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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: October 2016
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Tuesday, October 25, 2016. MoMA Social Justice in Art: Other Works. The messages in the other artwork we viewed on our MoMA visit are poignant and timeless:. My Parents, My Grandparents and I (Family Tree),. Pray for American,. Sunday, October 23, 2016. MoMA Selected Piece: Faith Ringgold, American People. American People Series #20: Die. Medium: Oil on canvas, two panels. This huge piece literally stopped me in my tracks on our class visit. Ringgold chose to present people i...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: Book Club ~ Independent Reflection + Vocabulary
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Book Club Independent Reflection Vocabulary. Or why someone would actually force their kids to read it. I thought it was very well written, but it was difficult to find reasons for either side of the argument. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. (Oscar Wilde). Sentence from text and page number or write your own sentence. Denotation (definition) and part of speech. Mnemonic Device or Visual Clue.
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: MoMA ~ Social Justice in Art: Other Works
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Tuesday, October 25, 2016. MoMA Social Justice in Art: Other Works. The messages in the other artwork we viewed on our MoMA visit are poignant and timeless:. My Parents, My Grandparents and I (Family Tree),. Pray for American,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Battle Royale, Koushun Takami. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine l'Engle. American Gods, Neil Gaiman. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare. The Constitution of the United States of America. Stitches, David Small.
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: MoMA ~ Selected Piece: Faith Ringgold, American People
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Sunday, October 23, 2016. MoMA Selected Piece: Faith Ringgold, American People. American People Series #20: Die. Medium: Oil on canvas, two panels. This huge piece literally stopped me in my tracks on our class visit. It took up the entire wall and shockingly represents the terror and pain of the Race Riots of the late 60’s. Art critics say this work is reminiscent of Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica. I wonder if perhaps the prolific street graffiti artist Jean-Paul Basqu...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: Creative Response: Election 2016
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Sunday, November 6, 2016. Creative Response: Election 2016. This election is not a joke. It is just not funny anymore. We all must make a choice. A choice for out country. I am just a mere teen but my power is endless. We can learn from this election. That our voice must be heard. Together we can make a change. The option we have is Clinton or Trump. Many say that Trump is a showman. Others say that Hillary is a crook. Do not be fooled by the opinions of others. All people ar...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: Banned Book TED Talk ~ The Shining: Script + Video Link
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Banned Book TED Talk The Shining: Script Video Link. Https:/ youtu.be/KUO r4xUksg. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons. Like Stephen says best, “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”. What does Wendy mean when she says at the beginning of the book she is frightened for their. Jack, Wendy and Danny’s) future. When Jack is drinki...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: Let's Get Lost (in my stacks)
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Let's Get Lost (in my stacks). A book is a dream that you hold in your hands. In a hammock on the North Fork, in my air-conditioned room,. Toes in the sand in The Rockaways, in my Grandma's garden or my Grandpa's porch in MI. When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes. By the Mediterranean Sea in Italy, on a gritty NYC subway, poolside on. On a picnic blanket in Prospect Park, by Lake Michigan. When You Reach M...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: November 2016
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Let's Get Lost (in my stacks). A book is a dream that you hold in your hands. In a hammock on the North Fork, in my air-conditioned room,. Toes in the sand in The Rockaways, in my Grandma's garden or my Grandpa's porch in MI. When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes. By the Mediterranean Sea in Italy, on a gritty NYC subway, poolside on. On a picnic blanket in Prospect Park, by Lake Michigan. A right that we ...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: Synthesis: Upfront Article
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Thursday, November 3, 2016. The New York Times, UpFront Magazine,. October 31, 2016. Focus: Two teens explain who they’re supporting for president and why they chose to get involved. Teens and Election 2016. Scandals, Lies and Incivility. Deplorables, Bad Hombres, Nasty Women. We believe in equality. We worry about the environment,. National security (terrorism) and the economy, especially how it relates to education (quality and college affordability). This may be the most d...
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog: December 2016
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Giovanni Galvano's ELA Blog. Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Banned Book TED Talk The Shining: Script Video Link. Https:/ youtu.be/KUO r4xUksg. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons. Like Stephen says best, “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”. What does Wendy mean when she says at the beginning of the book she is frightened for their. Jack, Wendy and Danny’s) future. When Jack is drinki...
