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Apartheid - segregation on grounds other than race.

  (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Chagrined -  feel distressed or humiliated.

he was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him

Remnant - something that remains.

remnant strands of hair

Trudged - Heavy steps taken slowly.

He trudged over to the mall.

Oppose - Disagree, argument.

those of you who oppose capital punishment

Plastic bags everywhere!

Vocabulary

In class we have been reading the same piece of writing together and we had to highlight words we didn't know what it meant. Today we searched up what it was and we had to come up with a sentence with that word.

Hemmed:

Meaning: turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).

Sentence:  Martha hemmed the piece of clothing to make a beautiful dress.

Brittle:

Meaning: hard but liable to break easily.

Sentence:  Some people can be brittle.

Bleak:

Meaning: Meaning: (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Everything surrounding me was bleak.

Headland:

Meaning: a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.

Sentence: They were heading south to  the headland.

Derelict:

Meaning: In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Sentence: Orphans are usually left in a derelict as they have either been abandoned or their parents have died.

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Little pigs gruesome version

Every two weeks our teacher reads us a fairy tale, then the next day he reads us the original and gruesome story.  After he had read both we have to write our own gruesome version, here is my version: Hope you enjoy

Refugee Interview: Mary, Tess & Emily

For my last reading activity I decided to team up with Emily and Tess.  We decided to do an interview with " Alan Gratz".  I was Alan Gratz, Emily was the crazy fan and Tess was the interviewer.  We did this because Alan Gratz is the author of refugee.

Refugee Freeze Frame Josef's Last scene

For my reading I decided to team up with Kahi, Jakob, Emily and Bridget to do a freeze frame.  We decided to recreate Josef's last chapter and turn it into a freeze frame, in here Kahi is acting Josef, Bridget as Ruthy, Emily as Rachel Landau and Jakob as a Nazi....



 

 

Missing Baby Poster Refugee Activity

For an activity I decided to make a "missing poster" for Hana, from the book Refugee.  At the very bottom I wrote in Greek and it says Missing Baby.  Above the "phone number" it says call in Greek as well,  underneath the words missing baby is missing baby in Arabic.  

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 Me and Emily worked on this activity together my favourite article would have to be: Nose-piking ban for police in Philippines 

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