Remake of On the hunt for Hooks! by Melissa McNeilly https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb With a partner, listen to the beginning of several commentaries (you may want to search to see if there are any on your same topic) Choose the 2 BEST hooks you find & add it on the Hook Wall - bit.ly/DigCitHooks (see Mrs. McNeilly’s example). Be ready to tell us about your great finds! en-us 2019-01-07 15:33:30 UTC 2026-01-12 05:12:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Example (Ms. McNeilly) Joshua Clayton: There Are No Children in Oakland SraMcNeilly https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/317907657 I grew up in the West. They call it the Lower Bottoms.

Everybody in my neighborhood would always tell me, "This is where you're from." "12th street is your home." I became programmed. And lately, that mentality started feeling like a jail. I feel trapped. Like my entire universe is just one block long.
]]> 2019-01-07 15:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/317907657 Jeena & Hannerd https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318805607 1. "The system has no arteries. The system has no veins. And then you wonder why, the system causes pain."
2. "When most people think of City birds, they probably think of pigeons, crows, or geese. Birds are notorious for their bad behavior. Stealing your french fries, crowing obnoxiously in your backyard, or turning your local pond into a sewage. These birds are ubiquitous in almost every city. Because of their successful strategy of eating human food scraps. BUT not all city birds are scavengers."]]> 2019-01-09 15:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318805607 shelby, brynn, laura https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318805942 1. community college changed my life
" Last year, I lived through every high school senior’s nightmare: I was rejected from all the colleges I applied to. It’s not that I was a bad student. I had tunnel vision, applying only to selective schools.

I didn’t consider any alternative.
So when I got rejected, I flew into a panic. I thought there was only one path to success, and I wasn’t on it. While all my friends were picking out twin extra-long sheets, I was left wondering what kind of future I could have. "

2. kids need families
"The system has no arteries
The system has no veins
And then we wonder why
The system causes pain

I remember years at a time where I was never referred to by name; just “resident”, “client,” or “you”. I don’t think they even knew my name. For most of my life, where I slept was just “a placement” tied to a case plan and usually a wait-list. Maybe that’s why I have a hard time finding home. These are just a couple of insights about what happens when institutions raise foster children. Group homes, treatment facilities, detention centers, and shelters are no place for children, no replacement for the families we were promised."



]]> 2019-01-09 15:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318805942 Madison & Chloe mmcelroy5 https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318810528 1. Eric Holt-Gimenez: Of Cages and Kids. "I was lucky. My mother wrote to me daily. No one else in C section at San Francisco’s juvenile detention center could count on such devotion, or on the constant assurance they’d be released soon."
2. Lauren Vuong: Chanel No. 5. "Recently, a detour took me past the perfume counter where a spritz of Chanel No. 5 hung in the air. I was immediately transported to Vietnam, 1978."]]> 2019-01-09 15:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318810528 Jackson and Borbala https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318811249 1. Katia Bouali: Modest but Determined
"Keep your eyes on the prize,” reads the mug that lives on my desk. Those words are my mom’s reminder of my goal - obtaining knowledge to be somebody someday."
2. Amy Kennedy: City Birds
"When most people think of city birds, they probably think of pigeons, crows and geese, birds notorious for their “bad behavior”: stealing your French fries, crowing obnoxiously in your backyard, turning your local pond into a sewage."]]> 2019-01-09 15:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/SraMcNeilly/ifhn47g71msb/wish/318811249