Scope "This is what Courage Looks Like” -additional resources

Consider the following essential questions:
What is courage?
How can people stand up for their rights?
What does it take to change an unfair law or practice?Why were Claudette Colvin and the Montgomery Bus Boycott so important to the civil rights movement?

Watch this short video on The Montgomery Bus Boycott


Around the same time Rosa Parks famously protested segregation by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, a teenager named Claudette Colvin went to jail in Montgomery, Ala., for doing the exact same thing. This is her story.

Additional Resources:
Click here to read Browder v. Gayle:  The Women Before Rosa Parks 
This is a summary of the Browder v. Gayle case mentioned in Scene 7 of the play. 
Click here to read primary document-Rules for Riding Desegregated Buses
Why  did leaders think these types of suggestions were necessary? 

Grammar Flip and Kahoot!

We will be using Grammar Flip again this year which is an online Grammar Program that allows students to work on grammar skills at their own pace.  You will need to sign up for your class using the link and class code below.  We will also be using Kahoot a site similar to Socrative to play games to reinofrce what you are learning in Grammar Flip. 
Click here to join Grammar Flip
Grade 8:  barnardla8
Grade 7:  barnardla7
Grade 6:  barnardla6 
Let's try Kahoot now.  Log in and join the fun!  Click here to go to Kahoot!  Wait until Ms. Casassa gives you the game code to play.

Ray Badbury's "All Summer in a Day"

Barnard School Students Analyze the 2016 Election

Click here to work on the Election Analysis Presentation

Resources
FiveThirtyEight
CNN Election Results
New York Times Election Results
Scholastic News Election News
Huffington Post Article on Election Results
NPR-How Trump Won According to Exit Polls

Ted Talk Tuesday-Tim Urban-Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Click here to get a copy of the Ted Talk Graphic Organizer

November is National Novel Writing Month!

Click here to sign up for our classroom at the National Novel Witting Month website
Here's our access code: RYJBRGKA

Stuck?!  Not sure what to do next?  Click here to use this National Novel Writing Resource

Literary Techniques: Flashback

A Flashback is a technique used by an author to take a reader back in time to explain something that happened. 
Stories with a flashback usually....START in PRESENT....then FLASHBACK to the PAST...then RETURN to the PRESENT.

Ted Talk Tuesday

Why do Videos go Viral? Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. After you watch the Ted talk, complete the graphic organizer and come prepared to discuss the talk in class on Ted Talk Tuesday!
Click here to watch the Ted Talk!

Storyboard That Classroom Account

I have signed up for a free 14 day trial with Storyboard That.  You may sign up using the link and class code below.  The only requirement for your storyboard is that it needs to have at least five frames following the traditional plot structure--see handout.

Storyboard Classroom
Class code:  words0555
Teacher: scasassa

Colonizing Mars: What would it take to live there?

Do you think it is possible to colonize Mars?  Read "What Would it Take to Live There?" pages 18-19 in Scope magazine.  Then conduct your own research, choosing one of the resources below.  Add at least two more challenges to the list on pages 18-19 and write a paragraph arguing for or against colonizing Mars.
Read the articles below:
"Would it Be Ethical to Colonize Mars?" 
 "How to Create a Bill of Rights for Mars"
Watch this video: 
"Should we Colonize Venus instead of Mars?"

Scope Fiction Selection-"Follow the Water"

Click here to read "Follow the Water."
Click here to listen "Follow the Water."
Click here to get a copy of the Literary Devices activity.