Monday, October 12, 2009

How do we follow a successful week #1?

Well.....we complete week #2!

I just wanted to say a quick "thank-you" to all of my fantastic students for a great first week of blogging!  Wow - 109 posts!!  Pretty impressive if I do say so myself!  We had a few little bumps along the way, but we are definitely moving in the right direction and that has got me (and hopefully you) pretty excited!

I will try and keep my rambling to the bare minimum this week.  So without further adieu, here are this week's questions:

1.  What does it mean to you to be a "caring" person?

2.  Other than Greg Mortensen (the author of "Three Cups of Tea"), research someone in history who has dedicated his or her life to helping others.  Write about when he or she lived and provide some examples of how they improved the world through his or her dedication.

Don't forget the rules:

- Put the question in your answer and always write using full sentences.

- Proofread your work (watch your spelling and grammar) before you post it.

- Keep it appropriate for school.

- Have fun and be creative!

This week's bonus question is a fairly simple one - I hope!  :-)

What is the definition of a simile and provide me with an example.

Have fun blogging everyone and as usual, I can't wait to read your responses!

Mr. Boettger  :-)

58 comments:

  1. 1. To be a caring person you have to be a good person and help people when they need help you help them.

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  2. 1.it would mean to me that you care abot a person

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  3. Re: colten109

    In what way? Be a little more specific please.

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  4. Re: jacobw109

    Good answer to the first question! Can you provide me with an example?

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  5. 1. To care for people and be helpful.

    2. My choice for person who dedicated her life to helping others
    is Princess Diana of England.
    She was born July 1, 1961 and she died August 31, 1997.
    She was famous for her charity work around the world.
    Some of her work was with the International Campaign to
    Ban Landmines, she supported AIDS charitites and worked
    with the homeless, youth and hospitals.
    She got the Nobel Peace in 1997 after she died.

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  6. A careing person means to comfort people wene they are sad, and be loving.

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  7. 1. To be a caring peson you would have to be nice, helpful, generous and let the person play in your games. Two examples would be, "can I please play in your game?" mack asked, "sure" tyler said. "Can I use your pencil parker?" asked conner, "yes, I'LL be done with it in a second."

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  8. A good example is you, beacause you always help class mates and your never mean, only when you assign extra homework

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  9. A caring person helps others, makes sure others are happy, watches others' back(making sure they don't get bullied), making others feel good about themselves, and a caring person puts others in front of themselves and makes sure everyone is happy before themselves.

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  10. Mother Teresa who risked her life helping poor, sick, orphaned, and dying kids for over 45 years(ministering). She started first in India and then many other countries. She died 5 of September 1979 at age 87. She was a roman catholic nun. Her religous beliefs were roman catholic. Mother Teresa changed the world by making herself an example of Jesus back then, so she tryed to help the poor and influence others to do the same.

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  11. BONUS QUESTION
    The definition of a simile is using two nouns(persons, places, or things)that are unlike that are most introduced with the words "like" or "as".

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  12. Good start brody109! I like the use of examples to back up your answers!

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  13. Re: connor109

    Great choice! She definitely dedicated her life to helping others.

    Don't forget to put the question in your answer - for question #1.

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  14. Re: jacobw109

    So, what you are telling me is that I should give out more homework?! Done! :-)

    Who did you find that has dedicated his/her life to making this world a better place?

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  15. Excellent definition kirra109!! Well done! :-)

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  16. Re: kirra109

    Just like connor109's person - another great choice!

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  17. An example is "As big as a bus"

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  18. Re: Kirra109

    So close with the bonus question, but you are missing one part! Where is my example?

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  19. Re: Kirra109

    That is correct! Apparently, we are on the computer at the same time and I should have been a little more patient. :-)
    Remind me tomorrow about your prize!

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  20. Re: Mitch

    Looking forward to part 2 of the question!

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  21. 1.To be a carring person you have to help people like Greg Morteson
    2.terryfox bewcause he dedicated his life to fighting cancer by running and making $1 per person and he died but we are still making money.

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  22. 1 it meanens to be a caring person means to care about things and pepole. help whene needed help

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  23. 1. being a careing person means when a kid is being bullied and you help him or her.

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  24. 1. To me to be a careing person is to be nice to other people and to care about your community and also yourself.

    2. Terry Fox dedicated his life to find a cure for cancer . He dedicated his life by running to raise money for the cancer foundation while he had cancer. When he got cancer in his leg docters had to amputate his leg. He got a fake leg. After that he still ran sadly Terry Fox died on june 28 1981.

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  25. 1. To be caring for someone means to listen or pay close attention and showing fellow feeling for one another.

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  26. Martin Luther King dont no

    and my uncle donny he is a construting working
    my cuzin jim ray he got paralized for 24 years and thay said he would only stay alive for 5 years and now he is gone now thow

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  27. 1.Acaring person means to be nice to people around you.

    2.terry fox beacause he run around for people for people that were sick even though he was sick he didnt stop running or walking until
    it was night.

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  28. 2.tarr fox he ran all of canda to raes cancer

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  29. Terry Fox helped the world by raiseing money for cancer when he had cancer him self

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  30. 2. I will chose my own dad because he helps me and my family by putting food on the dinner table. He helps me specifically by helping me with my homework, fixes wreched toys or broken, and he is teaching me how to be a kind, nice, caring, easy-hearted loving man. So even if he does not change the world now, he he piched in a little bit and taught me how to teach my children when I grow up, and my children will grow up and teach their children the same thing and so on. So that is why I think that anyone can change the world.

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  31. Re: Jordan109

    Great example! However, make sure you answer the whole question as well as put the question in your answer.

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  32. Great answer hunterf109! I agree 110% - anyone can change this world for the better!

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  33. Re: coulten109

    How did all of those people change the world for the better? Be specific!

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  34. Re: colten109

    Don't forget to put the question in your answer and make sure you answer all of the questions.

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  35. Hello everyone!

    Just a little friendly reminder that you must put the question in your answer and to always double-check your spelling! :-) From this point on, I won't be accepting one word answers or answers that don't have the question in them. So, make sure you keep checking this blog to make sure your question was accepted! :-)

    We also had quite a few people answer "Terry Fox" for question #2. So, from here on in, Terry Fox can no longer be an answer (despite the fact that it is an excellent example of someone who has changed the world for the better).

    Mr. Boettger :-)

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  36. 1.Caring is when some thing sad happen and your friend say I know how you feel that is what caring is.

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  37. um i wouid give them some food and water .

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  38. a caring person means, that they take care of something or some one.

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  39. 1) Caring for a person meens woching out for each other and being nice to each other.

    2) Some one like Greg is mother Tresa in the Three cups of tea .

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  40. IT MEANS TO BE A CARING PERSON IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU COULD MEET IMPORTANT PEOPLE LICK THE MAYORE.

    I THINK MR.BOETTGER IS A HELPING PERSON BECAUSE HE HELPS ME AND OTHER KIDS EGACAITE.

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  41. 1. A caring person is someone who treats people with kindness, generosity, helps people if needed, being sensitive to other peoples feelings, thinking about how your actions will affect other people, and we become caring people by being kind to other people.

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  42. .2. Iam going to do lord budda he tauht a contery to handdel life and death . He is an amazing person .

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  43. 2. Martin Luther King jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He dedicated his life to stop racism,he wanted people to be considered equal, not judged by their skin colour. He was called a prophet, a modern moses and the conscience of a nation." He is most famous for being the leader of the civil rights movement in the U.S. He was awarded the nobel prize for peace in 1964 at age 35. He was the youngest man ever to achieve this award. On April 4, 1968 he was assassinated. His speech," I have a dream" is still remembered today.

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  44. bonus Question
    The definition of a simile is it is a comparision of unlike things. Examples are like and as.

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  45. A simile is an indirect comparison using the words like or as. ( e.g.) 1. The leaf fell like a feather in the wind.
    2. The man is as tall as a tree.
    3. The boy ran as fast as the wind as he left the other boys in the dust.

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  46. 1. A caring person means when a person puts the other people before themselves just like my best friends at school who are
    Kirra & Holly thanks guys for helping me a lot!!!!!!!!!



    2. Georgia Sea Turtle Center staff does an amazing job in rehabilitating sick, injured, and immature sea turtles.

    The people that I chose were the Georgia Sea Turtle Center because they devote their lives to help the sea turtlus and to make them happy and to make them themselves again.

    3.

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  47. 2. Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing man. He was born on January 15, 1929, and he got assassinated on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. helped black people get the right to have freedom to vote, and allowed them to have freedom of speech and religion. He dedicated his life to black people.

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  48. On second thought I choose the Right Brothers because they invented the airplain. Without the airplain people could not send pakeges around the world. They made a huge diffrence in the world.

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  49. Re: mack109

    Can you provide me with an example?

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  50. Re: alyssia109

    Can you be more specific with your answer to question #2 please. Provide me with some examples - what exactly did she do?

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  51. Re: alley109

    Can you provide me with an example for your answer to question #1? What specifically do you need to do to be a caring person?

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  52. Re: parker109

    Well done on both questions.

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  53. Re: brody109

    An excellent example of someone who changed the world. He was an amazing man.

    Regarding the bonus question....Can you use it in a sentence?

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  54. Re: parker109

    Excellent work on the bonus question! Too bad kirra109 beat you to it! :-)

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  55. Re: madi3380

    An interesting and unique answer to the second question. How did you come across them?

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  56. A caring person is someone who is helpful and is there when you most need it .

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  57. Abraham lincoln had a position on freeing slaves , it was one central issues in american history !

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