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Be the Thing: A Crusader's Horse
Christine, Per. 5
 
It’s been days since I’ve had a filling meal. The knight I carry around all day has been nice to me ever since we started this journey to a far away land. The only time he is off me is when he is sleeping or praying. I am very tired for I travel many miles each day.  For the most part we travel to this far away place alone. Every now and then we come across other knights, nobles and peasants – even women and children. And every time we part from a resting spot I always seem to hear someone call out “God wills it!” I can never figure out what they mean by that, but when we get to our destination I’m sure that I’ll figure it out.
 
My knight and I finally made it to Jerusalem. I’ve never seen so many lifeless bodies in my life. The streets are filled with blood – like a huge dark red river. The smell is unbearable. This is awful. I don’t want to be here. Right when we arrived we went to battle. I try my hardest to dodge other horses and spears. I’ve never seen anthing like it. After an hour or so I noticed there was no weight on my back. My knight has fallen off and is most likely dead. At this moment I’ve gotten stabbed with a spear through the chest. I fall and not long after I feel I’m dying.
 

History IMs (Charlemagne and Pope Leo)
Alondra, Per. 3
 
Christianman (Charlemagne): What ^ Leo?
He.Loves.Us (Pope Leo): I told you call me POPE Leo!
Christianman: Wutever! =(
He.Loves.Us: Wut do you want? Im very buzy!
Christianman:  I don’t know bout da paintin?
He.Loves.Us: Which 1? U have dozens! >=I
Christianman: The 1 wen you’re gonna give me the crown.
He.Loves.Us: Wut about it?
Christianman: It kinda lookz like ur giving me da power.
He.Loves.Us: So? I waz given u power! Cuz Im da man, Im in charge.
Christianman: wait wut? Im da 1 whoz supposed 2 b in charge!
He.Loves.Us: Well, I went 2 skool 4 this, I should be in charge! U just became king cuz itz in ur family.
Christianman: but Jesus chose me!
He.Loves.Us: But peoplz know that Jesus nose me better! =D
Christianman: It might b so, but I united this country, I should lead it. >=(
He.Loves.Us: Well, thanks but we r done with u now & we don’t need u no more.
Christianman: wut?! >=z thatz not kool! I did everything & u do this 2 me?!
He.Loves.Us: … I am very busy. TTYL.
Christianman: He we r still talkn!
Christianman: Hello?
Christianman: Well Im busy 2! So… TTYL 2 us 2!! >=<
 

Comic Strip: Samantha, Per. 5

World's Collide: Melissa, Per. 3
 


 Txt Msg SMRE: The Silk Road - Matthew, Per. 2
 
Did u hear dat the Cnese finally opned the slk rd? They r fnally shring their ideas w/ the rest of the world... I think we cn all bnfit from this. I cant wait for the ideas and invntions to reach my house. w/e reason they hv to strt trading I am glad they are. I think I no why tho. I heard dat they were conqured by those annoying mongls, who hve b33n tkin over the wrld. w/e, I am glad. They have such intllignt ideas it can hlp us alot in our lives.

Did you hear that the Chinese finally re-opened the Silk Road? They are finally sharing their ideas with the rest of the world. I think we can all benefit from this. I can't wait for the ideas to reach my house. Whatever reason they have to start trading I am glad they are. I think I know why though, I heard that they were recently conquered by the Mongols, who have taken over the world. Whatever, I'm glad. They have such intelligent ideas I cant help us a lot in our lives.

Acrostic Poem: Martin Luther - Manwinder, Per. 2
 
Martin Luther was
A priest during the
Reformation and didnt agree with
The church about
Indulgences. He believed
Nobody can forgive your sins except God.

Little did he know that he was going to change the future. He
Understood the BGible and explained the bad things in his 95
Theses
.
He stated the bad things and how greedy the
Earls and bishops were. He was a great help to the
Reformation of the church.

Da Vinci's Lost Notebook Designs
 
 

Be The Thing: Shakespeare's Pen - Samantha, Per. 3
 
Here I am in this room helping my owner write a story. It's really not that bad because my owner has great detail in stories. But most of the time I get really tired and my ink always run out which my owner keeps on putting in every single time. It's really like putting gas in a car. Another thing is that when my owner puts me down I feel relieved because now I can get a quick rest before I start writing again.

What I really liked was when my owner wrote the story Romeo and Juliet (with my help). I liked writing that story because there was a part when a man and a woman met, but their parents wouldn't let them be together. That part was so romantic that I cried when I wrote it. So, all of these feelings a pen can feel is just like you humans. So, whenever you write with a pen remember that you could be writing with my best friend!

Benchmark 2 Perfect Scores
 


Recipe for a Civilization: The End of Feudalism - Pierce, Per. 4
 
Recipe for Poison to Feudalism Soup

Ingredients:
1/2 bad disease
New jobs
100 needy serfs
1 great king
Trade with asia
20 deadly rats with fleas
1000 dying people
1 Feudalism bowl
Need for better pay
10 loyal nobles

1. Take out your Feudalism bowl and place in one great king, the 10 loyal nobles and the 100 needy serfs.
2. Add in the new jobs and wait 15 minutes for the great king and the loyal nobles to dissolve.
3. Pour in Trade with Asia and 20 deadly rats then add 1/2 a bad disease. This will create a full disease that will further weaken the king and nobles.
4. Finally, add the 1000 dying people and the Need for Better Pay to your bowl. The king and nobles will disappear leaving you with Poison to Feudalism Soup.

Be the Thing: A Crusader's Horse - Manwinder Per 2.

 

BOOOM!!!

Oh no, I can't believe I fell asleep! And during a race too! Wait... where's my master... where am I? This isn't the race track! Who are these people? I'm so confused. "Go you dang horse!" What? Ow! Why are you whipping me? Go to Jerusalem? What the hay is Jerusalem? "You better go" said this brown horse that I never saw coming? Why? They want to get to this holy place called Jerusalem. They say it's their's because Jesus was crucified there. They're trying to take it from the Muslims. Ok, I guess I'll go. For Jerusalem!

-Next day-

Oh I feel horrible. I've never been so uncared for. I've been shot at with arrows and speared. And worst of all, we're not making any progress. "Go horse!! I need you! I can't run this far!" Okay, I will help you!!

-Months Later-

Wow, I thought I was helping but nothing happened. The Muslims still have Jerusalem. What was the point? "I'll tell you" said the horse I had met earlier. Look at everyone bonding instead of fighting each other like they have been doing all these years." Oh, I get it so what about this feudalism thing? It's starting to crash I guess.

BOOOM!!!

What?! "Get up you lazy horse, the race already started!" Oh!! Well, that was wierd...


 

History IMs: King Henry and Pope Gregory - Shaina Per. 2


ImTheBest: Yo king, God speaks to me so I'm gonna choose who becums the bishop.
IrULE: R U crazy, I'm choosing the bishop! I rule! 8-D
ImTheBest: Na man ur crazy, I'm way better than you.
IrULE: Well I think u should be damned throughout the ages! =(
ImTheBest: 4 saying that ur excommunicated!
IrULE: What the heck? u can't do dat every1 will hate me.
ImTheBest: U heard wut I sed ur excommunicated.
IrULE: No! U can't do this to me =( please let me back.
<<no reply>>
IrULE: I will do anything! =(
<<no reply>>
IrULE: Please! I'm beggin U =(
ImTheBest: Fine but do anything like dat again and ur excommunicated 4 life.


 

Be the Thing: A Cathedral - Samantha Per. 3

 

Whoa! There's a lot of people coming, I better prepare before they get here. I'm the most special thing in the kingdom but what I don't like is when some people run around and make me sick and dizzy! If I see a person smiling and polite I say they are nice but if I see a person frowning, serious, and not behaving right then I think they're mean.

What I really don't like is that my worst enemies are other cathedrals. I mean, they always wants to be taller, better and have more people. That's why there's a competition over who the best and best.  I've been winning the first prize since forever. Anyway, it is hard and sometimes easy being what I am.

 


Point-Counterpoint Poem: Knights and Peasants - Amy Per. 4
 I am a fearless knight.I am a poor peasant.
I believe horses are very good.I believe my crops will grow. 
I wonder where I'm going to work.I wonder what will happen if I leave. 
I see myself jousting.I see myself in a field of corn. 
I hear my friends all yell. I hear my friends eat the crops.
I feel that I'm the one.I feel that I'm a toy being used. 
I touch my horse's hair. I tough my mushy pottage.
I am a fearless knight. I am a poor peasant.
I worry about the land.I worry about my family. 
I cry because of dead friends. I cry when my lord gets mad.
I understand I protect the people.I understand I have to work a lot. 
I say nothing when I work.I say it is okay to be poor. 
I dream of better swords.I dream of becoming a knight. 
I hope I will not die. I hope I will not go away.  
I am a fearless knight.I am a poor peasant.

Paola - Period 4
Be the Thing
 
Hey people I am a shield. I am not just any shield, I am a shield from the army of Constantine. I belong to a soldier of his army. Well, a normal day for me would be to practice and things like that.  Also I am a special shield. The shields from Constantine's army have "xp" on them.  That stand for Jesus Christ. That happened because we were in a battle then Constaine saw a sign in the sky and heard a voice that said he would win the battle if he had that symbol. I guess the change didn't really affect me - I was ok with it.

Something that really bugs me is that humans think that things don't feel anything. Well, guess what! WE DO! When we're in battle and a sword hits me it hurts alot. I mean, if I had blood I would bleed. Don't get me wrong I love my job of protecting soldiers though I would like it if they treated us a little bit better. Some appreciation would be nice.  Overall though I love being a shield, especially for Constantine's army.
 

Krissel - Period 6
History Model: Arabian Water Wheel
 

 


Ariana - Period 5
HiStory: Reformation and Scientific Revolution

Danny and Abby were exploring the woods when they came across an old shed. They went near the shed and Danny went to open the door. Abby went running behind Danny and what they saw was a jet like machine that was used for the war.
“What is it?” asked Abby.
“I don’t know,” stated Danny.

They slowly crept towards the jet. Danny hopped on the wing and went inside the cockpit.

“What are you doing?” questioned Abby.
“I’m going to check this thing out,” As Danny sat on the seat dirt puffed out.
“It’s been here for a while,” stated Danny.
“Just get out of there” nagged Abby.
“Wait it says something here!”

Danny got the sleeve of his sweater and cleaned what looked like a gold platinum.

“What does it say Danny”
“It says… THE TIME MACHINE!”
“What!”
“The time machine”

Danny turned to Abby and stared at each other. Danny then gave Abby a smile to Abby.
“What are you? Oh no, no way, we are not taking the time machine”
“Come on, it will be really fun”
“No, we can get in really big trouble”
“Pleeeease”
Abby let out a big breathe.
“I’m going to regret this so much”

After Abby hopped in, Danny punched in a random date and pressed the launch button. They felt the engine running and next thing they know they find themselves going through a time hole. Then they stopped, completely. Abby and Danny found themselves in what looked like the 1600’s.

“Where are we” asked Abby.
“I don’t know” Danny said quietly.
“What time did you put in Danny?!”
“I don’t know” Danny said, “It was already set”
“ You didn’t check the DATE!”
“No, I was to excited” “Well while were here lets check this place” Danny said.
“Okay, but only for a little while” Abby nagged.

Danny and Abby were walking when they caught on somebody’s conversation.

“Did you hear about Galileo?”
“Galileo, oh yeah the inventor of that telescope thing,”
“Yeah him, I heard he was going to jail for a lifetime”
“He actually went against the church,”
“Yeah, he was way braver then that Copernicus guy,”
“But wasn’t he that guy with the theory that the earth orbited the sun?”
“Yeah, that was him”

As the peasants finished their conversation Danny and Abby both didn’t believe it, they were in the early sixteen hundreds. As they were walking, something caught their Danny’s attention. A brown covered book with an old looking kind of leather. He stopped and looked at the book.

“What’s wrong Danny?” asked Abby.
“Hey Abbs, what is this”
“It looks like an old book,”

While Danny and Abby looked at the book, an old smelly man came out.

“I suppose your wondering what that is,” said the man.
“Yeah,” said Danny.
Before the man can say anything else, Abby interrupted.
“Danny, this is…a black market!”
“So”
“So, everything they sell is illegal”

Danny ignored her and asked the man what it was.

“This here is the 95 theses that the monk Martin Luther wrote”
“Really” Danny said amazed.
Abby grabbed Danny’s arm and told the man they weren’t interested. Danny just followed Abby.
“Where are we going Abby?”
“Home!”
“But,”
“Don’t ask questions!”

When Danny and Abby arrived to the jet, Abby tried to start the jet but it didn’t start. Abby looked at Danny with a terrified face.
“Danny, it doesn’t want to start”
“Maybe our doing it wrong”
“No I’m not”

Abby and Danny got off and checked the engine. It was low on something, fuel! Abby and Danny looked at each other for about 30 seconds. Then Danny got an idea.

“I know lets go in town and get the fuel,”

Abby gave him a cold stare.

“Are you actually thinking, we are in the 1600’s, no one knows what fuel is right now!”
“Right, I knew that”

Abby and Danny went back to town to see if they can find something familiar to fuel.

“There is nothing here” Abby,
“Of course there isn’t” “this is the 1600’s”
“Wait, but this is also the time of the Reformation
Of the Scientific Revolution,”
“So what, Danny”
“They could of discovered oil, but they could of called it something different, come on, think about it”
“Maybe, unlikely”

Danny and Abby went into town to see if they can find something like oil. They described to the storeowners how it looked like. While they were walking there was a presentation going on. They joined the crowd and heard the priest talk.

“My dear people as you noticed, Galileo went to jail for the rest of his life, do you know why”
“No, I’ll tell you why. He was going against the teaching of the ancient philosopher, Aristotle.” “We are warning you now, if you go against our ways you will be punished,” “that is all”

Danny was still trying to figure out why they were still upset, and Abby gleamed at him.

“Do you ever pay attention in class!” shouted Abby
“Back in the 15-1600’s the church didn’t like being challenged because, uh why do I even try explaining?”
“Wait tell me” “Come on Abby”
“Okay, during the reformation, scientist wondered how they could prove their theories, so they started doing experiments which led theeee”
“The Scientific Method” said Danny.
“Yes back then the scientific method had only two parts though; Hypothesis, Observe, and Experiment.” said Abby.
“Are you following Danny?”
“Yeah, (Well Kind-Of)”
“So all this experimenting caused some major problems”
“What?” said Danny.
“Theories.”
“Theories?”
“Yes, these theories started happening and the church was not happy”
“The church believed that you were going against many old beliefs,”
“HUH?” said Danny confused.
“In other words, theories challenged many long beliefs.”
“Oh okay,”
“You are a dork Danny”
“I know.”

Danny and Abby were still looking for fuel or oil to get home. They were starting to doubt they will ever get home. But there luck changed. They met a blacksmith, who seemed very nice, who sold them the oil, also known as KLVER. Danny and Abby went back to the jet and hopped in.

“Okay, I’m pushing in March 23,2007,” said Danny.

Danny pushed the launch button and were off. A few minutes later they opened their eyes and saw that they were back in the shed. Abby and Danny ran back home and couldn’t wait to tell their friends what happened, not knowing if they would believe them or not.