May 31, 2012 JE# 26

JE #26
Describe your favorite breakfast food/meal.
   How does it feel, taste, smell, look?   Use sensory details.

Class Activities:
Summary of Chapter 1

Read along with Chapter 2
Look for new characters:  RC Rydell (2 years older than Hiram), Ralph and Ronnie (wears army uniform but grandpa thinks he was not in the army), Naomi
                 (RC's sister),
Sensory intro:  smells, coffee, breakfast smells,
Description of house and what activities occurred in which location

RC and Naomi's family poor.  Mom died.  

This chapter is recounting a time when Hiram was 7.  The story of Emmett Till takes place when Hiram is 16.  Why is he telling this piece?  Background?  What will Grandpa be like then?  What made Grandpa angry?  USA fighting other countries' wars and North is trying to dictate how EVERYONE lives. 

What's up with the Remington brothers?   They are different.  Act different?  Mr. Remington calls them fairies, queer.   Dance w/each other in their underwear.  One uses front door.  The other uses the back door.

Location:  river, fishing is popular activity,  no one is worried about kids being out and on their own

May 29, 2012 JE #24

JE #24
Remember a time when you really wanted something and when you got it, it turned out to be nothing like you thought it would be.    Explain/describe in 1 paragraph.


Class Activities

Mississippi/South 1950s

K  people left the South during the 50's
        it's different than other parts of the country
        Race Relations were uneasy
        Dr. King just starting his ministry
        racism & segregation was common
        60 + years ago
        Blacks & Whites were not treated equally
        (relate to Treyvon Martin:  what do you think you know about him?  good kid, problems in school,
                          played football, Black guy walking home, killed for "no" reason)
         Emmitt Till-14 yr old, born and raised in Chicago, IL,  relatives in Mississippi, in 1955 mom sent him
                          and 3 cousins to spend time with family during summer, killed allegedly because of cat
                          call at a white woman, taken out/kidnapped from great uncle's home, his body was found
                          three days later

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Take a look at the cover.
   Black youth
   White youth with fishing pole
    car in the background
    newspaper w/headlinesw
    dark background

Mississippi Trial, 1955  is historical fiction.  Told from the perspective of a white youth.
How comfortable would you be walking through a predominately white neighborhood?
      Many students stated that they would carry a weapon. .   .  .    .   why?    because "they" would
           be looking at me as if I didn't belong.  i would feel threatened.

May 24, 2012 JE#23

JE#23 
Have you ever wished for a special talent or ability that you don't have?
                     Explain in one paragraph


Class Activity:
~Recap of yesterday's reading.
     left off where someone realized that someone is living upstairs in the warehouse
     this is the turning point of the story
~watched video on concentration camp
Take at least 3 notes on what you see in the video:
     prisoners not treated gently:  families separated by age, health, gender
     when the Jews arrived in the camps, they gave up everything that gave them comfort and identity
     they must not have expected the Jews to survive for very long: no food, inadequate clothing and shelter
     not everyone lived in the same conditions, some people were favored and had an easier time/conditions
     prisoners scavengered any belongings when another died
     people were willing to attack/fight others for scraps of food\

    

May 23, 2012JE# 22

JE#22
What's the nicest thing another classmate has ever done for you? 
    Explain in 1 paragraph.


Class Activities:
Summarize yesterday's reading
Anne is having nightmares about the Nazis
Anne like Dad more than Mom.
Anne says that she knows that she is being rude, but she can't seem to stop herself.

May 22, 2012 JE#21

JE#21
Why do people risk their lives for others? 
Think of fire, police, military personel and those who do it voluntarily.
Explain in 1 paragraph.

May 21, 2012 JE#20

JE# 20
What rules do you live by?    Explain in 1 paragraph.

May 18, 2012 JE #19

JE#  19
Where do you want to live when you are older?
       Give three reasons.  Explain 1 paragraph.

In formal Outline and Writing good leads/hooks for your personal narrative
Need a reminder of what a personal narrative is?   Try taking a look at one of these:
          tips for writing a personal narrative
          ehow: personal narrative
          Personal Narrative
         

Read The Diary of Anne Frank, Act 1, Scenes 3-5
                                           Independent Reading.