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Pretty. A word for girls. The way handsome described boys. Liam was right; people did use boy and girl language. They expected different behaviors. When kid acted “out of role,” as Liam put it, they were labeled tomboys or sissies.
Luna
lol also “what time is this class over”
“When is lunch?”
“can we have a party?”
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The era of private space exploration has begun. Is it:
- a) The way for more innovation, efficacity and success.
- b) Yeah! I will soon take my summer vacations in space.
- c) The birth of future mega interplanetary corporations that will own Jupiter, put ads on the moon and build a McDonald’s on Mars.
- d) Somewhere between a, b, and c
- e) Other
I feel enthusiast today, and also a little afraid, with a bit of nostalgia for the space shuttle. And you?
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OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Oregon Zoo keeper Michelle Schireman got an odd call in mid-April: “Michelle, we need your help.” With her experience taking in and placing orphaned cougar cubs — some 75 over the years — the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife figured she’d have no problem fostering an orphaned American black bear cub. So she did.
She got permission to house the cub temporarily at the zoo’s Veterinary Medical Center during her workday, taking him home with her at night since the cub was still of nursing age and required around-the-clock care. At just a couple of months old, the bear weighed 4 pounds — about the same as a half-gallon of milk — which, surprisingly, is normal for an animal that could grow to be 6 feet tall and weigh up to 600 pounds.
While Schireman was busy caring for the cub, ODFW got in touch with the NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wisconsin, home to an adult black bear named Winnie who was preparing for a new addition. The cub now is thriving in his new home, where he goes by the name Aldo.
“I’m glad they were able to find a home for him so quickly,” Schireman said. “When ODFW called, I told them the Oregon Zoo already had a full house with four black bears. But I hoped there was a zoo out there that would be thrilled to take him in.”
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OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Oregon Zoo keeper Michelle Schireman got an odd call in mid-April: “Michelle, we need your help.” With her experience taking in and placing orphaned cougar cubs — some 75 over the years — the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife figured she’d have no problem fostering an orphaned American black bear cub. So she did.
She got permission to house the cub temporarily at the zoo’s Veterinary Medical Center during her workday, taking him home with her at night since the cub was still of nursing age and required around-the-clock care. At just a couple of months old, the bear weighed 4 pounds — about the same as a half-gallon of milk — which, surprisingly, is normal for an animal that could grow to be 6 feet tall and weigh up to 600 pounds.
While Schireman was busy caring for the cub, ODFW got in touch with the NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wisconsin, home to an adult black bear named Winnie who was preparing for a new addition. The cub now is thriving in his new home, where he goes by the name Aldo.
“I’m glad they were able to find a home for him so quickly,” Schireman said. “When ODFW called, I told them the Oregon Zoo already had a full house with four black bears. But I hoped there was a zoo out there that would be thrilled to take him in.”
[zooborns]
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Dearest Education community,
In short, you rock. Here are all your thoughtful, amazing, creative project ideas for my 7th grader’s independent reading assignment. I’ll keep you update on what he ends up choosing! l Again, thank you!
- Rewrite the endings! [revolutionizeed]
- If you have a mac lab, use iBooks Author to create an interactive report, analysis, retelling, etc. [bbandsam]
- Read a graphic novel and write it into a short story (use their dialogue, but add narration). [ana-coluthia]
- An arts integration lesson- have him make Brian’s Winter into a comic book. Rewriting text/dialogue and adding illustrations! [ndrummond]
- Give a presentation, on powerpoint, a poster, or whatever about his favorite author and why. [rshoney]
- The 6 word stories. Or expanding moments and same story, different perspective type tasks. [aimingforpretty]
- Fan fiction (using the story’s world/characters, but coming up with your own plot). [practicingempathy]
A super huge thanks to theimprobablefiction, who had several rockin ideas:
- Character’s last will and testament. Which personal items would he leave behind? To whom? Why?
- Write a personal essay connecting your own experiences/values with an issue raised by the novel.
- Write a letter to one of the major characters giving him/her advice about life, decision making, problem solving, etc. Then write the character’s letter back to you.
- Write a poem that accurately reflects the values of a character.
- Write something in the voice of the character (ex. a missing chapter). Or design a survival guide based on the story.
And also to lhuddles, whose amazing (!!!) document had far too many ideas to include, but here are a few of my favorites:
- A board game should come with three parts: the playing surface, the pieces, and the rules.
- A book trailer is a short film that makes the watcher want to read the book—it does not give all the facts nor does it reveal the book’s ending.
- Write an advice column either to a character in the book or from a character in the book.
- A found poem takes memorable or important lines from one text, pulls them out as individual lines, and then rearranges those exact words to form a new poem.
- Create a song that relates to your focus. Your lyrics must be turned in (typed), and your song must be performed in front of the class.
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