Reading and Writing Assignment for 2nd class 3/17/15

brave girl—— malala The brave girl malala is a hero in the hearts of all people! The brave girl malala is a hero in the hearts of all people！ In July 12, 1997, Marla Yousaf Karzai was born in Pakistan in the Northwest Frontier Province Munster valley a Pashtun Muslim education worker. In 2013, won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nomination, thus becoming the youngest candidate prize in history. ” The 17-year-old girl is brave to stand out for girl’s education and women’s rights. She made a wonderful speech in the youth assembly of the United Nations, “The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. strength, power and courage was born. I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the same. My hopes are the same. And my dreams are the same.” Now we live under the same sky, my life is so different with her. I enjoy the life of going to school everyday, watching movie with my loving friends and traveling with my most adorable parents. reminds me to be clear that only when I work hard to become stronger, will it be possible for me to fight for my dreams, to build bridges for the future. that,s is my heiro!

this is my fairy tales: A group of monkeys playing in the Woods, some of them hopping on the tree, and some in the mess on the floor, be gay. They are a small monkey, running alone in the woods next to a well and play around, which lie on the edge of, well inside the neck, suddenly shouted: "don't, not so! Moon has fallen into the well! "Originally, the little monkey sees there's a moon in the well. A big monkey, hears cries and ran to the well in the well to see, also was taken aback, shouted, "Oh, Oh, moon has fallen into the well LAH! "Their cries alerted the monkeys, old monkey with a large group of monkeys are running towards the well. When they look at the Moon in the well, exclaimed: "Gee up, Gee finished! The Moon really fell into the well again! "Were chattering monkeys, trouble. At last, the old monkey said: "we don't shout, come on, we get the moon out now! "Monkeys are duty-bound to respond to the proposal, joining the ranks of a bottle. Well there is an old tree, old first jumped into the tree, hanging upside down on his head in a tree, other monkeys in turn one you hold my legs, I check your head, hanging into a long, upside down into the wells. Monkey light, hanging on the bottom, it reached into the water, you can catch the moon. Monkey thought, which we can always remove the moon came up. They were happy. Small monkeys in the hands of well water, the shining Moon grabbed, but caught a few drops, but could not catch the moon. Monkey kept seize, remove, toss for a while, still cannot catch the moon. The monkeys hanging upside down for a long time to feel very tired, have been unable to. Begin complained: "the fishing soon Ah, how not to catch up? "Some cried:" Mama, I'm ashamed! Do not hang it! ” Older monkey gradually aching leg pain, it suddenly looked up and suddenly find that the Moon is still in the sky, and exclaimed: "no fishing, no fished, the Moon in the sky! ” All the monkeys looked up into the view, really fine in the sky, the moon. Because monkeys do not know the truth about the Moon in the well, to take it seriously, so busy lol, stupid and ridiculous.

Hi Shirley, This is lovely piece of writing about Malala Yousafzai. The quotation from Malala is particularly well-chosen. She is a wonderful example of a heroic person. So tell me do you think then that being a hero requires the risking of one's life? That was the other part of the assignment, to define your idea of a hero. I would be interested in your response.

Thank you for choosing such an important and extraordinary young woman as your example of heroic behavior.   I will send you a few other comments via e-mail.   See you on Tuesday. Laraine

Hi Shirley, This was actually an assignment for the next class. But great, you are, as we say, ahead of the game (You have done the work way in advance). For class, though, see if you can tell the story in just a few sentences. Fairy tales usually have a point, something they want to tell the reader. What do you think is the point of your fairy tale?

I know one version of the fairy tale has the monkeys following the lead monkey. They all end up in the water, and the point is, If you follow someone who is dumb, you can end up the same way.  Do you think your fairy tale has the same point or a different one?

Thank you for sharing it on the forum.  Laraine

Alfonso's Homework:

For me, a hero is someone who is brave and powerful then other people, so he or she can protect others. I also think a hero will help others even risking his or her life. For example, firefighters will do their best to save other people’s life even though they do not know them no matter how dangerous the situation is. Those are what I think make someone heroic.

Jackie's Homework:

First, hero thinks that the life is very valuable, if someone is in danger, the hero will help them bravely without any hesitation. In fact, they’re scared dangers, but the hero is responsible for the life. Second, hero has self-confidence, they believe they can rescue the people who need help.

@ Alfonso

I think you have perfectly expressed what makes a hero for you. And I agree that a part of being heroic is a willingness to protect even those you do not know personally. I like too that you have given a specific example of a hero.  Nice clear sentences and a very nice ending. 

I'll send you a couple of comments via e-mail but overall, great work! 

See you on Tuesday.  Laraine

@Jackie

What a lovely response. Although I never thought of that very before, it's true. A hero has to think that life is valuable. If heroes didn't think life was valuable, they wouldn't make the effort. They would just think "Oh they will be happy in the afterlife. So I won't risk my life for them now"  

Self-confidence is important too. And again, I had not thought of that. 

If you have time, perhaps add a sentence or two giving an example of a person or persons who are heroic. For Alfonso, it was fire fighters, and for Shirley, it was Malala, the young girl who was shot because she spoke out about girls getting an education.  It's up to you. I'll send you an example to see if that can give you some ideas. 

In any case, this is excellent work.

See you on Tuesday. Laraine

@Laraine

I have passed on your feedback to Alfonso's and Jackie's homework.

Elsa's Homework:

Elsa did her homework in PowerPoint. I copied her answers here and attached the original slides.

Hi Elsa!

As we say in English, you nailed it (Did it exactly right). I love your definition of a hero and the example is wonderful. I am going to look up Wangerziao as soon as I finish this post. I will send you some comments via e-mail, but, again, great work!!   

See you tomorrow. Laraine