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"Africans bend what little they have to their will everyday. Using creativity, they overcome Africa's challenges. Where the world see trash, Africans recycles. Where the world sees junk, Africa sees rebirth.

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tom Rielly- caring, passionate, helpful

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epilogue-a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
allusion-an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
venture capitalists- is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth

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infrastructure-the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities  needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

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validation- the action of making or declaring something legally or officially acceptable

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http://hacktivate.org

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ted-Technology, Entertainment and Design

Dr. Mchazime is giving, persistent,  and kind

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grooving thought life means in my opinion is giving up not making a plan for whats next just kinda there.

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whats next for Williams he wants to a water pump to make it easier for the women in the village to get water faster.

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biogas- gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-africa-malaria-idUSKCN0Y31QD

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William was blamed for giving the town bad juju because they thought his new windmill was made by bad magic and it was what to think so they blamed him.

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Circuit breaker-is

A circuit breaker that is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current typically resulting from an overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow after a fault is detected.

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he used a bike dynamo
and a car motor that Gilbert bought for him.

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Epidemic- a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Cholera- an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea.
facts-
1)Infection
2) its Deadly
3) Small intestine infected water
4) causes vomiting

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I feel bad that William had to kill his dog but he was just watching him suffer and didn't want to see him go through it anymore so I understand if William didn't have to he wouldn't have.

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"Little did i know, but my stomach had take over my entire body during the night, filled every limb and crevice, all the way up to my head like a great big balloon."

Page 146 "Khamba I said lets go hunting. His head perked up and he stumbled to his feet

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the crops are ready to be eaten

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In a normal courtship if any girl likes a guy enough will ask him to come meet her family. He'll then visit for several weekends in a row. If all goes good and the guy senses hes safe with the family he'll propose marriage. The girl will then say, Okay, and go talk to my uncle. The girl will talk to her mother about it. The mother will talk to the father, who will talk to his wife's brother. The uncle will approaches the grooms uncle and the two men talk. The Brides uncle then names a price of the dowry- usually money, anywhere upwards of one hundred thousand kwacha or livestock such as a cow. The brides uncle will also be given a mouth fee for speaking on the behalf of his family. All of this happens before the wedding.

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some people would go agents there moral codes and steel food from other staving family just to get by.

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physiological-relating to the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

they will get very skinny and then there stomach will puff out

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https://donate.worldconcern.org/crisis?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=somalia_paid&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=search&gclid=CNb8_7203NICFY-2wAod77QIzA
organization to help- http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/20/iyw.howtohelp.somalia.famine/

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Hasting Banda was the President of Malawi from 1961-1994. In 1963 he was appointed prime minister of Nyasaland, then a year later he lead the country to independence as Malawi.

cult of personality is when an individual uses media to get noticed, like propaganda so the people thought they looked heroic. Band was part of a extensive cult of personality and for every building it had to have a picture of Banda and it had to be hanging higher then everything.

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kinetic energy- energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.
diode- a semiconductor device with two terminals, typically allowing the flow of current in one direction only.
electroscope- an instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.

electromagnetic energy- There are many forms of electromagnetic energy including gamma rays, x rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, infrared radiation, microwaves and radio waves.

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wanting to learn
"Gilbert offered to help right away. Each day I met him after school and he told me what they'd done in school.

Williams family still didn't have enough money to pay for his schooling but William still really wanted to learn so gilbert ordered to help him out.

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it cost about $500 a year to go to school in Africa and that doesn't seem like a lot to us but in Africa a lot of people don't go to school because it cost so much.

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HIV causes AIDS and interferes with the body's ability to fight infections.
facts
1)spreads by sexual contact
2)can't be cured but some treatment mat help
3)can last for years or be lifelong

William wanted to make sure that people were aware of what it was and how you could prevent it he also incurred people to get tested.

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I think that society should be obligated to take care of the weak and sick because if you were the one weak or sick you would want someone to help you so why wouldn't you help them. I don't think that when in time of need you should because a bad person like they did during the famine.

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Is a disease caused by getting bite by infected mosquitoes.
1) you can die from Malaria
2) it is treatable
3)there are less then 20,000 cases of Malaria in the US

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gratitude- the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

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Still the old William

"if you want to make it, all you have to do is try."

Even know William could make a new life with money a nice house and everything in the US but he still wants to give back to his home country.

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"this is fantastic,' they said. 'the whole world needs to know about this boy."

in this chapter people started to notice him and what he was doing.

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Aids/HIV

"In science we invent and create, ' I said. 'we make new things that can benefit  our situation. If we can all invent something and put it to work, we can change Malawi."

William has to make a play about HIV and Aids because they are common thing.

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even know people didn't believe in William he persevered to do what he knew he could do.

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Electric wind

"we doubted you, but look at you now!"

even when the odds where not in his faver he still did what he believe in.

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Williams first encounter with magic was when he wanted to be strong so he went to see a witch and got he's knuckles cut open and the witch put a paste in the cuts to harden and then he would be strong

After his first encounter with magic he felt ripped off but worse than that scared.

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why it is important to learn curiosity -http://www.howtolearn.com/2013/05/why-curiosity-is-the-most-important-skill-to-teach-your-child/

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1)when the first rail fall they must be ready to farm
2)in december the fields are thick and muddy and stick like cakes against your feet
3)from may to September they are still benefiting from the harvest
4) December planting season most families are stating to run low on maize
5)  if everything goes right the rains in December and January the crops should grow to his dads knees
6) in February the stalks are thick and strong and should be as high as his dads chest.
7) In a good year the bags should raise to the ceiling and spill out of the corridor

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sustainable- able to maintain at a certain level/rate

ethical- relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

feasible- possible to do easily or conveniently

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Robert Fumulani
Robert Fumulani was a popular musical night club owner he was also a businessman (he did own a night club) in Malawi. article-http://blogs.voanews.com/music-time-in-africa/2008/02/26/musical-sunshine-from-malawi/

music-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWttlHW-AxI

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"Khama curled up outside my door and into a deep sleep."
Khamba starts to get sick and weaker so they decided to put him out of his misery.

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"Zikomo kwambiri, Gilbert, I said thank you very mush. Your the greatest friend I ever had."

Gilbert believes in his best friend and helps overtime he can.

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" congratulations," said Michael, laughing. "you've been chosen to go to the dam school. If anything, you'll become a great fisherman!"

willam finally found out what school he was going to go to. He didn't get in the school he wanted to infect he got into a bad school and some kid named Micheal made fun of him for it.

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"As long as we can stay in business," my father said, "we'll make it through. Our profit is that we live."
In this chapter it talks about kids names and what they meant after times they would be like Simkhalitsa that means I'm dying anyways.

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I think that this vidoe is very important because it tells you about how the school system is crupted and it is standing up for the students. Don't get me wrong I very grateful for my rights. One being that I can go to a clean safe school but there are many wrong things with it and they stranded up for that and I thought it was important.

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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/

deforestation is where something happened and it wipes out a huge amount of trees.

deforistantion keeps Malawians poor by because without the trees it cause flooded
that washed away soil and its minerals. left the fluids with garbage and made it hard to grow crops. xc can  hnj u8m

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anemia is where you don't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your tissues.

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alternating current is an electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals, typically used in power supplies.

direct current is an electric current flowing in one direction only.

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"The mangoes were still unripe, green in color, and probably very spur. They were not ready to be eaten."

In this chapter it is talking about the hard times of the famine.

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Climate change and the next Great Famine

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As the globe warms, yields for some of the most important crops in the world could decline, raising the risk of global hunger

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no one in the government was taking resposibillty like when they needed food the government took what they had in storage and sold it to pay off there dead and there wast enough for the people.

the president said when he became president he would buy everyone shoes and when he won he said "ladies and gentlemen, do i look crazy? How can i know the shoe size of every person  in Malawi? i never promised showed." so he liked just so he would win.

they waited until no man or woman had any money left and raised the price by 100%.

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1)They started a war in the democratic republic of congo.
2)They killed more then 8 hounded thousand Tutsi.
3)They hosted the leaders of ongo and Rwanda in Blantyre in an effort to make peace.

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the Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large population of people especially those how have a particular ethnic grope or nation.

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1) there where many people some men mostly women gathered in Gilbert's yard under the grove of the blue gums and they all careered empty baskets.
2)villagers came to Gilbert's house in seacher of food because they where running out.
3) "The maize crops in the outer villages had fared more poorly than ours during the floods and drought, and after only four months, their storages had gone dry."
4) there where people eating gaga which is the clear colored husks or chaff that are removed from the outside of each maize kernel. That is normally thrown away at the mill or sold as animal food.
5) people started to eat unripened fruit.

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1)A bicycle dynamo is a type of generator attached to a bicycle to produce electricity for the bicycle’s lights.
2)A bicycle dynamo works by converting the mechanical motion of the rotating wheel into electrical motion with the use of a magnet.
3) you have to paddle the bike to make the dynamo true on.
4) it uses alternating and the direct current
5) the dynamo was also used as a batterie for the radio as long as the paddeles where moving and it was attach right the radio would turn one.

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GCSE PHYSICS - Electromagnetism - What is a Bicycle Dynamo? - How does a Bicycle Dynamo Work? - GCSE SCIENCE.

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permanent magnet is rotated in the middle of some coils of wire. Rotating the magnet instead of the coils has the advantage that are not needed. The rotating magnet produces achanging magnetic field and this electricity in the coils of wire.

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ch.1 characteristics of a memoir

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Happy Monday! Today, I had the pleasure of guest hosting for Emily over at Reading Tutor/OG for her weekly Mentor Monday linky. This week's topic is MEMOIRS, which is probably my favorite unit that I teach! There are SOOOOOO many great choices to use for this topic from picture books to chapter books and even some for just us adults! I decided that instead of focusing on just one mentor text, I would give you a list of different ones that you can use for different purposes. And, I am including a list of characteristics of a memoir that you can use with your kiddos (or, just to help you!).

First of all, I don't think we called these stories memoirs when I was in elementary school. We talked about personal narratives and even "true" stories, but I don't ever remember hearing the word memoir until probably college. Writing gurus like Lucy Calkins have helped teachers learn to teach great writing and in elementary school, one of the easiest things to teach is what you already know! That is exactly what a memoir is. Some moment from your life that you already know about. The difficult thing about memoirs is to keep them small and yet interesting (we have all had those kids that like to start with, "I alarm went off and then I got out of bed. I walked downstairs and ate breakfast. I walked back upstairs and got dressed. Then, I brushed my teeth....." You know, the ones that might only write about one day, but they tell you EVERYTHING they did that one day!). So, we start with a chart paper of what a memoir is (and what it is NOT) and we add to it the more we read. Here is what an anchor chart might look like in your classroom.

I think one of the best ways to teach what a memoir looks like is to show students many examples of them. The nice thing about several of the memoirs on this list is that you can read just a couple of excerpts from the book to allow students to see what a memoir is. It may also get them interested in reading more of the book on their own! Believe me, this is NOT a comprehensive list! There are SOOO many great memoirs out there and several of these authors have more than one book that would be great for this unit! I had to stop myself before I took over the entire post with just a list of book. Each day while I am teaching this unit (and several days/weeks before), I read aloud a memoir. That way, every student has heard multiple versions and types of memoirs. The more they hear, the more their writing will improve, right!? At least, that is my hope!

I could go on and on about this unit, but I will refrain.....for now! I would love to hear YOUR ideas about teaching memoirs! What books do you use? What great plans are in your folder?

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Mentor Monday 3/24/2014-Mentor Texts for Memoirs - Teaching Momster

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Happy Monday! Today, I had the pleasure of guest hosting for Emily over at Reading Tutor/OG for her weekly Mentor Monday linky. This week's topic is MEMOIRS, which is probably my favorite unit that I teach!

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"after the business collapsed, our family was left to survive on its own."

William and his family faced a horrible death and things began to change.

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http://www.our-africa.org/malawi/climate-agriculture

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"By February, the stalks were wilted and hunched toward the ground like an old woman sweeping the dirt. "

page 78
"one night before bed,i was a lamp flickering inside and found my father there alone, staring at the sacks as if he'd just asked them a question."

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"But after we learned from our mistakes, people began bringing us their broken radios and asking us to fix them. Soon we had our own little business."

They began it get curious minds and tried to test it using old radios given to them by familys.

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the nutritious values

there are a lot of grasshoppers so you would always have plenty of food

they are cheep

there everywhere

you can make many different food with them

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"I've loved you my entire life," he said. "And I want to marry you."

In this chapter you find out how William Kamkwamba parents met.

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http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yao_people

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ch.1   title- dreaming thourgh the stories  

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ch.1   title- dreaming thourgh the stories  

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ch.1    description- Even know Williams family and friends had little to no money they spent they days playing with homemade toys, telling stories and dreaming. 

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ch.1    description- Even know Williams family and friends had little to no money they spent they days playing with homemade toys, telling stories and dreaming. 

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ch.1   quote-  "But most of the time we had no money, so we spent our afternoons in hunger and dreams." 

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ch.1   quote-  "But most of the time we had no money, so we spent our afternoons in hunger and dreams." 

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juju meaing energy and the experience of positive and negative forces around us that charge out lives and shape each unique day on this planet.

-you can give it
-you can receive it
-create it
-share it
-leave it behind
-pass it on

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gule wamkulu meaning "great dance". in the rule wamkulu dance there are masked characters. Each of the characters have a different message. they wear masks and costume are woven out of grasses and bamboo. They each have their own song and dance paring with the nature of the character. the characters of the rule wamkulu advise people to be hard working, loyal to family, respectful to parents, faithful to partners, and caring of children. They don't advise in nonsocial behavioer especially that worst of practices witchcraft.

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when the theme is relatable.

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It is the subject talk about most in the story.

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a memoir is a story of collected memories.

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is the beginning of the stories and gives backrounds .

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A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills where usually used to mill grain or to pump water.