After today's educational assembly on internet safety, I thought it would be good for us to open up a discussion. Feel free to post some thoughts or questions, maybe you can even share something you learned.
1. The best memory I have with my family is...
2. Without my family, I... 3. My family roots go back to... 4. My ideas of a perfect community are... 5. If I were to run away from home, I... 6. A memory I would like to forget is... 7. If all people were the same race... 6th grade... I need your assistance.
Our website and our blog are only as good as our most recent submissions. If you want our website to continue to be a part of our class, I need you to contribute. I love the riddles and brainteasers... but I think it's time to start changing things up. How about a tricky math problem? A book review? A biography of someone you admire? The opportunities are endless. So, can you help me out? I think so! Keeping in mind our recent discussions of conflict (man vs. nature, man vs, self, etc...), can you share an example of conflict you've read in a novel or story? Share your thoughts in the comment box and give specific details.
6th grade,
Since we'll be reviewing our summer reading this week, I thought I would post some questions here for you to consider. These first questions are about the novel we read by Elizabeth George Speare. You don't have to answer them all (unless, of course, you want to!)... but I would love to read your thoughts. Some things to think about... In the novel, Kit comes to Wethersfield from Barbados. What are some differences bewteen her two homes (old and new)? Where would you prefer to live? Life in a colonial setting was extremely difficult and fraught with many hardships. How do you think the witchcraft scare was used to make sense of these hardships? Can you sympathize with the people of Wethersfield or understand why they were afraid of "witches?" Can you think of ways that COMPASSION influenced the outcome of the novel? Which characters were the most compassionate? How and why? If you could summarize the theme of the novel in one word, what would it be? |