Turner Middle School

"The Best Middle School in Georgia"

For our Digital Learning classes beginning April 13th, your ELA sessions will be at 11 AM. 

***The link will  not be available for you to use until  10.45 AM each Monday. 
***The Google Meet ELA session will begin promptly at 11:00 A.M.

To join the video meeting,
click this link: https://meet.google.com/gcf-qmef-xdj

Otherwise by phone, dial +1 725-999-2943 and enter this PIN: 238 275 221#

short code access is ......elafoster
May 11, 2020
Journal Writing 
If you could get up and move it....to go to any city, state, or country, where would you go?
What would you do while you were there?  7-10 sentences
 I will miss each of you.  Have a safe summer.

May 4, 2020
Constructive Response Questions
 1. What could be some long-term consequences for the NFL of having multiple players with brain injuries on the field?
2. President Obama stated recently that he would not let his child play football because of the risk of injury. If you were a parent, how would you make the decision to allow or not allow your child to play football?
3. The NFL’s new rules state that after being injured, a doctor has to approve a player before that player can return to the field. What are the repercussions if a doctor says that a good player must sit out the game? How could this affect their decision?



April 27, 2020
Read the informative text on Youth Football Deaths
Youth Football Deaths Highlight Athletes’ Tough Choices – Informational Text The recent deaths of three high school football players have shined a spotlight on the potential dangers of sports injuries. Student Reporting Labs, a program that trains students in video journalism, spoke with the football team at T.C. Williams High School in Virginia about the issues. “It will definitely bring awareness to every football team across the nation, because that’s something that no team would ever want to have to deal with,” said senior Brianna Smith, a kicker on the team. It’s a conversation players are having with parents and coaches. “My mom just really, she thinks twice about signing the paper when she has to. So, really signs it because she realized that football helps me keep my grades up, and I wouldn’t be doing the wrong things outside of school,” said Rayjon Jones, an offensive tackle, who has suffered two concussions. To prevent injury, students need to keep focusing on the right way to tackle, said Smith, such as Heads Up and other strategies. Coaches should also teach players about the signs and symptoms of concussions so that they can identify injuries on the field, according to Steven Broglio, director of the NeuroSport Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan. In spite of the risks attached to playing football, students receive a number of benefits from participating in sports, including lessons in teamwork, work ethic and higher performance in school, Broglio said. “I think the benefits that young people get from participating in sports, whether it’s football or soccer or anything, far outweigh the risks that they might have or might incur with a concussion,” he said. The risk of concussion has caused worries nationwide. About 57 percent of parents in a survey by ESPN Research and the Global Strategy Group said they were less likely to allow their kids to play football because of potential injury. Earlier this year, President Obama said he would “have to think long and hard” before letting a child play football.

Watch a Youtube video on Youth Concusions (CBC Radio video/5 minutes)

Constructive Response Questions (Select 2/3) Due Sunday May 3rd
1. Did this video affect the way you view football? Why or why not?
2. How are the players in this video making their choices to keep playing? What are the positives and negatives that they are weighing?
3. How should doctors and parents make decisions about whether a student is safe to play football after an injury?

April 20, 2020
Read the informative text below.....

Harriett Tubman Replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 Dollar Bill
Harriet Tubman Replaces Andrew Jackson on $20 Bill – Informational Text The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that famous Civil War-era abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The decision followed months of speculation about which famous American woman would be chosen after Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a plan to feature a woman on the $10 bill last June. Fans of Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary who currently resides on the $10 bill, were quick to oppose his removal, causing the Treasury Department to reconsider the plan. Hearing feedback from millions of Americans, Lew said he realized that just changing the face of one bill would not be enough. “And once you start doing more things, it gives you the ability to tell more stories,” Lew said. He explained that changes will also be made to the $5 and $10 bills. Civil Rights activists Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. will be added to the back of the $5, while the back of the $10 will feature five famous women suffragists. The new $20 will be released in 2020 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

**Respond  to 2/3 questions below. 
**Use the RACE OR 123 

Constructive Response Questions
1. Why do you think Harriet Tubman was chosen?
2. What is the significance of having civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. on the back of the new $10 bill?
3. Why do you think more people advocated for the removal of Andrew Jackson rather than Alexander Hamilton?

4/13/2020
Narrative Writing...
TOPIC--The Case of the Deadly Coronavirus...
Must be 5-6 paragraphs
Must have a positive ending
Due by Sunday @ 5PM

I am available everyday until 3 PM by email if you have any questions.
PLease make sure you have submitted all assignments for March.  
Monday, Mar. 16

Due to the Center for Disease Control(CDC) being in Atlanta, Should the people infected with the CoronaVirus be relocated to Georgia?

Why or Why not?  Support your position. 
Write your 5 paragraph Argumentative Essay

Be sure to — • clearly state your controlling idea • organize and develop your explanation effectively • choose your words carefully • use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences

Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020
Research/Brainstorm your topic.
               
Use reliable sources to research
                      
Please remember...Body Paragraph 3 should be your counterclaim

Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020
Continue working on your essay.

Thursday, Mar. 19, 2020
Finish your Argumentative Essay

Friday, Mar. 20, 2020
Create  Sentence Families with each of following topics:
Health
Sports
Social Media
Friends
Write a simple, compound, complex and compound complex sentence for each topic.  
Week of March 23-March 25

Monday, March 23, 2020
Day 6
 Assignment Description (4 Paragraph Informative Essay)
READ the information in the below. 
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy said that the United States should set a goal of landing an American on the moon by 1970. After much hard work and preparation, two Americans landed on the moon in 1969. 

THINK carefully about the following statement. Some people think it is easier to accomplish something if they set a goal in advance. WRITE an 4 paragraph essay explaining why setting a GOAL is important.

 Be sure to — • clearly state your controlling idea • organize and develop your explanation effectively • choose your words carefully • use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences