WIRED "How To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse"

    In David Hambling's article entitled "How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse," he states that we should know how to survive the zombies. The author supports his claim by saying we should know our zombier there's the Natural Zombie who followes their master's orders, Super Natural Zombie who are possesed by a spirit or demoned, Alien Zombie which you are most likely to encounter, they bit and you shouldnt try fighting them. The author next proceed's to show that you should have weapon's lot's of weapons to be ready and prepared. Your probably going to be tempted to go out and fight the zombies but seriously dont try it! You should have guns, rifles, shotguns and all that and also a lot of ammunition you dont wantto run out when you really need it. Youshould be careful when shooting a zombie in the head not even a professional officer or snipper can be able to kill a zombie, they'll proably be panicking this is why you need a lot of ammunition and weapons. Finally, the author states you should keep your head up, you must be calm at all times to keep surving if you panic you might die so keep calm and make sure everyone else around you is calm as well you dont wanna risk anything so do what you have to do to keep moving and be safe.

Survial Guide

In Max Brook’s guide entitled “The Zombie Survival Guide,” he suggests that your home is the best place to be and you should make it safe. The author supports his claim by giving a guide that shows us how to prepare our homes to be Zombie ready and in any emergencies. He suggests we have security bared windows, safety glass, safe houses such as underground maybe. Steal fences, apartments because if you live on the second floor your probably more safer than the people on the first floor. He say’s “before the dead rise, before the chaos and change begin,” we should be prepared. The author next proceeds to show that we should have supplies, lots and lots of it. We should have a lot of rifles or hand guns, pistols, flashlights, big weapons that will be handy. He also say’s “this list applies to a single person, numbers are adjusted if you are in a group or a few people.” He say’s this to show everyone must be carrying an unlimited amount of ammunition and weapons to be safe. Finally, the author suggests that we should survive the attack, your home should be safe and zombie prepared so they can’t get in. You should probably designate one corner of your backyard as a latrine. Also, if you have soil and rain permits, you should dig a vegetable garden to eat them first before finishing the can food.

Brook, Max.”The Zombie Survival Guide.” Three rivers press: New York. 2003.web

 

Extra Creit Liteature Anlysis; Persepolis

1. Marjane Satrapi is a young Iranian girl who grew up with hopes and dreams like all little kids, her and everyone’s lives changed when “The Islamic Revolution” started. Everyone had to obey the Shaw and his order’s the girls had to wear veils to cover their hair. Marji’s parents were very supportive of her thoughts and actions. Her grandmother most of all was marji’s best friend! At a young teenage age marji’s mother sent her to Vienna with one of her friends, Marji was so excited to see her friend but while they were in the car marji realized her friend wasn’t the same she was different. After a while her mom’s friend sent marji to a boarding home because they didn’t have any more room in their small apartment but reall6y marji presented a hateful presence from her mom’s friend but marji said okay to the boarding home with the nun’s she there got her own room and roommate she was excited to be an independent adult. But a year later marji got kicked out of the boarding home for insulting the nuns but really they insulted her first from their own marji moved in with her friend Lucia, then with a cranky lady who then annoyed her so much she moved out on the streets she was on the streets for a month or so when she then coughed up blood fainted and ended up in the hospital, she then went back to Iran only to find out that it had changed so much! The streets were named after the martyrs and the dress code increased a lot they now had to cover up from head to toe. Her life was so distraught and melancholy she didn’t go out or want to be around anyone she even tried committing suicide but gave up after failing to. After that she got her life back on track and even got married to a guy who she thought was the love of her life but divorced quickly after realizing it wouldn’t work. She then went back to Vienna to study in a university and become someone successful in life.

2. The theme of this graphic novel is; death, sadness, anger and finding yourself to not judge other have and learn.

3. We as a class choose this book because it was a graphic novel and we had never read one. I’m really glad we read it was an awesome learning experience to learn something new from a different country. It really opened my eyes to a new world and perspective on things, to not take things for granted not everyone in the world is as lucky as we are here in the U.S.A.

4. I found the book very realistic especially because it was real! And Marjane Satrapi hand drew and wrote the book. I made a connection to the book, I’ve made mistakes before and I’ve learned to grow over them it didn’t bring me down as a human it only allowed me to prosper.

5. Marjane’s tone changes throughout, she is happy then sad then very angry as when she say’s “SHUT UP YOU!, GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!” (70.4).

6. One literary element would be imagery, when she say’s “at the age of six I was already sure I was going to be the next prophet.” (6.3). she draws a picture of everyone obeying her rules and kneeling to her feet. Another literary element would be flashback when she say’s “I wanted to forget everything, to make my past disappear, but my unconscious caught up with me.” (194.4). she remembers her home and her parents and everything, she’s home sick.

CHARECTORIZATION  

1. An example of direct characterization is when she say’s “this is me at the age of ten. This was 1980” (3.1).

2. It does change in the beginning its calm and then it changes to dramatic and sadness.

3. Definitely dynamic she changes from a little girl to a young woman and also in the way she thinks.

4. I did feel like I met a real person reading the book made me feel like I was watching someone grow up with all the pictures and details it made me feel like it was all happening. It was a really great book I recommend it to everyone so they can read a brave women’s life.

ENDURING MEMORY

The idea of this book is to get people to understand the Iranian coulter and not be scarred of Iranians. It’s also to make you learn something new maybe you didn’t know how it all starts but now you do and I just want people to read the book I promise you won’t be sorry. It’s a great experience to read something new especially when it’s a true story.

Literature Analysis #2

1. In the book The Second Sister by Dani Sinclair, the young teenage character Leigh is trying to fit in to the popular crowd since her and her twin sister Haley are different, Leigh is the nerdy one and Hayley the popular one. Leigh goes to a party and makes terrible mistakes by trying to be like everyone else, she abandons the party and meets the guy she only dreams of in her fantasy’s (Gavin). He was everything she fantasized about the older biker bad boy. Gavin and Leigh have a night they’ll never forget because they do some wild things. Seven years later Leigh returns home only to find out he’s the county attorney and they both remember that night they met and the things they did, Gavin still finds her amazing and Leigh can’t resist they fall in love and marry.

2. The theme is to think before you regret and it’s also Passion and Desire, don’t make a mistake you can’t forget.

3. I chose this book because honestly it looked easy; the cover didn’t really interest me at all I just got it. What made me keep reading is that I was too lazy to choose a different book; I know I should have just chosen a different book but I kept it and kept reading it.

4. I kind of found it realistic I mean this can really happen to anyone. We all make mistakes and have fantasies of things and just wait for them to come true. Hers was a coincidence and she fell in love with him as did he.

5. The author’s tone would have to be calm she gives a lot of detail when talking about the characters.

CHARECTORIZATION

1. Direct: “Leigh Thomas gulped the soda her date handed her,” “Leigh couldn’t breathe.” The author use’s these so we can know what is happening and what she’s doing.

Indirect: “she might look like a part of this crowd tonight, but despite the fact that she had raided her identical twin sister’s closet.”

2. It does not really change, the author Dani talks about the character the same.

3. Dynamic, Leigh changed, she got older and realized her mistake and as a woman she changed in mind.

ENDURING MEMORY

One thing I would remember from reading this book is that everyone makes mistakes and we shouldn’t judge others were not perfect either. Also, that everyone has their own opinions and no matter what people say or think that shouldn’t change who we are inside or out.

Surviving the Zombies with Science

In Angela Watercutter’s template entitled “How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse using Science,” she states that we should know how the zombie brain works in order to survive. The author supports her claim by showing us a picture on how the zombie brain works and how it affected. The zombies have Severe Atoxia which affects the brain and causes the zombies to not be able to move fast, so you should probably try sprinting away from them. The author next proceeds to show us that zombies are also affected by something called (Posterior Parietal) this causes them to get distracted easily, try to distract them then RUN!! They also have short memory so try hiding they’ll forget they were after your brain after awhile. Finally, the author states that you shouldn’t try fighting them they can’t feel pain so they’ll knock you down and start eating you faster than you can blink so take the running away suggestion and hide. Also, if you get caught up in a group of zombies try mimicking them they’ll get confused and walk away and you can RUN!!!!

Voytek, Bradley. The Science Of Surviving A Zombie Apocalypse.Philidelphia, PA: Pimsleur Approach, 28 June 2011.web

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocolypse

In Ali S. Khans article entitled "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse," she states that we should all be prepared for the apocalypse or any sudden emergency. The author supports her claim by saying we should have an emergency kit, inside the kit or in bags we should include water, food,
medications, tools and supplies, sanitation and hygiene, cloths and blankets for everyone also a first aid kit and your family's and yours important documents'. The author next proceeds to show that we need an emergency plan, we should think of the types of emergency's possible in our area, pick out a meeting spot close by your house and one further away, also identify emergency contacts and plan a variety of evacuation routes. Finally, the author states that the CDC is prepared to assist, they would do lab testing and analysis, technical assistance in cities, states and international and infection control, also patient care and management. She even say's "CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams for those in needing the affected areas" (Khan).

"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi (Dont Ban The Book!)

                   In Johan Bennett’s letter he states his argument on wanting to ban the book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi. He says it’s inappropriate for 10^th graders and has sexual activity and drug violence, too much for teenagers this age to read. I disagree with Bennett I personally think “Persepolis” is a great book and people can probably learn from this book. The following is my statement why “Persepolis” shouldn’t be banned.

            In my opinion “Persepolis” is a great book; it tells us how it is like to live in Iran and also how Marji grew up. She talks about her life as an Iranian and I think some people can learn things from reading this book. Although it might talk about sexual activity and drug violence it can be a lesson to somebody. Reading the book can open teenagers’ eyes and maybe say,” WOW! SHE’S BRAVE!” or “I can relate to this book.”

            Teenager’s are teen’s and we will make mistakes in our life it’s not always perfect, you have to get hurt to learn your lesson sometimes. Marjane Satrapi is a good remodel for us, she might have had her melancholy moments but she introduced us to a new insight to Iran. I think it’s awful to have to wear the veil everyday but it’s their religion.

            I think reading the book changed my perspective on Iranians and also changed the way I see things, it made me realize how different our life is compared to them. We are lucky to not have to wear a veil. Some religions here require girls to wear long skirts but they don’t have to cover up as much as Iranian women.

            So, to finish it off I disagree with banning the book from schools, it’s a great book and it’s about a brave Iranian. She is just telling us her life growing up in Iran and how she got out of it. It opened my eyes and it can also open someone else’s.

Vocabulary Sentences and Definitions #10

1. Bemoon (V)  Complain About
     Ex: My sister likes to bemoon about every little thing, its so nettle.
2. Pensive (A) Deep in Thought
     Ex: When im alone in my room, I get very pensive about my near future.
3. Divoid (A) Entirely Without
     Ex: The divoid young man asked the young girl out without a worry of rejection.
4. Meloncholy (A) Sad/Emo
     Ex: My mom was very meloncholy in her younger days.
5. Mollify (V) To Calm Someone
    Ex: When my nephew is crying I try to mollify him with some juice.
6. Memento (N) A Keepsake or Sovenir
     Ex: The memento I got from Las Vegas is very cool, it changes colors.
7. Illicit (A) Illegal
     Ex: My friend did some illicit things on halloween night.
8. Ascend (V) To Climb or To Go Up
    Ex: I wanted to ascend the stais all the way to the 100th floor.

Vocabulary definitions and sentences #9

1. Savory (A) Delicious
    Ex: The Tri-Tip was very savory, I even dreamed about it at night.
2. Entice (V) To Tempt
    Ex: My nephew is entice to eat everything he see's on the floor.
3. Tactless (A) Without Sensativity (Insecure)
     Ex: The tactless girl didn't even think it over when she told her math teacher he was over weight.
4. Integrity (N) Self Worth or Self Respect
    Ex: I have a lot of integrity, i do all my assighnments and show up daily.
5. Compensate (V) To Pay For Services
    If you show up to your job daily, you will get compensate.
6. Aloof (A) Disinterested/Spaced Out
    Ex: The aloofy boy didn't know what to saywhen the girls said Hi to him.
7. Goad (V) To Tawnt
     Ex: If you goad the bull it will charge at you in seconds.
8. Cohert (N) Friend
     Ex: My Cohert and I love to go to Starbucks and get a Vanilla Bean with extra caramel.

Vocabulary #8 Sentences & Definitions

1. Malignant (A) Harmful
   Ex: The black dog in the darkness looked very malignant.
2. Ornery (A) Irritable (Cranky)
    When my sister and I ask my mom many questions she grts ornery.
3. Indolent (A) Lazy
    Ex: My dog is very indolent, he doesn't even want to get up and eat.
4. Belittle (V) To Insult or Put Down
    Ex: The young man belittled his wife by copying her voice.
5. Jeapordize (V) To Put In Danger
    Ex: The lady jeordized her life by not putting on her seat belt.
6. Demise (N) Downfall or Death
    Ex: The demise in the movie was when the girl's father died.
7. Awry (N) Not According To Plan
    Ex: On the vacation everything went awry but we still managed to get some fun out of it.
8. Frugal (A) Cheap
    Ex: The frugal little honda broke down on the freeway too days after he bought it.

Vocabulary#7 Sentences/Definitions

1. Inhibit (V) To Slow Or Stop Something From Happening
    Ex: My Mother would like to inhibit child abuse.
2. Aberrant (A) Unusual/Unexpected
  Ex:  The young girl let out an aberrant cry after seeing the tranchila.
3. Loath (V) To Hate
    Ex: I really loath bullies who think there better than everyone.
4.Prowess (N) Exceptional Skill or Ability
   Ex: The boy said his prowess was being able to run very fast.
5. Incoherent (A) Unable to Understand
    Ex: It was very incoherent to hear the teacher's voice.
6. Epitaph (N) A Headstone or What is Written on it.
    Ex: My grandmother's epitaph said "Alway's Be In Our Hearts".
7. Elaborate (A) Having Many Details or Steps.
    Ex: The elaborate instruction's on building a bike were not easy to understand.
8. Countenance (N) Face/Facial Expression
    Ex: His countenance was in horror when his friend's gave him a good scare.

Literature Analysis #1

Missing Dog Tags
Kenneth Eaton

                   

           1. This Is A True Story Written By An American GI in North Korea he was a survivor one of the few lucky ones that made it through the brutal capturing. As he writes about this he is very good in adding detail's on how there were over 600 hundred men captured by the chinease he also talkes about how they got captured they were keeping eye on their troops in case there was an attack and sure enough the korean's attacked and captured them. The plot in this story is mainly in different villages. As he explains the brutality they were forced to walk long night's village after village, they didn't eat very often, they lost some men to frost bite badly and some troops just couldn't take the diet. Some men would act like animals fighting over food they even had to eat some cow dropping becuase they had dry corn inside it's a discusting thought but when you eat 3 times a week it seems duable. Theywould hide in basements while there own american ships bombed them not knowing they were captured. Kenneth also includes that the room's they had to rest awhile in were really small like a box and 30 men were in each room he said that there wasn't any room to even stretch your leg's. He was captured and held hostage for about 30 month's!!!!  Kenneth was a brave soldier like the rest but some were coward's they acted like children but Kenneth stood up for the sick men and fought for what was right. Him and another soldier escaped once but got captured again by different chinease, he saw a man be beat to death he didn't understand how someone could do that but when your a soldier thing's happen. He wrote to his family and gave the note to some nice chinease ladies who said they would find a way to send it to his family. In these times of war while they were captured they learned to trade thing's for tobacco just for one cigaratte, they also learned to save things that they got in all the villages they past through they got so usto not eating that once they landed in one spot they would just sleep to try and avoid the stomach pain's. After the 30 months of being captured they were finally rescued and Sgt. Kenneth L. Eaton finally returned home to his Mother, Father, Brother and Sister he was thinking before he arrived how it would be once he got back home what it would be like. Not seeing his family in a long time changes people, he had faith he'd return home again but he waited 2 in a half years to get home. Our brave soldier finally was home to all the questions bound to be asked about the POW and how it felt to be captured but he was ready, READY TO BE HOME! He Got Married May 28, 1954 he had four children, Ten grandchildren and Eleven great grandchildren. (P.S I met This Great Brave Soldier !! ). 

Theme: War- It doesn't say war is something fun it mainly talks about how it was like to be captured and not knowing was was going to happen next was more terrifying but the brave soldiers were extremly confident waiting to be rescued.

Time: Time is main in the story it took them time to adapt to all the sudden change and especially being captured 30 months. It doesn't change really it was all about the same thing they usually already knew there daily routines but when something different happend they would be happy.

Tone: The tone of the story is very brave and stays at one tone it's very emotional especially since he's writting about his own personal expieriences.

Ken Eaton Show's us an American we can be proud of ! I enjoyed reading this book, it really opened my eyes to actually reading a real American GI survivir's story.

Antigone Compare/Contrast Final Draft

    In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone and Creon are in an arguement about their beliefs, ANtigone in the GOd's and Creon on his own law on the State. Antigone wants to bury her brother Polyneices and give him an honorable buriel and Creon doesn't want to becuase he went agains't him. Little dothey know their own actions will be the cause of a big disaster.

  Antigone is a loud person who is independent and does her own thing she doesn't listen and just believes in what she believes and know's is right. She's loyal to her family, wanting to bury Polyneices even after he went agains't his own family to try and win the kingdom but he is still her brother no matter what she loves him. She say's "But I will bury him: and if i must die, I say this crime is holy."(prologe. 57.58). Antigoneis also loyal to the god's, She say's "You may do as you like since apparently the law of the gods means nothing to you."( prologe. 64,65). No Matter what Antigone stay's true to the god's.

  Creon on the other hand is willing to do anything so that people can follow his rules. Creon is loyal to the state. He say's "The state is the only one i believe in." Creon'snot loyal to his family becuase he's sayong he is only gnna believe impn the state and he will go with nothing else.

   Antigone and Creon also have there similarities like pride and the same blood there also very determined in what they do. An example of Antigone showing pride would be when she say's "Creon isn't strong enough to stand in my way." (prologe.36). She is saying that noone can stop her from doing what she know's is right witch is burying her brother Polyneices.

   Creon show's pride He say's "My voice is the only voice giving orders in this city."  (3.108). He's basically saying noone else can rule but him he's the one being hear noone else so everyone has to listen to him and do what he want's.

  All in all, both Antigone and Creon deserve blame, They both did something wrong such as Antigone not allowing Ismene to follow up on the punishment Creon wanted to give the,
M both and Creon not wanting to bury Polyneices he should have just gave them both a proper buriel, they might of gone agains't eachother but at the end there both brothers and his own blood closer than he thinks. But this resulted in Antigon's death and Creons Lose of family.





                                                                      THE END !!!!!

Vocabulary #6 Definitions and Sentences

1. Inevitable (A) Going To Happen No Matter What.
    Ex: My math test is inevitable every Thursday unless the teacher say's not.
2. Phobia (A) A Strong Fear
    Ex: My sister has a phobia of spiders,big bugs,the dark and ghosts.
3. Seclude (V) To Hide Away From Others.
    Ex: My mom can make a seclusion, but it dependz on her mood.
4. Rebuke (V) To Critisize Publically.
    Ex: My aunt likes to rebuke on others.
5. Notorious (A) Famouse For Something Bad
    Ex: My cousins are very notorious around their friends.
6. Fluctuate (V) To Change Often
    Ex: My cousin is bipolor becuase his mood fluctuates.
7. Candid (A) Honest or Sincere
     Ex: It is very important to be candid in a long relashionship.
8. Sophomoric (A) Immature (Soph=Knowledge/ More=Idiot)
    Ex: The sophomoric student didn't do his homework all year even though he knew all the answers.

Vocabulary Sentence #5

 

 

Vocabulary #5 Sentences

 

1. Plaintive: The young girl was plaintive after her boyfriend left her.

 

2. Flaunt: Everyone on facebook is being very flaunt about the new game "Auto Theft Five".

 

3. Distraught: The boy was distraught when his mom took away his XBox 360.

 

4. Queue: While standing in the queue I met some really nice people.

 

5. Accrue: I'm hoping to accrue my dreams and goals before colledge.

 

6. Relentless: She said that her love for her boyfriend was relentless and they had just been together for one month.

 

7. Leery: My friend is leery, I can't tell her anything.

8. Crass: The man was being very crass to the waitress.

Vocabulary #5

 

 

 

 

Vovabulary # 5

 

Words and Definitions

 

1. Plaintive (A) Very Sad

 

2. Flaunt (V) To Show Something Off

 

3. Distraught (A) Emotionally Upset

 

4. Queue (N) Aline of People or Things

 

5. Accrue (V) To Gain Over Time

 

6. Relentless (A) Never Stopping

 

7. Leery (A) Untrusting

 

8. Crass (A) Rude/Vulgar/ Bad Maners



Autobiography :)

Well  Hello, My Name Perla Arce, This Is My first time blogging something.  I’m not your average teenager , I’m funny and kind, nice I like to make people smile because you never know how that persons day has been like and making them smile might brighten there day up with joy.  I’m fifteen years old my birthday is December 14/97.  I like to do fun things and I’m active and I like lifted trucks, my family is very funny and there nice people, there very funny. I have a twin sister as you all may know her name is Ruby and we don’t look that much alike, she’s like two inches taller than me.  My life has changed over the past 4 years I’ve grown so much I learn more and more each day, I like school I guess. I want to graduate and be successful in life I don’t know yet what I’d like to be in life but I can do a lot of things; I take photos, sing, and I’m a good dancer. Maybe you’ll see me on America’s got talent haha just kidding, but I’m a weird person, very unique I like to do my own thing I’m not a follower.  Over the summer I went to Mexico and celebrated my fifteen with my sister and cousin it was very boring. Then after that I came back to California nothing but stay at home and clean and just go out with my boyfriend  or when there was a family party I’d go but other than that my summer wasn’t that great but as I always say the next summer will be better hopefully. My  favorite thing to do is help others because helping someone else other than yourself is a great thing.  If you ever need advice feel free to talk to me I’ve been through some things you can’t imagine and also I give good advice. Well, I don’t really know what else to say there isn’t really anything  else I could say. So thanks for reading hope it was enough information to know me better.