1. Which TWO scenes had the most impact on you in the documentary? Be sure to explain why they stuck out to you.
2. How did these TWO scenes contribute to the whole documentary? What was their purpose?
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This week, we watched the documentary God Grew Tired of Us about the Lost Boys of Sudan. Answer the following questions in 150 words or more based on the documentary:
1. Which TWO scenes had the most impact on you in the documentary? Be sure to explain why they stuck out to you. 2. How did these TWO scenes contribute to the whole documentary? What was their purpose?
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In a 100 word paragraph, answer the following questions about your one little word:
1. What word did you choose? 2. How did you determine this was the right word for you? 3. Give two ways you plan on applying this to your year. If you were absent, watch this video in order to understand the "One Little Word" project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2xQqXtpCPQ DUE 12/17/18 by 3PM
One of the most popular types of science fiction novels is dystopian literature. These books are set in the future in a society that is supposed to be more "perfect" than our world today, but ultimately has flaws. For this week's blog post, I'm curious what your "perfect" world would look like. Tell me in 100 words or more how you would change the world, its government, citizens, education, laws, and/or communities to make them function more efficiently and improve our society as a whole. Be sure to consider how your decisions could have a negative impact on the society too. Feel free to point out both the positive and negative aspects of the decisions you would make. May the odds be ever in your favor... The recent weather might make you excited for winter or sad that Fall is coming to an end. Regardless of your stance on the snowy days ahead, I thought that the change in weather would provide a great muse for our blog posts this round. In this blog post, I challenge you to write a poem (yes, a poem!) about snow. It could be in any poetic form, but make sure that it makes sense overall. Ready for a challenge with poetry? Try to include a few examples of figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, etc) that you might remember from 6th grade too! Check out Billy Collins' poem below if you want to see an example of a poem that wows! Snow Day BY BILLY COLLINS Today we woke up to a revolution of snow, its white flag waving over everything, the landscape vanished, not a single mouse to punctuate the blankness, and beyond these windows the government buildings smothered, schools and libraries buried, the post office lost under the noiseless drift, the paths of trains softly blocked, the world fallen under this falling. In a while, I will put on some boots and step out like someone walking in water, and the dog will porpoise through the drifts, and I will shake a laden branch sending a cold shower down on us both. But for now I am a willing prisoner in this house, a sympathizer with the anarchic cause of snow. I will make a pot of tea and listen to the plastic radio on the counter, as glad as anyone to hear the news that the Kiddie Corner School is closed, the Ding-Dong School, closed. the All Aboard Children’s School, closed, the Hi-Ho Nursery School, closed, along with—some will be delighted to hear-- the Toadstool School, the Little School, Little Sparrows Nursery School, Little Stars Pre-School, Peas-and-Carrots Day School the Tom Thumb Child Center, all closed, and—clap your hands—the Peanuts Play School. So this is where the children hide all day, These are the nests where they letter and draw, where they put on their bright miniature jackets, all darting and climbing and sliding, all but the few girls whispering by the fence. And now I am listening hard in the grandiose silence of the snow, trying to hear what those three girls are plotting, what riot is afoot, which small queen is about to be brought down. Billy Collins, “Snow Day” from Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (New York: Random House, 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Billy Collins. Reprinted with the permission of Sll/Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Source: Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (Random House Inc., 2001) Due: Monday, November 12th
How has the last book you read or the book you're currently reading changed the way you either view yourself or the world? Please do not write about The Outsiders. Your response should:
I recently finished the historical fiction book The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe. The story follows the main character Dita Kraus, a 16 year old Jewish girl living in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. She has been deemed the librarian of Auschwitz because she is brave enough to hide books for children and teachers to read at the camp. This is gallant because books are outlawed in the camp and she could be killed. A quote from the book that changed me is "Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. That's not the sort of person I want on my team. I need the ones who know the risk--whose legs shake, but carry on.” Dita's mentor Freddie told her this when she was scared of being caught with the books. I can sometimes be challenged by fear in a situation, so I learned from the book that it is okay to be scared, but I should push through my fear anyway, especially if it is for something worthwhile. Dita and Freddie's bravery were inspiring, so in the future, I will remember Dita's lesson and apply it to times I need to have courage. In 150 words or more, answer the following question. Which Outsider character do you relate to most? Ponyboy? Johnny? Dally? Darry? Sodapop? Steve? Two-Bit? Cherry? Randy? Bob? Use evidence from both The Outsiders and your personal life to support your answer.
The Syracuse Post-Standard has published the beginning of a short story, written by Bruce Coville (of Bunnicula fame), and has asked its readers to finish it. Your blog assignment this week is to do just that. First, you'll need to read Coville's story starter at the link below:
www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/09/2018_bruce_coville_halloween_writing_contest_monster_bar.html Publish the ending to your short story here in the comments to this blog post for blog credit. Your ending needs to be at least 150 words. You should be sure to resolve the conflict in the story and have it fit Coville's writing style thus far as well. **Extra credit: If you submit your story ending to the actual contest via email and copy (CC) me on the email ([email protected]), I will give you a homework pass for a future blog post. You can use your JD email account or a personal account. See me if you're not sure how to do this. Here are the directions to submit via email: Include your name, address, age, grade and a phone number where you can be reached on your entry. You can submit an entry via email at [email protected]. Be sure to include CNY Halloween Contest in the subject line. The deadline is noon on Friday, October 12. Last year, Luke Cantone WON the contest! As promised to him last year, if you win the whole contest, I will excuse you from blog posts for the rest of the year. Think about your personality and the way that your friends would describe you. Choose two character traits (not physical traits) that could describe you and explain using evidence. Challenge yourself to use good vocabulary when choosing your character traits (i.e. instead of "nice," use "affable").
Be sure to proofread your response and make sure it meets the 150 word minimum for this week. Beware of being too repetitive and remember, no text language. Check out the following Google Forms. They are posted here for you to add to other 7th grade students' research. This is not a blog assignment and there will not be a grade attached to your participation.
Dress Code: goo.gl/forms/vFdHS5Yoo9RNp3WY2 Screen Time: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddb9bfglK-TfhBLZfDThHlGyfJlh7W0OzYuAkuMPJvopHVew/viewform?c=0&w=1 For this week's blog assignment, I want you to revisit last week's post. Read the poems that your classmates posted and respond to at least two poems via the reply feature. Don't comment on this post! Go back and directly comment under the poem that you are responding to. Be supportive in your comments and highlight lines that really stand out to you.
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