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Use the sentence starters to complete your response. You must use all of the sentence starters in your writing. If you would rather write your own sentences, that is always fine; please just make sure to address each of the topics.

The government argues that they own the land because

In the passage on page __, it states, "_____"

In my opinion, this is a [strong or weak] argument about land ownership because

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Use the sentence starters to complete your response. You must use all of the sentence starters in your writing. If you would rather write your own sentences, that is always fine; please just make sure to address each of the topics.

The villagers argue that they own the land because

In the passage on page __, it states, "_____"

In my opinion, this is a [strong or weak] argument about land ownership because

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In part 1 of chapter 7 in The Color of My Words, we learn about the arguments regarding Ana Rosa's village. The villagers argue that they are the owners of the land; the government and representatives argue that they own the land. We are going to explore both sides of the argument. Then, you will decide whose side you are on based on the arguments presented in the book. As you work on this Padlet, continue to revisit the question: Who has the stronger argument regarding owning the land? This IS NOT which argument you agree with; it is which argument for land ownership is stronger.

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Answer the question: What age do you consider someone to be an adult? Alternatively, what age is someone no longer a child?

I believe someone is an adult when or at age __ because

I believe childhood ends when or at age __ because

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TedTalk Video: “What Adults Can Learn from Kids”

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TedTalk Video: “What Adults Can Learn from Kids”

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Before we begin exploring information from the text, we are going to watch this TedTalk video called “What Adults Can Learn from Kids”. As you are watching, think about the question: What age do you consider someone to be an adult? Alternatively, what age is someone no longer a child?

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Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

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I Believe You are considered an adult at the age of is 18 Because In the United states The age you officially turn into an adult is 18 At this age your aloud to do things on you own in life you no longer have to be Supported by an adult in life,

I believe childhood end at the age 13 Because at this point you stop playing with Toys and focus on your self ages Thru 9-12 Start puberty early on and start developing worries for their self due to things happening to your body

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I believe someone is an adult at the age of 18 because they would be able to do stuff that all adults are allowed to do but you cant drink  yet but can vote for someone to be president.

I believed childhood ends at the age of 13 because you could start talking bad but you cant smoke drink or voter for someone to be president.

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I believe someone is an adult when or at age 18 because they get to start to do more things like getting a job or getting your first ever car.

I believe childhood ends when or at age 16 because it is the time where you start to forget all the things you did as a child.

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melani: I believe someone is an adult when they grow up and learn about everything or at least hit the age 25 because if ur and adult you are going to start to learn the stuff u have to learn and learn how to take care of yourself and more stuff like that

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I believe someone is an adult when or at age 18 because they're specified as "young adults".
I believe childhood ends when or at age 18 because teens like 13 -17 are still children and I also think that they're at the age that they can do certain stuff children can't do like vote.

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i believe someone is an adult when or at age 21 because when some turns 18 they are longer a teenager but a young adult and when they turn 21 i think they are adult at this point.

i believe childhood ends when at the age of 14 or above because somewhere near there you would be a teen and no longer a child.

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I believe someone is an adult at age 19 because they are going into their 20s which means they have more stuff they can have like they can have a child or they can get their own house

I believe childhood ends at age 13 because you are focusing on yourself and you start focusing on how to improve and you stop playing with toys

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I believe someone is a adult at the age of 18 because that is the legal age to be an adult.

I believe childhood ends when you want it to end because it is your childhood and not the others.

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I believe someone is an adult at the age of 18 because that's the age where they would be able to do what other adults do.

I believe childhood ends at the age of 13 because that's when you're a teenager the age where you stopped being a kid.

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I believe someone is an adult is at age 18 because at age 18 here in the united states u are able too get out of your parents house, get married,have kids and just live ur own life.

I believe childhood ends at the age 13 because you are able too use social media,start too focus on yourself and ur body is developing

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I believe someone is an adult when they are able to drive and have a job and when you're 18 because in the united states you can certain thinks at that age.

I believe childhood ends at age 13 because you are already a teen and you are going to stop liking things you did when you were younger like shows and games

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The government agrees that the land is no longer theirs and the others own it now

I believe the government Owns everything in The land They may have been living there And Have their homes there but that doesn't exactly give them the right to own and be in charge of it They didn't by it they had bought the things "on the island they hadn't agreed to buy 'The Whole' Land,

The problem Is they don't allow Their people to have a voice For themselves Neither let them speak for them selves They aren't allowed to have an opinion And There opinion means nothing to them as much as they try and Talk him out of it hes Deeply convicted.

In the passage Papi said they didn't want to sell the land but Mami said what if others do wanna sell the land" They had an opinion but it had never been taken into thought.

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I think childhood ends whenever you have to take responsibilities, like for example if you grow up with helping a lot around the house it may become  overwhelming for you and that ruin your childhood. but also during puberty kids tend to change a lot and slowly start growing and find new interests. i believe someone is an adult at 18, you may feel like one at a young age but your never fully a adult.

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I believe someone is an adult when they have their own house or apartment because now they are in charge of taking care of themselves. Also making their own life decisions.

I believe childhood ends when at the age of 14 because you start changing and probably have more stuff to access then you did before

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they've been on that land for so long. In the passage on page 96, it states, "The people who lived in my village had live there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began." In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because if they've been in that village for so long and they built houses and buildings then they should be known as the owners of the land.

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i believe some one is an adult at the age of 21 becuase you can vote and drink at that age you also have a lot of responsibilites and you become more independent i belive childhood ends at the the age of 13 because

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I Believe You are considered an adult at the age of is 18 Because In the United states The age you officially turn into an adult is 18 At this age your aloud to do you own things in life

I believe childhood ends when you are 13 because at age 13 you become a teenager so you become closer to an adult.

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I believe someone is an adult when THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY RENT AND RESPONSIBLE  because WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

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I believe someone is an adult at age of 18 because thats when you start maturing and you start becoming independent.When your 18 you start doing stuff that adults are able to do like getting a car or getting a job.

I believe childhood ends when you start maturing because you start taking things more serious.

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I believe childhood ends once you

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I belive someone is an adult when they are 20 and when they have their own responsibilities

I belive thar childhood ends when you are 18 or when you move out and pay for stuff yourself

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they were living in the land for so long and they have memories there and they grew up there.

In the passage on page 96, it states "The people who lived in my village had live there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began."

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about the land ownership because the villagers are the ones that lived in it for so long and the mayor didn't do anything to fix it up all the villagers did it themselves and they lived there for so long

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they have been there for generations and they don't even know who owns the land in the first place.
In the passage on page 96 it states, "The people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines start and the other's began."
In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because they lived there for so long and they are all together that they are not going to sell the land.

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they lived there for so long that they did not remember who built the first house

In the passage on page 96, it states, "The people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began."

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because they where the ones who lived on the island for so long that they don't want to give it away.

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they've been on the land for so long. In the passage on page 96, It states, " The people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began".

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because if they've been in that village for so long they should be the owners of it.

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The villagers argue that they own the land because it has history and it is owned by their ancestors and it was built traditionally and the Government believes it it theirs because it is part of DR but it has been owned by the villagers

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they have been living there for so long they don't even remember who built the first house.  In the passage on page 96, it states, "The people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began. That was the whole point we all lived side by side neighbors, friends, sharing and no one giving a shake of the head" In my opinion, this is a [strong] argument about land ownership because they have lived their for so long and some people have lived their more than other that some people don't even remember who build their house or who lived their before others.

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they have lived there longer than they can remember  that they dont know who build the first house

In the passage on page 96, it states, "The people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began"

In my opinion, this is a [strong] argument about land ownership because if they dont remember who built the first house and where ones property line ends or starts that means they all see eachother as family/friends because everyone in the village might know one another

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they were living in the land for so long and they have memories there

In the passage on page 96, it states "The people who lived in my village had live there so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's began."

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because if they've been in that village for so long they should be the owners of it.

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The villagers agrue that they own the land because Everybody there had families that have been living on the land for many years and they would hate too let that go.

In the passage on page 97 it states ," Everybody here,all our families have lived on this land for more than the amount of years needed to own it. we are the owners of this land."

In my opinion this is a strong argument about land ownership because if the guy buying

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they lived on it for years and they don't even know who built the first house.

In the passage on page 96, it states, "the people who lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house."

In my opinion, this is a weak argument about land ownership because there is not really a lot evidence to prove that they owned the land.

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The villagers argue that they own the land because they lived there for so long that they claim it as theirs. In the passage on page 96, it states," The people who lived in my village had lived there for so long they could not remember who built the first house or where one person's property lines stopped and another's begin" In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because they have lived there for so long that they claim its theirs and have claimed ownership since they have had ancestors lived at that land

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The villager argue that they own the land because

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The villagers argue that they own the land becuase thay have lived there sor a long time

in the passage 96 it states that "Everybody here all our families have lived on this land dor more that the amount of years needed to own it"

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In my opinion, this is a strong AND weak argument about land ownership because

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The villagers argue that they own the land because its there property and they have been on the land for so long.

In the passage on page 96, it states,
"The people who lived in my village had lived there for so long they could not remember who built the first house or where on persons property lines stopped and anothers began. "

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because its there property and they cant just sell there houses.

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The villagers argure that they they own the land becuase they have lived there for a long time

In this passage on page 96, it states ¨The people who have lived in my village had lived there so long they could not remember who built the first house¨

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The government argues that they own the land because they claimed the land for a really long time.

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melani: The people were fighting for the land because they said it was sold and in the text they said that the land is there land not the government land and that they should leave it alone because they have been there for longer than anyone else

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The government argues that they own the land because they have the right to replace their land and build hotels.
In the passage on page 104, it states, "Words like the government owns this land and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels and this would benefit everyone with more jobs and more tourist."
In my opinion, this is a strong  argument about land ownership because It's showing how the government are in control of their land and they don't care if the villagers don't want to get rid of land they'll still replace it.

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The government argues that they own the land because they have the right to replace their land and build hotels

In the passage on page 104, it states, "Words like the government owns the land: and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants; and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels

The problem Is they don't allow Their people to have a voice For themselves Neither let them speak for them selves They aren't allowed to have an opinion

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The government argues that they own the land because they have the right to sell it to whoever wants it.

In the passage on page 104, it states, "Words like the government owns the land: and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants; and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels,and this would benefit everyone with more jobs and more tourists"

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because it explains how the government doesnt care if its there property thats why they already sold it.

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The government argues that they own the land because they said they own it and they can sell it to whoever and they are selling to a big company and the company is gonna turn the village into a hotel

In the passage on page 104, it states, "Words like the goverment owns this land anf the goverment has the right to sell it to whomever it wants"

In my opinion, this is a [weak] argument about land ownership because there is no proof that they own the land and they can just sell it to whomever

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The government is saying that the land is no longer the villagers and that its theirs and they bought it from the mayor.

In the passage on page 104, it states "Words like the government owns this land and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants."

In my opinion, this is a sorta weak argument about the land ownership because they just said that they own it and their gonna build other stuff on it and the villagers are fighting for their land.

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The government argues that they own the land because When he spoke on the microphone he said The government owns this land and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants and is selling it to a big company

In the passage on page 104, it states, "But the ones I did scared me to death. Words like the government owns this land; and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants; and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels, and this would benefit everyone with more jobs and more tourists."

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because he wants to sell the land but the people don't want him to but he said that he already sold the land.

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The government argues that they own the
land because they say it is their property and that they are the government.

In the passage on page 104, it states, "There was a lot of words i didn't understand but the ones i did scared me to death. Words like the government owns this lands; and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants; and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels, and this would benefit everyone with more jobs and more tourists"

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because they are the government and they can do it since they are the government.

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The government agrues that they own the land because  they are saying that they are the government and that means that they own the land and everything on the land but that doesnt give him the right too sell it because he didnt get feedback from the villagers.

In the passage on page 106, it states " Mr moreno kept wiping his brow. When everyone quited down he raised his megaphone again and said, " I understand how u feel and your president understands too, believe me, he is doing this for u.

In my opinion, this is a weak argument

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The goverment argues that they own the land because they are the goverment and becuase they sold the land in the passage on page

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The government argues that they own the land because everything is his and he pays for most of the things and he doesn't care about the other peoples opinion if they like it or not. In the passage on page 106, it states, "When everyone quieted down he raised his megaphone again and said," i understand how you feel and your president understands too. Believe me, he is doing this for you. With new hotels, there will be more and better jobs for all of you. There will be more tourism,more money for everyone "In my opinion, this is a [strong] argument about land ownership because i guess he does have a reason but some people may not want to have hotels they may like there houses.

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The government argues that they own the land because they claim that they already sold that land for hotels and that it would benefit them. In the passage on page 104, It states," Words like the government owns this land; and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants; and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels, and this would benefit everyone with more jobs." In my opinion, this is a weak argument because they don't really explain how they own that land, they just said that they sold the land and its not theirs.

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The government argues that they own the land because they had bought it and said that they were going to built hotels

In the passage on page 106, it states, "Mr. Moreno shook his head. ¨The land is already sold!¨ he shouted"

In my opinion, this is a [strong or weak] argument about land ownership because

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The government argues that they own the land because they said that the government owns this land and can sell if they want to.

In the passage on page 104, it states, "like the government owns this land; and the government is selling it now to whomever it wants"

In my opinion, this is stronger because it is better than the villagers.

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The government argues that they own the land because they have the right to sell it to whoever it wants.

In the passage on page 104, it states " Words like the government owns the land: and the government has the right to sell it to whomever it wants: and the government is selling it now to a big company for them to build hotels".

In my opinion, this is a strong argument about land ownership because it shows how the government doesn't care if the villagers don't want to get rid of it.