Thursday, February 14, 2008

Feb 14 Journal

Happy Valentine's Day. I am glad you are all here. Today work in Study Island for 30 minutes. I am going to review quickly after that steps 13, 14, and introduce step 15. Then, you will have the remainder of class to work on your essay. Hav a great day!


  1. Today is Valentine's Day. Imagine that you have just annonymously received the perfect gift. Write about what it is and how you will figure out who gave it to you.

  2. February 14 is Ferris Wheel Day in honor of George Washington Gale Ferris, the engineer who invented the Ferris wheel. Would you rather ride a Ferris wheel or a roller coaster? Explain.

70 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a Ferris wheel for several reasons. First, I have a vivid memory of bumping my head on a roller coaster when I was eight years old. Also, I have a phobia of falling, and the slow descent of a Ferris wheel is easier for me to handle than a fast rush. Happy Ferris/Valentine's Day, everyone!

Anonymous said...

id rather ride a roalercoaster becuse its faster and higher and hasmore thrill to it.

Anonymous said...

i would rather ride a roller coaster even though i am afraid of them but with the ferris wheel i have had a bad expirence with when i was little i was kind of scared but roller coasters are really fun and i like them

Anonymous said...

I would want my gift to be books or music; something that shows the anonymous giver knows me. To find out who gave me the gift, I'd look through the gift and see if anything in it reminded me of anyone I knew, and if it did, then the person who it reminded me of might be the person who gave it to me.

Anonymous said...

If I were to receive a special gift for Vanlentines Day i know i would recieve it from my girlfriend Natalie. I would know it was her for several reasons. Not because shes predictable but because she really likes to give out special gifts to people.

Anonymous said...

If i reciecved a special valentines gift i could assume who gave it to me because i am good at guessing.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster because they are more fun to be on and you get to go up and down over and over again instead of just around in a circle. I also wouldn't want to ride a ferris wheel because going around in a circle makes me feel sick.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a ferris wheel. Since there safer to go on. Also they are pretty fun to go on. A rollcoaster is fun too but it is not to safe.

Anonymous said...

i would rather ride a rollor coaster because they are more fun and they can take the chill out of you because like if you were riding the ferris whell it would be boring and all you doing is going in circles and that is not fun at all but you can do a lot on a roller coaster because it is made to scare and make u have fun

Anonymous said...

I woulf rather ride a rollercoaster
because rollercoasters are really fast and thrilling while, ferris wheels are slow and boring. No offense to Mr. George Washington Gale Ferris but, i perfer rollercoasters.

Anonymous said...

If i could choose to ride a rollercoaster or a ferris wheel i would want to pick to ride a ferris wheel because iom scared to ride a roller coaster.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster because its an amazing
thing to see. With somthing that reahes those speeds so fast.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster.I like a rush and im young so I will handle it better.I've rode millions of roller coasters since I was little so I am prepared.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster because it is alot faster and more funner. But the bad thing about riding a rollar coaster is that you wait 45 minutes in line and the ride is only 5 mintues long. ut besides that I think a rollar coaster is alot more funner.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster baecause its more exciting than a ferris wheel.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster than a ferris.The reason why is because the roller coaster gose faster than a ferris wheel.After you are done you want to do it again.

Anonymous said...

The perfect gift that somebody would give me would be alot of money and it would be from my dad. how i would know that it was from him is because my dad always gives me money.

Roller coaster because its more fun than a farris wheel. It would be more fun because you would go round and side to side or up and down , and in a farris wheel you gust go round.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride roller coaster because it is more interesting and exiting also because its lot more funner. A ferris wheel is alittle borring beacuse ferris wheels are for little kids.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride the roller coaster. I have a game where you can design and ride your own roller coasters and I make really crazy designs and virtually ride them. And I hav been on a real roller coaster at 6 flags.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coster becuse thay are faster and more thriling thin a ferris wheel.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather ride a roller coaster because I like the thrill of the speed and the turns and all of that.

Anonymous said...

i would rather ride a roller coaster because i really like fast rushes of energy!

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster then anything else because i love roller coaster. I dnt knoe the whole point in ferris wheels all you do is sit down and go in cricles.

Anonymous said...

I got a beutiful gigantic teddy bear it is blue with little dots of black my favorite colors i wil figure it out because i'll ask people if they know who iiit was and asking if anyone saw somebody going in to a locker that isn't theres.

Anonymous said...

I would ride a roller coaster becuase they are really fun to ride. And I love riding them.

Anonymous said...

I would rather perfer to ride a roller coaster than a ferris wheel because roller coasters are more exciting than ferris wheel's. Sure you can see where your car is in the parking lot nut there is no acting in it. I would rather feel like a went on a ride for 20 minutes than feel like I was there for 5 minutes.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather ride a roller coaster because they are fast, thrilling, and very fun. Instead of just going around in a circle like a Ferris Wheel you can choose a different variety of rides to go on.

Anonymous said...

i rather ride a roller coster because it is more fun to ride

Anonymous said...

I would ratther ride the roller coster because those are more fun then the ferris wheel.and if i was to get the perfect gift it would be an supersized valentines day heart so that it cuold sti up on my bed and look sooooo...PRETTY.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roalercoaster because i like rides that go fast and a ferris wheel is very slow!!!!! Plus they are more fun, and i am scared of ferris wheels they are to wierd and they could break.So i would ride a roalercoasster!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I would ride the roller coast because it has more speed and go's longer.

Anonymous said...

I would ride a roller coaster than a ferris wheel. I chose roller coasters because it has a great thrill. It goes up and down and all over the place. They cause head aches and stomach aches which is reelly cool. It is way more fierce than a slow ferris wheel.Iit is the best ride to get on.

Anonymous said...

i would ride a rolercoster because i it is faster and i dgose much more faster then a ferris wheel

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a Ferris wheel because I like going up high in the sky. I feel like I am flying in the sky. And it is fun.

Anonymous said...

the way i would find out who would give me the most perfect gift ever would just who i think would give me it and just say it and sooner or later find out?

Anonymous said...

If I hade greate probly it would be a big stuff bear. I would probly I code guess but not corect.

Anonymous said...

roller coaster

Anonymous said...

if i receiecved a speacial valintine gift it would probaly be from me best freinds because they dont know how to keep a staight face if i ask who its from.

Anonymous said...

I would like to ride a roller coirst aster for lots of reasons. First of all is that a roller coaster is much more exciting. My second reson is that aroller coaster is fast and has turns and different moves than just round and round like a ferris wheel.

Anonymous said...

roller coaster

Anonymous said...

roller coaster

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride a roller coaster because it gets your heart pumping and gets you ready to ride other big rides

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride on the Ferris wheel. My reason is because you would have a longer period of time on it instead of a roaler coaster.You will also be able to have time to goe a great view on everything around you.

Anonymous said...

If i just got the perfict gift it would be a flower or a card or like just somthing that would show me that they care.If i did not no who it was then i would just look at the hand writing becouse most of the peopol i no i no how they write and so that will be the perfict gift and how i would no who gave it to me

Anonymous said...

the perfect gife for me is getting a girl friend so i would know who gave me my gift and it would be very nice

Anonymous said...

I would rather go on a rollercoaster because it is much cooler.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride rollercoasters because they go fast your hair flies up it is the coolest rides ever.

Anonymous said...

If i ride a ferris wheel it will remind me of the day I almost fell off the rollercoaster

Anonymous said...

If i ride a ferris wheel it will remind me of the day I almost fell off the rollercoaster

Anonymous said...

If i ride a ferris wheel it will remind me of the day I almost fell off the rollercoaster

Anonymous said...

Well i am so glad because today is so post to be a very nice day to all of the women out there.

Anonymous said...

I would ride the roalercoaster

Anonymous said...

The present would be a really pretty necklace with diamonds on it or just a really nice teddy bear either one would be nice.The way I would figure out who gave it to is to ask anyone if they know someone who likes me or just ask if they gave it to me which probably wouldn't work, but i would still try anyway.

Anonymous said...

I would rather ride in a roller coaster because it would be a lot of fun. It would make me a lot of dizzy. I would go very fast and not be able to stop.

Anonymous said...

I would feel so happy i would be exited to!!I would try to find out by asking my friends if they know.I would also try to find out by just asking the people i think gave it to me if they did.

Anonymous said...

I would figure who it was by the card becuse I know everybody's hand writting.

Anonymous said...

If I got on a rollercoaster it would remind me of whenI got on the ride and bumped my head and I got a headache

Anonymous said...

My perfect gift will be a new wii because mine broke becaus of my little brother abraham. I'm thinking my little brother's dad will buy it

Anonymous said...

I would reather ride a roller coster because it fun.

Anonymous said...

I would ride the roller rather ride the roler coaster because it is moer exciting. When the ferris wheel just goes around and around.

Anonymous said...

If someone would have gave me the best gift I will know who gave it to me because If the person know what I like. The gift will be some Diamonds ring or earrings. That is what I will get.

Anonymous said...

IF I reviced a gift and did know who it was from how would I find am find who it was from because I would ask a lot of students in the school.

Anonymous said...

I was on the roalercoaster becauses
it is cool.

Anonymous said...

I would not go on the ferris because it to high for me and i am afrie of high

Anonymous said...

I'd rather ride a rplicoster. The reason why I'd rather ride a rolicoster is because it is more fun than a ferris wheel.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather ride a rplicoster. The reason why I'd rather ride a rolicoster is because it is more fun than a ferris wheel.

Anonymous said...

I like the to go to the roller coaster becaues it is too high and too big .

Anonymous said...

The i would pick would have to be a rose and a card i would figure out who sent me the gift by remebering who ask me what i liked.

Anonymous said...

I would tell my friend that there are three reasons that he failed. one he's not good at that subject or two he was distracted with friends or three he just gave up and never tried.

Anonymous said...

In Valentines day is a geat doy then neer ones is hsppy.

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