POVERTY ON THE RESERVATION AND GOOD FRIENDS

BESIDES RECOGNIZING TODAY AS THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, WE SAW A DOCUMENTARY CALLED HIDDEN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE PLAINS WITH DIANE SAWYER. WE SAW HOW TOUGH LIFE CAN BE ON THE RESERVATION FOR ALL NATIVE AMERICANS.  WE FOLLOWED WITH A SHORT READING OF CH 3 WHERE JUNIOR OR ARNOLD SPIRIT TALKS ABOUT HIS BEST FRIEND ROWDY.  EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. DESCRIBE A GOOD FRIEND YOU HAVE.  WHY ARE YOU CLOSE?  WHAT MAKES THAT FRIEND SPECIAL TO YOU? WHAT THINGS DO YOU LIKE TO DO TOGETHER?

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?

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.

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.

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!

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.

MARBURG VIRUS

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