Spelling Quiz Week 28

Love: How to make it work?

Are there ways we can avoid heartbreak? How DO you have good relationships? For teenagers:

 

 Here is Dr. Chapman talking about the five love languages he describes. Sometimes the way you SHOW love isn't the way they are able to FEEL loved.

 

 Doctor Jon Gottman can predict accurately which relationships will fail and which will succeed by looking at this ratio. How positive are you towards your friends and loved ones?

 How to build trust:

Love: Yes Please

Do we need love? And is it our brains, not our hearts that define our experiences with love?

Week 26 Spelling Quiz

Love? No Thanks.

Listen to this story about Joe, a kid who has decided he will never fall in love.

 

 What do you think? Is he right? Does love make you stupid? Is it possible to just say, "No Thanks" to the whole love thing?

Reversed Poem: Hate

What is hate? Can we reverse the habit?

 

The Lost Generation-- Which way is true for you and your generation?

 

 And anger-- can you reverse it?

 

Types of Analogies

There are specific types of analogies! Watch both of these videos. In the comment form, generate 5 of your own.


 

Spelling Quiz Week 23, January 24

Ask a Mortician!

Death is something we avoid talking about, but what is it like for the people who deal with death every day? Should we talk more about death? Watch this video and leave a comment about your thoughts.

 

 And how do you talk to someone who has lost someone? Warning, says the S*** word.

 

Journeys to the Land of the Dead

Many cultures have myths about Gods and Heroes that go to the land of the dead and are able to return safely.

This sight lists myths about the Underworld from a variety of cultures.
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Tr-Wa/Underworld.html

Aztec story of the Journey to the land of the Dead The story of the Egyptian land of the dead, from the website "Ancient Egypt: The Mythology" :

http://www.egyptianmyths.net/mythlanddead.htm

The story of Persephone and her marriage to Hades, the King of the Dead.
The death of Baldur, son of Odin. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=mabie&book=norse&story=balder The descent of the Egyptian Goddess Inanna to the land of the dead http://www.mythandmore.com/the-descent-of-inanna/ Orpheus and Eurydice


 Joseph Campbell talks about rituals and the way they act out descent into death and back into life.


Want to read more about myths? Here are some more myths sites:

Myths from around the world:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/myths.htm

fun myth games:
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/


Interactive myth and legend retellings:

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/

Build your own myth!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythmachine.htm

Explore Greek and Roman Myths
http://www.museumnetworkuk.org/myths/index.html

Spelling Quiz Week 21

Curiosity

We are starting this semester with a focus on your Curiosity Lists. But what is the purpose of curiosity? What is the power of curiosity? Watch one or more of these videos and leave a comment below telling me what you took from them. What was your favorite part? What are YOU curious about? "It doesn't matter what you ask, just that you ask." Find the fantastic quote from Albert Einstein about schools and curiosity! Listen to this Tedx talk about curiosity. Old guys have said what about asking questions? And this kid has a LOVELY accent!

week 21: HSA Testing

Wondering how to do your best on this week's HSA test? Here are cute snippets of advice from some little kids. How to deal with multiple choice exams: And how to READ the questions carefully: What will YOU do to be ready for these tests? How do you feel about them?

January 2013 Newsletter

Here's a little preview of our upcoming newsletter, which will be coming home once school starts again.

Happy New Years!

What are YOUR goals for this year?

Holiday Literature

Here are some classic Holiday clips for your viewing pleasure. What is YOUR Holiday tradition? Yes, this is from Sesame Street. Don't judge, it is cute and accurate! Thank you Adam Sandler. And the Nativity story: The history of Christmas from the History Channel: And Kwanzaa! And Bing Crosby singing "Mele Kalikimaka."

Winter Break

Isnʻt this lovely to have a few weeks to slow down, relax, and catch up on our reading? When you come back, be prepared to do an in-class book report about the books that you FINISH during this break.

Make sure you know:
The author
The title
The genre
The plot
The central conflict
The resolution of the conflict
The main characters
and what other books, movies, TV shows your book is related to.

Have a great break!

High Schoolers: SAT Vocab 16 and 17

7-12 Graders: Spelling 17

Vocabulary 16