Quarter 1
Novel we read for quarter 1
A Long Walk to Water
Novel read for quarter 2
Patient Zero
Novel read for quarter 3
One Last Word
Novel read for quarter 4
Trash Vortex
Easy question:
What does Ms Leung need in the morning to function?
coffee, duhh
(if you didn't know, you really don't know me at all)
Who are the two characters in our quarter 1 novel?
Salva and Nya
What does "patient zero" mean?
first person to get sick
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
A simile uses "like" or "as", a metaphor does not.
-Marine animals eat plastic by mistake
-plastic releases chemicals into our soil
What is Ms. Leung's favorite color?
pink
Where is the setting for the beginning of our novel?
Sudan, Africa
Name two diseases we read about in the novel
cholera
typhoid
black plague
Provide three forms of art
Musicals
Plays
Painting
Sculptures
Songs
How does plastic pollution harm human health?
-Plastic is already found in human blood
-Chemicals in plastic causes hormone imblances
Which university did Ms. Leung attend?
University of Arizona
What did they call the group of boys wandering from one refugee camp to another?
The Lost Boys
Who is Patient Zero of the typhoid disease in New York?
Typhoid Mary
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The explosion of art in African American culture.
What breaks down plastic into microplastic?
UV ray and sea water
When is Ms. Leung's birthday? Month and day
April 23
What is the organization mentioned at the end of the quarter 1 novel? And what did it do?
Water for Sudan builds wells.
What do we call scientists who study diseases?
epidemiologists
Name a Harlem Renaissance artists we have studied art from?
Langston Hughes
Georgia Douglas
James Weldon Johnson
Augusta Savage
Zora Neale Hurston
What are three things you can do to reduce plastic pollution?
1) recycle
2) use alternatives
3) reuse plastic
4) stop buying items in single use plastic
Ms. Leung graduated high school in what year?
2015
10 years ago...