Showing posts with label who's the boss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label who's the boss. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2014

HOMEWORK- Due 8 May

          Welcome back to school!  We have been removed from our routine for a while, and it will be another week before we really jump back into the full load of school.  
          Your homework for the coming two weeks is using a list of spelling words that we are also using in our Unit of Inquiry, Who's the Boss.  Your job is split into two parts.  For the first part, write the words in meaningful sentences. This usually means longer sentences with the word because.  You need to show me what a protest is, by writing a longer sentence showing that.  

Example: I saw many people in Sao Paulo protesting against the World Cup because they feel it is unfair to spend money on that instead of hospitals.  
           
          The second part of your homework is to study the spelling of the words.  There is no pattern for the words, so you will have to study them individually.  Your words are:

  1. law (noun)
  2. leader (noun)
  3. rights (noun)
  4. protest (noun, verb)
  5. democracy (noun)
  6. peace (noun)

Monday, April 7, 2014

Use of English- Interrogative Past Tense

Today we looked at the way we ask questions in the past tense.  Your job is to formulate your own questions related to Who's the Boss and post them here.  Here is what I am looking for:

- Correct capitalization,
- Correct punctuation,
- Correct spelling on heavily used words,
- Correct use of English.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Leaders



What traits are critical to "making" a successful leader? We are exploring this idea through the biographies of famous (and infamous) leaders. 


Malala Yousafzai

Nelson Mandela


Aung San Suu Kyi




Mahatma Gandhi



Videos for your team research:

Apartheid (Gandhi, Mandela)
Frederick Douglass (Douglass)
Frederick Douglass- child (Douglass)
Frederick Douglass- mini (Douglass)
Underground Railroad (Douglass) 
Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi)
Civil Rights: Brown vs. BOE (Bridges, MLK Jr.)
Civil Rights (Bridges, MLK Jr.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK Jr.)
Martin Luther King Jr. 2 (MLK Jr.)
Ruby Bridges (Bridges)
Barack Obama (Obama)
Barack Obama- mini