Fritz - What Would You Do?

"There's no future here for me.  I'm leaving East Berlin tonight.  I found a place near the Spree that isn't well guarded.  I can run for the water and swim across before I'm seen.  I wanted you to know so you can explain to Mama.  It's not fair, but it is the best I can do.  I will not join their military.  Eventually I'll think like they do.  And I will not let them ruin my life." Fritz's note to Gerta.

1) In complete sentences, list all the reasons why Fritz is determined to risk his life and escape over the wall and across the dangerous River Spree to West Berlin.  What are the factors pushing him away from East Berlin; what are the factors attracting him to West Berlin?

2)Then, tell what you would do in his place.  Would you stay or would you go?  Why?  If you chose to go, then what about your mother and younger sister?  If you chose to stay, how would you shape your future.

Remember, COPS, complete sentence answers.

The Berlin Wall

We will be reading A Night Divided by Jennifer A Neilsen about the rise of the Berlin Wall.  

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can’t help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.

Go to the following website and read a little background on the Berlin Wall.  

Watch the following videos: 

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Write one question you have about the Berlin Wall and post it.  If you can answer someone else's question, go ahead :-)

Chapter 8 Measurement-Test Review

Angles, Interior Angles of Polygons...

A pentagon has 5 sides, and can be made from three triangles, so you know what ... ... its interior angles add up to 3 × 180° = 540° And if it is a regular pentagon (all angles the same), then each angle is 540° / 5 = 108° (Exercise: make sure each triangle here adds up to 180°, and check that the pentagon's interior angles add up to 540°)

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 8 and work through quizz#'s  1 through 11.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong on each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Your comments should look like this 

Quiz#1:
I got question #7 incorrect.  I skip-counted incorrectly on the 7 times table and so I didn't get the correct LCD.

Fraction Review

Fraction Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 7 and work through quizz#  3, 4  5 and 6.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong on each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Your comments should look like this 

Quiz#1:
I got question #7 incorrect.  I skip counted incorrectly on the 7 times table and so I didn't get the correct LCD.

Elijah Of Buxton Post#2

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. What unusual item does the Preacher possess that most other men of religion do not? How do most people in Buxton believe that he got the item? 
2. Why does the Preacher tell Elijah that he can't make up his mind whether "chunking rocks" is gift from God or conjuring?  Which does he decide it is? 
3. Explain why Elijah Freeman's birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton.
4. The Buxton Settlement Creed is "one helping one to uplift all." How does this creed represent the strong sense of community in Buxton? (Explain how helping one another is uplifting to all.) Discuss the many different things the citizens of Buxton do to help one another.
5. Living free in Canada doesn't guarantee the people of Buxton a life without prejudices. What are some examples of the challenges they face?

Elijah of Buxton

Remember (Boys in particular!)

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. Elijah of Buxton takes place in a small settlement in Canada more than a century ago. Name three things about Elijah's home which would probably be different than your own. 
2. What would be one advantage and one disadvantage to living during this time period? 
3. Elijah's ma sees him as "fra-gile." What are the characteristics of a "fra-gile" person? How does Elijah get this reputation? 
4. Describe the Right Reverend Deacon Doctor Zephariah W. Connerly the Third, the man Elijah and Cooter call the Preacher. What is the first clue that he isn't an honest man? 

Math Review (Ratio & Percent%)

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 6 and work through all the quizzes..

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...