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I’d like you to think about the following quotation and answer my questions in the comment box.

Everyone is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. – Albert Einstein.

1. Who is Albert Einstein anyway, and why should we pay attention to what he says? ( Look on line if you aren’t sure who he is.)

2. What do you think Einstein was trying to tell us in his quote?

3. How does this advice apply to you?

4. What are your strengths and how could you use them to be successful in life.

5. Why do people often think about what they can’t do or what they’re not good at doing instead of what they can do and what they’re good at doing?

I’m looking forward to reading your comments. They are usually so insightful.

If you have finished the questions, please do the 20 minutes of reading for today. Books should be in the drawer.

Sorry, I’m not in class today again. I’m still ill That really sucks!!! I hope to be in on Wednesday.

I see that some of you were able to complete yesterday’s assignment. I enjoyed reading what you have written. Take a moment and read the comments from yesterday. I’m sure you’ll find the comments interesting.

Today I want you to watch the following video and answer the questions about it. Also, please complete yesterday’s work if you haven’t yet. Thanks.

Assignment

1. What’s the problem in this video? Explain.
2. How does the girl solve it? Explain.
3. How does the cat solve it? Explain.
4. What do you think the point of the video is? Explain.
5. What can we learn from the video about people ? Explain.

photos by Jeff Poskanger, lynsta, and graphistttalage uploaded to Flickr

Sorry I’m away today.  I’m not well.  Most of you have complete all the work I gave you up to now.  Please do the following.

1. Choose one photo and tell me in about 100 words what might have happened before the picture was taken and what might happen after the picture was taken. Give lots and lots of details.

Use a graphic organizer to outline your writing.

Make up people, their names, their ages, places, times, events etc. Use your imagination. Let it go wild! I look forward to reading what you have written.

2. Take time to organize your notebooks and update your agenda.

3.  Read for 20 minutes.  Your books are in the teachers desk.  Ask if you can  have them.

Hope to see you tomorrow,  but just in case I’m not in I’ll post  tomorrow’s work on the blog later tonight.

We have just finished watching the movie Pay it Forward.

Write a summary of the movie.

1.  Use the graphic organizer for writing summaries to help you organize your thoughts.

2. Then create a rough copy.

3. Get someone to edit it for you work, and have him or her sign it after editing it.

4.  Make any corrections and then hand it in.

The summary will be marked using a rubric.

Learning Strategies Class

Scavenger Hunt Activity using Guinness Book of Records

Your assignment is to

• look through the Guinness Book of Records or Ripley’s Believe it or Not

• create 10 questions about the facts found in the book for others to answer.

• type up the questions on one page

• type up the 10 questions with answers and page numbers where answers are found on another page

• give both pages to me when you are finished

Example:

Questions on page 1: Who won the most SnoCross medals?

Questions and answers on page 2:

Who won the most SnoCross medals?

Blair Morgan (Canada) won the most SnoCross medals. He won 8.