Blog #7  -  What traditions do you practice as a family?  When did your tradition start?  What is the origin(where did it come from)?  How does this practice impact your life? As you grow up do you think you will continue this practice?  Why or why not?

We're going to take "Sunday School" stories and dig deeper into them to see the larger picture. You will learn the context surrounding the story and teach the class about it. Read the given chapterS for your story Complete the outline (on Classroom) as you go along Have Ms. Jedlick or Mrs. Anderson approve your outline Create a presentation to teach the class about your story.

Plan on your presentation to take approximately 5 minutes. 


We will be doing our presentations on Thursday.

SS# 4  Choose 1 color for Questions about the article Choose another color for the topic of paragraphs Choose another color for things you find interesting Note in the margins should include: thoughts ideas "I like"  "I wonder" Lastly, make sure to have 3 open-ended questions!  DO NOT ASK "YES" or "NO" questions. Do not ask vocabulary questions, for example, "what does this word mean?" If you don't have 3 different colored highlighters, ask!  We have them for you. in 07 Bible.

Should Christians celebrate Halloween (dress up for, trick or treat, go to halloween parties)? Why or why not?

Empathy exercise: Empathy is defined as, “The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” Tell about a recent conflict or experience with someone that left you angry or annoyed. Now imagine yourself in the other person's shoes. What might have been the heart or underlying issue? How does showing empathy on your end impact the conflict or experience?

Dr. Tim Mackie says “When we make the Bible a grab-bag of verses, we can make it say anything we want.” What does this mean, and how can we avoid it? Think of and describe one example where you’ve seen this happen.

Give 3 thoughts / Ideas/ Beliefs about how the Bible was created.
AND
3 Questions that you have about the Bible

Annotate the attached article.  
Write at least three open ended questions.

When Samuel is looking for a king in 1 Samuel 16:7, the Lord says to him that he “does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” In other words, in God’s eyes, what’s on the inside is much more important than how things appear on the outside. Why do you think it’s so easy to judge by appearances? Have you ever judged someone by their appearance and later found out you were wrong?

Instructions:
Insert a new slide (click/tap the + sign toward the upper left corner of the menu) 
Click/tap inside the Title box and insert YOUR NAME
Click/tap inside the ‘add text’ box and write a note of praise for the following student: 

(The effort you put into your words is part of your Bible grade)

write your mission statement make it concise, limiting it to no more than three sentences, and keeping your language positive. Instead of stating what you don’t want to do: “I don’t want to contribute to environmental failures,” focus on what you do want to do: “I want to help save the environment for generations to come.” Following are sample mission statement templates to get you started:
“To… [what you want to achieve, do or become] … so that … [reasons why it is important]. I will do this by … [specific behaviors or actions you will use to get there]”
“To live each day with … [choose 1-3 values or principles] … so that … [what living by these values will give you]. I will do this by [specific behaviors you will use to live by these values]”
“To appreciate and enjoy … [things you want to appreciate and enjoy more] … by … [what you can to appreciate and enjoy these things on a daily basis]”
When you’ve got something written down, raise your hand to receive feedback either from your teacher, or a classmate. Once your teacher has approved it, write it in the inside cover of your journal (in pen), and private comment it on the assignment in Google classroom

Look at the example that is given for annotation.
Read the article -  There isn't enough privacy on social media - 
As you are reading the article be sure to make note of things that stand out to you. 
Where do you have questions? 
What is interesting?
Then think of three questions you have about the article and write them on the last page.  We work on this next week as well.

Many argue that social media has ruined communication and quality of life. Do you agree or disagree, and why? What would healthy social media use look like/ is that even possible?

Respond to the quote: It's better to sit in a boat thinking about God than to sit in a church thinking about fishing." Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? Please use personal examples.

What is your life anthem right now? Why? Do you listen to it in front of your parent/guardian? Why or why not?

Post a picture of your diagram from today.

Click the form below and answer the questions.  Remember to hit the "tun in" button when you're done.