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We read the short story, “Thank you, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. This story shows the consequences a young thief faces after attempting to steal a strong, yet compassionate, victim’s purse. Rather than punish the young thief, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones empathizes with him and takes him into her home for a hot meal. She teaches him a valuable life lesson.
 * __Thank you Ma'am __**




 * __Iqbal __**

My class read the novel, //Iqbal//, by Francesco D’Adamo. This story is about a real boy named Iqbal Masih who is sold into a life of slavery at a carpet factory in Lahore, Pakistan. We learned about the working conditions of overworked and abused children who are forced to make carpets all day long and are denied many of their basic rights. Iqbal knows that this kind of life isn’t right and he tries to make a difference in the lives of many.

This picutre represents the bus that iqbal had dreamt of going on when he escaped the carpet facotry. He got the opportunity to ride on a bus. I choose to draw this picture because I felt that this was on of the main ideas from the chapters that we read. You never forget the first time you did something.

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We learned that a simile is a figure of speech that uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two different things. The novel had many examples of similes and as we read we had to identify, record, and explain the similes. Once we had a large selection of similes, we created a simile card for a comparison of our choice. We had to explain the simile and draw an illustration that represented both parts of the comparison. "You'll erase those lines on the slates like the sun erases the snow on the mountain." "He ran as lightly as a kitten."
 * **Simile cards **

There are many quotable passages in the novel. We had to identify important quotes and explain why they were significant. After reading chapter 7 we wrote a quiz where we had to respond critically to certain passages. After the quizzes were marked, we then had to go back to our quiz and make corrections to our answers.
 * Chapter 7 Quotable Passage Quiz **

We wrote an EXPLORE reading response after reading the first 5 chapters of the novel. Our response was 6 paragraphs each focusing on a different area. (Ex- Example, P-Purpose, L- Language and Key Lines, O-Organizational Features, R – Relate, E- Evaluate)
 * Explore Response **

In chapter 13 of the novel, we learned about the working and living conditions of children who have to make bricks all day long. After reading this chapter, we tried to experience a small example of their daily life by taking part in two activities. We then had to reflect and describe what we learned.
 * Hut and Water Jug reflection **



TASK: Each day we were given a word and its definition. We then had to write the word in a sentence that showed we understood the meaning of the word.
 * __Word of the Day __**

INTENT: The purpose for learning a new word each day is to enrich our vocabulary in our own writing and expand our knowledge of the English language.

CRITERIA: We were expected to:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Keep our notebook up-to-date
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Share our sentences with the class
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Use the word in a context related to our subject areas

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Throughout the novel, the chapters were only labelled with a number. I took on the role of being the author and I came up with chapter titles that I thought described the events of that chapter. I then summarized the chapter with 3 points of information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">You are the Author **



=Social Studies:=


 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Cro-Magnon Poster **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">TASK: We had to create a poster that featured four important parts of daily Cro-Magnon life. (Homes, Food, Tools and Social Structure)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">INTENT: To develop a clear understanding of the Cro-Magnons who were the first modern people to live in Europe, about 40,000 years ago
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">CRITERIA: We were evaluated on the following key criteria:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Use of specific details of Cro-Magnon daily life in the four quadrant drawings
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Clear headings and title
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Good use of space/layout
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Neatness (use of a ruler, drawn in pencil, coloured in pencil crayons)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 17px;">Creativity and effort

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Cro-magnon work-sheet:

Ancient Greece map:

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