We are doing the Student Blogging Challenge 2013
You can read about it here
The First Challenge
“If you could meet 10 people,
alive or dead,
who would they be?
Make a list of the people
and include one question
you would ask them
in an interview.
You cannot repeat the same question”.
After much debate,
the ten people that
2nd Class, Room 6 chose were:
1. Chris Hadfield
(Chief Engineer of the International Space Centre)
What food craving do you have while you are orbiting the earth?
2. Louis Braille (1809-1852)
When you dream do you see what you are dreaming about?
3. St Brigid (450-525AD)
The female patron saint of Ireland
How do you become a saint?
Listen to us sing a song about St. Brigid here.
4. Anne Fine, the writer
Did you ever have teachers
like the ones you described in your book
‘The Country Pancake’?
5. Francesca Simon, the author
Why was your character Horrid Henry so horrid?
6. Dorothy Edwards, who wrote
‘My Naughty Little Sister’ and other stories.
Did you have a Naughty Little Sister or were you one yourself?
7. Mondrian, the artist, (1872-1944)
8. Georgia O’Keeffe, 1887-1986
the painter who specialized
in colourful, large scale pictures
of flowers and nature.
When did you discover your talent?
9. Goliath, the biblical giant
who was defeated in battle
by the shepherd boy David
How did it feel to lose to a lad smaller than you?
10. Brian O Driscoll, Irish rugby legend.
What do you think of girls playing rugby?
I love how y’all included a picture for each question. Some of then were even original content, not just from somewhere else. The question y’all would pose to Chris Hadfield made me laugh. I never thought of how astronauts must feel up in space without access to good food all the time. The question for Goliath intrigued me because most people focus on David and not on Goliath. I’m sure Goliath was livid and would go another round if he could. Asking a saint how they became a saint would probably get you a very moving answer. I can’t imagine the answer you would get.
I look forward to reading y’all’s work.
David W.
http://davidw701.edublogs.org
Thanks David.
Thanks for your reply.
2nd Class Room 6 are Big Fans of Chris Hadfield.
You are right about Goliath…we hadn’t thought of that.
St. Brigid was a lady before her time, who believed in
Girl Power, so her answer might be unpredictable.
With every good wish
I dont know if my comment saved before – I loved what David said about Goliath being a bit of a strange choice instead of David. I think that was a really interesting choice.
As for the Rugby – Girls can play in a club team here until they are thirteen years of age. (Boys can play Netball too up until thirteen) We have Girls and Boys combined in Rugby teams until they are at the end of Primary School (about ten).
This video is highlights from our Girls Rugby team who came 2nd in the Waikato last year, the biggest players were about the size of small adults, our best player, Veronica who is the little Fijian Half Back however ended up our top scorer with eight tries and she was very small. This is the link here.
http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/melville-intermediate-best-tries-of.html
I loved your question to Georgia O’Keefe – I haven’t seen her art before but will look out for pictures of her work. I was thinking that perhaps Georgia felt that she might have a talent and wasn’t really sure herself and the best thing that happened was when someone else told her that they thought that she was talented
2nd Class Room 6,
I really liked your post for this first challenge of the Student Blogging Challenge. I especially liked your question for Louis Braille. I too wonder what he would dream, since he can’t see anything! Overall I think you did a great job and I am hoping to be seeing more from you soon! Thanks for checking out my blog as well and I hope you continue to keep checking in!
Sydney M.
http://sydneymoportfolio2013.blogspot.com/
It is funny that you say that because if you read about her, you will see that it was a photographer called Alfred Stieglitz
that seemed to really get her to believe in herself. He showed her work, without asking her first. At first she was cross, but she can’t have been too cross as later, they got married. Her life story (for kids) is here http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.ie/2008/10/georgia-okeeffe.html We like the angle she painted this tree from. She most well know for painting large, coloured flowers.
Hi Sydney, Thank you for your comment. We enjoyed visiting your blog and seeing which ten people you chose. We look forward to visiting your blog again and to reading what passion you choose to write about for Challenge 2. We are still debating what we might write about. Books and reading are at the top of our list, so we’ll see where we go from here.
With every good wish,