"The Three Pirates"

In this essay I will describe and compare and contrast three different types of pirates. The mooncussers, link-boys and the buccaneers. These pirates were all famous in tghe seventeen hundreds as well as the eighteen hundreds. They all have something in common and I will find out what that is. The three pirates I learned of from the book are similar an different.
The first pirates are the mooncussers. When the moonlight was not out and it was a pitch black night the mooncusers would go on a shore or sea bank with lamps to guide lost ships into docks. Unfortunately for the sailors as soon as they came close to the sharp rocks the mooncussers would take off the lamp and the sailors would crash. Afterward they would raid the crashed ships and take anything valuable. They were more like land pirates and mass murderers to me.
The second pirates were link-boys. They were just more like thieves rather than a pirate. But by the definition they are a pirate. They did their evil plots at night. They would go lokking for lost citizens or tourists and when they found some the link-boys would ensure them of a safe way home and directions. When they were on their way the link-boys took them to a passage way where they had a few pf their friends waiting in the bushes ready to rob them. They would be robbed but not killed. When there were no people outside that were lost flung an oath at the moon just as when there were no ships to raid the mooncussers would curse at the moon.
The third pirates were buccaneers. They were mainly sea pirates and very popular. Everyone knew the buccaneer BlackBeard but now people know of a far more greater pirate, Flint. The buccaneers traveled the seas boarding the ships of other pirates and stealing their loot. They would fight eachother and often many people were killed. The buccaneers would also kill fishermen and take their fish as food. These pirates were very vicious, mean, bloodthirsty and very skilled.
I think that these pirates were common criminals because surely they were not romantic figures. Also they were very famous and common during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. But of course they were very dangerous criminals. The buccaneers and mooncussers are similar because they both kill people. Buccaneers would kill fellow pirates and fishermen. The mooncussers would crash the sailors ships and kill them. They both kill people. The link-boys would just rob people but not kill them.
In conclusion These are the three main pirates of the early centuries. They were all vicious and dangerous. We have pirates nowadays but they cannot compare to the three types of pirates I wrote about. Above all the three types of pirates are all similar in one way. They do what they do for money or back then the loot or gold.

Lesson#4 Coping With Conflict

#3. I think what changed them from the worst sixth grade class to the best freshman class is that they stopped giving rude remarks, they started to have better behaviour, they probably stopped fighting and bringing weapons in school if they did. What matters most is that they thought about what could happen if they stopped being bad. The benefits.

#5. Chess and checkers might teach kids to control impulsive behaviour because those games requires patience and concentration. It will help kids to control thier impulsive behaviour and start having good behaviour.

#6. I think the actions adults could use to prevent conflicts among children is to know more information about them and spend more time with them. They should find out where they go what they do and when they are coming back. They should also spend more quality time with thier kids so that they could get the love and affection they need to motivate them to do better.

#1. The writer chose to introduce this article to show what happens when when kids fight and that it could result to death. My interest in the article would not change at all because I already know what can happen when kids fight and that it could result to death.

#2. I think the statistic used in the second paragraph is either compare and contrast or conflict and resolution. I think the author uses it tell the reader how things happen and what happens at the end of it. Also why it happens and how you should solve it.

#3. It describes that the kids were bad and there was no sign of hope until the principle organized a program that will help improve the behaviour of the kids. the topic of this paragraph is that no matter how bad you are you can always start to be good and improve. The details support this because it shows how bad the kids were and that they brought weapons to school but just because of a program that was made the kids started to be good.

#4. In the forth paragraph the author show that the kids realises thier mistake and and feels bad about it. It shows that the kids want to change. Readers need to read this information so that they could understand the third paragraph as well as seeing how a person could change.

#5. The author combined a statement about bullying as well as suggestions to prevent violent attacks to show not to hit back maybe. Also it shows that when a person is troubled by a bully then they might get disturbed and act just like the bully.

I think that the author of the article could've interviewed the principle and teachers of the school for information on the topic. I say the principle because he organizes programs to help the students behaviour. I picked the teacher because they see the students behaviour in class and should now how to fix it.

For my reasearch article I would like to interview Roger Bagnall a greek and roman expert and Ms Murchio our school latin teacher also Brigitte Bedos-Rezak a midieval expert and greek scientist. I would also like to interview Markus Asper.

Will We Meet E.T

The author shows where his information came from by saying direct quotes that people said. I think that she interviewed people directly and got the information.

#1 What sports did the people of ancient Greek play that we still practice today?
They played checkers bowling and field hockey.
http://www.historyforkids.org/

#2 Are there any famous Greek people known till today?
Yes, one of them is an actress called Jennifer Aniston.
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#3 What is something that the Greeks did long ago normally which would now be illegal?
They would have gladiator battles.
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RESOURCES

http://olympicparalympicsports.suite101.com
http://ancienthistory.about.com
CMS206/HISTORY206 ( college class article )
www.buzzle.com
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www.bates.edu
library.thinkquest.org
www.vroma.org
www.sweet101.com

The Last Orangutans ( article questions)

#3: I think that the author introduced the plight of the orangutans before mentioning Gladikas because they wanted to tell the reader how the life of the orangutans were before Gladikas stepped in and after.

#4: The details that show that Gladika is motivated by more than a scientific curiosity about orangutans is when the author mentions that she was inspired by a famous paleontologist named Louis Leakey to spend her entire life among nonhuman primates.

#5: Over in the west of America and long ago Native Americans would kill buffaloes and use parts of their bodies as resources. They would use use their skin to make coats and clothing, their meat as food and bone as tools. Sometime in the mid-1800's there was sayings of the buffalo going into extinction which mean the buffalo would be no more. Right now in the year 2010 the buffalo is an endangered species. Because of the carelessness of killing the buffaloes there was a massive decrease in it's population. The point of this paragraph was to explain not to abuse animals or things. Appreciate what you have because when it's gone a part of your life will be incomplete. Animals just as humans lives a life. If you would'nt want to hurt a family member or friend then why hurt animals. It is the same thing as killing a human being.