English Hoemwork(31-3-2008)(Monday)(2008 Easter Holiday English Blog Homework)(Something about the book'Number The stars')

2008 Easter Holiday English Blog Homework 31-3-2008
Number the Stars

Annemarie, a lanky girl, had silvery blond hair. Ellen, a ten-year-old student, a stocky girl had dark pigtails. Kirsti, Annemarie’s little sister, five-year-old. Annemarie and Ellen are good friends.

Once, after school, they run to home. On the way for they went home, they met two soldiers who wore helmets, tall shiny boots and gripped rifles in the hands. The taller one stopped their way and asked Annemarie some questions like ‘Why are you running? What is your name? What is this backpack? Are you a good student?’ After they asked the questions, the soldiers told Annemarie, Ellen and Kirsti that they looked like hoodlums when they run and told them to go home.

Annemarie and Ellen did not want to tell the event to their mothers. Annermarie thought her mother would be upset. Ellen thoughther mother would probably scold her for running on the street. But Annemarie was late. Her little sister, Kirsti was telling the whole event to their mother and Ellen mother when Annemarie and Ellen came home. After their mothers knew that, they were angry and unhappy.

History Homework(Lesson 8 on 19-3-2008)(31-3-2008 Monday)(2008 Easter Holiday History Blog Homework)(5 Guiding Questions)

2008 Easter Holiday History Blog Homework 31-3-2008
Guiding Questions Answers

1. How did the colonists unite America?

The colonists united America because they discontented with British Rule. They feared that Britain would rule them with absolute power. They discontented with Britain’s economic policy. They wanted to trade freely. The discontented with Britain’s political. This quarrel led to the American War of Independence. In the first Continental Congress, the high-handed policy joined the 13 colonies together. Then, Britain signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783 to recognize the independence of the 13 colonies. A new nation called the United States of America was born.

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

The legislature is in the structure of the federal government. Congress is the legislature. The Senate stands for the States and the House of Representatives stands for the people’s interests in the States. And congress makes laws and can impeach the President.

3. How did the American revolution happen?

First, in 1773, there was the Boston Tea Party. Some colonists went on board some British ships in Boston Harbour and threw the boxes of tea on the ship into the sea to protest against the tax on tea. After this event, the British government passed the Intolerable Acts to punish those who did the event. Then in 1775, there was the First Continental Congress. This high-handed policy joined the 13 Colonies together. In the same year, war begins, fighting broke out between the colonists and the British soldiers at Lexington in Massachusetts. The American War of Independence began. And there were the second continental congress and the 13 Colonies proclaimed The Declaration of Independence. Finally, the colonists defeated the British army in 1781. Two years later, Britain signed the Treaty of Paris to recognize the independence of the 13 colonies. A new nation called the United States of America was born.

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

In the Enlightenment, the thinkers helped people understand their rights better, People knew that they could rebel if the king suppressed their natural rights. Do that they objected to absolute power when it was unfair.

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

Britain got cheap raw materials and a big market for her goods from the 13 Colonies. But she did not let them produce things that would compete with her goods. The colonists felt it was unfair and they wanted to trade freely. It created economic discontent amongst the American colonists.

History Homework(Lesson 7 on 12-3-2008)(17-3-2008 Monday)(The differences and similarities in the economic and political of 13 colonies and Hong Kong)

Although the 13 colonies are the place in America and the Hong Kong colony is a place in Asia. But they also have the similarities and the differences in the economic and political.

In the economic of the 13 colonies, Britain got cheap raw materials and a big market for her goods from them. And Britain did not let the 13 colonies produce things that would compete with their goods. But in Hong Kong, Britain let many important companies to build in and some of them are still working now, such as Hong Kong Shanghai Bank and Hong Kong Electric Company. They make Hong Kong greatly different in economic.

In the political of the 13 colonies, Britain keep having war and have the army so that they need to have a large money to support it. Then Britain’s attempt to tax the 13 Colonies. But in Hong Kong, Britain do not attempt to tax us and the role of Hong Kong as a political safe haven for Chinese political refugees further cemented its status, and few serious attempts to revert its ownership were launched in the early 1900s.

Although the 13 colonies and Hong Kong are the colony of Britain and they are controlled by Britain too but we can see that Hong Kong has more freedom than the 13 colonies and the people of the 13 colonies are more discontented than the Hong Kong people.

Red colour = Quantifiers

Blue = making comparisons

Yellow = Conjunction I

Violet = Conjunction II

History Homework (Lesson 6 on 5-3-2008) (11-3-2008) (Monday)

First, the 13 colonies feared that Britain would rule them with absolute power and they discontented with British Rule.

Next, the colonists were not happy with Britain’s economic policy.

Then, Britain’s attempt to tax the 13 Colonies made them even more discontented but the colonists said that Britain had no right to tax them and this set off a quarrel between the two side over the right to tax.

After that, many colonists read the writings of some Enlightenment thinkers learnt that they could rise up against Britain if Britain ruled unfairly.

Finally it caused the American War of Independence and the 13 Colonies won independence from Britain and the United State was born.

The experience in Ocean Park on 7th of March in 2008(7-3-2008)(Friday)

(10-3-2008)(Monday)
On 7th of March in 2008, all the students in 2R class and I went to Ocean Park with our English teacher Mr. Woo, second head-teacher of our class Mr. Lee and parent helper Li Karen Jai Yuan’s mother. In the morning, we had free time to do any thing there. We formed group by ourselves to play the games there. First, Michelle, Ella and I were in the same group. Then we combined the group with Stephanie’s group. We could not play the games, which were on the hill because we had not enough time to come back before we started the course about Giant Panda. In the course, we learnt he feature and eating habit of different animals. After we finished the course, we played the games in group again. My group went to the high land on the hill and ate the lunch there. Then, they played many games but Sunny and I scared to play them so we always stayed there and looked after their bags and coats. In that time, I scared but now, I want to play the games in next time. At last, we had a course about dolphin. Then we left the Ocean Park and came back to our school. Although I did not play many games this time but I was glad. It was an exciting and useful experience.

English Hoemwork (29-2-2008) (Friday): Three specific questions that I didn't ask during the interviews in my group but I want to know for beggars

(2-3-2008) (Sunday)

What are the living conditions of homeless in Hong Kong?

Which Hong Kong Ordinance is about beggars?

What is the different between beggar and homeless?