Blog post #5 cultural connections

The culture I chose was jewish. When girls turn 12, they have a Bat Mizvah. When boys turn 13, they have a Bar Mizvah. Until that day, their parents hold responsibilty for their childrens actions.

Coming of age song

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gJRGclTdC2A

Blog Post #3

The presentations and the work we've been doin in class has really helped me understand the esential questions for this year. I think its a good way for the class to understand by having different people present different or the same topic. Its good to here how different people amswer ome question. Im interested in this years esential question and I am excited to work with it

Blog Post #2

What unit i think i will like the best is the one about the transgender child. I think i will be interstest in it because i think its amazing and crazy how the little boy thought he was a girl and grew up thinking he was one. I want to see how other people think of it and there perspective on his decision.

Blog #1- summer reading reflection

For the book club for summer reading of the book "We Were Here" the teacher that conducted it was Ms. Varrasso. She had a tri fold board with an agenda and what we were goin to dicuss about the book. I liked the way she set it up. The participants were a mix of all the grades. There was about 15-20 kids in the group. Everyone participated. Ms. Varrasso had us get into groups and do an activity where we identified a character in our group and found 2 quotes said by that character. It was a good way to discuss the book and talk to other people you dont usually interact with. I got to hear other perspectives of the book. I got to hear what other people thought of the book in comparrison to my perspective. I thought the assingment to do for the summer reading book was a good assingment. I enjoyed working with students from different grades because it showed me all different peoples opinions of the book. I would rather dicuss in groups lile that than in english class. I think that all the students should read different books and not one book for all students.