Dancing Papa Lalo

Answer the two questions by providing evidence and details from the story.

1) When Harry finds Papa Lalo dead in his chair, how is his reaction different from the first time when Papa Lalo was just asleep? What does this tell us about how their relationship has changed?

2) What do you think was Harry's reason for burning Papa Lalo's suit?

What is Love?

Write a blog post that describes your understanding of love. You can say anything you want, but you must include at least 10 of the words below in your post.

Please highlight the words you have used in red.




Love
heart
feeling
high
low
avoid
sorry
together
apart
pain
St. Valentine's Day
sight
happiness
relationship
gifts
need
attraction
sick

When you are finished, you must read your classmates postings and reply to at least 2 of them.

Just Like Family

In the story "The Other Son" author David Rice introduced us to a Mexican American family who had a live-in maid named Catalina. Throughout the story we saw many examples of how Catalina was more than just a maid. She considered them family and they did the same.

You have your choice of two writing assignments for this blog posting:

1) Describe somebody in your life that you would describe as an aunt, uncle or cousin who really is not. Explain why you consider them to be family.


2) Describe details from the story that show us evidence that Catalina and the family consider her to be part of the family.

The Shrine of Don Pedrito Jaramillo

"Sugar Cane Fire" - I Am Poetry

Now that we've read "Sugar Cane Fire" by David Rice, I'd like you to pretend that you are one of the characters from the story and write a poem using the site below.

You could decide to be Romero, Veronica or Annette.

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm

When you have finished, copy and paste the poem into a blog posting. Then, I would like you to read your classmates poems and leave a comment for at least three classmates.

Facing Adversity

The movie Glory Road that we watched in class is all about facing adversity.


 Definition: Adversity - Difficulties, Misfortune, Distress, Disaster, hardship.


 Have you ever faced adversity in life?

Discussion
Think of a situation that you have been in where you were faced with a very challenging task. Discuss this with a partner. Tell them the whole story (beginning, middle and end).

Writing
 After you've shared your stories with a partner, write the story for me in a blog post. The more details you include the better I will understand your story.

What Is Your Favourite Recipe?

We spoke yesterday about how sometimes when we eat too much we feel guilty. This can also be called gluttony.

Definition: Gluttony - to make a habit of eating or drinking in excessive amounts.

Alternate Use: "He is a glutton for punishment".




I believe that the reason we eat too much is that we love what we are eating. What is your favourite food to eat?

New Blog Post

I would like you to share the steps that you would follow to make this food. When you put the steps in order so that someone can follow them to make the meal the steps are called a recipe.

Definition: Recipe - A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required.

Alternate Use: "This is a recipe for disaster"

Please do not copy a recipe from the Internet... I would like this written in your own words in complete sentences.

Please include pictures and/or video can help us to understand what the finished product should look like.

Who Inspires You?

Inspire - Definition - The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, esp. to do something creative:

In life, we all wish to be better people somehow. Often we will meet people who are a good example of what we wish to be like. These people inspire us to be better.

Someone who inspires me is Terry Fox:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQHJCEpnsY

Reading & Questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZW7joOVDrc4IzPH1yEKiQH7KrTJSM-1W1zq5IYAyxPc/edit?usp=sharing

Writing: Who inspires you? How do they inspire you? Why do they inspire you? 

Include links to pictures, video or other Internet artifacts if possible. You may also upload pictures to your posting if you like.