ENGLISH 7

Handed out/ discussed and started work on  Refugee final project. Showed models. Due Thursday. Will have classtime to work on but be sure to get moving on this for homework, as well. Will be difficult to do at the last minute.

HW: Thurs: New Mugs and Refugee final project

Fri: Spelling Unit 9--exercises & quiz

ENGLISH 8

Nearly finished speeches. Those not done or did not save MUST come in
at break on Tuesday to do in groups.
Elizabeth, Maycee, Maya S., Cassidy Burry, Makenna, Jack, Elena S., Aidan M.

Biographies at the movies -- “He Named Me Malala”-- film.

Background: “My father was a teacher and ran a girls’ school in our village. I loved school. But everything changed when the Taliban (Islam extremists) took control of our town in Swat Valley (Pakistan). The extremists banned many things — like owning a television and playing music — and enforced harsh punishments for those who defied their orders. And they said girls could no longer go to school. I spoke out publicly on behalf of girls and our right to learn. And this made me a target. In 2012, on my way home from school, a masked gunman boarded my school bus and asked, ‘Who is Malala?’ He shot me on the left side of my head. I woke up 10 days later in a hospital in Birmingham, England. The doctors and nurses told me about the attack — and that people around the world were praying for my recovery. After months of surgery and rehabilitation, I joined my family at our new home in Great Britain. It was then I knew I had a choice: I could live a quiet life or I could make the most of this new life I had been given. I determined to continue my fight until every girl could go to school.”

"I am stronger than fear"--Malala

We won’t finish it today, but will get through some.

HW: Coming up -- Biography Essay (Final Project)