French

Hello: Bonjour

Good bye: Au revoir

Thank you: Merci

Count from:

1: un

2: deux

3: trois

4: quatre

5: cinq

6: six

7: sept

8: huit

9: neuf

10: dix

My name is: mon nom est

Facts about France:

There are many famous french painters and artists.

France receives the most tourists of all countries.
France has a very strong military.
France is the main power in Europe.
French citizens enjoy a high standard of living.

Khan Academy

35 year old Salman Khan is a online teacher with three MIT degrees and teaches not just elementary school but high school as well. Sal khan has his own free non-profit website that uses simple exercises to teach kids of all ages.

Khan Academy started in 2004 and has been teaching kids pretty much any subject you can think of Sal uses educational videos to teach millions all over the world. Khan Academy has over 3000 10 minute videos. One day Sal got a call from Bill Gate's Chief of staff saying Bill's kids watch Khan Academy and he would like to invest 15 million dollars In Khan Academy.

McDonald's Receipt tatoo

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? : Stian Ytterdahl and a group of his friends √

2. What was the key event from the news article? : Stian Ytterdahl got a tattoo of a McDonalds receipt. √

3. Where did this event take place? : It took plane in Norway. √

4. When did this event take place? : April 1, 2014. √

5. Why did this event happen? : Because his friends were jealous of  him.√

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?: No quote √

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.: A 18 year old was convinced to get a tattoo of a receipt by his friends.√

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.: It took place in Norway witch is a country next to Sweden in the northern hemisphere√

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.: It happened on April 1, 2014 and people might not respect him because of his stupid tattoo.√

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.: His friends made him get a tattoo of a McDonalds receipt.√

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.:

Tattoo: permanent skin decoration in which ink is inserted under the skin

Permanent: Not reversible

Jealous: Envois 

Drift by Denis Glover

Denis Glover is a New Zealander, was in the navy and received a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery.

Chinese tones

Pinyin uses letters with tones above, each tones completely changes the meaning.
Chinese is a tonal language witch means it uses tone to change the mean ing of a word.
There are four Chinese tones.
The tone of your voice changes with each tone E.G

Tone 1: ā : A hight flat sound
Tone 2: á : A rising sound
Tone 3: ä : A sound that falls then rises
Tone 4: à : A sound that falls

Chinese characters don't show how they should sound.

Bā means the number 8
Bà means dad

There, their and they're

There: He is over there now.
In or at a place instead of here.

Their: I love their dog he's very fluffy.
You use there when you are talking about something someone owns.

They're: They're are leaving to go to the movies.
They're is a abbreviation for they are.

Interview

Last night I had my school interview with my parents. I was a little bit nervous but I think I did well. We had to explain how we are doing in our school work.