What is consider bad luck in Haiti?

Answer:

1. If you swear by thunder, you'll die by a strike of lightning.

2. If you sharpen both ends of your own pencil, you'll lose both your parents on the same day.

3. Walking backwards will cause you to lose a member of your family.

4. If you walk around with one shoe on, you're calling one of your parents to the grave.

5. Never walk past under someone's extended arm.  If you do, you will experience no more growth spurt.

6. Pointing to the rainbow will cause you to lose a finger.  In order to prevent that, one should only point a muddy finger to the rainbow.

In Haiti, when I see a rainbow, I used to stick my finger in mud before I pointed and said, "Look at this rainbow!"

7.  When you're cooking rice especially, filling up your mouth with air so that your cheeks are "super" inflated will double the size of the your meal.

8.  Rain on a sunny day means that the devil is having a domestic dispute with his wife.

9.  Rocks of thunder:  Precious shiny "rocks" are deposited on earth whenever it thunders.  A person that finds such a "rock" will live a fertile, healthy, and prosperous life.  

Actually, a few people in Haiti have claimed to have found some of these rocks. ( I hear that they look really shiny : -)

10.  If you open an umbrella indoors, death will loom over the whole house.

11. If you eat standing up, you'll end up with a swollen leg.

12.  If you walk around on your knees, you'll cause the death of one of your parents.

13.  If your feet get swept by a cleaning broom, you'll never marry.

14.  On your wedding day, if you let your new husband slip the ring on your finger pass the big knuckle, he will dominate the relationship.  

That's why you'll see a Haitian bride use her thumb to block the ring from being slipped too far into her finger.

15.  Rain on your wedding day means that your marriage will last.

16.  To outlive your husband, you must wear a black pantie on your wedding day.

17.  It's bad luck to walk across a broomstick.  It that ever happens, you must go back and "un-cross" the broomstick.

18.  Having a strong hatred of your unborn baby's father during pregnancy will cause your unborn child to look too much like his father.

19.  Pregnant women must satisfy their cravings immediately, if they don't, their newborns will receive a birthmark for each unquenched craving.

20.  A black butterfly in your path is the precursor of bad news.

21.  If a black bird flies into your home you must kill it, otherwise death will come to someone close to you.  People will usually shut all doors and windows of their home to trap a black birds that flies in.  

Can you just imagine the distress that some people might experience over an escaped bird?

22.  People not in good health do not attend funerals.  If they do, they'll be the next one to be buried.

23.  If a funeral procession passing in the streets suddenly stops in front of your house, you have to quickly throw a bucket of water at the entrance of your house to prevent death from coming into your home.

Oh! My aunt used to do that a lot!  In Arcahaie, we lived not too far from the cemetery.  A funeral procession (which comprises of the priests, the altar boys, men carrying the coffin, followed by the family members of the deceased) often passes in front of our house.  Sometimes the coffin is heavy and the men have to take a break, so the procession stops for a few seconds.  When that happens it is said that the deceased is reluctant to go to the cemetery.  God forbid! this should happen in front of your house.  It is a big deal.

24.  Ringing in the ears means someone is talking about you.

25.  If your right hand itches, you're about to receive some money.

26.  Severe and recurrent acid reflux in a pregnant woman means that the baby will have a lot of hair.  The acidic stomach means that the baby is growing hair.

27.  Pointing to a baby gourd or a baby watermelon on a tree will prevent it from reaching full maturity.

28.  If you run into some kind of misfortune on New Year's Day, this same misfortune will follow you throughout the whole year.  

I specifically remember trying to avoid corporal punishment from my dad on new year's day so that I won't be whipped thoughout the whole year.  My friends and I used to feel so sorry for those kids that get whipped on new year's day.  "There goes his luck!" we said to ourselves.

Explanation:

Answer: If you swear by thunder, you'll die by a strike of lightning.

2. If you sharpen both ends of your own pencil, you'll lose both your parents on the same day.

3. Walking backwards will cause you to lose a member of your family.

4. If you walk around with one shoe on, you're calling one of your parents to the grave.

5. Never walk past under someone's extended arm.  If you do, you will experience no more growth spurt.

6. Pointing to the rainbow will cause you to lose a finger.  In order to prevent that, one should only point a muddy finger to the rainbow.

In Haiti, when I see a rainbow, I used to stick my finger in mud before I pointed and said, "Look at this rainbow!"

7.  When you're cooking rice especially, filling up your mouth with air so that your cheeks are "super" inflated will double the size of the your meal.

8.  Rain on a sunny day means that the devil is having a domestic dispute with his wife.

9.  Rocks of thunder:  Precious shiny "rocks" are deposited on earth whenever it thunders.  A person that finds such a "rock" will live a fertile, healthy, and prosperous life.

Actually, a few people in Haiti have claimed to have found some of these rocks. ( I hear that they look really shiny : -)

10.  If you open an umbrella indoors, death will loom over the whole house.

11. If you eat standing up, you'll end up with a swollen leg.

12.  If you walk around on your knees, you'll cause the death of one of your parents.

and more :)

Explanation:

T. J. Avery got into trouble in Mama’s class because (A) he used bad language, (B) he got into fights, (C) he cheated on exams. (Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry)

Based on the preview features in the article “Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers”, what do you predict the article will be about? Explain how you made that prediction.
Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers
Premium maker Haagen-Das says vanishing bee colonies in the United States
could mean fewer flavors and higher prices.

Grade 7 Unit 2 CFA1 - Annotate each passage to model your metacognition

The Importance of Sending People to Space

Several generations of people have seen pictures of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon in 1969. At 1 the time, the hundreds of millions who watched this historic event likely thought it marked the beginning
of a bold new kind of exploration. Perhaps they thought they would soon hear more messages from outer space. Maybe they envisioned that by the turn of the century someone would walk on the surface of Mars. Now, though, more than 40 years later, it’s robots—not astronauts—who are making most of the voyages beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Robotic space exploration does have some advantages. However, there are many reasons why we should make sending more people into space a priority.

-Beyond the Program-

The capabilities of the space probes and rovers we now use would have been the stuff of science fiction 2 just a few short decades ago. Like any other machines, though, they have one major weakness. They
can do only what they are programmed to do. They cannot make a distinction between unusual and expected observations. They cannot reason. They cannot think. A human scientist who identified a curious specimen on Mars would likely concentrate on finding out everything possible about it. The unthinking robot would probably treat it as just another sample.

-Efforts Yield Results-

One of the arguments in favor of using robots to explore space is that machines can go places humans cannot. This may be true, but let’s consider the other side. Maybe the reason astronauts are not able to go to these places yet is that we aren’t putting enough effort into figuring out how to meet their complex needs during prolonged space missions. Humans have proven time and again that they are able to solve problems that may have seemed impossible at first. There is no reason to assume that the challenge of sending people to Mars, Jupiter, or Neptune and getting them back home safely would be any different.

-Costs and Benefits-

Humans, as living things, have many needs that robots do not. Giving astronauts what they require to stay 4 healthy in space naturally makes these kinds of missions more expensive than ones that use robots. It’s vital to weigh these increased costs against the benefits. If sending one human crew to Venus could advance our knowledge of the universe as much as three robotic space missions could, even a much higher cost would be justified.
Keeping the Dream Alive It is said that the idea of traveling into space captures the imagination. For most, though, it’s not an image 5 of a small vehicle rolling across the surface of Mars that inspires awe and wonder. It’s the notion that—one day—people from Earth will explore distant worlds that are literally millions of miles away from our home planet.

This is for anyone who has read "Hatchet" chapters 3-4



How does the author's illustrate the crash scene? Use textual evidence to support your answer.



PLEASE HURRY! I'M TIMED!

Read the excerpt from the introduction for "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.

Invention is predominantly individualistic. Everything... comes from the lone worker who follows the fleeting inspiration of a moment and finally does something that has not been done before.

This quote is from the inventor of a three-phase motor, Nikola Tesla. It fits the description in every respect of Dean Kamen, the owner of more than one hundred patents.
As a young teenager in Rockville Center, New York, one of four children, whose father was a comic book artist and his mother a schoolteacher, Dean started tinkering with sound and light boxes in his bedroom, "which caused lights to go off and on, and deafening sound to come from his radio," said his mother.

Their indulgent parents allowed Dean and his older brother Barton to experiment, raising as many as one hundred live rats and to set up a workshop in their basement on Long Island. Dean stocked the basement laboratory with machinery to help create new audio/visual equipment. This led to his first patent and a sizable financial reward while still in high school.

Which line best supports the writer’s opinion that Kamen has done things that have never been done before?

This quote is from the inventor of a three-phase motor, Nikola Tesla.
Dean started tinkering with sound and light boxes in his bedroom, “which caused lights to go off and on, and deafening sound to come from his radio,” said his mother.
It fits the description in every respect of Dean Kamen, the owner of more than one hundred patents.
Their indulgent parents allowed Dean and his older brother Barton to experiment, raising as many as one hundred live rats and to set up a workshop in their basement on Long Island.

“U made out of plastic FAKE “ opp

Which one would give you a jolt?

an electric company
an electric company

an electric personality
an electric personality

an electric shock
an electric shock

an electric typewriter
an electric typewriter

What comes to mind when you read the the title: the monkey’s paw?

Which articles did she read about this experimental vehicle?

Which word is the direct object?


vehicle

she

Which

articles

PLEASE HELP QUICK: TEST

Read the following excerpt from the article “Charles Steinmetz: Master of Electricity”:

Steinmetz was as recognizable to the American public as Babe Ruth. He even studied how lightning affected plant growth. More important, his research enabled him to test and improve lighting arrestors that would safeguard the power grid and make electricity reliable. (paragraph 18)

Based on the context, what does the word enabled most likely mean?

a) prevented
b) frustrated
c) allowed
d) promoted

Harlan Granger wanted the Logan land because (A) he didn’t think black people should own land, (B) it was richer than his, (C) it was part of his family’s land before the Civil War. (Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry)

HELP I WILL MaRK BRAINLIEST

Read the excerpt from Catching Sun Rays.

But there is another benefit: switching to renewable energy can create jobs. One environmental group says solar power could mean hundreds of thousands of jobs in the United States. For example, the largest solar farm on the East Coast in New York created more than 200 local construction jobs. And the farm makes enough electricity each year to power 4,500 homes!

Why does the evidence provided in the excerpt make the author's argument more effective?

It is vague.
It is specific.
It is complicated.
It is scientific.

What category would you put the following text in?

But about three miles from the town a little stream of water (which they called a "river," but we would call only a brook) ran slow and muddy across the prairie; and where the road crossed it a flat bridge had been built.

place
time
characters

Identify three examples of personification

Is this statement true or false?

The ancient Egyptians enjoyed sports and games in their leisure time.


true

false

After reading The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, a student made this statement.
WILL MARK BRAINLIEST IF CORRECT
Thomas Young was clearly the most intelligent and determined researcher to try to decipher the writings on the Rosetta Stone.

This statement could be considered biased because it

states two different facts about Thomas Young.
fails to mention any facts about Thomas Young.
views Thomas Young as an ordinary researcher.
favors Thomas Young over other researchers.

Often, a successful novel will leave a reader feeling that _____.
all the questions they had were answered
they have no questions at all
they have more questions in their mind at the end
the author asked too many questions

Use the abbreviations below to label the sentence pattern.

S = Subject
V = Verb
IO = Indirect Object
DO = Direct Object
PA = Predicate Adjective
PN = Predicate Noun

Leroy swims at 3:00 p.m. every day.

What are some common things you would wish for?

______6. Cassie had (A) three brothers, (B) one sister and two brothers, (C) one brother and two sisters. (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)

Based on details in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, which statement best describes Jean-Baptiste Fourier’s influence on Jean-François Champollion?

Fourier angered Champollion by pointing out that Champollion was just a boy.
Fourier annoyed Champollion because Fourier accompanied Napoleon to Egypt.
Fourier shocked Champollion by showing him a copy of the Rosetta Stone.
Fourier inspired Champollion to decipher the writings on the Rosetta Stone.

______6. Cassie had (A) three brothers, (B) one sister and two brothers, (C) one brother and two sisters. (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)

Someone that has had this question on edge can you PLEASE explain how I do this? (please don't tell me just go on easybib or whatever is my laptop is already lagging after having 4 tabs open just for school)
I'm confused about how I'm supposed to cite sources when it gave me "sources" I can't even use bc I don't have a link.
Create a properly formatted works cited page for a research paper about the dangers of cell phone use on the road. Follow the MLA citation format, and make sure to correctly italicize each citation. For the purpose of this activity, it is not necessary to observe the MLA rules for indentation. Use the six sources provided to support the research paper.