There are two blog posts for you this week. This is the first one!

REVIEW FOR VOCAB FINAL:

1. Pick about 20 words from your vocab & prefix lists that you really need to focus on and study. (You can choose more if you find you need to.)

2. Create a free account on www.quizlet.com . You may either use your email address or mine.

3. When you receive the email saying they’ve created your account, click on their link to then access your account. (If you use my email, I will do that part for you.)

4. Start creating the flashcards. Click on the "Create" button at the top. Follow the directions listed on their page.

5. Once you’ve created your flashcars, click "Create Set" at the bottom of the list.

6.  Look at the blue box under the "cards" in the middle of the page.  Find the 3rd category down, "Tools."  Go across that list and find the "Embed" button.

7. We are going to embed these in our blogs, so click on the “flashcards” HTML and copy it. Login to your blog, open your “articles,” and paste into the article box. Don’t forget to title the blog, AND request publishing!

8. THEN…. Study!! Play the games. Practice the spelling! Practice testing! Have fun!

Let me know if you need help!

As you left International Towne, the leader talked about Nelson Mandella and said you would receive a postcard from them with a quote on in from Mandella.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Knowing what you know about Mandella, what does this mean to you? I know you were given opportunity to send this postcard, to whom did you send it? What message did/do you want to get across?

Our All School Reads book this year, Hero by S.L. Rottman, has been one of my favorites for years! I’ve heard some great comments from many of you since we started it this week. What do you think about the book so far? What do you like and/or dislike? What do you think compared to last year's book? Please be specific and use specific events or descriptions from the book to support your answer.

Last Monday we watched The Ernest Green Story, which was the story of The Little Rock Nine. We all talked quite a bit about what happened. What is your reaction to the movie? What would you have done? Would you have had the courage to continue on or to not fight back? What did you think? Please support why. Also, how have things changed, or have they? Are there other instances of discrimination going on in the world today? Watch the following videos which show two of the actual students talking about their experience.  Be sure to watch the 2nd one!

***If you were absent on Monday and missed the movie, watch the following videos and check some of the links to read about what happened, so that you can post a response.

This is a video with Minnie Jean Brown talking about her experience.

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I’ve been hearing many verbal “complaints”, suggestions, and ideas for blogs over the last few weeks, so I thought we would do another choice or free write. I know some of you hate having to choose something, so go look at some other posting and other blogs to get some ideas. Again, remember you can choose what you want to write about, and how you want to write about it- just DON’T summarize your day or your week!

PART 2: PLEASE go to Mrs. G’s class and look through their comments and feedback for the wiki. Leave comments there as well. I would love to see you leaving comments on other blogs from the “Related Links” on the left side of our main blog page. Please let me know which blogs you posted a comment on and I will assign credit to you for your comments.