Remote Period 3-9th grade- MP 1 Assignments

We start on slide 10

Find an object of meaning to you. Tell us why the object is special to you and write a journal entry about it. Here are some ideas to help you get started:

1. Be creative. We already know that the subject is your special object; try not to start with “My special object is…”
2. Start by telling us about the person who gave you the object. Who gave it to you? What was the occasion?
3. Start by telling us about the moment you bought/found your special object. Where were you? What were you doing?
4. Do not forget to include what the object means to you! What makes it so special?


My example:

We were in our 3 bedroom apartment in Harlem, with two other roommates and very few dollars in our bank accounts. I had just turned 25. Despite not having any money, that didn't stop her from giving me 25 little presents. She wasn't usually the romantic type, that was my territory, but on birthdays, she shined. On this particular birthday, she gave me 25 gifts that each symbolized something that I had, or that she wished for me to have in my life. I can't remember them all, but I do remember three of them. For strength, she gave me a Stone Cold Steve Austin action figure. I don't know where he is any longer, but I'm looking at the last two gifts that I remember getting on that birthday, 20 years ago. Wait, 20 years?! How can it be? Let's not think about that...I see Geronimo, the Native American warrior still sitting on my shelf, representing bravery. Am I brave? Sometimes. I face the world every day and I don't give up. I rise and I fight to be here. The last gift is a figure of Albert Einstein, the famous scientist and mathematician. Technically, a theoretical physicist. He was a smart dude. I think she gave me this one because I have always struggled with confidence and being worried that I wasn't smart enough. That came from years of being put down by the people who were supposed to bring me up. Now, I sit here and I want so bad to be the father that makes his daughter feel intelligent and confident, to know that she is just as deserving as everyone to achieve anything she wants. She's not better, and definitely not worse, than anyone else. Well, maybe she's better than some, but she shouldn't act like it!

For this section, I'm not going to be looking for annotations. Do them if they help you, but I am looking for main ideas, themes, and central ideas.

First we will read the second half of the text, then we will identify main ideas and themes. Then, on to CENTRAL IDEAS. Create 4-5 central ideas from different themes.

go to the link, read and answer questions.

This is the class code if the link doesn't work- GJZ56M

You don't need to open the slides, but you will need the annotations sheet first.

Complete SOAP chart using our reading "Why Not Me?"

Complete identity chart attached below. Look at Mr. Prock's example for guidance.

You will click to open the sheet, and also go to
join.nearpod.com
and I will give you a code.

Watch the film and answer the question.
No less than 3 sentences. 5-7 will get you 80-100. 3-4 will get 70-79. 1-2 will get 65.

This is due Monday. Do your best!

You will read and annotate a text, using the annotation strategies that you remember. However, since we are online, you will need to do it digitally.

Everyone will open these slides and we will go through the directions, and then I will assign you a slide number to work on.

Please fill out and turn in by Friday