Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

About a month ago there was a oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The company responsible for this is British Petroleum or BP. They were drilling a hole to pump the oil,then suddenly the oil rig exploded. Many are worried that the oil will reach to the major oceans and also to the keys in Florida. BP has been trying to clean up the oil spill in several ways, but they have a major plan that could possibly end the disaster.
Many animals are in trouble because of the oil spill, and fishermen and shrimpers are worried. There are some people who are cleaning the animals, but the effects are huge. This is one of the biggest oil spills in history. They estimate that 210,000 gallons of oil per day has been gushing out.
They have been cleaning up the oil , by using chemicals and fires, and they have also clogged one of the oil tubes. However there are still more tubes that are spilling out oil. Clogging the tube is a difficult job because the tube that has the oil is a mile under the water.

Mocking Bird Vocab

1) Stealthy- To be a spy, it is very important to be stealthy.

2) Prejudice- In the South people were prejudiced against Blacks back in the 1930's.

3) Irrelevant- In class discussions, some people talk about irrelevant ideas.

4) Subtlety- The girl was flirting with the boy without any subtlety.

5) Predicament- Some people have predicaments if they don't have a calculator for their SAT.

6) Fraud- Many CEO's from Wall Street got arrested for fraud.

To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

The book, "To Kill A Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee is a novel. It was set in the 1930's in the south. The main character, Scout, who is the narrator of the story lives in Maycomb, a city in the south. She lives with Jem, her brother and Atticus, her father, a lawyer. They also have a maid named Calpurnia who does the cooking and cleaning. Calpurnia is actually more than a maid in Scout's house, she acts like a mother. She disciplines Scout and Jem and teaches them etiquette's. Also Scout has a best friend named Dill, who is the same age as Scout. Dill is the goofy, lying, and upbeat character of this book.
This book is about Atticus who tries to defend a black person named Tom Robinson, and the people in Maycomb county are not happy about it. Once, there was a lynch mob just outside of Tom Robinson's prison cell. Atticus being the good person he is, protects Tom Robinson while risking his life. I'm up to chapter 17, and Atticus is conducting the trial. So far the trial looks good and Atticus is doing great, however, the jury is an ALL WHITE jury so things might change. This book is based on Harper Lee's childhood and the Scottsbrough nine case. Most of the characters in her book are from her neighborhood as as child.
This is a great book because it's funny and exiting at the same time. I recommend this book to everyone. Even a science-fiction person will like this book.