Book Port. Qtr. 3

Fast Food Nation: Outline

I. Have you ever wondered what you are eating? How it is made? Where does it come from?
A. Well the book, "Fast Food Nation", written by Eric Schosser, that was published July 5th, 2005 has some interesting information for you fast food eaters.
B. Tells about the process that the food goes through before it gets to you at your favorite fast food restaurants. He also tells about how bad the food is for you
C. Business are making it seem like these fast foods are alright to eat and are not bad for your body.
D. This is significant because you need to know that these foods are not healthy as businesses make them sound.

II. The theme of Fast Food Nation is that the food your eating at fast food restaurants are not as good for you as businesses are making them look.
A. These fast food restaurants are presenting some very good looking foods, but are they really good for you? NO!!!
B. The food makes you fat, it is very fatty and wicked greasy, not to mention how many calories are in the food. Did you know that in a double quarter pounder there is 740 calories, 42 grams of fat, and 1380 grams of sodium (salt).
C. That nice cheeseburger that we all love, that is one of the most disgusting thing that you can get. That burger is made from multiple cows, what happens is there is a big container that all of the hamburger from all of those cows goes into, this means that if one cow had the mad cow disease, then now it is going to be put in every hamburger that is made out of that bunch.
D. People that work in these fast food restaurants are usually not the kind of people you want making your food. They are not very smart, not very clean, they are the people that can't get a job any where else.
E. After reading this book you will defiantly think twice, maybe even three times before woofing down that fast food.

III. The fast food chains have been here for a while, still making the same foods as they are today.
A. The fast food restaurants have been making food seem better then it really is for you since the 1950's.
B. The first food chain was a bunch of hot dog stands along the side of a road, and then moved to drive in fast food restaurants, which were very appealing because you didn't even have to get out of you vehicle they would just bring it out to you.
C. After those restaurants came the big McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Abby's, etc. Everyone likes these because they are very tasty and also inexpensive.
D. It used to be kind of a treat to go out and eat fast food, but now people go and eat out because they are to lazy to fix their own food.
E. It all started back in the 1950's but it has gotten much worse now, all we do is go out and eat fast unhealthy food, but hey it is easy to get and it tastes good.

IV. Conclusion
A. Businesses are making it very easy for us Americans to eat unhealthy foods, with the fast food chains that are becoming so big now.
B. We need to cut down on the fatty fast foods, we need to start eating out less maybe like once a month because our country is getting obese.
C. If the habit of eating at fast food restaurants hadn't started earlier then we wouldn't be eating so badly right now.
D. This book really made me think about how gross it is to eat at fast food restaurants it is almost making me sick thinking about it right now. Eric Schosser did a really good job.
E. It is very important to know that you should not be eating out just because it tastes good or because your to lazy to make some food yourself.

Fast Food Nation

Have you ever wondered what you are eating? How it is made? Where does it come from? Well the book, "Fast Food Nation", written by Eric Schosser, that was published July 5th, 2005 has some interesting information for you fast food eaters. It tells about the process that the food goes through before it gets to you at your favorite fast food restaurants. He also tells about how bad the food is for you. Business are making it seem like these fast foods are alright to eat and are not bad for your body. This is significant because you need to know that these foods are not healthy as businesses make them sound.
The theme of Fast Food Nation is that the food your eating at fast food restaurants are not as good for you as businesses are making them seem. These fast food restaurants are presenting some very good looking foods, but are they really good for you? NO!!! The food makes you fat, it is very fatty and wicked greasy, not to mention how many calories are in the food. Did you know that in a double quarter pounder there is 740 calories, 42 grams of fat, and 1380 grams of sodium (salt). How about that nice cheeseburger that we all love, that is one of the most disgusting thing that you can get. That burger is made from multiple cows, what happens is there is a big container that all of the hamburger from all of those cows goes into, this means that if one cow had the mad cow disease, then now it is going to be put in every hamburger that is made out of that bunch. People that work in these fast food restaurants are usually not the kind of people you want making your food. They are not very smart, not very clean, they are the people that can't get a job any where else. After reading this book you will defiantly think twice, maybe even three times before woofing down that fast food.
The fast food chains have been here for a while, still making the same foods as they are today. The fast food restaurants have been making food seem better then it really is for you since the 1950's. The first food chain was a bunch of hot dog stands along the side of a road, and then moved to drive in fast food restaurants, which were very appealing because you didn't even have to get out of you vehicle they would just bring it out to you. After those restaurants came the big McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Abby's, etc. Everyone likes these because they are very tasty and also inexpensive. It used to be kind of a treat to go out and eat fast food, but now people go and eat out because they are to lazy to fix their own food. It all started back in the 1950's but it has gotten much worse now, all we do is go out and eat fast unhealthy food, but hey it is easy to get and it tastes good.
Businesses are making it very easy for us Americans to eat unhealthy foods, with the fast food chains that are becoming so big now. We need to cut down on the fatty fast foods, we need to start eating out less maybe like once a month because our country is getting obese. If the habit of eating at fast food restaurants hadn't started earlier then we wouldn't be eating so badly right now. This book really made me think about how gross it is to eat at fast food restaurants it is almost making me sick thinking about it right now. Eric Schosser did a really good job. It is very important to know that you should not be eating out just because it tastes good or because your to lazy to make some food yourself.

Plymouth Essay

I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement: The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Preview first major point: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Preview second major point: Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Preview third major point: Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. Significance of Thesis: It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

II. First Major Point
A. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. An Indian was talking down to Standish, trying to intimidate him. Standish then invites him over for a pig and he then takes the Indians knife that hung around his neck and stabbed him multiple times until he was dead.
C. Standish went into a wigwam and scared all of the Indians, they went crazy and tried running through the walls.
D. Cut guys head off and put it on a stake in the town and let it stay there and rot.
E. If Standish wasn't there then the pilgrims might have been attacked more frequently by the Indians, because he was intimidating, so that provided protection.

III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church led the colonies protection during King Philip's War.
B. Church led his men across the river when they were being attacked by the Indians.
C. He snuck into an Indians wigwam and got 60 Indians to surrender on his own/
D. The reason he killed King Phillip was because he was afraid that Philip might have hurt the English colonies.
E. These three points all show how Benjamin Church was a leader in keeping the colonies safe.

IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism
B. The pilgrims found the new world because they thought that England was going to go to Hell, and they also wanted religious freedom so they left England and went to Amsterdam.
C. They believed that all people should become puritans, and not believe in anything else.
D. Pilgrims believed that everyone should go to school to read the bible and learn all of their religious ways.
E. The reason why the Indians and the English fought was because of the new idea of puritanism.

V. Conclusion
A. The founding of English colonies combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Standish wanted to protect the English colonies, but instead of trying to reason with the Indians, his way was to be violent.
C. Benjamin Church was also a protector of the English colonies but he protected through leadership.
D.The pilgrims came to the new world because they wanted freedom of religion, though all they did was cause violence with the Indians.
E. With all of these key points, you can see that there was a lot of violence caused by difference in religion, and different perspectives on the religion.


The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. An Indian was talking down to Standish, trying to intimidate him. Standish then invites him over for a pig and he then takes the Indians knife that hung around his neck and stabbed him multiple times until he was dead. Standish went into a wigwam and scared all of the Indians, they went crazy and tried running through the walls. Cut guys head off and put it on a stake in the town and let it stay there and rot. If Standish wasn't there then the pilgrims might have been attacked more frequently by the Indians, because he was intimidating, so that provided protection.

Benjamin Church led the colonies protection during King Philip's War. Church led his men across the river when they were being attacked by the Indians. He snuck into an Indians wigwam and got 60 Indians to surrender on his own. The reason he killed King Phillip was because he was afraid that Philip might have hurt the English colonies. These three points all show how Benjamin Church was a leader in keeping the colonies safe.

Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrims found the new world because they thought that England was going to go to Hell, and they also wanted religious freedom so they left England and went to Amsterdam. They believed that all people should become puritans, and not believe in anything else. Pilgrims believed that everyone should go to school to read the bible and learn all of their religious ways. The reason why the Indians and the English fought was because of the new idea of puritanism.

The founding of English colonies combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Standish wanted to protect the English colonies, but instead of trying to reason with the Indians, his way was to be violent. Benjamin Church was also a protector of the English colonies but he protected through leadership. The pilgrims came to the new world because they wanted freedom of religion, though all they did was cause violence with the Indians. With all of these key points, you can see that there was a lot of violence caused by difference in religion, and different perspectives on the religion.

Exam POST # 2 wounded knee essay

I.
A. Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding.
B. it's a Youtube video of the monument pictures
C. Youtube video, documentary
D. It's a essay on class blog, massacre not battle
E. so we can understand how the emotions of the 7th Cav led to the massacre of Wounded Knee.

II.
A. Wounded Knee was an event that took place because of the racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding.
B. Shooting them after they gave up their guns was disrespectful
C. Some of 7th Cav got drunk, put guns to indians heads, pulled trigger laughed
D. Phillip wells was an interpteter and got drunk so he couldn't translate english between the sioux and the U.S.
E. Alcohol and hard feelings can lead to big violence.

III.
A. Because of the lack hatrid for the Sioux the 7th Cav killed many indians at the masacre of Wounded Knee.
B. Drinking is bad
C. Bad things happen when drunk
D. fooling around can lead to bad things
E. Doing things you shouldn't even if your just fooling around can lead to very bad things.



Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding. The first source is a Youtube video of the monument pictures. The second source is a Youtube video, documentary. The third source is an essay on class blog, showing it was a massacre not battle. It is important to know this so we can understand how the emotions of the 7th Cav led to the massacre of Wounded Knee.
Wounded Knee was an event that took place because of the racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding. Shooting them after they gave up their guns was disrespectful. Some of 7th Cav got drunk, put guns to indians heads, pulled trigger and would then laugh. Phillip Wells was an interpteter, he got drunk so he couldn't translate english between the sioux and the U.S. and he was mad that they had killed his father. You need to know that alcohol and hard feelings can lead to big violence.
Because of the lack hatrid for the Sioux the 7th Cav killed many indians at the masacre of Wounded Knee. Drinking is bad when you get out of control and that might of been what happend here. Bad things happen when drunk, you get stupid and do stupid things like put your gun to an indians head and pull the trigger and laugh that is not a good thing to do. Sometimes fooling around can lead to bad things, even if you don't intend for them to sometimes it just happens. Doing things you shouldn't even if your just fooling around can lead to very bad things.

Exam POST # 1 quotes

They are gentle, loving, faithful, lacking in all guile and trickery. The words denoting lying, deceit, greed, envy, slander, and forgiveness have never been heard. They have no jealousy, no sense of possession.--John Smith (character)










Sharing, no sense of pessession


We shall make a new start. A fresh beginning. Here the blessings of the earth are bestowed upon all. None need grow poor. Here there is good ground for all, and no cost but one's labor. We shall build a true common wealth, hard work and self reliance our virtues. We shall have no landlords to rack us with high rents or extort the fruit of our labor. --John Smith (character)



















EQUALS

Wounded Knee

I.
A. Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding.
B. it's a Youtube video of the monument pictures
C. Youtube video, documentary
D. It's a essay on class blog, massacre not battle
E. so we can understand how the emotions of the 7th Cav led to the massacre of Wounded Knee.

II.
A. Wounded Knee was an event that took place because of the racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding.
B. Shooting them after they gave up their guns was disrespectful
C. Some of 7th Cav got drunk, put guns to indians heads, pulled trigger laughed
D. Phillip wells was an interpteter and got drunk so he couldn't translate english between the sioux and the U.S.
E. Alcohol and hard feelings can lead to big violence.

III.
A. Because of the lack hatrid for the Sioux the 7th Cav killed many indians at the masacre of Wounded Knee.
B. Lesson learned
C.
D.
E. significance

Book portfolio Q.2

Josh Braley

Period 5

Mr. Middleswart

1-16-08

Of Mice And Men

“Tell about how its gunna be George, tell about the rabbits,” is what Lennie would say to George throughout the book. He was talking about going to live off the fatta the land, in a little cabin in the woods, having nobody to answer to but them selves, he’s talking about their “American Dream.” The American dream is desired by many, but it is very rare to accomplish it, you might get close but then it might be over, the theme of a historical fiction book, “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck. The theme is important because it is good to have dreams, but you need to know that they can disappear very easily. In the beginning of the book Lennie gets into trouble in Weed, so him and George take off and hide. Then they get a job at this ranch, they start working there. George and Lennie talk about the dream and Candy, an older man with no arm, says he’d like to join them and he would help buy the place. So now they’re close to their dream until Lennie kills Curley’s wife. This forces George to shoot Lennie so he won’t be tortured by Curley.

George and Lennie are good friends, they travel with each other, George keeps Lennie out of trouble and Lennie keeps George company. George is a smart guy, he is a hard worker, but most of all a good friend. He works for his money so that maybe some day he can get that little cabin. He snuck him and Lennie out of Weed and got them a new job. After Lennie kills Curley’s wife, Curley wants to him, instead of letting that happen George shoots Lennie himself, quick and painless. Lennie is a big strong guy, but he’s mentally challenged and sometimes he just doesn’t know what to do in situations. Lennie crushed Curley’s hand when Curley was beating on him, he just wouldn’t let go of it, he panic and crushed it. Then Curley’s wife wants Lennie to touch her hair so he does, then she starts telling him to let go so he panics and holds on, so she starts screaming and he shakes her and breaks her neck. George and Lennie were both just trying to work towards their dream, but because of one little accident their dream was crushed.

This theme is true, everyone has a dream life that they would like to live, but very few people actually accomplish this dream. In my dream life I want to be a Professional Poker Player, sure it could happen but it’s a lot more likely to not happen. You could ask anybody what their dream life is, and I guarantee your going to get an answer. It’s unfortunate that so many people don’t accomplish there dream but that’s just the way it goes. You should have a dream, it might not come true but you can try to get there.

John Steinbeck did a good job with this book, he entertained people, and he showed people that sometimes things don’t work out the way you had planned. The characters seem very realistic, the way he put his conversations, he made it so it was actually like some migrant workers from back then talking. The American dream is very hard to accomplish, and he defiantly showed that by making them come close and then making everything go wrong. Throughout the book George and Lennie are just trying to get that little piece of land and have nobody to answer to. “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, showed that the American Dream is very tough to accomplish, even when you think you can do it, it might go away.

Final prompt #3

Mao was similar to Stalin because before they came to power they were both soldiers. They made a name for themselves as soldiers and they worked their way up to being the leaders of their countries. Mao had young people go out and destroy statues and artifacts of those of different beliefs. He punished those who did not follow the communist way, he would send them to labor camps, re-education programs, and self-criticism programs. Stalin believed in the communist way too. They both were in total power and no one could do anything about it because they were dictators.

Mao and Hitler were both different in the fact that Hitler was not a soldier and Mao as you know from the paragraph above was a soldier before coming to power. They were both very powerful. They both had their own way of punishing people. Hitler would kill more people than he would torture. Mao would torture people or he would put them in labor camps or he would also humiliate them for torture. They both became dictators.