The Best Gift Ever (keep it appropriate)

What is the best gift you ever received?
Give some details about the gift?
Who gave the gift to you?
What made it so special?

Sweatshops

We will continue to discuss China and our country's import of goods from there. One problem that arises from our importing of goods is the conditions the workers face who produce them.


Write a blog about what your understanding is of "sweatshops." What countries can you find them? What is their purpose? How do you think we benefit as a country?

A walk through your 'hood

Walk someone through your neighborhood who has never been there. Write an accurate description of your 'hood that gives someone a real sense of what it's like if they stepped out of your house and walked down the street or took the bus. 

Describe some of the sights, sounds and smells. What does it feel like? What is a great neighborhood place to eat where the food is amazing? What kind of food would you order when you go there and what does it taste like?

Let's see how detailed you can be. This post should be a minimum of  FIVE full sentences for the maximum 10 points. Your blogs are pretty awesome. KEEP it appropriate and keep it going.

Wrong First Impression

Write about a time when you made a wrong first impression about someone. Meaning, you made a judgement about them without getting to know them and realized later that it was not correct. Have you ever had a time when that person you misjudged ended up being cool or being a friend?

Tell a story but be appropriate, remember you are at school.

My Weekend

Write about your weekend.

What was good about it?

What could have been better?

Did something surprising happen?

Tell a story but keep it appropriate.

Morning Motivation

What motivates you to go to school in the morning?

Is it something you eat or drink?

Is is someone in your life?

Is it the alarm clock?

Is it so you don't have to stay after school to make up time if you're late?

Keep it appropriate!

My Role Model

Prompt #1

Who is your role model in your life? Who is the person that has the most POSITIVE influence on you? Why are they such an important factor in your life?


Prompt#2
What are your thoughts on the Interrupters? Can you relate the documentaries' topic of how violence that destroys neighborhoods to something that is going on in your neighborhood? Who would be "interrupters" in your neighborhood? What organizations (it's not necessarily going to be the police) do you know of that work to improve your neighborhood?

Here is the link to it if you want to watch it again.


http://interrupters.kartemquin.com/