05.05.14
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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Poet. Wordsworth’s magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-auto-biographical poem of his early years which he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as “The Poem to Coleridge”. Wordsworth was Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.*

 

 

*(For more info about William Wordsworth see page 94 of English text book)*

 

 

 

05.05.14
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Who is Charles Mackay?

Charles Mackay (26 March 1812 (some sources say 27 March 1814) – 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter. Mackay published Songs and Poems (1834), a History of London, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841), and a romance entitled Long Beard. He is also remembered for his Gaelic Etymology Of The Languages Of Western Europe and the later Dictionary of Lowland Scotch in which he presented his “fanciful conjectures” that “thousands of English words go back to Scottish Gaelic”.*

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*(He has written many famous poems like Sympathy – this can be found on page 73 of your English text book)*

 

 

03.31.14
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Two geniuses

Many people regard Albert Einstein (1879-1955) as one of twentieth century’s greatest geniuses. He was a physicist whose research into the working of the universe made such inventions as nuclear energy, space travel and television possible.

 

Stories about Einstein show that he had a great sense of humour.

 

One such story tells that as a young man with a growing reputation, he received many invitations to go to universities to explain his theories. On these trips he was always chauffeured by the same person—a man called Hans. Hans often said to him, “It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Dr. Einstein.”

 

Read more on page 72 in your English text book for more.

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03.24.14
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Acids and Bases

05-ph-scale

 

In chemistry, pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH very close to 7.

The pH scale is traceable to a set of standard solutions whose pH is established by international agreement. Primary pH standard values are determined using a concentration cell with transference, by measuring the potential difference between a hydrogen electrode and a standard electrode such as the silver chloride electrode. Measurement of pH for aqueous solutions can be done with a glass electrode and a pH meter, or using indicators

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09.23.13
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WELCOME TO THE BLOG, EVERYONE!

Hi, guys! Welcome to the new 7B2 Blog! Now that we’ve got our own blog, everyone can keep up with the class and their studies, as there’s now links that lead directly to Edmodo, iMaths and other kinds of cool, useful stuff! So, get to know the blog and learning will be made much easier. There’s also stuff such as events and activities that even some of you guys didn’t participate in, so now all of you can find out about every recent event that’s taken place in 7B2.

We hope the blog’s going to help you out, so make sure you visit it regularly. See you at school, guys!

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