Posted on May 1, 2018
WWI – WWII 8th Grade Studies
For our third trimester in 8th grade, we are studying WWI and WWII after learning about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We’re going into the studies of Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Treaty of Versailles. To get deeper into… Read More
Posted on April 24, 2018
The New, New Deal
As an intro into WWI and WWII, we are currently studying President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After learning about the list of “New Deal” organizations FDR founded, we were asked to make three ourselves. My group created the Reduce… Read More
Posted on April 18, 2018
New York Times Op Ed Submission
Leaving our Future Generation’s Education in the Dust By Colette Leong Hempstead, a poverty-stricken district on Long Island supports people mostly of hispanic and black background had a 37 percentile rate of students graduating on time in 2017…. Read More
Posted on January 9, 2018
My American Born Chinese Essay Writing
In my American Born Chinese essay, I think I crafted an effective thesis and have referred back to it in my body paragraphs, but could’ve added on to my analysis and pushed my thesis more in my body… Read More
Posted on April 6, 2017
An African in New York
Name: Colette Leong March 2017 Humanities Africans in NY: Creative Narrative Assignment Messages Through Poetry I was born as the child of a slave on Long Island, 1711, by the… Read More
Posted on March 6, 2017
Crucible Essay Outline Template
Name: Colette Humanities 7th Grade Comparative Essay Outline for Crucible/McCarthy Comparative Essay Theme: Sexism Paragraph #1: Introductory Paragraph (GIT) Grabber Statement (G): Imagine living as a female who gets oppressed, manipulated, mistreated, and tormented everyday. Women… Read More
Posted on January 11, 2017
Education in the Colonial Period
Education in the Colonial Period By, Colette Education in the Colonial period varied depending on what class you were. If you are a gentry class child in Colonial America, you would be expected to have… Read More
Posted on November 8, 2016
Making Thirteen Colonies Chapter 4
Name: Colette September 2016 Seventh Grade Humanities M13C Ch. 4 Homework Read chapter 4 in Making Thirteen Colonies and answer the following questions using complete sentences. Be sure to use textual evidence and analysis… Read More
Posted on November 8, 2016
Apprenticeship Notecard
Quote: “In most of the colonies, apprenticeship training was a common way for children to acquire a basic education in literacy. A second, equally important benefit was learning a trade or craft that would enable a young man… Read More