Renaissance

Underground Railroad

Follow the drinking gourd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjGzBCOw88
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ScXpL5ZCek1o7A7adb3MqG2WzGct7rcKGFe8kFVSatM/edit
 Follow the drinking gourd is a song that salves used to use to escape to freedom .

Maniac Magee By: Yesenia Saldana cx

Adults By: Yesenia Saldana

Have you ever asked yourself why adults drink or smoke?

First of all, Have you ever wondered why adults drink? I have I really don’t like the idea of adults drinking .One reason why I don’t like the idea is because adults think that drinking is relaxing. Have you ever wondered why adults smoke? I have I think adults smoke to get their stress of their chest. maybe they smoke because they had a long day and they need to relax.

Second of all, I once saw a television show and there was this one guy who would always smoke. Another guy showed the guy that was smoking a picture of what was going to happen to him if he kept on smoking. The guy that showed the guy what was going to happen to him if he kept on smoking stopped the guy from smoking.

Third of all, I really don’t like the idea of adults drinking because sometimes they just do weird things. When adults drink sometimes they act kind of dizzy for a couple of days. adults might drive when they drink. That is one of the reasons why it is bad for adults to drink. If adults are not responsible of not drinking and driving they can cause danger for themselves or others around them.

As you can see, those are some of the reasons why it is bad for adults to smoke or drink. Another example of smoking and drinking is if you smoke you can get lung cancer. If you drink you will be a danger to yourself and others especially if you are drunk and you are driving because you can get in a car crash.

Is Graffiti Vandalism Or Art? By: Yesenia Saldana

When I go to Fresno. I always see graffiti on the trains and it says stuff like gangster related things that the train has are like peoples names, and words that are together that I cant understand. The train has beautiful colors but horrible writing. The colors that the train has are like purple ,red, blue, black, yellow ,and orange.

Therefore, I think graffiti is vandalism, one reason why its vandalism because if people write on peoples properties that is called vandalism. If people write on a business it is causing the buisness to look like  a bad business because of all the writing on the walls.

In addition, graffiti is vandalism because most people that do graffiti do it on people’s properties. Some people might get mad because the graffiti is on their property. People might get mad because it may cost a lot of money to take the graffiti off of their property.

Many people may say, that graffiti is art for example it’s beautiful because it has 3-D lines and its colorful with dark and bright colors . I agree but some art is gang related. For example when you pass by Fresno in their trains they are full of graffiti.

I Recommend that you go visit the trains in Fresno because they have a lot of graffiti on the trains. When you go to Fresno and see the trains you will see what im talking about because the trains have a lot of graffiti. It is important that you recognize that graffiti is growing bigger and its taking up private properties.

Communication By:Yesenia Saldana

Have you ever wondered why kids need to communicate? have one reason why kids need to communicate it’s because they can talk to their family and friends. The way kids can communicate is by facebook instagram kik snapchat (etc.) its very different then when my mom and grandpa were growing up. My mom told me when she was a young little girl that she would communicate with her friends by yelling and throwing rocks.She would write note or letter on a piece of paper and wrap it around the rock and throw the rock to her friend. Can you believe that?

One of my favorite ways to communicate is by using my phone. One of the reasons is because there are so many ways to communicate with my friends. For example,in my phone i use facebook, instagram,(etc.) i use them by downloading an app. in my phone i can also text people.for example the people that i text are like my friends because if sometimes we want to hang out.

Another reason, how i communicate with my friends and family is by facebook because in facebook i can text my friends. I like how facebook works because in facebook you can meet new people on facebook you have to download an app in order to use facebook on your phone. If people use facebook daily it gets addictive. You can also use facebook to text your family that live far.

I know you think that talking on the phone is a great what to communicate. but, what if the person you are trying to communicate is busy? In other words if they are at work or can’t get your call. they can call you or text you when they have the chance. One of the reasons why texting is faster is because if the person you are trying to communicate doesn’t answer they can see your message and text you back.