Lily H. Refugee Padlet by Lily Houston https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4 Refugee Unit 2018-2019 en-us 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC 2024-10-03 12:28:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png Notice & Note: Memory Moment lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971120 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971120 Notice & Note: Memory Moment Video lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971122 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971122 Exit Ticket #1 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971124 Why do you think the author included the flashback in Chapter 2? What does it add/reveal? ]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971124 Chapter 1 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971126 Josef as his family’s home is invaded in Berlin, Germany in 1938. It is the night of Kristallnacht and his father is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. After 6 months he is allowed to leave but only if he leaves Germany immediately, so they purchase passage on a ship to Cuba.]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971126 Chapter 2 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971127 Isabel, living in Havana 1994, watches a riot unfold. She watches her father get beaten, realizing her family has to leave Cuba immediately.]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971127 Chapter 3 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971132 Mahmoud is introduced on page 12, in Aleppo Syria.]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971132 Chapter 4 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971136 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971136 Chapter 5 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971140 - Isabelle was playing her trumpet when a riot started in her neighborhood.
-She looked outside and saw many people throwing bottles and rocks and she realized her dad was out in the riot. By the time she got to her dad a police was over him hitting him with a wooden stick.
-Her dad needs to escape from cuba.]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971140 Chapter 6 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971143  One day while doing his homework, a missile explodes in his home, tearing out the outer wall of his family’s apartment.




]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971143 Chapter 7 Significant Events lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971145 Josef and his family meet his father at the ship, but he is thin and very paranoid. The family boards the ship to Cuba and feels safe.]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971145 Homework: Vocabulary Words for 3/11-3/15 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971148 Complete the posts for the five words below. The posts have already been made for you. Your posts need to include: 
1. Dictionary definition 
2. Sentence from the book 
3. Your own sentence using the word
4. An image/picture that helps you remember the MEANING of the word. 

*There is an example post below.

§ Chapter 1 – Dismissive (p.4)
§ Chapter 2 – Intently (p.11)
§ Chapter 3 – Indignation (p.17)
§ Chapter 4 – Inferior (p.23)
§ Chapter 5 – Turmoil (p.28)

*Use the link below to get to the words in the sentences from the book. 

]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971148 Example Vocabulary Post lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971151
  • Word: Synagogue
  • Dictionary definition: A building where Jewish people meet for religious worship.
  • Sentence from the book: "Other Jewish homes and businesses and synagogues were destroyed all over Germany," pg. 5
  • My sentence: When I was in middle school, my best friend went to her synagogue every Friday for her Jewish service. 


    • ]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971151     Chapter 1: Dismissive lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971154 Definition: indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration

    Sentence from the book: "The Brownshirt scowled at the noise and gave the men carrying Aaron Landau a dismissive wave.

    My sentence: She waved her hand with a dismissive sign.

    Image:]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971154     Chapter 2: Intently lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971159 Definition: having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something

    Sentence from the book: "having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something"

    My sentence: He listened intently for a few minutes.]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971159     Chapter 3: Indignation lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971161 Definition: 
    strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.

    Sentence from book: "Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn’t even know. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy"

    My sentence: His response was one of high indignation.

    My Image: ]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971161     Chapter 4: Inferior lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971164 Dictionary Definition:
    lower in rank, status, or quality

    Book sentence:
    "After Herr Meier had called him in front of the class to show how Jews were inferior to
    real Germans, Josef had returned to his seat next to Klaus..."

    My sentence:
    Slaves used to be considered inferior to their owner.

    Image:
    ]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971164     Chapter 5: Turmoil lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971165 Dictionary definition:
    a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet.

    Book sentence:
    In all the turmoil, a policeman caught up with her father and grabbed him by the arm.

    My sentence:
    During the riots, there was widespread turmoil in the city.

    Image:

    ]]>     2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971165     Warm-Up #1 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971168 Create a Padlet. ]]> 2019-03-11 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/339971168 Exit Ticket 3/13 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341009792 What do you think unalienable means? 

    -DO NOT look it up in the dictionary. It's not about getting it right, it's about doing the thinking work! 

    -Describe what clues in the text helped you figure out its meaning. 

    -Cite evidence from the text (exact words). ]]>     2019-03-13 17:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341009792     3/13 Homework lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341009851 1) Read the back of the "Universal Human Rights". 

    2) Complete one question REALLY well. It needs to include a claim, evidence, and reasoning. 
    *Use a separate sheet of paper if you need to! ]]>     2019-03-13 17:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341009851     Warm-Up 3/15 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341771223 Copy this post to YOUR padlet, and then answer the question below. 

    What 4 things should we consider significant events when reading a narrative? 

    I think that the 3 things are conflict, setting and point of view.]]>     2019-03-15 14:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341771223     Warmup 3/13 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341774001 Share your Padlet with Ms. Mac. 
    1) Click on the Share button at the top of the web page. 

    2) Change the setting to Public.
     
    3) Click "Share/Export/Embed". 

    4) Click "Copy link to this Padlet".
     
    5) Paste your link to the assignment on Google Classroom. Do not post it as a comment, rather as an assignment submission. ]]>     2019-03-15 14:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/341774001     Chapter 8 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344253916 Isabel and her family decide they must leave Cuba that night. They join their neighbors on a homemade boat and push off from Cuba into the ocean towards Miami, with the police shooting after them. ]]> 2019-03-22 15:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344253916 Chapter 9 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344254206 Mahmoud and his family make it out of their collapsing apartment building alive.]]> 2019-03-22 15:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344254206 Why is it necessary to have legal documents such as The Bill of Rights and The Universal Human Rights? lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344839273 2019-03-25 14:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344839273 Chapter 10 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344849278 2019-03-25 14:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344849278 Chapter 11 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344849394 Isabel and her family decide they must leave Cuba that night, They join their neighbors on a homemade boat and push off from Cuba into the ocean towards Miami, with the police shooting after them. ]]> 2019-03-25 14:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/344849394 Chapter 12 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346152940 2019-03-28 14:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346152940 Chapter 13 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346153038 2019-03-28 14:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346153038 Chapter 14 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346153102 Isabel is still on the boat headed to Miami, and they sing their songs, but then the motor stops.]]> 2019-03-28 14:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/346153102 Chapter 15 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347208200 Mahmoud and his family make it out of their collapsing apartment building alive, and their father puts them in a car, headed to Turkey. Later, bullets tear into the car, forcing them to abandon it.]]> 2019-04-01 14:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347208200 Chapter 16 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347208263 2019-04-01 14:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347208263 Chapter 17 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347657725 Isabel is still on the boat headed to Miami but the motor stops. The family tries to fix it, but soon they face a large tanker barreling towards them.]]> 2019-04-02 14:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347657725 Chapter 18 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347657801 Mahmoud and his family make it to Turkey and are granted temporary visas. They make it to the coast of Turkey next to Greece and try to take a boat to cross the Mediterranean, but are told to come back the next day. They find an abandoned mall to sleep in.]]> 2019-04-02 14:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/347657801 POWER is the ability to influence: lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/348100070 With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home.

    Basically, the eastern side of Germany is being influenced by the power of the soviets and also the power of the wall.]]>     2019-04-03 14:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/348100070     Chapter 23 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351669342 Isabel and her family finally get the boat started]]> 2019-04-15 14:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351669342 Chapter 24 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351669380 Mahmoud and his family keep coming back to the smuggler but are repeatedly told to come back tomorrow. Finally they return one night and board an inflatable raft. It is stormy, and the raft crashes into rocks and pops. ]]> 2019-04-15 14:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351669380 Chapter 25 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351982422 Josef attends a funeral with his dad.]]> 2019-04-16 14:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351982422 Chapter 26 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351982686 Ivan’s father falls out, Isabel dives into save him, as it starts raining and the boat is filling with water. ]]> 2019-04-16 14:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/351982686 Chapter 27 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275470 Mahmoud and his family keep coming back to the smuggler but are repeatedly told to come back tomorrow. Finally they return one night and board an inflatable raft. It is stormy, and the raft crashes into rocks and pops. The family all falls out into the water, and Mahmoud’s mother surrenders his sister Hana to a passing boat so she can stay afloat while they wait for help.]]> 2019-05-06 16:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275470 Chapter 28 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275588  The ship arrives outside Cuba but puts down anchor kilometers away. They ask the police when they will be let off but the police keep saying manana. After a few days, one of the stewards ransacks their cabin out of spite.]]> 2019-05-06 16:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275588 Chapter 32 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275757 Isabel accidentally lands in the Bahamas, but they are forced to turn around. Her mother begins to go into early labor on the boat.]]> 2019-05-06 16:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357275757 Chapter 31 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357279055 Josef’s father jumps overboard but a police officer saves him. The officer comes on board and everyone thanks him but he still says they will leave manana.]]> 2019-05-06 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357279055 Chapter 32 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357279124 Isabel accidentally lands in the Bahamas, but they are forced to turn around. ]]> 2019-05-06 16:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357279124 Chapter 34 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357717793 Nothing much]]> 2019-05-07 16:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/357717793 Chapter 35 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/358069554 Isabel's mother begins to go into early labor on the boat. Ivan is attacked by a shark and dies. ]]> 2019-05-08 14:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/358069554 Chapter 36 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/358069571 Mahmoud get to Lesbos and search for Hana, but do not find her. They go to Athens and decide to escape by crossing into Macedonia.]]> 2019-05-08 14:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/358069571 Chapter 37 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517572 2019-05-13 15:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517572 Chapter 38 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517679 2019-05-13 15:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517679 Chapter 39 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517727 Mahmoud crosses Macedonia, and takes a taxi to Serbia until they are held at gunpoint. ]]> 2019-05-13 15:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517727 Chapter 40 lhouston1122 https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517773 MS St. Louis is refused harbor in Cuba. They attempt to land in the U.S., but are turned away from the U.S. government, and must to return to Europe.]]> 2019-05-13 15:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lhouston1122/w74lf6f0tvl4/wish/359517773