Wednesday, September 10, 2014

WHY CHICKEN MEANS SO MUCH TO ME

TODAY WE READ CHAPTER 2 ABOUT HOW POOR JUNIOR IS LIVING ON THE RESERVATION. HAVING A BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN FROM KFC WAS A TREAT AFTER NOT EATING FOR 181/2 HOURS. JUNIOR TALKED ABOUT BEING POOR AND THAT HIS PARENTS HAD BEEN POOR AND HIS GRANDPARENTS HAD BEEN POOR AND ALL THE WAY BACK THEY HAD BEEN POOR.  HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PARENTS HAVING OTHER DREAMS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG AS SHOWN BY THIS CARTOON BUT BEING POOR MADE THEM LOSE THOSE DREAMS.
                                                                       WHAT KIND OF DREAMS DO YOU HAVE?

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

THE BLACK EYE OF THE MONTH CLUB



WE HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO JUNIOR AND ALL THE MEDICAL ISSUES HE HAD IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS LIFE WHICH LED TO HIS BEING CALLED A RETARD.  WITH A STUTTER AND A LISP, JUNIOR TURNED TO DRAWING BECAUSE A PICTURE WAS EASIER TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS THAN WORDS.  WRITE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN RELATE TO HIM,  WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET JUNIOR?  WOULD YOU LIKE HIM? TELL WHY.

Monday, September 8, 2014

INTERVIEWING THE BOOK: THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN

AS ALWAYS WITH THE START OF READING A NEW BOOK, WE LOOK AT THE BOOK: THE TITLE, THE AUTHOR, WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED, THE SETTING, REVIEWS, ETC.
WE SAW A VIDEO DESCRIBING THE BOOK.  WRITE A COUPLE SENTENCES ON WHAT YOU KNOW SO FAR ABOUT JUNIOR AND WHAT HE WILL BE LIKE AS A PART-TIME INDIAN. FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN CLASS, YOU CAN FINISH THEM TONIGHT.


Thursday, September 4, 2014

FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL

WELCOME BACK NEW AND OLD STUDENTS. EVERYONE JUMPED RIGHT IN AND GOT TO WORK. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL AND REWARDING YEAR AT NYU. SOME ALREADY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE HIRED BY ARAMARK!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

WELCOME BACK MSCD STUDENTS AT NYU!

LIGIA AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL BACK TO NYU FOR THE COMING 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR.   TIM, MIKE AND TRACEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING US COME BACK AND CONTINUE OUR WORK EXPERIENCE AT NYU.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

MARBURG VIRUS

WE READ THE SYMPTOMS OF THE MARBURG VIRUS. COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WE WORKED ON IN CLASS.

Monday, July 7, 2014

SUMMER 2014...WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!

TODAY WE REVIEWED THE BOOK WE READ IN MARCH, THE HOT ZONE, BY ROBERT PRESTON.  WE LOOKED AT WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED BECAUSE WE SAW A VIDEO SHOWING CONTINUING OUTBREAKS OF EBOLA.  WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT VIRUSES AND THE EBOLA VIRUS.