blog prompts
At the beginning of Chapter 30, Sal says, “In spite of all her cholesterol madness and her annoying comments, there was something about Phoebe that was like a magnet. I was drawn to her. I was pretty sure that underneath all that odd behavior was someone who was frightened. And, in a strange way, she was like another version of me—she acted out the way I sometimes felt.”
Sal has become close to Phoebe because she sees herself in Phoebe. Think about your closest friends. In your blog, answer these questions: How did you meet one another? Do you think that you are a lot alike? Do you see yourselves in one another? Explain and give examples to support your response.
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Click on the following link below and read the article on High School and College mascots.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-rosenstein/how-do-native-americans-really-feel-about-redskins-nickname_b_10199688.html Write a persuasive essay on your opinion about teams using Native American culture in their team names and mascots. Do you agree or disagree? Go to the following site and read this article on glue:
Wonderopolis After you are finished reading, take the wonder word quiz and the quiz to test your knowledge on the article. How did you do?In your blog, write about how you did on your quizzes and what you learned. This can be written in one paragraph. (5 sentences or more). If you would like to make the glue or do the craft activities, you may work on those at home. "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
--Margaret Thatcher United kingdom Prime Minister from 1979-1990 What do you think this quote means? What kinds of battles is Margaret Thatcher talking about? Think about the battles we have read about on NewsELA that other people have fought. Have you encountered challenges like this? Write a brief personal narrative about a time when you had to fight a battle more than once to win it. Explain the "battle" and the outcome. How did you feel once the battle was won? Or are you still "fighting" this battle? If you are still fighting a battle, how are you feeling about yourself throughout the journey? What would happen if everyone lived under water? What would homes be like? What games would children play? What would school be like? What other aspects about life would change? Describe life in an underwater world for this week's blog. Due Friday, Feb. 24!
Click HERE to read an article and watch a short video clip on Jackie Robinson. On your blog, respond to the questions below in complete sentences. Each question should have a paragraph response, with a total of three paragraphs on this blog.
1. What hardships did Jackie Robinson face? 2. How did Jackie show courage and stand up for what's right? 3. Is Jackie Robinson someone you would like to have met? Why or why not? It is the year 2040 and you have been hired to be the superintendent of Ankeny Schools. Your new job entails deciding the curriculum taught at the elementarys. You think back to when you were in Miss Cunningham's 5th grade class at Terrace Elementary and remember that you had the typical classes: math, science, social studies, reading, writing, P.E., music, guidance, media, and art. You have the opportunity to add a new subject to the 5th grade curriculum. What subject would you choose to add? Why would you add this subject? What benefit would the subject you add be to the 5th grade students at Terrace Elementary?
Write a poem about your favorite color. Include objects, places, or feelings that remind you of that color.
Use your knowledge of figurative language to enhance your poem. Be sure to include similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification and/or alliterations. Example: COLORS for MOTHER Looking towards the blue sky Every color camouflaged around the cloud Tears of sadness began to dry Watching all the colors display out loud The dark needing to fade The grey in my life finally made sense Colors overlapping, forming a beautiful cascade Shoulders of tense I imagined your smile against the yellow sun Giving light to all the matter of the things I've done A warmness in my red heart-- together in the long run Creating a new purple and pink sensation-- as one My new rainbow doesn't come in black and white Giving reason to follow the joy of light A gift of colors remind me everything will be all right A guide blazing throughout the night Lavender plant blooming for the world to see A garden of every color just for me veryday I see the sunrise, rising up in colors of glee My Rainbow will appear everyday without rain, no matter how deep the sea Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, the perfect skin tan My sweet angel your the largest spectrum where ever rainbows span One Green LeafOne leaf fell from a tall, tall tree and subtly kissed gnarled roots beneath; a lover’s kiss below sunned-sheath of greenest leaves, a jubilee. One spiraling leaf brought playful mirth to sullen earth of trodden dirt. A flight of hopeful shades of spring, for hard, hard ground, an offering One leaf dressed in a sparkling jade glided with grace to green grass blades and rested near a bubbling brook, then waited for warm breeze that shook its flirty skirt on green, green glade. An arc of bright green canopy warmed my heart in bluest mood, and one leaf blew a kiss from you. It twirled and pranced and floated by, then with a touch it came to lie green in my hand, a dear surprise. Like emerald hills of Irish tales, I marveled at how one leaf sailed green In my hand that blue, blue day, a kiss from you on Patty’s Day - The gray clouds parted shining green, a beauty like I’d never seen. Each person has a different style in which they learn best. Take the quiz below and self-assess yourself as a learner.
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml Once you have discovered the result, write about your learning style and how it shapes your learning preferences. In the first paragraph: write about the benefits to having your learning style. In the second paragraph: write about the negatives to having your learning style. In the third paragraph: set a goal for yourself as a learner and explain why you chose that goal. Pick one from each list to make a creature and animal combination. Now write a short story or scene in which this creature appears.
List 1 List 2 Vampire porcupine Ninja armadillo Zombie pig Pirate goat Mummy lobster Clown possum Banshee shark Wraith moray eel |
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