- Did you know that "fish" and "extra" have the same pronunciation in Chinese? It is customary to have a dish of whole fish for the feast on Chinese New Year's eve. What connection could you make between why "fish" and "extra" would bring good luck to the Chinese culture?
- Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan 15 in 1929. He believed in equal rights for all people. Explain what having equal rights means.
Welcome to Dirksen Junior High's Literacy Lab. You will be expected to post on blog every day you are in class. Please remember that your blog can be viewed by not only myself, but your classmates. Everything here should be school appropriate.
Welcome to Dirksen Junior High's Literacy Lab. You will be expected to post on blog every day you are in class. Please remember that your blog can be viewed by not only myself, but your classmates. Everything here should be school appropriate.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
January 15 & 16 Journal
Hi. I am working in the office today. Be on your best behavior for Ms. Waller, she's my good friend. You have 20 minutes in Study Island to get rid of any red triangles. Don't forget to work on the submissions for Special Day and any outstanding essays (you should have 9 scores for mandatory essays). Ms. Waller will be collecting your Study Island Notebooks today. If you don't turn in the notes today you may turn them in at the next class, but 10 points will be deducted for not meeting the deadline. Remember I can watch you through my webcam.
he wanted every one to be free
ReplyDeleteeaqual rights mean to have the same open oppurtunities as everyone else in the community
ReplyDeleteAmanda B 8a
ReplyDeleteFish is high in nutrients and with that it might bring good luck and with extra fish according to culture even more good luck.
Having equal rights means that everyone should be treated the same and given the same rights and not be treated differenly based on skin color, race, or sex.
ReplyDeleteIt means that everyone can do the same things and has all the samr rights.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights is having any rights with other people. It dont matter who you are or what race your from you can be with anyone and no one would say anything.
ReplyDeleteJohnnie 8a
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that all races can do the same thing as the other races.
Jennifer B 8a
ReplyDeleteI would rather do just one fish not extra because if only one person eat's extra fish they can get sick.
Having equal rights mean that everybody get treated right and they have the same amount of respect
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means that everyone should have a fair chance at everything in the world and should be treated the same.
ReplyDeleteDeanna H 8a
ReplyDeleteHaving eagual rights means to be treated the same and have the same respect, oppurunities and privlages as everyone else no matter what they look like.
marissal 8a
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you are talking about.
Have equal rights means for blacks have the same right as white people.
Sotero P. 8A
ReplyDeleteLoet me get a fish annd fish cause extra
To me equal rights mens no matter whay color gender or what religion you are you get treated the same way as everyoe else and the same priveleges as everyone on this earth
ReplyDeletehaving equal rights is being able to do any thing that any other person an do.
ReplyDeleteLewis N 8A equal rights mean every body gets treated the same.
ReplyDeleteDavid H 8A
ReplyDeleteMartin Luther king Jr. meant that equal rights for all people means no matter what race you are, you should have the same rights as everyone else.
having equal rights means to be able to do what everybody else is able to do
ReplyDeleteI love Martin Luther King Jr.
ReplyDeleteto be free
ReplyDeleteequal rights is when u get treated the same way everybody else do and not differently.
ReplyDeleteequal rights means everyone is the same.
ReplyDeletefish is good for you i dont know if sushi is but fish is so it could bring good luk for its health
ReplyDeleteequal rights mean that if some one gets free ice-cream. the other get it free too.you have the same things. on one get omre or less.
ReplyDeletehis eqaul rights were to everybody to not to be racist.i dont get this and i never will.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted everybody to be free and all have the same oppertunity
ReplyDeleteEqual rights are when people are treated no different than others no matter who they is.
ReplyDeleteSherron.R. Having equal rights mean every treated the same.
ReplyDeletehe wanted african americans to be equal like white folk did. They could be anywhere in the bus. allowed in the same restroom. etc.
ReplyDeleteEqual right is ever one get equal apenas right to give there on apendeans.
ReplyDeletehe wanted white peopie and black people to have equal rights
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights meens that everyone cando the same thing, for exaple everyone can use the same dranking fountin and arent seperated for that serten person. It meens that everyone are all the same and nuthing about them is diffrent, thay are all the same person and thay are created the same but have diffrent feachers that make them who thay are.
ReplyDeleteTo have equal rights everybody can what they could not do as the other people did.
ReplyDeleteequal rights means to be treated the same why as every one else
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ReplyDeleteto have eqaul rights is to treat everyone equally the way you would want them to treat you.
Having an eaqual rights means like to have the same open oppurtunities as everyone else in the community.
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that you must be everyone can do the same thing and everyone should get along and everyone shuold be free
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that you must be everyone can do the same thing and everyone should get along and everyone shuold be free
ReplyDeleteEqual rights mean that everybody can do everythig the same. Also, it means that everybody is equal.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted everyone to be free and eaqual.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights mean thateveryone is equal.
ReplyDeleteAll people should be treated correctly
ReplyDeletethat everybody should be treated the same and never treated wrong.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means that any color, gendar, or age should be treated the same no matter what!!! HAPPY DAY!!!
ReplyDeletewhy I think women and men should be equel because women have rights to.
ReplyDeleteTreat people good
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that you have to treat people equally and the same as you are treating all the other people and treat people the way you want to be treated.
ReplyDeleteThe equal is they got the same privelege whatever color.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights mean that everyone has the same rights and can go in the same places. They can play with whoever they want to and not just with people of there color.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means like every one should have the same attention.
ReplyDeleteTo be able to be far to all people.
ReplyDeleteGirls are pretty much the same as boys
ReplyDeleteWhat it means to have free rights thats a great thing that we have then mostly everybody we either be slaves or sent back to mexico or somewhere else.Its so god we all get to be friends with different races. I think everybody else is happy to.:)
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means to have the same options, be treated with fareness,and to not be isolated.
ReplyDeletein chinese is not a good place but some people like me l wet to china
ReplyDeletebut l like alliet to bet but l now alat of china and l now haue to fiet.
Having equal rights mean Afrcan American people can communicate with Americans.Now everyone can live peacefully.
ReplyDeleteTo have equal rights means being treated the same as everyone else no matter how you look.
ReplyDeleteEqual Rights means to have the same life oppurtinities no matter what race you are.
ReplyDeleteFish and Extra would bring good luck to the Chineese culture because Extra Fish don't bite
ReplyDeleteacing equal rights means that no matter who yoou are or what you look lke you can do the samething as anyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat having equal rights means is that no one gets something better then someone else. For example, when whites disliked blacks they treated them rude. So that is what I mean.
ReplyDeleteMartin Luther King Jr. means that everyone should be the treated the same and no one should be treated different.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights mean that all color of race an do the same thing all ba all teated equaly.
ReplyDeleteThe words fish and extra could bring good luck to the chinese culture because mabey more fish over their is good luck and because of all their chinese food.
ReplyDeleteummmmm.....i bring good luck to chineses culture......DUHH!when i think of fish i think of a smell that bianca produces and when i think of extra i think of when we get out of gym she produced extra of it!!
ReplyDeletei think that equal rights means that there is no everybody is he same.
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that no one should get treated differently. For reasons like race, gender, or what you look lke.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means that everybody gets treated the same and they can't disrespesct you like they did in the past. No matter what skin color you are or what color eyes you have you are all treated equally no matter what!
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that ono matter what you are you can do what everyone else is doing. Even tho some of us are different colors dosen't mean that we all dont think alike. Some different colored people are smart others are dumb too.
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights mean that one person can do what ever you can do. Like with sports women can do any thing men do, and they van do what ever we can do. This also mean you shouldn't treat people the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteWhen Martin Luther King said that people shuld have equal rights he ment that people should be able to do anything that they want no matter where they came from or what there skin color is. They should always be trated equaly and the same as anyother person. People shouldnt have to worry about not being able to do things just because of there skin color. People are the same no matter what they look like.
ReplyDeleteWhat having equal rights mean is that everybody is the same. So that means that blcaks, mexicans,Asians and whites get to share everything the same. Like we share the same bathroom and the teachers schools and the restruant and the same neighborhood and the same everything. So having equal rights means that eveybody is treated the same and not differnet. Becaus eback then whites and black had seprated everything. Blacks had rundown things and Whites had everything good and everything was working good and there water was good but the Blacks had dirty water founains and dirty bathrooms and everything was dirty. But now that has cahnged in some countrys. But equal means the same so we are all the same no matter what.
ReplyDeleteI think that Martin luther King ment that everyone should be treated the same and that is no matte what gender,race that you are!!!!OH YEA MY BROTHA=]
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means voting, working any where, and you don't think your better than anybody even if your black, mexican, or even a woman.
ReplyDelete♥UMM I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE EXTRA FISH U WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK =]
ReplyDeleteeqaul rights iswhen u r not judged on anything about u and u get treated the same
ReplyDeletehaving equal rights means that nobody is better than anybody at that, we can do eactly what everybody else does because they have that right.
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that everyone gets the same opportunities no matter what color shape or size.
ReplyDeleteHe whot ever one to get a long and so he ever one to be free so yes he is agood man.
ReplyDeleteWhat eqal rights mean to me is that everybody is treated the same and nobody is treated with special prvliges because we are all special.
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ReplyDeleteMartin Luther king wanted everyone to be free and wanted everyone to have the same opertunities.
ReplyDeletehaving equal rights means everyone is treated how they should and no one is to be treated badly just because they are different
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means for everyone to be treated equaly no matter who you areor what you look like.
ReplyDeleteI think it means to have freedom.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means everybody gets treated the same and are able to do what other people can do no matter what your race is
ReplyDeleteWhat having equal rights means that everyone should be treated equal
ReplyDeleteequals right mean every one should have the sane open oppurtunities
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means to be free . To be able to do and say what you want .
ReplyDeleteequal rigths has to do with you having your own dreams and following your dreams and doing it with not just your own kind but every person around you thats what euqual means .
ReplyDeleteHaving equal right is that people have to be treated thne same way the and hey cant be treated differntlly that what it mean to heve aequal of rights!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaveing equal rights is like everyone getting the same lunch even though they may have different culture or color or anything different so pretty much were all exepted.
ReplyDeleteequal right's is when your equal with other people meaning you treat them the same as other's. Even though you have a different race you treat the person the same as other's.
ReplyDeletewe all have the same right's we ae re all treated fairly it don't matter if you are white or black or were you came from i came from the the hood the frist projects on winsconson street but nobody treated me diffrent.
ReplyDeletehe every body to be free
ReplyDeleteEverybody has a chance.
ReplyDeletei will always have an extra fish
ReplyDeleteEqual rights is when everyone has the same rights. Everyone is the same for privleges. No one is treated different from each other.
ReplyDeleteI would all ways have a fish
ReplyDeleteNot to talk about different colors and dont have different drink fountains then other people.
ReplyDeleteHaving rights means that we have rules that we have to follow.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights mean to have the right to do everything you want to do, and it does not mean you are different by your skin color or if you cant hear or any thing you are the same, and nobody can change that or do anything about it.
ReplyDeleteEqual rights means too be treated fairly and kindly.
ReplyDeleteEaqual rights- When everyone is treated eaqualy and is not treated differently.
ReplyDeleteFish means the same thing in chinese
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ReplyDeleteEqual rights to me means no matter what race you everyone stands for the same thing.
ReplyDeleteEaqal rights mean that he wanted us to be able to go to school togather and to eat togather and to go places with each other.That is what eaqal rights mean.
ReplyDeleteHaving equal rights means that everyone should be treated the same and given the same rights and not be treated differently based on skin color,race,or sex.
ReplyDeleteEqual mean that every one is treaty the same but thats not how the techer treat me
ReplyDeleteIf 1 person pay $10 dallors another person has to pay $10 dallors.
ReplyDeleteto not be jujed by their coloer skin.
ReplyDeletemy mom likes fishn alot.
ReplyDeleteterrel eats crap!!!
ReplyDeletemachota rockssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ReplyDeleteno its a bad idea because if lightning hits the kite,he will die and besides he is dead.
ReplyDeletethe fish is good
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