Angus says “No matter how much time goes by racism will always be around.”
“A lot of people don’t even realize they are prejudice because they were probably brought up that way or they’re just not used to other races or something like that.” -Emmerz
“i think we need to do exactly what the Declaration of Independence [...]
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I have been awfully excited about the changes to edublogs (and learnerblogs) lately and was on the verge of assigning you some independent blogging challenges, but then Edublogs had to remove the function that enables us to install lots of cool stuff on the blogs (they’re called text widgets if you’re curious). It was a [...]
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For these chapters, you kept a double entry journal tracking your connections to the text. When you finish chapter 15, please write a blog article discussing what you think is developing in the book and how you have been able to connect with it. Use your double entry journal to drive this entry’s content. The [...]
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For these chapters, I am mostly interested in you reading and asking questions. You can make comments, but the big push through this section is to ask questions of the text, either for clarity (base level of the rising levels of reading) or for pondering (the middle and upper levels of the rising levels of [...]
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At the finish of chapter 8, please write a 250-300 word reflection on Jem. Call it Jem’s Journal and write the article as if you are Jem and you are thinking back on the events up to this point in the book. Please make sure you consider the events through the end of chapter 8 [...]
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Write a quick blog article (7-10 sentences) driven by the comments and questions your group raised while reading chapters 7-8. Be sure to link to your articles from your wiki (and to your wiki from your articles). The subject of your group’s questions and comments were open this time - everyone filled out a thinkmark [...]
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Please write a short blog article (7-10 sentences) reflecting on the symbol discussion your group engaged in. Which symbols do you think are most important? Which ones did your group discuss that you are not sure about?
It will be very difficult for you to complete this assignment without your group engaging in dialogue. Please discuss [...]
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As you read these chapters, I’d like you to note your impressions of the characters (especially the Finch family). Write questions and observations as you read, and then compile the best of them on your group’s wiki. I’d then like you to write an extended reflection on a particular character (in your blog - 250 [...]
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Of Mice & Men Worth It
