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It means he’s thinking about basketball during school. Finger rolls are a basketball move.

Mon, 08 May 2023 12:56:35 -0400

Cranky and not behaving nicely

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:44:39 -0400

Definition: Thorax

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:59:35 -0400

Midsection; where the heart, stomach, chest, vital organs are located. The center.

POINT OF VIEW

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:30:27 -0400

Anyone notice that Thomas Frank is always talking to “YOU”? He is using the SECOND-PERSON point of view, which is not very common. He is the only character who does this. Also….his name is Thomas. The author’s name is Tommy. COINCIDENCE?? What do you think?

Periphery

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:04:07 -0400

The edges or outside of something; your peripheral vision is what you can see out of the corner of your eye without looking straight at it.

I guess she was tired of getting beat.

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:33:27 -0400

He found a way to connect to being Indian, but he didn’t discuss it with Opal.

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:11:23 -0400

Religious feelings come out in all sorts of ways.

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:10:05 -0400

Why would an Indian (Cheyenne) kid be mistaken for a Mexican kid?

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:56:35 -0400

Fry Bread

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:49:16 -0400

https://lilluna.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fry-bread2-resize-6.jpg And then when you put cooked meat in it, it's an Indian taco.

look at the word again

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:45:59 -0400

hypERcritical = overly critical, too critical hypOcritical = having a double standard, saying one thing and doing another, etc.

There was definitely science and technology happening in 1939!

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:28:12 -0500

Ralph Steadman

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:06:19 -0500

He’s an illustrator from Britain. The speaker must be into animation or graphic novels.

Hair was very important to the Native Americans - it was a symbol of strength and health. So to take it was particularly disrespectful.

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:36:06 -0500

They really were intent on wiping them out. So you better get the kids before they grow up. I don’t blame anyone if they refuse to celebrate thanksgiving.

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:35:04 -0500

They took fingers to show that the person was dead, or at least hurt so bad they couldn’t work any more.

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:33:35 -0500

Hair was very important to the Native Americans - it was a symbol of strength and health. So to take it was particularly disrespectful.

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:32:55 -0500

It may not matter which one…both took place around the harvest time in the Northeast, which is late summer through fall. In that sense, there was always thanksgiving, especially if the harvest was good, to show gratitude to the gods.

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:31:32 -0500

BART = Bay Area Rapid Transit

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:28:29 -0500

BART is the train system around San Francisco, California. It goes to Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and other places. It’s almost all outside, except in the city centers, where it goes underground.

Chemo=Chemotherapy. When someone has cancer, doctors give them chemicals to destroy the cancer.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:17:36 -0500

Add as many Notice & Note comments and replies as you can as you read & listen to Twenty-One to Twenty-Six. Watch this GIF (1min 20secs) to see 6 reasons to pause your reading, double-click on a sentence or paragraph & comment using the sentence starters.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:25:23 -0500

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Add as many Notice & Note comments and replies as you can as you read & listen to Sixteen to Twenty-One. Watch this GIF (1 min 20 secs) to see 6 reasons to pause your reading, double-click on a sentence or paragraph & comment using the sentence starters.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:19:01 -0500

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Add as many Notice & Note comments & replies as you can as you read & listen to parts Eleven to Fifteen. Watch this GIF (1 min 20 secs) to see 6 reasons to pause your reading, double-click on a sentence or paragraph & comment using the sentence starters.

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:10:40 -0500

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Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:59:19 -0500

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Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:48:22 -0500

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Cheongsam: A type of silk dress from China.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Meaning, one story about the Plains Indian is made up; maybe a little romanticized, and one is true, but we don’t know which.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Look at paragraph 40. What is the name that Ms. Moore calls the narrator?

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Connected

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Nice

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Why where they fighting they should be one

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

It means: organized according to a specific method

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Dana woke up and was told that her punishment was over

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

And that's the sickening thing. It was legal. But legal definitely does not mean right.

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Why doesn't Sarah want to hear any more about it?

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Did you know that many of the books we read in this class are banned in other states, even in 2022? What do you think about that?

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400

Why doesn't Dana want Rufus to read about Frederick Douglass or Harriet Tubman?