Dragonwings HW

Scene Map:

Characters: Moon Shadow, Wrights, Windrider
Setting: Moon Shadow wrote a letter to the Wrights about the plane, then Wrights replied a letter to him.
How the scene begins: Moon Shadow wrote a letter about the machine parts of the plane to the Wrights.
How the scene ends: Wrights sent a letter to Moon Shadow that included the plane's tables and diagrams.
Problems: Windrider wanted to fly like Wrights but he didn't know the details of the machine parts of the plane.

Substitute: What do you think if Moon Shadow didn't write the letter to the Wrights?
I think that Windrider would make the plane by his imagination.

Modify: What would have happened Windrider had a long hair?
I think his hair could be a propeller. When there had wind, his hair would swirl and he
could fly by himself.

Rearrange: What would have happened if Windrider knew how to make the plane before Moon
Shadow had written to the Wrights?
I think that Windrider would be very happy because he could make the plane by his
own without anyone's prompting.

Rewritten Scene:

To the honorable Wrights:
This is to inform you that I am a boy of eleven. I have greatly admired your feats of daring. My father wants to fly too. Can you help him? We need to know how to shape the propellers. We need to know how big the wings should be in order to lift my father into the air. Father says the no one else in the whole world knows as much as you do about aeroplanes. Thanks you.

And I signed it with the sounds of my name spelled out in demon letters. I wrote several drafts of it and then copied it out in the fine, elegant hand Miss Whitlaw had taught me. The Next day we went down together and mailed the letter, " You realize though, Moon Shadow, that even if they were to get this letter, there is no guarantee that they'll answer it. They're busy men, you know."
But two weeks later, I received Wrights' letter. However, they gave me a disappointed answer that I didn't want:

Dear Mr.Lee,
My brother and I are always happy to meet another flying enthusiast. However, we are so sorry that we can't tell anything about making the planes information to you. It's because we think that making this plane is our painstaking effort. We don't want to tell the others how we make it. We want to keep it secretly, but we don't mind you transformed our plane and make it to be your new plane. So, sorry for that we can't tell your anything.

I felt so upset and disappointed after reading this letter. When Father came home, he asked me that why I was unhappy. Then I told him what was happened just now. I said that I just wanted to help him but in fact, I can't. Nevertheless, He said thanks to me that I was unexpectedly. He told me that although I can't help him, I have already tried to do it. Despite it was unsuccessfully, I have tried my best.

The response of the news

The education minister, Michael Suen, plans to reduce the size of Form One classes in secondary schools. His plan will reduce from 40 to 38 next year and to 36 in 2010. I don't think this is a good idea to be small classes. It actually hasn't got any changes. It just only have reduced two students in one class. I think the best way to cut the classes to be smaller is only put about 20 students in one classes. Small class teaching has benefits and disadvantages. The benefits are the teachers can take care of each students, the students can learn more knowledges from the teachers, e.t.c. The disadvantages are the students maybe meet fewer friends, much more money will be need, e.t.c. Summarizing all the viewpoints, I will like to study in a big class more than a small.

History HW

For the five conceptsz: Imaginative, Creative, Sensitive to society's needs, Breaking from the past, the old ways and Prescient/Foresight. I think the school just has the "creative" this consept only because we have art lesson in school. We always creative something else for the homework. and also we need to write the compositions of Chinese and English. So, we can just only have "creative" this concept. For Hong Kong, basically there are no concepts because many bosses just want the employees be working hard.

typing words faster

Today, I learnt how to type the words "asdfghjkl;" faster with the fingers and without watching the keyboard. The hands should be put on the keyboard and not in the air.

History HW

I think Hong Kong needs French revolution because in Frence, Louis XVI ruled badly and his government was corrupt. And I think this case is similar to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there are also so many people corrupt. Although there has many ICAC in Hong Kong, that is not enough to catch the bad guys.

The five basic qualities that a good inventor might have:
1. creative
2. hard-working
3. dare to try
4. common knowledge
5. learning from the failure

Number the Stars

After I read this book, I think in that era, lots of people was frightened of the soldiers. If they were seen by the soldiers before, they would avoid the soldiers in order to let the soldiers forget them. It seems likes that they would be killed by the soldiers if the soldiers saw them.

History HW

1. How did the colonists unite America?

The colonists were discontent with British rule of the economic and political. They fight against Britain for independence and proclaim The Declaration of Independence.

2. How did the legislature take part in the structure of the federal government?

The Senate stands for the States and House of Representatives stands for the people's interesys in the States. Congress makes laws and can impeach the President.

3. How did the American Revolution happen?

The colonists were discontent with British rule of the economic and political. And the Enlightenment thinkers help to bring out the war also. Many colonists read their writings. They learnt that they can rise up against Britain if Britain ruled unfairly. With all the cause, help to bring about the American War of Independence.

4. Why did the people in the Enlightenment object to absolute power?

The people in the Enlightenment objected to absolute power because they wnated to have natural rights. They wanted fair.

5. Explain one of the British acts that created economic discontent amongst the American colonists.

The Stamp Act---all printed documents must pay a stamp duty from 1 cent to 50 dollars. The American colonists need to pay much money.