Monday, October 28, 2013

Hi Ms. Lu

Solar cells in solar panels capture energy from sunlight by collecting electrons accumulated from atoms that emit electrons. In this situation, the sun emits photons as usual, and the atoms, silicon, absorb the photons. The type wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation needed for the solar panels can range from ultraviolet to infrared radiation depending on the type of solar panels. These atoms emit electrons because the sunlit rays bombard the atoms with photons and these photons knock the electrons out of the electron clouds or the shells. The main ingredient in solar cells is silicon. How electricity is harvested from solar panels are by collecting the electrons emitted from the atoms and sending them through wires as a current. We receive more or less electricity from solar panels when there are more sunlight because the more sunlight that hits the silicon, the more electrons that will be knocked out and the less sunlight there is, the less photons there will be to knock the electrons from the atoms. Eventually, the silicon will degrade and will be less efficient. The number of silicon that are in the excited state decrease as time goes on. 

Hi Ms Lu. I put this on the internet to see if I get in trouble for this

Thursday, June 28, 2012

How to write Summaries

Summaries are a short version of a story or event. They do not include all the details and less important events. They are only mainly composed of important facts that are believed to be relevant to the main idea or goal of the story. Summaries are brief. They do not take a lot of sentences or words to explain everything. Although they are not explicit, they still need to include the settings and information about the character or main character in the beginning. 

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Hunger Games Series Opinion

     So my friends told me to read the hunger games and I did. All the books were great and exciting. My opinion of the book was that the first book was the best. For the second book, I could't comprehend all the information that came in all at once. The third book was a little difficult to imagine. Fortunately, the first book was written well enough to get me excited about the movie coming out for the next movie. The movie was as good as the book and better. The movie was true to the book. It helped explain the book better. The movie flowed well from one event to another. I'm waiting for the movie Catching Fire to come out next. If any of you want, you could comment, like, message, or lecture me about any of my posts.


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Theme



Definition:
Theme: the main idea of the story or novel that may or may nor be repeated. 


Example:
Do not talk to strangers
Always use the restroom before sleeping
Always listen to your parents
Always finish your food


Significance:
A story would be meaningless if there was not theme or moral in a story. The theme teaches something to everyone that they would not usually think of. 

Antagonist and Protagonist

Definition:
Antagonist: someone who opposes someone or something. Usually the enemy or opposer
Protagonist: someone who is the main character of a story or novel


Example:
Antagonist: I pulled out a knife and killed the mayor.
Protagonist: He saved the mayor's life by helping him to the hospital. 


Significance:
The significance of the antagonist and protagonist is to have someone to make the story complicated with more problems. Every story needs to have a protagonist or main character to focus on. 

Extra Insight: 
Pro(for)tago(struggle)ist(one who)
Ant(against)tago(struggle) ist(one who) 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Meter

Definition:
Meter- meter is a way of measuring the line or lines of poems by using the rhythm of the words. They are also the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 


Example:
Shall I compare thee to a summer day
[shall-I]-[com-PARE]-[thee-TO]-[a-SUM]-[mer's-DAY]

-Shakespeare 

Significance:
The significance of meter is to add importance and stress to the syllables to "highlight" the important terms.

Rhyme

Definition:
Rhyme- rhymes or rhyming words end with a sound or noise that corresponds to each other. They may have have the same amount of syllables or the same suffixes. 


Example:
The little boy is walking. 
The little girl is talking.
The young boy is fishing.
The little snake is hissing.


Significance:
The significance of rhymes help the word flow. Rhyming also helps the poem become more lively.