Week 6 Vocabulary Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

Verify - Whenever you are absent, Julianna calls your mommies and daddies to verify your absence and make sure you are actually sick and not just skipping school!

Sequence - Your personal narratives should follow a logical sequence of your story - the "before" you, the story that changed you, and the "after" version of you.

Simplify - You should try to simplify your life by simply listening to your teacher sometimes!

Gang Statistics

1) As of 2009, approximately how many active gang members are there in the US?
one million gang members in 2009


2) What percentage of gang members are under the age of 18?
about 400,000 teenage gang members
Consider - why do you think this number is so high?
because of how the economy sucks, leading them to finacial problems and then leading to divorce.


3) Out of the boys who have been in juvenille hall, what is the ratio of them that have some type of gang affiliation?

9 out of 10 boys in detention have some level of gang affiliation


4) When female gang members are arrested, what are their crimes usually forFemale gang members commit fewer crimes and violence: their incarcerations tend to be for drug use,larceny,petty theft, status offenses or domestic issues.


5) What percentage of female gang members have been sexually abused?
70% of girls in jail report having been sexually abused or victimized as children

It’s a dead end in MS-13

Introducion- MS 13 4 gang members almost got away with murderer.

One Way Ride -
MS - 13 members shoot one of their members because they thought he was a snitch.

Life is Cheap - what this article is basically saying that these MS- 13 members usually live with their parents .

A deadly dis - they beat one of their own, thats what MS - 13 does when they disrepect someone really bad.

No way out - basically if you join MS there is no way out besides jail, or death.

Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of crime

1. How many gang members are there in the US?
the gang population estimate is up to 200,000 since 2005.

2. In how many states is MS13 active?
MS13 is fierce in 10 states.

3. Summarize gang activity in Omaha, Nashville, and Maryland.
the police couldn't stop them, it only made them stronger. in 2005, MS13 members pleaded guilty on chargers charging on murder and on one of the largest gun bust.

Mara Salvatrucha Background Information

1. In 1-2 sentences, describe the origins/history of Mara Salvatrucha.
Mara Savlvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that orginated in LA, and expanded throughout United States,Canada,Mexico, and Central America.


2. How has deportation of illegal immigrants contributed to the growing numbers of Mara
Salvatrucha? because they would send them back to MS hometown


3. Discuss TWO of the publicized crimes. What happened? What was the effect?
they sometimes tax people for protection or if there was a stand in one of MS 13 territory they would have to pay.

Week 6 Grades & Week 5 Vocabulary Definitons and Examples

Home Room- 51/85 - 66%
Geomatry - 69/139 - 49%
English - 97/106 - 91%
 no, i think my grades are too low.
im going to make up work.
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a. Illustrate - furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or
Example: She illustrated a children's book about the effects of smoking on your lungs.

b. Estimate -  form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc.,
Example: I had to get an estimate of how much it was going to cost me to fix my car before I had the work done.

c. Positive - explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed:
Example: I am determined to have a positive attitude today - so don't make me mad! :)

Mid-Quarter Grade Review

42/75

Landfills

1. How much trash does one American produce each year?
-195 million tons

2. There are many reasons to reduce, reuse, and recycle. These reasons are:
**Saving Space
**Saving Natural Resources
**Saving Energy
**Reducing Pollution
Explain how the three R's help with each of these reasons in at least one sentence.
3. What does it mean to reduce? Explain in at least one sentence.

-to cut down on the garbage or waste that we produce in the first place
4. What does it mean to reuse? Explain in at least one sentence.

-to find ways that either you or someone else can use your unwanted items over again.
5. What does it mean to recycle? Explain in at least one sentence.

-when you put discarded items through a process so they can be used again.
6. List one fact about each of the following:
**Garbage
-In 1997, they produced 220 million tons of waste.
**Paper
-they get rid of what would equal 500,000 trees every single week.
**Landfils-the amount of landfills in the U.S. is dropping
**Recycling
-People have been using and recycling glass for almost 3,000 years
**Energy
-Recycling can save energy.

Problems with Landfills

1) What are bottom liners?
Bottom liners are layers of clay that effectively creates a bathub in the ground.

a) Clay - Natural Clay is often cracked and fractured.

b) Plastic - The very best landfill liners today are made of a tough plastic film called high density polyethylene (HDPE).

c) Composite - A Composite liner is a single liner made of two parts, a plastic liner and compacted soil

3) What is a leachate collection system? Explain one problems with this system.
- If leachate collection pipes clog up and leachate remains in the landfill, fluids can build up in the  fluids can build up in the bathtub

4) What is a cover? Explain one problem with using a cover.
- A cover or cap is an umbrella over the landfill to keep water out


5) Considering that Americans produce almost 5 pounds a day (as an individual), what do you think are some alternatives to landfills?
how long is stacking up dump going to last ?

1. What is Jardim Gramacho? Where is it located?
Jardim Gramacho Gardens is located in the north edge of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay.

2. What are catadores? What has their contribution to Jardim Gramacho been?
These catadores lived and worked in the garbage, collecting and selling scrap metal and recyclable materials. They established a squatter community (the favela of Jardim Gramacho) surrounding the landfill,

3. How many catadores live in Jardim Gramacho?
Today roughly 3,000 catadores work on the landfill.
although only 1,752 are officially registered) removing 200 tons of recyclable materials each day

4. How has the catadores job been formalized by the government? When does it end? What effect could this have?
they granted licenses and if it ended the world would live in dump.