Name: Wade Bruffey
Project Reflection
Project Title: MC Website Project
Class: BD
Dates: 3/12/08
[ PURPOSE ]
The purpose of this project was to learn about a subject that involved moral courage. We were required to design a website and pick a topic that related to moral courage. Once we chose a topic, we took notes and documented the sources we used to take them. We then worked on the actual web pages in DreamWeaver.
[ WHAT I LEARNED ]
I learned a lot in this project, but mostly the value of staying on task and working hard. Another thing i learned is that when you need to do a website project, dont pick a really hard topic. I learned a lot about how websites work in this project and how to use dreamweaver for website design. I think the most important thing that i learned doing this proect is that staying on task and using work time is really important. if you work hard during the beginning of the project, you wont have to rush at the end to finish.
[ REFLECTION ]
I didnt love this project, or even really like it that much, but i think it taught me some really important things and skills that i will use for the rest of my life. Doing all the website design was kind of a drag, and lots of times it got kind of boring. The project was also a LOT work, so i guess that wasnt really fun but thats how life goes, what can you do? In the end, i think my group really pulled through and i was really proud of our finished product and all the hard work i put into it.
[ ARTIFACTS ]
i think i'll put a link to the website on my DP.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
rd post 3 Ark Angel
Name: Wade Bruffey
Date:3/9/08
Title: Ark Angel
Time: 2 hours
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Pages: 1-156
Total Pages This Week: 156
Response:
The book i am reading, Ark Angel, is about a teenage boy named Alex Rider, who is part of the European CIA, M16. (some people may know this book as part of the Alex Rider series and it is the last book) M16 is Britian's spy agency, and Alex is one of their best spies, and he is only 16. Previous books in this series include Stormbreaker, the Skeleton Key and several others. So far in the book we have learned that the first ever space hotel, Ark Angel, is going to be launced into orbit. However, as most spy stories go, there is a plot to destroy the space hotel because it is a "threat to the environment".
Q10:
One thing that confuses me in this book is the aspect of "eco-terrorists". In the book, there is a group of eco terrorists trying to destroy the space hotel, Ark Angel. The reason this confuses me is that whenever you think of a terrorist, you get the image of someone who doesnt care very much about the environment, or anything else for that matter. Reading about the terrorist in the book made me wonder if there is actually a such thing as an eco terrorist.
Vocab:
Represent: to show or stand for
revolting: disgusting or horrifying
boast: to brag or exaggerate
enthusiasm: exitement or joy in doing something
ordeal: trial or misfortunate event
This is the second time i have read this book and as usual i have noticed more of the small things parts of the book. i recommend this book to anyone in the seventh grade who wants to read it.
Q1:
My Favorite
Date:3/9/08
Title: Ark Angel
Time: 2 hours
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Pages: 1-156
Total Pages This Week: 156
Response:
The book i am reading, Ark Angel, is about a teenage boy named Alex Rider, who is part of the European CIA, M16. (some people may know this book as part of the Alex Rider series and it is the last book) M16 is Britian's spy agency, and Alex is one of their best spies, and he is only 16. Previous books in this series include Stormbreaker, the Skeleton Key and several others. So far in the book we have learned that the first ever space hotel, Ark Angel, is going to be launced into orbit. However, as most spy stories go, there is a plot to destroy the space hotel because it is a "threat to the environment".
Q10:
One thing that confuses me in this book is the aspect of "eco-terrorists". In the book, there is a group of eco terrorists trying to destroy the space hotel, Ark Angel. The reason this confuses me is that whenever you think of a terrorist, you get the image of someone who doesnt care very much about the environment, or anything else for that matter. Reading about the terrorist in the book made me wonder if there is actually a such thing as an eco terrorist.
Vocab:
Represent: to show or stand for
revolting: disgusting or horrifying
boast: to brag or exaggerate
enthusiasm: exitement or joy in doing something
ordeal: trial or misfortunate event
This is the second time i have read this book and as usual i have noticed more of the small things parts of the book. i recommend this book to anyone in the seventh grade who wants to read it.
Q1:
My Favorite
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Lord of the Flies final post
NAME Wade Bruffey DATE 3-1-08
TITLE Lord of the Flies TIME 2:00 HOURS
AUTHOR William Golding PAGES 75- TOTAL
PAGES THIS WEEK 133
RESPONSE:
Q. What exciting events just happened? What do you think will happen next, and why?
Right now in lord of the flies the characters are having some problems. A very important thing happened, a ship passed the island that the kids are straded on. This was a chance to be saved, but the kids were unprepared and missed there chance of getting rescued. Everyone has there own role to play in the island's economy. There is a group of kids whose job it is to keep a fire burning, so if a ship passes then they will see the smoke and come to investigate. But, since the kids were not keeping the fire burning, but instead messing around, the ship passed the island, so they are still stranded.
Q. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
My favorite character is Ralph, the cheif of the island. Ralph is my favorite character so far because he is a good leader, and understands how to run the island and keep it in working condition. Ralph has run the island since the beginning, when he found the conch shell on the beach in the beginning of the book. Towards the end of the book, Ralph loses control of the large group of kids, and they split into clans, the Hunters, The Savages, and The Flies. Ralph is the leader of the savages, and he does a good job keeping them in line, but later many of the clan's members become afraid of the other more pewerful clans, and join them for safety.
Vocab:
ululating: to shriek or howl loudly
phosphorescent: to glow or burn without heat, or oxidating
oxidate: to dissolve into oxygen, or become part of oxygen's chemestry
envious: to be jealous
omission: something that you are supposed to do, but still dont
I will need to read another book because Lord of The Flies was pretty short.....
This was a great book and i reccomend it to all who feel comfortable reading advanced material
LiVIn ThE liFe
-Wade
TITLE Lord of the Flies TIME 2:00 HOURS
AUTHOR William Golding PAGES 75- TOTAL
PAGES THIS WEEK 133
RESPONSE:
Q. What exciting events just happened? What do you think will happen next, and why?
Right now in lord of the flies the characters are having some problems. A very important thing happened, a ship passed the island that the kids are straded on. This was a chance to be saved, but the kids were unprepared and missed there chance of getting rescued. Everyone has there own role to play in the island's economy. There is a group of kids whose job it is to keep a fire burning, so if a ship passes then they will see the smoke and come to investigate. But, since the kids were not keeping the fire burning, but instead messing around, the ship passed the island, so they are still stranded.
Q. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
My favorite character is Ralph, the cheif of the island. Ralph is my favorite character so far because he is a good leader, and understands how to run the island and keep it in working condition. Ralph has run the island since the beginning, when he found the conch shell on the beach in the beginning of the book. Towards the end of the book, Ralph loses control of the large group of kids, and they split into clans, the Hunters, The Savages, and The Flies. Ralph is the leader of the savages, and he does a good job keeping them in line, but later many of the clan's members become afraid of the other more pewerful clans, and join them for safety.
Vocab:
ululating: to shriek or howl loudly
phosphorescent: to glow or burn without heat, or oxidating
oxidate: to dissolve into oxygen, or become part of oxygen's chemestry
envious: to be jealous
omission: something that you are supposed to do, but still dont
I will need to read another book because Lord of The Flies was pretty short.....
This was a great book and i reccomend it to all who feel comfortable reading advanced material
LiVIn ThE liFe
-Wade
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