June 2021

New Words

A Student Publication of Ethos Literacy

June 2021| VOL. 6, NO. 3

WARS

By ER

English Second Language, 2nd year Thinking about it, my question was?

Why do wars exist?

If such a person; if I fight to someone is not good issue, it doesn’t talk good enough about me.

“Between Nations” why do they fight?

Is there something reasonable to do that?

Is there something justifiable to kill inocent people?

The pandemic teach us that the most important thing that we have in the world “is life”.

Then why take away the right to life to anothers?

War not only kills people! Kills our universe distroy it with those gases that the bombs spread out.

Why to kill ourself?

Is not enough contamination?

Is not enough industries?

Is not enough pandemics? natural disasters?

Then...Why wars?

Celebrating Immigrant Families

By Mireya

English Second Language, 2nd year n Saturday, Febrero 27th, Encuentro celebrate 10 years this was via zoom. A fun and festive community event celebrating our immigrant families. My nephews and I played lottery and they ran to find things they had to win the game. I saw them very excited and there were also people who sing, we put flowers on our heads, glasses, and jewelry so they could take our picture, It was a time of great laughter and I enjoyed it a lot because my nephews were able to participate with me. I love my family.

Being the Hero of the Game

By Chris

Basic Literacy, 2nd year Getting ready for the game of the year Giving it your hardest work.

Praying hard with your teammates.

Making the winning touchdown. What a rush.

Being the hero in the last 10 seconds of game.

What it will be like to have a drivers license

By Kendrick

Basic Literacy, 2nd year

MIREYA: ...we put flowers on our heads, glasses, and jewelry so they could take our picture...

Having driver license I will be very cool!

I can go the movies with my Friends. I can go to the mall.

I can go to the zoo.

I can go to my moms house.

I go on trips it will be cool.

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Short Short Stories Captive

By Eric

Basic Literacy, 3rd year was held captive by some peyote-influenced natives in the Manzanos which are parallel to the Sandia mountains. I was there in the physical but was absent in the spirit. I had fainted from the fear. But when I came to I squealed like a pig when I saw the butcher’s sharp knife, so I was then very cooperative because I didn’t want to get scalped.

...I squealed like a pig when I saw the butcher’s sharp knife...

Ingredients for a Toxic Quarrel

By Eric

Basic Literacy, 3rd year

Laws of

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Hi-SET,

had my doubts about the individual who was in front of me. He looked very aggressive so I clenched my teeth and clenched my fists when he gave me an evil glance. It made the ingredients for a toxic quarrel because I was just as aggressive as he was.

Second Law: If you are throwing rocks the speed and distance they travel depend on b mass and the force you apply when you throw them.

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Pets Rabbits

By Nafeesa

English Second Language, 2nd year

R abbits like to eat.

A pples are eaten by rabbits.

B unnies are making my family happy.

B unnies are loved by us.

I give them grass, bunny food, apples, carrots, and spinach.

T he bunnies make noises.

S he dances and likes to be free out of the cage.

Postcard

By Rachida English Second Language, 1st year

f Motion

Leon

2nd year

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ewton’s laws of motion was created by the physicist Issac Newton to better understand how objects are affected by motion. He had comprised three laws, the first being that a object will maintain it’s motion, moving or not, unless acted on by a net external force. The second law states that any change in the object’s acceleration depends on it’s mass and the force being applied to it. The third law states that for every force of action there is an equil and opposite reaction force.

First law: if a box is sitting in one place, then it’s still going to be there. If you push the box, you act as it’s unbalanced force. If the box was pushed through space, the law gravity would let the box maintain a certain velocity. Of course you’re not doing this in space so several factions, ranging from the force you apply to the terrain you push the box through, could affect it’s speed but more likely won’t keep it constant.

Second law: If you are throwing rocks (-wait, why are you throwing rocks?) the speed and distance they travel depend on both their mass and the force you apply when you throw them. Could a pebble the size of an eraser and a rock the size of a basketball be thrown at the same speed and distance? If you threw the large rock as hard as you could and gently tossed the pebble then it’s possible. The speed and direction of the wind could also play a part, making the object go further and faster, or it could reduce the speed and distance of the objects, acting as a counter act of force.

Third law: If you and someone else of equal mass are pushing each other with the same amount of force, you’ll both more likely be in a stalemate for a while. One of you is the action and the other is the reaction. Either way, both forces are a part of a single interaction, and neither force exist without the other.

Photo copyright: Nafeesa

My Cat

By Kendrick

Basic Literacy, 2nd year My cat Lee sleeps all day.

When I got home he got up he was happy. i went to Justin home we did tablet Eve and Justin and Peter and me went to Sonic.

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Roadrunner Neighbors

Photo copyright: Lee G.

By Lee G.

(dictated to Marty)

Basic Literacy, 3rd year sat on my porch and saw a roadrunner. He looked for snails in my yard. He cracked the shells off to eat them. He didn’t get scared.

He just walked around looking for food. I tried to feed him a slice of sausage. He didn’t like that. That’s how I got interested.

Then I started to research to get more information. I wanted to find out what they like to eat. I know they like snails, but not sausage. I found out they eat insects, rodents, centipedes, snakes, beetles, and small birds.

From my research, I learned that they can spring 20 mph. They can fly to escape danger and to fly to their nest, which is from 3 to 10 feet above the ground.

The roadrunner’s life span is 7-8 years. Do you know they stay in their breeding area year-round, which is about 4 city blocks wide? They don’t start mating for 2-3 years. When their eggs hatch, the babies stay in the nest for about 2 weeks with one parent hunting the food and one parent watching the nest. They leave the nest when they’re only 2-3 weeks old, but I don’t know if they stay in the neighborhood.

When I go to the gym in the winter, I can see that the roadrunners fluff their feathers to get warm in the sun. They don’t have to leave for warmer places. That’s why you see them more and more!

NEW WORDS is written by students of Ethos Literacy.

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