Seventh Grade English
The purpose of this blog is to discuss the 7th grade English class readings. The English teacher will post entries with her insight on characters and events.Reading this blog will hopefully help you understand the readings better.
4/10/2014
Selfielm and Usies Film
4/17/2013
10/29/2012
The Clark Doll Experiment by Dr. Kenneth Clark
3/28/2011
" Kira : A New Life in the Old Village"
2/21/2011
The Highwayman vs Tim
Tim , who is a mad, jealous stableman betrays Bess by advising King George's soldiers of the highwayman's whereabouts. Are Tim's actions justifiable? Tim's love for Bess is unknown and unrequitted. She loves the highwayman, not Tim, who although not rich, does have positive qualities. He has a steady job. He is a responsible citizen who reports a robber wanted by the King. Tim complies with his duties as a dignified, law-abiding citizen. When he makes the decision to inform the redcoats of the highwayman's plans, he certainly must not phathom the implications that his actions might have on Bess's fate.
Is the highwayman or Tim deserving of Bess' love and affection?
9/12/2010
Grandparents' Day- September 14, 2010
Welcome to the Seventh Grade Blogspot 2010-2011
10/30/2009
Tyra Banks Uses Blackface on Models in Photo Shoot
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=6585495
'America's Next Top Model' Creates Stir After 'Bi-Racial' Photo Shoot
Thu Oct 29, 12:28 PM PDT
Weeks after an Australian variety show made headlines around the world after a group of white performers donned blackface to perform as the Jackson brothers, Tyra Banks is making headlines herself for turning her latest "America's Next Top Model" candidates bi-racial for a photo shoot.
During Wednesday night's "ANTM" episode on The CW, Tyra took the remaining six young women of Cycle 13 to Hawaii, where she took pictures of the models after they were transformed into different races.
Tyra told bleach blonde Erin Wagner she was going to be "Tibetan, like the Dali Lama, and Egyptian"; Southern belle Laura Kirkpatrick was put into makeup to look "Mexican and Greek"; Jennifer An, who is Korean, was told she was going to be "Botswanan and Polynesian"; African-American Sundai Love was made to look "Moroccan and Russian"; redheaded Nicole Fox was "Malagasy and Japanese," while blonde Brittany Markert was put into makeup to look "Native American and East Indian."
While the only things that seemed to confuse the lithe models on the show were particulars about the countries, nationalities and races they were representing, some members of the press are calling foul.
E! News asked whether the shoot was "Racy or Racist?" noting the girls were "coated in creams to darken their skin tone." Over at Entertainment Weekly, a writer noted that the models acted "like there's nothing socially charged at all about race-as-costume." And AOL TV, ran a recap under the headline "Tyra Banks Puts 'Top Models' In Blackface. When Did This Become OK?"
But while the current controversy is new, "America's Next Top Model" has changed the skin tone of their models before, back during Season 4.
A rep for "American's Next Top Mode" had no comment when contacted by Access about the controversy.
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10/29/2009
9/20/2009
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
9/05/2009
Short story- "Song of the Trees" by Mildred Taylor
8/20/2009
Summer Reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
8/08/2009
Characterization helps the reader understand the character and his motives better.There are six ways to achieve characterization: