Plastiki

Plastiki is a boat made out of twelve thousand five hundred recycled plastic bottles. Plastiki is also made of new technology that hasn't been tested at sea yet. Inside the cabin of Plastiki there is technology for modern sailing. There are also many other things that make Plastiki more complicated. The person who thought of the idea about plastiki is David de Rothschild. It took more than 3 years to finish making plastiki from a drawing board to the boat that it is now. The bottom part of Plastiki is very primitive but he upper part is modern.

David wants to show the world that this boat really works so he and his crew will sail across the Pacific Ocean. Starting from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia. He made Plastiki to show other people about plastic waste. David doesn't really care if they make it to Sydney or not because he has already shown awareness about plastic waste. There are 6 crew members including David. They will cross the Pacific Ocean hoping that Plastiki will keep them afloat.

Vocabulary List 10

Primitive

Godsend

Melancholy

Ambivalent

Impeccable

Probation

Despicable

Beckoning

Melodramatic

Vocabulary Words 7

1. cask- A wooden barrel shaped container that holds drinks.

2. cynical- A negative attitude where you complain or whine.

3. provisions- Are foods or drinks for meals.

4. subvert- to make things not work out.

5. accumulate- Getting more of something.

6. congregate- When everybody comes together.

7. ominous- A signal that something bad is coming.

8. contradict- To disagree or talk back in a negative way.

9. adversary- The enemy or the person on the other side.

10. flabbergast-You would say this when you are shocked or surprised.

Haiti History

1. As Haiti has grown the forests have been cut down to make way for farmland and to for firewood for the people.

2. In 1915 the Americans invaded Haiti and left Haiti 19 years later.

3. The spanish people on Haiti killed most of the native people and imported african slaves to work for them.

4. When Duvalier ruled the country, the goverment killed the people who didn't agree with Duvalier.

5. While Duvalier ruled the country a lot of Haitians left the country for safety.

6. Only 30% of adults in Haiti are employed.

7. Haiti was ruled by bad people, for decades.

8. The french and americans hold a grudge for Haiti because of their loss and will not help the country.

9. When columbus and the europeans went to Haiti they brought disease, death and misery.

10. The people who ruled Haiti stole money from the people and left the people very poor.

Haiti Earthquake Update

In Haiti they had a 7.0 earthquake. It was so big that around 100,000-150,000 people died. Search teams from Miami, Turkey, Florida have come to Haiti to help. The search teams rescued around 60 people on Sunday. A lot of people in Haiti are scared but when 60 people got rescued the people who were scared had a little bit more hope. The people in Haiti are given food, water and health care.

Haiti Earthquake

On January 12, 2010 there was a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. More than one hundred people died. During the earthquake a lot of people got injured. A lot of them got big cuts and bruises. Some people got squashed by buildings. There are some people that didn't get hurt that much. That is what happened on January 12, 2010.

Family

Over the break I spent a lot of time with my family. In my family from my mom's side there was my grandmother, my 6 uncles, 4 aunts and 6 cousins. I had a lot of parties with my family. It was so much fun!

We always had a very good meal in every party we had. The food that we usually have in the parties are Lechon, Lecheflan and a lot more foods. These foods are Filipino foods because my family lives in the Philippines.

After we ate some of the adults just talked until everybody left but sometimes they played the guitar and sang a few songs. They did not sound good at all. My mom was the one who was playing the guitar and she was also singing. She played the guitar really well but she didn't sound to good. I liked to play cards with my some of my uncles and my cousins while the adults talked and sang. I really enjoyed the food! I also enjoyed talking and playing cards with my family because I haven't seen them since August! I had the best time with my family, this is one of the things I like best about the Christmas Break!