Wednesday, December 12, 2007

December 12 Journal

After your journal, please take out your t-chart. Start thinking about the difference between concrete and abstract nouns.

  1. Imagine that you wake up in the middle of the night to find a sack of gifts at the foot of your bed. You reach inside of the sack and pull out the perfect gift. Describe the gift.

  2. Poinsettias are flowering plants that are popular around this time of year. Make a list of 5 other items that are generally only found this time of year.

63 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I woke up in the middle of the night and then saw a sack of gifts I would go back to sleep because I would be really tired.

Anonymous said...

When I woke up an if I fond a sack with tbhe perfect gift would be a rotwiler puppy like Tasha.

Anonymous said...

Johnnie 8a

The perfect gift would be a lot of games for my psp.

Anonymous said...

The perfict gift would be a pony because every girls dream is a pony .There so sweet and filled with love!

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift would have to be a check for like 500 dollars or more would be better.

Anonymous said...

My gift would be All the new jordans that have not came out yet so I could more fly than iI already am.

Anonymous said...

Christmas trees, snow, Christmas lights, snowmen, and gingerbread houses are only found this time of the year.

Anonymous said...

Lewis N 8A They perfect gift would be a pass out of writing lab everyday that I have it

Anonymous said...

Five popular items for Chirstmas are

Snow
Tree
Mistletoe
Lights
Oranments

Amanda B 8a

Anonymous said...

my perfect present would be a baby pitbul all for myself to train and to show it how to do other stuff

Anonymous said...

the perfect gift would be a new cell phone that i really want and i always get a different cell phone for chirstmas and i think that gift was the most beautiful one i would ever get in my life

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift to me would bethe keys to a laboratory of my own. This may sound weird but I always wanted a laboratory to invent things of my own.I love the feeling of knowing and being able to say i made something someone likes and uses so my perfect gift will last me more than a day .

Anonymous said...

marissal8a
The gift would be some new shoes some forces.
shocking
chrismastrees

Anonymous said...

Jennifer B 8a
If I wake in the middel of the night and if I found some snake's and gift's at the eage of my bed I would get the gift that had Jeff Gorden rapping paper on it and what would be in it is Jeff Groden bed stuff from my mom's boyfriend Tom.

Anonymous said...

David H 8A
If i woke up in the middle of the night and there was a sack of gifts by my feet and i pull out the perfect present it would have to be sumthin that never fades or nothing that i will get tired of

Anonymous said...

Deanna H 8a
If I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a sack with the perfect gift inside then that perfect gift would be a house key to a hug house and and letter saying all bills will be paid for as long as you lived there.

Anonymous said...

if i there was a sack on the foot of my bed and if i rached in it and found a perfect gift in it. i would be big enouf to fite a a labe top in it.

Anonymous said...

My gift would be big and the gift that I got,you would have to go far away and get it.its yellow and squared and it's something that you can bounce but at da same time you want to make sure that you dont mess it up.I were very happy to get this gift.

Anonymous said...

Sotero Perez 8A
If i would to wake up in the middle of the night and giftz where r1gh th3r3 @t m1 f33t it would e a cotton bull rope dat i want that cost like $300

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift for me would nothing but my family/

Anonymous said...

My Perfect Gift would be rather anything anime or a DS and itl be very ironic if that really happen on Chirtmas day!

Anonymous said...

the perfect gift would be the brand new all black playstation 3. and live o8 came with it.

Anonymous said...

If I woke up and saw a sack of presents it would have to be a digital camera because that is what I always wanted.

Anonymous said...

When i woke yp and found a pitbull puppy.

Anonymous said...

Thegifts I would want to have under the tree would be a playstation3 and a ipod touch screen.

Anonymous said...

If i woke up in the middle of the night and saw some gifts i would hope its them foldable timberlands i been asking my daddy for they would be black or black n pink, or any other cute colors....

Anonymous said...

The gift would have to be a i-phone because it is a touch screen

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift for me would be a red notebook laptop. This would be the perfect gift because I have wanted one for a really long time.

Anonymous said...

if i woke in the middle of the night and found a sack of gifts,it would be a psp and it would be white.

Anonymous said...

the perfect gift is lots of money and they are all hundreds. so then i get to decide on what i should spend the money on.

Anonymous said...

It might be my jorands ive been askin for or it might be my psp ive been asking for too.Another thing it might be is my light up belt.

Anonymous said...

1.trees
2.presants
3.cheer
4.family
5.decorations

Anonymous said...

i have 2 perfect gifts cause i couldent choose the first would be a big box full of knives to complete my colection half way and the other would be a laptop with window vistapro and dvd/cd burner and wireless internet with a printer you can hook up to it thats are 2 things i've been wanting for about a year and maybe a chance to go to a ninja summer camp for the year

Anonymous said...

If I woke up and there was a perfect present in front of me it would have been a PS3 with 2 PS2 games called Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2.
(It's a good thing that PS2 games work with the new PS3.

Anonymous said...

The pefect gift would be a pink notebook. {labtop} because i wont have to wait untill my mom gets off the comuter or my moms boyfriend.and because my mom like has to know eveything that i go on and my moms boyfriend like watches everything that i do and type and it gets annoying.

Anonymous said...

It might be my jorands ive been askin for or it might be my psp ive been asking for too.Another thing it might be is my light up belt.

Anonymous said...

If I found my gife it would be light blue rapter and a big blue buow and it would be large.

Anonymous said...

The perfict gift that i would grab out of the bag would be a new laptop. the laptop would be the most edvanced in the world. it would be smarer and have a bigger memory bank to hold up every thing i did. the computer wouold be fast as well.

Anonymous said...

If I found a sack of gifts at the end of my bed, the perfect gift would be a new computer just for me. My mom bought me one for Christmas last year, but she takes it over. I would really like my new computer.

Anonymous said...

If I found a sack of gifts at the end of my bed, the perfect gift would be a new computer just for me. My mom bought me one for Christmas last year, but she takes it over. I would really like my new computer.

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift for me will be 600 dollers. I will be good because it will help me to buy things one of the things I will buy is new soccer shoes in door and out door.

Anonymous said...

The perfict gift would be a fairy god parent. He followed all my wishes.

Anonymous said...

My give is,fun to play it's little but it will grow.It fere,slaber alat,quet,franly.It's a dog.

Anonymous said...

If i found lots of gifts under my bed i would be happy but when i open it and find a nintendo ds ill be more happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

My gift would be a ps3 With all the games that ever been for it

Anonymous said...

IF I found a sack of gifts in the middle of the night, I would say "Wow! I found my gift!!!!" It would be a puppy because I would want to train it and play with it.

Anonymous said...

I would wake up in the middle of the night I would open them.

Anonymous said...

IT is big and expiseve.

Anonymous said...

IT is big and expiseve.

Anonymous said...

If I found a sack of gifts. The perfect gift wold be a new cell phone.Well a sidekick that has internect.

Anonymous said...

1.Christmas trees 2.candy canes 3.stockings 4.coats 5.roaring fires

Anonymous said...

the gift would have a flower and it would be stuffed and clean

Anonymous said...

My perfect gift would look like this: tall, brown, kind of healed, and I can wear them! they azre boots!

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift will be a Dark PSPtm and some alll the need for speed games that haven't came out today.

Anonymous said...

I woke up and found a whole nother world.It would be so magical.

Anonymous said...

My perfect gift would be a Swipeout starter set with extra cards. I would then go down stairs. Install it and play for the whole day. It would be fun.

Anonymous said...

1.)Santa stuff
2.)red & green
3.)trees
4.)ribbon

Anonymous said...

It would be tall and round

Anonymous said...

If I woke up and found a sack lying by my bed inside would be the best gift ever. It would be a secreet journel with my name in gold at the very top. It would be my favorite color, pink. it would be voice activated by only my voice.

Anonymous said...

If there was a sack at the foot of my bed and I reach inside of it I would pullout a PSP.

Anonymous said...

If I heard something I would lay back in the bed to casue Iam sleepy

Anonymous said...

I don't like school but before I go on break Iam going a good grade

Anonymous said...

If the clerk gave me to much money I would just spend it all on gifts.

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