Thursday, December 3, 2009

160 Bialik street
Holon
December 3,2009


Ms. Gilat Simon
Principal
Kugel High School
1 Mote Goor street,
Holon

Dear ms. Simon,

I am writing this letter to complain about the high price of the trip to Poland which will take place in(ww. - on) April 2012 . This trip is very significant , however, it is over priced and as a result, many students can not afford it.

First, the trip is very meaningful to every jew. I think it is an important journey to take part in. However, not every student can afford it. The funding is not available(phr.) to help such students. For example, my friend was offerd 500 shekels to "help" her pay this trip. Needless to say this is not enough and she can not go.

Second, I can not see why there has to be 5 teachers(phr. and gr.) or more traveling with 50 students. Only students with good behavior(phr.) are allowed to go on this trip, so why do so many teachers have to go? The teachers travel for free and this money could be used for paying needy students.

Having being(gr. - been) part of student population for 11 years, I feel that the following suggestion is important. The municipality of Holon should help fund this trip to make it possible for more students to take part in it(מיותר). I am looking forward to a change in policy will have been made by the trip.(phr.), So more student(s) will have the chance(ww. - opportunity) to go.

Sincerely yours,

Hofit Levy.

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Daphna

Thursday, November 5, 2009

George's Metamorphasis

Imagine a caterpillar, going into his cocoon and going through a metamorphosis. Than(sp.) imagine a person who goes through the same metamorphosis. Meet George - a lazy young man who lives in the Bronx. He is 20 years old and he never finished school and throughout he didn’t achieve anything.(phr.) George never did anything useful. He had this need for respect but never earned it and that sometimes made me feel angry.

George looked just like his sister Sophie. He was tall and bony. He was a useless "bum" as his sister called him. He didn't appreciate people telling him what to do, hate(gr.) made-up stories and even got sick of the human voice. He rapidly gave up on trying being(gr. - to be) educated. As a young boy he was good at carpentry but never expanded this skill. He was raised in a neighborhood inhabit(gr.) by immigrants – a cold neighborhood with broken sidewalks.

George didn't have any achievements. He lied to Mr.C (about what?)and Mr.C told the whole neighborhood and as a result George enjoyed the newly found respect he got from everyone. George needed a guiding father to teach and lead him and support him in order to achieve his goal. George found such a guide in Mr.C – the "change maker". Sophie had little time for George and therefore, little influence. George('s) father was a quiet man, who worked in a fish market and not a father figure. He had influence on George than Mr.C had(phr.). Mr.C was unable to fulfill his dream. Although he was uneducated he valued reading highly. He was different than other people in the neighborhood. He read and knew a lot. Mr.C (eventually) succeeded and changed(phr. - in changing) George. - pleased don't forget this essay is about George not Mr. C.

I had mixed feelings about George. I felt anger sometime, and sometimes pity, and sometimes apathetic toward George. He made me feel that I do a lot with my life, unlike him. I think Mr.C succeeded and that George would try to change his life. I think that he did wrong when he quit school. I also think that (in)someway his lies helped him change. I really hope his life will look different than the lives of the rest of the immigrants. I hope that he will complete his metamorphosis and make his dream come true.


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Daphna

Why haven't you corrected your work? The whole point of our writing lessons is to learn from mistakes when correcting your essays...
Daphna.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Book Review - number 4

The book "East Of Eden" ,written by John Steinback in the 1900's, is a saga. It tells the story of twin brothers, Cal and Aron and the previous generation Charles and Adam Trask. this book is about the complex relationships between families. The characters are complex. No one is totally good or totally bad. And when you get to know them, you learn to understand and love them, as if they are part of your life.

Caleb and Aron did not get much love from their father when they were young. Thanks to a close friend of their father's, they rediscovered their father's love. Despite this love, there were a lot of conflicts inside this family. For example, Cal was always jealous of his brother and the reader can notice this through Cal's actions.

Cal and Aron always assumed that their mother had been dead, until one night when Cal found out the truth. He changed, and as a result, all the relationships in the family changed for the worse. This way their lives changed and they had to deal with new conflicts, new discoveries and lies.

This book should be read by lovers of classic novels and mystery books. written by one of the best American writers of all times. I think it is well worth reading, despite being over 500 pageslong. The characters are real, the story is real, so we can all imagine ourselves in these situations. It feels so real, that the characters stays with you long after you have finished reading this great novel

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Daphna

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Bad food habits

There has always been a connection between food and behavior. In the article "The Disaster between our ears" the nutritionist Alice Brown says that we all (have) to be more responsible for what we are eat. However, many parents are not aware of this fact.

As a result (This is not the best way to begin a paragraph), parents allow their children to eat too much sugar and caffeine in their meals. For example, my cousin, Eden, From Rosh Ha'Ain becomes hyperactive after eating or drinking sugar or caffeine. (However,) His typical breakfast consists of cereal with lots and lots of sugar.

A suggestion to helping(gr.) the situation would be to educate parents and teach them about the importance of balances(gr.) diets. The media should be used to promote healthy eating skills (Explain - in what way van the media be used?).

As a conclusion, I believe that we all should be more aware of our eating habits. Then we can be more responsible for our behavior. By balancing our meals we can control ourselves and our life(gr. - lives)


Yes, Hofit, everything you've written is correct but you haven't dealt with the issue I presented: What about the food manufacturers? Should they be held responsible? Now, I understand, from your essay, that the answer is no, but you should mention them and the fact that it's not their responsibility.

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Daphna.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Letters to the editor

16 Hollywood Street
Hollywood
September 17, 2009

The Editor
Ha'aretz.
P.O Box 99
Hollywood

Dear Editor,

I am writing this letter to respond to an article that I saw published in the Ha'aretz newspaper on september 1, 2009.(add the name of the article). I strongly object to whale hunting. there are many reasons why and I believe that many people will agree with me. The ones who do not agree with me just don't understand that whales are living creatures that desrve to live just like us.

First, we know that a few years ago the world realized that the whales were about to be extinct. Ever since, a few laws were protecting(phr. abd gr.) those whales. Like the article said the law had a breach which said that people can hunt whales for purpose of research. But I have to say that it is wrong to hunt and kill such pure innocent creature.

Like you mentioned in the article, there's only one problem left. People still hunt the whales but now they pretend that the hunt is for research. The hunters don't really care about the whales, they care about the profits they are about to gain from the death of those whales. In the meantime, the government stands still and does nothing!

I expect the law to understand the importance of protecting the whales. they are part of the life circle and can't be destroyed. I really hope to change somthing with this letter and I hope you will publish it.
yours truly,

Hofit Levy
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Daphna

Swine flu

We all heard about the Swine flu, we all know how deadly it is and how many people have already died or just about to knock at the death's door. The news is talking non-stop about the Swine flu, about the vaccine against it. But are we all sure that those vaccines will stop the Swine flu?

I'm pretty worried about the approaching events. The first one is of course, the upcoming school year. It's enough that only one student will carry(gr.) this virus and the next thing we know is that the whole school will get infected. The school will be like habitat of the Swine flu.

In addition, the winter is approaching us quickly . This will make people get weaker and unable to deal successfully with the Swine flu. More people will get infected and more people will become very close to death.

I think that in the next days or months we should all be more careful with our surroundings. We need to take safety measures and not drink from the same bottle and not eating(gr.) from the same fork and the like. It may sound stupid, but this might prevents(gr.) us from getting infected.


According to this article :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8032165.stm

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Daphna

Whales hunting

I believe we have heard about the whale hunting. I also believe that it should be stopped immediately! Lots of organizations are gathering to try and stop the hunting, but no matter how many warnings they publish or how many laws they make, people just don't seem to understand that this is wrong!

A few years ago the world realized that the whales were about to be extinct. Ever since, a few laws were protecting(phr. - "..were passed to protect...") those whales. But the law had a breach which said that people can hunt whales for purpose of research. But(ww. - try - "however "this time) I have to say that it is wrong to hunt and kill such pure innocent creature.

The problem is that people still hunt the whales but now they pretend that the hunt is for research. The hunters don't really care about the whales, they care about the profits they are about to gain from the death of those whales. In the meantime, the government stands still and does nothing!

I think that it is necessary that our ministers and prime minister start affecting those whales' lives and help them survive the most dangerous journey they have been through – life. They should stop the killing and end the hunting even if its for research!

According to this article :


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3701805.stm

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Daphna

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

number 13 - facebook

The facebook has become a very popular site among children since it was invented. Nowadays, children all over the world are entering their profile page, showing pictures, talking with their friends and keeping in touch with each other. However, recently we've been seeing lots of hate groups and I certainly think it should stop.

The facebook was invented so people can talk with other people all over the world and be exposed to defferent types of people and cultures. The use of technology for publishing and spreading their hate is entirely wrong! Those people can't be stopped according to the ministry, by lectures because they probably don't care what other people think. This matter should be taken more seriously and those people should be punished.

Moreover, people think that because it is the internet and this is the way the children express their opinions, so it's harmless, but it still hurts people's feelings! and the internet can not make the damage smaller, it can only make it worse because rumors are spread nonstop. Think of those people, that surf the internet and sudenly see their name in a hate group, for some people…it can really roin their lives.

Therefore, my conclusion is that this phenomenon should be stop(gr.) as soon as we can, before it is too late to stop it and it will be like a disease which can't be stopped and kills lots of people's lives .

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Daphna.

Friday, April 24, 2009

number 12-school uniform

Our parents taught us to be independent. They taught us how to express ourselves and one of the ways to do that was to choose our own clothes. Our clothes help us to express our minds and our thoughts .They are also are(מיותר) one way of being ourselves, and make the environment see us the way we want them to see us.

Some say that every person has his own right to wear anything he wants. They say that choosing our clothes is important for expressing our selves. Our clothes are part of us, the first part that every person see(gr.) when he looks at us. The clothes reflect who we are, and sometimes who we want to be. They can tell about(phr.) your style, your kind of friend(phr. - "the kind of friends you have") and what music do(מיותר) you love to hear. So, when someone looks at us, he can already see or know something about us.

Others say that our clothes are just a small part, maybe the smallest of us. They say that the clothes only cover our body and that this is something you should usually ignore. They prefer to look into a person's personality and not (his) clothes. They say that maybe if we all wear the same things so maybe we will get to know each other's personalities. They say that everybody is focus(gr.) on how we dresses(gr.) instead of being focus(gr.) on who we are.

The only thing that we will always know for sure is that clothes are very influential for all of us. They are one way of(ww. - for) us to express ourselves and maybe get to know other people. This is what Adam and Eve didn't have…well, luckily for us we will never have to use grapevine leafs(sp.) as our clothes.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

number11 - Burge McCall

Burge McCall was short, fat, a bad man and he hated his wife. Mrs. McCall was tall, thin and also hated her husband. Everybody in their town thought they were strange, they thought that Burge McCall was the wors husband and that Mrs. McCall was uing him for his money.

After 2 years of marriage, he slapped his wife, and ever since he didn't like the way his wife looked at him, she also told him he was a big rat. The other day When Burge McCall went to Sled Sather's for a drink one day he discovered that his wife had bought rat poison. It was very weird because they didn't even have a rat problem.he realized his wife bought a poison for him- he is the big rat!!!

When Burge McCall got out of the shock he started to change his attitude. He treated he treated his wife nicely and even bought her an expensive coat. He called her nice names like "my dear" and suddenly became the best husband in town. It all happened because he was frightened his wife would poison him. He thought that if he would be nice enoght his wife mabe regrate and won't poison him

One day Burge McCall noticed his wife didn’t look at him in the look he hated so much and was afraid of. He realized she started to love him. He finaly understod that if he wants Mrs. McCall to love and respect him he needs to do the same, he needs to love and respect her . The town people were jealous of their relationship.
In conclusion, relationships are based on the attention you give to your partner and how you treat him.
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Daphna.

Monday, March 23, 2009

number 10 - Homework

Well, homework has been an issue forever. It is sometimes the reason for many problems like waste of your time because you could have use this time for hanging out with your friends. And it is sometime the reason for your success, so…what is homework really about?

Some people might say that homework is very important and helpful, they are right. In some fields homework is very necessary because it gives you the motivation to go through the material, and it helps the material stay in your mind. So when the test is approaching you've already done half way towards your success.

Other people might say that homework is waste of time, and they have better things to do instead, like studying for an important test or going out with friends. They are also right, because in some fields homework doesn't help you and sometimes even confuses you. It spends your time and makes you work hard when you can do other things instead.

In conclusion I think that homework can be helpful and important but they can also be very disturbing and annoying. It depends in the field and sometimes in the person.


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Daphna.

number 9 - Space Exploration

A long time ago the Greeks started to be curious about what ever was out there in space. They found out that there is a world out there, and then they started to explore it. It started by naming one of the planets, continued with realizing that there were lots of planets, and understanding that there was some order, and got as far as spaceships and walking on the moon.

On the one hand, we all know that the space exploration has been giving us lots of information, beginning with the discovery that the moon is not an illusion. In addition, the fact that there are more galaxies like ours and that there might be even worlds like ours, or living beings like us out there. Due to the new things that have been discovered, people are more curious about the sciences. The study of sciences had become more popular and it born lots of great minds and
On the other hand, space exploration has its own disadvantages, like the fact that the money scientists have been spending on the exploration could be so helpful for all the starving people in our world. The money could also help understanding cancer or AIDS or any other awful diseases. There are so many problems on our planet that need to be solved .

To sum up, I think that the exploration of space is important for the understanding of some
things like if there are any other living being, or strange climate changes or problomes on earth, but it would be better if we focus on saving our planet.


Hofit Levy
This is much better, but you still have to look out for grammar mistakes.
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Daphna.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

number 8

Kids are usually affected by peer-pressure…well, I think that this situation, of peer-pressure is the worst thing kids can be part of. Everyone knows how hard it is to deal with peer-pressure, mostly if it comes from people your age and school. I think that kids should learn how to say NO!! - Very good opening.

For example, if you studied so hard for an important test and you know everything, but one of your classmates knows that it would be easier for him not to study. If he comes to you 10 minutes before the big test…will you agree to help him and let him copy from you? or will you say NO? The right thing to do, is to refuse, and let him understand that if he wants to get a good grade he needs to make an effort.

The other answer could be "yes, you can copy from me". this will probably make your friend like you and will increase you popularity in class, but, it will also make you very stressed and scared during the test. If you are stressed and scared you can't concentrate and you will not succeed.

In short, it seems to me that we need to say NO or it will affect us and not necessarily for the good, but it depends on the sitoation. I realy think everyone needs to think for a while before they let other people effect their lives


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Daphna.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Dear Sebastien

well, I'm sure you think there is no easy solution for your problome. But in fact it is realy easy, all you need to do is ask yourself what what you think is more important for you...your friends, or your life. You need to decide if you are ready to clime on the mountain or not.

we all saw movies about climbing mountains, we all saw how frithgning and dangerousit is. I think that the best thing for you to do is taking 10 minutes of silence, just beeing alone with yourself and think about what will probably make you feelbetter.You should know that if you're afraid to do this, then you will not have to. But if you will choose to do this will it make you feel good? What is more important for you, Sebastien? is it hanging with your friend while knowing your not having fun at all, or is it feeling safe and good with yourself?

i realy hope you know what is the right thing to do, and i hope that in someway i did help you.
i hope you will do the right thing and no metter what, you will have fun.


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Daphna.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009



I think that the war in Gaza is justified! I think that it's about time that we fight for the right of our southern residents to live safely in their own country. The southern residents have been living in this horrible fear for 8 years!! It's unbelievable that we hadn't do nothing until the pass Saturday. I can't believe that the Hamas is calling this slaughter!! While they are shooting tens of rockets on our residents. I think that the operation of our army entering with infantry and fighting the Hamas was necessary, I can't believe I'm saying this…but although I had had two brothers in Gaza (one of them was released a few days ago) I do support their operation! I do support my country! I do support the southern residents!! And I definitely support and trust my army!!!!!



A concern student from Holon