Respond to LeBron's Commercial

LeBron James (NBA basketball player) was in a Nike commercial. Watch the video of the commercial. After watching the video, you need to choose one of the questions below and respond in your writing notebook. 

1. Do you think that celebrities make good role models? Provide evidence to support.

2. Do you think celebrities should assume the responsibility of acting as a role model to young kids, regardless if they want to or not? Provide evidence. 

3. This commercial brings up the issue of expectations others have for you compared to the expectations you have for yourself. Respond to this idea and support it with evidence.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfdup3_new-lebron-james-commercial-for-nike-must-see_sport

Figurative Language

The cartoon below has three examples of figurative language. Determine the three examples of figurative language.  

Writing Response to Epic

In Epic, the Leafmen are minuscule characters, smaller than people in the 'real world'. Why do you think the writer chose to 'shrink' these characters? Would the story be the same if the Leafmen were a normal size?

Holiday List

Janie	Christmas	How is Christmas celebrated?
Anthony	Ramadan	How is the holiday celebrated?
Kylie	New Year’s Day	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Esteban	Cinco de Mayo	?
Tori	Christmas	Why was this holiday created?
Brenden	Ramadan	Why is this holiday celebrated?
Aiden	Ramadan	Why is this holiday celebrated?
Zach	Ramadan	Why is this holiday celebrated?
Brylie	Easter	Why is this holiday celebrated?
Sarah	New Year’s Day	How was this holiday celebrated?
Kristy	New Year’s Day	How was this holiday celebrated?
Faith	Christmas	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Emmanuel	Christmas	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Keegan	Yom Kippur	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Daisy	Cinco de Mayo	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Kendall	New Year’s Day	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Obed	Christmas	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Nathan?	Christmas	Why is this holiday celebrated?
Maggie	Christmas	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Abby	Ramadan	Why was this holiday celebrated?
Kali	Kwanzaa	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Shermara	Cinco de Mayo	?
Brodie	Christmas	Why was this holiday created?
Nick So	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Kane	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Alyssa	Ramadan	Why was this holiday created?
Deangelo	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Josh	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Brady	Easter	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Jordan	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Yuvi	Halloween	Why was this holiday created?
Israel	Christmas	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Lindsey	Ramadan	How do you celebrate Ramadan?
Chiara	Ramadan	Why was this holiday created?
Ben	Easter	Whis is this holiday celebrated?
Justin	Easter	Whis is this holiday celebrated?
Tanner	Easter	Whis is this holiday celebrated?
Jacara	Yom Kippur	Whis is this holiday celebrated?
Isabel	Yom Kippur	Whis is this holiday celebrated?
Jake	Easter	Why was this holiday created?
Ethan	Kwanzaa	How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Leah	Shavuot	?
Lily	Shavuot	?
Nick  M.	Kwanzaa	How was this holiday celebrated?

Detroit Man Walking to Work Writing Prompt

Respond to one of the writing prompts:

1. How can an ordinary person make a difference?

2. How does this story influence you to make a difference?

3. If you were the man walking to work, what would you say to the people helping you?

Holiday choices

Why was this holiday created?
How did people originally celebrate this holiday?
Why is this holiday celebrated?
How was this holiday celebrated?

1. Christmas
2. Cinco de Mayo
3. Easter
4. Halloween
5. Hanukkah
6. Kwanzaa
7. New Year's Day
8. Ramadan
9. Shavuot
10. Yom Kippur

Web Sources about Multitasking

Web Sources about Multitasking

Read through the sources and gather information for the topic you chose about multitasking. Write information from at least three different sources that will support your viewpoint. If you quote a line, circle quote at the bottom of the notecard, if you paraphrase, circle paraphrase. If you summarize, circle summary. Put the number of the source below at the top of the information cards where it states "source".

1. http://culturetutor.net/?p=476

2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129522/How-modern-multi-tasking-good-brain.html

3. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/how-does-multitasking-change-the-way-kids-learn/

4. http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20120504/multitasking-makes-you-feel-good

5. http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/multitasking-confronting-students-with-the-facts/

6. http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-articles/article/10824-todays-multitasking-teens%C2%A0

7. http://blog.naturaltherapyforall.com/2012/05/01/media-multitasking-may-not-always-be-a-bad-thing-experts-say/

Evaluating Sources

Using the instruction sheet passed out to you, you will need the first link to create your poster for evaluating sources. The website list is a list that you can choose from to evaluate. Some sources are reliable and some are fake! Be sure to be a good investigator!

Evaluating Sources:

http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/evaluating-information-sources/

Websites:

http://www.dhmo.org

 http://ding.net/bonsaikitten/

http://www.timeforkids.com

http://www.icrwhale.net

http://www.biography.com/people/john-cabot-9234057

http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html

http://petsorfood.com

http://www.buydehydratedwater.com

http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

https://explorers.org

http://allaboutexplorers.com