Assignment for Week 14

You have two assignments this week.

1. Post about the person you respect most or your favorite story or movie. Include a picture if possible. (If you are writing about a family member, you may not have any pictures.) Also include a link to a site about the person, story or movie. For instructions on making links, use the handout.




2. In a different post, copy and paste the biography of someone you respect or a review of a story or movie that you like. Include a picture. IMPORTANT - You must include the address of where you found the biography or review. At the bottom of your post write Found at www.addressofthewebsite.com.
   
   

Here are some examples to help you.

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The person I respect most is Gandhi. Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement. He helped to take India away from the British and make it an Indian state. He did not use violence, but used peaceful protests and strikes. He was a peaceful man. For more information on Gandhi, look at this site.

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When I was a child, my favorite story was Horton Hears A Who!. It is a book by Dr. Seuss and a cartoon on television. Horton is an elephant who finds a flower. Horton can hear someone talking inside the flower. There is a very small city on the flower full of tiny people. When he tells the other animals in the jungle, they don't believe him. They think he is crazy. They try to take away the flower and kill it. The people in the city must make a lot of noise so the animals can hear them and not kill them. It is a very funny story.

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My favorite movie is Rear Window. The movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. It is about a photographer with a broken leg who must stay in his flat. He is very bored and looks out of his window all the time. He thinks that one of his neighbors killed his wife and tries to find out if it is true. It is a scary movie.

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Example of COPIED and PASTED

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before he went to school. Young Martin was an excellent student in school.
After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to Alabama. During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January.

Found at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/MLK.shtml

Assignment for Week 13

Post about a holiday in the UAE or your home country. Include a picture.


Here are some examples.

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In the USA we celebrate Independence Day on July 4th. Families usually go to the park and have a barbeque. We eat burgers and hot dogs. After the barbeque, we watch fireworks. It is a fun day because we can visit with our family and friends.

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My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for everything that we have. On Thanksgiving, my family has a huge lunch. We eat turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, bread and cranberry sauce. Everybody in my family will attend - uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents. After we eat, the men usually watch American football and the women clean the dishes. It's a great day.

Do you know what a turkey is? Here are two pictures - before and after.