The Year of the Hangman – Period 4

Mr Moshé January 10, 2007 The Year of the Hangman – Period 42008-03-13T14:12:00-05:00 The Year of the Hangman

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myle 1st hour - January 12th, 2007 at 11:25 none Comment author #2360 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Tiffany is my partner. My word is maroons, page 98.

Maroons, marooned, marooning

– To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
– To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready or escape.
– A fugitive black in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries. (noun)

Antonyms: care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care.

http://www.answers.com/maroons&=67

– The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
– The other told of a prominent landowner whose home had been raided by something called maroons. (from book)
– Creighton had heard the term used only in connection with pirates, who sometimes abandoned, or marooned, their victims on desert islands-a plight he could certainly identify with. (from book)

Word in french is Bordeaux. (wiz.com)
jonathan - January 12th, 2007 at 11:24 none Comment author #2359 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

forms of the word

sailcloth- sailcloths
mainmast-mainmasts
Camila,Nikki,Jhoselyn - January 12th, 2007 at 11:23 none Comment author #2358 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Our words are- -> helm and gunwales

helm.N.-A wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
Germam:ruder

gunwales.N.-the upper edge of the sides of a vessel
Italian:frisata
(Paras), Johnathan, Morgan. - January 12th, 2007 at 11:16 none Comment author #2356 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Johnny nice story!
Is it about a bad guy trying to do something like steer the boat elsewhere?
I don’t understand too well… Explain please?
jonathan - January 11th, 2007 at 21:17 none Comment author #2351 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

As I snuck under the CARGO I hit into a box, quickly reacting I dove into the darkness. The PRIVETEER in the CROWSNEST probably heard me but i didn’t care i saw my target the HELM so i could… shh quite they’re coming but dispite all odds im going to get to that helm. Just then we struck a TORRENT and the boat shook like an earthquack that was my break I ran full speed and hit the helm with great force turning the boat east no one notice because the torrent my mission was almost done I snuck into the BUNKS and slowly killed them off with no trace as, I approch the quarterdeck where the captain sleeped I here “LANDFALL!” and we pull into ANCHORAGE at Boston they raised the SAILCLOTH from the MAINMAST and i have failed but i will try again…
JessicaF*, ChelseaB, Elimyra - January 11th, 2007 at 20:00 none Comment author #2347 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Forms of the Words:

Shroud- News website that those investigations which had taken place had often been inadequate and shrouded in secrecy.

Shrouding allows companies to fool you about a product or services real cost.
Mr Moshe - January 11th, 2007 at 17:08 none Comment author #2334 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

MANY OF YOU POSTED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PERIOD 6 THREAD. THE WORK YOU POSTED THERE HAS BEEN DELETED.
YOU WILL HAVE TO RESUBMIT THAT WORK HERE, IN THE APPROPRIATE THREAD, FOR CREDIT.
majk:megan,ajani,james,kierra - January 11th, 2007 at 11:43 none Comment author #2261 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

bunk-italian(cuccetta) syn.berth
Then he was pushed down onto a pad or matress with a wooden frame that scraped the back of his knees-a bunk, he imagined.

cargo-spanish(carga) syn.goods

found at http://www.dictionary.com
JessicaF, ChelseaB, Elimyra - January 11th, 2007 at 11:42 none Comment author #2260 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Our words are:

Shroud and Privateer

Sample sentences:

The dead were being wrapped in sailcloth SHROUDS, weighted with canonballs, and dumped unceremoniosly overboard.

Most of the PRIVATEERS were aboard the amity now.
Chelsey P.1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:41 none Comment author #2259 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

OOps…. I put that i was in P.2 But im in P.1 SRY
Paras, Johnii, & Morgan - January 11th, 2007 at 11:41 none Comment author #2258 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Here is my (Paras) story.

As I lay in my BUNK I here the whistling and whoosing of the winds outside my window. Looking out into the waters always makes me calm. I get up out of my bunk and creep silently as to not wake the PRIVATEERS that are fast asleep. Right outside of my cabin is the QUARTER DECK, and I usually just sit there and stare out into the deep sea, and think. I then crawl up into the CROW’S NEST as it’s the most peaceful place of all. It is nearly sunrise, and I begin to think when will will arrive at the ANCHORAGE. Not soon after I see more privateers, and then I see the captain steering the HELM. He spooked me as he bellowed “LANDFALL!!!”, but I was soon quite grateful, we will be landing soon! But I spy a TORRENT, and I wonder if it will catch us. We land, and I smell the fimilair scent of SAILCLOTH and fish. We will soon be delivering our CARGO. We have finally made it to North America.
Chelsey P.2 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:40 none Comment author #2257 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Sentences from Book:
Larboard- ” Arm your men and station yourselves behind the larboard gunwales, but stay out of sight. ….”

Anchorage- Creighton estimated they shared the anchorage with at least two hundred vessels, not counting the swarm of rowboats that ferried constantly between the ships and the shore.
BrieAnna W - January 11th, 2007 at 11:36 none Comment author #2255 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

My group is Kristen, Jessica, and BrieAnna p.1

other ways to say gunwale….
gunwales

sentences
If something is filled to the gunwale, then it is very full!
this is from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gunwale
First of all, gunwales must stiffen, strengthen and protect the edges of the hull to help hold the shape of the boat and preserve it under all foreseeable uses and abuses.
this is from http://www.greenval.com/FAQgunwales.html

other ways to say torrent
torrents

Sentences
Torrents pour through Charlton down towards the Greenwich Peninsula.
this is from http://www.floodlondon.com/sample.htm
This precarious and provisional place emerged little by little as the rivers, torrents and streams that flow across the plains on their way to the Adriatic deposited millions of cubic metres of silt.
this is from http://www.unesco.org/courier/2000_09/uk/planet.htm
Vlad K - January 11th, 2007 at 11:34 none Comment author #2253 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Larboard-adj.,noun
synonym: port—-antonym: starboard
Anchorage-noun
synonym: bay—-antonym: none
Kim - January 11th, 2007 at 11:32 none Comment author #2252 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

the above post to Jessica was supposed to be by me. I have no idea why the other names came up.
Paras, Johnii, & Morgan - January 11th, 2007 at 11:31 none Comment author #2251 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Jessica- my job was to post the definition and the words in other languages.Someone else in my group is in charge of sentences.
KRISTEN SAYS - January 11th, 2007 at 11:30 none Comment author #2250 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Yea i know that but i don’t understand it. A little help with it please?
Elimyra* Chelsea Jessica - January 11th, 2007 at 11:30 none Comment author #2249 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

omg i just realized that i wrote the wrong definition for shroud the correct definition is below sorry

shrouds- a cloth used to wrap a body for burial;a winding sheet
jonathan - January 11th, 2007 at 11:29 none Comment author #2248 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

the its meaning is above u
Paras, Johnii, & Morgan - January 11th, 2007 at 11:28 none Comment author #2247 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Kristen: The difinition is right up there if you need it!
KRISTEN SAYS - January 11th, 2007 at 11:26 none Comment author #2246 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

mainmast What does that word mean??
JESSICA J - January 11th, 2007 at 11:25 none Comment author #2245 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

HEY KIMBERLEY CAN YOU USE ANCHORAGE IN A SENTENCE???
PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
=)
JESSICA J - January 11th, 2007 at 11:24 none Comment author #2244 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

WHAT DOES OAKUM MEAN???
Matt, Winston, and Frankie P-1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:21 none Comment author #2243 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

This was posted by Matt.

These are the sentences from the book.

Oakum = Despite a sizable window, the cabin was stifling, and Creighton took to wandering about the ship for hours on end, getting in the way of sailors who were scouring the decks with holystones or pulling at the haul-yards, and stumpling over others who were ending sail or picking oakum.

Crow’s Nest = One of these things was to scramble up the standing rigging to the crow’s nest, sixty-feet above the deck, were he launched gobbets of spittle deck wardwhile Sir Robert ordered him, in vain, to come down.
Matt,Winston, and Frankie Per-1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:18 none Comment author #2242 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

URL: Dictionary.com
Camila,Nikki,Jhoselyn - January 11th, 2007 at 11:17 none Comment author #2241 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Our words are helm and gunwales
—————————————–
helm. N.-A wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
german:ruder
—————————————–
gunwales.N.-the uper edge of the side of a vessel.
italian:frisata
Matt,Winston, and Frankie Per-1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:16 none Comment author #2240 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Site: Dictionary.com
Megan P.1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:15 none Comment author #2238 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bunk-itailian (cuccetta)
Cargo-spanish(carga)

FOUND AT http://WWW.DICTIONARY.COM
*Chelsea B. Jessica F. Elimira - January 11th, 2007 at 11:13 none Comment author #2237 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Translations:

Shrouds-

Spanish: Cubiertas
Dutch: Sluiers

Privateer-

Spanish: Privateer
Dutch: Privateer

Found at:

http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
Matt,Winston, and Frankie Per-1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:11 none Comment author #2236 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Winston posted this

Oakum:
Def: Loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes, used for cualking the seams of a ship.
P.O.S:noun

Crow’s Nest:
Def: Aplatform or shelter for a lookuot at or near the top of a mast
P.O.S: noun
KRISTEN SAYS - January 11th, 2007 at 11:11 none Comment author #2235 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

KRISTEN JESSICA BRIEANNA

WORD:GUNWALE

PART OF SPEACH:NOUN

DEFINTION:THE UPPER SIDE OF A VESSEL

WEBSITES:WWW.DICTIONARY.COM & http://WWW.ANSWERS.COM

OTHER LANGUAGE:ITALIAN-FRISATA
Matt, Winston, and Frankie P-1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:10 none Comment author #2234 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Frankie posted this:

These are the the other forms of the words oakum and crow’s nest (Mr. Moshe said we don’t need to find sentences for the words.)

Oakum=Estopa

Crow’s nest=Jerarquia del Cuervo

These are in Spanish.
Kristen Jessica brieanna - January 11th, 2007 at 11:08 none Comment author #2233 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

WORD:GUNWALE

PART OF SPEACH:NOUN

DEFINTION:THE UPPER SIDE OF A VESSEL

WEBSITES:WWW.DICTIONARY.COM & http://WWW.ANSWERS.COM

OTHER LANGUAGE:ITALIAN-FRISATA
Kimberly p.1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:08 none Comment author #2232 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Oh,I forgot. My sources are:

dictionary.com

wordreference.com
Kimberly p.1 - January 11th, 2007 at 11:06 none Comment author #2231 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Anchorage-

1. The portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to harbor.

ancrage and mouillage(French)

Larboard-

1. The left-hand side of a ship or aircraft facing forward.

bakburte(Polish)
JESSICA J - January 11th, 2007 at 11:06 none Comment author #2230 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

JESSICA J, BRIANNA W, KRISTEN P.
PERIOD 1

WORD: TORRENT

DEFINTION: A VIOLENTLY FAST STREAM OF WATER

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN-TORRENTE

WORDREFERENCE.COM
Elimyra*Chelsea Jessica - January 11th, 2007 at 11:03 none Comment author #2228 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

shrouds & privateers (definitions)

shrouds.n.- one of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast

privateers.n.- commander or one of the crew of such a ship
Kristen, Jessica, and BrieAnna - January 11th, 2007 at 11:01 none Comment author #2227 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

our words are…
gunwales and torrent

Theses are OUR words :]
morgan paras johnny - January 11th, 2007 at 11:00 none Comment author #2225 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

sailcloth- noun
mainmast- noun

sailcloth translation- zeildoek
mailmast translation- grote mast
Mr Moshe - January 11th, 2007 at 10:59 none Comment author #2224 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Second day of work on these words begins here . . .
I like the other language angle here.

Albero Maestro (italian) – Mainmast

This is the sort of thing that gets you to enjoy learning about words.

I would suggest that you pick the ten words you will use for your writing sample now.
Paras, Johnii, & Morgan - January 11th, 2007 at 10:57 none Comment author #2222 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Mainmast.
Page 46.
Sentence in book-
Creighton’s gaze was drawn to the top of the snow’s mainmast.

Sailcloth.
Page 48.
Sentence in book-
Broken spars, ragged chunks of sailcloth, and rigging torn assunder were strewn everywhere.
Alexandra,delenny - January 10th, 2007 at 22:24 none Comment author #2217 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Quarterdeck:The part of a weather deck that runs after from the mid ship area.

Schooner:any various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and main mast with or without other mast,and having fore-and-art sails on all lower masts.

in different languages

in spanish-
quarterdeck:alc’azar

in portegues-
schooner:escuna

sentence from te book-
pg45-Creighton hurried after to the (quarterdeck)

pg44-A snow is similar to a (schooner), but faster and more maneaverale

webite from
ask.com
dictionary.com
morgan,jonathan,paras - January 10th, 2007 at 21:57 none Comment author #2215 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

sailcloth synonym-awning cloth

mainmast in italian-albero meastro
morgan,jonathan,paras - January 10th, 2007 at 21:50 none Comment author #2214 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

sailcloth definition-any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or dacron, for boats or tents.

mainmast definition-the second from forward in any ship having two or more mast, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy

sailcloth synonym-
Christian, cameron p.1 - January 10th, 2007 at 20:46 none Comment author #2213 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Word AND Variations: Landfall and landslide

Sentence:As he marches south Washington parades his army through the streets of Philadelphia just as Howe makes landfall.

Landfall can be like when you’re in a ship and you see land you say ” landfall”
Also it can be used like a landslide
Also as land ho

Synonym: arrive
Antonym: take off

definition:an approach to or sighting of land

Words: landfall, gunner
christian and cameron - January 10th, 2007 at 19:13 none Comment author #2209 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Gunner and landfall are our words
Jason,Cody,Nathaji Per.2 - January 10th, 2007 at 12:40 none Comment author #2154 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

-Noun
Main Deck-The principal deck of a large ship or vessel.

-Noun
Wharf-A structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor.
Jason,Cody,Nathaji Per.2 - January 10th, 2007 at 12:17 none Comment author #2145 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Wharf

Main Deck

WE OWN THESE WORDS
Majk meagean,ajani,james,kierra - January 10th, 2007 at 11:41 none Comment author #2140 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Cargo-noun,,plural
1.The loading or frieght of a ship,airplane,etc

Bunk
1.a built in platform bed as on a ship.
Matt, Winston, and Frankie Per.1 - January 10th, 2007 at 11:40 none Comment author #2139 on The Year of the Hangman – Period 4 by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

our words are oakum and crow’s nest