English and Humanities 7

with Ms. Bui

  • About Ms. Bui
  • The Omnivore’s Dilemma
    • TOD Vocabulary
  • Submitting Published Work
with Ms. Bui

Humans of Istanbul

Humans of Istanbul Project

20 November, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment
Tagged: Humanities 7, Humans of Istanbul, in room 304, Summative Assessment

HUM: Being Ready for Monday

10 October, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

In Humanities this week, we started and continued interviewing subjects for our Humans of Istanbul Summative Assessment. Using what we learned with Mrs. bond in English class with how to interview, we pushed our questions and followed up with “What do you mean?” or “Can you explain that a bit more?” Some of you even STEPPED … [Read more…]

Tagged: humanities, Humans of Istanbul, Humans of New York, interview skills, Mrs. Bond, Summative Assessment

Hum: Humans of Istanbul Summative Assessment

30 September, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

This week, I introduced to you the Summative Assessment for Humanities– Portraits and Interviews: Humans of Istanbul. See the Google Slides presentation to learn more about the task and timeline. By MONDAY, 5 October, you will have: brainstormed examples of paradigm shift thinking that Istanbul-based people you know have experienced identified two people and– in your own words– described their experiences with PST … [Read more…]

Tagged: Grade 7, humanities, Humans of Istanbul, Unit 1

7, Important Information in Your Testimonies

22 September, 2014 by tbui Leave a Comment

Here is what you say makes the Humans of New York (HONY) stories so powerful. These components help make the personal testimonies clear: the who, what, when and where each testimony is POWERFUL by itself. (There is enough substance to make it inspiring, sad, hopeful, positive, interesting, heartbreaking, realistic, relatable, etc., just like the pieces from … [Read more…]

Tagged: Grade 7, Humans of Istanbul, important details, Personal Testimonies, perspective, source

7, Personal Testimonies: Humans of Istanbul

16 September, 2014 by tbui Leave a Comment

On Monday, we looked at a New York Times article from 1927 as a primary source. After answering the questions that followed, we discussed how media coverage has changed today. Here is what you said: News today is in real time, they are live-streamed There are more eyewitnesses to events because you can see it live on … [Read more…]

Tagged: bias, Gezi Park, Grade 7, history, Humans of Istanbul, Humans of New York, narratives, Personal Testimonies, perspectives, primary source