Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Friday, December 15, 2017
Rattlebone
AGENDA:
Read aloud "Cherry Bomb"
Work on Study Guides and stories for Rattlebone
Finish House on Mango Street Books!
Read aloud "Cherry Bomb"
Work on Study Guides and stories for Rattlebone
Finish House on Mango Street Books!
Monday, December 11, 2017
Rattlebone Writing Assignment
Rattlebone Writing Assignment
RATTLEBONE WRITING ASSIGNMENT: After reading Rattlebone by Maxine Clair, write a short story (at least 4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font) that uses setting and time in American history as background for a "coming of age" story with a young protagonist. Your story should reveal the impact this important event has on the protagonist.
Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.
If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it. If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."
Background for Rattlebone
The Civil Rights Movement in the American South was a struggle for the civil rights in the modern times. It challenged the racism in America and made the country a humane society for all. Some of the popular people who participated in this movement were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and The Little Rock Nine. The Civil Rights Movement Timeline discloses the important events in this historical movement
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954),was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which reinforced segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement
Civil Rights Movement Timeline1954: The American Supreme Court declared the segregation in public schools in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka ruling as unconstitutional.
1955: Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1st as required by the city ordinance. The bus boycott was launched. The bus segregation ordinance was declared unconstitutional. Segregation on interstate buses and trains was banned by Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
1956: Coalition of Southern congressmen demanded for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings. On 21st December, the Montgomery buses desegregated.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Rubus used the National Guard to prevent nine black students from attending a Little Rock High School. According to the court order, President Eisenhower sent the federal troops to keep up with the court order to avoid the segregation in schools. Garfield High School became the first Seattle high school having more than 50% nonwhite students.
To continue with the timeline just click on this link: Historical Timeline
To learn about key figures of the civil rights movement click here
Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.
If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it. If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."
Background for Rattlebone
The Civil Rights Movement in the American South was a struggle for the civil rights in the modern times. It challenged the racism in America and made the country a humane society for all. Some of the popular people who participated in this movement were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and The Little Rock Nine. The Civil Rights Movement Timeline discloses the important events in this historical movement
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954),was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which reinforced segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement
Civil Rights Movement Timeline1954: The American Supreme Court declared the segregation in public schools in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka ruling as unconstitutional.
1955: Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1st as required by the city ordinance. The bus boycott was launched. The bus segregation ordinance was declared unconstitutional. Segregation on interstate buses and trains was banned by Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
1956: Coalition of Southern congressmen demanded for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings. On 21st December, the Montgomery buses desegregated.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Rubus used the National Guard to prevent nine black students from attending a Little Rock High School. According to the court order, President Eisenhower sent the federal troops to keep up with the court order to avoid the segregation in schools. Garfield High School became the first Seattle high school having more than 50% nonwhite students.
To continue with the timeline just click on this link: Historical Timeline
To learn about key figures of the civil rights movement click here
Rattlebone
AGENDA:
Warm-up Exercise
Their, There and They’re
Their- Possessive, shows ownership
Ex: Their car broke so they had to take the bus.
There- Shows location
Ex: I couldn’t find my phone and it was over there the whole time!
They’re- Contraction of “they” and “are”
Ex: I met all of my new co-workers, they’re all very nice.
Now write a sentence for each (Their, There and They’re) to show you understand how to use them correctly. Post your sentences as a comment to this post.
Here is a list of Rattlebone Vocab. Make sure you keep a list somewhere with all the words on it. There will be a test on these words eventually
Happenstance (pg. 6): A chance happening or event
Capricious (pg. 13): Erratic or obsolete
Corporal-punishment (pg. 17): Physical punishment, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death penalty
Cicadas (pg.27): A large insect, similar to the grasshopper
HOMEWORK: Read "Water Seeks Its Own Level" and "Cherry Bomb"
Warm-up Exercise
Their, There and They’re
Their- Possessive, shows ownership
Ex: Their car broke so they had to take the bus.
There- Shows location
Ex: I couldn’t find my phone and it was over there the whole time!
They’re- Contraction of “they” and “are”
Ex: I met all of my new co-workers, they’re all very nice.
Now write a sentence for each (Their, There and They’re) to show you understand how to use them correctly. Post your sentences as a comment to this post.
Here is a list of Rattlebone Vocab. Make sure you keep a list somewhere with all the words on it. There will be a test on these words eventually
Happenstance (pg. 6): A chance happening or event
Capricious (pg. 13): Erratic or obsolete
Corporal-punishment (pg. 17): Physical punishment, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death penalty
Cicadas (pg.27): A large insect, similar to the grasshopper
HOMEWORK: Read "Water Seeks Its Own Level" and "Cherry Bomb"
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
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