Monday, December 8, 2014
Families and Holidays
Families can come in all different shapes and sizes.There is a variety of backgrounds among our students here in this classroom. Nobody in this classroom was born in a different country, but there are eight people who parents were born in different countries.
Also there are three people who speak another language besides English. Some of the different nationalities which are in our class are: Italians, Jamaicans, and Hispanics. Members of this class come from many different backgrounds and each has some special traditions even while we have much in common.
Our entire school is one big family with all kinds of ethnicity and different ways of doing things. We are all proud of our backgrounds and our ethnic heritages.
America has a lot of holidays; some are national holidays and some are religious holidays. Some are fun while others have a special and deeper meaning. These are just a few.
Christmas- December 25: - This is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving -the fourth Thursday of every November. This celebrates the harvest festival the early Pilgrims had after a year of surviving the new world of the Plymouth Colony. It was held in 1621.
Halloween- October 31: Children dress up as a favorite character (TV characters, celebrities, vampires, werewolves, etc.) and go door to door in their neighborhood to collect candy of all sorts. IN the past few years, families or schools hold a party on this day instead of letting children go out at night.
American Independence Day- July 4: This is the day we celebrate the signing and reading of the Declaration on Independence in 1776. The Declaration declared our independence from England
Memorial Day- Last Monday in May: This is one of the days dedicated to
remembering fallen soldiers who died in battle, protecting our country.
Labor Day- the first Monday of September: - This holiday is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
Hanukkah- This eight- day Jewish holiday is celebrated in December
Our school might be in Pennsylvania but we travel to many different states
to have a good time. Most of these places are best in the summer, except
the Pocono Mountains.
Vacation Places
Delaware- known as the "First State"- If you go here on vacation, the
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk is huge attraction. There are many other popular beach areas here
Virginia- known as the "Old Dominion"- s|Some attractions in Virginia are:
Busch Gardens Amusement park, water Country Water Park, Colonial Williamsburg, and Virginia Beach.
New Jersey- Some of the famous attractions in New Jersey are Atlantic City,
Sea Isle City, and Six Flags Amusement Park and many other popular seashore towns
.
Pocono Mountains- A place in upper Pennsylvania where you can go skiing and
snowboarding.
Also there are three people who speak another language besides English. Some of the different nationalities which are in our class are: Italians, Jamaicans, and Hispanics. Members of this class come from many different backgrounds and each has some special traditions even while we have much in common.
Our entire school is one big family with all kinds of ethnicity and different ways of doing things. We are all proud of our backgrounds and our ethnic heritages.
Are there any multicultural people in your class? What kind of different nationalities are in your class? Is anyone in your class bilingual? What kind of traditions do some of the students have?
America has a lot of holidays; some are national holidays and some are religious holidays. Some are fun while others have a special and deeper meaning. These are just a few.
Christmas- December 25: - This is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving -the fourth Thursday of every November. This celebrates the harvest festival the early Pilgrims had after a year of surviving the new world of the Plymouth Colony. It was held in 1621.
Halloween- October 31: Children dress up as a favorite character (TV characters, celebrities, vampires, werewolves, etc.) and go door to door in their neighborhood to collect candy of all sorts. IN the past few years, families or schools hold a party on this day instead of letting children go out at night.
American Independence Day- July 4: This is the day we celebrate the signing and reading of the Declaration on Independence in 1776. The Declaration declared our independence from England
Memorial Day- Last Monday in May: This is one of the days dedicated to
remembering fallen soldiers who died in battle, protecting our country.
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| By Danarling, Cire, Anisa, Jackie |
Hanukkah- This eight- day Jewish holiday is celebrated in December
Our school might be in Pennsylvania but we travel to many different states
to have a good time. Most of these places are best in the summer, except
the Pocono Mountains.
Vacation Places
Delaware- known as the "First State"- If you go here on vacation, the
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk is huge attraction. There are many other popular beach areas here
Virginia- known as the "Old Dominion"- s|Some attractions in Virginia are:
Busch Gardens Amusement park, water Country Water Park, Colonial Williamsburg, and Virginia Beach.
Sea Isle City, and Six Flags Amusement Park and many other popular seashore towns
.
Pocono Mountains- A place in upper Pennsylvania where you can go skiing and
snowboarding.
Which holidays are celebrated in your country and which do you like the best?
Saturday, December 6, 2014
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
A Day in the life of ...
by Lauren, Victoria, Kayla, and Najiah
Friday, December 5, 2014
Music Interests
Hip-hop
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| Arthur, Alton, Sonny, Tom |
Hip-hop
Hip hop is a broad union of artistic forms that
originated in the South Bronx
and quickly spread through other parts of New York City such as Harlem among
African American and youth
from the Caribbean during the 1980s. It is characterized by four different segments, each one represents the different display of the culture: rap music (oral), turntablism or "DJing" (aural), breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Even while it continues in modern history to develop globally in
a thriving multitude of
diverse styles, these foundational segments provide stability and unity to the culture.
Links:
· Juicy byThe Notorious B.I.G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNwgtFYFXY
· Try me by Dej Loaf
Rap
Rapping (or spitting bars) is spoken in rhyming lyrics. The elements of
rapping include content, and flow. Rapping is
distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat.
Rapping is often linked with and a predominant portion of hip hop music, but the origins of the phenomenon can
be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries.
Links:
·
IDFWU by Big Sean
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Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre feat. Eminem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLqZGmWeXo
Gospel
Gospel
Gospel music comes from African American religious experience and can be traced back to the 17th century. Gospel music usually uses an abundant amount of repetition. The repetition gave way for those who could not read a chance to take part in worship. In the midst of this time, hymns and sacred songs were lined and replicated in a call and response order, and the Negro spirituals and work songs came on the scene. Repeating of words and "call and response" are approved aspects in African music, arranged to achieve an adapted state of consciousness sometimes call "trance," strengthen a collective chain.
R&B
R&B was first used in a billboard magazine in the late 1940's and it emerged from blues and jazz. The diaspora of African Americans to the town industrial centers of Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles and other places in the 1920's and 1930's created a new venue for jazz,blues, and related genre's of music. The forbearers of R&B came from jazz and blues, which overplayed in the late 1920's, 1930's came Through the work of musicians like The Harlem Hamfats, with their 1936 hit "Oh Red." There were also growing importance on the electric guitar as being the lead instrument, including the piano and saxophone.
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