Chapter Four

In chapter four, Benjamin is 40 years old and still live with his mother in the cabin on the hill. Benjamin met Ellicott brothers they all planed to build a large wheat mill for the community.

Thank You

Good work today in class Meagan, your participation is appreciated. Also, great job on getting caught up on the work you had not completed!

- Miss S.

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark)
To keep his mind busy, he made up complicated math puzzles usig numbers and plants and animals.

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark)
In 1751 Benjamin was 20 years old.

3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark)
Benjamin's heart jumped like a rabbit becuase you saw a guy you know holding a watch.

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home? (2 Marks)
Benjamin put the watch on the table and looked at it and toke it apart and studyed it carely

5. How many years after Benjamin borrowed the gold watch did it take for him to make all the pieces and put them back together again? (1 Mark)
It take Benjamin 2 years to make his own watch.

Chapter Two

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it? (1 Mark)
Mrs. Banneky cooked a fine stew from a fat rabbit that Benjamin and his father had caught.

2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully. (3 Marks)
The first day of school, Benjamin did his chores early. Then he put on his new white shirt and other school clothes. When he was ready, his mother gave him a kiss. Grandma molly gave him her best quill pen, a penknife to sharpen it with, and a kiss.

3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day? (1 Marks)
Benjamin counted 19 other students sitting on the benches.

4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned? (2 Marks)

26 to end

1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26.
On page 26 Gloria was aloud to Leave the hospital to go back to her home.

2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort?
It was a few weeks after Gloria left the hospital she started to work on her mucis. When she was working on her music she thought it helped her get thought her difficult time.

3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music in March of 1992. Also there played there music in many cities in the United States and around the world.

4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)
Estefan see herself this way "I'm an example of a Cuban American who's different from my mother and others of the generation... "

5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?

Journal # 2 for Miss. S:

My favourite music type is all of them but, rap, sceemo, and puch. I like all the other music because they have a good rythame in them and they are easy to dance to. I don't really know why but I like hip hop rock like most out of all of them.

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 10 – 19

1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States?
The Cubans where not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States because of they pasts.

2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home?
Gloria always consider Miami to be her home.

3. When was the first time Gloria performed?
In 1975 Gloria frist performed.

4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why?
The three types of music descrided in "Cuba's Music and Culture", are "Son, Rumba, Danzon". I would not like to listen to any of the music because I don't like that type of music.

Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 1 -9

1. Who is Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan is a singer.

2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990?
Gloria back was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990.

3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks?
No i have never broken a bone and it would suck because I wouldn't be able to do alot of stuff.

4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why?
I would choice the surgery to correct it becuase i would not like to be able to do nothing in a cast for 6 months.

5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move?
They didn't like how it was there.

6. Who is the Author of this book?
Fernando Gonzalez

Reading Comprehension Pages 37-47

1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?
They are referrign to the pictures and deisgns on the wall for people to look at in the subway.

2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?
I have never bin on a subway.

3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?
They control the trains but computer in a room and all that.

4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?
They texted on other train and had exams and all that.

5. When do they test the first Red Line train?
It took many months for frist train to be texted for safety, performance andendrance. Then, engineering and design changes were made before prouction on the trains began. The process was slow.

Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?
A thinck layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnel's "mud slad" floor.

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?
Other construction crewa have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforse foundations of buildings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run beneath the street.

3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?
A tempory road called decking s built over the torn-up street.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?
I like it, and i wouldn't change anything in it.

5. What is the "Pink Lady"?
A flatbed truck known as the "Pink Lady".

# 1 for Miss S.

The hardest thing I have ever done.... well i really don't have anything that is the hardest thing i have ever done I have had a lot of hard stuff but they have bin like all the same thing. It really mostly with my family most of the time. Most the time i just want to walk away or walk out of the house but there days are good it bin getting a little better in the house. All but my brothers they ave pissed me off most of the time and that. but there then that i really don't have anything,

1-15

1. Which city are building this new subway system in?
There are building a new subway in Los Angeles.

2. Why is there a need for a subway system here?
What issue will it resole?In the city roads are getting to be very busy so there are going to make a subways to help it out. By making a new subway it can help people to get jobs. Also it can close down some buildings or walkways or close down roads

.3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?
John Adam is their vice-president in charge of the overall planning and construction.

4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
Will oversee preservation of the valuable artifacts.

5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?
To find what was there before.

6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line?
I think it is a ban plan to destruct the park. The reasons why i believe this is that is will take away a park from kids and family, it wall take away homes for animals, and there will be taking away natural.

Vocabulary Word- Synonym or Meaning:
1. Excavate- Dig, remove, create a hole
2. Artifact- Anything made or used by man kind
3. Uprooted- Pull up, destroy, remove
4. Contaminate- Impure, unclean
5. Camaraderie- Friendship, bond
6. Gleaming- Flash, dim light
7. Gruelling- Exhausting, tiring
8. Commission- Given authority, put in charge, given direction
9. Roam- Travel without fixed purpose,
10. Subterranean- Exists below the surface of the earth

I was EXCAVATEing in my backward.
I found an ARTIFACT in the hole i made.
I UPROOTED my tree in my backard.
My friends and I have a great CAMARDERIE.
My light in my room was GLEAMING.
Working really hard is GRUELLING.

Title: Reading Comprehension Pages 16-25

1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee?
He has many concerns. Do building methods and materials match those in the agreement? Are schedules met? Are costs kept within bounds?

2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction?
Boring creates far less surface disturbance than cut and cover construction.

3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?
Powerful fans suck stagnant tunnels air through these dusts and out of the tunnels. As the foul air departs, fresh air rushes in.