VIRTUAL- WEEK 1 Virtual Learning for February 22-29
6th grade Language Arts 6.RN.4.1 I CAN trace the argument and specific claims in a text. 6.RN.4.1 I CAN distinguish between supported and unsupported claims in a text.
Columbus and the Egg By James Baldwin (Adapted) From Thirty More Famous Stories Retold. Original Copyright, 1903, by American Book Company. This is a story about Columbus. He was an explorer. He is the explorer who came to the Americas from Spain in 1492. This is a story about what might have happened long ago when he was back in Spain. When Columbus came back from his trip to the Americas, many people praised him. He was made an admiral. That means he was a leader. People said what a great thing he had done. But not everyone liked him. Some were jealous of all the attention he got. One day Columbus was at a party that a Spanish gentleman gave in his honor. People were saying, “What a great disco very you have made.” Several persons were present who were jealous of the great admiral's success. They were proud, conceited fellows, and they very soon began to try to make Columbus uncomfortable. "You have discovered strange lands beyond the seas,'' they said, "but what of that? We do not see why there should be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean; and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side, just as you have done. It is the simplest thing in the world.'' Columbus made no answer; but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the company: "Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg stand on end?'' One by one those at the table tried the experiment. When the egg had gone entirely around and none had succeeded, all said that it could not be done. Then Columbus took the egg and struck its small end gently upon the table so as to break the shell a little. After that there was no trouble in making it stand upright. "Gentlemen,'' said he, "what is easier than to do this which you said was impossible? It is the simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it -- AFTER HE HAS BEEN SHOWN HOW!'" This is something fun I received from Barnes and Nobles!
"This week is the start of the My Favorite Teacher contest. Students middle School and above can submit a letter or poem about their favorite teacher of all times. It's a great way to showcase the students writing skills. Prizes range from $50.00 to $10,000.. Submissions are due by March 1.2016 Contact me for more info. " Mariana Mudd Community Business Development Manager Barnes & Noble, Inc. 624 S. Green River Rd. Evansville IN 47715 o (812) 475-1054 f (812) 475-1063 [email protected] | bn.com | nook.com In the story, Teeny Tiny, the exposition is the teeny tiny woman lives alone in a tiny house and decides to go for a walk. Then, in the rising action, she finds a graveyard that she goes into and finds a bone. The rising action continues when she takes the bone home and saves it because, as the texts states , “the teeny tiny woman said to her teeny tiny self, ‘This teeny tiny bone will make some teeny tiny soup for my teeny tiny supper.’”before going to sleep. We are then led to the climax where she hears the sounds of a ghost wanting his bone back. The text states she was “awakened by a teeny tiny voice from the teeny tiny cupboard which said, ‘Give me my bone!’” This scares her as we continue with the falling action as a result of the change in the story and eventually, in the resolution, she tells them to “Take it” (the bone) because we infer that she is sick of being woken up.
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