Spring is officially here – according to the calendar!

1. Spring is officially here – according to the calendar! March 21, 2014

2. What happens? What does this piece of writing tell you? The Magic of Reading! When, where, and how? To Whom?

3. Learning a better way to mark up text!

4. On Friday, October 21, at approximately 8:30 A.M., Judith Reynolds, owner of The Cupcake Factory, arrived at her establishment to find that it had been robbed and vandalized overnight. The front window of the shop at 128 Broad Street was broken, and chairs and tables were overturned throughout the café area. Additionally, the cash register had been pried open and emptied of money. The thieves attempted to open the safe as well, but were unsuccessful. Ms. Reynolds used her cell phone to report the crime to the police. She also phoned the proprietor of Primo Pizza. Located at 130 Broad Street, as she noticed that the door of that restaurant showed signs of forced entry. The police department is asking anyone with information to call 555-2323.

5. Instructions for License Renewal A driver’s license must be renewed every four years. A renewal application is sent approximately five to seven weeks before the expiration date listed on the license. Individuals who fail to renew within three years of the license expiration date are not eligible for a renewal and must repeat the initial licensing process. To renew a license, you must visit a Motor Vehicles Agency. You must present a completed renewal application; your current driver’s license; acceptable proof of age, identification, and address; and proof of social security in the form of a social security card, a state or federal income tax return, a current pay stub, or a W-2 form. You must also pay the required fee. If all the documents and payment are in order, your photo will be taken and a new license will be issued.

6. Today’s postal service is more efficient and reliable than ever before. Mail that used to take months to move by horse and foot now moves around the country in days or hours by truck, train, and plane. First-class mail usually moves from New York City to Los Angeles in three days or less. If your letter or package is urgent, the U.S. Postal Service offers Priority Mail and Express Mail services. Priority Mail is guaranteed to go anywhere in the United States into two to three days or less. Express Mail will get your package there overnight.

7. Lost Childhoods, Jr. Scholastics (2007) Cut out the article and glue into foldable so that it forms flaps to be lifted up. (Follow my instructions!) • On a sticky note, answer the question asked in the subtitle: Millions of African children are forced to do dangerous, backbreaking jobs. Why? • After reading the article and completing the tasks, go back to the sticky note and correct your answer using text evidence to support your thinking. Cause 1 Cause 3

8. Lost Childhoods, Jr. Scholastics (2007) • Cut out the article and glue into foldable so that it forms flaps to be lifted up. (Follow my instructions!) Read article and highlight the word poverty. Find and underline the four causes of child labor. What is the effect of these causes? Cut out graphic organizer and glue onto front of foldable. Write the causes on the outside (document the page number) and the effects on the inside. Circle the solutions for ending child labor in the article. Cause 1 Cause 2 Remember, after reading the article and completing the tasks, go back to the sticky note and correct your answer using text evidence to support your thinking. Cause 3 Cause 4

9. Lost Childhoods, Jr. Scholastics (2007) Read “She would pull my hair” and complete the following inference on a sticky note. Use the article to support your thinking. Based on the following (details), I can infer she probably became a domestic worker because _____________________.

10. The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Cut out each page of ppt with lined spaces and glue on the inside flap of foldable. Use the lined areas to answer questions. • Read all three points. • Highlight the point which clearly defines child labor. • Underline examples of work that are not a problem for children to do. • Highlight what qualifications are used to decide which “work” is wrong for a child to do. What is Child Labour? • It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them • Not all work done by children should be classified as child labour to be eliminated. Some types of work, e.g. earning pocket money during school holidays, can be beneficial to a child’s development • Whether or not particular forms of “work” can be called “child labour” depends on the child’s age, the type and hours of work performed and the conditions under which it is performed, as set out in the ILO Conventions

11. The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour • Read all three points. • Highlight the point which clearly defines child labor. • Underline examples of work that are not a problem for children to do. • Highlight the qualifications used to decide which “work” is wrong for a child to do. What is Child Labour? • It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them • Not all work done by children should be classified as child labour to be eliminated. Some types of work, e.g. earning pocket money during school holidays, can be beneficial to a child’s development • Whether or not particular forms of “work” can be called “child labour” depends on the child’s age, the type and hours of work performed and the conditions under which it is performed, as set out in the ILO Conventions

12. Causes of Child Labour • Highlight the title • Explain next to each bullet point why it is a cause of child labor based on what you have read in other articles. • What page from Lost Childhoods supports the last bullet point? • Poverty • Culture and tradition • Barriers to education • Market demand • The effects of income shocks on households • Lack of legislation and/or poor enforcement of existing legislation

13. What is another word for consequences? Consequences of Child Labour Number the effects of child labor in the order you think is worst to least and explain your reasoning for the worst effect. • Deprives them of schooling or requires them to assume the multiple burden of schooling and work • Jeopardises their health and safety – high risk of illness and injury…even death • Affects their physical development (malnutrition, long working hours in bad conditions) • Exposes them to physical and psychological abuse and violence which all have long term consequences • Deprives them of their childhood and of their future

14. Magnitude of the problem What is a synonym for magnitude? Child labour in the world From this slide, how serious is the problem of child labor? Support your thinking with statistics from the slide. 215,000,000 Child labourers, 5-17 years old 115,000,000 Engaged in hazardous work, 5-17 years old

15. What are solution statements from Lost Childhood which could explain why the numbers are decreasing. Global trends in child labour (age group 5-17, million) 250 245.5 245 240 235 Million 230 225 222.3 220 215.3 215 210 2000 2004 2008 Year 15

16. Use the timeline from What is Child Labor? to decide the most significant event to lower victims involved in child labor. Explain your reasoning. Global trends in hazardous work (age group 5-17, million) 180 170.5 170 160 150 Million 140 130 128.4 120 115.3 110 100 2000 2004 2008 Year 16

17. What is Child Labor? Wage and Hour Division (WHD) State Child Labor Laws Applicable to Agricultural Employment January 1, 2008 Answer the following question on a sticky note: How is child labor connected to us as Americans?

18. What is Child Labor? Read the article and highlight anything that has to do with something America needs to do to lower the amount of children involved in child labor in the world. On another sticky note, explain in your own words what Americans could do to help lower the number of children involved in child labor. In the margin by the title, answer the question and cite text evidence from the article to support your thinking. Underline the sentence on page 35 which ties the problem of child labor back to poverty.

19. What do you know about where your chocolate comes from???? Chocolate Day!!! http://vimeo.com/10112155 http://vimeo.com/54454814

20. Highlight problems children face in the production of cocoa. • Underline the organization fighting for children’s rights. “Cocoa Campaign” Chocolate articles are to be stapled together and kept in the pocket portion of foldable.

21. Notice the details of the picture on a sticky note and explain its meaning. • Highlight evidence that Hershey has not kept their pledge to help end child and forced labor. • Are these statements backed with evidence or is it opinion? Use text evidence to support your thinking. “Innocent Children Behind Bars?”

22. Highlight three ways Hershey plans to help put an end to child labor. • Based on what you are reading about Hershey, do you plan to buy any more of their chocolate? Explain your answer. “Hershey Slave Labor Will End With Switch to Fair Trade Cocoa”

23. What is the author’s purpose of this article? • Highlight phrases that support your answer. • Number the ways in which Hershey plans to switch to Fair Trade Chocolate. • Do you know what “Not in Harry’s Name means”? “A Chocolaty Similarity: Raising the Fair Trade Bar to Hershey”

24. Read the article and underline what “Not in Harry’s Name” means according to the author. • What is the author wanting Warner Bros. to do according to this article? Use text evidence to support your answer. • Is it possible to eat chocolate not produced from child labor. Explain using text evidence. “The Fans Have Spoken: Not In Harry’s Name”

25. On a sticky note, answer the following question: Based on what you have learned, will you eat all brands of chocolate in the future? Is the chocolate still sweet?

26. Goal: Ending Child Labor • Highlight the problem. • Underline the three solutions to the problem. • Highlight words and phrases that prove indicate the author’s voice. • On a sticky note explain the author’s beliefs using text evidence to prove your thinking. Identifying author’s voice, the way the author talks about a subject, which reveals the author’s personality as well as his or her beliefs and feelings about the subject.

27. Complete your graphic organizer for the topic “The Need to End Child Labor.” “Support Your Reason” with text evidence from your research. You must have something from at least three different sources to back up your reasoning. Write your claim on a sticky note and place on organizer. Begin your argument essay. You must have five paragraphs to prove your thinking.