play Free Rice below!
FREE RICE!
Genocide question?
Speak – A New Unit of Study
Please feel free to email your child’s English teacher (emails provided below) if you have any questions or concerns. Stay tuned to the blog to follow along with class assignments and updates. Thank you for your continued support!
Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Katie L. Ferreira (kate.ferreira@tyngsboroughps.org)
and
Mr. Justin Maslanka (justin.maslanka@tyngsboroughps.org)
Click here for the link to Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Some terms from Speak.…
- overbearing Eurocentric patriarchs, 49: a patriarch is the male head of a family; Eurocentric is to believe that only ideas/values/people from Europe (even those who settled in America, basically white people) are important; overbearing means to be too pushy, too possessive, or always right
- xenophobic, 56: to be afraid of strangers or anything foreign
- Hanukkah, 69: an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem
- Kwanza, 69: An African-American cultural festival, celebrated from December 26 to January 1.
- wombat: burrowing Australian marsupial
- Titans, 113: mythical monsters whom Greeks believed to inhabit the earth before human beings came to be
- suffragettes, 154:women who fought for the right to vote
- self incrimination, 157:giving evidence or testimony that shows one’s own guilt
- bichon frise, 149: a breed of dog
- indentured servitude, 177: servants would bind themselves to an “owner” to work for a period of time until they were freed, generally as a way to finance their voyage to America
NY times magazine article- can you make yourself smarter?
Want to make yourself smarter? Click here for N Back game!
Any parents interested in Common Core? Site with videos about the newly adopted Common Core!
MOTHER GAGA!!!! Great article about her leadership potential!
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