Wednesday, March 5, 2008

March 5 Journal

Hi. I am glad you are here. I am working in the office today, but I am watching you on the webcam so please stay seated.
7th grade- you will work in Study Island for the first half and in My Access for the second half of class. Ms. Waller is going to introduce your new essay prompt. I expect that you will get your persuasive wizard done today and finish for homework.
6th grade- you will work in Study Island today unless you still need to work on your Gettysburg Address essay.
  1. Celebrate Your Name Week is observed the first full week in March. Explain how you got your name.
  2. March is National Nutrition Month. Write a letter to your favorite fast-food restaurant making suggestions on how its menu could be healthier.

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

my name comes from a famous astronout that my father liked alot.

Anonymous said...

I got my name because my mom heard heard a song on the radio when she was pregnant with me and she liked that name.

Anonymous said...

My name is from a poet that my mom loves. The poet's name is T.S. Elliot.

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my dada because he liked it and its not used commonly so he decided to give it to me because i'm one of a kind.:)

Anonymous said...

I got my name because my mother thought it was a beautiful name so that is how I got my name.

Anonymous said...

I got my middle name from my grandma.

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my mom and dad. I got my name from the bible.

Anonymous said...

My mom said they came up with the name Shannon Elizabeth because they thought it was a pretty name.

Anonymous said...

I get my name because my mom always read the bible and I got my name.

Anonymous said...

my mom, and dad got my name form the rapper twister.

Anonymous said...

i got my name because of my grandma named me this name i don't know why she did but i don't like it at all.

Anonymous said...

my parents picked my name because at the time i guess jasmine was not a popular name and i got my middle name estella because its my grandma first name.

Anonymous said...

I got my first name from my mom her middle name is the same one as mine and my middle name i dont know were i got that from.

Anonymous said...

My peadents just randomly piked my name they piked miryam because they bothe agred on it.

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my dad`s mom had that name. My dad`s mom died when he was 7 or 8. And he wanted to name his first girl his mom name. Also my name means hope.

Anonymous said...

I will write to Burger King to make their food better. I would tell them that they should use less grease on the meat.

Anonymous said...

My parents randomly picked my name because the first born's name was Omegea and my father wanted my name to start with an O. They were going to name me Octavia, but the pronuncation didn't fit Omegea. So they named me Olivia. Some time later my little brother arrived and his named had to start with an O, so they named him Othello.

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my parents. They thouht that was a efficient name for me. They saw the television and heard a latin name of Fabian. My parents liked it and name me after that. They still like my name today.

Anonymous said...

Well my dad wanted my name to be Selinna but my mom wanted me to have a white girl name!{because i looked Mexican}
ALIXANDRA{ummmmmm...ewwww}
And she wanted it to be spelled Alixandnra- With an-I-instead of an-e-cause she didnt want people calling me alex

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my grandmom my mom wanted all of our names to start with a k so she was just thinkin of cutie names for us and she was reading one day and saw it and asked my mom if she liked it she sead yea and that is how i got my name

Anonymous said...

I was named after my father

Anonymous said...

the way i got my name was when i was born and i said the word ryan and that is how i got my name.

Anonymous said...

My name of this weeks is still and always going to be Annamarie.

Anonymous said...

My name came from my dad but my middle name is from an angel

Anonymous said...

The truth is that I really don't know where my name came from but I do know that I really like my name.

Anonymous said...

I would tell Mcdonalds to put more kinds of salads so people could get more healthier and better.

Anonymous said...

My name is Gabrielle. I got my name from a name book for baby's it would have been Isabella or Gabriella, but my father didn't like it so now I am Gabrielle Renee King. I don't know were Renee came from.

Anonymous said...

I got my name from my mom.
She told me that everone though
it was a good name.Plus I am one of a kind.

Anonymous said...

My name came from DIAMONDS.

Anonymous said...

I got my name because my mom said that I looked like a morgan but my gradmom said my mom should have named me her name.

Anonymous said...

My mom and dad name me because I think they copy from the tv show.

Anonymous said...

My dad name is james and my mom want my frist name to be james

Anonymous said...

My dad name is james and my mom want my frist name to be james

Anonymous said...

My name comes from a famous singer a.k.a shania tawen and my name is shania brown a.k.a na-na.

Anonymous said...

Because My mom like my name

Anonymous said...

I got my name by my dad because he's religus and he named my after 1 of the 12 children of Adem and Eve

Anonymous said...

Wel to begin with my twin sister has my name and I have my sister's name my dad wanted the oldest to have the name of Kiarra. And my Aunt wanted the youngest to have the name of Tiarra. I am supposed to be Tiarra and my sister's name is supposed to be Kiarra. But unfortunately my mom had a sea section.

Anonymous said...

My dad like my name because SOME one in NBA.

Anonymous said...

My dad like my name because SOME one in NBA.

Anonymous said...

i like really dont know where my name came from all i know is that its a crazy name and its like the desert

Anonymous said...

my name came frim the bible

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