In this chapter we meet Leona. She grew up with her Granny
in Atlanta, Georgia.
She noticed all the trash in the lot. She became
concerned about the trash and tried to get the Health Department to clean it up
but no one would listen to her.
Saxophone metaphor: when you press one key, a piece on
the other end of the saxophone moves. à When one person starts something, they can
create a chain-reaction to get more people aware of the problem and willing to
help.
When no one at the Health Department would take her
call, Leona decides to take the bus and go there in person. This shows that she
is very persistent and when she sets a goal, she will not stop until she
achieves it.
When she gets to the Health Department, the
receptionist told Leona to sit down and wait. Leona pulls out a garbage bag and
everyone notices it right away. This shows that Leona is very stubborn,
determined, self-confident, and does not take No for an answer.
Granny doesn’t believe in doctors. Leona takes after
her Grandmother because they’re both stubborn and like to prove to people that
they are right. This shows that the more that people critique you and try to
bring you down, the more you should try and prove yourself to them.
Leona is relentless – she won’t stop pursuing her
goals.
Sam is a pacifist. He doesn’t believe in racial
segregation. He believes that people should get along regardless of their race,
religion, economic background. People should live peacefully together.
Fishermen’s net metaphor: Sam says that he is like a
fisherman who tries to mend his net, but he does this with people. Like Jesus,
he wants people to get along, live together peacefully, and not be separated by
racism, hatred of each other.
Sam smiles at everyone. Smiling is a way of making
people feel welcome and appreciated. This shows you that Sam is a nice
character who believes that all people should feel welcomed and appreciated.
He thinks that the garden is paradise. He compares the
garden to the Garden of Eden in the bible.
Sam is against people
putting barbed wire around their gardens. This shows that he is a peacemaker
and doesn’t want people to feel separated. The garden was supposed to celebrate
diversity and have all sorts of people be together in one space, but what happened
in the city (the separation) ended up happening in the garden. Sam doesn’t want
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Math Task 1
Success
Criteria: Food Show Data
1.
Did we use a variety of
graphs/tables/charts that clearly displayed the data making it easy to read and
understand important ideas?
2.
From our graphs/tables/charts could we
identify key trends, patterns or ideas about the type of people who attended
the show?
3.
From the data collected, can we say what
areas are working well? Could we suggest
what areas need improvement and how they could be improved?
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Math Task 2
Complete customer profile type for a product or store of your choice. Follow my car example. Submit this week.
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Geography: Niagara Escarpment
Presentations begin tomorrow.
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Complete Science handout: Mixtures vs Solutions You need this as prep for your next lab.
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