around with the football by myself. I was only about 6 or 7 years old and I saw Johnny looking at me, he was sitting in the gutter so I asked him to come and join me. We played a game of football with my brothers Darry and Sodapop, we got talking and started playing together more often, then all of a sudden we became best friends. Then he joined us Greasers and started basically being in our family.

Johnny had no real family, we were his family, we were the people he could trust and feel safe with, finally he belonged somewhere and that was with us. He was so nice, he got along with everybody. Towards the end of his life he was known as a hero because he saved the kids in the church and that's what killed him. Johnny and I had lots of memories together there were some good and some bad but they were mostly good because we got along so well together. We spent most of our life together he was the best friend anyone could ever have.

Johnny was a true friend he got along with everybody because he was so kind and giving, well that's what I liked him for anyway. He would help you out no matter what, like he saved all those kids in the church, there wouldn't be many other people that would risk there life to save someone they didn't even know. Johnny would never turn on you and you knew he will (should be past tense - 'would') always be there for you.

Johnny loved me reading him the novel Gone with the Wind when we were in the church. He once told me that he wanted to explore places all over the world but he never got the chance he had hardly ever been out of our neighbourhood. The only time he had is when Johnny and I had to go to Windrixville, there is so much more we could of done together but never got the chance and now we never (was missing) will.

I will never forget Johnny he was the greatest friend anyone can anyone can ever ask for, we did everything together and I will always remember us sleeping under the stars at the lot. I dought I would even be alive if it wasn't for Johnny I was going to get drowned until Johnny saved me. (these two sentences don't fit together - seperate ideas seperate paragraphs)

Johnny died being a hero and I think that is the best way to go and if I die knowing I'd helped lots of people and saved life's I would be happy. When we were at the church I told him a poem about nothing stays gold, and when he was about to die I said to Him "stay gold Johnny, stay gold and I bet you he will. (He said it to Ponyboy not the other way around)

-Ponyboy Curtis

By Shae :)

Johnny's Eulogy---Lori

I remember when I first met Johnny with his black puppy dog eyes and his black greasy hair. He was shy and didn't talk very much, but that's who Johnny was.

Johnny didn't come from the best of families so we were his family. The greasers were his brothers, he knew we had his back through no matter what. He was a good friend and you could tell him anything and he would sit there, listening and never judging.

Johnny loved when I read to him, because he couldn't read that well he found it easier to listen to me. Johnny wanted to travel the country, he wanted to see and do so many different things and I wish I could still travel with him.

I will always remember when Johnny and I were up in the old church, the things we did and talked about to kill time were some of my best memories with Johnny.

Johnny died a hero and I wish that when I die I would die noble and for a good cause, like Johnny, not in some stupid rumble in the lot.

Johnny was my best buddy and I will always remember him...

Ponyboy Curtis

The Outsiders - Eulogy

I remember when I first met Johnny. He was older and shorter than me. I'll never forget those big black puppy dog eyes that he had. The thick jet-black greasy hair he combed to the side, which was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead.

Johnny had no real family. We were his family. His mates were like his brothers. He was the pet of our gang.

Johnny was a true friend, always helping his friends. He'd risk anything for us. He didn't go to school. He spent his time with his mates. He had never left this town. The only time he did was with me for a few weeks.

Johnny loved just being with the people he loved and cared about. We used to go to the drive in with Dally. He would do pretty much anything. He also enjoyed the book "Gone with the Wind." The scar across his face was from when he got bashed. That scar or that memory never stopped never stopped him from doing the things he loved to do.

Johnny cared deeply for his friends. Like I said before, he'd do anything to make them happy. He cared about them so much. We were all the family he never had.

I will never forget Johnny. He was always smiling and having fun with his mates. No matter how much pain he was in. Johnny died because he risked his life to save others.

The one poem that will always remind me of Johnny was written by Robert Frost.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.


- Megziee Bro xD

Deep Sea Anglerfish!

The Deep Sea Anglerfish has a very large mouth with sharp, fang-like teeth. The Anglerfish is a small fish, reaching a maximum legth of only about 12cms but it can swallow prey up to twice its entire body size. It cant swim very fast, so when another sea creature comes near it, it goes invisble. The Anglerfish has a fishing lure on top of its head and uses it to attract its prey. The male Anglerfish is much smaller than the female. When the male matures, its digestive system degenerates, making it impossible for it to feed on its own. It must find a female to attach itself to by using its teeth to bite into her skin and the two become stuck together and their blood vessels join. The male will spend the rest of its live joined to the female. The feamle can carry up to six males on her at a time. The Deep Sea Anglerfish is found throughtout the world's oceans at a depth of over 914 meters.

3 head frog

It has 6 legs, 6 eyes, 3 heads, found in England.I thing this animal is realy creepy. All the legs and heads fuction normally.

ROR's THING!

 Its AWSOME!

Giant Isopod Facts

1. Size: Between 12 to 16 Inches.
2. Habitat: World Wide.
3. Depth Range: Over 2,000 Feet Deep.

It is like a crab its a Crustacion. I think That It Is Weird Because It Isnt Like Any Other Thing I Have Ever Seen. It Finds Food From Anything That Dies From Above Like Dead Wales And Fish.

 

Psychedelic Frog Fish

PSYCHEDELIC FROG FISH

The Psychedelic frog fish is found in Jakarta-- Indonesia, it uses its fins to hop like a frog along the sea floor. It uses its gills to propel itself, it has peach stripes all over its body and is a length of about 15cms. The frog eats mainly shrimpe and small fish.

Blob fish

The Blob fish lives deep in the water off the coast of Austrailia and Tasmania. It is rearly seen by humans because it lives so far under water the presure is several times higher then it is at sea level. I think it is heaps cool because it has a cool nose, mouth and eyes.

Mados Goblin Shark

This is a funny looking shark

The goblin shark is extremely rare and only found in deep water off Japan and South Africa. People dont know much about it but is thought to be a fish eater. They can grow to about 14 feet. the weird shaped head helps it to find and feed on marine animals. once the goblin shark founds its food it opens its mouth and uses its tounge like a arm and suck it into their sharp teeth.

The weirdest thing about this shark is that it is actually PINK.

What is the Weirdest Sea Ceature Ever?

Vampire Squid A Vampire Squid is a small sea creature that only grows to about six inches in length. It is known to scientists as Vampyroteuthis. In 1903 scientists thought that it was an octopus. It is similar to both squid and octopuses. It has large fins at the top of its body, which they flap as that they fly throught the water. It has the largest eyes relative to its body size of any animal and are a redish almost blue colour. I has eight arms which are all connected with webbed skin. Each arm is lined with a row of suction cups and rows of soft, fleshy spines called cirri. The colours of the supid range from black to a pale red. Their bodies are covered in light-producing organs called photophores which allows the vampire squids to "turn itself on or off." This process is called bioluminescence. They eat prawns, copepods, cnidarians and other small animals. Vampire squids can go a long time without eating which is a good thing because food can be hard to find in extreme depths of the ocean. In this case, they are found in depths of between 90 and 900 metres. They like temperatures between 2 to 6 degrees celsius.