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BOSTON � No matter which team won Game 1 of the ALCS Saturday night at Fenway Park, the Red Sox or the Tigers, either John Stuart or his wife, Kathleen, would have been happy and the other would have been sad.
John, 56, is a Red Sox fan who attended Game 1 proudly wearing his red Red Sox jacket. Kathleen, 52, is a Tigers fan who was at her husband's side, wearing her orange Detroit Tigers T-shirt.
"It's a mixed marriage," John said.
The Stuarts got some strange looks and at least one "boo-hiss reaction," according to John. When they passed through the turnstile on Yawkey Way, John was asked, "Who are you bringing in the ballpark?"
John was accompanied not only by Kathleen, but Kathleen's younger sister, Jan McLaughlin, and her husband, Frank McLaughlin, both Tigers fans who drove 12 hours from Detroit. Jan wrote a Tigers T-shirt, and Frank donned a Tigers cap.
Asked before the game what kind of reaction they had received from Sox fans, Jan replied, "Nothing yet, but we haven't been drinking much yet."
The Stuarts have lived in Boston's Back Bay since 1996, but Michigan used to be their home, and they met at the Super Bowl in 1982 outside Detroit in the old Pontiac Silverdome. The Stuarts were both rooting hard for the Sox to meet the Tigers in the postseason for the first time, and they got their wish.
What's it like being a Tigers fan married to a Red Sox fan?
"It's going to work out good for me," Kathleen said with a laugh.
She's convinced the Tigers will take the series, and if they do, Kathleen wants John to take her to Happy Feet in Chinatown for a massage.
If the Red Sox win, John wants Kathleen to run a 10K with him. John, a member of the Boston Athletic Association, plans to run in the BAA half-marathon today at Franklin Park. John has run in 17 Boston Marathons, including this year's. He finished before the bombs exploded, but Kathleen and their daughter Shannon, 26, were cheering on other runners and were knocked down by the first explosion. Fortunately, they weren't injured.
So the red B Strong towels the Sox gave to each fan Saturday held extra meaning for the Stuarts.
In addition to their Red Sox gear, Alex Nineve, 11, and Daniel Nineve, 9, of Plainville arrived at Fenway Park wearing long, black beards that their parents, Bill and Stefanie, had purchased for $5 each at iParty on Friday.
"It's comfortable," Daniel insisted.
Many of the Red Sox players grew beards for luck this season, and they don't plan to shave them off until their season ends.
Asked if he expected to wear the beard for the entire game, Daniel admitted, "No."
Stefanie said she thought her sons resembled Moses.
Alex was convinced the Sox would win the series.
"One hundred percent," he said.
Beards were popular Saturday. Some Sox fans wore red sponges shaped like beards that read: "Fear the beard." Other fans wore their own real beards, including one who had a white beard and a red Santa cap with a Red Sox logo on it. Other fans painted on their beards.
Former Red Sox shortstop NomarGarciaparra threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a strike to Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Believe it or not, David Ortiz is the only current Red Sox player who played with Garciaparra in his 8� seasons with Boston.
Garciaparra never advanced to a World Series with the Sox, so David Henderson may have been a better choice to throw out the first pitch.
Twenty-seven years ago to the day, Henderson's two-run, two-out homer completed a four-run ninth to enable the Sox to beat the Angels in Game 5 of the ALCS and avoid elimination. The Sox went on to win the series and reach the World Series.
An occasional mist fell before the game, and the temperature was 55 degrees for the first pitch � perfect weather for beards.
Contact Bill Doyle at firstname.lastname@example.com him on Twitter @BillDoyle15.


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The Over The Hedge comic strip is the work of Michael Fry and T. Lewis. Fry is the writer, Lewis is the artist. They first worked together in 1992 on Mickey Mouse comic strips. Each has had success on their own, with Fry as a screenwriter and Lewis illustrating children's books. They live in separate parts of the United States, collaborating electronically on the strip. The strip first appeared in 1995. Four book collections have been published: Over The Hedge, Over The Hedge 2, Knights Of The Picnic Table, and Stuffed Animals.
The strips are not afraid to tackle difficult subject matter. Everything from celebrity worship to stem cell research has appeared. In 1998, a series of strips had the characters considering the origin of humanity and the likelihood of reincarnation. The strips were awarded the Religious Communicators Council's 1998 Wilbur Award for "excellence in the communication of religious issues, values and themes." (comic - more...)


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Ask Some Questions & Use Those Helpful Text Features!
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Objective: SWBAT ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details by using text features to find information.
- 'Rookie Biography' texts* or 2nd grade informational texts about Native Americans (you could choose another topic)– one per student
- Lesson vocabulary words from the Reading/Writing word wall: questioning, informational text, biography, text features, (names of the text features you will need from your books)
- Target vocabulary from text and write on the board (identify those from your unit or books)
- 'Ask Questions and Use Text Features' worksheet
- Put worksheet format on the whiteboard
*I chose this series because it has great pictures and a variety of text features. The text level is mid-second grade and it had information that we were currently studying in Social Studies.
Reading texts in social studies and science helps the students build a foundation of knowledge in these areas to make them better readers in other content areas. The cross disciplinary focus with the Standards encourages teachers to use texts from other subjects in reading lessons, which ultimately benefits the students as they are exposed to vocabulary and concepts and generalize them throughout the day.
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Underlined words below are lesson vocabulary words that are emphasized and written on sentence strips for my Reading & Writing word wall. I pull off the words off the wall for each lesson, helping students understand this key 'reading and writing' vocabulary can be generalized across texts and topics. The focus on acquiring and using these words is part of a shift in the Common Core Standards towards building students' academic vocabulary. My words are color coded 'pink' for literature/'blue' for reading strategies/'orange' for informational text/'yellow' for writing/'green' for all other words.
Bring students to a common learning point
- "Today we'll watch a movie and read about some famous Native Americans. They all have a story to tell about how their lives changed. So much happened in our American history at this time and it will help us to understand our country better if we learn about our history."
- Show the video of Native Americans (or choose a video of your topic).
- Review some key ideas
- Native Americans lived in different parts of the US
- Their lives changed when the French, Spanish and English came
- They were moved to reservations
- Native Americans have a proud culture shown through dance, language, artwork, and stories
- Review some target vocabulary (my class used 'tepee' 'buffalo' 'migrate' 'culture').
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Teachers' Turn
Provide background to the topic
- "Today we'll ask do some questioning about this topic and use the text features to find answers in our informational text."
- "Here are some Informational Text Features that we have reviewed before." I put a list of words up as the kids named the features.
- "First let's review some vocabulary on the whiteboard that we can use in our questions." (My goal is that they have the opportunity to use this new vocabulary in the discussions we'll have about the book to help them generalize the meanings).
- "Now I'll read one a biography to the class - point out text features and how they help you as you read-add text feature sentence strips to the board as you identify them in the book.
I also use these 'Informational Text Feature' picture prompts for the text features since there are so many different features (caption, quote, graph, chart......) My goal is to eventually take away the pictures once my 2nd graders remember what each feature is without the picture prompt. As students have the opportunity to learn and use various text features and locate key facts or information in a text efficiently (RI.2.5), I am creating carefully structured situations that allow them to solve problems and answer questions independently, which is one strategy I use to teach to the Common Core State Standards.
Model the skill
- "Let's ask some 'wh' questions and use our text of find the answers. Write these on the chart on the whiteboard.
- "Who was Sitting Bull? This photo say he was a famous Native American."
- "Where did the Native Americans live? Here's a words and pictures say that they lived in teepees."
- "When did the US make a promise to these people? The words say they made an agreement in 1868, but then the US lied and broke the promise."
It's important to model this questioning strategy for students to ensure they are asking and answering a variety of questions-not just 'who' and 'what'. The questions need to have a purpose – to find information in the text and the answers should lead to questions that can be answers by the words or illustrations. Asking and answering these questions encourages students to read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and cite specific evidence to support conclusions. (RI.2.1) This allows the teacher to facilitate that learning process instead of just disseminate information and encourages students to draw on their own abilities to discover answers instead of relying on adults to supply the facts. The first of these is a key shift in the Common Core Standards, and the second is how I feel I can make my students become the most independent and successful with this level of rigor. My students have needed considerable practice to really be able to become skilled questioners, but I feel this practice will pay off once they are able to use questioning as a helpful reading strategy.
Guided Practice
- "Now it's your turn. Help me ask and answer some questions."
- "Let's ask a 'what' question." One student volunteered and I wrote 'What did the Indians make clothes from?" We deduced that the words said they made clothing from the buffalo."
- "Final one together....how about a 'how' question." Another student volunteered, "How many Native Americans were on the reservation?" We found that the caption said '100-1000'.
- Here's a video of how I prompted the students.
- Here's the completed whiteboard when we were done.
The focus on questioning with the support of text evidence (RI.2.1) represents a shift in the ELA Common Core toward 'close reading'. Students are expected to pull information from the text and illustrations to not only answer questions, but provide evidence that their answers are correct. Teachers should model how to use text features to garner information that supports or add to the text. (RI.2.5) There are a variety of text features in informational text and students and citing evidence to ask and answer text-dependent questions represents a shift in the Common Core Standards.
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Students Take A Turn
Students read their text
- Students read their text. For students with reading challenges, I pair them up with a higher 'reading buddy'.
- Pass out the worksheets.
- I always wait to pass out worksheets until they are done reading. The ultimate goal of my lessons is reading, so I want the students to know they should take the time to do 'close reading' of the text to gain information.
Students write the questions
- "Now it's your turn to write 'wh' questions."
- "Pick questions that can be answered with text/text features and identify the text feature on your worksheet. Try to use 1-2 of the target vocabulary from the whiteboard.
- Here's an example of how I prompted a student to use text features.
- Take a look at one of my student's student's worksheets.
The ability to write questions can still be challenging for some students. Working with a buddy or using a slate at their desk to provide models will make this easier for students who are struggling.
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Apply What You've Learned!
Students share
- Students share their book and ideas with the class and you prompt with questions…
- "Which feature helps you most?"
- "How did you answer that question?"
- "Did that (text feature) give you information?"
- "How does that question help you understand what you read?"
- "What was the most interesting thing you learned about this person?"
- To see what this looks like, here's a video of a student explaining her answers.
It's important to gauge student ability by asking them questions that show how they 'know what they know'. Instead of just asking for answers, ask them how they chose their answers or how the questions helped them comprehend better. The goal is for the readers to become introspective – understanding how to get information and how the information helps them so they generalize the reading strategies to other texts.
Scaffolding and Special Education: This lesson could be easily scaffolded up or down, depending on student ability.
Students with reading or language challenges will need to work with the teacher or a partner to read. They will need lots of support to ask and answer questions because questioning is typically very difficult for these students.
Students with more ability should be able to ask deeper questions about the topic. Encourage them to write questions that ask the reader to analyze a text feature or look deeper into the text. Although they may need prompting and an example, it's worth challenging them to use higher language and sharpen their questioning skills.


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I hemmed and hawed for weeks trying to think of something special to do on my blogoversary. I didn't want to have another Pizza Party. Although fun, I'm not much of a pizza aficionado, myself. Then, one day when I was on a cookbook shopping binge, yes, every once in a while, I stock my library with more up to date food related books, I realized that October also happens to be Cookbook Month. "Self" I said, "Why not have a Cookbook Party, and surprise visitors with games and gifts?" So, that's what I'm going to do, AND, you're all invited!!! I still have a few details to work out, but, I can give you a list of clues, so you'll be all ready when I make the "official" announcement on Sunday.
October is...(clicking snap shots will not enlarge them or take you anywhere:)
Inspiring recipes from YOU can be found @National Cheese Pizza Day.
So, there you have it, a list of October's monthly celebrations. We haven't even nibbled at the daily celebrations but don't you worry about that:) I guess you could say we'll be celebrating October with cookbooks...and recipes of course! See ya Sunday!
Welcome New Blog Followers:
Debbie @ Bahamian Dishes
Arturo who serves up Traditional Dominican Food in English too:)
Papersponge.com is hosted by Brian. He has colorful posts of vintage ephemera
A Liberry Tart (curious?)
Miriam from Meatless Meals for Meat Eaters
Cookbook Party Related Posts & Updates
October 17, 2011: As of this amendment, the Cookbook Party has begun its third week. For ease of navigation, I have listed posts that have anything to do with the party and a brief description.
1. It's a Surprise!
This is a list of October celebrations much like the one in the left sidebar except this list includes links to the "sponsors" of the respective event.
2. It's a Cookbook Party
The invitation to the Cookbook Party can be found here. It also includes the infamous "rules."
3. Cookbook Party Entries Week One
We had a cornucopia of delicious entries for the party in the first week. Go see...
4. Preview of Give-away Cookbooks.
I've always been terrible at keeping a secret when it comes to cookbooks. So, these are the books which I will be giving away. One each week for the month of October. If it isn't October 31, 2011 yet, you still have time to join!
5. October Cider Cake and Cookbook Party Entries Week Two.
The Cider Cake alone is worth a visit. Oh no, don't be silly, I didn't actually bake it. The recipe comes from the Southern Heritage Cookbook. And, if you thought Week One had some unique and delicious entries, Week Two has even more!Tweet


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Piloted UnitedHealthcare of Southern California to major performance improvements
The board of directors of HealthNow New York Inc. today announced its selection of David W. Anderson as the new president and CEO of the multi-faceted health care organization that includes the Western New York region's largest health insurer, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York.
Anderson, 59, spent the past seven years as CEO of UnitedHealthcare's Southern California Health Plan, based in Cypress. He was unanimously selected for the HealthNow leadership position after a five-month search and hiring process. He officially starts July 31.
"I am honored to lead a BlueCross BlueShield organization, and especially one with such a leading market share and outstanding track record for superior service to community, members, and business partners," Anderson said. "HealthNow's expanding footprint and our market strength in Western New York gives us stability and resources for the coming health care changes."
In 2008, Anderson inherited a plan with membership losses and reduced financial performance. From 2010-12, internal operating income rose 43 percent and membership was stabilized. The financial turnaround was accomplished by Anderson and his team while raising employee engagement scores from a companywide UHC low of 56 percent to a company-leading 84 percent.
His UHC division had 868,000 commercial members, health care cost responsibility for 340,000 Medicare Advantage members, 2,700 employees, and approximately $3 billion in annual revenues - similar to HealthNow's numbers.
Anderson is a long-time health care industry executive, having started as a broker in 1980 after graduating from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business with a B.S. in finance. He's been an entrepreneur, an executive in many facets of the health insurance industry, and is well-versed in competitive and highly regulated health care markets.
Thomas J. Hook, chairman of the HealthNow board of directors, said the five-month search that resulted in Anderson's selection, involved hundreds of applicants and recruits, including internal candidates, and that Anderson emerged from a diverse group of finalists.
"Our board set out to find the best-possible CEO for HealthNow and we're certain we did," Hook said. "David will impress our markets with his health care experience, the communities we serve with his Midwest values and work ethic, and our members with how we will all manage the change that's coming in American health care."
HealthNow New York had estimated annual revenue in 2012 of $2.5 billion and serves more than 800,000 members. HealthNow is a BlueCross BlueShield Association licensee in Western New York and in New York's Capital District, as BlueShield of Northeastern New York. The company operates HealthNow Administrative Services in Pennsylvania and California.
The HealthNow board established a CEO transition committee comprised of company executives and board members, and retained Russell Reynolds Associates of Manhattan, which has specific health care sector experience, to identify Alphonso O'Neil-White's successor.
O'Neil-White, who served as CEO of HealthNow for 10 years and spent 16 years at the company, announced Feb. 25 his transition plan to retirement. He will officially retire July 303. O'Neil-White held the CEO position longer than any modern CEO in the 76-year history of the health insurer.


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I and the Bird returns: Nuthatches
The beautiful dream that was I and the Bird died a couple years ago when the new wave of internet social media made the way we bird bloggers had been sharing links for time immemorial (i.e. about three years in internet) sort of irrelevant. It lasted 149 editions, which is sort of really impressive, and I don't mind bragging here a little bit in saying that I'm pretty sure I currently hold the record for I and the Birds hosted with four amazing editions over three years. Not too shabby.
Well, Mike Bergin, the man with all the ideas in the blogosphere, along Corey, who I heard described once as "Birding's Rush Limbaugh", both blog-bosses at 10,000 Birds, came to me with an idea to resurrect the venerable blog carnival in a way that should have a much more lasting influence than cutesy themed linkfests. So I said, yeah, I'll help.
So it's back, and the theme is Nuthatches. And you should check it out.
See, the idea here is that the post itself is sort of google-bait, which means that lots of people who ask themselves, "what the heck is a nuthatch?" are going to find the post and look at all your amazing posts and photos. It can't lose. Seriously, you'd be surprised how well this stuff works.
Anyway, each month will see a new group of birds to spotlight. Eventually, we'll get through all of them or die trying. If you're a blogger, you should get in on this stuff.
So go check it out! And be sure to talk up nuthatches in your regular goings-abouts in such a way that people will be certain to google them. Every little bit helps.
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Bakersfield Condors (21-41-5) at Las Vegas Wranglers (32-29-5) 7:05 p.m. PT
· Jacob Lagace leads Bakersfield against the Wranglers with six points (1g-5a).
· Las Vegas' Adam Hughesman is second among rookies with 180 shots on goal.
· Condors are 15-1-1 when leading after two periods.
· Wranglers are tied for second with six shorthanded goals at home.
Kelly Cup Playoffs Update
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Bakersfield loses in regulation
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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
• Watch games live on America One Sports, the "Official Broadband & Mobile Broadcaster" of the ECHL.
• The ECHL celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2012-13 and is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
• ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 23 teams in 16 states in 2012-13.
• The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
• 507 players have played in the NHL after playing in the ECHL including 23 in 2011-12.
• 17 ECHL players have made their NHL debuts this season: former Gwinnett Gladiators forward Matt Anderson (New Jersey on Jan. 29), former Stockton Thunder center and 2011 ECHL All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Mark Arcobello (Edmonton on Feb. 6), former Utah Grizzlies defenseman and 2010 ECHL All-Star Victor Bartley (Nashville on March 8), former Charlotte Checkers, Wheeling Nailers, Pensacola Ice Pilots, Florida Everblades and Augsuta Lynx left wing Patrick Bordeleau (Colorado on Jan. 19), former Cincinnati Cyclones forward Cory Conacher (Tampa Bay on Jan. 19), former Trenton Devils goaltender Jeff Frazee (New Jersey on March 9), former South Carolina Stingrays and Reading Royals goaltender and 2013 ECHL All-Star Philipp Grubauer (Washington on Feb. 27), former Ontario Reign and Orlando Solar Bears goaltender Darcy Kuemper (Minnesota on Feb. 12), former Toledo Walleye defenseman Brian Lashoff (Detroit on Jan. 21), former Toledo Walleye goaltender Petr Mrazek (Detroit on Feb. 7), former Las Vegas Wranglers, Toledo Walleye and Idaho Steelheads defenseman Steve Oleksy (Washington on March 5), former Alaska Aces right wing Anthony Peluso (Winnipeg on Feb. 12), former South Carolina Stingrays center Steve Pinizzotto (Vancouver on March 14), former Ontario Reign right wing Jon Rheault (Florida on March 5), former Reading Royals left wing Antoine Roussel (Dallas on Feb. 1), former Wheeling Nailers center and 2011 ECHL All-Star Ben Street (Calgary on Feb. 9) and former Toledo Storm right wing and 2007 ECHL All-Star Jamie Tardif (Boston on Feb. 2).
• The ECHL has had 315 players reach the NHL since 2002-03 when it changed its focus to become the primary developmental league for the NHL and the AHL. The ECHL had 97 players reach the NHL in its first 10 seasons and 215 in the first 15 years.
• 251 ECHL players have played their first game in the last eight seasons for an average of more than 31 per year.
• ECHL had a record 87 players on NHL opening-day rosters in 2012-13, surpassing the 81 from 2011-12 and marking the 10th year in a row that there have been over 50 former ECHL players on opening-day rosters.
• ECHL has affiliations with 25 of the 30 NHL teams in 2012-13, marking the 16th consecutive season that the league had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
• 30 coaches with an ECHL background are working behind the benches of teams in the NHL including Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach and 2011 Jack Adams Award winner Dan Bylsma, New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano, Dallas Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan, Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette and Winnipeg Jets head coach Claude Noel. It is the seventh consecutive season that there have been 11 or more coaches with an ECHL background working in the NHL. Boudreau, who coached Mississippi for three seasons winning the Kelly Cup championship in 1999, was named NHL Coach of the Year in 2007-08 becoming the first former ECHL coach to receive the award.
• 26 former ECHL officials are scheduled to work as part of the NHL officiating team in 2012-13 with referees Darcy Burchell, Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Trent Knorr, Mike Leggo, Dave Lewis, T.J. Luxmore, Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Graham Skilliter, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson, Brian Mach, Tim Nowak, Bryan Pancich and Jay Sharrers.
• ECHL was represented for the 12th year in a row on the Stanley Cup champion in 2012 with Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Jamie Kompon, players Dwight King, Jordan Nolan and Jonathan Quick, manager of communications/broadcasting Jeremy Zager and scouts Steve Greeley, Mark Mullen and Mark Yannetti. Quick was named the recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the second consecutive year a former ECHL player won the award.. There were 43 former players and 13 coaches on the 16 teams competing in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the seventh year in a row that there have been at least 30 former ECHL players and the ninth consecutive season that over 25 players with ECHL experience have competed in the NHL postseason.
• Former ECHL broadcasters working in the NHL include John Ahlers and Steve Carroll of the Anaheim Ducks, Tom Callahan of the Nashville Predators, Dave Goucher of the Boston Bruins, Chris Kerber of the St. Louis Blues, Jack Michaels of the Edmonton Oilers, Dave Mishkin of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Bob McElligott of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• Ryan Stanzel and Jeremy Zager, who were both recipients of the ECHL Media Relations Director of the Year award, are working in the communications department for the Minnesota Wild and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. Former ECHL assistant director of communications Joe Siville works in the communications department for the Philadelphia Flyers.
• ECHL has affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the American Hockey League in 2012-13 and for the past 23 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion.
• In the last seven seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 3,500 call-ups involving more than 1,800 players and in 2011-12 there were 10 times as many call-ups from the ECHL to the AHL than all other professional leagues.
• The ECHL averaged 4,281 fans per game in 2011-12, marking the eighth consecutive season and the 20th time in the last 22 years that the ECHL has averaged over 4,000 fans.
• Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.


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Bavaria is one of the most research-intensive locations in the world. The state holds a national and international position in terms of the expenditure on research and development, with annual investments totalling around 5 billion euros. Every fourth patent applied for in Germany originates in Bavaria. A total of around 100,000 people work as researchers and scientists in companies, universities and non-university research facilities in Bavaria.
Bavarian Nobel prize winners
6 Nobel prize winners for chemistry
4 Nobel prize winners for physics including Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Würzburg university), 1901
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The Chicago Wolves fell into a 5-0 hole in the game's opening 25 minutes but staged a four-goal third period rally that saw them pull within one goal twice, before suffering an eventual 7-5 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins at the Allstate Arena Wednesday night.
Forwards Nigel Dawes, Riley Holzapfel, Andrew Kozek, Ryan Garbutt and Darren Haydar provided the scoring for Chicago (26-23-2-4), while defensemen Mark Matheson (3A) and Paul Postma (2A) each added multiple assists.
"We played a very bad first period," said Wolves Head Coach Don Lever. "It's disappointing. We were able to come back in the third but it's too little too late when you let in four goals in the first."
Grand Rapids (23-23-1-5) drew first blood, 11:12 into the game when the rebound from a Sebastien Piche shot bounced straight up the slot to center Jamie Johnson, who knocked it past Wolves goaltender Drew MacIntyre.
The Griffins pulled ahead, 2-0, at 12:10 of the first frame when defenseman Jamie Tardif sent a pass across to Jason Lepine, who walked in to the right face-off circle before flicking a pass to left wing Jordan Owens at the top of the crease for a quick tap past MacIntyre.
Grand Rapids made it 3-0 with a marker from Cory Emmerton at 18:25 of the first frame. Right wing Francis Pare carried the puck into the Wolves zone and slipped a pass back to Emmerton alone in the slot for a quick rip into the open side of the net.
The Wolves fell into a 4-0 hole when Ilari Filppula jammed home the rebound from a scrum in front of the Wolves net with one second remaining in the first period.
MacIntyre made 15 saves during the first period, before being replaced by Peter Mannino to start the second.
The Griffins pulled to 5-0 when Pare sent a pass from behind the goal line out front to Tardif, who moved around a Wolves player and deposited the puck past Mannino at 4:42 of the second period.
A five-on-three power play late in the second period helped the Wolves crack the scoreboard. The puck became trapped under a Grand Rapids player after he blocked a shot and Postma hacked at it until it came loose and squirted out to Dawes, whose quick shot banked off goaltender Jordan Pearce's pads and into the net at 17:35.
Chicago inched to 5-2 when Matheson's shot from the point bounced off Holzapfel in front of the net and out of Pearce's reach at 2:59 of the third period.
Kozek's long blast from high in the slot brought Chicago within striking distance, 5-3, and sent Pearce to the bench in favor of backup Thomas McCollum at 7:04 of the third period.
Garbutt brought Chicago within one, 5-4, at 14:31 of the third period. Matheson fired a blast from the point and Postma got the rebound to Garbutt, who pushed it past McCollum, but the Griffins answered 49 seconds later when Pare's shot from the right face-off circle slipped between Mannino and the goal post.
Mannino (12-13-3) made 11 saves in 38:36 minutes of relief duty before taking the loss.
Haydar responded to bring Chicago back within one goal, 6-5, when he took a pass from Fredrik Pettersson, walked in and buried a shot past McCollum with 2:42 remaining in the game.
McCollum (6-10-2) made eight saves on 10 shots in 12:51 between the pipes to collect the win.
Filppula slid the puck into an empty net at 18:50 of the third period to ice the win for the Griffins and round out the scoring, 7-5.
The Wolves travel to Wisconsin to face the Milwaukee Admirals in an Amtrak Rivalry game at the Bradley Center on Friday at 7 p.m.
Grand Rapids 4 1 2 — 7
Chicago 0 1 4 — 5
First Period—1, Grand Rapids, Johnson 6 (Piche, Pare), 11:12; 2, Grand Rapids, Owens 6 (Lepine, Tardif), 12:10; 3, Grand Rapids, Emmerton 7 (Pare, Tatar), 18:25; 4, Grand Rapids, Filppula 17 (Johnson, Minard), 19:59. Penalties—Keefe, Grand Rapids (elbowing), 7:25; Minard, Grand Rapids (cross-checking), 12:39.
Second Period—5, Grand Rapids, Tardif 16 (Pare), 4:42 pp; 6, Chicago, Dawes 24 (Postma, Haydar), 17:35 pp. Penalties—Postma, Chicago (slashing), 4:00; Lepine, Grand Rapids (high-sticking), 15:42; Raedeke, Grand Rapids (hooking), 15:42; Esposito, Chicago (slashing), 19:14.
Third Period—7, Chicago, Holzapfel 6 (Matheson, Machacek), 2:59; 8, Chicago, Kozek 7 (Miller, Matheson), 7:04; 9, Chicago, Garbutt 13 (Matheson, Postma), 14:31; 10, Grand Rapids, Pare 13 (Pyett, Lepine), 15:20; 11, Chicago, Haydar 19 (Pettersson, Krog), 17:18 pp; 12, Grand Rapids, Filppula 18 (unassisted), 18:50 en. Penalties—Tatar, Grand Rapids (interference), 7:17; Raedeke, Grand Rapids (high-sticking), 8:23; Mannino, Chicago (tripping), 10:12; Straub, Grand Rapids (holding), 15:58; Garbutt, Chicago (slashing), 20:00.
Shots on goal—Grand Rapids: 19-8-6–33. Chicago: 9-13-13–35. Power plays—Grand Rapids: 1-3. Chicago: 2-7. Goalies—Grand Rapids, Pearce (22-25), replaced by McCollum (8-10) at 46:53. Chicago, MacIntyre (15-19), replaced by Mannino (11-13) at 20:00. A—3,915. Referee—Jon McIsaac and Keith Kaval. Linesmen—Mike Hamilton and Peter Cichy.


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- According to the doctors, treatment should cease because "Desmond is suffering without any prospect of long-term improvement."
- According to the wife, "People look at him as a vegetable. But he isn't. He's a person with dignity. Don't take that away from him."
- When it comes to end-of-life care, do the values and beliefs of the patient and his family trump the obligation of the doctor – whether professional or moral or both – to end suffering?
- What end-of-life protocol(s) could Canada implement to facilitate the resolution of this conflict?
- Desmond Watson's pneumonia cleared and he is breathing independent of a ventilator - does/should this have any bearing on how the dispute should be resolved?
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What makes you America's best amateur baker? Baking has been a part of me and my life since my earliest memories. While my professional life veered into a different path that I am most proud of, I have always wanted to be a pastry chef and it is a goal that I will achieve. That passion is in everything that I bake for my family and friends, and a part of my heart is always in that offering. If there is a spirit of love and sincerity in your bake, it will be well received. I believe that is the ultimate mark of America's best amateur baker.
Why do you enjoy baking? It is truly my balance. I deal with people in the midst of the most difficult and heart-breaking times if their lives; baking allows me to be there for the joys and celebrations.
What is your signature baking item? A pistachio cake that is flavored with orange zest and cardamom, layered with fresh orange curd and orange blossom Swiss meringue buttercream. These are all of my late father's favorite flavors and he is always with me when I bake it.
Have you had any baking disasters? My son had severe egg allergies and any attempts at an egg-free cake were always disastrous.
What is your favorite family baking memory or recipe? Growing up as a child in an unstable region susceptible to bombardment, comfort would often be found in the smell of home-baked pita bread dipped in fresh pressed olive oil. That feeling of joy is why I bake and share it with others.
What is the best baking advice anyone has ever given you? The love, happiness and passion that you put into the bake will undoubtedly be evident in the final product. I believe that philosophy to hold true in everything we do in life.
If you were a dessert what would it be? I would be a mille feuille, which is a pastry that is comprised of layers upon layers of varied flavors, colors and textures. That variety is what makes life so beautiful and extraordinary.


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ASU mourns loss of Dr. Stuart Hilwig
The Adams State University campus is saddened by a weekend tragedy. Dr. Stuart Hilwig, Adams State University professor of history, was killed in an auto accident in northern New Mexico. His wife, Dr. Stephanie Hilwig, Adams State associate professor of sociology, was not in the vehicle; however, their two young children were injured.
Adams State President David Svaldi said, "Our deepest sympathies go out to Dr. Stephanie Hilwig and Stuart's entire family, as well as our students and colleagues who are grieving."
Students in classes of either Stuart or Stephanie Hilwig are asked to attend the class meetings, where more information will be provided.
Individual and group counseling sessions are available for any student or employee in need. Pleases contact Counseling Services at 587-7746, RH 220. Anyone may drop in at any time to talk with a counselor.
Stuart Hilwig earned his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in history from Ohio State University in 2000. Raised in Allentown, Penna., he became interested in European History due to experiences as an exchange student to Germany and while working for Sicilian immigrants in a pizzeria. He joined the Adams State faculty in 2000. He and his wife, Dr. Stephanie Hilwig, Adams State associate professor of sociology, have three children. His book Italy and 1968: Youthful Unrest and Democratic Culture was published in 2009 by Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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It does my heart good to see women of all races embrace Michelle Obama. It is too rare indeed for a brown-skinned woman, a descendant of slaves, a product of Chicago's South Side to be lauded on an international stage. Considering the heavy burden of stereotype still faced by black women, I cheer a little each time the First Lady gets some shine for her strength and smarts. But I note that in their eagerness to identify with Obama and make her emblematic of modern woman, some mainstream feminists unwittingly erase a key part of her identity–her blackness–and deny the experiences and histories of many African American women in the process.
In her much-talked-about speech, last Wednesday, at the Democratic National Convention, Obama said her most important role is "mom-in-chief." In analysis, this pronouncement along with the fact that Obama declined to talk about her own impressive career, was found disappointing by many in the white feminist chattering class.
Lisa Belkin wrote at the Huffington Post:
Maybe that is why it was so jarring to hear again last night. So much about the context has changed — the Republicans are being accused of launching a "war on women"; the word "mom" is being used as shorthand for a sweet lady who knows her place; Michelle Obama has spent four years showing us that she is a mother, yes, but also a force of nature. All this makes the phrase feels loaded and out of place.
Jessica Valenti tweeted: "I long for the day when powerful women don't need to assure Americans that they're moms above all else."
Slate's Hanna Rosin tweeted: "ok "mom in chief" is not where i thought that sentence was headed. it was so soaring just before that." Rosin went on to voice her discomfort with the phrase and Obama's speech that seemed to put her own accomplishments on the back burner during Slate's "Double X Gabfest," where she was joined by Noreen Malone, who wrote about Obama's speech for The New Republic:
It's a true and universally resonant sentiment. After all, Mrs. Obama is far more in the thick of raising kids than is Mrs. Romney. But I can't help thinking of the martial roots of that "-in-chief" designation: the "mommy wars" that have been battled in the press over the last decades take as their baseline assumption that working moms and stay-at-home moms see their choices as in opposition. Generals Ann and Michelle want to broker a peace—one that's awfully helpful politically; both need all the women—but it's a little depressing that both see fit to do so by whitewashing out their own experiences for the sake of bland universality. After all, way back in 1996, even after taking a beating in the press for being a little too careerist, Hillary Clinton didn't shy away from making a direct plea on behalf of working parents, and talking about how that experience informed her husband's platform.
Rosin wasn't the only Slate writer unimpressed by Michelle Obama's "mom-in-chief" line. In an article on Slate's XX women's blog, Libby Copeland ponders: "Why Are Presidential Candidates' Wives All The Same?"
The would-be first lady is self-sacrificing, and for years she has managed to somehow keep a household running with her husband off in Washington or wherever, and even though it's nearly impossible, she doesn't complain too much. The candidate's job, in turn, is to give her all the credit for raising the kids and opening the mail, and occasionally to say (as Mitt did in his convention speech) that her job was even harder than his. ("She was heroic," Mitt said of Ann. "Cindy will get her reward in heaven," John McCain said in 2007.) Perhaps, like Michelle Obama, she complained a little, leaving Post-it reminders for himto pick his underwear up off the floor. But ultimately, she bravely goes along with his ambitious schemes.
Copeland's analysis of what the public will accept from political wives has merit, but it is impossible for Michelle Obama to occupy the same space in this discussion as her forebears. She is a black woman. While white women have historically been thought, by default, to be possessed of ideal femininity, (sexistly) defined as demure, sacrificing, quietly strong, beautiful and maternal. Black women have not. The picture of black woman as Sapphire; welfare queen; baby mama; ball-buster; unmarriageable harpy who is too black, too fat and too nappy can be seen lurking behind much of the right's–and some of the left's–criticism of Michelle Obama. (Not only that, but Sapphire qualities are already being thrust upon the Obama's youngest daughter, Sasha, who the media is fond of imbuing with a sort of two-snaps-up-in-a-circle sassiness.)
White feminists who acknowledge Obama's blackness, and the stereotypes attached to it, believe her "momification" is a shrewdly calculated answer to attacks on her as "Stokely Carmichael in a dress." In her article, Malone endorses a similar analysis by Rebecca Traister in Salon. It is as if, even these smart women cannot believe that, alongside strong, black womanhood, Michelle Obama might have a nurturing, maternal side that is not politically manufactured but a part of who she is.
Black women in the public eye, including Michelle Obama, may not see the need to distance themselves from traditional roles, as Hillary Clinton once did, famously saying, "I am not some Tammy Wynette standing by my man." and "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life." Cooking-baking, devoted wife and mother has never been a stereotype about us.
In "Ain't I a Mommy?," writer Deesha Philyaw discussed the absence of black women in national conversations about parenting.
Low-income and working-class women, black women, and other women of color don't see their mothering experiences and concerns reflected in the mommy media machine, and we get the cultural message loud and clear: Affluent white women are the only mothers who really matter. Further, media overexposure of these women bolsters the perception of them as self-absorbed brewers of tempests in teapots.
Philyaw writes that historically, black women have rarely had the privilege to choose motherhood over career. Black women have always worked outside of the home–have almost always had to–even when society forbade "good" white women from leaving their pedestals. We have ploughed the fields and raised other folks babies, as well as our own. And as for many black women of my generation–women whose parents kicked down a host of racial barriers during the Civil Rights era and worked tirelessly to provide opportunity for their children–many of us were raised to do our family (and our race) proud through scholastic and professional achievement more than marriage and children. (I am glad of that, by the way.)
Philyaw adds:
Of course, black mothers are not endless founts of strength. Nor do we live charmed, guilt-free lives. Some black at-home mothers are asked by family and friends to justify the decision to "waste" their educations. Professional black mothers may have to forego material comforts and greater financial security in exchange for more flexibility and time at home with their kids. But all this struggling and striving happens in the context of our history. If a black mother's household income is such that she can afford to stay at home with her kids or opt to pursue a career full-time instead—either way, we've arrived at a profound historical moment. Either way, she is living a life her foremothers could only dream about.
In contrast to some of the mainstream feminist analysis of Michelle Obama and her role in the White House, I have heard from many black women, including feminist ones, who are delighted to see an African American woman publicly celebrated in ways that we commonly are not. Michelle Obama is–refreshingly for many of us–lauded for being nurturing, beautiful and stylish as well as whip smart, athletic and strong. And we imagine that Obama has the strength to make her needs known and that if she has, for now, chosen motherhood, that it is the role she wants. She is a black woman free to make that choice. These things are revolutionary for black women, even if some white women see business as usual.
Feminists who wish that Obama would strike a blow for feminism and against stereotyped roles of women, too easily forget that all women are not burdened by the same stereotypes. The way sexism visits white women and women of color, including black women, is similar in its devastation but often unique in its practice.
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Everyone and their mother uses Facebook (literally), including tablet owners. The official Facebook app is not optimized for Honeycomb devices, though, and tablet users have resorted to third-party Facebook apps for their day-to-day networking. Friendcaster Tab is the first Facebook app to be tablet-optimized, but the fact is it left much to be desired. Many of us migrated to Friend Me, a full Facebook app with friends, messages, photos, events and so on. However, the folks from OneLouder Apps have been working to make Friendcaster Tab a stronger competitor, and their app has received a major update. Friendcaster is now a full-on tablet-optimized Facebook app with many of the features you were asking for.
Friendcaster Tab is still currently in Beta testing, so it will probably have bugs here and there. The app is free, though, and you can get rid of the (very annoying) advertisement simply by sharing the app on your Facebook News Feed. After using it for about 20 minutes, I haven't had any problems.
The app grants you access to many Facebook features. Aside from your News Feed, you can access your Profile, Friends, Photos, Check-in (a very cool feature that works great), Messages, Groups, Events and Pages. The developer states they will be adding a widget in a few days, which will enhance the experience even more.
We can't wait to see the app when fully released. Without a doubt, Friendcaster is (and will be) a great option, and Friend Me now has some good competition. It's definitely worth a look, so head over to the Market and check it out! We'd like to know what you guys think. Do you like the new Friendcaster? Do you prefer Friend Me? How do you prefer to access Facebook on your Honeycomb tablet?


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This is clearly a sign from the creator, indicating that we are to worship penguins. I'm planning a trip to those little islands off of Argentina immediately, in order to ensure that my daughter learns the way of the penguin, so that she may transform into a blessed penguin in the afterlife.
What you're seeing there is the cosmic illustration of Memphis dropping the egg as told in The Gospel of Happy Feet (1)
So do we need to nail one to a cross in order to forgive our sins? Also, fish must be holy food now. Church of Red Lobster.
That's it; I am *so* making a pilgrimage to the penguin exhibit at the zoo. I've adored those dapper little guys since I was a kid.


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A long way from Hogwarts: Bonnie Wright witnesses the food crisis in Senegal
Chances are you know her as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, but there's more to actress Bonnie Wright than magic and monsters.
Bonnie recently visited Senegal with us in July to see firsthand how the food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa is affecting vulnerable communities, and to learn about what Oxfam's doing to support them.
Bonnie met local families in the Kedougou region of Southern Senegal. Initially surprised that a country facing such severe food shortages could be so green, she said: "When I arrived … it was hard to see that this was a country where thousands of people are suffering from extreme hunger … everywhere was green and lush. I quickly learned however that this green was hiding the reality, a deep seated hunger that was so present in the lives of the families I spoke to."
From three meals a day down to just one
One of the people Bonnie met was mother-of-six Dieynasa Ba (35). As the lean season approaches, Dieynasa is worried about how she'll feed her family. Her village relies on agriculture and when bad weather ruins their crops, they have no food to survive.
"We are farmers, only farmers. We rely on agriculture, without this we have no food to survive. Last year we didn't have anything. It was really bad, things were really tight," she explains. Whereas her family used to eat three meals a day, now they're surviving on just one meal. One of her sons rides his bike 7km to school and back again every day — needless to say, she wonders how long he can keep this up on an empty stomach.
"We are supposed to be able to provide our children with three meals a day but since the harvest we can only provide one meal. You realize that it's very difficult but I try to keep food mainly for the children."
Because Dieynasa doesn't have a job or source of income, her husband has had to move away in order to make money for the family. "Your husband can't do anything if you don't have a job. My husband had to go off to find work and then come back at night, sometimes with nothing. He is the chief of the family and it is difficult for him not to be able to provide for us, he feels embarrassed to see his family hungry."
First flood, then drought
Bonnie Wright also met the family of Aissatou Kanle and Ibel and their 8 children and dog. They are farmers who grow corn and rice. "Last year the corn was destroyed by flooding, and then the following lack of rain destroyed my rice harvest," Aissatou says. "So with the last year I didn't have enough of rice or corn to sell or for my family to eat."
The only way they survive is by asking their neighbors for help, or ask their parents to help feed their children. "I had to go find work building toilets in the mines, so I could raise money to give to my wife to provide for ten people in my family. I had to walk three hours there and back with only very little food inside me.
"The future of my family is education. I will fight to give them food so they can learn. I can't just feed them without seeing them go to school and I can't let them go to school without eating. I will fight for them. I don't want to see them having the same life as me."
Oxfam's cash transfers help
"My harvest last year was really badly affected, especially when my plants were growing," said Fatima Diallo, a 20-year-old farmer struggling to feed her six children.
"My husband died and I was married to my husband's brother. My new husband does not have the means to feed me or my family. So when the harvests are not good, I worry about my family and how I will feed my children. The health of my children is a problem, one of my children is very sick and I have to borrow money so I can get to the hospital."
Now Fatima has received a cash transfer card from Oxfam. "When I receive the money from Oxfam I will take my child to hospital, and buy food," she says. "But I also want to buy some materials for school. I want a different future for my children. I hope that education will change their future."
It's a difficult situation for everyone affected, but with your support, families like Dieynasa's, Aissatou's and Fatima's can take the first steps to getting their lives back on track. As Bonnie says: "I hope that with public support, Oxfam can continue to help people in these moments and tackle the underlying causes of the crisis to help prevent them happening again."
Thank you
Thanks to everyone who told world leaders to act on the food crisis gripping West Africa!
Oxfam's Sahel Food Crisis Appeal
We're hoping to raise $66 million in order to reach 1.8 million people. So far we've raised two-thirds of that amount. (31 August 2012)
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How does an author create a certain mood?
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Objective: SWBAT explain how word choice by an author creates a particular mood in a text.
Introduction: What is Mood?
E.B. White offers us so many different aspects to analyze with his book, Charlotte's Web. Today, I am engaging my students to analyze mood. To accomplish this task, we are reading Chapter IV: "Loneliness." I want to draw attention to the parallels between the weather and Wilbur. To do this as we read, the students will be paying close attention to what is happening to the day and to Wilbur. I will be asking the students guiding questions and the students will be gathering this information using circle maps.
I will begin with the students on the rug. We will discuss what mood is, and then we will proceed with reading the chapter.
Next, in order to deepen the understand of how an author creates a particular mood, I will gather the students on the rug for Socratic Seminar.
Then, students will read the poem, "Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens," by Jack Prelutsky to practice the objective independently. After they read it, they will write about the type of mood the author creates.
Opening Activity:
I start by sharing the objective on the rug: I can analyze how an author creates a certain mood. Then, I ask my students, what is mood? I ask them to engage in a think-pair-share. I have a few students to share out to the whole group. I have a Feelings Chart ready to reference to help students with the concept of mood.
Also, I will provide three examples with words that create a specific mood. After I read the words, I ask them what type of mood do these words create? These are the examples:
- dark, creepy, things, lightening, screaming
- laughing, jumping, playing, sunny
- calm, quiet, peaceful, soft
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I explain the purpose of reading Chapter IV, "Loneliness," which is to pay attention to how the author uses certain words to create a specific mood. As we read, we are gathering evidence. I have the students divide a paper in half. One side they are making a bubble map of the day. On the other half, they are making a bubble map of Wilbur. I am creating a classroom chart to scaffold the process.
As we move through the chapter, I am helping students see the comparison between the gloom of the day and Wilbur's loneliness. I will pause to give them time to add to their bubble maps:
•Another Example of Day & Wilbur
•This Is How It Looks For Wilbur
Also, I will bring attention the meaning of the suffix, "-ness," in the word loneliness. I provide opportunities for my ELL students to learn suffixes in context.
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Students will bring their work and gather on the rug to discuss the mood the author created in this chapter. I am using the following questions for the discussion:
- How is the day?
- What is it going for Wilbur?
- What mood does the author create?
- How does he create it?
Here is part of our discussion:
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I want to see if students can apply the skill of identifying mood in another piece. So I am having students read the poem: Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens.
I am asking students to apply their knowledge of mood given what they learned from analyzing the mood of Chapter IV: Loneliness, which is a rigorous task because the moods in these two selections are so different. To facilitate this task, I feel the poem is concrete enough for my English Language Learners to identify a mood.
First, students will read the poem. They can read it more than once to identify the mood.
As they read, I walk around and to make sure they are reading accurately. I provide support if they need it.
Then, I want them to identify one mood. To help those students who may be struggling, I take the time to make a list of moods with the students. I add to it.
After that, they will create a bubble map that supports the mood they chose with evidence from the poem. I ask them to write the mood in the middle, then go back and reread the poem to find the evidence. The versatility of this poem is that the evidence can be used to support different moods. This is one reason I chose the poem. A student can infer the mood as angry while another student may state the mood is crazy. Each student is able to find support for their respective mood.
Here are some of their samples:
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Now students will spend time writing a paragraph about the type of mood Jack Prelutsky created. They will need to provide evidence in their writing. As I walk around, I am looking for them to write an opening sentence that states the mood clearly. To help them, I have written the question on the white board: what mood does the author create? Then, I ask them to use time order words to give the evidence. I did offer them the linguistic pattern: The author creates_________________. They do the rest. And, this scaffold is for those who need it.
Here are some examples of their work:
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Sharing Writing
A few students will share their paragraphs. I am intentional about who gets to share their writing. During their writing time, I make sure to pay attention to who is meeting the task. It is those students who I call upon to share. If a student declines, I try to encourage but I do not demand. I do encourage more if I feel the student will benefit from sharing.
After the speakers share, they receive feedback. This is the system I use:
•Two Stars: Two different students share what they specifically like about the content of the writing.
•A Wish: Another student shares specifically how they think the writing can be improved.
Here the speakers and their work: